Principia Discordia > Horrorology
Fear, Loathing, and Horror.
Doktor Howl:
--- Quote from: Jenne on August 13, 2010, 07:37:38 pm ---I like this--gels nicely with what I've experienced and observed. I look forward to your reports on your experiments, Herr Doktor.
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I'm going to begin with some methodology first, then begin some "field work", alongside some observations garnered from the news, etc.
Dysfunctional Cunt:
I'm really looking forward to this.
Jasper:
This is genius.
Telarus:
Good stuff.
Testing out the terminology: Lovecraft wrote athiest Horror stories, because the existing theological-based 'horror-stories' stopped inspiring Horror, just dredging up existing Fears.
Doktor Howl:
--- Quote from: Telarus on August 13, 2010, 08:07:21 pm ---Good stuff.
Testing out the terminology: Lovecraft wrote athiest Horror stories, because the existing theological-based 'horror-stories' stopped inspiring Horror, just dredging up existing Fears.
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Correct. That's also why he tried to convey "the unknowable" (badly), and made use of devices like "alien geometry". He was trying to convey horror as strangeness, not just tentacles and gills.
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