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Then go enjoy my other stuff: / runesmith

[@CanonThought]

One theory for why Aboleths don't remember mind flayers is the same reason there's no ruins of their empire. Whatever the Gith did to overthrow them erased them and their kingdoms from reality and history. The only reason there's some left is because they were in their ships between realities during the event that did this that the Gith caused.

[@johnsnow9210]

@@Wolf_ManJack Totally possible if you consider that there used to be 10th level spells that could warp timespace and reshape continents.

[@jonathantanner7083]

The other theory is that the mind flayers are from the future.

[@UltimaXReborn]

A retroactive assault against their former masters. Brilliant.

[@johnsnow9210]

@@jonathantanner7083 89% on that theory. I would like to avoid a mental singularity if possible. Either way i would fuck a single mind flayer up bare handed. The insane are harder to mind fuck.

[@internetexplorer8588]

Dwarves accidently CHIM'd em from all the way in the elder scrolls universe

[@Cnvvj]

ahhh, good old aboleths. my first D&D character was a dwarven wizard who ended up getting slime-slapped by one, cue one very unhappy dwarf being forced to ride around in a barrel full of water to avoid drying out.

[@astrangeone]

Lol. I'm just imagining the roleplaying opportunities. "Gods below, someone pour some ale into my barrel, I'm parched!"

[@alezvolta]

Axolotl in a bucket

[@medramonmasquedecendres2966]

The Mass-Effect Leviathan dialogue could also work -"They are only echoes. We existed long before" -"Then what are you?" -"Something more" Brain hurt

[@mariedruckenmiller4601]

Reapers as space Aboleths? I'd buy it far better than what we got.

[@Ardorstorm]

@@mariedruckenmiller4601 actually the reapers would technically be the gods, while aboleths are the leviathans from a mass effect 3 dlc, reapers and leviathans are absolutely not the same.

[@sidetracker3496]

@@Ardorstorm that'd imply that the Aboleths created the gods though which is kinda of a bit dumb.

[@Raptorman0205]

@@mariedruckenmiller4601 Reapers are to Leviathans as Geth are to Quarians.

[@callumn2111]

Anyone think Runesmith has been mind controlled by an aboleth.

[@stripeybag6977]

I thought the good people of House Dimir found his body stabbed to death in an alley.

[@Doomroar]

@@stripeybag6977 Now why would the good, benevolent, charitable, and innocent people of House Dimir even do that?

[@willnorman-bargo]

No he is one but not even he knows, yet.

[@johnsnow9210]

@@Doomroar mindsculpting is the greatest sin. Rape my body but leave my grasp of reality the fuck alone!

[@catherinevo6060]

Queek 75 me

[@AeonHero64]

I finally have a patron to make a Warlock character around: Carl, the Great Ultra Mega Old One God. Honestly, I think he'd be a pretty chill boss.

[@theadtheogrekiller5629]

Nathan Marsee you could use a triton to represent your ability to breathe water since that seems like something an aboleth would grant, and becuase you have a special contract maybe you don’t get all the downsides like not being able to breathe air no more? I think triton are in Volos guide to monsters

[@beastwarsFTW]

@@theadtheogrekiller5629 Would also be a good way to fit Simic Hybrids into a non Ravnica game.

[@Hadaron]

Aeon Hero The Eldest (yes C is the actually correct answer) is actually a GOO patron. My current character is a warlock of the Eldest and it’s been neat.

[@Shifterwizard]

...if a child Aboleth retains all the memories of its parents, perfectly.... then wouldn't it also retain at least part of the memory of its parents conceiving it? From both sides of that encounter?

[@anonymousoff-brand7538]

they reproduce by themselves and via spawning. there's not exactly much conceiving to remember.

[@shawtyslikeamelody7595]

Oof

[@masonnash9396]

Can I like AND dislike this message?

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Yeah. So?

[@leatcanned]

I thought they spawned like squids and salmon.

[@andreasmuller4172]

Sounds like aboleth propaganda, but ok.

[@Bluecho4]

[Insert "That's the Joke" meme here]

[@newjerseyyouth4853]

Grandma propaganda

[@simonh.4570]

The aboleth and aaracokra are like arin and aaron in class

[@Drekromancer]

underrated

[@Drekromancer]

there can be only one

[@jogiff]

Not really, tons of names come before Arin. Abby, Alex, Andrew, Alan, Ajay ...

[@guilhermerafaelzimermann4196]

@@jogiff aboleth also comes before arin

[@NiraSader]

Shut up A Aron

[@nikitamalikov6683]

New character idea: wants to destroy the gods because he sees the suffering they commit unto the world. Finds an aboleth, aboleth searches him for his deepest desire, finds it's exactly the same as the aboleth's and doesn't even bother with mind controlling him. Boom. Instant warlock.

[@phoos4029]

I was thinking the same. It could go with straight evil character or a well meaning one that see the dominion of the gods as a tyranny that needs to be overtrown.

[@benthomason3307]

@@phoos4029 an aathar

[@Arenuphis]

There's even some traits and stuff in pathfinder about being a gods-have-no-business-in-mortal-affairs-ist which gives you resistance to divine magic

[@benthomason3307]

@@Arenuphis "god's have no buisness in mortal affairs"? In a fantasy setting, isn't that pretty much the equivalent of being a Sovereign Citizen?

[@jordanwhite8718]

As the priests of tyr drag you off to jail for blasfeaming against the gods you yell I do not consent!!! I do not consent!!!

[@Qreaper]

Aboleths dont sound that bad tbh This comment was made by the ultra mega gods

[@triratna1397]

Mindflayer: PRIMITIVES~!!@!

[@Mazaroth]

3 memories have been transfered to your mindbanks.

[@raymanx187]

ALL HAIL C'THULU!!!

[@seiyikun1]

Of course they rock! My big booty harem of bitches thinks the same as me.

[@MrLocurito]

aboleths are like working at a pizzeria and your boss gives you 1 pizza for free each week alongside your paycheck if you keep working

[@John_Doe974]

"You might know them from being the second entry in the Monster Manual", They used to be the first entry in the Monster Manual. Rassafrassin bird people stealing our first slot in the Manual.

[@DyrgeAfterDark]

When the DM threatens to slap you so hard you sprout gills. He isn't joking around.

[@theman6422]

Cleric: oh I love the gods! They’re soooo cool and awesome! Aboleth: Ima end this man’s whole career

[@MaximEyes]

Ayy, I love Adventure Time! The Lich is a goldmine of menacing villain quotes!

[@worthasandwich]

Heres your gold star!

[@KJ-ud9uf]

PhantomVirus yos

[@MaximEyes]

Is It Worth A Sandwich I have learned much from you, my teachers...

[@johnsnow9210]

"You are strong boy but, I am beyond strength. I am the end."

[@MaximEyes]

“These ancients are just the beginning. I will command a great and terrible army, and we will sail to a billion worlds.”

[@burningbronze7555]

I mean if the aboliths were nicer and less mutation happy they would probably be well liked as wise sages but alas why they hurt others in there quest to kill the gods.

[@lizardperson9648]

Because others try to hurt them in the quest made by the gods.

[@pauldeddens5349]

Its not entirely their fault, i would throw everything i have at some monster eel that slid out of the water They could put a caution tape fence around their lairs "WARNING, BIG ABOLETH, BUT IM PEACEFUL BROHAM" and that would fix all the issues

[@NimhLabs]

And at this point, I'm gonna share a Puffin Forest video xD [ kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooTUipiHfa-VpJI ]

[@lizardperson9648]

@@pauldeddens5349 so, they should do extra work to deal with your agressive prejudice? That's racist.

[@pauldeddens5349]

Good point

[@minimmats]

Additional snippet of lore: apparently their brains never stop growing in response to the storage of memories. The larger their brain grows, the bigger and longer they get.

[@benthomason3307]

There's _got_ to be a cutoff point to that

[@minimmats]

@@benthomason3307 Supposedly not. An aboleth's brain extends down the length of the inside of its body instead of solely being encased in its skull. So as the brain grows, the body lengthens. I suspect that any kind of injury to an aboleth's brain (and by proxy the memories it holds) is a good way to earn its everlasting ire.

[@benthomason3307]

@@minimmats but as new generations are continually born with more and more starting memories...

[@minimmats]

@Ben Thomason They are native to the elemental plane of water - there could be billions of ever expanding young aboleths in the depths of that inhospitable plane.

[@benthomason3307]

@@minimmats even if the aboleth themselves are ever-expaning even from generation to generation, the environments they live in are not. yes the plane of water is infinite, but the caves the aboleth live in are not.

[@zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba0]

The deepest lore is spoken in deepspeech.

[@Mechagodzilla128]

That's deep dude.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

I think R'lyeh is pronounced like something between cat trying to throw up and really sickly cough.

[@godsigner]

Riley /s

[@jackdeily8615]

I think I would go with "Rih-Lee-Ah", or "Rhell-EI-Ia" or "Rrilh-Hiaia" or possibly "RÆllÆø"

[@ethanpreslar6186]

I just say “Real Yay” quickly.

[@anonymousoff-brand7538]

@ThatShadyEnder well, thats not entirely true. we know that the ' is supposed to be a guttural stop.

[@RelativelyBest]

Apparently it's "rool-yay", but as a kind of deep coughing.

[@LegionAndTheLynx]

Ever think about doing a video on hags, more specifically weird magic?

[@profanegaming2829]

Caden morton He probably doesn't know your mother-in-law.

[@themumbotribe3923]

Ooohhhhhh

[@reek3939]

@@profanegaming2829 Implying he is married.

[@johnsnow9210]

Burn

[@arandomzoomer4837]

Oh shit he liked your comment and he likes hags (not "likes" hags, he just thinks they're cool). I see a good chance in him making basically hags.

[@GearheadPrime]

In D&D, the gods came in after the universe came into being, and got into fights with horrible things that had arisen naturally in the universe. This war was SO BAD that the gods were concerned that their fighting could actually destroy concepts.. so they started to fuse themselves TO concepts, to help prop them up while they waged war against super powerful horrible things across space and time.

[@cooldog8580]

Damn, Aboleths have so much *_big brain energy_* that they just strait up reincarnate themselves. Neat.

[@blixer8384]

This means Aboleths can clearly and viscerally remember their parents having sex.

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

Their parent, and I think it'll mostly just be a bit sad

[@melonhead238]

It’ll be like watching your parent maturbate to themselves but it’s also you. Because you retain their memories and any feelings that are entails with it

[@safir2241]

“I wonder what mind flayer poo is like” A dream. A really wacky dream that makes no sense.

[@alleightfingers6822]

So a normal dream

[@celihenry3227]

So all my dreams are mind flayer poo

[@dragonheart1236]

I imagine really oily, due to all the lipids in the brain

[@HumbleMemeFarmer]

You know, as far as Eldritch Horrors go, I always thought Aboleths were the best to use. Smart, patient, and sufficiently terrifying, when sushi is mentioned.

[@purplelaxy4976]

4:20 as dark as a joke that would get this video flagged ME: so a light gray?

[@kethos017]

EXACTLY my thought, well more like glow in the dark, it's not like YT has no sense of humor, YT has a sense of humor and you best hope you share the exact type and allowed wording and reprogram your mind, memory and personality when the terms change

[@gen1183]

Maybe off-white?

[@TheAlgorath]

Beige?

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

@@gen1183 like eggish/bone off white

[@besquareorbethere2680]

It's as dark as saying the timestamp out loud.

[@gabrielrussell5531]

3:31 "A Lawful Aberration?" Most are Lawful. Beholders are Lawful, Illithids are Lawful. Only Slaadi are Chaotic.

[@ireneshelton3661]

Where do aboleths fall?

[@hand-drawnanimations8763]

@@ireneshelton3661 Aboleths are lawful evil

[@ireneshelton3661]

@@hand-drawnanimations8763 thanks

[@anonymousoff-brand7538]

a lawful aberration? it's more likely than you think.

[@jobisTheWorst]

Beholder= Imagination Aboleth= memories Mind flayers= emotions

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

Oh man, they're all just pieces of our Id.

[@RandomlyQuestionsThings]

What if: Aboleths, Beholders and Mind Flayers became one to defeat the Gods?

[@NimhLabs]

Okay, but one of those Mind Flayers is going to have to be a Swashbuckler

[@RandomlyQuestionsThings]

@@NimhLabs That's fine

[@Greywander87]

The Abeholithid. Or did you not mean literally becoming one?

[@RandomlyQuestionsThings]

Greywander oooh, I mean becoming one creature my good friend! To defeat the gods on which they stole their rightful homes

[@nevermakeruniversity7066]

They're qualities are all contradictory to working together. Beholders are fiercely independent. Though they have slaves, they are constantly anxious about others who could kill them. Mindflayers utilize a hive mind and would likely demand to implant all others with tadpoles which I can't imagine Aboleths and or Beholders being alright with in the slightest. Finally, Aboleths want domination of all others as they rule reality, and both Mind Flayers and Beholders hold slaves as they desire to rule as well. Point is, none of them would let the other control, or implant, them in order to work together "properly" in their minds. I believe they were intentionally designed this way.

[@flemlius3507]

"Go visit your Grandmother" Me during Corona: "No. I don't think I will."

[@Plutoniumcontrolrod]

Bruh, what if a mind flayer somehow captured an abolith All you can eat buffet

[@rejvaik00]

🤣🤣 no way in hell a mindflayer can topple an abolith

[@mr.nutcracker8957]

The funny thing about mind players and aboleths is that both are kinda scared of the other, the entire mind player society is built around psionics, and Aboleths are unrivaled in that regard, so the mind flayers are intimidated in that regard The aboleths, as the video said, don't remember the Mind flayer empire, so they have a classical case of "fear of the unknown"

[@Dark_Tale_1985]

Thanks to a certain KZbinr, every Aboleth now has a nerdy adorable voice in every campaign.

[@jimbillyjenkims]

R'lyeh. I pronounce it Raleah. ... Which actually sounds like an amazing girl's name. I wish I thought of it two years ago.

[@uglyweirdo1389]

My favorite thing about Aboleths? Aboleths.

[@philosopherdragon123]

An Aboleth wrote this comment.

[@uglyweirdo1389]

@@philosopherdragon123 Careful you don't get probed 🐙

[@johnsnow9210]

That brain dick? Have you sen puffinforest vid about the aboleth or the senile lich?

[@uglyweirdo1389]

@@johnsnow9210 He was just a real nice guy.

[@johnsnow9210]

@@germangamer7377 lmao, i would shit my pant pants at anything under lvl 5 if i ran into an aboleth lol. 1 failed save and 🐧🤯😱☠

[@jaykay6222]

I love all the MtG imagery in these videos. Makes me feel clever to recognize a specific cards art. Thank you for helping me feel clever even though I'm not.

[@TheMany42]

Yup, you've convinced me. Next time I make a G.O.O. Warlock it's going to be an Aboleth Patron. It just makes sense. Not like they're really going to care as long as I honestly respect them which is easy to do for N or LN as I normally play them and he's getting the neat-o powers. Act as 'my masters' hand in the above-world to speak for them or investigate interesting things going foreword. Man, that fits my usual play style actually pretty easily. "SERVANT, READY AN APPROPRIATE LAIR FOR MY SPAWN." "Kiddo is ready to move out on their own? Sure! I can use Shatter and Eldritch Blasts to carve a channel and redirect this river into these abandoned Dwarven mines. Would it be possible to earn access to the Mold Earth cantrip or the Shape Stone or Stone Wall spells so I may do a better job for you? If not that's fine, you're the boss, but it'll take significantly longer to complete."

[@SaetiStrakur]

Your dry delivery of jokes is hilarious and nurturing in a manner which a mindflayer would enjoy!

[@mouse5637]

4:20 But... that's any joke!

[@jacobsheehan9715]

Heh 420

[@reeddavies5235]

Campain idea: a western themed adventure where the vilian is an aboleth that sits in a tiny pool called "the last oasis" and tries to bring back the ancient ocians

[@chesthoIe]

2020 update: Don't go visit Grandma, help her stay alive.

[@thecrustyone1503]

I love these basically videos, I always find monsters in d&d way more interesting than I thought, and I hope runesmith makes more.

[@Bighawkeye46]

I watch these videos for the humor and info, but this one is going to help my current campaigns story arc immensely! Thanks for another great video!

[@arcanejazz]

Runesmith, I have already subbed, but I want to say I LOVE YOU. You have such a great sense of humor and put these monsters into such a relatable context. You realize this makes you a Mystic Theurge with all good mental stats, right?

[@QuestionableObject]

I made a custom patron with an obsession with knowledge and learning and experience and thanks to this video I now realize it was a space-aboleth all along.

[@DDFreddi]

I wonder. With the ability to gain all the memories of there ancestors when born, wouldn't the oldest Aboleth be also the weakest? He had the least lives lived.

[@lightsora34]

Thank you, just last week, told my players that they would be hunting an aboleth, and then you pout this out. One of my players also watch's your content, luckily he can can separate player and character knowledge, because all they knew before this was that the monster was higher CR than they could fight.

[@onebilliontacos3405]

I was planning on playing as a an aboleth who grew up with out the knowledge of it past and eventually wound up in a city that contained five others along with a gigantic number of other misfits as well as gigantic number of your average playable race. This city would have been immense and would have contained everything from drow, pech, and genasi to surface elf, dwarf and humans (as long as they are kind), but now knowing just how powerful and important these fellas are, I’m. It sure if that would work.

[@SladePate]

Thank you Logan, very cool!

[@Gregman40]

I love how you added the Mass Effect 2 audio for the mind flayers, brilliant! 😭🤣

[@zenitram514]

I needed this for my campaign I'm working on. Thanks

[@mazdamundi1768]

Love how the skinless guy is just shrugging like "Whatever, I wasn't using that skin anyway."

[@amitgabay3721]

7:35 assuming direct control

[@tomsutton954]

I have now started my Aboleth campaign, thanks Logan!

[@CL30]

Ahahaha "greedy bird bitch" sums up how I talk about creatures in the MM Definitely going to go write an aboleth short campaign (or quest series). Thanks for the inspiration!

[@kodytiffany5686]

They are one of my favs for a reason... that reasons name is carl. Aboleth are great arch foes that you can always claim that they are at fault because they plan everything; or at least could.

[@031Productions]

How did you know? I'm running an aboleth BBEG adventure starting on Sunday and was totally lost on how to use them! Thanks for the weirdly timely video.

[@spencerpyszczynski3778]

I love your videos. Funny, yet informative. I loved your video on the guilds of Ravnica. I would love to see you describe the factions in Planescape

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

It would be interesting to see a kingdom ruled by an Aboleth.

[@bardssinisterstories2607]

I don't see aboleths as evil after this. I just see them as god hating space eel banana gods.

[@milliondollarmistake]

As someone who has never played DnD I'm surprised at the amount of aliens and shit that appear

[@jasperdegroes5756]

I think I WILL visit my grandparents tomorrow!

[@Mazaroth]

Wait, mindflayers are the reapers of D&D? Where's Commander Shepard when you need one?

[@AceAttorny]

Aboleths sound like pretty chill dudes tbh

[@RodrigoCML7]

Man the Aboleth in BG2 was one of favorite parts of the game. I always remember him/her/it fondly

[@Klespyrian]

I see you with that MTG Damnation art

[@beastboy0078]

Thank you! I feel like you are trolling us or the stuff INSIDE your "Basically" videos. And it's funny as fuck. And fun to watch.

[@MythicMorningstar]

Creativity is a rather kind word for beholders

[@joelwriter9583]

I’m visiting my grandma right now.

[@arandomzoomer4837]

The conclusion to the trilogy. I have been waiting long for this, thank you runesmith. You know, maybe Aboleths aren't so bad.

[@dresetfrostwood8449]

Wait the can't die but the can reproduce. The way to beat the gods lays in there numbers

[@hdtin167]

no because the gods are powered by the natural world and Ao the overgod, they better represent the world at the moment, and I doubt The Overgod would let them take over the world, or at least kill the gods. if you want me you can research it on the dnd fandom wikipage.

[@DrakeLord213]

Jokes on you, I'm already writing a Far Realm inspired campaign, so your suggestion to use Aboleths was already addressed! I have thoroughly trounced you in this battle of wits!

[@renisvibing]

Our current campaign (about a year now!) is shaped around a cult attempting to summon the eldest aboleth! What we’ve learned is they’re basically going to flood the plane we’re on, and promises power/respect for this summoning.

[@charliehoke1956]

1:10 Hey jerk thats my line

[@lunarscorpio3987]

The Lovecraft references make my heart so happy.

[@zepaduse97]

So a side villain in this big campaign im in has an amulet that grants him psionic powers and the ability to read the minds of others and detect when things are probably going to happen. But he’s actually under the control of an aboleth that lives deep inside his castle.(its an underwater city). The aboleth is going to be the secret boss once they defeat him and decide to put on the amulet. He aboleth will basically have an advantage on the enslavement ability on that party member and only allow them to see what the aboleth allows them to see. Secretly working for the aboleth when the big bad happens all sleeper agent style(since the aboleth is in kahoots with the big bad evil guy.) Though if the guy succeeds on the saving throw they’ll learn of the existence of the aboleth and probably kill him. (They’re all 11th level characters.)

[@CrashJaycintha]

y'all ever just... find a video that perfectly fills in a couple plot holes you were struggling with in your campaign? bc that's where i am right now and it feels pretty good.

[@isaiahschaub1884]

Hey runesmith! Just wanted to let you know I'm now making a dragon's dogma style aboleth campaign. The final boss will be a god of some kind. Thank you!

[@emper0r14]

I didn’t know sovereign from mass effect was a mind flayer...

[@Scortch-lo3xy]

adventure time is awesome

[@jwarner1469]

I hate and love all of these “Basically…” videos. On the one hand they are extremely informative and fun to listen to. On the other.. I want to run a adventure with each of these creatures as the main antagonist, but only have so much time..

[@erikaatayde8919]

You should make a video about Jedi Ant-Man. The Mystic.

[@Sewblon]

They sound a lot like Hugo Strange. Strange wants revenge on Batman, but also to take his place. The Aboleths want revenge on the Gods, but also to take their place.

[@ianhammock4564]

I always RP an Aboleth as being like the Atreides children from the later Dune novels - hearing the clamor of the memories of their ancestors and relying on their wisdom. It adds a lot of depth to a bizarre, foreign concept

[@Bayani01]

Don't forget that Aboleth can be stones too! :P

[@hjaltefrederikmelchiorssme4328]

Can u pls delete this post? im maybe a little scared of my players are gonna see it

[@olive6942]

yes delete this

[@hjaltefrederikmelchiorssme4328]

Pls

[@radreaper1127]

Adventure Time reference? seems there's a man of culture in our midst.

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

6:02 Cthulhu is pleased.

[@kasadeya3754]

Alright notation I run a couple of games in one of them had Abeloths as a major force in the campaign. With a few light alterations. One included a high level sorcerer(11) vampire abeloth. This led to hailrous scenario of the party attempting to befriend this secret society. It’s gone strangely well. As a major plot was this branch of abeloths had only recently been freed, so they were investigating

[@magicman9218]

If time doesn't exist yet, neither does the concept of "before"

[@wyattlohr8199]

I LIKED PUFFIN FORESTS VERSION OF THE WAY ABOLETHES LOOOOKKKK...I mean seriously, just look at Whimsy!

[@benthomason3307]

puffin forrest left out the crucial detail of the three eyes stacked on top of one another

[@Kachumbo]

I watched all of your videos and now I want more 😭

[@katroo2807]

When I could just go and visit my gran :(

[@nekoskiroplayer]

I like how slapping the skin off a human is not a death sentence but a double death sentence. Unless you have a magical or innate swim speed, a creature can't swim for more than 8 hours a day (DMG) before you start taking exhaustion. Sure you can breathe and trudge around on the bottom while the aboleth mind microwaves you from a safe distance or you can go up and become a fried fish and chips basket.

[@bobsaget3841]

Hey friends, please don’t go visit grandma.

[@nathesford9701]

So you're saying the mindflayers are assuming direct control?

[@michaelhough5003]

My headcannon. Aboleths collect memories. Mindflayers eat memories. Aboleths can't remember the mindflayer empire because mindflayers ate the memory of their empire.

[@theblandcharlie822]

Came for wormhole worms. Left wanting an aboleth boyfriend.

[@gabrielhermes1627]

So, aboleths are just the dnd version of scp 3000

[@Alinias]

"I wonder what Mindflayer poo is like." This man here, asking the questions we mere mortals are to simple to even realize we didn't know.

[@Ash_6614]

"Before there was nothing, there were monsters" ayyy I get that reference

[@c.d.dailey8013]

I was doing research on the D&D version of eldritch abominations today. I learned about aboliths for the first time. This video helps a lot. It is funny compared this crature to an eel. When I looked at the pictures, I was thinking catfish from Hell. Cat fish are fish with whiskers, which look a little like tentacles. It was the closest real world animal I can think of. Real catfish look fine, and I am used to them. However the aboliths are so scary and strange. What a creative creature design.

[@derickviana9831]

Loved the Adventure Time "Before there was time" bit.