tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post8097294418311024569..comments2023-08-18T07:04:22.633-07:00Comments on Areté: A => BLifewishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07133804300464048756noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post-36747078035555772932008-11-17T16:14:00.000-08:002008-11-17T16:14:00.000-08:00Hey, if you can't attribute conspiracies to a giga...Hey, if you can't attribute conspiracies to a gigantic tentacular alien monstrosity with mind-control powers and a dislike of early mornings and/or millennia, what <I>can</I> you attribute conspiracies to?<BR/><BR/>All hail our new Great Old One overlords! May their reign be long, and their hunger satiated far away from our homes and families...Lifewishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133804300464048756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post-45534234244959697252008-11-11T02:39:00.000-08:002008-11-11T02:39:00.000-08:00There's a video game now?As for the RPG, I have te...There's a video game now?<BR/><BR/>As for the RPG, I have technically played it, but it was towards the closing stages of a 48-hour marathon, so I can't remember anything about it...<BR/><BR/>As for Derleth, there's always the possibility that he was <I>deliberately</I> missing the point, after HPL realised he had given too much away... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post-20044155266556701362008-11-10T11:04:00.000-08:002008-11-10T11:04:00.000-08:00I always thought Derleth kinda missed the point. T...I always thought Derleth kinda missed the point. The whole idea of the Mythos is that it <I>can't</I> be fitted into any sort of logical framework. Cthulhu the water elemental is a lot less scary than Cthulhu the whatthehellisthatHANDattheWINDOW.<BR/><BR/>I regret to say I have never played the RPG, or the video game for that matter. I realise that this may lose me my place as one of Cthulhu's chosen (e.g. those he's saving for dessert) when he rises. Are they worth investigating?Lifewishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133804300464048756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post-9143841398118188882008-11-10T09:01:00.000-08:002008-11-10T09:01:00.000-08:00Oh, it's certainly a widely-spread idea... Me, I'v...Oh, it's certainly a widely-spread idea... Me, I've always thought the mythos started going off the rails when August Derleth decided the Great Old Ones were elementals. If Cthulhu's a water elemental, then why does the ocean block his power? <BR/><BR/>There's certainly no mention of anyone being eaten in <I>The Call of Cthulhu</I>, which is about as authoritative as sources get... I suspect it was introduced in the RPG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post-13836289085455145452008-11-08T15:50:00.000-08:002008-11-08T15:50:00.000-08:00Well, I got it from Cambridge University Worshippe...Well, I got it from <A HREF="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cuwocs/index.html" REL="nofollow">Cambridge University Worshippers of Cthulhu Society</A>, an authoritative source if there ever was one. Nice people. I do recommend checking out their poster collection.<BR/><BR/>More generally, I think eating people is easier for our fragile human minds to comprehend than most of the more... complex alternatives. That's why I tend not to bring them up in casual conversation. Cthulhu is perfectly capable of sending people insane en masse without my help.<BR/><BR/>[Captcha: unsili. <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifications_of_fairies#Seelie_and_Unseelie_courts" REL="nofollow">Unholy</A> indeed.]Lifewishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133804300464048756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19835303.post-700945537721684952008-11-07T04:11:00.000-08:002008-11-07T04:11:00.000-08:00You might be able to grab something appropriate fr...You might be able to grab something appropriate from the trailer for the <A HREF="http://www.cthulhulives.org/cocmovie/trailer.html" REL="nofollow">Call of Cthulhu movie</A> from the HPLHS... (Which I still need to order...)<BR/><BR/>As an aside, I'm curious as to where the notion that Cthulhu wants to <I>eat</I> people comes from... It's a rather prosaic threat, more suited to Stephen King. Cthulhu is not so crude.<BR/><BR/>[CAPTCHA: cones. A <I>Shadow Out Of Time</I> reference? ;)]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com