tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post8223398171419386157..comments2023-10-21T07:45:44.140-07:00Comments on JimFear138 Audio Productions: Missing The Point. Hard.JimFear138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15432837450993153064noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-25312707611067833512017-09-15T02:16:06.431-07:002017-09-15T02:16:06.431-07:00Here's what she wrote: "This is deliberat...Here's what she wrote: "This is deliberately a chance for me to kind of mess with the Lovecraft legacy. He was a notorious racist and horrible human being. So this is a chance for me to have the “chattering” hordes—that’s what he called the horrifying brown people of New York that terrified him. This is a chance for me to basically have them kick the ass of his creation. So I’m looking forward to having some fun with that."<br />She starts off from a point of having zero respect for him on any level. Zip. Nada. No respect for him and no respect for the cosmology he created. From whole cloth I might add. Oh no, all she cares about is that 'he didn't like brown people' that's her only take away from his entire body of writing. And this gets her a three book deal. SMDH<br />I love reading good Lovecraftian stories, authors like Brian Lumley managed to do it brilliantly because he understood the central premise. You cannot beat Cthulhu. You can't even fight him, he turns up, you die. The best you can hope for when encountering any Cthulhian Ilk is survival with your sanity mostly intact. Cthulhu Ghostbusters just doesn't cut it.<br />Interbreeding between the mythos (hate that word)and humanity isn't new, Lovecraft himself wrote about it, linking it to Dagon worship and the creation of batrachian nightmares (god I loved that word as a 10 year old kid, even if it did get me beaten up!) that lived among us. Plus the whole Dunwich Horror revolves around such a mating. The offspring weren't no superhero though....<br />Enjoyed the post, keep it up mate :)Dean McSmithhttp://deanmcsmith100.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-27868144881986072712017-09-14T09:58:30.011-07:002017-09-14T09:58:30.011-07:00I never read Lovecraft, but I don't like how t...I never read Lovecraft, but I don't like how they trash the legacy of older writers.Rawle Nyanzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12423177515241414301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-9745956882653348072017-09-05T15:04:38.817-07:002017-09-05T15:04:38.817-07:00That's why it's our job to come in after t...That's why it's our job to come in after them and build new tables, then nail them to the god damned floor. JimFear138https://www.blogger.com/profile/15432837450993153064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-75447257755775327062017-09-05T15:01:11.830-07:002017-09-05T15:01:11.830-07:00The opposite problem includes those who grew up wi...The opposite problem includes those who grew up with "Lovecraftian" fiction and absolutely hated it and refused to go to the source. After all, it's just generic space aliens with funny names. That's all that they ever see.<br /><br />If they're trying to dismantle his legacy they're doing a bang up job.<br /><br />But then, that's all subversives do. Flip tables and leech off others. At some point there won't be anymore tables to flip and they'll be left with nothing.JD Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548340507655076198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-72110402341700421602017-09-05T08:51:34.870-07:002017-09-05T08:51:34.870-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-84329126941020011522017-09-03T22:37:02.856-07:002017-09-03T22:37:02.856-07:00I'll be looking forward to never reading that ...I'll be looking forward to never reading that bullshit. Jemisin is a hack, she knows it, and so she's trying to make one of the greatest horror writers humanity's ever known look bad through her shitty writing. Good thing we still have the actual Lovecraftian stories written by the man himself. <br /><br />I would ask that if Brian Lumley can't even do Lovecraftian fiction properly, what makes her think she can, but I already know the answer to that question. She knows she can't, and won't be trying. She's just trying to further degrade Lovecraft's legacy. Well now she and those like her are going to start getting some pushback. <br /><br />Which is what I meant with those last couple paragraphs. I'm not certain these people do hate Lovecraft. I haven't looked into it. But even if they're well-meaning idiots they're fundamentally accomplishing the exact same goals as Jemisin: The destruction of the legacy of a better writer with more influence than they could ever hope to achieve. JimFear138https://www.blogger.com/profile/15432837450993153064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-61900742253912494392017-09-03T22:05:20.173-07:002017-09-03T22:05:20.173-07:00SJW "writer" N.K. Jemisin is apparently ...SJW "writer" N.K. Jemisin is apparently planning to write some Cthulhu stories, expressly for the purpose of crapping all over Lovecraft. I'm sure those will be finely crafted works of horror. /sarcZaklog the Greathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032122303887020023noreply@blogger.com