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My mother recently visited from the east cost, and somehow we got onto the topic of Cthulhu, which I described as being a character from a horror story, and is meant to represent all that is evil and terrifying. I wanted to give her an idea of what he was supposed to look like, so I showed her this image: To which my mother burst out laughing. She says, "how can that be scary? Octopus is food. That looks like food to me!" My mom is Korean. It didn't cross my mind that her love for food from the ocean would render her immune to anything resembling an octopus. I wondered how things that illicit some kind of fear in me would be less frightening if they looked like food. I recall ED-209 causing a lot of turmoil for me growing up. But what if ED looked like this?  Or what if predator drones looked like this?  So the goal here is to take things that are ordinarily rather scary, and then make them less scary because they're comprised of food you typically eat. Alternatively, take food you typically eat and do your best to make it scary.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 05:53 |
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| # ? Nov 21, 2009 11:16 |
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You were afraid of ED-209. I was afraid of eating fish growing up, because of the 'food poisoning' from the movie Airplane! I'll take a stab at a 'shop of some kind later. M_E_G. ADI. K fucked around with this message at Nov 04, 2009 around 06:04 |
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How exactly did the ED-209 cause you turmoil?
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:01 |
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I was 9 years old when that movie came out. I thought he was scary.
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jovial_cynic posted:I was 9 years old when that movie came out. I thought he was scary. Not gonna lie: I was way too young when I first saw ED-2's brain ripped out. Scared the poo poo out of me and gave me nightmares.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:06 |
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I was only 4 when I saw that film. I used to think the police really had poo poo like that. Talk about daytime nightmares.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:11 |
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I now have this hilarious mental image of dread Cthulhu rising through the ocean from his slumber in R'yleh, menacing the northeastern Asian coast, only to be repelled in a horror of his own as thousands of ravenously hungry Korean women descend upon him armed with flashing knives and chopsticks in a piranha-like human wave of cleaving and devouring.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:13 |
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GnatKingCoal posted:I now have this hilarious mental image of dread Cthulhu rising through the ocean from his slumber in R'yleh, menacing the northeastern Asian coast, only to be repelled in a horror of his own as thousands of ravenously hungry Korean women descend upon him armed with flashing knives and chopsticks in a piranha-like human wave of cleaving and devouring. Ah, but suppose Cthulhu had one of these?  Suddenly the tables are turned. 
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:17 |
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Your mom is pretty smart since Cthulhu is a fictional character and it would be pretty silly to be afraid of him!
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:17 |
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Weinertron posted:Not gonna lie: I was way too young when I first saw ED-2's brain ripped out. Scared the poo poo out of me and gave me nightmares. You're thinking of Cain from Robocop 2. ED-209 does not have a brain because it is a robot. 
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:20 |
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CPL593H posted:You're thinking of Cain from Robocop 2. ED-209 does not have a brain because it is a robot. Oh wait thats the goofy robot thing that falls down? He was funny. Cain was scary as poo poo.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:22 |
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Ah, but suppose Cthulhu had one of these? *gasp* No timer, even.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:29 |
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Pablo Gigante posted:Your mom is pretty smart since Cthulhu is a fictional character and it would be pretty silly to be afraid of him! YOU LIE
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:29 |
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jovial_cynic posted:and is meant to represent all that is evil and terrifying. Cthulu isn't evil. Terrifying, yes. Evil, no.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:32 |
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hammeredspace posted:Cthulu isn't evil. Terrifying, yes. Evil, no. With Cthulhu it's hard to say; the only ones that are really concrete (IIRC) are Azathoth, who's mindless and therefore has no moral compass, and Nyarlathotep, who is very definitely evil.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:34 |
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This thread jumped from zero to nerd in under ten posts. Quick, do Cthugha and Yog-Sothoth next!! EDIT: Also Dagon slash fiction, THANKS.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:37 |
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Wolfsheim posted:This thread jumped from zero to nerd in under ten posts. To be fair, the thread mentions Cthulhu and ED-209 in the OP. It was doomed from the start.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:42 |
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I must be one of the only people who has only a vague understanding of what Cthulhu is. I've never seen him in anything other than vague references like this. Anyone care to elaborate? 
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:43 |
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IcePheenix posted:I must be one of the only people who has only a vague understanding of what Cthulhu is. I've never seen him in anything other than vague references like this. Anyone care to elaborate? H.P. Lovecraft?? Christ, look at this guy. If you're unaware that with strange aeons even death may die GET OUT
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:45 |
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I was afraid of eating tuna for years because of the movie spaceballs where the thing jumps out of the guys chest and starts dancing around. I don't know what my childlike reasoning was there.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:46 |
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IcePheenix posted:I must be one of the only people who has only a vague understanding of what Cthulhu is. I've never seen him in anything other than vague references like this. Anyone care to elaborate? Since I'm already outed as a complete and total nerd: Basically, he's an ancient, god-like being who predates mankind and exists in a dormant state at the bottom of the ocean. Some day, he's going to wake up and devour all of humanity. Long version: http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrar...llofcthulhu.htm EDIT: Even shorter version: 
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Wolfsheim posted:H.P. Lovecraft?? Christ, look at this guy. I live in Rhode Island, and I've seen his grave. However, I know nothing of his works.
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CPL593H posted:To be fair, the thread mentions Cthulhu and ED-209 in the OP. It was doomed from the start. I think it has potential. Looking forward to some great submissions, and maybe I'll whip something up tomorrow while taking a break from searching for gainful employment.IcePheenix posted:I must be one of the only people who has only a vague understanding of what Cthulhu is. I've never seen him in anything other than vague references like this. Anyone care to elaborate? My understanding is pretty much based on casual mentions on the forums, and I have never read any Lovecraft, so I would appreciate a rundown of the Cthulu mythos as well. edit: ah, well there we go, thanks!
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:47 |
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Since I'm already outed as a complete and total nerd: Thank you for this link, I've never read the cthulhu stories, now I can! 
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:50 |
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Bash Ironfist posted:Thank you for this link, I've never read the cthulhu stories, now I can! Yup, everything Lovecraft ever wrote is in the public domain. Along with some of his contemporaries, who are generally less well-known, but some of whom are much better technical writers. (Arthur Machen's my personal favorite.)
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:51 |
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Makes a little more sense now. I knew it was something to that effect, but had never known exactly where it came from.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:51 |
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Bash Ironfist posted:Thank you for this link, I've never read the cthulhu stories, now I can! The only way to properly enjoy it is to pore over a yellowed secondhand paperback copy while alone in an ill-lit bedroom or study It also helps to be racist
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:56 |
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IcePheenix posted:I must be one of the only people who has only a vague understanding of what Cthulhu is. I've never seen him in anything other than vague references like this. Anyone care to elaborate? I know it sounds like a crazy plan that could never work, but you might consider just reading the Wikipedia entry.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:59 |
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I wasn't all that creeped out by Cthulhu, either, to be honest. The primordial, ancient evil and he can be defeated by running a boat into him? Pshaw. Now, Shadow Over Innsmouth was another matter.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 07:02 |
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Wolfsheim posted:The only way to properly enjoy it is to pore over a yellowed secondhand paperback copy while alone in an ill-lit bedroom or study At my bi-weekly Klan meetings we always bust out a little Lovecraft. In fact, the Head Wizard keeps us in the Story Circle so long its cutting into our other activities. We used have cake walks and potato derbies but no, now its all "She-Goat with Lotsa Babies" or some other stuff.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 07:04 |
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Wolfsheim posted:The only way to properly enjoy it is to pore over a yellowed secondhand paperback copy while alone in an ill-lit bedroom or study I'm no racist, no sir. As a poor man, I will take the free reading.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 07:08 |
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Its not the monster you are supposed to be afraid of. It's the underlying nagging feeling that everything you know as reality is a cheap illusion created by your mind's insanity and that you as a being are less than a nothingth of a nothing.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 07:45 |
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Arkanomen posted:Its not the monster you are supposed to be afraid of. It's the underlying nagging feeling that everything you know as reality is a cheap illusion created by your mind's insanity and that you as a being are less than a nothingth of a nothing. Yes, but then you run a giant boat into a giant dude and suddenly you're somebody. All of life's problems are solved by boats.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 07:52 |
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jovial_cynic posted:Alternatively, take food you typically eat and do your best to make it scary. I love mussels. They taste awesome, but when I look at them too closely, I get creeped out. The anatomy of a muscle is disgusting. Sometimes I imagine cracking one open and finding something more sinister. 
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 07:59 |
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I find everything Lovecraft scary until he starts describing the monsters. He conjures up the most fabulously disturbing scenarios (like the door in the basement that covers a hallway with scratchmarks from the inside, oh god!), and then he goes and blows it all by describing gigantic pink (pink!) monsters the size of barns, with eyes mounted on tentacles around their waist and a big mouth on top of their head that I can't help picturing as Barbapapa. I don't know, it just totally ruins the mood.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 08:01 |
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Arkanomen posted:Its not the monster you are supposed to be afraid of. It's the underlying nagging feeling that everything you know as reality is a cheap illusion created by your mind's insanity and that you as a being are less than a nothingth of a nothing. Our whole species and every form of life since the Cambrian Era is like a mold growth on the grout between the tiles of the shower of the Elder Gods. It's like they went away for a holiday trip and forgot to clean beforehand - when they return, we and everything we know are TOAST.
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anathenema posted:I wasn't all that creeped out by Cthulhu, either, to be honest. The primordial, ancient evil and he can be defeated by running a boat into him? Pshaw. Innsmouth was fish people from fish fuckers loving for an ancient fish god, right? Anyway, Cthulu wasn't defeated. The boat pulled off a clumsy headshot due to lag but the respawn timer was fast. "For an instant the ship was befouled by an acrid and blinding green cloud, and then there was only a venomous seething astern; where - God in heaven! - the scattered plasticity of that nameless sky-spawn was nebulously recombining in its hateful original form, whilst its distance widened every second as the Alert gained impetus from its mounting steam. "
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 08:10 |
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Tell me you're not more scared of being alone in a room with no way out as fish-fuckers are breaking down your door than you are of something that is turned into a giant fart by a ship.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 08:15 |
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Reminder that Obama is actually Nyarlathotep. You'll thank me when you're not marching off into the void to be devoured by the swirling nuclear chaos at the center of the universe.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 08:17 |
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GnatKingCoal posted:Our whole species and every form of life since the Cambrian Era is like a mold growth on the grout between the tiles of the shower of the Elder Gods. Humanity will disappear in a puff of the ancient scent of fresh lemons.
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