The Most Dangerous Monsters Of Fiction

[cojo965]

Ladies and gents of the Escapist, I give you, the most dangerous monster in fiction: Reptilicus.

Spoiler

Okay so it looks like shit, but that's not it. What makes Reptilicus dangerous is that this creature can regrow itself from pieces of its original body. This means that killing him is is a very hazardous prospect. What drags that down in the story is that it's never made clear the extent of this ability.

What do you think is the most dangerous monster in fiction?

 

[Johnny Impact]

Lucifer was second only to god in power. Eternal, infinitely intelligent, essentially a god himself. Persuasive enough to convince half of god's little worker elves it was time to take over the boardroom. He defied an omnipotent being to his face and survived the cosmic ***** slap that followed. Upon being cast into the fiery nothingness of hell, in what for any other being would be utter defeat, Ol' Nick just took a good look around and said, "Get up, whiners! We're not beaten yet." He's been waging a terrorist war on creation ever since -- and he might be winning.

And yeah, I classify him as a monster. He certainly isn't human. He views us as entertainment at best, some sort of shower mold at worst. He counts victory by how many of us he is able to ruin or destroy. That's pretty monstrous.

Just for yuks, here he is as a CR39 Pathfinder critter. (Seriously, CR39?? I wasn't aware until just now that Pathfinder went higher than low 20s! EDIT: Oh, third party publisher. Of course.) http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/outsiders/devil/devils-unique/devil-lucifer-prince-of-darkness-tohc

Modern fiction has tons of super-dangerous monsters. Godzilla, the Silence, Freddy Krueger, Xenomorphs, Tyranids, the Hulk......hard to pick.

 

[FalloutJack]

That movie was pretty bad. Yes, I HAVE seen it. As for my pick...isn't it obvious?


Godzilla. Why, he'd not only resist that acid, of which he's had heaping helpings of to the FACE by multiple opponents before, but he would painstakingly burn down any leftover piece of Reptilicus with his Death Breath, no problem. He's had to deal with regenerators before. Hell, he IS one! But hey, don't let me bore you with the specifics. Let's tune in to the experts.

Spoiler: DEATH BATTLE!

If anyone has a better one, go forth and do battle!

 

[Asclepion]

But are the Tyranids really that big of a threat? The Imperium has destroyed multiple hive fleets using only a small fraction of their resources. Claims that the Tyranids have devoured whole galaxies are little more than speculation at this point.

 

[Thaluikhain]

But are the Tyranids really that big of a threat? The Imperium has destroyed multiple hive fleets using only a small fraction of their resources. Claims that the Tyranids have devoured whole galaxies are little more than speculation at this point.

Everything in 40k is a big threat according to them, but not according to anyone else, it seems.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

A very similar thing to that... dragon


It came from a bluer sun

 

[Frezzato]

Ladies and gents of the Escapist, I give you, the most dangerous monster in fiction: Reptilicus.

Spoiler

Okay so it looks like shit, but that's not it. What makes Reptilicus dangerous is that this creature can regrow itself from pieces of its original body. This means that killing him is is a very hazardous prospect. What drags that down in the story is that it's never made clear the extent of this ability.

What do you think is the most dangerous monster in fiction?

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On that note, I believe the monster from The Thing is just as dangerous because

Spoiler: Yes, I am spoilering a movie from 1982, because if you yet to see John Carpenter's The Thing, you need to do so.

The Thing was sentient even at a cellular level and could break apart as a smaller yet completely independent organism. It also absorbs the bodies of its victims and can take on any previously acquired form.

Now that I think about it, The Thing was damaged by fire and could be frozen. So maybe it's not so dangerous after all.

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Then again, the baddie in the movie Fallen (1998) was pretty interesting

Spoiler: because

because in that movie the "monster" could travel in a non-corporeal form and transfer its mind into any living creature. I believe it could transfer only if its current host dies, but it could float for a distance.

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Eh, I give up. Let's just say 'Daleks'.

 

[Jiffex]

Currently playing through Alien Isolation so Xenomorph gets my vote. Acid for blood, traits from it's host and as Ash said " Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility."

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[Dornedas]

The actual most dangerous monster is Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. At least if we accept Magic the Gathering as fiction.
Because there is only 1 thing that can stop him.

Spoiler: Ok more like 15

Magic is weird sometimes

 

[Zhukov]

A very similar thing to that... dragon


It came from a bluer sun

Yeah, this was my first thought too.

If The Thing got to a major population center we'd basically be fucked.

Although, I forget, was The Thing able to multiply? Or was it just a single organism? (Haven't watched the movie(s) for quite some time.)

 

[Hawk of Battle]

As the poster above said, any of the legendary Eldrazi from MTG should qualify, seeing as they regularly eat entire planes of existence. Along a similar line, the Phyrexians are basically even more hellish versions of Tyranids, with interdimensional travel and magic.

And of course, the Soul of the World himself, Progenitus;

Spoiler

So massive he dominates the horizon and warps perspective, and utterly untouchable.

Spoiler

A closer look for scale purposes. Yes, that is a mountain he is bursting out of. No, not all of him is visible even then.

 

[Starik20X6]

CAAAAAAAAAARL! You literally killed everyone Carl!

Sure, you can all name more 'impressive' monsters, but how many of them actually committed omnicide?

 

[GabeZhul]

From the top of my head:

Darkhounds (Wheel of Time): Magical black hounds the size of horses. They are nearly immortal (they have regenerative abilities that put Wolverine to shame), they can turn liquid and reshape themselves a la T-1000 if they are blown up or cut to pieces and the best breed can only be put down by a magic that literally retcons them out of existence. Oh, also for plus points: since they were created from wolves, they can presumably invade your dreams and kill you that way too (it makes sense in context).

Naagloshii (Dresden Files): A shape-shifting, semi-divine, intelligent, magic-wielding monster that eats vampires and wizards for breakfast and the only confirmed kill of a Naaglooshi ever was performed by dropping a literal Nuke on it (the wizard in question was one of the strongest combat-oriented member of his organization and he killed it by luring it into a nuclear test-site and teleport out just before the explosion). It says something about the Dresden Files universe that the supernatural Alcatraz of the universe threats these guys as minimum security inmates

The Vord (Codex Alera): They are zerg, except with mind-control and magic. Nuff said.

 

[gunny1993]

Got to be Azathoth from Lovecraft, ultimate god of gods, sitting at the center of the universe, unless we're talking just you're average monster that can be killed then its got to be Alien.

 

[AntiChri5]

From the top of my head:

Darkhounds (Wheel of Time): Magical black hounds the size of horses. They are nearly immortal (they have regenerative abilities that put Wolverine to shame), they can turn liquid and reshape themselves a la T-1000 if they are blown up or cut to pieces and the best breed can only be put down by a magic that literally retcons them out of existence. Oh, also for plus points: since they were created from wolves, they can presumably invade your dreams and kill you that way too (it makes sense in context).

Naagloshii (Dresden Files): A shape-shifting, semi-divine, intelligent, magic-wielding monster that eats vampires and wizards for breakfast and the only confirmed kill of a Naaglooshi ever was performed by dropping a literal Nuke on it (the wizard in question was one of the strongest combat-oriented member of his organization and he killed it by luring it into a nuclear test-site and teleport out just before the explosion). It says something about the Dresden Files universe that the supernatural Alcatraz of the universe threats these guys as minimum security inmates

The Vord (Codex Alera): They are zerg, except with mind-control and magic. Nuff said.

Yeah the fact that there are those so powerful they consider Naagloshii cheap muscle is all kinds of terrifying. Especially since Harry has doubtlessly pissed some of them off by now.

 

[FalloutJack]

Got to be Azathoth from Lovecraft, ultimate god of gods, sitting at the center of the universe, unless we're talking just you're average monster that can be killed then its got to be Alien.

Summoning him and keeping him around long enough to destroy the world is actually very hard. (I have a source book on this.) His power is undeniable, but his attention span is pitiful. Good pick, though.

 

[Serinanth]

Perhaps not the most dangerous but the Zeromus fight has a pretty badass soundtrack.

"The nothing" is a fairly terrifying concept if you ask me.

 

[Weresquirrel]

Let's see...

The Tarrasque from DnD has got to be up there. To quote wikipedia's description:

"It is hoped that the tarrasque is a solitary creation, some hideous abomination unleashed by the dark arts or by elder, forgotten gods to punish all of nature. The elemental nature of the tarrasque leads the few living tarrasque experts to speculate that the elemental princes of evil have something to do with its existence. In any case, the location of the tarrasque remains a mystery, as it rarely leaves witnesses in its wake, and nature quickly grows over all remnants of its presence. It is rumored that the tarrasque is responsible for the extinction of one ancient civilization, for the records of their last days spoke of a 'great reptilian punisher sent by the gods to end the world'."

Also gotta throw up SCP-682.

People are working around the clock to find a way of killing the damned thing. They have to keep it submerged in hydrochloric acid just to incapacitate it. And unlike the Tarrasque, it knows what it's doing. It hates the world and everything in it.