#before lovecraft

[st-just]

Okay I do kind of think that using Lovecraft as a synecdoche for early 20th century American racism is kind of ill-fitting? It's like using some miserable incel who never leaves his apartment and is literally too scared to talk to a woman as a representative of modern misogyny - like, they absolutely are racist/misogynist, but precisely the fact that they're so weird and offputting about it means that basing your understanding of the phenomena around them is going to obscure far more than it clarifies. (E.g. that one oddly persistent mid-2010s online feminist meme about how the patriarchy was maintained by resentful virgins who couldn't get dates).

#also like to be fair to him Lovecraft did get better right before he died #musing

[macabrecabra]

LOVECRAFTOBER: DAY TWENTY-FOUR: Night Gaunt, Ghoul, and Zoog

Affiliation: Elder Gods Usually

A quick one I did last night and forgot to post! Just wanted to look at some of the creatures that are found in the Dreamlands of lore and give them a small spotlight, especially Night Gaunts! Love me some faceless spooky boys!

Also Zoogs are just bloodthirsty trash pandas.....and I love them.

#Live Laugh and Lovecraft #Zoog #Ghoul Lovecraft #Night Gaunts #Lovecraft Mythology #The rowdy babies! #...accidentally posted twenty-five before Twenty-four > u>;;

[wildflower-otome]

Cupid Parasite -Sweet & Spicy Darling.- Otomate Sweet Box edition

#cupid parasite #oh wow hadn't actually seen this cover before #gill looks cool here #gill lovecraft #shelby snail #allan melville #raul aconite #keisaiin f ryuuki #peter flage #otomate

[rapidlydecayingcorpse]

you have no idea how pissed i got when i learned arkham massachusetts wasn’t fucking real like i thought “someday i should roadtrip to that funky little podcast man’s hometown” and boom dreams shattered. anyways we should build one

#yes i listened to malevolent before becoming aware of arkham in lovecraft stories #i am well read now trust <- watched a brief youtube video about a couple lovecraft stories #malevolent #lovecraft

[femmefatalegoth]

#h.p. lovecraft #bringing back an idea from before the polls were a thing #poll

[ennaih]

Every Film I Watch In 2023:

248. In The Mouth Of Madness (1994) -- a rewatch

#in the mouth of madness #in the mouth of madness (2023) #2023filmgifs #my gifs #this is a writer's film #specifically for writers of fiction #it is a goddamned glorious delight and celebration of our lunacy #and of Lovecraft and Stephen King and even a bit of MR James #i've seen it twice before #but both before i read any of those writers #and before i got into John Carpenter's films #or did i rewatch it when i did? #anyway i don't think i got it either of those times #this time i was cackling with delight from the start #especially with that use of The Carpenters oh my god #even though i love them sincerely and without irony #but that was hilarious #and yes the seventh gif made me yell #'NOOO SAM NEILL DON'T GO INTO THE EVENT HORIZONNNN' #which came out three years after this #the nineties really were an incredible decade for him #ugh this was so beautifully filmed #and the print was so lovely #i love Carpenter so much #and this totally proved my love of him #terrible female lead though #her acting was atrocious #but luckily we have Sam Neill that utter treasure from NZ #epilepsy warning #tw: epilepsy

[flowerprintundies]

Doc Haggis palooza!!! I showed this movie to my sister and dad...they both thoroughly enjoyed it :)

#yeah i've posted some of these before but... #i like them together #lurking fear 1994 #doc haggis #hp lovecraft #sketchbook #jeffrey combs

[cryptids]

ok sorry to rant out of nowhere but why is tender is the flesh on every book youtuber's top 10 (or whatever) best horror books ever list 😭 it was so bad, I couldn't even finish it bc it was so uninteresting... like I would get it if a few people loved it bc people's tastes are always gonna vary, but the fact that its SO popular just baffles me like am I missing something or am I crazy or what lmao??? and one of the best books EVER?????

#it was just boring and predictable and full of weird misogyny and ''the meat industry is the same as killing/enslaving humans'' vibes #and the premise has already been done many times (and done better....) #like I wonder if people only think its so ''scary'' bc its the first time they've come across the concept of humans being farmed for meat #which IS really scary and disturbing #but if they're self professed horror fans who have read a ton of horror books how have they not come across it before lmao #like even lovecraft wrote a story with that premise #anyway no hate if you loved this book sjdghsdfs #I'm just reaching my limit with every time I'm watching a video of someone's fav horror novels and they whip this out halfway through #and then I'm suddenly doubting if I can trust their judgement on anything else 😭 #also ftr it's not like the worst book I've ever read (by far) but its just so mediocre imo #🐊

[karl-raccoon-in-a-teacup]

i heard someone wanted

FIVE pairs of gays

1. bramcraft + "the waves are pleasant to listen to"

2. tachigawa + "you're utterly hopeless"

3. nikonathan + "we're going to hell and it's your fault"

4. lemon futon + "i told you that'd happen"

5. shiburan + "i tricked you!"

I did in fact want five pairs of gays, and all good quality ones too. Hope you enjoy!!

Bramcraft:

"The waves are pleasant to listen to," Bram murmurs, leaning against the bow of the boat. "Mh," Lovecraft hums in agreement, approaching his side. "I was certain that it would relax you." "Were you that worried about me, dear Howard?" The count chuckles, leaning his head against the other man's shoulder. "I assure you, doing such a thing is foolish." "Of course it is," Lovecraft murmurs, "but I do it all the same."

Tachigawa: (ADA Tachihara edition!)

"You're utterly hopeless," Akutagawa hisses, and the damned Agency member laughs at him. "Maybe I am-" Tachihara grins down- "but as long as we have this alliance between our groups, we might as well make the most of it, right?" Akutagawa scowls, crossing his arms. "Had I not promised the weretiger not to kill you, you would be dead where you stand." "But you did, and here we are." He swings an arm around his shoulders. "So- how does the Port Mafia's fearsome hellhound spend his day off?" Internally, he decides that Gin cannot know about this.

Nikonathan:

"We're going to hell, and it's your fault!" Nathaniel shouts, grasping at the cross as if such a thing could save him now. Nikolai, of course, laughs, arms spread in an almost joy. "As if we weren't going there already, reverend!" "Repentance was always an option-" he grabs the clown and snarls in his face- "but now, now-" Nikolai's returned grasp is gentle on his face, a soft caress that startles him more than the violence they've been surrounded by. "Now, reverend, we are free."

Lemon Futon:

Kajii cannot help but laugh, even if it makes his ribs hurt. "Well! That was a complete and utter disaster!" There's shuffling behind him, and a blurry shape- ah, Katai, of course- looks down at him with a sigh. "Oh, I told you that would happen," he laments, voice ringing slightly. "Are you happy with yourself?" "Mostly, yes!" Kajii chirps. "Though, I might feel be more happy with myself if you'd kiss it better-" Katai splutters, and smacks him with a pillow.

Shiburan:

"What is this?" Shibusawa can't help but to whisper, but to stare in shock at the man in front of him. The man who was supposed to be fighting his own hyperintelligence now, who was supposed to be begging for his life against his own ability, suffocating in the fog- -except the fog dispersed, leaving him sitting in his chair just the same as before, legs still casually crossed and grin still smug. "Oh, isn't it obvious?" Ranpo Edogawa asks with a laugh, sticking out his tongue- and Shibusawa finds himself stepping back. "I tricked you!"

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bramcraft #tachigawa #nikonathan #lemon futon #shiburan #I haven't written for like half of these before so this was fun! #bsd ranpo #bsd shibusawa #bsd nathaniel #bsd nikolai #bsd kajii #bsd katai #bsd tachihara #bsd akutagawa #bsd bram stoker #bsd lovecraft #raccoon writing

[jevdev-art]

Nyarly having nails that can regenerate at will would be really silly and useful hehe 💅

#hehe them #just a silly idea being executed heh #rantep #randolph carter #nyarlathotep #crawling chaos #cthulhu mythos #lovecraft #horror #haha gay #eldritch horror #eldritch romance #eldritch romance is the best romance #eldritch #yaaay monsterfucking supermancy #yes they were doing the deed before (as if that wasn't obvious already lmao)

[the-only-failure-is-never-to-try]

Matthew Heawood: Funny thing, I'm left handed now

Me: OH YOU MOTHERFUCKE-

#the lovecraft investigations #pleasant green #kennedy fisher #matthew heawood #eleanor peck #the haunter of the dark #AM I GOING MAD OR DID WE SEE THIS BEFORE IN SEASON 1 OR 2 #WASNT THIS A SIGN OF IPKU AYA OR SOMETHING #I KNOW I REMEMBER LEFT HANDEDNESS BEING A PLOT POINT BEFORE

[thesunshinebard]

He's not mad just disappointed (which is worse)

#Bungo Stray Dogs #Chuuya Nakahara #Sometimes I forget how much he was in the guild arc even before Lovecraft's fight #BSD Manga Reread

[pollensweetchimera]

It just crossed my mind

Gravity falls With a

Trevor Henderson World!Reader

Or

Lovecraft World!Reader

Or Both.

Like, Reader's seen so much shit, they're used to it.

When you live in a world with Cosmic horror, creatures that can and will kill you, nothing even affects you anymore.

Now imagine that kind of person falls into Gravity Falls, Where creatures are considered, for the reader at least, Harmless.

Like, If they managed to survive in their world, this one will be like, easy.

I can very well imagine Ford And Dipper going wild when they discover the world of reader.

I'm going to call this Reader, Th&Lc!Reader for short

#it just crossed my mind #I had to take it off before it disappeared #gravity falls x reader #gravity falls #gravity falls Stanford #gravity falls stanley #Gravity falls dipper pines #gravity falls mabel pines #Trevor Henderson!Reader #Lovecraft!Reader #Th&Lc!Reader

[that-was-anticlimactic]

karl will slam whatever he wants

Although Lovecraft instigated it all, Margaret was the one who actually started and inspired the weekly pyramid.

They were watching the fifth episode of season two when Mark decided to play a game called “how many times can I attempt to steal Margaret’s food before she turns me to dust”. Turns out, the answer was three times. They managed three attempts before Margaret had them in a headlock and screamed: “Gah! If I had a pyramid, you’d be at the bottom of it!”.

And suddenly, the Guild’s pyramid was born.

[or, the guild had a pyramid before the ada... & they actually use theirs to talk about work]

△3,256 words | the guild found family△

#corey writes:) #bsd #bungou stray dogs #the guild bsd #fitzgerald bsd #louisa bsd #lucy bsd #lovecraft bsd #bsd steinbeck #bsd twain #bsd margaret #bsd hawthorne #bsd melville #bsd fanfic #never. never did i ever think. that i would write this. yet somehow. i finished this before the p.ort mafia pyramid fic lol #aLSO I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD WRITE THIS MUC ABOUT THE GUILD??? #also so many hcs appeared suddenly while writing this #karl is the mvp #just saying #i'm sorry but also i'm not #and that's 'super niche bsd fics' with corey lol

[moocha-muses]

What on EARTH do you think you have to look smug about.

“Business up top, party in my pants.”

 . . . did Friday tell you that was a thing?

#ts2 #the sims 2 #ts2 gameplay #owlcreek #uniyears #dormlife #lovecraft #warlocklovecraft #heeeeeeee #wheeze #no lock #i love it #you're on the cutting edge now quick change before apollo sees you #that's probably who he's trying to impress with this cutting edge look of course

[yeonban]

Thinking about how scared Nikolai must've been as a child after he first decided to go against God considering the Viy was a part of his childhood and the only way people ever escaped from it was through God's help... which he was guaranteed he'd never receive after committing to that path

#muse: nikolai gogol. #salt don't look #religion / #^ Kind of? since Gogol was Christian and clearly so is BSD Nikolai #BUT YEA if you google illustrations for the Viy and/or read Gogol's story about it it's so yiiikes! #No wonder Nikolai has no fears anymore at this point in time. How could he when he got over the worst of them ages ago #I was originally thinking it might've been an Ability of sb from his village but then I remembered Lovecraft exists... #and then I immediately discarded that idea. ADHSAJJSAKD I'll probably be keeping these creatures from Gogol's works #as actual; genuine creatures unrelated to any sort of Ability; just like Lovecraft is a bona fide eldritch horror #(This must sound so funny to anyone who doesn't know BSD) #so yeah! do NOT visit his hometown. or even his home region. That place's about as scary and eerie as he himself is #...which I might meta about actually. what sort of influence his hometown folklore and creatures (and irl works) had on his identity #bc his jester persona IS very similar to some of the charas from Gogol's horror works; such as Basavriuk and the witches #On this note I think he kiIIed his parents before leaving Ukraine bc that'd be the first relationship he'd have to sever for his goals #and you can already imagine his neighbours must've thought he got possessed by one of the 'evil spirits' he kept talking about #The people from his hometown might as well hear his name and immediately shudder </3