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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 7:20 pm
by cultistofvertigo
Grendelvs wrote:regarding Cthulhu, one of the things i was reading about in HPL's own stories is that the bodies of those fellas here on earth is formed by the power of their minds. so like in The Call of Cthulhu when the boat rams him, he turns to mist and then reconstitutes himself. and i also think that bombing R'lyeh could be the worst thing ever, since it's his prison, not his summer-house.
regarding Narlathotep, that does sound like a kick-ass idea, with the mask thing. and of course, any and all references to Voltron are gnarly. to the max.
i still haven't heard any official word about the story i sent in to ESP, but then again, nobody has. i have a good feeling about it, though, as i got an email with some suggested edits, which is always a good sign. even if you don't like the suggestions. har.
the next story in that cycle is a sub-story about that PI and Simon in Chicago, where the old train system is lousy with ghouls and a dormant Shoggoth is missing...that one's for HardBoiled Cthulhu 2, whenever that opens up for subs.
Don't confuse religious propaganda with fact. When reading Lovecraft the only authority you can trust is yourself, and sometimes you aren't given enough information to make those assumptions. Point is, as soon you say "god" you start thinking irrationally. Cthulhu is literally a sentient blob of extra-cosmic jello. You can't destroy his form with force, but you most definately CAN destroy his substance. Compare that to, say, Yog-Sothoth, who cant be described with "matter" in the sentence, as he is some sort of freak tumor growing on time that comes from hyperspace or possibly something even more distant. Unlike Yog, or even Nyarlathotep, Cthulhu exists on OUR terms, if he didn't, he couldn't touch us.
So how does your cycle go? Do a couple forms meet up in each tale or... something else? I'm freaking hooked.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 2:01 pm
by Grendelvs
well, the main job of the protagonist is to stop what's happening. in the first story, he does, but a couple later (i've got four written) he's too late and there's a hybrid of the God of the Bloody Tongue and the Green Man. meat + trees, yay!
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 4:09 pm
by miz redavni
i believe we need a story about the great food source..............
BACON!
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:05 pm
by Eternities End
I agree, but thats kind of what "The Grapes of Wrath" is about!
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 3:15 pm
by miz redavni
but not just any bacon we need
soylent green bacon!!!
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 7:05 am
by Grendelvs
long pork.
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:28 pm
by Ian Whateley
I don't think Lovecraft's pantheon is a perversion of Semitic deities, but it is inspired by them. Lovecraft claimed to have been heavily influenced by the Arabian Nights in his youth. By the same token, Wilbur Whateley could be a very twisted Jesus, not to mention Cthulhu's ressurection...
Actually, thinking about that did give me an idea. What if the Necronomicon resurfaced in the hometown of its author (Baghdad)? It would be interesting to write a story from the perspective of a low or mid-level U.S. military officer, suddenly realizing the real reason Iraq was invaded-or, worse, realizing that the government has no clue about this mysterious Cult of Nyarlathotep that seems to scare even the jihadists.
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:20 pm
by miz redavni
yea but the myth goes that harveard or some mass college like them has one of the maniscripts and a wealthy buisness man thats name is unknown has the other
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:09 pm
by Ian Whateley
And the University of Buenos Aries, which may not exist. But are they the real Necronomicons, in the original Arab, spattered with the gore of Al-hazred's travels, or just watered-down translations, perhaps with a little lost each time?
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:44 pm
by JJ Burke
eww.. for the first time, i am considering the possibility of the necronomicon's pages being stuck together...
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:56 pm
by DoubleYuggoth
I'm working on a (very short) story, told as an excerpt from the Book of Eibon.
It deals with the origins of the men of Leng...
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:59 am
by Ian Whateley
Maybe you should start a new post for that comment so we don't have to wade through senseless bacon.