Why yes, there is a vast world devouring monster with its tendrils encircling all of us, and it's plainly visible once you notice it, and it's everywhere. But you come off as insane when you try to tell other people about it.
Is SCP-3125 an allegory for capitalism? Shit.
Lovecraft was basically translating his alienation with capitalism into short stories. Unfortunately, being a reactionary for most his life, he punched down instead of up, and his fears were pointed at minorities and women and air conditioners instead of the pervasive system itself.
Lmao nice to see Cold Air get a reference instead of his usual stuff people talk about
Hasn't anyone written modern leftist horror in his style?
Depending on your views of NK Jemisin, The City We Became is arguably an example of this.
Thanks, I can just imagine the stuff lovecraft wrote but leftist, it really isn't that impossible. I kinda feel like Rats in the Wall is about aristocracy and old money, though it also has the cat.
I also found a reading of the book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd0nQm1tzZY
What did you think of
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The reveal that turning a city into a City requires the annihilation of all other versions of that city, and their inhabitants, in every parallel dimension? I remember being kind of shocked that they decided to go ahead after that- I guess the idea was to insert some moral ambiguity so it was less black and white, but since the villain had been such a clear metaphor for white supremacy in general up to that point it felt kind of weird.
I just finished The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin and it's incredible, I can't recommend it enough.
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Thanks, I'll try it.
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Honestly that's what makes his stories good imo, shows that liberalism is ultimately the fear of the big Other that is represented by minorities and how its inherent.