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Cosmic Horror

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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it's many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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[–] hroderic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I think I recognize the pumpkin guy from Over The Garden Wall. Who are the other two?

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I also recognized him! The deer is the beast from the same show, isn't he?

[–] hroderic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I thought so, but since I didn't recognize the other one I figured they may each be from different shows.

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