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[Lithp]

[SilentMedusa]

Thank you, Lithp. The more time I have to think about it, the more upset I feel. Your post here has perfectly articulated what I felt, but couldn't figure out how to put into words.

[onetruepurple]

[Lithp]

[ButtPirate]

[onetruepurple]

[Lithp]

Yeah, I type a lot. It's called putting actual effort into a post instead of relying on cheap grade school taunts. You are the worst kind of E-Warrior, the kind who half-asses everything. You'll insult someone over post count when you're the only person paying attention to it to begin with. You'll talk about how people who argue on the internet have no life when you're the 1 picking a fight. You don't like me? Fine. Insult me all you want, just mix some actual substance in there.

Also, I read "Call of Cthulhu" online, Grandpa. Close out some of those porn tabs & you might find it.

Edit: Whoops, 1893.

[Sidenote]

part 3 is up

[lonsumtravlr]

[paladin181]

[Lithp]

lonsumtravlr: I hit up "Call of Cthulhu" mostly because pop culture's obsession with Cthulhu is just slightly below that of zombies, & I wanted to see what all of the fuss was about. "Color out of Space" sounds cool, so if I remember, I'll check it out.

[lonsumtravlr]

[paulisdead18]

Yeah Lithp, you pretty much expressed what I thought was wrong with the ending perfectly. They laid out a bunch of mystery around the plot, had totheark full of decodable messages for US to solve, pushing the plot forward, and then in the end just saying none of our puzzle solving mattered and any "answers" we got weren't really the point anyways. It was kind of a big slap to the face for anyone involved in trying to delve deeper into the story thinking there was more to it, when the really wasn't and nobody found out until the ending.

[Lithp]

Oddly enough, I was never really that involved in that, considering that I have basically none of the skills required for that.

Then again, that was kind of a lose-lose move. On the 1 hand, if the puzzle-solving doesn't mean anything, that's kind of a letdown for anyone trying to solve them. On the other hand, if the puzzles contain crucial plot information, then that kind of sucks for anyone who doesn't know the skills or software for that.

[Smoking_Gnu]

Yeah, if we're bandying the Lovecraft talk about, interested folks should also check out The Dunwich Horror and Through the Gates of the Silver Key. Tighter plot, very interesting horror elements and a good sense of pacing throughout. Call of Cthulhu, while not a bad story by any means, is nowhere near as life-affirming as the titular character's status these days would make you think.

If anything, I think the one Lovecraft story that may kind of match MH pacing-wise is At the Mountains of Madness...100 pages of describing this ancient alien culture, 5 pages of "oh crap, a shoggoth," and that's...about it.