Cthulhu Mythos

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because of hentai desu

>>8978101

it's a meme

I think part of it is down to the monster himself. Cthulhu is arguably the easiest to conceptualize of all the Old Ones, and that may be because Lovecraft gives him such a definitive, recognizable shape.

I mean, compare him to Yog-Sothoth. Yog-Sothoth makes Cthulhu look like a retarded toddler. But can you PICTURE Yog-Sothoth? Can you picture Azathoth, or Shub-Niggurath? They're less easy to pin down appeareance-wise than Cthulhu, which I think hurts them.

>>8978101
Because noone has read lovecraft

they probably think cthulhu was a greek god or a hindu god or something

I was introduced to cthulhu as a trope not as a character from a horror story. I have never read lovecraft.

>>8978101
Using the word in its neutral, Dawkins' sense, cthulu is a meme that thrives in this particular zeitgeist, probably for reasons similar to why various forms of apocalypticism are thriving, too.

Also, graphic artists have done some fantastic work developing the cthulu mythos.

>>8978101
Southpark obviously

>>8978757
You should read The Call of Cthulhu. It's a pretty good short story.

http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx

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>>8978144
You can picture Nyarlathotep pretty easy

>>8978101
It probably helps that it has it's name as the title of a story, and one of Lovecraft's better stories as well.