The Cosmos is a Nightmare: A Lovecraft Lore Primer
In this episode of Acceptable Losses, we stare into the cosmic abyss with special guest TheAmberKing for a complete primer on Lovecraftian lore! If you’ve ever been confused about the difference between a Great Old One and an Outer God, or just want to know why everyone is so afraid of tentacles, this is the episode for you. We break down the cosmic hierarchy, from the sleeping dread of Cthulhu and the maddening presence of Hastur, all the way up to the ultimate nightmare entities residing outside of our reality: Nyarlathotep, Shub-Niggurath, Yog-Sothoth, and the Blind Idiot God at the center of the universe, Azathoth.
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It should be noted that the King in Yellow wasn't really an entity until Lovecraft expanded on him after reading Robert W. Chambers; the King in Yellow was just a play that drove people mad in a few of his short stories.
Wanted a mention of lovecrafts eldritch cat with the forbidden name. Also I really hope yall give Delta Green a glance as it has fairly interesting lore that blends eldritch horror with modernity
The problem I have with H.P. Lovecraft (not counting the already established ones) is that Non-Euclidean geometry has an existing definition: Regular geometry on a curved surface. Bro was bugging out at a soccer ball
if i had to guess he probably saw non-euclidian geometry as a sign of our understanding not being concrete, which we know terrified him. the idea of parallel lines converging probably had him wondering what other things we commonly rely on arent as universally true as they seem. thus, soccer balls spook him
For anyone looking for more modern Lovecraftian literature that falls into the Acceptable Losses theme check out the Laundry Files books by Charles Stross. CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN is underway.
We just need Eli on and we will have had the entirety of the LoreCrimes podcast on!!!!
Conquest Last Arguments of Kings would be a fun thing to see on this channel!!!!
I would love to see an episode on the world of the Magnus archives
Oh right, Dunwich, the company(I think) by the same name in Fallout 3 is what lead me to Lovecraft stuff originally
Let’s eventually do a Konflickt’ 47 episode please?!
Me turning into white and blue dust by the end of the episode
HYPERION PLEASE!, Also thank you for the episode❤️
I was secretly hoping for a tiny mention of connan the barbarian being cannon as connan is the only being to look at some eldrich shit and go "its just a monster" and then just kills it
I was hoping Sucker for Love would be mentioned. Hells yeah, DK!
SUCKER FOR LOVE YES!!!!!
Hooray!!
Can't wait to find out how all these squids got here and also why my life is meaningless!