03/26/2026
You know, Godzilla started small.
A shy little kaiju kid.
Of course, he wanted to cause trouble.
He had some instincts. Some raw firepower.
But he held back.
Worried what the other kaiju might think.
Doubted himself.
He could never be as cool as Mothra!
Also he didn't want to be too visible.
He was like "rawwwr, destroying whole cities. It just isn't me.."
So he stayed offshore.
Blew a few smoke rings and felt slightly depressed.
Moped around.
He would occasionally scorch a small dock.
Nothing that would really get him noticed.
It was safe.
But he felt frustrated.
A lot of negative internal messaging.
“Stay in your lane, 'Zilla”
“Who do you think you are, Gammera?”
Didn’t help that he had unsupportive kaiju parents.
Mixed signals growing up. They wanted him to be a lawyer.
At some point though, something shifted.
Not a huge breakthrough.
Nothing dramatic (that would all come later!)
Just a small realization while he was chomping on a fishing boat.
"Rawwr, I spend a lot of time worrying about what other creatures think…"
But those creatures weren't thinking about him!
They had their own creature s*** to worry about.
So he thought "let me get outside my comfort zone."
A fishing village on a remote island in the Pacific.
Nothing major.
Low stakes. Controlled environment.
And, it went… fine.
No negative outcomes.
No kaiju intervention.
No ocean revoking his privileges. Nature seemed ok with it.
So he kept going.
A little more range.
A little less hesitation.
A little more fire.
Until eventually he stopped asking himself:
“Will this be received well? Will I be rejected?”
And started asking:
“Why am I still standing in the water?”
And after that, things "scaled" pretty quickly.
So to speak. 🦖
