If you'd like to hear some of these stories, I've read several of them myself on Twitch and RUclips! Notebook Found In A Deserted House: ruclips.net/video/LSKBNfiafLk/видео.html The Hounds of Tindangle: ruclips.net/video/cJyFwbaUOu8/видео.html Jerusalem's Lot: www.twitch.tv/videos/1183578610 Rising With Surtsey: www.twitch.tv/videos/1182720873 Sticks: www.twitch.tv/videos/1181828189
to anyone who wants to feel better about liking Lovecraft: "As a person of very retired life, I met very few different sorts of people in youth--and was therefore exceedingly narrow and provincial. Later on, when literary activities brought me into touch with widely diverse types by mail--Texans like Robert E. Howard, men in Australia, New Zealand, &c., Westerners, Southerners, Canadians, people in old England, and assorted kinds of folk nearer at hand--I found myself opened up to dozens of points of view which would otherwise never have occurred to me. My understanding and sympathies were enlarged, and many of my social, political, and economic views were modified as a consequence of increased knowledge. Only correspondence could have effected this broadening; for it would have been impossible to have visited all the regions and met all the various types involved, while books can never talk back or discuss." this was Lovecraft in 1937 he was a different man when he died. he was NEVER not racist, and he kept many of his prejudices, but he was changing.
Oh I freaking love Haunter of the Dark. I got introduced to it by a Manga adaption by Tanabe Gou and got hooked. My personal favorite just ahead of Color out of Space and I'm so glad to hear you covered it.
(Haven't read any of the stories) This was a fun. I was listening on my early morning walk. Its still dark out where I am with no people out, Halloween decoration out and random noises. I felt dread during the Notebook/ Dweller segments which I haven't felt in Halloween for a long time. Happy Halloween Everyone.
You guys are my favorite general media commentator Yugitubers, so this was a treat. I have a Lovecraft collection book that contains it, so I'll check out Haunter of the Dark in an hour or so. One problem I have with the Lovecraft Mythos: I think many of these entities have been adapted, parodied and used so much that their status as unknowable incomprehensible entities has been completely bastardized. Cthulhu especially; Cthulhu isn't an incomprehensible horror anymore, he's a pop-culture icon like Santa Claus. This is why I really prefer cosmic horror to not reference the Mythos at this point, and just do their own thing. Weirdly enough, it feels more in line with what Lovecraft was trying to do in the first place.
MBT is quite the entity. This came at just the perfect time as I'm at the airport waiting for a flight on Halloween. Edit: Holy heck, didn't realize Nyarlethotep was a main focus. It's common knowledge amongst those in the mythos that Nyarlethotep was Nikola Tesla along with an ancient pharoh
@@HardlegLiterature as for the story, I'd the hounds are infact just extradimansional animals, I wonder if it's possible to tame one. Who wouldn't want a non-Euclidean pupper?
Also, on the subject of shape-shifting, I saw in a dnd group this thing that said "the existence of the uncanny Valley, may be rooted in a primal fear of things that look human, but aren't". Food for thought
That feeling of vastness may be what inspires cryptids and even transcendentalism. This great vast space of American wilderness. I also think that flashes of normal animals inspire feelings of fear- presences that are there breifly but are activly avoiding us. North America was very different not that long ago- basically just before the rise of civilization. It stands to reason that the human spirit would feel a sense of fear from that era, the neogene's old ghosts. Creatures long gone that should be here.
A book series i always recommend is the Dresden files by jim butcher. Awesome stories! And yes the hounds of tindalos make an appearence in one of the books
Yeah they're pretty quick reads and do an interesting twist on vampires, incubus, werewolves, bigfoot, Cthulu mythos, norse and greek gods. Ph and who can forget the zombie T-rex
This was a joy to listen to. I hope you keep making these, Hardleg. Glad you addressed the issues with the author and how it influenced the stories he told. Favorite part was the Trans-humanism discussion at the end-glad MBT was along for this one.
I love Lovecraft's work but haven't found much from the extended mythos. Maybe that will change today! In any case, both you and MBT are my favorite content creators and media in general, so I'd watch a 2 hour video of you two having a staring contest with bad jokes between rounds.
1:08:20 Ah, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family. Lovecraft's take of "what if my great grandpa fucked a monkey goddess". An enduring classic
MBT, if you're reading this, mad respect for the call out to sheep that just point out his racism in the 1930s. I mean come on it was the 30s. Thanks for not jumping on that bandwagon.
It's always important to find a balance. I don't think it's fair to malign all of Lovecraft's work is racist drivel, but it is important to acknowledged that he was racist (even in his time he was considered exceptionally bigoted) because it does bleed over into many of his works.
@@HardlegLiterature oh of course good sir. Just like every artist of any kind that tampers with equality and social justice, we must fully be aware. I'm just talking about completely dropping hp or other artists just because of it. He would've definitely had better content and probably an even more darker twist to reality had he probably used it against racism.
... wait, you two played world of horror on stream? Is there a VOD of it somewhere? Besides that, all the discussion is very very cool and I want to really read some of this.
Trust me, you don't want it. Half the stuff that was cut was just MBT saying "Um", and the other half was long diatribes about Yugioh, which you could hear on his main channel.
I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of Ghooric Zone, while it's well written and some of its transhumanist themes are interesting the idea of the Lovecraftian horrors being something that humans or post-humans can understand just doesn't appeal to me. Having said that I have no idea how someone can read it and think it's the worst Mythos story, because there's some REAL stinkers written by Lovecraft and pals.
I think the other reason we see nyrlathotep alot is that unlike all other lovecraft dieties hes ACTIVLEY antagonistic towards humanity. The other old ones dont even register we exists, but nyarly *enjoys* hurting us.. 10:21
If you'd like to hear some of these stories, I've read several of them myself on Twitch and RUclips!
Notebook Found In A Deserted House: ruclips.net/video/LSKBNfiafLk/видео.html
The Hounds of Tindangle: ruclips.net/video/cJyFwbaUOu8/видео.html
Jerusalem's Lot: www.twitch.tv/videos/1183578610
Rising With Surtsey: www.twitch.tv/videos/1182720873
Sticks: www.twitch.tv/videos/1181828189
to anyone who wants to feel better about liking Lovecraft:
"As a person of very retired life, I met very few different sorts of people in youth--and was therefore exceedingly narrow and provincial. Later on, when literary activities brought me into touch with widely diverse types by mail--Texans like Robert E. Howard, men in Australia, New Zealand, &c., Westerners, Southerners, Canadians, people in old England, and assorted kinds of folk nearer at hand--I found myself opened up to dozens of points of view which would otherwise never have occurred to me. My understanding and sympathies were enlarged, and many of my social, political, and economic views were modified as a consequence of increased knowledge. Only correspondence could have effected this broadening; for it would have been impossible to have visited all the regions and met all the various types involved, while books can never talk back or discuss."
this was Lovecraft in 1937
he was a different man when he died. he was NEVER not racist, and he kept many of his prejudices, but he was changing.
I can sleep well at night now knowing the origin of the tindangler
Really cool episode to listen to and hearing MBT outside of a YGO context is always fun
Oh I freaking love Haunter of the Dark. I got introduced to it by a Manga adaption by Tanabe Gou and got hooked. My personal favorite just ahead of Color out of Space and I'm so glad to hear you covered it.
(Haven't read any of the stories) This was a fun. I was listening on my early morning walk. Its still dark out where I am with no people out, Halloween decoration out and random noises. I felt dread during the Notebook/ Dweller segments which I haven't felt in Halloween for a long time. Happy Halloween Everyone.
You guys are my favorite general media commentator Yugitubers, so this was a treat. I have a Lovecraft collection book that contains it, so I'll check out Haunter of the Dark in an hour or so.
One problem I have with the Lovecraft Mythos: I think many of these entities have been adapted, parodied and used so much that their status as unknowable incomprehensible entities has been completely bastardized. Cthulhu especially; Cthulhu isn't an incomprehensible horror anymore, he's a pop-culture icon like Santa Claus. This is why I really prefer cosmic horror to not reference the Mythos at this point, and just do their own thing. Weirdly enough, it feels more in line with what Lovecraft was trying to do in the first place.
Man I could listen to you guys talk for ever
MBT is quite the entity.
This came at just the perfect time as I'm at the airport waiting for a flight on Halloween.
Edit: Holy heck, didn't realize Nyarlethotep was a main focus. It's common knowledge amongst those in the mythos that Nyarlethotep was Nikola Tesla along with an ancient pharoh
Nyarlethotep was Tesla?! I'm going to have to look into that.
@@HardlegLiterature That's what folks say Lovecraft believed or dreamed. I think it's even eluded to in the short story.
This is a great introduction to your channel for me. Can't wait to see more.
This really motivated me to start reading again, falling in love with your content on this channel.
Glad to help! :D
If you're looking to hear some of these stories read out loud, There are links to them at the bottom of the description!
Y'know, I ve never given Tindangles the time of day, but no I kinda want to give them a try
Just avoid spheres and curves and you'll be fine
@@HardlegLiterature as for the story, I'd the hounds are infact just extradimansional animals, I wonder if it's possible to tame one. Who wouldn't want a non-Euclidean pupper?
Also, on the subject of shape-shifting, I saw in a dnd group this thing that said "the existence of the uncanny Valley, may be rooted in a primal fear of things that look human, but aren't". Food for thought
I dont know man octodads pretty scary but the culmination of conscious existence and unstoppable time get me real spooked!
That feeling of vastness may be what inspires cryptids and even transcendentalism. This great vast space of American wilderness. I also think that flashes of normal animals inspire feelings of fear- presences that are there breifly but are activly avoiding us. North America was very different not that long ago- basically just before the rise of civilization. It stands to reason that the human spirit would feel a sense of fear from that era, the neogene's old ghosts. Creatures long gone that should be here.
Just finished the whole thing, this podcast was really nice to listen to and relax to after I was wound up by football
A book series i always recommend is the Dresden files by jim butcher. Awesome stories! And yes the hounds of tindalos make an appearence in one of the books
We've ready some Butcher before. Still haven't done Dresden though. Maybe one of these days.
Yeah they're pretty quick reads and do an interesting twist on vampires, incubus, werewolves, bigfoot, Cthulu mythos, norse and greek gods. Ph and who can forget the zombie T-rex
This was a joy to listen to. I hope you keep making these, Hardleg. Glad you addressed the issues with the author and how it influenced the stories he told. Favorite part was the Trans-humanism discussion at the end-glad MBT was along for this one.
Hey hardleg, please so another reading of a short story, that was really cool.
There;s several listed in the description, if you want more to listen to.
I love Lovecraft's work but haven't found much from the extended mythos. Maybe that will change today! In any case, both you and MBT are my favorite content creators and media in general, so I'd watch a 2 hour video of you two having a staring contest with bad jokes between rounds.
Nice ending, i chuckled
Awesome!
1:08:20 Ah, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family.
Lovecraft's take of "what if my great grandpa fucked a monkey goddess". An enduring classic
This was a blast or should I say a spooooook
Also abys dweller is the dweller in the darkness
When you summon abyss dweller in a lair of darkness.
"We've been here far too long" Frankly, never long enough
The full recording time before edits was like 3 hours lol.
@@HardlegLiterature good
My favorite part about the halloween episodes is hearing MBT take it less and less seriously each year.
Also Lemuria is a Yugioh field spell for water also considered Umi!!!
MBT, if you're reading this, mad respect for the call out to sheep that just point out his racism in the 1930s. I mean come on it was the 30s. Thanks for not jumping on that bandwagon.
It's always important to find a balance. I don't think it's fair to malign all of Lovecraft's work is racist drivel, but it is important to acknowledged that he was racist (even in his time he was considered exceptionally bigoted) because it does bleed over into many of his works.
@@HardlegLiterature oh of course good sir. Just like every artist of any kind that tampers with equality and social justice, we must fully be aware.
I'm just talking about completely dropping hp or other artists just because of it. He would've definitely had better content and probably an even more darker twist to reality had he probably used it against racism.
Oh no, the guy was mad racist. I just think there's value in reading and examining work by racists.
@@MBTYuGiOhwhat do y'all think of the show on HBO? Haven't watched it yet but I hear good things
... wait, you two played world of horror on stream? Is there a VOD of it somewhere?
Besides that, all the discussion is very very cool and I want to really read some of this.
I was really looking forward to a Clive Barker/Harlen Ellison episode.
There's always next year!
can we get the 3 hour version :)
Trust me, you don't want it. Half the stuff that was cut was just MBT saying "Um", and the other half was long diatribes about Yugioh, which you could hear on his main channel.
@@HardlegLiterature that sounds amazing
I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of Ghooric Zone, while it's well written and some of its transhumanist themes are interesting the idea of the Lovecraftian horrors being something that humans or post-humans can understand just doesn't appeal to me. Having said that I have no idea how someone can read it and think it's the worst Mythos story, because there's some REAL stinkers written by Lovecraft and pals.
I think the other reason we see nyrlathotep alot is that unlike all other lovecraft dieties hes ACTIVLEY antagonistic towards humanity.
The other old ones dont even register we exists, but nyarly *enjoys* hurting us.. 10:21
Lovecraft wrote a poem about black people. The N-word was used about two dozen times.
oof
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