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[yuzulife]

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A Her Story
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Before Star Wars


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In the time I actively wore pink…
My fascination with science fiction and dinosaurs led me to a charismatic kaiju. After one look, it was pretty much “Goodbye, T-Rex, Hello Godzilla!”

Unfortunately, Mom didn’t share the enthusiasm and though I could have every toy figure in the animal kingdom, Godzilla was not welcome in the house.


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That was until one fateful visit to the school library. I had found a loophole in the form of Dynamite - the children’s magazine, not the explosive. This particular issue featured a center spread Godzilla article complete with a Goji illustration that would become etched in memory.

Oh, how I contemplated ways to steal or tear out the pages each time I visited the library.
The temptation was soon removed when the magazine disappeared likely taken by a similar-minded classmate.


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Fast forward to a new school year and a memorable trip to the local bookstore with Dad. Tucked in between bigger books on a shelf sitting in the children’s reading loft, another copy of that same magazine waited. Dad said, “Yes,” and my atomic lizard hidden between covers came home.


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Star Wars eventually became my new focus, and Godzilla suffered the same fate as T-Rex, lost and half-forgotten. But not entirely forgotten as I thought about the illustration in the years between childhood and adulthood.


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I’ve become more nostalgic since the pandemic, and a by-product of the state is a need to find objects that were important to you as a child.
I wish I could say it was easy locating that Goji magazine for a third time. As a kid, I didn’t bother to memorize the issue number or magazine cover. And there is no custodian or comprehensive repository for decades old children’s magazines.


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I nearly reached the point of giving up a couple of months ago. That was until one fateful last search I identified a file that contained a list of old Dynamite magazines…and the remarkable, extraordinary lead: “#39, GODZILLA 2 page article with illustration & Photo’s.”


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Welcome back home, Goji-chan.

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Absolutely love this backstory and glad Goji made it back for the 3rd time! Reminds me of this:

Doc: I know it's my plan. But I'm feeling we'll need a miracle to make it work.
Capt: Doing nothing won't cause a miracle, either.

Congratulations on your miracle!

 

[sf_newyorker]

Gojira emerges from hibernation to say thank you @loh @Gin&H @themk888 and @Book Worm .

@oldbag - Childhood can be, for a lack of a better description, rough. Watching those old Goji movies on TV helped to smooth some of the rough patches.

@yuzulife - Thank you for that scene. It made me 🥹, and internally hum the familiar kaiju theme: dododo dododo….

 

[themk888]

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Gojira emerges from hibernation to say thank you @loh @Gin&H @themk888 and @Book Worm .

@oldbag - Childhood can be, for a lack of a better description, rough. Watching those old Goji movies on TV helped to smooth some of the rough patches.

@yuzulife - Thank you for that scene. It made me 🥹, and internally hum the familiar kaiju theme: dododo dododo….

Awww! Love it! Always super playful with your shots

 

[oldbag]

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Gojira emerges from hibernation to say thank you @loh @Gin&H @themk888 and @Book Worm .

@oldbag - Childhood can be, for a lack of a better description, rough. Watching those old Goji movies on TV helped to smooth some of the rough patches.

@yuzulife - Thank you for that scene. It made me 🥹, and internally hum the familiar kaiju theme: dododo dododo….

I absolutely love his expression. I may not be as scaly but I can appreciate his look as this is how I feel when I first wake up.