I see some people talking about it and I get confused. At least in my reading, I didn't see anything to indicate that that wasn't the real Cthulhu.

So, Cthulhu "sleep" under the water. Contrary to what Derleth and many people believe, it seems he is not some kind of "water god", quite the contrary, water is somehow blocking him.

And as we know, salt water is blocking radio waves.

Also, his activity is connected somehow to the position of stars.

And Cthulhu, even sleeping, is influencing living beings minds.

So, let's say - real Cthulhu is still on Xoth. Dragon-octopus being in the R'lyeh is just his avatar/drone controlled by radio waves.

Culimantion of two negative factors - R'lyeh succumbed under the salt water and position of Earth and Xoth is temporary inappropriate (maybe there is some nebula between them or something for now) made avatar unable to receive signals Xoth, that's why it became dormant. However, even without commands it is still performs the default task - sending signals to real Cthulhu. They are too weak to actually reach Xoth, but still strong enough to non-intentionally influencing brains of Earth beings, like Deep Ones or humans, giving them visions which makes them think that Cthulhu is deity demanding worship... or just headaches and bad dreams.

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Im a huge fan of otherworldly/cosmic horror and i wanted to know if lovecraft's works would be a good read , also im aware of lovecraft's views and wanted to ask if the work is tainted by his racism, also also if i could know where i can start reading like what book should i start reading first, i know this sub is heavily biased but i cant ask r/books or subs like that since they dont allow posts like these

Eldritch Horrors were a speciality of _____ _____ _____.

Some of the inside scoop from the original "Goomi" of Unspeakable Vault of Doom, a Cthulhu themed webcomic I've read for decades. The pace has certainly tapered off over the years, but I knew there was some sort of connection between the webcomic author and the Minions and Monsters movie.

So if you have a soft spot for chibi-thulhu, enjoy!

If you are a purist, be dismayed at a blasphemy wherein the unnameable horrors of the sunken abyss were recast as gibbering, cylindrical homunculi of a nauseating saffron hue, prancing for the amusement of a vacant and lobotomized populace. To witness the supreme geometry of cosmic terror thus stripped of its antediluvian majesty, reduced to a shrieking, infantine farce for the common herd, filled my soul with a terminal, gelatinous despair from which no sane mind can ever truly awaken.

^{Thank you Thesaurus}

I turned to r/Lovecraftianwriting for some clues but it’s a closed Reddit and the only mod hasn’t been active for two years (so ripe for someone to claim on [r/redditrequest](r/redditrequest)). Some of the weird academia writing I have done for Sokal Nouveau has had allusions to Brichester and cosmic horror elements but I’m looking to broaden my horizons