#nyarlethotep

[urfavesarequadranted]

Philemon and Nyarlethotep from the Persona series (they're mostly from the Persona 2 duology) as kismesis

Nyarlethotep and Philemon from Persona are kismeses!

[spacetimeaccordionfolder]

was listening to "Ragnorak II: The Calling" from The Bifrost Incident earlier and uhhhhh

here's an attempted scaled down representation of what my mind did upon hearing "demon flutes"

[disgruntledexplainer]

another thing that comes to my mind a lot is Van Kleiss. I've already mentioned before that he represents trans-humanism, or perhaps more accurately post-humanism. but the way that the writers and animators get the idea across is so interesting.

his very existence seems to cause the world to go mad.

I made this AMV a couple years ago about good ol' VK, and a lot of it's scenes demonstrate what I'm talking about:

but especially the scene where he's fighting White Knight and turns a nearby tree into an EVO.

Van Kleiss represents a new age, one in which the human race as we know it has no place or role. the changes he brings about reflect this alien new world.

my comparison is not without basis. the comic series Generator Rex was based off of was called Machinima Rex (or M Rex for short), which was about the world evolving around mankind to the point where it no longer dominant.

honestly the best comparison I can give for his coming is the arrival of an Outer God, specifically Nyarlethotep. I know this sounds like a stretch, but hear me out:

There was a daemoniac alteration in the sequence of the seasons—the autumn heat lingered fearsomely, and everyone felt that the world and perhaps the universe had passed from the control of known gods or forces to that of gods or forces which were unknown. [...] Into the lands of civilisation came Nyarlathotep, swarthy, slender, and sinister, always buying strange instruments of glass and metal and combining them into instruments yet stranger. He spoke much of the sciences—of electricity and psychology—and gave exhibitions of power which sent his spectators away speechless, yet which swelled his fame to exceeding magnitude. Men advised one another to see Nyarlathotep, and shuddered. And where Nyarlathotep went, rest vanished; for the small hours were rent with the screams of nightmare.

-HP Lovecraft's poem, Nyarlethotep

Yet Van Kleiss is a man. A man who, through technology, cruelty, and force of will, made himself immortal, unkillable, master of nature, space, and time, even if only for a brief moment were all those aspects united.

this is post-humanism. this is the promise of a world without man; a world populating by things that used to be human but are more, or perhaps less, than human.

"Are you a man, or a god?"

"I find both labels rather... limiting. [...] You may call me Van Kleiss."

[marsbookstore]

Halloween is over but Ill still be posting my backlog of housamoctober pieces!

[chowdergal]

More "gremlin-y" doodles of Everett! Keep this "man" away from your chaos/madness

[waywardmasquerade]

Masks of Nyarlethotep update

Upon arriving at a Kikuyu village (after being informed by the local guides to not speak about the mission), the group met a missionary who was being politely tolerated by the residents.

Miss Kensington wrote her last will and testament, a letter to her little sister, and a case file update for her aunt, to be delivered in the likely event of her death. All in code, of course. She then took a bath (and attempted to teach several of the local women how to shoot).

Mr Jones wrote a complete uncoded letter revealing all to his brother, and an academic penpal, and fed his new companion flies.

Mr Singh scouted the surrounding area and met a potential ally.

Mr Arthurs gave ample remuneration to our guides for their help thus far.

In the morning they start the trek up the mountain in the hopes of stopping the cult seeking to destroy the world.

[rupertbbare]

[pimpmybricks]

The Black Man by Karf Oohlu https://flic.kr/p/2a3NR7H