says the monster intent on genocide
36 0 ReplyI'm a lovecraftian horror from space. What is your excuse?
24 0 ReplyMan, Cthulhu has lived in the murky depths of the ocean for TENS OF MILLIONS of years now, and people still comment on where it's from originally. /s
18 0 Replyfrom the perspective of any less powerful creature from any part of the universe that isnt earth, so are humans?
4 0 ReplyCthulu: Shut up you monster, I'm older than you.
2 0 Replysame
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Yeah, that one rings a bit hollow, although I guess it could use it as an argument we're dumb, because we're doing it to ourselves. All the rest could theoretically apply, though.
4 0 Reply"could, theoretically", sure.
but in practice those condemnations are too broadly applied and don't reflect the constant struggle for progress or range of human success.
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It's the genocide to end all genocide.
Last time something similar was said it went wonderful I think...
3 0 Replywhat could go wrong?
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I like how this is illustrated, Cthulhu looks like a dude with a dad bod in a loose fitting wetsuit.
28 0 ReplyDude hasn't moved his ass for 10,000 years.
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"A whole ass country just re-elected the crawling chaos Nyarlathotep."
9 0 ReplyHow can you say that - it's a totally different color?
(The rest of the looks are there tho)3 0 ReplyIf we're going with Cthulhu Wars colors, the orange faction is the Sleeper, and their Great Old One is Tsathoggua. I'd like to quote a description from "The Tale of Satampra Zeiro" for no particular reason :
He was very squat and pot-bellied, his head was more like a monstrous toad than a deity
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How any Outer Gods would actually answer:
8 0 ReplyTruly the greatest Mountain Dew flavour
5 0 Reply'Wyll approves'
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Could you just destroy our systems of organization based on scarcity, trauma, and inadequate understanding of the world around us, instead?
6 0 Reply"Listen, I am an ancient eldritch god, not Santa Claus..."
7 0 ReplyAnd the people who think those things are good.
4 0 ReplyNo, it's the only way to be sure, it's madness or nuking you from orbit.
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I thought he was gonna realize that we are gonna destroy ourselves anyway so he can just go back to sleep
5 0 ReplySame, I thought he'd come around to figuring that we're going to torture humanity way more thoroughly than cosmic horrors would.
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Ok, so what are you bringing to the table with "your" destruction plan?
5 0 ReplyI would help our great ancient one, no questions asked.
The moral implications of not choosing extermination of humans are just too big for me to even contemplate.
4 0 ReplyI'd also be on board, especially if comes with Eldritch Blast.
2 0 ReplyOmg I would totally eldritch blast all the (human) things!
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If Cthulu's eldritch aim is good enough to target whatever genes and neurons cause authoritarianism, we could save the parts of humanity worth saving!
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