When, long ago, the Gods created Earth,
In Jove’s fair image Man was shap’d at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next design’d;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill this gap, and join the rest to man,
Th’Olympian host conceiv’d a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Fill’d it with vice, and call’d the thing a N*GGER.
Please put something like this behind a spoiler or something; there are those of us who’ve had that word hurled enough in our daily life that it suddenly appearing while browsing social media is alarm-inducing.
My favorite way of explaining how racist he was is that his contemporaries over a century ago in the “Birth of a Nation” period of racism were like “Dude - tone down the racism.”
If you are curious, you can read more about the man and find him nearly frightened by his own shadow, thus filled with hate and bias to the brim. His fragile antics are probably why he wrote a lot of foundational horror stories. Guy was clearly unwell in the head department, and although it gave us a lot of creative lit, all of it is stained with things he was himself afraid of.
And it’s even worse than it being the name of his real cat- he also named a cat in one of his stories that. So anyone just reading his works can encounter it.
I am not a huge Lovecraft fan (despite reading more than I probably should have), but Cool Air is a rare short story I can find absolutely no fault with.
Things that freaked H. P. Lovecraft out:
It would be easier to list the things that didn’t freak Howard out.
Plus everyone who wasn’t white and from his home town.
😬😬😬
You’re just taking him out of context. /s
It’s just a bad translation, in the original Roman it’s a passage about love.
It’s well known that he was a socially awkward and autistic.
We should have “a bit of grace” and give the “benefit of the doubt.” /s
I am not surprised that this is actually something he wrote.
Please put something like this behind a spoiler or something; there are those of us who’ve had that word hurled enough in our daily life that it suddenly appearing while browsing social media is alarm-inducing.
Lovercraft was a gamer
My favorite way of explaining how racist he was is that his contemporaries over a century ago in the “Birth of a Nation” period of racism were like “Dude - tone down the racism.”
Of light. But also black people too, but that’s not what I meant!
Things that made him cum:
Honorable mentions:
see also: Stephen King
…that’s probably it
And his cat’s name freaks out all of us
what do you mean, surely it cant be that bad
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oh noooooo
Yep, the n-word kitty.
If you are curious, you can read more about the man and find him nearly frightened by his own shadow, thus filled with hate and bias to the brim. His fragile antics are probably why he wrote a lot of foundational horror stories. Guy was clearly unwell in the head department, and although it gave us a lot of creative lit, all of it is stained with things he was himself afraid of.
And it’s even worse than it being the name of his real cat- he also named a cat in one of his stories that. So anyone just reading his works can encounter it.
Holy shit
Lol, apparently I’m a double threat against H.P.L. I was first chair flute and first chair violin.
Orchestral miscegenation probably also freaked him out
A kender with two different instruments AND two chairs, you say? 🤔
Ummm, my band teacher wouldn’t let me play violin in band, so I earned first or second chair in every section of the band out of spite.
I earned first chair violin in university.
Funnily enough bard is my least favorite D&D class…
Well you’ve told us about the first chairs, so what instruments did you get second chair with?
Mostly brass. French horn, and trumpet were difficult
But at least French horns look really cool
Angle of a wall.
Is this a mf “Hounds of Tindalos” reference.
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I am not a huge Lovecraft fan (despite reading more than I probably should have), but Cool Air is a rare short story I can find absolutely no fault with.