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• capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  "This horror that stands before you is no man, nor it anything resembling man in any facsimile other than it stands upon two appendages that could be mistaken for feet. The realization of it’s mere and miserable existence finds you stricken with a cold sweat akin to the feel of a pale and slimy fish at the market. It’s visage strikes in your being a fear that cores your stomach deeper than any forgotten, but suddenly realized promise. "

  Shit like that?

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  • otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Bam. Spot on. That makes for great storytelling. There’s even a sanity mechanic.

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    • capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That was kinda my approach, “How would I describe something that is so foreign to anything I’ve ever experienced that I’m entirely overwhelmed by the sheer realization of it’s existence. So much so that I can only describe the fear felt when seeing it?” The focus would first be on primal instincts before your brain could even begin with physical characteristics.

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      • scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        There’s an interesting generative experiment somewhere out there on the net that lets you generate “scary” images by progressively rating the output, it’s a neat tool, some of what it makes can mimic that horror, lol.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think I could be a good DM for it, then. 😃

  I literally only sought to read Lovecraft’s stuff because several friends of mine I had shared my own stories with, constantly asked if I was inspired by him and how similarly my writing was.

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  • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well is your writing your way of expressing how you felt when you found out your uncle was Welsh? That’s the real key to Lovecraft.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Nah; I can comprehend the Welsh, even if I may not comprehend Welsh.

      I just like trying to describe the indescribable.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      lovecrafts writing wasn’t even made up, it’s just his actual lived experience

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