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Art from http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-hp-lovecraft-inspired-artworks
justanotherpervatwork
All I see is Bloodborne 2
TheCarrotQueen
All I can think about is SPN
GodDamnitMayweather
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.
Nabashin
The film called 'cthulu' is a great adaption.
CynicalBacon
At first glance I thought "Why is George Bush holding a baby Cthulu?" It was then at looking at the other ones I figured it out.
VoeltnerArtworks
Ah yes takes me back to the days of being cradled by the good Mr. Lovecraft.
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodCthulhu
I like
FlamedLion
I had a dream recently that reminded me of these types of stories.
xedative
For those that appreciate heavier music: Lovecraft-themed metal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ke2HBiI6yk
pennywiseCarpet
More!!!
fatherofpenguinmafia
Does H.P here stand for Harry Potter? I don't really know what is this about
GodDamnitMayweather
fuck you, you cracked me up +1
Secular
Practice your google-foo perhaps.
moricai
Where's the Mi-go, amigo?
eerongal
I'm like 95% sure #2 is supposed to be a mi-go....though i guess it could be a byakhee or something...
moricai
I thought it might, but I didn't think Mi-go could fly in Earth's atmosphere or something like that.
hakubavlk
Why is there a murloc in there?
Radix865
Because murlocs were pretty much copied from the Deep Ones in Lovercraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth".
ArcticEwok
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn! Ph'nglui mrglgrlmrglgrlgrlmrglgrl!
VikingsAreNinjaPirates
Because the designers at Blizzard read "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"
darthvetter13
Because mrglgrlmrglrglgrglmrgl!
cobragrunt
#2 is definitely from "the whisperer in the darkness." One of my favorites. Makes me never want to visit Vermont country side
clitslapper9000
Yeah that's my favourite too. The way one of them wears the guy's skin is heavy.
cobragrunt
It really is
grrperp
that dude was a big racist
madmanrampant
He was indeed. Died young, though, and was reportedly beginning to see the error of that mindset. I like to think that if he had lived (1)
madmanrampant
Then his writing would have reflected those changing views. Examples: Mark Twain and Herge
Radix865
Most people at the time were racists because it was "normal" to be racist, it was considered weird if you weren't.
DetroMental1
You can't fool me nylathrotep!
Radix865
I don't think Nyarlathotep is among the pictures...though with thousand forms, who knows.
DetroMental1
iirc doesn't nyarlathotep take the form of a tall lanky man to commune with man or some shit? Maybe I made that up
Radix865
Yes, that's the form he took when dealing with Egyptians, but I think the most well known is:
ChloePrice
I'm kind of sad this dude is so revered.
drow339
Say what you will about him as a person (believe me I get it), but don't base your opinions of his work on his character.
PerryCoxMD
I always found his writing style kind of lazy. His early works were mostly exposition followed by him not describing things.
queenholstein
Why?
ChloePrice
His writing is just so cheesy and muddled, I don't really understan why it's so loved. On top of that, he was a pretty shitty human being.
ArcticEwok
He was very racist...although iirc he acknowledged that it was probably due to his severe social paranoia. Still racist, though.
TheLivingJesus
What black people described as monkeys and every handsom man having blue eyes and blond hair is racist now?
Katalliaan
Orson Scott Card is incredibly homophobic, and yet people still love Ender's Game.
ArcticEwok
Yeah, the person can be distinct from their work. I thought the original comment was about Lovecraft, not his work (seems I was wrong).
totallynotagoat
Yeah, one of the plot twist reveals for his stories was that, in addition to the girl a guy marries being an undying Medusa, a girl was half
totallynotagoat
Black. That she was half black was literally the final reveal, and was supposed to be the most horrifying.
totallynotagoat
I do love most of his stories, just not the ones that portray black people as completely inhuman.