#lovecraft spoilers

[ava-does-dumbassery]

I can’t believe I’m this upset that Through the Gates of the Silver Key has a bad ending for Carter

#I feel like I should tag this spoilers but I’m not sure how #Through the gates of the silver key spoilers #Randolph carter cycle spoilers #Lovecraft spoilers #Spoilers #okay there I tried #ava has thoughts

[organchordsandlightning]

i need everyone to know that in the original herbert west - reanimator (the lovecraft novella, which ehhh i’m not sure if I would necessarily recommend overall but that’s neither here nor there), West and the Narrator fully do a Weekend at Bernie’s with the corpse of a medical school dean and it’s played completely straight (lovecraft doesn’t really do jokes). straight up they go to a bar, West goes ‘ah, but the night’s still young’, and in the next scene they’re propping up a corpse between their shoulders. said corpse gets reanimated, beats them up, and leaves

#lovecraft spoilers #the joy is found in the unintended humor #see also: this was originally serialized into six releases #so of course he kinda has to go over what happened previously in the other chapters #cut to the narrator describing West's Blond Hair Crisp Blue Eyes and Soft Voice tenderly at least six times

[ash-tree-eyes]

Actually I think Kayne doesn't go by his actual name because he's too embarrassed that it's fucking Nyarlathotep

#or maybe #he can sense hp lovecraft's bad vibes from across universes #and just doesn't want to be associated with him #which is reasonable #malevolent #malevolent spoilers #kayne malevolent #nyarlathotep

[hydrus101]

[leans in here] is it too early for banishment art

anyways have this color mapping sketch for a painting I probably won’t finish! I’m unwell!

#malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester #john doe #lilith’s there too I guess #fanart #wip #lovecraft #eldritch #malevolent spoilers #hydrus art (or hart if you will)

[ticklinglady]

The Guild's actions during the story are so insane, when you think about them properly, you know? When I first read the arc with them, this moment hasn't really occurred to me, as I was too busy going nuts over finally seeing the names of the familiar writers, but now when I think of that... I am not sure, I comprehend how they managed to achieve such a ferocious reputation. I have already made a little post about how extremely dysfunctional the DOA members are, but at least those guys have a plan, which actually makes sense more or less, even despite the gang using cheatcodes/the Book. The same cannot be said of the Guild however archghhjkn. Like, what the hell were these guys even doing??? XD

So here are just some moments, which weirded me out the most

At first I'd like to address the entire story with everyone's favorite tsundere, Lucy Maud Montgomery. Her introduction leaves quuuuite an impression in the best way and nothing makes me happier than the fact, that she gets a chance to find happiness in the following chapters and actually becomes a reoccurring character! HOWEVER, her entire involvement with the Guild is super odd... I still can't wrap my head around her getting fired. She is a girl with a hella powerful ability, who got taken to the Guild from a terrible, terrible orphanage in order to fight for them in the war for the Book, so not only is she very strong, but she's also immensely dependant on the organisation and wouldn't do anything outside of its interests. Yet Lucy is also put under extreme pressure. As she herself puts it, the Guild doesn't tolerate failures and will kick her out the moment she screws something up.

Later we see that this is exactly what happens, when she messes up her first mission. Fitzgerald himself confirms that, since she failed and revealed her ability to the enemies, she's no longer useful, so now a powerful esper, like Lucy works for free as a... laundress?

EXCUSE ME??? WHEN HAVE THE GUILD MEMBERS EVER DONE ANYTHING, BUT FAIL AND REVEAL THEIR ABILITIES?

Let's be real, these dudes were successful like only once or twice...

This fact not only makes Fitzgerald look like an idiot for wasting such a talented and useful worker, because of one mistake, but also as one hell of a hypocrite, cause he is more than fine with everyone else fucking up. And in case of Lovecraft and Steinbeck: fucking up twice. To add to the oddity, we later learn, that Louisa genuinely cares for Lucy and despite her social anxiety actually stood up for her during the entire story, but even that wasn't enough to change Fitzgerald's mind on the issue, though Louisa is one of the few people, whose opinion he respects. Honestly, this is such a waste of a truly useful subordinate. And speaking of which....

The Guild has never even tried to implement Edgar Allan Poe during the war...

This man is actually rather op when you think of it. He can capture and neutralise literally any ability user in Yokohama (besides Dazai, Mori and Ranpo ofc) just by throwing a book at them. Seriously, as we see with Chuuya, they don't even have to read it, they just need to see the pages. Plus the book can be actually sent via email!!! So why has there been an absolute zero amount of strategies with the use of this ability??? They could actually try to catch Atsushi by sending him such email containing any of Poe's mystery stories and then safely carry him back to their base. And it doesn't have to be just Atsushi, it could be literally any of their enemies. Non-combatant, like Ranpo could use this pretty damn well to his advantage and it doesn't take a genius to understand the potential of the "Black Cat in Rue Morgue". But nooooo, it seems like everyone has just forgotten of Poe!!! (Tho to be honest, I can actually see this situation in a funny extra awfgbfggfjj. Not the main story however) The agency would never even learn of his existence, if he didn't personally decide to try to fuck Ranpo's life up. Like, what does Poe even do in the Guild? He's the master architect and, according to him, the third ranking man in the organization, but we never see him be of any use, so Idk. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Lucy at least got to do something, unlike this poor man.

Then there's the entire drama with the Guild's decision to destroy Yokohama. Where do I even begin...

First of all, Fitzgerald has no way of knowing that Atsushi is going to come to Moby-Dick to fight him. Poor guy is the Guild's primary goal and has already gotten himself captured once, so it would have been safe to assume that the ADA decided to hide him somewhere and not send him on any dangerous missions for the time being. That basically means Fitzgerald could have burned down not just Yokohama, but also the only person, who could actually help him find his precious Book.

But if we're to ignore this, let's also go with Wikipedia then~

"Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone."

..........................

Good luck making up for the destruction of THIS, Fitzgerald 🖕

And if this in itself wasn't bad enough, most people, including me, tend to forget that all Guild members are actually big shots in the American government, which I think is very sad. Because first of all, can you imagine any of the Guild members actually working as politicians?!! The sheer idea makes me hysterical avshbgj. Like, just consider Lovecraft working as a senator or something. This eldritch horror of a man leaves the ocean once in three years at best LMAO. Second of all, I have a feeling, that the destruction of Yokohama at the hands of influential politicians from a foreign country would have resulted in an international conflict or two~ Like as if random deranged rich Americans arriving in Japan, wreaking havoc over there and destroying the second largest city in the country wasn't bad enough, these Americans just HAD to be super influential businessmen and politicians. Louisa, my dear, I understand that it wasn't your intention, but it's as close to a declaration of war as it can get, you know? Fitzgerald may be ready to do anything to resurrect his dead daughter, but I'm not sure, that the execution of himself and the rest of the Guild at the hands of the Hunting Dogs is something he'd like.

(And here's another funny thing that stems from them being politicians 🤭 As @originalartblog wittily pointed out, Fitzgerald wasting all his money fighting sskk has probably resulted in a market crash and recession over in the USA)

I also have some other questions in regards to this entire plan, such as why did they have to waste Moby-Dick just to destroy Yokohama? Yes, it works in the short term, but in the long term they loose a super powerful fortress with the stealth mode and as the practice shows, you better have a safe base, unless you want another lemon freak to blow it all up. I mean, you could just ask Lovecraft to destroy everything for free. Or, if the device is the only way to stop the giant whale from crashing, why didn't Fitzgerald just take it to a far away bunker or something and waited things out there without the need to spend millions of dollars just to survive the explosion? (And it would have been extremely funny, if during the fight with sskk he just threw the device overboard) But I think I have already rambled for long enough already atxhghbgv XD

The Guild is an even bigger mess than the DOA and I think that's glorious 🙌

#the guys stole mafia's building once just to show off and nobody has ever brought it up again #if that's not a true definition of hilarious I don’t know what is 🤭 #bsd fitzgerald #bsd lucy #bsd louisa #bsd poe #bsd lovecraft #bsd guild #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd meta #sort of #bsd francis #bsd spoilers #ticklinglady talks

[jouxlskaard]

just finished the first season of Malevolent and this show is like TMA on fucking steroids. why are they already quarreling like an old married couple and why has Arthur nearly gotten himself killed every single episode. I love it

#malevolent #malevolent spoilers #i will be making fanart of them #i decided that john was purple early into the listening experience and that will not change #hes still purple #podcast #audio drama #fiction #horror #lovecraft #lovecraftian

[wronglywrong]

Why does BSD revive almost every single character

#spoilers in tags #bsd nikolai #bsd akutagawa #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #bsd fyodor #bsd fukuchi #bsd sigma #bsd gin #bsd hirotsu #bsd yosano #bsd lovecraft #bsd verlaine #bsd kunikida #bsd tecchou #bsd aya #Hopefully Jouno #Hopefully Tachihara #i believe in you #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs

[rashoumon-homo]

I feel like we as a fandom don’t talk about this scene enough

*sobbing* HE WAS MAKING HIM A BALLOON DOG 😭😭😭

HE JUST WANTED TO PLAY WITH Q 😭💔

AND HE WAS TRYING THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW HOW 💔😭🥺

*louder sobbing*

#lovecraft is baby and needs to be protected #my guy just wanted to relate to q #he has ANXIETY and just wants to go HOME and SLEEP #his whole character arc was paying a debt then fucking off to the ocean to sleep for another 100 years #tell me he’s not relatable #bsd lovecraft #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd spoilers #<— just in case

[immediatebreakfast]

"Knowledge is power" you say and I believe it's becoming a big theme. Jonathan is sinking his nails into his sanity, vehemently refusing to lose it because losing himself (to insanity, to vampirism) is a horror greater than death to him. And his main weapon in this is to refuse to be in the dark. He must know the truth, instead of flee from it or deny it, gortesque even if it proves to be. The Castle is claiming his mind and his response is to explore every nook and cranny until he knows the enemy like he knows himself.

It's really a very noticeable theme, and it's one of the key parts that will help our characters against Dracula in the long run.

I have to make the comparison with another genre of book across the literary globe that have knowledge as a central theme.

The Lovecraft myths with their eldritch abominations also have the central theme of knowledge, but instead of presenting said knowledge as something hopeful to have (even if in the grand scheme of the universe is empty) knowledge is a curse. It's something that once the characters have, they wish to go back to their ignorance, all of the undescribed horrors that tell of incomprensible beings from beyond our stars open a new horrifying reality for these characters, one that they do not wish to understand.

Instead, here in Dracula, this novel regards knowledge as a precious weapon.

Jonathan understands that as a lawyer, and as a human being. Knowledge can help him understand, the written truth assures him that he is not imagining things. The broken door tells Jonathan, "Yes what happened was real, and you survived." And it gives him mental strenght to go another day.

Jonathan is feeling how his sanity is slipping from his fingers thanks to the castle, thanks to Dracula himself, so he must grab every piece of truth that he can find. Jonathan must know the Count's truth so he can act accordingly, he must know Dracula as if Dracula was him because it's the only way for him to know that he is still sane. That this knowledge can help whoever comes after him.

A really neat quote that I stumbled upon while searching for this really captured Jonathan's future, even if he might not be alive at the end of his journey.

"She will reenter the world carrying a heaviness she might never lay down, but also with something warm and steady burning in her, the knowledge of what she has survived, what she has become." - Chakraborty, A. (2021). Ode to the Gothic Heroine (A Selection).

Jonathan now carries the burden of knowledge regarding every oddity, and danger that Dracula presents from an outside perspective. Different, but not really from the ancient knowledge of the kind locals who tried to protect him from his fate, yet Jonathan doesn't shy away from that burden.

Knowledge is power, and power transforms the person into something not anticipated. It's the proof, and the reassurance of having something that can help, a little light in the middle of an endless cave. Jonathan is taking all of the information he can find, so that maybe he can transform the idea of escaping into something plausible.

Is Jonathan risking his own life by doing this? Of course he is! He is terrified of the outcome, of what the uncertain future holds for him! But, Jonathan is also gaining time. Moreover, with Dracula's new assigned "span of life", the Count has given Jonathan one of the most powerful weapons in the hands of a human, hope.

Now with the certain date of his possible, Jonathan can stop giving enough of a fuck about any pretenses of leaving the castle by the mercy of Dracula. Now Jonathan can hope to carve his escape with his own hands.

#Never NEVER has someone succesfully protected anyone by telling them nothing #If you want to understand if you want to prepare if you want to SURVIVE #YOU HAVE TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE EH YOU [Redacted for Dracula spoilers] #But yes basically knowledge is very important in this novel #Also can someone explain to me how the fuck Lovecraft managed to have those racist overtones that could put any bigoted writing to shame? #I was reading the fish people one and woah my dude relax for a fucking second (horrified) #dracula daily #dracula #jonathan harker

[artbysupercres]

...what happened to the previous fisherman?

Finished playing through Dredge and I absolutely loved it from start to finish. I cannot recommend it more highly.

#Dredge #Lovecraft #Cosmic Horror #art #digital painting #digital art #caught all them abberations and everything #oh to be a fisherman blindly searching for my lost lover in the endless depths #dredge spoilers #dredge game

[daz4i]

HELLO. HI. WHAT IS THIS IMPLYING.

#where's that theory abt how he's actually a clone #(as in his ability is in part to clone himself and the real fyodor is outside of the prison somewhere) #also handing my own theory that he's an experiment like verlaine or the chuuya clone #maybe he's like whatever the fuck lovecraft is. we never did get an explanation for that did we! #ALSO!!!!!!!!!!! sigma talking abt how dangerous it is to touch him!!!!!! #but!!!!!!!!!! nikolai touched him!!!!!! it was even highlighted somewhat probably to draw attention!!!!!!!!! #and we know he touched the catgirl but still had to shoot her!!!!! so!!! #there's the whole theory abt how his ability doesn't affect ability users!!! but then!!! why is sigma being careful!!!! #did he just not connect the dots? is he simply not certain and scared to risk it? (probably a good call but still) #i have so many questions this chapter is So Much. i can't. #dan reads bsd #bsd spoilers

[cannibalcaprine]

thinking about that one little seed of thalassophobia that Lovecraft planted in the aesthetic of cosmic horror

even a hundred years later, it's still molluscs

#actually hell this take is good enough for Tumblr #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #hp lovecraft #cosmic horror

[bohemian-nights]

Nettles 🐑🐉

#nettles #netty #bnedit #nettles f&b #nettles asoiaf #the quote is from lovecraft country #hotd #house of the dragon #hotd spoilers #dettles #nettles x daemon #hotdedit #nettles fancast #valyrianscrolls #Karla Simone Spence #daemon x nettles #this post was brought to you by queue 📺

[filledtothebrimothy]

🦑🦇Sharing my BramCraft headcanons bc they make me ill🦇🦑

They first met way before Bram got chopped in half, so theyve known each other for centuries

They met kinda like how mermaid aus happen. Lovecraft was snoozing underwater when one day one of the fishermen living on Bram’s fief caught him

I have a hc that Lovecraft has a multitude of sizes for his monster form so he can stay relatively hidden under rocks and such as to not be disturbed, so when the fisherman caught him, he was kinda just this mass of weird green tentacles that fit in the palm of this guy’s hand

Lovecraft was actually still sleeping when he was caught, so he didn’t wake up and kill everyone on the boat

This weird sea creature was brought to Bram for inspection, who was pretty much able to see right through what Lovecraft was

In order to protect the people of his fief, Bram told them he’d handle it and brought Lovecraft to the shore by himself and awoke him

When Lovecraft woke up, he didn’t feel like attacking this random guy and just wanted to go back to sea, so the two of them made a truce

…and then Lovecraft realized he was on a completely different continent than the one he called home, which meant he had to swim all the way back

That was what they both thought would be the last time they’d ever see each other, but they’d be wrong

Several hundred years later, Lovecraft (somehow) ended up near Bram’s fief by accident once again

This time, though, he ended up accidentally protecting the fief. He was probably just strolling through the woods and was in a bad mood & some random attackers pissed him off or smth

Bram found him, and they both just kinda stared at one another. Like “holy shit how is this guy from hundreds of years ago still alive”

Bram invited Lovecraft to his manor as an honored guest bc not only did Lovecraft protect the land, but also their truce from all those years ago was still holding up

This was probably around a time of war for Bram’s land too tbh

Bram’s people were confused abt why their lord brought in this random homeless guy, especially in hard times for them, but he assured them that they could trust Lovecraft

They didn’t question each other’s immortality. They simply felt a connection between the two of them- they were similar, and that was all they needed to know

Alas war was still going on, but the two of them SWEPT the battlefield together (they just want to live in peace)

When witnessing each other in combat and each others’ abilities (well not so much as an ability for Lovecraft but ykwim), they both just thought “ahh. that makes sense”

Bram’s country won the war with these two powerhouses! Hip Hip Hooray!

Around this era was probably the peak of BramCraft. They understood each other and never pushed the other for information. They both simply wanted peace and quiet, and living together in a manor no longer engaged in war allowed that

Lovecraft, who was previously simply a guest in Bram’s land because of their silly truce and somewhat a weapon for the war, was now no longer sleeping in the guest bedroom (he was seeing what the hype of human life was all about) and was very close to Bram

The people of Bram’s land never saw much of Lovecraft, who always stayed inside the manor, but Bram was quite social with the commonfolk

Bram still behaved like a lord and knew they weren’t on his level, but he was engaged in their lives and the harvests and such

He probably used them in war by turning them to vampires to fight against the enemy before turning them back, so he kind of felt he had an obligation to treat them well as thanks

Of course, all good things must come to an end, as this was just a temporary era of theirs

They both knew this wouldn’t last forever (despite both being immortal/being able to live forever). Sooner or later, SOMETHING would force them apart, so they agreed to say their goodbyes before that could happen

Before going their separate ways, though, Bram took Lovecraft on a long tour of the entire fief

Lovecraft ended up growing a fascination with the peasants, especially the farmers and their crops as well as having a slight distaste for fishermen (this would also become the reason why he and Steinbeck become close friends)

They say their goodbyes, and the golden era of BramCraft comes to an end 💔

Things just kinda spiral downward from there, especially for Bram (curses, Fukuchi) (i also just rlly wanna know what happened with the girl that looks like Aya)

And now, Lovecraft is probably sleeping at the bottom of the ocean once more, and Bram keeps complaining about wanting to sleep in his coffin

#i suddenly got a brainblast of bramcraft #idk why #yaoi in the time of ye olde #just let them both sleep #sighs deeply #if only lovecraft stayed to help fight with his vampire husband #this is canon now #this is also just my interpretation of them #please tell me if you have your own id love to hear it #bramcraft #bram #lovecraft #bsd lovecraft #bsd bram #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd spoilers

[ratchildmcgee]

No one:

Herbert West in the first 5 minutes of Bride of Re-Animator: *Dragging is injured boyfriend out of what's left of the med tent* "Come on Dan... Let's go home..."

Me:

#SPOILERS! #Dan Cain #Herbert West #reanimator #bride of reanimator #beyond reanimator #im normal about this #its fine #i'm fine #everything is fine #they were roommates #they're in love your honor #EVERYTHING IS FINE DAMNIT!!! #i'm normal #👍 #herbert west #dan cain #comfort character #re animator #lovecraft #lovecraftian horror #h.p. lovecraft #miskatonic university #miskatonic u #the miskatonic massacre #jeffery combs #bruce abbott #barbara crampton #they're gay your honor

[halloweenreaper]

Hypothetically, if Fyodor took over Chuuya’s body, would Arahabaki go nuclear? It's implied in Stormbringer that Arahabaki is only dormant because his vessel is Chuuya specifically. And we know Chuuya only has some access to Arahabaki’s power since he doesn't have the black flames or turn into a monster like Verlaine did with Guivre. So, would Fyodor be able to restrain the god? Or would he instantly go into corruption mode?

On that note, would he be able to take over Lovecraft since it's implied he's not human and even Dazai couldn't nullify him?

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd chuuya #bsd fyodor #bsd chapter 114 spoilers #bsd new chapter #bsd stormbringer #bsd lovecraft #hypothetically #bsd arahabaki