The Misadventures of Hello Cthulhu
February 11, 2003 2:08 PM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: I dunno, not all that interesting, as web comics go. (maybe beef up the post with more detail next time?)
I'm sorry, that last was probably uncalled for, and I'm not sure you'd get the point. Why was this posted? Its a cartoon. And, I, as much as the next guy, love to see the invocation of the great beast in all its mind shattering beauty, but come on. This isn't a post.
posted by Wulfgar! at 2:36 PM on February 11, 2003
posted by Wulfgar! at 2:36 PM on February 11, 2003
Needs more tentacle rape.
Actually, I say that about most things.
posted by Stan Chin at 2:36 PM on February 11, 2003
Actually, I say that about most things.
posted by Stan Chin at 2:36 PM on February 11, 2003
Strangely.... familiar...
But it's a bitchen baby name, though.
posted by ubi at 2:38 PM on February 11, 2003
But it's a bitchen baby name, though.
posted by ubi at 2:38 PM on February 11, 2003
who knew the elder gods could be so cute? but, in truth, there are several on the web who have noticed the same, endearing characteristics in them. i wonder what it is that causes some to recast the cthulhu as such?
Underwhelmed.
at your commentary? yes.
posted by moz at 2:41 PM on February 11, 2003
Underwhelmed.
at your commentary? yes.
posted by moz at 2:41 PM on February 11, 2003
Better still (though funnier back in its now-dated pop culture moment).
posted by blueshammer at 2:52 PM on February 11, 2003
posted by blueshammer at 2:52 PM on February 11, 2003
moz, nice save; and I'll bite.
There a particular juxtaposition in the way that humans grasp evil. We are intangled in a conflict with it. WE fundamentally want to believe that we can conquer all dangers, but to do that, we have to put face to the challenge, to the fear. Can't conquer what you can't see.
Lovecraft introduced us to a fear that was so powerful, that to put face to it would be an act of defeat; Horror so awesome that no conflict is possible. As we've put a face to it we've sublimated our fear with acceptance of the inevitable evil, the return of the beings to whom chaos is food. (Living in America convinces me that that is happening.)
Is that more what you expected?
posted by Wulfgar! at 2:55 PM on February 11, 2003
There a particular juxtaposition in the way that humans grasp evil. We are intangled in a conflict with it. WE fundamentally want to believe that we can conquer all dangers, but to do that, we have to put face to the challenge, to the fear. Can't conquer what you can't see.
Lovecraft introduced us to a fear that was so powerful, that to put face to it would be an act of defeat; Horror so awesome that no conflict is possible. As we've put a face to it we've sublimated our fear with acceptance of the inevitable evil, the return of the beings to whom chaos is food. (Living in America convinces me that that is happening.)
Is that more what you expected?
posted by Wulfgar! at 2:55 PM on February 11, 2003
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(/extreme sarcasm)
posted by Wulfgar! at 2:29 PM on February 11, 2003