It is nice to put a face to the voice. In this case both are equally pleasing. Wow. that sounds creepier than I wanted. Don't care. Standing by it. Thank you for your work.
@@AxioProductions It's set in the Antarctic, it involves uncovering an alien civilization(the spacecraft), the monster is a shape-shifter(like the Shoggoths) and the ending is left dour and ambiguous.
well actually the idea about cosmic horror is indeed before Lovecraft, being "The House in the Borderland" has all the idea about evil alien entities and nightmare scenaries out of the Earth, some 20 years before him - the author is William Hope Hogdson, a very cool one and also very forgotten.
As far as Lovecraft's canon goes, Cthulhu is actually weak. An ordinary ship ploughing through its head was enough to stop it. It also seems like that Cthulhu requires a proper conjuration ritual by humans in order to permanently manifest itself physically. Cthulhu can manifest itself psychically in peoples' nightmares, but only if R'lyeh is above sea level, which in turn happens when the stars are right. Otherwise, R'lyeh is beneath the ocean. The water is a bulwark thwarting Cthulhu's telephatic and dream invading radiation
if you like fiction with deep expansive universe I'd suggest taking a look at Warhammer 40K it has both syfi , fantasy and even bits of horror in it as well. it's amazing, it's worth looking into.
If the nuke has existed in 1927, Lovecraft would have nuked Cthulhu in his story. At that time, the steamship was the most powerful thing humanity could design, and that's why Lovecraft used it to show how powerless we are against the great old ones. If you think you can just nuke R'lyeh and get rid of Cthulhu, I think you misunderstood something about what is Cthulhu. But anyway, thank you for your videos, they are very good and contribute to spread the word ! Most of the videos about the mythos on TH-cam aren't that good.
Hmmmm not sure about that, steam ships were sunk at that time by some pretty powerful bombs, and Lovecraft covered some pretty potent weapons in his stories... Lovecraft didn't bomb him because the steam ship happened to be at hand when he awoke, it wasn't like Lovecraft sent the human race to war against him, it was far closer to the fact he was stumbled upon By a steam ship. While I actually agree, Cthulhu would likely survive a nuke, the fact he was fought to a peace treaty by the old ones says that he isn't indestructible... Of course it's all opinion, but I think Lovecraft didn't see him as undefeatable, just bloody powerful on an individual level vs humans. After all he is just the offspring of far more powerful beings. I think in this age, Cthulhu would have a far harder time if he decided to go all Godzilla, though largely I think he'd handle it. But the big thing is, these creatures are smart and usually psychic, I don't think they'd dirty their hands with a fist fight.
Indeed, the thing is Cthulhu have been fighting the Elder things since before humans if Elder things are supposed to be more advance than us, then something of a nuclear bomb is like a hand gun to them? and yet Cthulhu is sparring against them lol but yeah who knows... maybe Nyarlathothep helped developed the atomic bomb? ... oh dear now that's a thought ^^
In Robert Bloch's "Shadow From The Steeple" Nyarlathotep does indeed help with the Manhattan project. I'm not a huge fan personally because I like the nuke being a purely human horror, but it does suit Nyarly's MO.
Nobody gives enough love to the dreamquest series, i mean it was one of the main points of expansion of the mythos, and yes i know some dont think its part of the mythos but they are wrong as many of the gods and locations are mentioned, also under the pyramid is good
as a pretty somewhat unknown trivia there are some Lovecraftian-like themes or elements at Tolkien´s fantasy, though he´d never ever acknoweledged as that (could be an indirect influence either by reading the same literarian precursor of Lovecraft or/and Ashton Smith and Howard stories from where he was kinda actually fond of, specially Conan ones.) These themes could be seen at: - the true nature of the Watcher in the Water in front of the Western entry to Moria - the pretty unknown and uncanny Nameless Things which Gandalf barely speaks on while retelling about his fight and chasing of the Barlog, deep in Moria - the true nature of the foul voices in the air at Caradrhas´Pass, as well that the mountain had a pretty bad unknown reputation long before the Orcs lurked there - whatever Aragorn talked on he meeting at his travels through the world, quoting several unknown ancient powerfull evil beings that aren´t along side Sauron, though still being nasty and against humans. - the true nature, origin and fate of Ungoliant, that spider-like creature that helped Morgoth to do his evillest deed to the world - the dark Rider/Hunter which chased Elves at the very beggining of his story, then sending them to Utumno where Morgoth created the Orcs after them - the location of the ruins of ancient Utummno fortess lost in the farthest northern regions, where maybe could still be several unkown foul secrets "sleeping" deep inside the sutbterranean mazes beneath it, where the Valars couldn´t reach it. (It sounds a lot like Unknown Kadath actually.)
Sadly its over but it was a really awesome journey Mate You do explain things really good.. i understood everything after you explained things in your Videos.. Damn.. i will miss you (sorry but i found you a while ago.. and now you stop) nevertheless.. Thank you for all of this
Great series of videos, man. As H.P. Lovecraft said “All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other.”
My first two intro's into Lovecraft were Petersen and Chaosium's COC box set which I was given in 1981 on my birthday by very close friends and then I read my first Lovecraft story The Colour Out of Space.... so cool your fave was Colour....
Personally, I don't think Cuthulhu would be bothered by pretty much anything we can do. He and other aliens mastered long distance space travel----any nuclear explosion we can come up with pales in comparison to what they encounter at space. Maybe if we had anything with the same firepower as the Halo Rings, Cthulhu would consider us a threat.
Loved these videos! after I watched them for the first time I went right out and bought a copy of The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft keep up the great content!
Lovecraftian/cosmic horror literature could be classified on several cathegories on how worthy or "canon-like" might be related with the whole mythology and lore about it. 1. The best one are "Cthulhu mythos" stories done by Lovecraft, being those more done since "The Call of Cthulhu" until Lovecraft´s death, with some a few earlier related stories such as "The Nameless City" and "The Festival", and just a few that didn´t happened into that lore themselves but where done while - as "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" which isn´t actually into Cthulhu´s mythos lore itself. 2. The second best ones are the Cthulhu mythos lore done by other authors of Lovecraft´s literarian circle while he was still alive (and none of the work done later as Derleth´s posthumous colaborations), as well there could be included all the colaborations about the theme, where Lovecraft co-writte in life. 3. Then goes all or most of all Lovecraft´s work not directly related with the Cthulhu mythos, such as the Randolph Carter stories and the Dreams cycle too as well others New England tales. (The juvenilia stories as "The Alchemist", "The Beast at the Cave" and even "The Tomb" shoudn´t be here included.) Also the cosmic horror-like stories of literary precursors of Lovecraft as Dunnsanny, Blackwood, Machen, Merrit, Hogdson, Stoker, Shiel, Chambers, Bierce and even some of Poe could be included here. 4. Finally at the end goes all the lore done after Lovecraft´s decease, starting with Derleth´s work and finishing with Campbell or King stuff, which is actually the one that OUGHT BE CALLED "FANFICTION" more than the other levels.
"People hear about Cthulhu and that's all they know" The problem is that people hear about Cthulhu and that's all they care to know, then they come and fart through their mouths like they knew shit about H.P Lovecraft's stories. That's what's bothersome. Even worse is that stupid game developers release games "Based on the works of H.P Lovecraft" and 90% of the time, they just read "The Call of Cthulhu" and if they're a bit more diligent "The Shadow over Innsmouth." Then they show a character going insane and bam! Instant Lovecraft from the Lovecraft-O-Matic without ever even attempting to understand what his stories are all about. The one and ONLY game I've seen that actually feels like "Lovecraft" is Eternal Darkness on Gamecube (and even then they kinda botched the ending by making it a happy one). The last door on PC could also be a good contender but that's more of a mix between Lovecraft and Poe. Quite amazing in its own right.
ToastyPC the Call of Cthulhu videogame, however, is more inspired and licensed by Chaosium, creators of the tabletop RPG. Though the older game has a bit of the CoC RPG "escape from Innsmouth" (not the "a Shadow over Innsmouth" story, which a lot of people seem to think), it does deviate indeed from Lovecraft's point after halfway. I just wanted to mention that the videogame is more based on the tabletop RPG (and one of the modules) than the books.
When you say Eternal Darkness had a happy ending are referring to the normal ending or the hidden ending that teased a sequel that we'll probably never get to play?
Nice vids. Helped me understand the mythos as a whole and then broken down from there. I'm an old school metalhead and grew up listening to 80s thrash, speed and death metal so I would hear and read things from the mythos in a lot of the lyrics. Also in illustrations on album covers. A death metal band Miorbid Angel especially has entire songs with the lyrics being chants and incantations to bring about elders and such. But most bands would take quotes from across the entire mythos mixing them up. I made the same mistake thinking Cuthulu is the most powerful all mighty being of them all but not so much now. I tried to read a family tree a diagram type thing to get a better grasp of the mythos but just ended up being more ingnerant. I ended up with the assumption that the lot of them were all big mess of slimy eyeballs and tenticals. What I was able to do now is realise that when Lovecraft wrote his works humanity knew a lot less of our world, our solar system and universe so the greatest fear is of the unknown. I also learned the mythos wasn't meant to be picked apart and listed by who the biggest is or the most bad ass. But wich of them would create the most fear in the reader. Also, I was able to apply one of my biggest fears aside from death to the mythos. Aggothoth...hes in the center of all things and creates all things as he slumbers but is completely unaware of all. The drums and flutes are what keeps him asleep and dreaming but if he awakens.......WE WONT. That's not power...its just simply it is or it is not. No anger or love toward us...not caring nor uncaring. Wow. I sometimes think of the earth and how old it is and the size of our solar system from there to our milky way and then galaxy clusters. The emence space and time between them and then black holes to the great void and what dwarfs that then back to the big bang and through the list again then all the sudden my tiny human mind can't comprehend beyond that and all the sudden I'm gripped with fear and can't breath. HP Lovecraft probably went crazy trying convey that fear through the mythos. When he awakens.....we won't. Oh shit man.
For introduction to the mythos I would choose my favorite - From Beyond. It is very simple and very compact while keeping the most important aspect of cosmic horror. That is, the revealing of unsettling knowledge of reality.
Lovecraft did a lot of awesome things, crazy yet inviting. Which really sets role playing games as well, not just JRR Tolkein, but lovecraft did much to add to comics, role playing games, video games, science fiction... just, a lot. Very successful crazy person, worth remembering, unlike Culligula.
I personally like to start series at the very beginning, but if you want to dive right into Discworld then I think "Hogfather" is a good place to start.
Omg I just listened to this video today!!!! I listen to your videos as back ground noise during my day! And I have the same cthulhu myths encyclopedia by mr. harms!!! I bought it a year ago and agree it’s a good book! And I have the arkham horror game I haven’t played it yet but looking for someone lol! Keep going a huge fan!
I watched this video last night, but couldn't comment for some reason. One of the questions was about the origins or the inspiration for the names of various beings. I have always felt they are very Egyptian in nature. Not all but many, such as Hastor/ Hathor and Azathoth/ Thoth. Nodens, on the other hand seems more Norse (Odin) or Germanic (Woden). I had other comments to make but have forgotten them all now.
I am sorry I am late to the videos. as a Lovecraft fan, I have read lots of Charles Stross books, and he does a damn good job of mixing modern world spy fiction with Lovecraftian horror if they would make a movie, it would be via his books I think.. his books and stories are more easily set here and now, yet with a Lovecraftian horror in the background. almost everything done in the Stross world is done with a fear that a cosmic horror is going to enter this world at a certain date. as in "when the stars are aligned right"
My favorite 3 Lovecraft stories are the short story "The Hound" (grave robbing is so cringe). The short story "The Temple" about a doomed submarine full of Germans and probably the "Horror at Red Hook". The nightmare that Lovecraft paints at the end is cosmically grueling. But I'd have another favorite 3 on another day.
As I watched all your Cthulhu mythos videos I tried to sleep while not thinking about those creatures and while I was dreaming most of them.. I believe they are real!..
I like your interpretation of Nyarlathotep being a lot like Q, a being belonging to an incomprehensibly large, unknown pantheon and of those beings he has a greater fascination with humans than any of the other beings. But where Q ultimately has humanity's best interests at heart, Nyarlathotep could and would send the world to hell in a handbasket on a whim at any time.
very pleased n happy with all these videos I love them. and I'm so thankful since I'm a huge fan of Lovecraft and every other video I found trying to explain or talk about the subject we're fucking horrible and made me sick n sad n very pissed off. but you actually did the mythos justice so great job! thanks!
In the Call of Cthulhu RPG supplement from Chaosium called Cthulhu Now there are rules for handling the nuking of Cthulhu as a possibility in a modern era campaign. He regenerates, but now he's radioactive. Great.
Could you do a video regarding the mythos and how it inspired the MASS EFFECT series. I was a big fan of the series and thought the atmosphere was amazing, and Mass Effec was most certainly strongly inspired by Lovecraft. Also I'm getting a sense of strong influence on the Warhammer 40K series (mentions of old ones and crafting races, even the strong sense of cosmic horror) Lovecraft FTW
Although this wasn't a first face reveal, it's still quite disturbing. Truly the face of trans-dimensional evil and unknown horror. :D Love the series. Binge watching it in an evening. Thanks for all your work, and sharing.
Speaking of Charles Stross, his _Laundry Files_ books also deal with the Mythos and Cosmic Horror in the modern world. Check them out if you have a gap in your reading schedule, starting with _The Atrocity Archives._
You should read the Laundry series by Charles Stross. It's kind of 007 meets Dilbert meets Lovecraft, taking place in modern times. There is even a Call of Cthulhu spinoff rpg based on it.
I love this. He said that he heard of Cthulhu while he was playing D&D. The three ways to know H.P. L. is cause you love D&D, goth, or a lover oh good old fashioned horror. But this is my two copper...... fish hooks.
Bloodborne bro, Bloodborne. Nyarlathotep is the one that should never stain your tongue. I love the deviance, the unimaginable intellect and foresight. No idea if he is just an avatar of something far, far worse. My kind of dude. Good job man, love the series and the channel. Subscribed after second video I think. 🔥
Dude, there is a game coming out and you must try it, as it is heavily based on cthulhu mythos. The game is called Secret World Legends and is made by Norwegian game company Funcom. Actually the game is a re-release of their previous game The Secret World, which had an amazing storyline with cthulhu mythos weaved into it.
Pat Hanner couldn’t agree more. The whole point is that humans are insignificant. With that being said I think the way Bloodborne handed it was pretty good.
I rather much like the idea that if the great old ones were a thing and had a body it would be more of an avatar of their true being and thus killable but they would still exist in where ever they truely are. Much like the other Eldari in MTG and DarkSeid in DC comics.
Theres a good manga and i think anime where people use the powers and contracts with gods and the final twist was when the school principle, who was a students dad, starts flipping the guck out then rips off his face and reveals that nyarlathothep had corrupted the contract taken over his mind and added him to his 1000 faces, and he was reafy to bring the chaos, he enjoyed playi g with mortals but he was tired of people thinking he and the mythos were not real so he was gonna open the gates and let the great ones in, sadly i think it got cancelled right at that reveal
Maybe late, but just found you ... those deep ones caught my ear. Did you ewer read "War with the Newts" from Karel Čapek ? Isn't an per-say horror, but the way it progressed and especially ended might be interesting to you.
Loved this series 'cause I was really being wanting to get into the Cthulhu Mythos, can you make one about the Vampire The Masquerade Scenario, at least the clans? thanks anyway
There is a rather new theory from wow that talks about how Azeroth is its universe version of Azathoth, and that the old gods, sent by the void gods, was sent there to keep it eaither to sleep, or to awaken it.
Cthulhu is never stated to be a great old one. I believe he is referred to as a great priest and, in the dunwitch horror he is mentioned a a cousin to the great old ones.
It is nice to put a face to the voice.
In this case both are equally pleasing.
Wow. that sounds creepier than I wanted.
Don't care.
Standing by it.
Thank you for your work.
He looks like a 40 year old 12 year old.
Mate, you have given me knowledge, perspective and joy. Thank you very much for all the effort and commitment to the series you did.
You look way different than I imagined for some reason.
Everyone usually does. After awhile it begins to fit.
I was expecting a Sam Elliot mustache and a pointy chin beard.
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Same 😆
Same here. SAME HERE.
i was promised a Cthuhlu Mythos in Bloodborne video :P i enjoyed the series dude! Hope you come back to it some day!
I just binged this whole playlist and wow I gotta say, great research and delivery. Subbing.
The Thing is very similar to "At the Mountains of Madness"
The420Gunslinger how so?
@@AxioProductions It's set in the Antarctic, it involves uncovering an alien civilization(the spacecraft), the monster is a shape-shifter(like the Shoggoths) and the ending is left dour and ambiguous.
well actually the idea about cosmic horror is indeed before Lovecraft, being "The House in the Borderland" has all the idea about evil alien entities and nightmare scenaries out of the Earth, some 20 years before him - the author is William Hope Hogdson, a very cool one and also very forgotten.
As far as Lovecraft's canon goes, Cthulhu is actually weak. An ordinary ship ploughing through its head was enough to stop it.
It also seems like that Cthulhu requires a proper conjuration ritual by humans in order to permanently manifest itself physically.
Cthulhu can manifest itself psychically in peoples' nightmares, but only if R'lyeh is above sea level, which in turn happens when the stars are right.
Otherwise, R'lyeh is beneath the ocean. The water is a bulwark thwarting Cthulhu's telephatic and dream invading radiation
It was great to see the series!
I'm interested to see more
if you like fiction with deep expansive universe I'd suggest taking a look at Warhammer 40K it has both syfi , fantasy and even bits of horror in it as well. it's amazing, it's worth looking into.
especially the horus heresy which has been greatly expanded upon this last decade !
if you do that start out with a youtuber named arch Warhammer...
I've enjoyed all of the videos in the series, sad to see them end. Great job!
Lovecraft has had an insanely massive influence
This is one of my new favorite series on TH-cam. Thanks!
I just spent the day cleaning the house and listened to it all. Thanks for this. 2022.
I am a huge Lovecraft fan and finding your channel a while back has made me one of the happiest people on Earth haha.
If the nuke has existed in 1927, Lovecraft would have nuked Cthulhu in his story. At that time, the steamship was the most powerful thing humanity could design, and that's why Lovecraft used it to show how powerless we are against the great old ones. If you think you can just nuke R'lyeh and get rid of Cthulhu, I think you misunderstood something about what is Cthulhu.
But anyway, thank you for your videos, they are very good and contribute to spread the word ! Most of the videos about the mythos on TH-cam aren't that good.
Hmmmm not sure about that, steam ships were sunk at that time by some pretty powerful bombs, and Lovecraft covered some pretty potent weapons in his stories... Lovecraft didn't bomb him because the steam ship happened to be at hand when he awoke, it wasn't like Lovecraft sent the human race to war against him, it was far closer to the fact he was stumbled upon By a steam ship.
While I actually agree, Cthulhu would likely survive a nuke, the fact he was fought to a peace treaty by the old ones says that he isn't indestructible... Of course it's all opinion, but I think Lovecraft didn't see him as undefeatable, just bloody powerful on an individual level vs humans. After all he is just the offspring of far more powerful beings. I think in this age, Cthulhu would have a far harder time if he decided to go all Godzilla, though largely I think he'd handle it. But the big thing is, these creatures are smart and usually psychic, I don't think they'd dirty their hands with a fist fight.
Indeed, the thing is Cthulhu have been fighting the Elder things since before humans if Elder things are supposed to be more advance than us, then something of a nuclear bomb is like a hand gun to them? and yet Cthulhu is sparring against them lol but yeah who knows...
maybe Nyarlathothep helped developed the atomic bomb? ... oh dear now that's a thought ^^
In Robert Bloch's "Shadow From The Steeple" Nyarlathotep does indeed help with the Manhattan project. I'm not a huge fan personally because I like the nuke being a purely human horror, but it does suit Nyarly's MO.
@@neilgooge Why assume nukes? Mankind has far more destructive and powerful weaponry than a war head
@@WhenDevilsDuel literally what is more powerful than splitting atoms in bomb-form ? lol try again mate.
this series is the best hands down
This series was awesome!!!! Thanks for putting it together.
Nobody gives enough love to the dreamquest series, i mean it was one of the main points of expansion of the mythos, and yes i know some dont think its part of the mythos but they are wrong as many of the gods and locations are mentioned, also under the pyramid is good
Stumbled on your videos, and now I am reading The Shadow over Innsmouth. Awesome content. Know I'm a couple years late.
Love ALL of your exploring series. All fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Keep on with the superb content! You are an amazing youngster and I'm hooked with Exploring (all of it.)
as a pretty somewhat unknown trivia there are some Lovecraftian-like themes or elements at Tolkien´s fantasy, though he´d never ever acknoweledged as that (could be an indirect influence either by reading the same literarian precursor of Lovecraft or/and Ashton Smith and Howard stories from where he was kinda actually fond of, specially Conan ones.) These themes could be seen at:
- the true nature of the Watcher in the Water in front of the Western entry to Moria
- the pretty unknown and uncanny Nameless Things which Gandalf barely speaks on while retelling about his fight and chasing of the Barlog, deep in Moria
- the true nature of the foul voices in the air at Caradrhas´Pass, as well that the mountain had a pretty bad unknown reputation long before the Orcs lurked there
- whatever Aragorn talked on he meeting at his travels through the world, quoting several unknown ancient powerfull evil beings that aren´t along side Sauron, though still being nasty and against humans.
- the true nature, origin and fate of Ungoliant, that spider-like creature that helped Morgoth to do his evillest deed to the world
- the dark Rider/Hunter which chased Elves at the very beggining of his story, then sending them to Utumno where Morgoth created the Orcs after them
- the location of the ruins of ancient Utummno fortess lost in the farthest northern regions, where maybe could still be several unkown foul secrets "sleeping" deep inside the sutbterranean mazes beneath it, where the Valars couldn´t reach it. (It sounds a lot like Unknown Kadath actually.)
Sadly its over but it was a really awesome journey Mate
You do explain things really good.. i understood everything after you explained things in your Videos.. Damn.. i will miss you (sorry but i found you a while ago.. and now you stop)
nevertheless..
Thank you for all of this
Great video, and I love the wood paneling, man.
Great series of videos, man. As H.P. Lovecraft said “All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other.”
My first two intro's into Lovecraft were Petersen and Chaosium's COC box set which I was given in 1981 on my birthday by very close friends and then I read my first Lovecraft story The Colour Out of Space.... so cool your fave was Colour....
hi ... I watched most of your work here... and I am really fascinated ... thx 4 sharing
just took a random video to say this
thank you for all your exploring the cthulhu mythos videos!!
love them
I Just sat through this whole series in one sitting. Great stuff, I have subscribed to your channel.
Personally, I don't think Cuthulhu would be bothered by pretty much anything we can do. He and other aliens mastered long distance space travel----any nuclear explosion we can come up with pales in comparison to what they encounter at space. Maybe if we had anything with the same firepower as the Halo Rings, Cthulhu would consider us a threat.
Loved these videos! after I watched them for the first time I went right out and bought a copy of The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft keep up the great content!
Lovecraftian/cosmic horror literature could be classified on several cathegories on how worthy or "canon-like" might be related with the whole mythology and lore about it.
1. The best one are "Cthulhu mythos" stories done by Lovecraft, being those more done since "The Call of Cthulhu" until Lovecraft´s death, with some a few earlier related stories such as "The Nameless City" and "The Festival", and just a few that didn´t happened into that lore themselves but where done while - as "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" which isn´t actually into Cthulhu´s mythos lore itself.
2. The second best ones are the Cthulhu mythos lore done by other authors of Lovecraft´s literarian circle while he was still alive (and none of the work done later as Derleth´s posthumous colaborations), as well there could be included all the colaborations about the theme, where Lovecraft co-writte in life.
3. Then goes all or most of all Lovecraft´s work not directly related with the Cthulhu mythos, such as the Randolph Carter stories and the Dreams cycle too as well others New England tales. (The juvenilia stories as "The Alchemist", "The Beast at the Cave" and even "The Tomb" shoudn´t be here included.) Also the cosmic horror-like stories of literary precursors of Lovecraft as Dunnsanny, Blackwood, Machen, Merrit, Hogdson, Stoker, Shiel, Chambers, Bierce and even some of Poe could be included here.
4. Finally at the end goes all the lore done after Lovecraft´s decease, starting with Derleth´s work and finishing with Campbell or King stuff, which is actually the one that OUGHT BE CALLED "FANFICTION" more than the other levels.
"People hear about Cthulhu and that's all they know"
The problem is that people hear about Cthulhu and that's all they care to know, then they come and fart through their mouths like they knew shit about H.P Lovecraft's stories. That's what's bothersome. Even worse is that stupid game developers release games "Based on the works of H.P Lovecraft" and 90% of the time, they just read "The Call of Cthulhu" and if they're a bit more diligent "The Shadow over Innsmouth." Then they show a character going insane and bam! Instant Lovecraft from the Lovecraft-O-Matic without ever even attempting to understand what his stories are all about. The one and ONLY game I've seen that actually feels like "Lovecraft" is Eternal Darkness on Gamecube (and even then they kinda botched the ending by making it a happy one). The last door on PC could also be a good contender but that's more of a mix between Lovecraft and Poe. Quite amazing in its own right.
ToastyPC the Call of Cthulhu videogame, however, is more inspired and licensed by Chaosium, creators of the tabletop RPG.
Though the older game has a bit of the CoC RPG "escape from Innsmouth" (not the "a Shadow over Innsmouth" story, which a lot of people seem to think), it does deviate indeed from Lovecraft's point after halfway.
I just wanted to mention that the videogame is more based on the tabletop RPG (and one of the modules) than the books.
Bloodborne is pretty Lovecrafty
When you say Eternal Darkness had a happy ending are referring to the normal ending or the hidden ending that teased a sequel that we'll probably never get to play?
Nice vids. Helped me understand the mythos as a whole and then broken down from there. I'm an old school metalhead and grew up listening to 80s thrash, speed and death metal so I would hear and read things from the mythos in a lot of the lyrics. Also in illustrations on album covers. A death metal band Miorbid Angel especially has entire songs with the lyrics being chants and incantations to bring about elders and such. But most bands would take quotes from across the entire mythos mixing them up. I made the same mistake thinking Cuthulu is the most powerful all mighty being of them all but not so much now. I tried to read a family tree a diagram type thing to get a better grasp of the mythos but just ended up being more ingnerant. I ended up with the assumption that the lot of them were all big mess of slimy eyeballs and tenticals. What I was able to do now is realise that when Lovecraft wrote his works humanity knew a lot less of our world, our solar system and universe so the greatest fear is of the unknown. I also learned the mythos wasn't meant to be picked apart and listed by who the biggest is or the most bad ass. But wich of them would create the most fear in the reader.
Also, I was able to apply one of my biggest fears aside from death to the mythos. Aggothoth...hes in the center of all things and creates all things as he slumbers but is completely unaware of all. The drums and flutes are what keeps him asleep and dreaming but if he awakens.......WE WONT.
That's not power...its just simply it is or it is not.
No anger or love toward us...not caring nor uncaring. Wow.
I sometimes think of the earth and how old it is and the size of our solar system from there to our milky way and then galaxy clusters. The emence space and time between them and then black holes to the great void and what dwarfs that then back to the big bang and through the list again then all the sudden my tiny human mind can't comprehend beyond that and all the sudden I'm gripped with fear and can't breath.
HP Lovecraft probably went crazy trying convey that fear through the mythos.
When he awakens.....we won't. Oh shit man.
thank you for the series, very much enjoyed it.
great series of videos, they got me interested in all these stories.
Half way through our new mythos collection of short stories. So far we have Y'Golonac, Dark Young, Deep one hybrids and proto-Shoggoth matter in it.
For introduction to the mythos I would choose my favorite - From Beyond. It is very simple and very compact while keeping the most important aspect of cosmic horror. That is, the revealing of unsettling knowledge of reality.
Lovecraft did a lot of awesome things, crazy yet inviting. Which really sets role playing games as well, not just JRR Tolkein, but lovecraft did much to add to comics, role playing games, video games, science fiction... just, a lot. Very successful crazy person, worth remembering, unlike Culligula.
I personally like to start series at the very beginning, but if you want to dive right into Discworld then I think "Hogfather" is a good place to start.
Look so much younger than I thought. But excellent video series. Thank you!
Dude you are a great narrator man. Dope setup!
Omg I just listened to this video today!!!! I listen to your videos as back ground noise during my day! And I have the same cthulhu myths encyclopedia by mr. harms!!! I bought it a year ago and agree it’s a good book! And I have the arkham horror game I haven’t played it yet but looking for someone lol! Keep going a huge fan!
Great audio version of the mound on here... If you're not going to read it, it's well worth a listen...
I watched this video last night, but couldn't comment for some reason. One of the questions was about the origins or the inspiration for the names of various beings. I have always felt they are very Egyptian in nature. Not all but many, such as Hastor/ Hathor and Azathoth/ Thoth. Nodens, on the other hand seems more Norse (Odin) or Germanic (Woden).
I had other comments to make but have forgotten them all now.
I am sorry I am late to the videos. as a Lovecraft fan, I have read lots of Charles Stross books, and he does a damn good job of mixing modern world spy fiction with Lovecraftian horror if they would make a movie, it would be via his books I think.. his books and stories are more easily set here and now, yet with a Lovecraftian horror in the background. almost everything done in the Stross world is done with a fear that a cosmic horror is going to enter this world at a certain date. as in "when the stars are aligned right"
We almost have the same top 3, but while Color Out of Space was great, Shadows Over Innsmouth was more to my liking and gets first place for me.
thanks for all this man! I loved it!
Good Omens is Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman. My personal favorite casual book.
Damnnnnn bro, I loved the Cthulhu mythos work!
My favorite 3 Lovecraft stories are the short story "The Hound" (grave robbing is so cringe). The short story "The Temple" about a doomed submarine full of Germans and probably the "Horror at Red Hook". The nightmare that Lovecraft paints at the end is cosmically grueling. But I'd have another favorite 3 on another day.
I commend this series. Well done, sir.
More content bro! You're awesome!
As I watched all your Cthulhu mythos videos I tried to sleep while not thinking about those creatures and while I was dreaming most of them.. I believe they are real!..
>"I wasn't super into it"
>"I watched about 20 episodes."
well sometimes you have to slog through early episodes to find the best stuff. unfortunatly sometimes the early dreck is the best that series has.
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I've heard that the first 3 episodes of an anime will usually tell you if you'd like it or not
Great series!!!
I like your interpretation of Nyarlathotep being a lot like Q, a being belonging to an incomprehensibly large, unknown pantheon and of those beings he has a greater fascination with humans than any of the other beings. But where Q ultimately has humanity's best interests at heart, Nyarlathotep could and would send the world to hell in a handbasket on a whim at any time.
very pleased n happy with all these videos I love them. and I'm so thankful since I'm a huge fan of Lovecraft and every other video I found trying to explain or talk about the subject we're fucking horrible and made me sick n sad n very pissed off. but you actually did the mythos justice so great job! thanks!
In the Call of Cthulhu RPG supplement from Chaosium called Cthulhu Now there are rules for handling the nuking of Cthulhu as a possibility in a modern era campaign. He regenerates, but now he's radioactive. Great.
Thank u, you helped explain a lot of the mythos for me and my brother and my boyfriend.
Could you do a video regarding the mythos and how it inspired the MASS EFFECT series. I was a big fan of the series and thought the atmosphere was amazing, and Mass Effec was most certainly strongly inspired by Lovecraft. Also I'm getting a sense of strong influence on the Warhammer 40K series (mentions of old ones and crafting races, even the strong sense of cosmic horror) Lovecraft FTW
You should check out Warhammer 40,000. It is an expansive futuristic fantasy horror universe, depicting how man would face such COSMIC HORROR.
Although this wasn't a first face reveal, it's still quite disturbing.
Truly the face of trans-dimensional evil and unknown horror.
:D
Love the series. Binge watching it in an evening.
Thanks for all your work, and sharing.
Great series man
This series was great. Please do Discworld.
Start with the color of magic, first book.
Speaking of Charles Stross, his _Laundry Files_ books also deal with the Mythos and Cosmic Horror in the modern world. Check them out if you have a gap in your reading schedule, starting with _The Atrocity Archives._
cthulhu? more like coolthulhu... i'll leave now sorry
Right when you started talking about kos I noticed that what you said was exactly what micolash said in bloodborne
He's never heard of Cthulhu Tech? Cyberpunk+global war+Cthulhu, it's everything humanity could ever want
Love the series!
Amazing channel i love videos yog-sothoth would approve of your knowlege in the lovecraft field kepp em coming.
cool video dude, thanks for uploading this.
You should read the Laundry series by Charles Stross. It's kind of 007 meets Dilbert meets Lovecraft, taking place in modern times. There is even a Call of Cthulhu spinoff rpg based on it.
"I shrink things down to much to make enjoyable fiction" *Makes a popular series on TH-cam about short stories....*
Great series man.
Sorry for being late.
I love this. He said that he heard of Cthulhu while he was playing D&D. The three ways to know H.P. L. is cause you love D&D, goth, or a lover oh good old fashioned horror. But this is my two copper...... fish hooks.
PolarBearProject or anytime Cthulhu makes a cameo in something like South Park.
Bloodborne bro, Bloodborne.
Nyarlathotep is the one that should never stain your tongue. I love the deviance, the unimaginable intellect and foresight. No idea if he is just an avatar of something far, far worse. My kind of dude.
Good job man, love the series and the channel. Subscribed after second video I think. 🔥
Might be a good idea to move this to the end of the playlist…
Dude, there is a game coming out and you must try it, as it is heavily based on cthulhu mythos. The game is called Secret World Legends and is made by Norwegian game company Funcom. Actually the game is a re-release of their previous game The Secret World, which had an amazing storyline with cthulhu mythos weaved into it.
Is there any chance you would be willing to post the collection of mythos images that you show during your videos?
The idea that the great old ones can be killed is boring and defeats the purpose.
Pat Hanner couldn’t agree more. The whole point is that humans are insignificant. With that being said I think the way Bloodborne handed it was pretty good.
The old ones can of course die. The insignificance of humanity is portrayed in more ways than one.
I rather much like the idea that if the great old ones were a thing and had a body it would be more of an avatar of their true being and thus killable but they would still exist in where ever they truely are. Much like the other Eldari in MTG and DarkSeid in DC comics.
good work my friend
Theres a good manga and i think anime where people use the powers and contracts with gods and the final twist was when the school principle, who was a students dad, starts flipping the guck out then rips off his face and reveals that nyarlathothep had corrupted the contract taken over his mind and added him to his 1000 faces, and he was reafy to bring the chaos, he enjoyed playi g with mortals but he was tired of people thinking he and the mythos were not real so he was gonna open the gates and let the great ones in, sadly i think it got cancelled right at that reveal
this was great thanks for doing the work
Maybe late, but just found you ... those deep ones caught my ear. Did you ewer read "War with the Newts" from Karel Čapek ? Isn't an per-say horror, but the way it progressed and especially ended might be interesting to you.
Check out CthulhuTech! New edition is being created as we speak, if I remember correctly!
Excuse me, you shloud make more videos about this mythos, excelent voice and infomation, make them longer if you can.
what about skyrim?
dude, u r on the right track, ...
What encyclopedia were you consulting? Great vid!
The way u described anime-hastur is priceless
Loved this series 'cause I was really being wanting to get into the Cthulhu Mythos, can you make one about the Vampire The Masquerade Scenario, at least the clans? thanks anyway
There is a rather new theory from wow that talks about how Azeroth is its universe version of Azathoth, and that the old gods, sent by the void gods, was sent there to keep it eaither to sleep, or to awaken it.
Great series, good job.
Yeah, a history of Arkham inc. game versions would be great,
you should consider doing an Exploration series on Starcraft
Apparently “a colder war” explores the “consequences” of what happened in “at the mountains of madness”
Fun Fact: The August Derleth Society in his own town seems to want to pretend that his Mythos writings aren't a thing.
Cthulhu is never stated to be a great old one. I believe he is referred to as a great priest and, in the dunwitch horror he is mentioned a a cousin to the great old ones.
The Unnamable has Randolph Carter so it's in the dream cycle
Did you dream about Cthulhu ?