#hasthur is a lake

[naghamadiblueberry]

Gods I forgot how weird a lot of King in Yellow fans are

It's not directly tied to Lovecraft, you dorks, Lovecraft was inspired by the King in Yellow but the vibes are completely different. The King in Yellow is about how terrifying it is that information itself can be dangerous. It's less "fear of the other externalized" and more a man who realized the innate power of the printing press to disseminate dangerous and maddening information.

It's cosmic horror but from a much more grounded place than Lovecraft, and that's why it's much more beguiling. It's this bundle of anxiety that he seemed quite happy to ditch, like he was writing to purge something. Its creation and abandoning almost feels like an unwritten story in and of itself.