[–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

So, what, like a giant monster standing in a shallower part of the ocean? The stated depth is an average, not an absolute. They coukd be on a sandbar or an atoll. Not really out of the realm of possibility.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

    Verisimilitude. A piece of fiction should be internally consistent in following the rules it establishes. The world is presented as the same as ours, with the exception of the big monsters. That means anything not directly related to the explicitly stated differences is assumed to match the real world.

    Suspension of disbelief isn't a blanket free pass, it needs limits, else it's just nonsense.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago* (8 children)

    It's not the 400 foot tall nuclear monster, or the hollow earth, or the 400 foot tall gorilla, or the 3 headed dragon from space that generates hurricanes, or the 400 foot tall robot made using the soul of the 3 headed dragon from space, it's how is that motherfucker standing up in water?

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