ASMR HP Lovecraft reads 'The Pale Poison' unpublished short story

#ASMR #Halloween
Please note: while I sometimes enjoy his horrific tales, I do not agree with, believe in, or condone his horrific views. With that said, here’s me looking WORRYINGLY like HP Lovecraft and awkwardly reading one of his "unpublished stories" (that I made up on the spot). Enjoy!
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🎙 What is ASMR? 🎧
ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) is synaesthesia of the soul. It’s a relaxing feeling, it’s a tingling down the spine, or it’s simply a sleep aid. Whether it’s being ‘held’ by someone you have confidence in, or ‘looked after’ by someone with authority, or just feeling ‘safe’ with someone you trust, it uses audio-visual triggers to enable you to let go of your worries and stresses - even just for a bit.
📽 What is FPC? 🎞
FPC (first person cinema) takes all the relaxing elements of ASMR but has much more of a focus on immersion and the suspension of disbelief. It’s kinda like being the main character in your own short movie, with popular figures you know and love, or entirely created worlds - just for you. There won’t be any visible mics or traditional triggers in these videos, and they will seem more unintentional than the usual ASMR videos - but they are unique and relaxing experiences designed to transport you to different places, worlds, and times.
Disclaimer: This video is intended for relaxation. Any views, opinions, or advice expressed is purely for the purpose of entertainment, and to induce tingles through ASMR. These videos are not a substitute for traditional medicine, therapy, or any other professional medium, and should not be treated as such! Take all the advice with a pinch of salt, and certainly don’t take it to heart. That being said, please enjoy them, benefit from them, and hopefully get those warm, tingly feelings. Oh, and it’s not for kids.

[@loggue9193]

What a friendly and normal looking man I sure do hope his cat's name isn't something offensive.

[@saintsavannahh]

Dawg 💀🤣

[@HarlequinHeart16]

I'm cackling 🤣

[@fathercosmic8061]

Bro I saw your profile pic and thought that you were "man with a mustache" on Jim's page for a minute lol

[@88cryingwolf]

Hahaha 😂😆

[@bigboss4178]

_HP "Gamer" Lovecraft_

[@zeegee2321]

Perfectly captured the way Howard looks like he's got a frog in his mouth and doesn't wanna let it out

[@lorettabes4553]

Just like Tom Holland

[@Horde1Blades]

the way you phrased that is like you knew the man personally. Perfect xD

[@Ozone946]

Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I heard the phrase "like he's got a frog in his mouth", I'd have two nickels - which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@saintsea-hat7891]

The frog is also racist.

[@cathyskywalker77]

🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@-Mushroom_Kid-]

What’s funny about love craft is that nobody alive really knows his voice but from rumors he had a shrill laugh and had a strong Rhode Island accent meaning he probably sounded like Peter griffin. Good job nailing it Jim can’t decide if this or your LaVey is more spot on

[@rustyfisher2081]

Peter Griffin Lovecraft holy shit

[@rosaryloading9661]

the p in hp lovrcraft stands for peter griffin

[@ethanatk]

Imagine Peter Griffin reading CoC

[@1headphoneguy]

“Hehehehehe Hey Lois, Ive unleashed unfathomable horrors beyond human comprehension hehehehehe”

[@matthewdelorio598]

Haha, now I can’t get H.P. Singing surfing bird out of my mind.

[@stormyweather745]

That was really good, you captured a man afraid of everything, but his home town of Providence Rhoda island.

[@sistersamich2075]

Ok osp you are seen

[@stormyweather745]

@@sistersamich2075 Huh? 🤔

[@betarey]

​@@stormyweather745 Overly Sarcastic Productions

[@sambreuer831]

this is shockingly uncanny looking! Between the pale color skew, the uncomfortable similarity to the man himself, and the extremely strong storm in the background with no noise it creates a beautifully uncomfortable setting. Very well done!

[@victoriancuddler]

Jim is an outstanding actor

[@Atzy]

@@victoriancuddler Totally nailed the Rhode Island accent too

[@ethanatk]

Plus the chin.

[@Christian-97]

Strange hidden images during the lightning strikes as well. Hope he does a Part 2 someday.

[@MrMisfortune]

Never ask Jim the name of his cat.

[@texugo_branco]

whats the name of the cat?

[@DankSoulss]

@@texugo_branco Waring, it shouldn’t but this might ruin H.P Lovecraft for you. H.P Lovecraft’s cat was named “N word Man”. Hence the joke “Never ask Jim the name of his cat” because Jim is cosplaying lovecraft

[@AztecsPasture]

What a skilled writer. I wonder if he will call his cat so we get to see how cute it is.

[@victoriancuddler]

*screaming*

[@ethanatk]

"I know it, but I'm not sure I should say it..." "Ten seconds, Mr. Lovecraft." "Alright, I'd like to call the cat."

[@jgcaba3173]

Jim is insanely talented, he's the indy film festival of asmr

[@itzoniichacha5963]

He even did the mouth thing awesome lol

[@Haru-spicy]

Lovecraft was more self-aware of the contradictions inherent to bigotry than many give him credit. In both Dunwich Horror and Shadow over Innsmouth, local prejudice serves as a smokescreen - the cosmic horrors are written off as just some 'savage superstition' or 'the ravages of mixed blood', which allows them to be overlooked and to fester. In fact these same taints ultimately express themselves in the protagonist by the end.

[@josephboyle1273]

I'd never considered that until you pointed it out.

[@c.odubhlaoich2948]

Everyone is a bigot about something or another, get over it.

[@dylanchouinard6141]

Most other Lovecraft impersonators: *posh English accent which he might have done but probably not* Jim’s Lovecraft impression: “Sonya! Where’d we pak tha cah!”

[@MorganScorpion]

Neither of them could drive tho.

[@dylanchouinard6141]

@@MorganScorpion that’s just a stereotypically Bostonian phrase. Which I assume Jim is replicating here

[@MorganScorpion]

@@dylanchouinard6141 Ah, thanks.

[@draeneikitten3358]

I was just waiting for the Providence, Rhode Island accent haha, because I lot of people I've noticed seem to forget that or don't see him having the Providence accent. So I'm super glad you did 😊

[@dinomann1147]

As European, we can just difference the south from the north lmao

[@ChristopherLowe1994]

This is so relaxing, it sent me into a 'cat'atonic state of rest.

[@cathyskywalker77]

What a purrfectly funny comment. Want some catnip? 😁

[@schizomanreptiliosis2691]

What’s the cats name

[@_callum__wallum_3642]

@@schizomanreptiliosis2691 [REDACTED]

[@ja3zex]

These cat comments are killing me

[@cathyskywalker77]

@@ja3zex well, Rest In Purrs.....

[@teethirtyfour7394]

What a friendly individual! Surely his cat must also have a welcoming demeanor.

[@ethandixon6580]

I miss his cat, what a polite little kitty :)

[@noblearmories1265]

What was it's name? Something pleasant I assume

[@Ozone946]

@@noblearmories1265 I heard he was last seen in Paris

[@markf.9396]

@@Ozone946 BRUH 😂

[@richardpowell1772]

That cat ruled!

[@VMadnezzYT]

@@Ozone946 most creative thing I've ever seen on this god forsaken website

[@SmylingBeast]

Truly excellent Jim. Everything from the pale, lantern-jawed visage to the distinctive New England drawl. Best of all is the tale itself, of course. Almost as if old Howard had written it after reaching the great hereafter. A purgatory, where he produced an allegorical reflection on his own life perhaps, and the 'pale poison' that is the baseless hatred and fear of other races that he harboured in life, and how this venom ultimately became unsustainable, leaving behind a symbol of unity, and an important cautionary lesson to the generations that came after. Very good indeed.

[@cottonmouthaudio5041]

This video made me realise that the actual Lovecraft really does look like he's constantly passing a kidney stone.

[@idablankenship7106]

Deliciously chilling story and presentation. You obviously know your Lovecraft. And yes - the physical resemblance is uncanny. Thanks for another fascinating asmr. This ushers in Halloween perfectly. 👌🏼

[@poetryjones7946]

Rainstorm and lightning made for the perfect ambience.

[@tsnophaljakarax9963]

I love that not only did you nail what a lot or people claimed his voice may have sounded like, but also his mannerisms, from the really awkward beginning to slowly getting into the story as he goes along. I also like to think that this story is about himself realising his poisonous mind and views on certain people around him, since again, that was apparently something he was a little ashamed of later in life.

[@doloreslee7084]

Thank you jim, you fulfilled one of my wishes - to see the living Lovecraft

[@mikeg286]

What a lovely, well adjusted and friendly looking man! I surely hope his cat is named in line with his very pleasant countenance!

[@steampunk75animations]

Hey, did anyone else notice the amazing edit at 18:53? It's VERY well done and extremely easy to miss. 😆

[@chookinathunderstorm3446]

For a story that was made up on the spot it hung together very well. It followed an untangled and unbroken thread along the same continuous pattern of thoughts, on one of those out of the ' bizarre box ' subjects, that Jim regularly just conjures up as though it's ' Easy peasy Japanesey. ' Along with all that, the pattern when spun, is a fascinating analogy ( as I see it anyway) about the downfall of certain people whose envy spurting poison is so pale and insidious that they are just as incapable of detecting it's destructive creep, coroding themselves and their own reputations, as are those more successful people they aim to destroy. This is one of those stick out stories that will remain memorable to me and will be washing up against my mind's eye from time to time. I just know it.

[@cathyskywalker77]

Jim really is a Chi-meleon 😆 Yesterday he was Henry V, today HP Lovecraft....Such creativity and talent.....

[@royalmage1931]

'The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind; to coralatte all it's contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance amidst the black seas of infinity, and it was not meant we should voyage far.' -H.P Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu

[@drummerdarkangelsfortress3549]

The most realistic HP Lovecraft that I have ever seen good job man.

[@bigd4746]

What a great portrayal of Lovecraft. I looked up his image, and you nailed it. Have you ever considered doing Poe?

[@TheBootyman94]

Lovecraft tried to gain my great grandmothers hand in marriage when she was 16, but she was lucky enough to not have parents who were quick to " To her to the highest bidder".

[@mostlyjovial6177]

??? Story time, how, why, and when? Lol

[@TheBootyman94]

@@mostlyjovial6177 I will as soon as I get a chance

[@mostlyjovial6177]

@@TheBootyman94 still patently waiting mate. Lol

[@TheBootyman94]

@@mostlyjovial6177 ok so in the early 1900s my great grandmother was out with her parents and younger brother at some place in Providence. He came in the place and she caught him staring at her, and she only knew him because her younger brother loved his work. He tried to "court her", and her father said no. Again my great grandmother died when I was 12, And this wasnt exactly the most exciting story she had to tell, so the specifics of it never really made me curious enough to ask. But I, as well as a few of my cousins remember the story. All I remember her saying was that "he appeared socially awkward".

[@mrrags529]

Doubt

[@alexia3552]

It's so cool that you wrote/improvised the story, it's fun to see people's creative works

[@modawg420]

All of your vids feel like their custom because every time you put out a new one it fits my interests. You're appreciated!

[@vheffernan41]

The oral posture is so spot on and the whole video is so unsettling!! Well done Jim

[@randolphthesilver4245]

"Sorry, I just back from the dentist" Pulls out cotton from inside his lower lip

[@joshbowman9481]

Impeccably done, you captured everything down to the Hapsburg chin. 5 stars

[@slasherchild5871]

This is absolutely amazing. I think this has to be one of my favorites of your videos. I really hope you do more stuff like this.

[@Devilslittleimp]

You need to do more of this. This is amazing man

[@ladyliberty417]

Creepy and spooky as it should be, Great story telling Jim, gives me tingles of an existential kind 😵‍💫

[@hasturhastur]

I’ve seen your vids suggested to my asmr feed. I just saw this one and You’re HPL mouth detail is so impressive that I’m subscribing. Fantastic!

[@mIstEr1mEmE]

wonderful storytelling and atmosphere. bravo

[@reece8191]

These uploads are hands down the best parts of my week 😁😁

[@Fonsos777]

One of my favorite authors of all time, amazing work Jim

[@gregdiiamond3899]

Really good story Jim! Left me wanting more.

[@miguelbayne4506]

This needs to be a recurring thing on this channel from now on.

[@wesleyclark5441]

Wow Jim, you continue to show off your versatility with the release of this video. Once again you completely embrace your character and play it masterfully, your accent is on point and super clean. Well done!!!

[@Warhammer_lover]

Maybe Clive Barker next? He fits the Halloween aesthetic perfectly. Can be a bit creepier though.

[@thaghost1569709]

This was awesome, it's that time of year for cursed curios part three.

[@lizrobme9313]

A friend introduced me to Lovecraft in college and I was smitten. You’ve brought him alive!

[@skinnymann9932]

I legitimately thought that we had at some point in time found this story written in one of Lovecraft's journals or something until I read the description lol, you do some great stuff man.

[@smiley4995]

Honestly I would just enjoy hearing you read all sorts of stories like this, it's fantastic! (BTW from what I know while through much of his life he was very racist and antisocial, later in his life he became much more accepting and rejected his past views. At least that is what I understood, it is possible I may be misinformed)

[@mostlyjovial6177]

You are not misinformed from what I could find on the matter. He held his families views for a good 20 years, in his mid to late 30s he was regretful of his younger self for being so awful. He was a pretty good person. Not a great one, was pretty awful for a good quarter of his life, but when raised by racists? Children tend to share their parents views, so its definitely awesome that he eventually grew for himself. Makes me respect him for sure.

[@PermianExtinction]

Lovecraft looking at the viewer like he's just seen an Ethnicity.

[@jaketinsleywbc]

Playing Call of Cthulhu (TTRPG) and in this game, HP himself runs an occult detective agency funded by the FBI Though due to the mortality rate of his employees he's pretty obscure with when he pays them. I also renamed his cat, the floofy boi is named "Patchet" Edit: the most recent debacle involved Kirk Hollister: a Yithian in disguise Maureen Mctavish: A relatively new hire, mr. Lovecraft won't let her have a gun Jeffery Davis: A southern "gentleman" who gained psychokinesis through an experimental procedure conducted at the asylum. During an investigation into the Marsh family, They accidentally freed a flying polyp from devil's reef and it destroyed the entire town of Innsmouth, then Kirk brought it down, but it fell on top of him and Maureen both, killing them instantly. Leaving Jeffery who took Kirk's lightning gun, stripped nude, put a pair of Maureen's underwear on and walked all the way back to Arkham laughing like a madman. He's fine, just spent a night or two at the asylum and came back to work a week later. Edit: he's not really ok, he's just repressed the memories

[@Warhammer_lover]

We need more of this.

[@melaniewang5869]

Omg you did an amazing job imitating him!(you always do

[@tylerhenderson9887]

find myself coming back to this every now and again, fantastic representation of Lovecraft.

[@charlieniven6558]

Really well done story and I liked the message ♥️

[@jeanninepeters9500]

That accent! I was listening to this at about 4am this morning, in the dark, hanging on every word and hiding under the blankets. 😉

[@clifftorrance833]

As a Lovecraft fan i'm very surprised of your video because you did such a great job !

[@henry7001]

This was insanely good, I just discovered your channel and I'm really liking the content!

[@cathyskywalker77]

Welcome, new friend!! Glad you're here🤗

[@COOLBUBBA98]

Please make another one of these in that accent ! Haven’t listened to anything but this since I found it and I can now recite it verbatim

[@DebbieDoo217]

Loved it. Fantastic job!

[@iseechords]

This was IMPROV??? Man sat there and turned Lovecraft inside out, ripped out the not-so-subtle racist undertones, replaced them with progressive ones, then wrapped it all in fantastic prose that felt dated enough yet still easily digestible to a 21st century audience. Not to mention nailing the look AND the voice. Bravo.

[@xanatos1579D]

This is one of my favorite videos of yours Jim I know you'll probably never see a comment on a video this old but if you could do more readings by HP Lovecraft as HP Lovecraft that would be amazing

[@franzhaas5597]

This just might be your finest performance Bravo. I am blown away.

[@JDsWrld]

Jim seriously is a very talented actor, does he have any history in performance arts or acting school ?

[@AzureHadit]

This mans ASMRs are on a different level

[@SokiHime]

Absolutely astounding sir Thank you very much

[@oe3567]

I love that you even did his mouth thing

[@AMac0079]

such a good character actor, damn!

[@KiaraM]

Beautiful you are very similar aesthetically to the real Lovecraft nice story and I also liked the constant rain behind you 💖💖💖

[@rektnation6986]

As a native New Englander, I can confirm that this is how we talk.

[@nicholasmurner7523]

Beautifully read, Jim

[@FINALSTANDFOLEYOFFICIAL]

Fantastic idea and performance. Would love more from your HPLC.

[@thisSh1tHard]

What a lovely man! I wonder what his cat is called?

[@joshuamourning6650]

I slept wonderfully within the sunken city and the dreaming lord chuthlu is pleased by your work

[@captaincollyer6580]

I really appreciate the authentic accent

[@doomsdaymachine619]

People like to point fingers at Lovecraft but don't realize that he was a man of a certain time in the United States where it was not uncommon to hear racial or unpopular beliefs like today. That aside , Lovecraft obviously was more interested in cosmic horror. For that I believe him to be the Godfather of horror. Stephen King stated he would never have followed horror writing if it wasn't for Lovecraft. I think the persona was spot on. Although he was a bit of a fast talker and very exuberant. That wouldn't work for ASMR but you were moreso than your other ASMR characters. Love Bill the Butcher Daniel Day Louis accent.

[@bridgetbartz2003]

“a product of his time” doesn’t excuse his behavior. appreciate his work all u want, but it’s inherently tainted by his personal beliefs. Also, in a lot of his works, his racist beliefs are in the text

[@ObieGoth]

What is remarkable to me about Lovecraft's bigotry is how racist he was *for his time*; his obsession with race and purity crept into most of his fiction. I enjoy his style of horror immensely, but am disappointed in his narrow focus. There are many writers on the frightening and the grotesque who simply lack Lovecraft's profound prejudices, at least insofar as we may observe from their writings.

[@galethsaldor8293]

Yes his views were obviously bad, but people that are trying to remove/twist his work because of it are lunatics... What's next? Removing Roman, etc history because they had slaves?

[@alexia3552]

I see what you're saying about how there were strong cultural influences towards denigrating minority ethnicities at the time, notably black people. There were also, at the time, people working towards equality and speaking out about how wrong it was to view black people as inferior. Blindness and selfishness can be understood in how a person's mentality got to where it did, but it doesn't mean it's the _only_ way that person would have been capable of thinking. No matter what, people are responsible for their words and actions and the effect they have on others. It's very useful to us right now, in 2021, to acknowledge the hurtful things he said and wrote, as a larger cultural shift toward making these ideas unacceptable in society, as well as a shift toward developing an understanding of the hurtful messages that black people and other minorities get blindsided with as they're just trying to go through their daily lives. The act of pointing out "X was said/done and it's not okay" is one of compassion toward those affected by those words and actions. When we demonstrate that these issues matter, we're showing compassion to our fellow humans. "Pointing fingers" is indeed necessary at times, because there's something there to be pointed at. Sweeping bigotry under the rug, and qualifying it with "we can't criticize because X" perpetuates the idea that it's possible to excuse it. It's not excusable.

[@mariammaged6675]

It's very relaxing 😌and magnificent vid 👌😊

[@joshuagraham2715]

You should read shadow over innsmouth as a part 2 to this

[@evilmerv4645]

Appropriate that I got a cat treats ad before this video

[@artgirl96]

Great asmr and sounds

[@sleepy0597]

I need more of this

[@king_dumb_come5477]

I actually did jump a little when you spoke for the first time jeepers creepers

[@azelandthedragons1190]

This would confuse and likely terrify Lovecraft and I just think that’s beautiful.

[@sarahmeacheam7517]

You've really captured H.P. Lovecraft's appearance!

[@JustAnElderscroll]

This was so on point

[@aurycrow]

Awesome ASMR!

[@liyostr570]

I love how he put something in his lower lip to get that real hp lovecraft look

[@eslteacher1275]

I like the thumbnail, I think you nailed the look.

[@crow3879]

my mans looks so much like lovecraft. even has the bird mouth look. but i find it so odd that i’m falling asleep to cthulhu’s mafia squire reading me a bedtime story.

[@jakeneylon1853]

Hey Jim I have an idea for another character that I think you could do really well. In the mad max game from a few years back there’s a character called Griffa, a sort of wasteland therapist He is right up your alley, give him a look

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

Splendid idea, to combine #storytelling with #ASMR!

[@RevivalOfSchwann]

So all you guys are gonna talk about is the cat’s name right? Yeah I guess that’s the only thing worthy of mention here…. Great job Jim you always do great content :)

[@idablankenship7106]

Thank you!👏🏼👍🏼 We have to take into consideration most of the commenters are under the age of 15. I’m sort’ve waiting for the fart jokes now.

[@andrewthomas3253]

I appreciate you, Jimbo...

[@unfinishedsentenc5308]

Please do more lovecraftian stories 🙏

[@InJusticeAustralia]

Unfortunately I am not well schooled, so I don’t understand what’s he’s talking about. But I do love the theme, and mood, etc. And hope he does one similar for the less educated.

[@merlinahenakew9041]

Anybody else see a shadow go zooming past the window at 0:36 ?

[@ryanatlas2066]

Anyone know h.p Lovecrafts cat name was?

[@KasualKatastrophic]

Do you know the name of his cat?

[@somewierdoonline2402]

HP lovecraft, a man who I only relate to in fear of the ocean, there's much more creeeeeeeeeepy stuff than just angler fish down there

[@Umbramoon3]

I don't know why, but i love the line "the bile bubbled in his gut" its just seems to have so much power in it.

[@EmilianoASMR]

OMG pero si estas identico. Eres un artista!!!