Japan embodies the true spirit of the holidays
@ancient_catbus The odd thing being that you'd expect Godzilla to be the villain, but oddly enough after levelling Japan for some time, he turned into the good guy in the movies at some point. I think I've seen most of them, some of which were a real chore to watch and I to this date have no idea how the script writers ended up with this transformation.

@aamurusko79 I haven't seen any of the old movies, but isn't Godzilla from the very start an instrument of nature's rage against humans for ruining the planet?

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@clacke I think that's the narrative, but at some point Godzilla just starts to fight the other monsters and it gets really weird. Western audience always had Godzilla as the monster that destroys cities, but at least I didn't come by any explanation why at some point he switched sides. I remember several movies, where the mandatory kid cheers at him and Godzilla waves back.
@ancient_catbus For anyone wondering (like I was): https://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2011/12/25/godzilla-christmas-tree/ says this was at the Aqua City Odaiba mall in Tokyo in 2000
Godzilla Christmas Tree

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He knows that you're not sleeping,
He knows you are awake,
If you've been bad, he'll squish you good,
And his steps make the ground shake

So, you better get out,
You had better fly,
You better get out,
I'm telling you why,
Godzilla roars, he's coming to town

@ancient_catbus i like the santa hat on godzilla. very festive.

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just need a pile of currency for him to incinerate...

orange background accidental but perfectly piquant

@ancient_catbus History shows
Again and again
How nature points out
The folly of men!
GODZILLA!!!
@ancient_catbus Finally someone gets what Christmas is all about.
@ancient_catbus Ten years ago I spent Christmas in Singapore and this is 100% what it's like.
@nat huge festive W