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Published: 2008-03-18 11:03:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 4591; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 454
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Mr. H.P. Lovecraft finds out that not even he can get away from Great Cthulhu's warm Valentine's Day hug...I know Valentine's Day is long gone already, but only now I had the time to colour this ^^"
The idea was quite random. I was waiting for the start of lesson and listened the HPL Historical Society's "A Shoggoth on the Roof" songs from my MP3-player, when I suddenly was inspired. And Valentine's Day being near back then, I just had to do this. Sometimes randomness pays off well.
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I think that sort of thing was in the back of my mind when I first doodled this XD Cthulhu loves his pa.
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Yes, He love his dad XD
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Yup, he sure does!
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Aw, thanks, it's and old work but nice to get comments on it ^^ Sure is one of my more random ideas, though XD
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O_O I look at the adorable deviation, and, lo and behold, I FIND ANOTHER ASOTR FAN.
WEWT. A Shoggoth On The Roof is the. best. musical. of. all. time.
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Thank you ^^ I usually draw my Great Old Ones as their mean selves, but oh well, for the sake of randomness and Valentine's Day...XD
Heh, oh yeah, I fell in love with that musical when I first popped it in my CD-player and the first song started to play. "Who day and night must slumber in R'lyeh..?"
Now that's one darn musical I sure as heck would go to see if it ever hit the theatres ^^
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XDDD it's adorable.
Actually, the first I ever heard of Lovecraft was when I saw the lyrics to Tentacles in a journal by . I looked up the song, and was instantly hooked. (I knew all the words to Tentacles before I even started reading Lovecraft).
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Heh, thank you ^^
I myself was introduced to Lovecraft and Cthulhu by over time, first thanks go to the gaming artictle abotu the original Alone in the Dark. Eventually, when I was older and looking for some horror books for my bro, I found some Lovecraft books. And I got hooked to them ^^" The HPLHS song-CDs I tried out of a quirk, and bam, instantly hooked again. I remember most of the songs by heart by now, along with some of their Scary Solstice Carols. Got to love those people ^^
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...there's nobody who plays the games around here D: it makes me so sad.
Oh, yes. HPLHS people are geniuses. What especially astounds me is that on "I saw Mommy Kissing Yog-Sothoth," there's a line about looking "just like his picture on page 751." According to Dunwich Horror (I think. I read it in one of the stories, I think it was that one) there's actually a picture of Yog-Sothoth on the aforesaid page.
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Aww...
Heh, oh yesh, the HPLHL folk have done their Cthulhu studies, so you may find interesting little details in their songs. I also love their movies and story CDs, I can't wait to see how the "Whisperer in the Dark" turns out ^^ And I should buy more of those story CDs when I get money. "At the Mountains of Madness" left be breathless. The Tekelili-sound effect they made in it still haunts and intrigues me.
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^^ It's amazing the amount of homework they must've had to do.
I'll have to look at more of their stuffβ *goes to look at At The Mountains of Madness*
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It's easier to do the search for your hobbies you like - unlike some school stuff you must do ^^"
I think their site has a list of the things they've done. Their story CDs should also include Shadow out of Time and Dunwich Horror, and I think they had yet one more, perhaps more. And they have another movie coming, Whisperer in the Darkness I think.
I should check their progress too.
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I've never actually heard anything of theirs other than Shoggoth and some of the carols, but I'm trying to start a game of Cthulhu Lives in my vague area.
Are the story CDs like radio plays?
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We actually have a short RPG of Cthulhu going on in our RPG club at the moment, though it's almost at the end. But I sure as heck will try to find some Call of Cthulhu RPG books fo myself since I'd love to try playing a long campaign some day with it.
Yup, as far as I know (basing this on At the Mountains of Madness), the stor yCDs are played like radio plays, as if it was an old radio show during Lovecraft's own time that reads the works aloud and sort of "acts" it with voice, radio effects and multiple "voice actors", if yo ucan call them that (^^"). If I had to describe an example, I'd name it to be done in similar way as the original "War of thr Worlds" which was read on the radio.
The HPLHS added even more atmosphere by putting in their own made "photos" and "scrab book pieces" and "newspaper cuttings" they've made in great resemblance of the same things that were done and used in the possible time the read story takes place. It all adds to the atmosphere ^^
Oh dear, quite a long reply here ^^" I can never tell of things shortly...
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That's AWESOME. I don't live anywhere near an RPG club T_T One of the things that I really want to try (and am trying to get my friends to read Lovecraft in order to facilitate this) is a correspondence RP, that would fall along the lines of The Whisperer in Darkness (did I already say this?)
Oh, that's AWESOME! I love full cast recordings, I'll definitely have to see if any library in my area has some of them
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I didn't know about the clippings and stuff! I have looked at their free prop docs and fonts (in fact, if you looked at my Latin homework, I'm sure you'd recognize the majority of the fonts I use).
Long replies are great! I tend to say things concisely, but occasionally I'll start rambling on about something and by the time I'm done explaining the backstory I won't remember what I started with.
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No, you didn't mention it. Heh, a friend of mine has actually done such a correspondent thing, with post cards if I remember right. He's always doing cool stuff like that XD
Heh, I' malso pretty much broke at the moment, which is why I had to leave Dunwich Horror to the shelf of the shop *weeps* It's one the stories my bro and I favour (though his ultimate favourite is At the Mountains of Madness, while I tend to favour Herbert West - Reanimator).
The clippings and the other stuff come along when you buy the CD, they're even described in the backside of the CD ^^
Oh yes, I know the problem. I love describing and telling of things, especially if they're related to my characters. Talk often waves back and forth when you start a topic ^^"
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POSTCARDS? That sounds EPIC.
...leave Dunwich Horror to the shelf of the shop? You need to discover [link] , my friend.
Ah, Herbert West. I am so in love with him. Although not as much as I am with the fishpeople.
AWESOME.
Yeah. I'm one of those people who, when trying to tell a story, will go on and on, trying to get the description of the lighting right.
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I actually meant the HPLHS "Dunwich Horror CD", not the story. I have the story in one of my Lovecraft collection books ^^"
Well, sometimes you gotta describe things the long way to set the mood right and to give the right atmosphere.
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Ah. I was like "WHAT! But you can just print it out!" and agreed.
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I should've been more clear about it myself, but now I must thank you for letting me know of that link. I've been hearing about Lovecraft's works being on the net somewhere but never had the time to seek it out myself. So thank you a lot, this will come in handy when looking for the stories I still don't have ^^
Now I might be able to buy that one book with At the Mountains of Maddness in it. It had other stories I already had as well, but since the book also had Epitome of Randolph Carter and the Case of Charles Dexter Ward in it, so I had to leave it out since I was afraid I might end up taking the book for myself just because I didn't have those two stories yet in the books I already had ^^"
All is fair in war and Lovecraft :3
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No problem ^^ That site's where I got all of my Lovecraft. I haven't noticed many typos, either.
Go get it! You can never have too much insanity
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Indeed XD I just have to wait after my tests (4 of them coming, 2 next week) ^^"
...And I should probably try out both Penumbra and Dark Corners of the Earth again on Christmas holiday when I get home. Cursed be my laptop that can't handle graphics too well.
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...oh jeez.
XD I'm on a Mac. If the plugin works, it CAN handle the graphics.
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Yup. University life can be rather straining durign test times.
That's nice ^^ Strange thing is, though, that my poor laptop can handle Portal, Left4Dead and Oblivion, but it starts whining with Penumbra, Half-Life 2 and Dark Corners of the Earth. I have no clue why.
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<_> Yeah, 10th grade is strenuous enough.
GAH THE ENVY. My parents wouldn't buy me any video games, although I'd practically kill for Portal.
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Oh don't remind me. I think my shoulders and writing arm nearly died from exhaustion during my matriculations exams from all that writing ._."
Aw ^^" My family's pretty much a gaming one, with me, my dad and my bro all playing. And our dad got it all started because he had gaming magazines my bro and I read when we were kids. Even nowadays we talk a lot of games together. And FarCry is one of the games we all love to play XD
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Nurrrrr. It's not that bad for me, since I'm a homeschooler. Not nearly so many exams.
Ah, NOBODY in my family games. But I do whenever I go to my friends' houses.
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Friends are a good place to look for games indeed. My friend and former roommate just bought Dead Space a little while ago and I've played that at her place. Fun game, though it reminds me too much of a stripped version of Bioshock - just in space ^^"
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Cool. I have to admit, most of my gaming time has been spent on the Eragon game, which is ridiculously glitchy. My friend and I discovered that by combining certain movements, you can make Eragon and Brom dance the cha-cha slide. 
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Your Cthulhu has been featured in a related news article: [link] 
EloΓsa Valdes
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Oh my...Why thank you 
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you're most welcome
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Heheh, happens sometimes that the simplest name I give to the work can turn out like that.
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Aw, don't worry, that has happened to me a few times too. Nothing to worry about, it can happen to anyone
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SWEET! Another HPL fan!
...ever reade 'the mound'?
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Hmm, I don't recal reading that one. Again reminds me to buy that third book of Lovecraft's story collections ^^"
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it's in 'the loved dead' somewhere. XD. The ymm-braa made me pause for a sec - I don't mind undead thingies, and I don't mind cyborgs and similar stuff. (ghost in the shell rocks!)But combine the two and it gets freaky. Odd for me to say though.
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Aa, I remember seeing the title of "The Loved Dead" in one of the Weird Tales collections I read, although I didn't much read that one ^^" I think I jumped straight into "The Curse of Yig". And I must say that undead things and cyborgs combined together *are* freaky, so it's not odd to say so ^^"
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I'm the person who laughs her head off while dissecting stuff... I don't really freak out easy. But one of the ymm-braa is headless, armless, and his legs have been hacked off below the knee.
PS - Ilaugh at all the girlies who are grossing out... which makes the gross out even more!
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Ouch. Quite an...just ouch for the ymm-braa o_o I think I'll stick with the usual Lovecraft, Derleth and Ashton-Smith (and Poe)^^" I prefer the fascinating 20's style written horror stories, while my brother can read almost anything from bloody splatterpunk to the subtly opening horror of Edgar Allan Poe.
Everyone with their styles
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It's worth a read though. I enjoyed it. My favourite was the mountains of madness. XD
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Ah yes, "At the Mountans of Madness"...Truly one of my favourite ones as well, though "Herbert West - Reanimator", "The Colour out of Space" and "The Haunter of the Dark" are pretty good competitors with it ^^
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I've only read up to volume 2. I'm sure that there's a load of Lovecraft up in the loft somewhere.
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There sure are...I still have so much yet to read (thinking of the story of Harley Warren).
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How many are in total?
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