Talk:Ilene Chen/@comment-12093849-20190718181139

To the people saying over and over that "I bet she's a reference to Mothra's twin fairies!" YES. SHE LITERALLY IS. Dougherty confirmed this, stating that Ilene and Ling are indeed the Monsterverse's take on the Shobijin. Additionally, the novelization reveals that their family is descended from Mothra's priestesses, which pretty much confirms it.

Here's hoping we'll see an expansion of that in the next film.