

Nevertheless, realizing the state of danger of the world, and to save his daughter, Mark still chose to help Serizawa, with the piece of advice to drop the guns when Godzilla approached Castle Bravo for the beginning. The Japanese scientist was frequent with Mark and his son Andrew, proven when Mark recalled Andrew's favorite joke about Serizawa's pocket watch, saying "you never could take that thing out without him asking." When Serizawa came to deliver the news about Emma and Madison's kidnap by Jonah, Mark became upset with Serizawa's idealism that humans and Titans could co-exist, since Serizawa's idealism echoed Mark's ex-wife's choice after their son's death, and Mark still held Godzilla accountable for the misery in his family. Mark and Serizawa were great friends during Mark's years at Monarch. However, when Mark realized that Godzilla was the only creature who could defeat Ghidorah, he started to feel guilty by realizing the errors of his anger since Godzilla wasn't really involved in Andrew's death and chose to fight alongside him during the final battle in Boston. Mark barely managed to move on from Andrew’s death, though he found peace when he let go of his hatred on the Titans.Īt first, Mark had a vendetta against Godzilla for the indirect death of his son Andrew and believed that he along with all the other Titans should have been destroyed years ago to prevent more catastrophes. When Andrew was killed during the San Francisco incident, Mark was devastated and blamed Godzilla for the death of his son. Mark loved his son Andrew more than anything in the world. Mark loves Madison and though they have a distant relationship since he separated from Emma, Madison's safety is his top priority when she and Emma are taken hostage by Jonah.

When Emma chose to sacrifice herself to distract Ghidorah, Mark was unable to prevent her death. Upon learning that Emma is working with Jonah, Mark tells her off for endangering Madison by making her an accomplice to terrorism and playing God with the fate of the world.ĭuring the battle in Boston, Mark and Emma mended their differences to find Madison. However, Mark believes the Titans are destructive beasts that should be destroyed, especially Godzilla, as they have brought havoc to his family. Emma wants to protect them and figure out how mankind and the Titans can co-exist peacefully as she believes they can. Mark not only subconsciously blamed Emma for Andrew's death but their opposing views on the Titans added to their conflict. Mark and Emma became estranged after losing their son in the Battle of San Francisco. Understanding that Godzilla is the only thing capable of saving the world and by extension, the only family he has left, Mark rallies Monarch to support Godzilla in the fight against Ghidorah.
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His hatred of Titans leads him to be unreasonable and inflexible about how to deal with them apart from exterminating them, but Mark soon realizes Godzilla does have intelligence behind him instead of being a mindless beast. After Emma reveals her betrayal, Mark considers Madison the only good thing he has left and refuses to abandon her as he did when her brother died. Upon learning about Emma and Madison being taken hostage by Alan Jonah, Mark beats himself up for not being there for his daughter. Mark is a loving father who adores his children but after Andrew's death, Mark was so grief-stricken that he started drinking to cope with his loss, and he hated himself for letting Madison see him that way. He sought to avoid Monarch's political machinations but continued to follow Emma's dream of mankind communicating with nature at its greatest potential, even though he believes there are some things in the world that humans aren't meant to understand.

During his time as a Monarch operative, Mark preferred working out in the field.

He and the equally gifted Emma met over their shared love of nature, as well as the Massachusetts band "The Pixies". He's also academically gifted in fields of animal behavior and communication. I'm not gonna let that happen again.īetter at listening than talking, Mark is a born outdoorsman who feels most at home amongst the wildlife, stemming from a strong fascination with the animal kingdom in early childhood.
