Goliath by Tom Gauld
My rating: 4/5 cats
oh, god—poor goliath!
singled out because of his massive size, forced to wear ceremonial armor that crumbles around him and stand in the same place day after day, quoting the same prepared script after sleeping exposed to the elements all night, just to intimidate the enemy and prevent them from attacking.
he’s just a big sweet guy who took a promotion he didn’t really want that turned out to be a pretty boring job.
until.
some punk kid comes on the scene.
and you know what happens next.
poor, poor goliath.
i love tom gauld. he is able to pour so much sympathy and humanity into this story that everyone knows, and give it a completely convincing reversal.
i wish it took more than ten minutes to read, but what can you do?
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