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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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[–] tquid@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I love how frequently “cosmic horror” includes “put a pussy on it”. It uh says something

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Biology is terrifying. Our existence is disgusting

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Cmon, i'm sure you're exaggerating...

[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I tried to search the xenomorph head and how it's shaped like a dick but it's almost all Rule 34.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The making of Alien: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBbJJO2USI ( basically H.R. Giger's style)

[–] burgermeister@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

Yo higher power you got a b-friend?

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Deny it your essence, mandrake

[–] Backlog3231@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh that's vl'haa'j. Cool diety. Don't ask him anything about that which lies beyond though.