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Inquiring Mind · 1y

Hey, Mordy, My Large Pony, how’s it going? Name’s Sickle. So, I’m curious, what traits of your species, the Tikbalang, put you so above other species of Kaiju, what do you consider incredibly important to you? Asking for….research purposes.

First of all: Never call me "Mordy" and never refer to me as "My Large Pony".

Secondly, I don't know where this whole idea that we Tikbalang think we're above over Kaijus out there. We're not perfect and we never strived to be perfect. However, I will admit there are a few things that make us a bit better then others (not by much). I think the biggest one is that since we've been here longer than most Kaijus out there (we first arrived prior to the Civil War), we're one of the more respected and trustworthy Kaijus. Yes, we all had to work hard to achieve (it didn't happen overnight) and there were plenty of setbacks but, especially nowadays, most if not all of mankind trust us to, well, not be a typical Kaiju and/or Showju, like, in my case, being the mayor of Thunder Bay.

Regarding 'Showju', we describe a 'showju' as 'a kaiju who uses his/her ability to show off and be something akin to a Carnival Attraction, therefore planting a false belief of what they are in someone's head.' There were times I've seen a kaiju showoff their powers and kids are in awe of them, only to see them scream as said kaiju starts attacking another, realizing that this 'friendly beast' they saw is actually an animal, leading them to be fearful of them, instead of trusting them. That's why we Tikbalang do not do anything 'Showju' of the like. When we're as a Kaiju, we are either defending mankind or aiding them in someway. It's why, if you ever come to Thunder Bay, you'll see Kaiju in the bay itself, working on ships in Kaiju-form; It's to show that we are not here to be entertainment, but are here to help mankind in anyway we can. Now, yes, I have allowed the KWF (Kaiju Wrestling Federation) in our town at one point and, yes, those are, by all definition, Showjus. But I only let them in cause not only were they helping out with a fundraiser we were running at the time....but because the KWF was actually founded by a Tikbalang back in the 60's and, even though there were some opposition from us? We did eventually come around to it as it basically allows Kaijus to be Kaijus, but in a controlled environment and without the threat of rogues (It's a bit more complicated than that but that's the tl;dr version).

But, yeah, KWF aside? Again, our main trait is that we Tikbalangs pride ourselves as being some of the only Kaijus that mankind trusts and can look up to without fear.

Hope that answers your question for your "research", Sickle.

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