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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..."

For more Lovecraft & Mythos-inspired Cosmic Horror:-!lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world

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[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (12 children)

This is some dark souls shit

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Praise the sun!

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Praise the sun or it will find you

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The sun is a deadly laser

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Not any more, there's a blanket

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