24th February 2006, 2:30 PM
Cthulhu's over a hundred feet tall and one of the Great Old Ones, a race immensely powerful cosmis beings. A bit more than just some scary monster.
Some, though certainly not all, feature the Great Old Ones, one of the Elder Gods, ancient cults, and other abominations, which have set the basis for an entire mythos. And I assure you there's nothing sophomoric about his works. It might seem that way just by reading the absolute basis elements of his stories, but remember he wrote the bulk of his stories over 70 years ago. Not a lot of people were writing those kinds of stories back then. Also, from having read several of his stories, I can tell you that they are very good and definitely creepy. H. P. Lovecrafts stories are what Eternal Darkness tried very hard to imitate, but ultimately it could never be as good.
Some, though certainly not all, feature the Great Old Ones, one of the Elder Gods, ancient cults, and other abominations, which have set the basis for an entire mythos. And I assure you there's nothing sophomoric about his works. It might seem that way just by reading the absolute basis elements of his stories, but remember he wrote the bulk of his stories over 70 years ago. Not a lot of people were writing those kinds of stories back then. Also, from having read several of his stories, I can tell you that they are very good and definitely creepy. H. P. Lovecrafts stories are what Eternal Darkness tried very hard to imitate, but ultimately it could never be as good.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.