The Dark Mythos that inspired Lovecraft and True Detective

The Dark Mythos That Inspired Lovecraft And True Detective
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[@fishdude666ify]

The coolest thing about the show for me was that you weren't 100% sure there wasn't a supernatural aspect to it right up to the end.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Yes, I think it's important, or at least a better story telling technique, to keep the "truth" ambiguous.

[@Shugg-Goff-HHoffical]

Even then it was left up in the air. "Was it the Things that Rust saw and did in the line of Duty that caused him his derangement or was it his Derangement that permitted him to bear witness to such things which others of a more balanced mind had blinded themselves to instinctively to preserve thiet own sanity and quaint notions of reality.

[@davidbiser7231]

Yes, I agree. The same was done v with the last ,although not done well, story with Jodie foster.

[@lemonZzzzs]

I think, that's one of the most important parts of it. That, to me, is why it captured the King in Yellow mythos better than some other Lovecraft followers...

[@rossz4898]

@@Shugg-Goff-HHoffical I think it was the perspective provided to him by his pain and mind that made him the right man for the job

[@markmartin2292]

Lovecraft had seen the Mary Pickford film Sparrows about a farm in the swamp south of New Orleans where unwanted babies are dropped off. He was so obsessed that he came to New Orleans and stayed in a third rate hotel on St Charles. Here he set the beginning of Cthulu. True Detective also takes place in the swamp south of New Orleans and has missing children

[@christianlingurar7085]

very, very interesting, big thanks

[@Meineself]

These children likely were used for nefarious purposes by the evil NJMZA illuminists, Scholars of the Horrors

[@leebronock887]

Also, the swamps 'below' N'Awlins are the setting of the Inspector Legrasse chapter of Lovecraft's story, "The Call of Cthulhu." The "degenerates" carry on their 'abominable' worship practices deep in those swamps. Just like at the end of "True Detective." Having lived in South Louisiana for years, I loved the attention to detail about the region in the television program. A quibble if I may. A lot of the action in "True Detective" really takes place in West Louisiana, and Acadiana. Today, a lot of the swamp lands 'south' of N'Awlins is open waters connected to the Gulf of Mexico. Land subsidence, sea level rise, and the pernicious effects of the oil and gas canal dredging along the Gulf Coast have put paid to a lot of formerly viable wetlands. Stay safe.

[@ramseydoon8277]

​@@leebronock887 I appreciate your insight!

[@PennyWorth-rt2ks]

@@leebronock887 Thats what I was thinking, the swamps south of the city are mostly gone

[@mollydooker9636]

When I watched True Detective when it first came out that scene were we first see Carcossa daubed on the wall. I remember literally screaming at the TV and gesticulating wildly to my confused husband. It was the most unexpected piece of writing i have ever come across and lifted the whole thing (which was alreafy superb) into the horror stratosphere.

[@CrypticCocktails]

I had the same reaction (sub husband for dog) but ended up irritated by how superficial the connection was. I feel like the writer was like “hey, here’s this cool thing nobody knows, I’m going to reference it and not use like any of the mythos”..

[@bennygerow]

Amazing comment!

[@yaqubebased1961]

​​​@@CrypticCocktails It's because Hastur doesn't work as a literal antagonist in a story like this. The genius of True Detective is the fact that the story makes perfect sense if you see Hastur as an unseen antagonist. His interference is only ever implied and never directly confronted. Why? Because demystifying an eldritch horror in any way brings it down and might destroy the horror atmosphere entirely. As Lovecraft said, "the strongest emotion is fear, and the strongest fear is the fear of the unknown." (paraphrased) Horror stories like this work way better in books as your imagination is what truly drives the cosmic horror experience. By never giving the possible Eldritch entities any spotlight, the ambiguity of their existence by itself is already terror inducing.

[@Ferency93]

nice❤ same here :D

[@rossz4898]

True Detective season 1 was the most perfect piece of media I’ve ever seen released, it’ll probably be decades before its relevance is fully recognized. And it’s subtle lovecraftian elements are approached in such a grounded gritty world that it kinda even elevate lovecraft imo

[@frankblacks.45]

Great video. Just wanted to throw this out, from 1996 to 1999 Chris Carter, the creator of the X-Files, produced another TV show, Millennium that lasted only 3 seasons. It was my favorite TV show ever & is similar to the awesome True Detective season 1. Millennium's main character, Frank Black, played to perfection by the talented Lance Henriksen, was a retired FBI criminal profiler who specialized in the worst of serial killers who was hired by a private security firm, the Millennium Group after suffering a mental breakdown from diving too deep into the minds of violent murderers. Set in the late 90s leading into the new millennium Frank is confronted with the apocalyptic belief system of his new employers while hunting down the most dangerous killers in the country. I assume that most fans of True Detective season 1 would like Millennium as well. Just check out the first episode which is simply, the Pilot episode with no title.

[@bernardocoto8519]

I remember that series and was disappointed at how it lost momentum and abruptly ended. Henricksen's character was tragically great and some episodes were awesome. It left me with a sense of unfulfillment, a lot was promissed but not delivered. I think it would not strike as thrilling nowadays, but at the end of the 90s with the pre-millenium tension it was really a great show to see at that precise moment.

[@napoleonfeanor]

That ended even more disappointingly than x-files

[@AngryPug76]

@@bernardocoto8519 in case you missed it, They hid the last episode of Millenium in X-Files kind of how they put the Batman Beyond series finale in Justice League.

[@catherinepoloynis]

We don't get to keep anything good. I guess not a large enough audience out here on the fringe.

[@bennygerow]

Really great show.

[@midnightsnakeoil6075]

Brilliant, true topnotch old-school yt content. 5 years of revealing magic and still less than 40k subs, what a tragic world we live in.

[@karlsweeney2328]

I was so taken with the mythos of True Detective that I immediately researched it, and ordered two copies of The King in Yellow; one for myself, and one for my homie who I watched it with. Its a strange thing to have a television show lead to such an interesting rabbit hole.

[@vlada111nemes]

Finally. I have been waiting for something like this since the show ended. I wish this was a 2h video explaining in detail the mythos and background of the show so I can share it with people and they can fully understand and enjoy it as a masterpiece that it is. But in any case, thank you very much.

[@anduril7401]

Look up the old books by love craft. They’re incredible. Horror Babble on KZbin does an incredible job of narrating love craft and tons of other guys like Robert W chambers who wrote the king in yellow.

[@vlada111nemes]

@@anduril7401 Thanks for the advice i did all of that )) I just wish other people i know who didn't to have one video connecting it all to get them into cosmic horror. Appreciate the advice thou.

[@CrazyLinguiniLegs]

@@anduril7401Horror Babble is wonderful. I fall asleep to it many nights.

[@borjadetorres7747]

Read Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsanny, William Hope Hodgson, William Beckford (Vathek)

[@vlada111nemes]

@@6Haunted-Days I ment 1st season my bad i was not clear. After that its mediocre to straith up bad. I share you disgust 🙂. Thx for pointing it out. I stand corrected.

[@SerifSansSerif]

Hastur's the representation of entropy and decay, of languishing opulence and a sense of traditions... He stands opposite of Nyarlothotep, who represents change and progress, and of weird sciences.

[@shoesncheese]

Nyarlot'hotep represents man's hubris. The Crawling Chaos gives mankind just enough rope to hang itself over and over.

[@SingingSealRiana]

Only, that He was never ment to BE that . . . .the King in yellow used to BE His own things before He became consumed and linked to the later, technically unrelated cthulu Mythos. The original won and lost a Lot through that . . . I found IT so astoundung how different they King in yellow read to anything Lovecraft, yeah, one can absolutely See the inspiration, but in a way, the King in yellow IS . . .lighter, more nuanced and less grimmdark then Lovecraft that IS pure despair. IT has a Sense Wonder along Side the Horror, nostalgia and at Times a few positive notes in a DARK Arrangement. IT has a beauty to IT . . . .so yeah, I kinda find it regretabley that IT got relegatet to a Lovecraft Spin of, despite being ITS own thing

[@cat_jk00]

​@@SingingSealRianawhile this is written like you are already a hundred levels deep in the circle tripping on God knows what, I can see what you are saying, however that's kind of the point of the video. Through being collectively added in to the Lovecraft mythos through decades of reinterpretitation we end at True Detective, hell arguably we end at Disco Elysium as the most modern interpretation. Iteration kind of is what the king in yellow is all about, a reccuring entropic entity that serves whatever the story needs him to be.

[@officialraylong]

Why would one assume there is a dualism between the two? Entropy and decay go hand-in-hand with change and progress. Each side contains the other more than itself.

[@Khoros-Mythos]

Thank you so much for not spoiling True Detective in this, 100% need to watch it now.

[@lefantomer]

I have to watch it again. I didn't see the connection to Chambers and the mythos the first time around, but this clarifies some things.

[@slappy8941]

I love that True Detective is canon, and not just homage.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Yeah, it also brings the "what is canon and who cares?" debate into the mix

[@Alex-rr7qc]

There is a novel the Yellow Prince (1963, about the Holodomor) by Vasyl Barka. In that novel the title was a reference to Revelation 6:8

[@yulian5627]

The original name is «Жовтий Князь», even though the google translated it as “prince”, Князь (Knyaz’) in ukrainian language means “head of state”, just like King. Respect to you my brother for bringing it up, folks are ought to know about Holodomor

[@Shugg-Goff-HHoffical]

Thanks for the recommendation, will add it now to my to read list. 👍

[@parkwayculture]

The king in yellow is wild. It starts as a heavy supernatural mythological lovecraft thing then becomes a cute perisian romance fan fic.

[@thli8472]

Mister Lovecraft had a farm, iä, iä, oh And Cthulhu there, Nyarlathotep there Iä, iä, oh s**t!

[@lefantomer]

🤣😂😛

[@leahsodyssey123]

Like the Black Dahlia. Not just a murder but an effed up work of art, by an effed up artist.

[@absurdlyevil7749]

7:50 dog spotted: virtual pats and pets launched.

[@gjmarkjesse1324]

The way Errol Childress calls Rust “little priest” still makes my spine chill to the core.

[@ryguyful]

Freaking poetry Moid..bravo!

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thank you

[@borjadetorres7747]

I have like nine or ten editions of that book. But the true master and absolute influence in Lovecraft is William Hope Hodgson, read House in borderland and The Night Land. Truly bizarre. I discovered all these authors in my teen years and read them all. William Beckford’s Vathek is also a weird place before Lovecraft.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Currently working on that video

[@borjadetorres7747]

Cool. Can’t wait. Great vid by the way.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thank you

[@TheMartinChronicles]

The Night Land is fantastic!

[@katherinegarcia3256]

I would've never put the King in Yellow together with a modern TV show. It's interesting. I'm going to have to watch the show now.

[@smoss9813]

I think you hit the nail on the head with 'Folklore'. That to me explains the whole thing. This is modern folklore. All these different contributions, all the fake authenticity, citation of other works slowly building an enigma. Also, PLEASE read Thomas Ligotti. True detective took a LOT from his work.

[@CrisSelene]

Once again, a great reading recommendation. And after i can rewatch True Detective.

[@greenstar3411]

Dude- you got me here. Not into evil. Just dig new deep old deep. The only way to fall asleep is by letting go. But where/what is that? Cuz that is when I’m not really there. And that enigma compels. Thx tubes 4 links Subscribed!!!

[@Fuphyter]

True Detective was one of the best series I've ever seen. Thank you for this. This is a great video! It's inclusive of creators and detailed. The series truly followed The Yellow King and Carcosa as it never explained it. I was hoping the 2nd season would. The fact that all of these creators kept a literal lid covering details is so very cool.

[@howardhavardramberg333]

People who're into this and Lovecraftian stuff in general should check out the Hanged King SCP, cool stories inspired by the King in Yellow

[@Ztram2]

Perfect timing! I just rewatched season 1 after finishing season 4. I had no idea there was more to the yellow king and carcosa than what was presented in the show. Fascinating stuff

[@StalxD]

Hastur is one of the coolest creature made in a book

[@joefilter2923]

He just seems like the head-worm Vampire from the series The Strain!

[@joearnold6881]

My favorite of the stories is The Mask, the one with the statues because, at first glance it seems like it has a happy ending but if you think back, remember letters and warnings, it’s _definitely_ not a happy ending.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Man, i need to read these again

[@LoFi_Goth]

love this story. I've read it 2 or 3 times and seem to forget it... but everytime I hear "Carcosa," I'm torn back to cthonic thoughts.

[@catherinepoloynis]

This is a fine compilation of many of the tentacle tie-ins around The Yellow King. I fell down this True Detective rabbit hole as well. A strange synchronicity... just yesterday, I took my copy of The Yellow Sign off the shelf again, today your video is in my YT suggestions. Must be in the air.

[@decay79]

Interesting, never thought about the simple fact that they should have been able to connect the fictional stories to their case in the show.. Always thought that the show walked a superb line between is it real or is it not real, and i even thought that the ending was not saying "no he's just a mad man" that Rust was just having more hallucinations, but that it in fact left it open that perhaps the "bad guy" was about to ascend, that the portal was indeed opening to receive him into Carcosa.

[@greenman6141]

This was very well done. He talks about subjects which all too often lead people into saying a big pile of nonsense, but he avoids that trap and ever so deftly makes his thoughts understandable. Not ineffable.

[@snurgumwurgum8238]

A mentor of mine(One of the only good ones) tried to get me into "Bitter Bierce" when I was young... Time to go back and do some remedial reading.

[@storeheier93]

damn dude, you totally sold me on this one. gonna go buy the books as soon as i can. i love Lovecraft, i love True Detective season 1. so, thank you very much!

[@pauljohnwood]

Love this analysis. Especially the opening point about a figure clouded in mystery where the focus then falls on the tormented humans that come into contact with them. Great insight.

[@whatever5429]

You know, I thoroughly enjoyed that. I had no idea about all of that. It makes me want to watch True Detective. This was well thought out and very enjoyable to listen to. Gonna' hit that subscribe button!

[@geraldmartin7703]

Ironically, Robert W. Chambers was a popular writer of romance novels. King in Yellow was a one-off. I can imagine its' effect on his loyal female readers.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Yes, as you read through the short stories in The King In Yellow they revert back to romance, I enjoyed the trip

[@M0ssP1glet]

Imagine my surprise after purchasing a collection of Chambers' short stories expecting Poe-like depths of melancholy and madness from cover to cover, and halfway through it switches to slice of life stories about university students falling in love in Paris. I loved it.

[@gerradkp]

I really dig your style, insight, and breadth of knowledge. Great taste as well - subbed. Nice work bro

[@Poohze01]

Ooh! Cool video! I'll subscribe for more of this! Old (literally) weird fiction fan here - I read Dunsany, Bierce et al back in the 70's - but I'm not so up on the more recent manifestations, like True Detective. Thanks for letting me know about it!

[@ZestonN]

I had read the references of The King In Yellow in Lovecraft's stories and role-playing games, and figured it was a reference Lovecraft made-up, like The Necronomicon. I didn't know it was a real book not written by Lovecraft, until True Detective. 😮

[@killianbyrne5647]

To me Carcosa is the place where people who never feel they fit in it this reality are from , it’s a symbol of hope for all us lost souls , outcasts who long to return home .

[@camelliaharpdarkthrope6462]

Love this interpretation

[@killianbyrne5647]

​@@camelliaharpdarkthrope6462Thank you

[@manofaction1807]

Roll for Sanity....

[@yusuuf77]

love the new video man truly a gem of a channel

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thank you

[@kellybranham6278]

EXCELLENT video. I caught the King in Yellow connection the first time through, but I apparently missed some of the earlier signs. I will rewatch True Detective. All the seasons are good. But, season 1 is the best stand alone story ever made for TV.

[@RelativelyBest]

"Hastur, Hastur, Hastur, Hastur, Hastur, Hastur, He Who Must Not Be Named, oops."

[@Jonjzi]

I recently pieced together that yellow is symbolic of sulfur, and sulfur is named after Lucifer.

[@trogoautoegocrat666]

I believe Sulfuric Acidxwas known to the alchemists as VITROL.

[@zetectic7968]

Must rewatch True Detective, seems I missed out on a lot. Thanks for the video: another great production

[@kentjensen4504]

This is absolutely brilliant, but you should do a follow-up or expanded version. Why? Because as you beautifully trace the lineage from Bierce, Poe, Chambers, and Lovecraft all the way to Pizzolatto and True Detective, and as you trace your own sequence of discovery, it becomes clear you have missed one other key figure in this conceptual epic. Thomas Ligotti. That American writer, along with the equally brilliant Ramsey Campbell of Liverpool, are the two greatest heirs of Lovecraft, and Ligotti is as much an influence on True Detective as The King in Yellow. So much of the nihilistic, existential philosophy and dread of Rust Cole is straight out of Ligotti; so much so that there was talk of Ligotti potentially suing for plagiarism. I woulnd't call it plagiarism, although Pizzolatto sometimes skates quite close to that edge. You need to read Ligotti, and then do another wonderful King in Yellow documentary for us. Please. I am a very happy new subcriber, and I look forward to inspecting the rest of your channel.

[@techpriest3440]

I think Delta Green’s take is the best modern one. Impossible Landscapes is an RPG campaign that works almost as well as a story as it does as a game experience

[@Paul_Bond.]

Great video Moid, The King in Yellow, the four stories that concern us anyway are very, very weird.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thanks

[@vortimer2351]

Just checked - it's included free in audible membership. As is much of Ambrose Bierce. The Devil's dictionary was a holy grail book on my book buying hunts for many years, until I found a mint collector's edition in my then jobs charity jumble sale in the early 2000's...

[@MediaDeathCult]

I must admit I find myself checking the horror section as well as Science Fiction nowadays, love that old stuff

[@vortimer2351]

@@MediaDeathCult it's great that I can hear about a book, like this, or Voyage to Arcturus, and pick it up and experience for myself, but it does feel like cheating not to spend 7 or 8 years going to hundreds of charity shops and book fairs.

[@michaelburke4048]

Great video. I love that you brought Bierce into this, who influenced the people who influenced modern day fiction. Interesting though, that you only seem to reference Season 1 of True Detective. I think the second and third seasons leaned even more heavily into the imagery and iconography, even if they left of the name of Carcosa.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thanks

[@captainnolan5062]

Glad to have you aboard the 'King in Yellow' "train."

[@EncompassingChaos6]

I think it is interesting that the "backrooms" have also brought the color yellow into a dimensional liminal space.

[@I_am_ka]

Native tribes call it the *4-Directions* Yellow is the realm we are in now. Our sun is Yellow. Our blood untainted is as golden yellow as our urine (not blue or red). Upon meditation, once one is out-of-body, everything is actually yellow (gold matrix lines) Fiction writers use occult, tribal, ancient reference for most of their works

[@filmwitchpod]

Love this video! TRUE DETECTIVE is such a masterpiece!

[@robertgreen7593]

Alan Wake has a link to all this as well "It's not a loop (circle). It's a spiral (tattoo)."

[@colindunnigan8621]

The parallels between the show's setting (grinding poverty and despair), and Hastur being an entity of cosmic entropy were well on display.

[@stromharlan5187]

I watched this vid for two minutes, asked "what the hell did I just click on?", then started all the way back to the beginning and watched all the way through, now am starting all over again with a pen and notebook in hand.

[@adamchandlers]

One of Lovecraft stories mentions a cult deep in the swamps of Louisiana. A detective who broke up the cult brings a small statue they worshipped to a symposium on this rare cult spread in remote areas of the world. Now I am wondering if Russ Cole was based on this character.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Very cool, which story is that?

[@PhoenixWrites2309]

was not expecting such an awesome documentary style video when I clicked on here. Love it!

[@Impuritan1]

It’s the ten year anniversary of TD:S1. Time to finally unwrap the boxset and relive it again.

[@cristianmicu]

youre a really crazy dude, i wish i could read as much❤ Carcosa.... I can never forget that episode in TD where they are told about Carcosa by that old colored lady

[@RoseCatMariner]

i can't see the king in yellow as anyone other than the panera chef

[@joefilter2923]

That’s a gooda meata baall

[@clamjammer4927]

Mask of the red death is my favorite poe story as well and the Vincent price movie is a masterpiece

[@janinecat1865]

Now we just need a breakdown of the king in yellow as it appears in SIGNALIS

[@rcrawford42]

Author Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote a series of swords-and-sorcery novels where the King in Yellow is a major factor in the story. Loved them as a teen, and they're still enjoyable now that I'm in my 50s.

[@TheMartinChronicles]

I'll have to look for some Watt-Evans. I remember really liking his Garth the over-man books.

[@maff3617]

Awesome presentation. Now I must go read it... (the book, not the play. Important!)

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thanks

[@leeshiflett1863]

This was fun. Very cool

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thanks

[@bluestrife28]

Lovecraft was complicated; he was brilliant, but scared, anxious, tortured, hateful. He was in a lot of ways (maybe minus the racism) how I felt I was as a kid. His ability to put his wild churning mind onto paper though leaves a rando writer like me in awe. I think he inspired Stephen King in seeing the horror that exists right there in the daylight. Also I wish I was British, you can sound all intelligent and Attenboroughy whether you are or not 😂❤

[@midnightmosesuk]

I got into Lovecraft about 40 years ago now and, soon after, discovered the King in Yellow. In many ways I was more captivated by The Tattered King than by the great priest Cthulhu. Cthulhu invades the dreams of mortals but The King? He gets to you via your creative urges, the human propensity for making art. You read The Yellow King and he has you and like an infection he spreads into your creative process. It will all have the Yellow Sign. Have you seen it, by the way? Have you seen the Yellow Sign? Nic Pizzolatto has obviously seen it. When I watched True Detective Season One, the best so far, and someone mentioned The Yellow King I thought it was just a coincidence, that someone had accidentally hit upon the name. Surely not, I thought. But those references just kept on a-coming. That's when I realised that Rust's synesthesia was probably something more than just a "condition" and his visions may have had a greater basis in reality than the show would have you think. For me that was the genius of the show, as you said, it works perfectly well even if you know nothing of Chambers, Bierce or Lovecraft but, if you do, the show rewards you for your knowledge. It also references a lot of Thomas Ligotti's work, I strongly recommend you read some, especially The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, it is the source of Rust Cohle's dark and pessimistic world view. It was so influential in Pizzolatto's writing that he was accused of plagerism. Thomas Ligotti is another horror author with a unique vision of man's place in the cosmos and has written many, frankly, astonishing stories. Anyway, sorry for the long post. This is a subject I love and can talk all day about.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thank you, great comment

[@midnightmosesuk]

@@MediaDeathCult And thank you for a great video.

[@asfasfasfasf124]

my neighbours did not like the surprise subwoofer rumble at the end of the video haha. but i enjoyed the video! thank you! :)

[@tectorgorch8698]

I read RoR in the NYRB collection a few years ago. Didn't get it at all.Thought it was just some kind of alternate universe/timeline thing and not very compelling. I'll reread it today. Thanks for the very interesting report. BTW, I believe the best Lovecraftian fiction not written by old HPL himself is Wilson's Philosopher's Stone. Cheers!

[@Richard-vu7kh]

Very well done and really interesting ! Thank you.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

[@renanpesciotta]

what lovely coincidence, i remember that in my adolescence i used to dream about an empty city where its alwas in a rainy and sunny afternoon, too cloudy to see the sky above and bathed in a yellow gloomy and dim light. i even started a tale written by me and a friend, descrbing a journey without aim of a man throught this dire landscape.

[@coquinbuddha]

Really enjoyed this video. The connection to Lovecraft and those who inspired his work adds a fantastic amount of dimension to the first season of TRUE DETECTIVE. It's an absolutely brilliant use of weird fiction/cosmic horror tropes as a way to elevate the story from a simple run-of-the-mill police procedural into something so much richer. Shameless plug below: We've taken a similar approach with our analog/cosmic horror podcast, FORBIDDEN CASSETTES: CONSUMMATION. It's our attempt to contribute to this long literary tradition. Seems like something you might enjoy. Hope you'll give it a listen. Cheers, and thanks for the great video!

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thanks, I will take a look, or listen...

[@joefilter2923]

Don’t forget series 4 has related Contant.

[@Evilnor7]

I think I need to watch True Detective, now

[@Nichomachean5]

Wow... this essay took me for a ride. Thank you.

[@MediaDeathCult]

My pleasure

[@Fuphyter]

Sorry for double comments. You told this story perfectly. I've never really been into Sci-fi. As a kid in the 60s, I was into music since I was 7. I read books from the library and read every mag that had The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. lol I like it now and fantasy genre.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thank you, lovely comments

[@armchairgravy8224]

I thought the King in Yellow was by Dunsany. Entertaining and educational. 🍻

[@richard127gm]

Great video. I need more Moid!

[@ericlewis3444]

7:51 Dog appears.

[@0therun1t21]

My housemates are really into True Detective and I'm really into Lovecraft so this gives me something to talk about and show them. Thank you!

[@ramseydoon8277]

Can't believe I've only just now found this channel. Thank you for your excellent work, very much. Hail to thee from Central California. IA! IA!

[@Noteven0]

Well of course they went crazy, they were deceived into opening that door and stepping through it.

[@JustAnotherPaddy]

True Detective Season 1 aged very well. I just rewatched it recently and time has made it even better.

[@Swordfry]

Do seasons 2 and 3 have Lovecraftian themes to them too?

[@joefilter2923]

Season 4 does. It’s set in Alaska.

[@Olga_and_Needle]

"Lovecraft transcribed the pronunciation of Cthulhu as Khlûl′-hloo and said that "the first syllable [of Khlûl′-hloo is] pronounced gutturally and very thickly. The u is about like that in full; and the first syllable is not unlike klul in sound, hence the h represents the guttural thickness."

[@xxJETSETxx]

Take a drink every time the speaker moves both arms in a mirrored gesture. 😁

[@Manofthewhiteknife]

Great video..... the writing of season 4 of TRUE DETECTIVE Showed they had no idea what they were doing....

[@clamjammer4927]

Alan moore used this concept in from hell and Jerusalem. He is one of my favorite comic book authors

[@MatteBlacke]

I prefer the past’s artist-to-artist proliferation of ideas versus the presently more common parasitic adoption of ideas.

[@Haywire13]

well, gotta watch TD season 1 now. Until now, no one has ever connected this show to lovecraft as far as my ears and eyes are concerned.

[@spartan53096]

Have you heard of the King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck?

[@poindextertunes]

HBO should make a series based on Dave McGowan’s books. Programmed To Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder and Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon

[@silverbladeTE]

*"The King in Yellow"* is a major character in the "Lords of Dus" series by Lawrence Watt Evans: highly recommend it ;)

[@TheRealShadowX]

Excellent video, man.

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thank You

[@Tetrahcodom]

Also an inspiration for Miyazaki creator of Demon Souls, Dark Souls etc. Where in Demon Souls you fight a curiously similar man in yellow.

[@pacmanfantastic]

Great video mate! If you really want to go down the proverbial rabbit hole, I think you'd be interested in the books "The Faceless God" by Tomas Vincente (about the perennial traditions that center the archetype of "The Black man of the Sabbath" reflected by Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep), as well as "The Dark Lord" by Peter Levenda which exposits the historical occult connections to Lovecraft's cosmology. Would love to see your review of these books!

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thank you, I will explore

[@joefilter2923]

There are endless faces or masks rather, everywhere you look. The face of God is what sustain you.

[@michaelleroi9077]

This gratefully resonates with this emerging author…myself. My first novel is set at the turn of the century and deals with similar elements. Knowing the info you are sharing will only help in my submission process. Thank you and God Bless You!

[@dudebroski9460]

"There is no weekend"- Zorak