Subject: A few more nitpicks.
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Posted on: 2015-03-31 02:22:00 UTC

1) “Wait, who’s turn was it last time?” said Sarah.
"Whose", not "who's".

2) The terrified ex-Sue plot-holed away, and [MUTO] smashed into another building and killed 23 more people.
Generally, numbers should be spelled out. However, I'd like to have someone else weigh in on this as well, since it's clear that you're mocking an earlier line from the badfic.

3) Seizing his long snout with one clawed forepaw, he proceeded to rip into the struggling replacement’s furry chest with the other to get him to stop moving. Then, grabbing his mouth, he forced it open, the glow already starting to spread to the plates on his back.
This paragraph confused me. In context, I can tell what you're going for, but the paragraph itself has a few issues:

a) Seizing his long snout with one clawed forepaw, he proceeded to rip into the struggling replacement’s furry chest with the other to get him to stop moving.
It's clear from context that the mini-Godzilla is supposed to be the actor here. However, I doubt that Sonic's snout can plausibly be described as long. Couple that with the massive amount of pronouns, and this sentence can be a pain to muddle through. I'd suggest deleting "long" and replacing the "he" with the mini's name.

b) Then, grabbing his mouth, he forced it open, the glow already starting to spread to the plates on his back.
Common sense would dictate that the mini would have to let go of MUTO!Sonic's chest so that he could use both hands to force the replacement's mouth open. However, the sentence structure implies that the mini is holding on to MUTO!Sonic's chest and forcing the replacement's mouth open at the same time--a physical impossibility. Consider this fix:

The mini-Godzilla then grabbed the replacement's mouth and forced it open, the glow already starting to spread to the plates on the mini's back.

4) Speaking of minis, one more question: How is "Cloverfield" a mini? Not knowing the canon, it looks correctly spelled to me.

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