History Trivia / AbraxasHrodvitnon

** The author has a couple times discussed in some detail what kinds of ForWantOfANail ripple effects it would create if certain events of the story diverged down a WhatIf path; [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/637986068089716737/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/636684009279291392/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/640506016090423296/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656541539637608448/ here]] and [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656745903530639360/ here]].

* AscendedFanon: [[AdaptationalHeroism Ren Serizawa]] [[spoiler:infiltrating Apex Cybernetics as a spy]] in this continuity is an idea that was [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656804446114922496/ originally suggested on the author's Tumblr]] where it [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656912062544543744/ gained some]] [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656911739515011072/ further support]].

* WorkingTitle: The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/648764829724819456/ originally considered]] calling the story ''In Your Bones, In Your Soul'' before choosing the title ''Abraxas''.

* ProductionNickname: The author has [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/627546896761765888/ nicknames for Monster X's first two forms]] which aren't mentioned InUniverse. The author has also nicknamed the Many "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/631788490939580416/ Ghidorah-Flood]]" and has nicknamed their [[spoiler:reanimated Manda MindHive "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/641701739319459840/ Zombie Noodle]]"]], and she's nicknamed [[spoiler:the "shed skin" Ni/Elder Brother who's made a patchwork body out of the Many, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/650840553121103872/ MaNi]]]]. Meanwhile, the original Manda's son has yet to be referred to InUniverse as Mandazawa as the author's Tumblr has called him.
* RecursiveFanfiction: The author has [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656929937241030656/ stated]] that once the main story is completed, she intends to let the [=AbraxasVerse's=] fanbase have fun writing their own RF continuities and continuations based on the story -- in fact, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/651627281599643648/ she's invited readers to do it]].

** She states [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/648950265099304960/ here]] that the [=AbraxasVerse=] version of Ren Serizawa, who debuted in the story before ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' was released, still has Shun Oguri's likeness but with a somewhat different fashion sense to in [=MonsterVerse=] canon.

* AscendedFanon:
** [[AdaptationalHeroism Ren Serizawa]] [[spoiler:infiltrating Apex Cybernetics as a spy]] in this continuity is an idea that was [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656804446114922496/ originally suggested on the author's Tumblr]] where it [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656912062544543744/ gained some]] [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656911739515011072/ further support]].
** One of the below listed {{Fan Nickname}}s ended up becoming an actual RedBaron with a heavy meaning in the story.

* FanNickname:
** One fan-given nickname for Monster X, which the author herself used in the [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20059573/chapters/54974494 Chapter 9]] author notes, is Grahamdorah. Another popular nickname, analogously based on one of Ghidorah's {{Red Baron}}s, is the Two Who Are One.
** Though it isn't used InUniverse, San's alternate movie-canon name Kevin is used by the author and some reviewers at times.
** Speaking of San, the AlternateSelf [[spoiler:who's been regenerated alongside Ichi and Ni as Ghidorah re-forms FromASingleCell]] has earned the [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/640060179124305920/ nickname]] San-2 since reviewer [=SyfyGuy2=] first used it, to distinguish him from Vivienne's brother.
** The infant Manda has earned the nickname Baby Noodle.
** And [=MaNi=] has [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656515418850230272/ officially]] earned the fan-given nickname [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/653738862095532032/ Grade A GigaBastard Supreme]].

* RecursiveFanfiction: The author has [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656929937241030656/ stated]] that once the main story is completed, she intends to let the [=AbraxasVerse's=] fanbase have fun writing their own RF continuities and continuations based on the story. In fact, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/651627281599643648/ she's invited readers to do it]].

* MythologyGag:
** There are a lot of references to {{canon}} AllThereInTheManual information including Outpost 32's history, Vivienne's {{backstory}}, the ''King of the Monsters'' movie {{novelization}}'s extra material, and the events of the ''Godzilla: Aftershock'' comic; in addition to some of the movie end credits' {{Easter Egg}}s.
** [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother's likeness possesses two Mythology Gags in one: he has a certain resemblance to the Showa and Heisei versions of King Ghidorah, and the narrative heavily implies his body assimilated said trait InUniverse from a creature that was featured in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''. [=MaNi=] even uses a similar killing method to said creature in Chapter 17.
** [[spoiler:San's head almost being SwallowedWhole by Ni/Elder Brother and being violently torn back out of Ni's gullet]]. Bring ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' to mind for anyone?
** The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/187320287759/ drew inspiration]] from the ''[[Film/ShinGodzilla Shin]]'' [[Characters/GodzillaTheGodzillas incarnation of Godzilla]] for Monster X, and it comes across. Driving it further home is that she's named each of Monster X's MetamorphosisMonster [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/616668234453794816/ fo]][[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/190131629959/ rms]] after Shin Godzilla's respective forms. Even Vivienne's fate forming half of Monster X seems like a reference to the ''Shin Godzilla'' theories that the disappeared and presumed-dead scientist has actually been fused into the monster.
** Chapter 2 features a reference to a Deleted Scene from the [[Film/Godzilla2014 2014 film]] which was in the {{novelization}}.
** Ghidorah's influence indirectly making people [[spoiler:turn into fanatics devoted to aiding its OmnicidalManiac quest and being its pawns]] also happened to the [[HumanAlien Exif]] in the [[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters AniGoj]][[Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle i cont]][[Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater inuity]]. What makes it more appropriate is that [[spoiler:Jonah and his paramilitary in ''King of the Monsters'' were themselves an AdaptationalMundanity rehash of the Xiliens and other Human Aliens in old Toho movies whom the Exif were themselves an adaptation of]].
** In Chapter 5, Tejada mispronounces Ghidorah's name as "Ghidra" before being corrected, referencing real-life long-standing debate about the correct pronunciation of the name.
** The name of one of Ilene's daughters references the Chen twins' actress, Creator/ZhangZiyi.
** The human crew of a secluded base who are studying a monster begin acting increasingly erratic due to an alien intelligence's mental influence, and [[spoiler:a military team come to investigate]]. [[Film/DestroyAllMonsters Hmmm...]] Of course, true to Ghidorah's {{Adaptational Badass}}ery, it's Ghidorah (or at least its leftover head) causing this.
** "[[Film/{{Mothra}} Mosura ya, Mosura]]..."
** There's a recurring Gag towards ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' as of Chapter 8.
** Tejada makes a reference to one of the abilities of the [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars original Toho Monster X]] which this incarnation doesn't display [[spoiler:until much later in the story]].
** Chapter 8 also makes a reference to characters from ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep''.
** Mothra in her larval form at one point has to break up a fight between two HotBlooded and good-aligned Titans using her [[AllWebbedUp silk attack]], just like in ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''.
** Though it's not ruled out in ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' that Ghidorah might be a serial PlanetDestroyer like in earlier incarnations (as in, if it won and destroyed the Earth it would've then abandoned the planet and flown into space, to find another inhabited world and repeat the apocalypse there), Ghidorah's MysteriousPast in the film creates enough ambiguity that the film's incarnation could be incapable of interstellar travel and technically stranded on Earth for all anyone knows. [[spoiler:As of Chapter 10 in this fic, that ambiguity is ''explicitly'' put to rest for the fic's continuity]].
** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/10 Chapter 10]] contains a Mythology Gag towards the Dorats in ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'', and towards [[spoiler:the HumanAliens such as the Xiliens in multiple Toho movies]] but [[AbusivePrecursors with a bit of reinvention]].
** No prizes for guessing where [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 the]] [[Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla Gag]] with a certain IntrepidReporter is...
** ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' also explored the idea of [[spoiler:TheAssimilator as an undead antagonist made up of tortured formerly-human consciousnesses]], although the Many are more EldritchAbomination than ghostly.
** Look closely and you'll catch a hint that [[Characters/{{Godzilla}} King Caesar]] exists or once existed in this story's universe, in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/12/ Chapter 12]].
** Chapter 12 also has a Gag to [[Characters/GodzillaMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]]'s role in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII''. Creepily enough, that chapter was released five months before the January ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' new trailer caused Mechagodzilla theories about the film to skyrocket.
** A couple {{Red Baron}}s in this story that weren't mentioned in Franchise/MonsterVerse canon reference ''Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater''.
** There are several references to ''Film/{{Atragon}}'' in relation to Manda, in Chapter 13.
** The ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII is not]] [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries a stranger]] to featuring a Ridiculously Cute Baby Kaiju, nor to it being raised by a human (or rather a ''former-human'' in Vivienne's case).
** [[spoiler:[=MaNi=]/Elder Brother]], with both his hybridization origin and his interactions with Monster X, has quite a bit in common with the title villain of ''Film/GodzillaVsSpacegodzilla''.
** In Chapter 17, Monster X at one point tauntingly sings the lyrics of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Music/BlueOysterCult – yes, ''that'' band.
** The FinalBattle has a dramatic Gag to ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' – if you've seen the film, then you'll probably recognize the gag.
** How [[spoiler:each of Keizer Ghidorah's three heads]] are taken down before being killed directly references the original incarnation in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''.
** Chapter 17 also features a pretty big shout-out by Monster X to Mechagodzilla in ''Godzilla vs. Kong''.
** At one point, there's a special move that references ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah''.
** Chapter 11 features a verbal reference to the author's early [=MonsterVerse=] fanfiction, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13302269/ Hold Me Close, See Me Through]]''.
** There's a notable reference to events which were depicted in another [=MonsterVerse=] fanfiction by the author; ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13326403/ Cocytus]]''. Assuming that a certain specter in ''Cocytus'' was [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane indeed Mundane rather than Magic]], it might take place in the same continuity as ''Abraxas'' -- [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/636684009279291392/ the author herself]] has entertained this.

* AnArmAndALeg: The author made a [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/623852414750113792/ gijinka picture of Mandazawa]] in which his adult self has suffered a variation in the form of a lost eye.

* DiseaseBleach: PlayedWith. The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/624119853506232320/ imagined]] when designing Monster X's Gijinka that if it were humanoid, it would have white hair due to the stress of the first {{Metamorphosis}} which formed it.

* MeaningfulEcho: A meta case occurs in Chapter 15, where [[spoiler:Susan Graham]]'s words wondering what the last thing they said to Vivienne before the events in Antarctica were. In a deleted scene, Vivienne wondered the exact same thing about Serizawa while mourning his death.

* ThematicThemeTune: The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/186518491239/ has]] [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/625193944893063168/ described]] the music of Heilung as being in-tune with the story's theme, in particular 'Krigsgaldr'.

* WhatIf: Not as an actual story, but the author has a couple times discussed what kinds of [[ForWantOfANail ripple]] [[InSpiteOfANail effects]] it could create if certain events of the story happened differently, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/637986068089716737/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/636684009279291392/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/640506016090423296/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656541539637608448/ here]] and [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656745903530639360/ here]].

* DeletedScene: The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/639136191232491520/ posted one from her notes]] as a New Year's gift, detailing one of Jonah's alternate death scenes before his canon death in the story. She also [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/652286724156932096/ posted two scenes before the release of Chapter 17]] which were under consideration at the time but ultimately didn't make it in.

* WhatIf: Not as an actual story, but the author has a couple times discussed what kinds of [[ForWantOfANail ripple]] [[InSpiteOfANail effects]] it could create if certain events of the story happened differently, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/637986068089716737/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/636684009279291392/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/640506016090423296/ here]] and [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656541539637608448/ here]].

** T[=MaNi=]/Elder Brother's likeness possesses two Mythology Gags in one: he has a certain resemblance to the Showa and Heisei versions of King Ghidorah, and the narrative heavily implies his body assimilated said trait InUniverse from a creature that was featured in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''. [=MaNi=] even uses a similar killing method to said creature in Chapter 17.

** Tejada makes a reference to one of the abilities of the [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars original Toho Monster X]] which this incarnation doesn't display [[spoiler:(at least, not until much later in the story)]].

* ProductionNickname: The author has [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/627546896761765888/ for Monster X's first two forms]] which aren't mentioned InUniverse. The author has also nicknamed the Many "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/631788490939580416/ Ghidorah-Flood]]" and has nicknamed their [[spoiler:reanimated Manda MindHive "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/641701739319459840/ Zombie Noodle]]"]], and she's nicknamed [[spoiler:the "shed skin" Ni/Elder Brother who's made a patchwork body out of the Many, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/650840553121103872/ MaNi]]]]. Meanwhile, the original Manda's son has yet to be referred to InUniverse as Mandazawa as the author's Tumblr has called him.

** [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/648764829724819456/ Originally]], Kraken was going to join Godzilla and Scylla in the fight in Chapter 15, but the author decided against it because she thought it would make things too crowded.

* DeletedScene: The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/639136191232491520/ posted one from her notes]] as a New Year's gift, detailing one of Jonah's alternate death scenes before his canon death in the story.

** The Many construct that's utilized by [[spoiler:Ni/Elder Brother]] possesses two Mythology Gags in one: it has a certain resemblance to the Showa and Heisei versions of King Ghidorah, and the narrative suggests it assimilated said trait InUniverse from a creature that was featured in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''.

** Tejada makes a reference to one of the abilities of the [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars original Toho Monster X]] which this incarnation hasn't yet displayed.

** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/10 Chapter 10]] contains a Mythology Gag towards Ghidorah's role in ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'', [[AdaptationalBadass with a bit of reinvention]].

** There's at one point a notable reference to events which were depicted in another [=MonsterVerse=] fanfiction by the author; ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13326403/ Cocytus]]''. Assuming that a certain specter in ''Cocytus'' was [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane indeed Mundane rather than Magic]], it might take place in the same continuity as ''Abraxas'' -- [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/636684009279291392/ the author herself]] has entertained this.

* ProductionNickname: The author has nicknamed the Many "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/631788490939580416/ Ghidorah-Flood]]" and has nicknamed their [[spoiler:reanimated Manda MindHive "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/641701739319459840/ Zombie Noodle]]"]], and she's also nicknamed [[spoiler:the "shed skin" Ni/Elder Brother who's made a patchwork body out of the Many, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/650840553121103872/ MaNi]]]]. Meanwhile, the original Manda's son has yet to be referred to InUniverse as Mandazawa as the author's Tumblr has called him.

* WhatIf: Not as an actual story, but the author has a couple times discussed what kinds of [[ForWantOfANail ripple]] [[InSpiteOfANail effects]] it could create if certain events of the story happened differently, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/637986068089716737/ here]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/636684009279291392/ here]] and [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/640506016090423296/ here]].

** Chapter 12 has a Gag to [[Characters/GodzillaMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]]'s role in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII''. Creepily enough, that chapter was released five months before the January ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' new trailer caused Mechagodzilla theories about the film to skyrocket.

* ProductionNickname: The author has nicknamed the Many "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/631788490939580416/ Ghidorah-Flood]]" and has nicknamed their [[spoiler:reanimated Manda MindHive "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/641701739319459840/ Zombie Noodle]]"]]. Meanwhile, the original Manda's son has yet to be referred to InUniverse as Mandazawa as the author's Tumblr has called him.

** Though Thor states in Chapter 13 that his son didn't have a name amongst ancient humans like Thor himself, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/631528463412625408/ the author]] suggested Thor's son's death might have inspired the myths of Magni, and Jörmungandr killing Thor.

** ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII is not]] [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries a stranger]] to featuring a Ridiculously Cute Baby Kaiju, nor to it being raised by a human (or rather a ''former-human'' in Vivienne's case).

** "[[Film/{{Mothra}} Mosura ya, Mosura]]...

* "[[Film/{{Mothra}} Mosura ya, Mosura]]...

** The author [[[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/187320287759/ drew inspiration]] from the ''Film/ShinGodzilla Shin]]'' [[Characters/TheGodzillas incarnation of Godzilla]] for Monster X, and it comes across. Driving it further home is that she's named each of Monster X's MetamorphosisMonster [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/616668234453794816/ fo]][[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/190131629959/ rms]] after Shin Godzilla's respective forms. Even Vivienne's fate forming half of Monster X seems like a reference to the ''Shin Godzilla'' theories that the disappeared and presumed-dead scientist has actually been fused into the monster.

** The human crew of a secluded base who are studying a monster begin acting increasingly erratic due to an alien intelligence's mental influence]], and [[spoiler:a military team come to investigate]]. [[Film/DestroyAllMonsters Hmmm...]] Of course, true to Ghidorah's {{Adaptational Badass}}ery, it's Ghidorah (or at least its leftover head) causing this.

** Though it's not impossible nor really ruled out in ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' that Ghidorah might be a serial PlanetDestroyer like in earlier incarnations (as in, if it won it would've abandoned Earth once it was done destroying the planet, and flown into space to find another inhabited world and repeat the apocalypse there), there's enough ambiguity surrounding Ghidorah's MysteriousPast in the film that it could be incapable of interstellar travel and technically stranded on Earth for all anyone knows. [[spoiler:As of Chapter 10 in this fic, the ambiguity is ''explicitly'' put to rest]].
** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/10 Chapter 10]] contains a Mythology Gag towards ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'', [[AdaptationalBadass with a bit of reinvention]].

** Though it's not impossible nor really ruled out in ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' that Ghidorah might be a serial PlanetDestroyer like in earlier incarnations (as in, it would've abandoned Earth and flown into space once it was done destroying the planet, in order to look for another inhabited world and repeat the apocalypse there), there's enough ambiguity surrounding Ghidorah's MysteriousPast in the film that it could be incapable of interstellar travel and technically stranded on Earth for all anyone knows. [[spoiler:As of Chapter 10 in this fic, the ambiguity is ''explicitly'' put to rest]].

** The name of one of Ilene's daughters references the Chen twins' actress, Creator/ZhangZiyi.