And I don't write godslash, but I'm still left with the lingering and perhaps ill-fated impression that the White Sparkstriker and Inari, the shape-changing, androgynous, Japanese fox-god of rice, really should know one another . . .

So what's wrong with godslash? It doesn't have to be done like Mothra vs. Godzilla (or Godzilla vs. Mothra, depending on which release of the film you prefer). I'm sure you could write a brilliant White Sparkstriker + Inari story. You've taken me up on literary bets before....