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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Defending shadow over inssmouth, specifically, is weird because that is the one where the scary part is supposed to be the main dude finding out he's the offspring of a monkey-princess from Africa. The most obvious, straight up not even subtle racist twist.

It is a good story... Up until the end and you're meant to be scared by "oh no my grandma was black!"

[–] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

You’re thinking of Arthur Jermyn. Innsmouth is the fish people that the neighbouring town thought was simply a product of spending so much time fraternising with the Chinese.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Black? The twist was he was a fishman.