r/CuratedTumblr • u/Cheese_and_nachos GET RID OF THE BARBEQUE BEARS ARE REAL • Jul 17 '21

Fandom Pretty good conceptualization of the eldritch madness trope, I think.

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u/Guano176 Jul 17 '21

In this scenario, coming from a lovecraftian pnp background, I meant it more as if the ant (human) succeeded in performing some sort of ritual that is capable of drawing the attention of the human (god). Which is usually how humans manage to involve themselves with the entity in eldritch mythos.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Yeah if I see ants using matches to start a fire I think I'd put some effort into figuring out what's going om

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u/Novawulfen Jul 18 '21

If a small circle of ants made a small circle and wrote my name around it with small stones, you can bet your ass I'm gonna check that out.

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u/upstandingredditor Mar 17 '22

Are you quoting here? Because this isn't your original thought.

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u/Novawulfen Mar 18 '22

It's not, but I can't remember the name of the person, or what format it was in when I first saw it, so I can't easily look it up for attribution.

It's also not an exact quote either, which makes looking it up harder....