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I still don't get why people are so obsessed with the multi-legged monster.

I think it's in what it could have been. We don't see a lot so there's plenty of room for fans to project their own ideas and make it their own. Even you are projecting ideas by calling it a giant tardigrade.

''I highly doubt that when Legendary or Toho want to create a new monster, they'll think "Hey, what about that dead tardigrade thing from the Comic-Con trailer?" I highly doubt that they would be that lazy, or care that much about a throwaway one-shot monster. ''

There's no reason to suggest that Legendary or Toho will look past it, nor would there be any reason to say they will. Legendary may have announced Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah, but we still don't know if they got the rights from Toho, so if the latter does say no, they might be forced back into creating new kaiju again. In my opinion, I believe there is a creative opportunity in taking inspiration from something as barebones as this character and creating something new and interesting out of it. The fans are already doing this and I think it would present a challenge to the creative team to make something distinct and definitive should they decide to pursue this.

At least Bagan had a loose backstory and some established powers, "Vishnu" was just a corpse that is only partially seen.

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he serves no purpose aside from being a placeholder.

True, but that doesn't mean they can't look back at it for ideas.

''If a multi-legged monster does appear in a future film, I guarantee everyone will be saying "It's Visnhu! They brought him back!" even if it looks nothing like him and has nothing to do with him.''

Everyone in the fanbase, maybe, but I highly doubt the general audience would say the same. When the MUTO was teased in the trailers we have heard people who thought it was either Mothra or Rodan simply because it had wings and was flying. I doubt that many of the viewers would find a quick comparison to a multi-legged monster off the tip of their tongue. So what if some of the fans continue to call it "Vishnu"? The new character would probably have a different name anyways. All the producers have to say is that they were inspired by the original design in the teaser and that this character is wholly different.

In the end, we're all just speculating. Godzilla 2 is three years away and who knows what kind of decisions Legendary and Toho will make. We'll just have to wait and see.