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Clodfobble · 11-11-2009, 08:56 AM

Oh, I'd heard of Cthulhu before then. He was a funny joke for my group of friends at least as far back as high school (1997ish.) Maybe it's less that the meme itself came out of nowhere, and more that the group of people who had already attached to it came of age and started posting crap on the internet.

glatt · 11-11-2009, 09:09 AM

So I guess just because I hadn't heard of Cthulhu doesn't mean the character was obscure.

Cloud · 11-11-2009, 09:12 AM

Generations re-discover Lovecraft and think he's cool; this generation just happens to be the Internet one.

Clodfobble · 11-11-2009, 10:51 AM

Well, but it's different, because you have to factor in the irony. Anne Rice is having a little mini-popularity-boost, because of Twilight, all of which is popular with kids who really think vampires are cool and are re-discovering all of it. Cthulhu, on the other hand, is popular with people who think it's funny to fill their baby's mouth with spaghetti and photoshop the eyes to make him look like Cthulhu, not people who are genuinely snuggling up with Lovecraft books and appreciating them.

monster · 11-11-2009, 12:20 PM

Cthulu was big with the Role-playing community beest hung around with 20 years ago iirc

glatt · 11-11-2009, 12:27 PM

I think we found our answer. It was D&D. That explains it all. I'm surprised I wasn't aware of it then.

monster · 11-11-2009, 12:53 PM

check for traps, dude.

ZenGum · 11-11-2009, 06:42 PM

Looks more like a mind flayer to me.

TheMercenary · 11-11-2009, 06:52 PM

jinx · 11-11-2009, 07:14 PM

I want to be eaten first!

ZenGum · 11-11-2009, 08:50 PM

LJ to the post-whore thread, stat!

TheMercenary · 11-11-2009, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

I want to be eaten first!

I love it.

DanaC · 11-12-2009, 06:31 AM

I love Cthulu. I like how it sounds. I am a huge Lovecraft fan. I got there partly via the late 80s/early 90s schlock horror films made by the Blue Moon studios (stuff like Reanimator and From Beyond most of which were set in the fictional town of Arkham and often within the hallowed halls of Miskatonic University) and partly from a very old copy of short stories that was in my family's bookcase when i was little. As an insomniac kid I used to be up and about at 2 or 3 am, when the rest of the house was sleeping, stalking the bookshelves and reading Lovecraft or Poe.

I still have a penchant for occasional readings of scary/odd shit during the early hours. It's when ghost stories really should be read. When the rest of the world is sleeping.

Shawnee123 · 11-12-2009, 09:35 AM

How do you pronounce it? (No, not 'it', Cthuluhuhth or whatever it is?)

glatt · 11-12-2009, 10:00 AM

We need UT's embedded audio file player for this one.

11-11-2009, 08:56 AM	#1531
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh, I'd heard of Cthulhu before then. He was a funny joke for my group of friends at least as far back as high school (1997ish.) Maybe it's less that the meme itself came out of nowhere, and more that the group of people who had already attached to it came of age and started posting crap on the internet. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-11-2009, 09:12 AM	#1533
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Generations re-discover Lovecraft and think he's cool; this generation just happens to be the Internet one. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-11-2009, 10:51 AM	#1534
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well, but it's different, because you have to factor in the irony. Anne Rice is having a little mini-popularity-boost, because of Twilight, all of which is popular with kids who really think vampires are cool and are re-discovering all of it. Cthulhu, on the other hand, is popular with people who think it's funny to fill their baby's mouth with spaghetti and photoshop the eyes to make him look like Cthulhu, not people who are genuinely snuggling up with Lovecraft books and appreciating them. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-11-2009, 12:20 PM	#1535
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Cthulu was big with the Role-playing community beest hung around with 20 years ago iirc __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-11-2009, 12:53 PM	#1537
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	check for traps, dude. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-11-2009, 09:09 AM	#1532
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So I guess just because I hadn't heard of Cthulhu doesn't mean the character was obscure.

11-11-2009, 12:27 PM	#1536
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think we found our answer. It was D&D. That explains it all. I'm surprised I wasn't aware of it then.

11-11-2009, 06:42 PM	#1538
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Looks more like a mind flayer to me. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-11-2009, 06:52 PM	#1539
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11-11-2009, 07:14 PM	#1540
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I want to be eaten first! __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

11-11-2009, 08:50 PM	#1541
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	LJ to the post-whore thread, stat! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-12-2009, 09:35 AM	#1544
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	How do you pronounce it? (No, not 'it', Cthuluhuhth or whatever it is?) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-12-2009, 10:00 AM	#1545
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We need UT's embedded audio file player for this one.

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