Why do Monsters Lose?

My 6 year old son asked me "Why do monsters always lose?". He was very upset and I could see his point of view.

Think about King Kong and Godzilla. I suppose in the animorphs win.

Do we as humans think, or know, that we are so superior that we should always conquer. Anyone who is different e.g. Spiderman or Batman, have a secret life and hide their real identity from the world to retain their power.

Is this a metaphor for ourselves?

• Do we hide our real self for the world to protect who we are?
• Do we believe that if people know who we really are we would lose our power and be ... powerless... normal?
• Do we fight and suppress the animal or the bad bits so we don't have to face them?
• Would we lose our power if we acknowledged the other side?
• Or are we missing out on our true selves.

Our true selves is a balance of right and left, positive and negative, yin and yang, good and bad. By accepting and acknowledging the yucky bits we have more control and understanding of who we are. The monsters lose the power and we lose the fear attached to it.

So imagine the Movie "Godzilla turns over a new leaf".

• The setting is California.
• The evil monster arrives and scared the people.
• The people accept that the monster is trying to scare them but they have had worse in their lives and this huge monster is good for tourism.
• The people have no fear for the monster. They love and accept the monster - even promote the monster.
• Godzilla has lost his power and reforms.
• Godzilla spends his days rescuing ships and giving children rides.

A movie life sci-fi meets chick flick. mmmm. Ratings = 0.

Nobody will want the monster to turn good. It is much more fun if it stays bad and we and spend our energy battling the fear. Slaying the savage beast.

So dear son, The monster always loses because the humans are to afraid to let him win, it is much safer to battle and fight than to change and forgive.

Leona