Fic Update Thread 62: the Chapter Missing Crisis

[Mamorien]

In a world borne On The Shoulders Of Titans, there may be many lesser Monarchs, but only at the end of their count can we do justice to the one true King of the Monsters.

"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong and too heavy. They aren't evil by choice. That is their tragedy."

Notes:
It is crazy to think that I have been working on this anthology for almost three years. But all good things must come to an end, and there was no way to end this collection of monsters too big for the world they live in, than by focusing on the one that everything started with.

See the end of the chapter for more notes.

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So, here you go, OtSoT's take on Godzilla.

Not a victim of nuclear warfare, not an ancient protector, not a legion of the wrathful deceased, but all of those things, at the same time.
A caretaker who has never died, but who also remembers having died hundreds of times in the name of protecting the earth itself.
A creature who only knows how to teach lessons one way, because all the other ways stick even less when you have as much hindsight and foresight as he does.

My take on Godzilla, at least physically, is heavily inspired by the artworks of spaghettibastard, whose artstyle confers Godzilla an appearance I can only describe as biblical.

I must thank my three editors for my Kaiju stories (Permanent Gues, Matkoc & Angel of Steel) and all the friends over at my Discord server who have encouraged me by reading this story and talking about it. While I am going to be taking a couple weeks off to rest, I will soon start working on a new long anthology for OtSoT. If you want to be part of the process to chose what that story will be about, you are welcome to vote on the poll I just published about it!

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