Cthulhu Mythos Explained - With Minimum Effort

Here is a super-simplified explanation on the Cthulhu Mythos.
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[@froozigiusz]

You put Lucille's photo with "human" description You monster, how dare you play with our emotions!! Lucille best fish-girl

[@samtrue3]

What are you referring to when you are saying fish girl? The end of the last episode?

[@froozigiusz]

@@samtrue3 Well, she is from Innsmouth, that says pretty everything And the last episode was to shocking to me to actually realize what happend there and who she really is. But other people were still refering to her as a fish-girl/deep one in the comments, so did I

[@machine3589]

Raid: Shadow Legends sponsorships have become an eldritch abomination in and of itself.

[@vortigern7021]

You get a like just for the raid joke.

[@MrChupacabra555]

Yes! ^_^ I'm getting SO sick of seeing that add in the vids I watch. As a 'thank you' to DST, I think I'll pick up something from his store (I need something to wear to the next convention I go to, anyway ^_^).

[@ncspacemonkey]

Same. In the millisecond that the "Raid" ad showed up, I was like, "Jesus fu-- YEAH! HAHA!" Nice one, @Don't Stop Thinking

[@Talviir]

"The Chad-daddy of the outer gods"...man, never stop making these...just patreon subbed to help keep this goodness flowing

[@IdiotinGlans]

I love your description of Lovecraft as a proto /pol/ user

[@unclecrusty5476]

Hounds of Tindalos where actually made by one of Lovecrafts closet freinds, Frank Long

[@DontStopThinking]

Ah, darn! I missed that one.

[@eldersun5110]

Wait, Lovecraft had friends?

[@chewxieyang4677]

@@eldersun5110 Lovecraft and Robert Howard, the author behind Conan the Barbarian, were good pen pals as well.

[@unclecrusty5476]

@@eldersun5110 Yes, Lovecraft when possible met up with his correspondents in person and had quite the freindship with Frank Long, even going on holiday to florida together. Lovecraft also married a Woman named Sonia Greene though they eventually split up. Lovecraft was only really a recluse during his early years and late teens.

[@eldersun5110]

@@unclecrusty5476 Well, color me impressed. With his reputation I wouldn't be surprised if he was scared of the postal service, but apparently I misjudged him! There's always something new to learn I guess.

[@crazymangaming3391]

I’ve never been so happy for a KZbin’s no to do a sponsorship because I’m convinced raid is evil

[@leodouskyron5671]

“In blackface” - considering lovecrafts issues with proper breeding got a snicker from me. (Before anyone reads Lovecraft (and I recommend you do) he was considered by others at the time to be a racist and radical even at the time. He did not just believe blacks, Jews and natives were lesser also on the ‘watchlist’ but also white people that are not of proper breeding. Just know this going in. This is one of his many issues that drive him (the man had a problem with air conditioning for crying out loud) and this body of work is proof that you should not toss out the baby with the bath water. I take the view that he channeled his fears and made them into something ‘good’. )

[@DontStopThinking]

Yeah. Personally, I think he is a victim of circumstance. Family tragedies and an overbearing mother really messed up his social life and made him strange in general. As far as I know, his racism never extended beyond his writing. He did not go out there and actually participate in anything physically harmful. If he was born in this era, I would imagine that he would be another 4/8 Chan user who is really just all talk because they have been neglected in life. Some do outrageous things just for the lolz or be ironic, but some are there doing believing dumb stuff because they feel marginalized in life and that is how they find camaradery. Ex supremacist members say that those who became members are usually marginalised and neglected people who got swept up in the ideology. If Lovecraft had lived a different, happier childhood, he would've turned out very differently, I think.

[@rasenganknight898]

Dude that raid shadow legen joke was hilarious.

[@CelestialKitsune975]

The yellow kings has to be one of my favourite Cuthulu gods

[@lt.gasmask1920]

Ooh, thanks for this vid! Praise Nyartholep!!!

[@danielprofeta]

I will never STOP THINKING. It's driving me mad, but I love your videos! I just started my own KZbin channel on RPGs like Call of Cthulhu and I love your take on the game. Thanks for all the inspirational videos!

[@lexihoover8550]

obsessed with your work. watched the whole series for CoC and got so unbelievably invested in Lucille's story.

[@roarkthehalf-orc6598]

If you're almost done with call of cthullu then maybe next could you do something like...vampire the masquerade? Or at least go back to D&D and talk about things like races, pre-gen modules, and other dungeoneer's essentials? Please?

[@stick9898]

You've just been so helpful to me as someone who recently got into the Lovecraft work with the mindset that I had to first to learn every lore and canon by heart

[@summer4137]

Lovecraft was just Nyarlathotep in disguise. He's made a comeback as Mark Zuckerberg.

[@willnorman-bargo]

Great video but one question, why is the human picture that of a deep one?

[@DontStopThinking]

Ah, a sharp one!

[@willnorman-bargo]

@@DontStopThinking gonna keep a look out for humans who are deep ones in disguise.

[@fredricknoe3114]

Hey Will

[@theGhoulman]

As someone old enough to have played 'Call' in the 80s, and read all HPs works a few times over, AND have a copy of the Necronomicon (paperback)... I approve of this series. Well done. :)

[@JoshuaSmithCreative]

This is awesome I was worried becasue it was only 12k views but dude if you keep going you'll have 10 mil subs almost certainly.

[@tazmokhan7614]

The modern take on Old Cthulhu Lore was the funniest I have seen by far and a sub is earned my friend, looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos

[@KrugerFS]

So, if we only exist as a dream of Azathoth, the other gods can't actually get to us or hurt us...

[@DontStopThinking]

You'd wish it was that easy.

[@KrugerFS]

@@DontStopThinking we just hoping he doesn't dream them into our worlds, then screwed hehe

[@KrugerFS]

@ZoixivTheCat don't know much about Cthulu or the mythos, need to dig deeper into it. I've have the pandemic Cthulu board game, very fun and some things makes more sense now.

[@marioianniello9987]

An Idea for a campaign could be two different cults are fighting each other, trying to decide which of their gods get awakened first. Or maybe an Eldar God cult fighting against a great old one, and instead of the investigators trying to destroy a cult, they end up going on errands for the good cult.

[@canb0]

This is the best channel I discovered by a long time, keep up the good work keeper!

[@XenoTechnian]

Ive been reading a collection of HPLs storys and really liking þem, unfortunatley im also þe exact kind of nerd þat loves knowing þings and comprehending þem so i worry i wont be so good at being a keeper.

[@theafterglowavenger]

The "Trailer Trash Mom of Outer Gods"!! HAHAHAHAH You're awesome!

[@christophermurphree2315]

Proto /Pol user is one of the best explanations for H.P. Lovecraft I have ever heard

[@negus8810]

Awesome video again! The "word from our sponsor" part made me loughing out loud :D

[@Orgikan]

More Call of Cthulhu content please! Your take is just fantastic

[@Incrediblefatslug]

new video. day has been made.

[@railbaron1]

There's a Lovecraft Boom coming, they're make _The Color Out of Space_ staring Nicholas Cage and they even say the Chernobyl mini series invoked Cosmic Horror ( _Overly Sarcastic Productions_ even made the comparison to _The Color Out of Space_ )

[@yannisdran]

It is a pity that not even automated captions are offered for this excellent video..

[@greenapple9477]

2:36 the chad daddy of the outer gods 😂

[@O4C209]

Love this. Thank you for introducing me to Call of Cthulhu through your series. Can you do a lore video (series?) for D&D? I'm having trouble finding something that's not 500 pages long.

[@henryallis7624]

Iä! Iä Cthulhu fhtagn ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah-nagl fhtagn! This is why you don’t read the necronomicon to children for bedtime stories, I have this phrase ingrained in my memory now

[@lukesams3349]

H.P. Lovecraft, creator of the original SCP

[@odaselementales]

Love these videos. Please do more.

[@lagunasandroide]

I'd honestly say that Nyarlothotep is the most malevolent of the Lovecraft deities because he is the only one who takes a specific interest in screwing with humanity.

[@Master_E444]

CJ, do you think you’ll go back to DND to Cover some stuff. Namely the Artificer. Another Class Guide would be fun.

[@DontStopThinking]

Yeah, I will go back to D&D in the near future.

[@Master_E444]

Well I hope it’ll cover the Artificer. I’ve wanted to play something like it for a long time and you’re class guides are great for this. I assume you might also cover the Channeler a bit more too?

[@RJ_Ehlert]

Did Lovecraft start the first memetic scp?

[@IAmTheStig32]

The Yellow King: I am inexorable. Old Man Henderson: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@arsenelupin5424]

The great old ones and even the outer gods tremble at his name,for they know what he has done but they do not know what he will do.Even Yog Sothoth who does know can do nothing but fear and dread the eventual coming of fate every second of existence until it happens and when it does,the entire pantheon will know what humans are like in comparison to azazoth

[@melissablankenburgh1645]

2:36 yes

[@daarthus1141]

what a great joke at the beginning xD

[@samtrue3]

4:38 yes ....avatar form and nothing else.....owo

[@ShiroNekoDen]

No definitely not a weeblette in love with a human boy in a love triangle with a trap and a flaming lesbian nope definitely not.

[@HydrengeaEdelweiss]

@@ShiroNekoDen of course not! Nyaruko is obviously veteran weeb from beyond the star.

[@loganfrandrup6590]

If I may ask, for the next tabletop role playing game, could you cover The World of Darkness next? You explained Dungeons and Dragons and Call of Cthulhu very well, I feel like you could do the same with World of Darkness.

[@smile-tl9in]

personally i prefer lovecraft lite. I don't like the idea of humanity being hopeless against the old ones, elder gods, aliens or whatever else awaits it. I prefer when you can punch cthulhu in the face and have it sticks

[@TimothyWhiteowl]

Azathoth would be equivalent to a god Nyarlathotep would be an analog to a messiah or prophet and... Cthulhu would equate to the Pope of Azathoth.

[@__________________________6247]

Could you please do videos explaining GURPS system or just parts of it? (If you do then thanks)

[@alliedn5266]

What do you think of Sandy Petersens's d&d 5e Cthulhu Mythos sourcebook? I'd like to hear your opinion since you seem to be a big fan of both d&d 5e and lovecraft works :)

[@ralphjackson2518]

Honestly I have a very low opinion delerth, mainly because he missed the point by making the elder gods ect a known quantity. That's what I love about the DG interpretation of Hatsur because it's the exact opposite of a known quantity

[@jccjccjoanne]

Which adventure book I should get after I get the keeper rulebook? The keeper screen is sold out at my LGS.

[@DontStopThinking]

Mask of the Nyarlathotep is a good one. But if you want loose scenarios, Dead Light is a good one.

[@jccjccjoanne]

Don't Stop Thinking thanks! BTW, I'm curious about your accent. Since your last name is Leung, are you from Hong Kong? It's a very common last name there. 👍

[@tarlx902]

1:20 No Love for Robert E. Howard?

[@TJTrickster]

Music at beginning?

[@samtrue3]

Everyone keeps saying that Lucille is not a human could someone show me where I can find the info?

[@arsenelupin5424]

Final episode of CJ’s call of cthulu guide,when the cultist starts talking about his goals/Lucille’s part in them

[@adzi6164]

>proto /pol/ user LMAO >4:37 ..maaAAAAHIRO-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN(-ity)

[@lunatic0verlord10]

2:30 What about Y'golonac?

[@IAmTheStig32]

Don't say that!! Saying his name summons him!

[@lunatic0verlord10]

@@IAmTheStig32 *WHAT HAVE I DONE!!?*

[@samc.6324]

Chutulu mythos 101: 1.knowledge =madness 2.Ignorance =Sanati 3.guns =0 Edit:I love the dream quest for unknown kadash

[@jgr7487]

Cthulhu Mythos, aka The Yog-Sothothery

[@jamesluther3473]

All this is just for fun.Right?

[@thehatterking728]

3rd Comment... Yes

[@cylesteasunrise3199]

Cthulu hates raid shadow legends

[@ChurchofCthulhu]

Cthulhu fhtagn!

[@commentatorboy]

I like how you are referring to some of the gods as "she" or "he". I mean... does that mean she can bear/create children? *listens to later in the video* OOOHHHH OK.... well then.

[@knightofficer]

this is how the in universe descent into madness happens

[@felipedasilveira5808]

"Proto-/pol/ user" ded

[@travisc2127]

Algorithm food

[@avidarois5505]

I got here from a squid sashimi video...

[@moibonilla5]

Raid joke ftw

[@Tactical_Tailgater]

I only knew Yog Shothoth (How I spell this?) And Nyerlathothep

[@DontStopThinking]

Nyarlathotep is actually a pretty fun Outer God to go up against. He is dangerous because he's a smooth mastermind, but defeating him is more realistic than the other big boys.

[@Tactical_Tailgater]

@@DontStopThinking Thank you, I am preparing a Masks of Nyerlathothep campaign since I knew about your guide, thank you for showing me this great world of Call of Cthulhu that even lead me to learn another RPGs

[@ShiroNekoDen]

@@DontStopThinking yeah just give her the latest manga or anime on bluray XD

[@lunatic0verlord10]

4:53 And that's terrible.

[@smile-tl9in]

fun fact : Lovecraft was a very, very disturbed racist man (it was the 1920 guys. Comes with the era really) with a very poor understanding and fear of science and very much of the uniqueness of his works are born from his issues

[@alexsminecraftchannel3956]

Could you run me through a Call of Cthulhu scenario!?! I got an email if you want to talk about this idea more! Big fan and would love to meet you!

[@icantthinkofagoodname.3983]

OK BUT, which one of these would make for the best waifu?

[@matthewk320]

the amount of spit produced in this video is far beyond our reality

[@TheTrunkon]

In fact H.P. Lovecraft was horrible writer. I bought 3 of his most known books and had hard time getting through them. Not because they are so scary but because his stories are repetible and often lack of sense. Describing something as "indescribable" does not make me feared. In my opinion Lovecraft had a mental disorder which lead to chronical phobia of world.

[@ShiroNekoDen]

Yes he had mental issues but at the same time you have to remember these stories are set in the 1920's when where science was slowly revealing the world. To people who thought they were the centre the be all end all the idea that they are insignificant is horrifying.