lwi: Skull Island Natives

[BlankAccount]

There are some fantastical creatures existing in the world that could threaten our very existence, with Skull Island being the most fascinating and the most dangerous place on Earth, filled with many super fauna, super flora and recently discovered Florafauna. So mind blowing are these impossible creatures it's easy to overlook the indigenous natives who live here, whose ability to survive and build a civilization in such a cruel world filled with impossible creatures is mindbogglingly and impossible in of itself.

We at Monarch must befriend and learn from the lwi if we are to better understand and study the "monsters" that live on this island of death. All expedition units are to have at least two translators for interaction with the lwi. - Monarch Science Intel Team





Not much is known about the natives, hoping we get some more lore on them when the movie comes out or when it's near release. Discus theories, thoughts and opinions on them. Personally I'm glad that we are finally getting a King Kong film where the natives can be reasoned with thanks to Hank Marlow (John C. Reilly).

I thought it was interesting that the Leafwing profile mentions that the lwi hunt them down to grind their wings into a drug. With the florafauna now confirmed on this island, I think it'd be a neat bit of lore if it turns out ingesting this powder made from such a creature means the natives are possibly in of themselves florafauna, with the parasitic plant growing inside their bodies in a weird symbiotic relationship.

[RamshackleRanger]

in a weird symbolic relationship.

Ah, yes. The wonderful symbolic relationship.

But yeah, the Iwi seem really cool. The paint doesnt seem entirely practical but whatever.

[BlankAccount]

in a weird symbolic relationship.

Ah, yes. The wonderful symbolic relationship.

But yeah, the Iwi seem really cool. The paint doesnt seem entirely practical but whatever.

Typos! My arch nemesis!

[Ryguy]

I wonder if they know anything about Godzilla

[Gojira18]

I wonder if they know anything about Godzilla

He could be a "Titan" to them to Kong's God. Or maybe a "Super-God".

[BlankAccount]

I wonder if they know anything about Godzilla

He could be a "Titan" to them to Kong's God. Or maybe a "Super-God".

Would not be surprised, it is an island and he is old enough to have swim pretty much everywhere.

[Ivo-goji]

I'm curious about where potential Kong sequels might go with this concept.

In both this continuity and the Peter Jackson Kong world, the Skull Island natives appear to be the survivors of a much older, more advanced civilization. It would be nice if this were explored for once

[LegendZilla]

I thought it was interesting that the Leafwing profile mentions that the lwi hunt them down to grind their wings into a drug. With the florafauna now confirmed on this island, I think it'd be a neat bit of lore if it turns out ingesting this powder made from such a creature means the natives are possibly in of themselves florafauna, with the parasitic plant growing inside their bodies in a weird symbiotic relationship.

Who are you referring too?

[BlankAccount]

Anyone know how to even pronounce lwi?

I thought it was interesting that the Leafwing profile mentions that the lwi hunt them down to grind their wings into a drug. With the florafauna now confirmed on this island, I think it'd be a neat bit of lore if it turns out ingesting this powder made from such a creature means the natives are possibly in of themselves florafauna, with the parasitic plant growing inside their bodies in a weird symbiotic relationship.

Who are you referring too?

[Spuro]

Anyone know how to even pronounce lwi?

I assume something like "Kiwi" but without the K. IIRC the natives ARE related to Maori tribes.

EDIT: Just found this on ol' Wikipedia:

"This is a list of the Māori iwi of New Zealand. According to the glossary definition of the National Library of New Zealand, "iwi" is a "Māori word for a set of people bound together by descent from a common ancestor or ancestors. Literally: bone. Modern meaning: tribe."

EDIT AGAIN:

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.c ... nglish/iwi

There we go.

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

I think this helps lend some credence to the idea of Skull Island becoming this continuity's Monster Island seeing as how Monarch seems very keen on creating a relationship with the tribe.

[BlankAccount]

I think this helps lend some credence to the idea of Skull Island becoming this continuity's Monster Island seeing as how Monarch seems very keen on creating a relationship with the tribe.

That's fanfic I wrote. >_>

[Ivo-goji]

Detaining monsters on an island where people live seems counterintuitive.

[vibramrunner]

I wonder if they know anything about Godzilla

He could be a "Titan" to them to Kong's God. Or maybe a "Super-God".

"For every land a King, for every king a god" or something like that.

Unrelated but: Isn't it kind of strange that there are all these super sized monsters on Skull Island, but yet the human inhabitants remain unaffected? Why? How? It seems like the theory of the island itself being conducive to giants monsters, or being responsible for their creation, doesn't hold as much water because of that. Maybe Skull Island came into existence by a massive underwater volcanic eruption -- like the Hawaiian islands -- and these creatures living deep under water, feeding on geothermal radiation (that is their food source right guys/gals?) found their way to the surface because of this.

[Redem]

Perosnal Headcanon: the iwi have been there since the humans colonisation of the pacific island however they got a new genetic stock from all the ship that crashed over the years

[BlankAccount]

New body paint: Blue.

Theories: The color could be a ranking, with yellow being low or young or warrior/hunter, and blue being elder, leader or retired warrior.

[BlankAccount]

Kind of bummed we don't learn much about them in the movie. All we get from Marlow is that they are silent most of the time (makes sense, don't wanna draw the attention of super predators) and they age extremely slowly. While there's nothing disproving my theory they are part plant like a lot of lifeforms on the island, there is also nothing proving it either. Longevity could just be their genetics and nothing more.

I feel like they could have made the Iwi just as interesting and odd as the monsters on the island. Heck even make them bigger than "normal" outsider people.

[Komenja]

Yeah, they were kind of a letdown. I think the decision to have them not speak at all was the killer for me. Sure, it makes them mysterious, but it's not an interesting kind of mysterious. You have to see a little bit of the puzzle in order to get invested in figuring it out, but we don't really get anything from these people. I'd love for them to get built on in another movie, though.

[daveblackeye15]

I do wish we learned a little more about them. That said I was super glad they were not the creepy Orc people from the 2005 Kong movie. It is funny but I feel like the oldest version of the Kong natives were the most sympathetic and fleshed out. The 70s remake played more up the exoticism, 2005 made them monsters. The things I really like about this Kong is that they flip quite a few of the old rules. In about all the other versions they fear Kong, here they love him and he protects them.

I've actually wondered if the Shobijin will come from Skull Island. I've taken their lack of needing to speak as telepathy. Perhaps Marlow never outright said it since he worried he was going crazy.