Let's Play Blind - Shadow of the Comet (1993) - 04

[@JendaLinda]

This game is getting more and more insane.

[@Zolaerla]

And still makes more sense than Eternam, which granted, doesn't take much! The next episode is the "Axiluvia dies a lot in the caves" episode. We've been recording Gobliiins, and I forgot how crazy that game's logic was.

[@JendaLinda]

@@Zolaerla Ah caves. I guess this will bring her Kyrandia flashbacks.

[@Zolaerla]

@@JendaLinda I'm glad I wasn't drinking when I read that, I was laughing hard for a bit! Hehee! She "only" dies 36 times in the caves, so less than she did in the stupid jumping-puzzle caves of Maddog Williams. At least Parker isn't like Brandon and tosses quest items over his freakin' shoulder, missing, and requiring another one to be found. Thanks, Brandon! I'll never forgive you...

[@oliver1784]

I do agree mostly with the lovecraft thingy, I dont think most of the gods would give offerings to humans. But you would REALLY benefit from a little self awareness and an "yes and" mentality. The lovecraft mythos has been written on for a long time, fiction of course, and there have been a lot of writers after lovecraft. To say that a thing is "wrong" and to just say "no" to an idea about a fictional universe shows a insane lack of imagination and a fear of change. There are a lot of gods that have showed themselves and given gifts to humans etc according to the mythos, only thing you do when you take a hard stance like this about a thing u dont know shit about is that ur going to be wrong. The burden of proof is not on me to prove whats real abt this fake universe and you cant prove yourself right so me saying that both are true is the correct stance on the matter.

[@Zolaerla]

Axi says what comes to her mind. It's what some viewers find amusing in our videos. She has read enormous gobs of the stories, the William Hope Hodgson stories that Lovecraft vaguely based his stories on, and such. We're both more Hodgson fans than Lovecraft, but since Lovecraft made his lore "open source" so-to-speak, any angle with the stories is technically valid as you say, so long as you aren't making the Elder Beings act particularly friendly to mankind, because that's against the entire point.

[@oliver1784]

@@Zolaerla yeah i hate myself, thank you for replying so nicely idk why I type my comments when I am really depressed. I sound so annoying xd but its an interesting idea to talk about tho!

[@oliver1784]

@@Zolaerla I feel like there was some things gods had to do with people and it was very rare thus makes good stories or something, I havent read that much but everything hp lovecraft it seems there is a special person or a happening in human world, kind of making the gods care about humans if that makes any sense? I personally agree though that the gods wouldnt care to give humans anything if thought about it logically

[@Zolaerla]

@@oliver1784 Nah, you're good, and allowed to disagree. I know all about being depressed, been working on that a lot recently. I hope you figure out how to deal with it, because sometimes the solution is not particularly obvious. The Cthulhu mythos stuff is fun to talk about and discuss, and I think that's the lasting power of what HP Lovecraft invented, regardless of his own personal issues. The overly powerful, mysterious, unknowable beings that more-or-less care nothing about anything we hold dear. That's the idea, and what's terrifying and fascinating. Beyond that, it's all stories about strange happenings and people losing their minds and going mad. Fun to read and discuss, great for games (like Arkham Horror), but I do not want to live in those stories!