ive written more horrifying things than hp lovecraft without even trying
its easy to overlook past Squid but the other thing hp lovecraft does to make things scary is to add Black People. and thats just pathetic and gross
it hurt to put this tweet on my tl but this is the fucking truth
@raindare ive never actualyl experienced a cosmic horror story so squid and unknown are the only thigsn i know about it. that is bad
@raindare its fucking bizarre how widely accepted lovecraft is like just in general. like everyone knows the naem of thsi racist ableist shitty old dead guys squid oc
@kaguya cthulhu may have been one of the earliest true godmodding ocs
@raindare cthulhu is a mary sue
@kaguya other writer: but valiant theodore could easily slay any squid with his glowing sword!
hp lovecraft: nuh uh. cthulhu dodges by being on a different level of being and then he kills theodore and everything else just by existing near them
lovecraft protag: middle-aged white college professor with a beard, very good at write
lovecraft villain: 30000 Swarthy cultists wearing 2 scarves each and nothing else