#eldritch horror

[my-craft]

The King of Carcosa.

Line only version! I think his halo got a little drowned out, you can see it much better in this version

#a bit of a departure from your regularly scheduled program #but I’ve been binging malevolent for the last couple weeks #malevolent #malevolent podcast #the king in yellow #carcosa #eldritch #hastur #eldritch horror #tw tentacles #tw hands #tw eyes #in his original design #the one on the book #he had wings #I don’t see the wings often #griff art

[whereserpentswalk]

There's a city built around an ancient skeleton of an eldritch nightmare, some sort of giant serpent with many heads. They say the skeleton used to have metal armor, but back when metal was harder to come by it was stripped to make spearheads and armor.

The skeleton doesn't do much, and it acts as a natural fortification, so most people don't really question it. Some of the residents of the city, especially from the older and more secretive noble families, worship the skeleton as a spirit of the land. The local priests don't like that they do that, but it's not heresy as long as it's not considered more important then their gods.

Ancient myths have a lot of strange explanations for the skeleton, from it being a dragon that was struck down by the sun god and moon goddess. To it being a servent of the underworld worshiped by the people who lived in this land before its current residents. To it being a patron of the current people of the land, who died protecting them from an army of demons.

There are some residents who live within the bones because there's nowhere else in the city they can go. Foreigners, petty criminals, sex workers, people who've been disowned by their families. Their apartments and houses are in-between an uneven forest of strange an unknowable bones.

And sometimes, for the people who only the bones protect, the outcasts within the skeleton, an old ghost whispers to them, and an image of a many headed serpent in their minds. It calls for them to keep their spirits high and their blades sharp, when the city guards come stalking through the skeleton it calls for them to defend their honer, and when it comes time, it will call for revolution, and the bones many grow their skin again.

#196 #my thougts #worldbuilding #writing #my worldbuilding #my writing #fantasy #dark fantasy #original fiction #short story #short fiction #flash fiction #serpent #dragon #dragons #eldritch #eldritch horror #eldrich horror #eldrichcore #eldrich #cosmic horror #cosmic wonders #eldrich bliss

[crystal4rt]

so today my friend and i randomly talked about biblically accurate angels and then i thought hey why not do a biblically accurate eldritch horror so i present to you BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ABSOLUTE SOLVER btw no idea if that was done already but anygay here we are :) also i replaced the eye ring things with dead worker drone heads in case anybody couldnt tell or was wondering

#murder drones fanart #murder drones #murder drones absolute solver #absolute solver #eldritch horror #biblically accurate angel

[shprimpstersthesecond]

anyways heres everything else i recently did

#semi art dump thing #alton towers smiler #ministry of joy #smiler oc #the smiler #mlp #my little pony #rainbow dash #dave and bambi popcorn edition #dave and bambi #banjex #eldritch horror #entity #spooky!!!! ahh!!! #is that a baldi reference??!?

[hatchetfield-scarecrow]

There’s two ends of the horror spectrum

#horror #gothic horror #gothic literature #eldritch horror #lovecraftian #lovecraftian horror #eldritch #gothic lit

[anarchist-rat-swarm]

Got an interesting take on eldritch horror for all you writers out there. It's a bit of a roundabout schlep to reach the actual idea, but writers tend to be readers so I hold you'll stick with me til we get there.

So, consider a 2D creature. Little flat dude, living on the ground. No concept of "up" or "down." He's 2D, he just doesn't parse the concepts and can't perceive them anyways.

He sees you. What he actually sees is just the 2D cross section of you where you intersect with his 2D world, which is probably your footprints. So, as far as he can tell, you are a pair of footprints that are.... apparently one being? He doesn't get how it works exactly, but it's not too far out there, so he just kind of accepts that, yes, humans are The Two That Are One. Spooky. They always seem to use the singular to refer to the pair of themselves, and only differentiate between themselves as Left or Right. But other paired instances of The Two That Are One are, in fact, separate entities. So they're only in sets of two, unless accompanied by a companion called "Cane," which they are sometimes, or even a pair of companions called "Crutches." When Crutches are present, sometimes one of The Two That Are One will be missing entirely. It's a little confusing.

But wait, what now? They disappear and reappear in sequence, teleporting in turns. He never sees them just move like a 2D being, always the stop-start teleporting. Apparently this strange power is called "walking," and its accomplished by The Two That Are One moving through an unseen dimension called "Up," through a process called "lifting" themselves and re-entering the real world farther away in the direction they wanted to go. He can accept the idea of unseen dimensions, and he vaguely gets the idea that one of The Two That Are One must remain anchored in the real world to prevent something called "falling," which is some kind of uncontrolled movement through the unperceivable dimension of "Down." Which is the same dimension as "Up," but...... backwards? Reversed? He's not really clear, but "Falling Down" is presumably bad, so The Two That Are One keep one of themselves here in the real world to prevent it.

Except if they do something called "jumping." Which consists of gathering up their power to hurl themselves through the Up dimension together to reappear together somewhere else in the real world. He isn't sure why they Walk instead of Jump, since it seems better to take both of The Two That Are One together at the same time, but okay.

Okay, what the hell, they can Walk through impenetrable barriers like the great wall of Sidewalk Chalk? How do they go through that? What? They went "Over?" The hell is "Over?" Like 'around' but through the unseen dimension of Up? But they couldn't Walk through the barrier of Wall. Why could they go "Over" Sidewalk Chalk but not Wall?

And they can't go between the four small obstacles of Refrigerator Feet. The area between them is safe from The Two That Are One, for the four Refrigerator Feet are connected to each other in the strange and eldritch dimension of Up. The barriers are too powerful to be moved by The Two That Are One, and it (they?) cannot enter the real world where it is blocked by such powerful forces.

Got all that?

Okay, now consider a 4 dimensional elder god and how we 3D entities would perceive them.

#writing #eldritch horror #eldritch #elder gods #writeblr #writing prompt

[outregeneration]

I know you probably forgot about Cthulu, but Cthulu didn't forget about you. Grab him from my shop!

Pattern via https://craftyintentions.com/

#under the sea #cthulu #eldritch horror

[accidentalslayer]

#its always october in my brain #cryptid #cryptidcore #monstercore #creature #cryptid aesthetic #horrorcore #eldritch #eldritch horror

[skyscrapergods]

has being fucking Massive and Immortality changed the alicorns’ perspective on regular ponies? I imagine they’d get more condescending and distant and stuff

You are surrounded by flies. If you pause, and look closely, you realize the flies are iridescent, with deeply colorful eyes, and beautiful wings like stained glass. It cannot see the colorful windows of your world, but you can try to describe them. But know that doing so take up the creature's precious time. Years to them is mere hours to you. In a long conversation about the stars, you and the fly share ideas and perspectives. You come away delighted with a new view on constellations and what they mean to the common folk.

The fly comes away dazzled, haunted, and halfway to the grave. What was to you a wonderful conversation was years of study, communion, and dedication on the part of the small creature. He gave up any other pursuits, he constructed his life around this cause. He lost his friends, family, and home. You lost your lunch break.

You love this creature. You love the small being that you once were. You want to talk to him again. You want to tell him of the stars, of dreams... but to speak with him twice, at least meaningfully, would take from him the rest of his life. Could you demand that from him for the sake of your own curiosity? Years passed for him already. In the time it took you to draw a breath, his childhood ended. Do you summon him again? Or do you let him go to live his life, what's left of it?

It is painful for everyone. It hurts something in your chest, it breaks the heart of a god. It wounds his family to watch him leave them behind for the sake of what? A mere whim? He had ambitions! He had a story! It's all gone now. Rewritten for your musings.

You leave him. He cries for you but he needs not a goddess. He needs to live, to turn from the sky to his fellow bugs.

That's what he is. A fly. A mere insect to you. To hold him down is to pin him through his soft center, and display his corpse as a record of his extinction.

So look away. Forget the color of his eyes, the sound of his voice, and the intelligence that stirred you to pluck him out his world and keep him in yours. There, he would be a wildflower with a cut stem. He would be beautiful, but he is so small, and so quiet. He would be just a decoration on your table; made to dance and sing for your amusement and then tossed out with the rubbish when he breaks.

You miss him. You love him. But he is a crawling worm and you are the rain. There are many others like him, but you must be careful to only speak a few words to each. Or better yet, say nothing at all. Let them fade and mix into a writhing blur without name, stories, or opinions on stars.

You are surrounded by flies.

#ask #shire draws #mlp #my little pony #alicorn #alicorns #eldritch horror #skyscraper gods #shire writes #shire screams #skyscraper gods lore #alicorn lore #cosmic horror #cosmic angst #ssg alicorns #ssg luna #ssg pipsqueak

[mishacakes]

confessions of an Eldritch Being 👁💞

#misha arts #eldritch darling #comic #eldritch horror #monster girl #monster gf #monster lover #wlw #wlw ship #webcomic #webtoon

[one-time-i-dreamt]

The kids from Narnia had to fight an Eldritch horror.

#dream #eldritch horror #narnia

[ruubesz-draws]

Shin Godzilla but it's eldritch horror style idk

Happy Halloween!

I tried to make it look creepy but it looks edgy wtf?!?!

#godzilla #shin godzilla #halloween #happy halloween #eldritch horror #fan art #but like more creepy #but this looks edgy #and cringe #i can't draw horror #*cries* #anyway happy halloween yall #do not repost #my art

[weirdtimes]

Who's ready for an adventure?

First // Next

#comic #web comic #magic #transgender #male to female #transition #gender change #eldritch abomination #eldritch horror #eldritch oc #original comic #cyclops #alien

[marzybarzyz]

She’s afraid of the dark

Hello everyone! I thought it’d be kinda fun(?) to include a bit of cyn’s history in this drawing. Since she first woke up under that pile of corpses I figured she’d have some sort of ptsd relating to cold dark places (preferably full of corpses). I like to think of the cyn we see in the show as a sort of defense response to all the trauma she suffered after reanimating. Sooooo I thought it’d be interesting to show how she might’ve reacted after waking up and realizing that she was all alone.

#art #drawing #digital art #sketch #liam vickers animation #murder drones #cyn #murder drones cyn #horror #eldritch horror #sorry lmao

[rosewind2007]

Yeah, but also:

#eldritch #eldritch horror #gothic #gothic horror #the murderbot diaries #TMBD #Murderbot #the locked tomb #tlt #staircases

[hatchetfield-scarecrow]

I honestly love how Starkid wrote the Lords in Black. Cause usually eldritch gods in media are completely cold and dismissive of humanity and don’t even acknowledge them, but the Lords in Black are full of energy and love tormenting humans and treating them like their toys, and I think that’s so fascinating and arguably more terrifying.

#hatchetfield #eldritch horror #starkid #team starkid #nick lang #matt lang #tgwdlm #the guy who didn't like musicals #black friday #lords in black #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #wiggly #blinky #tinky #pokey #nibbly #webby