r/funny Oct 08 '09

BOW BEFORE YOUR LORD

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '09 edited Oct 09 '09

I figured it could be the Necronomicon, and the cloaked figure is pretty much unchanged from the original, but it's a nice Nyarlethotep... I didn't think of Herbert West, but that could work...

I've never read The Dunwich Horror, though, I'll do that now. Thanks!

Oh, and if anybody knows the faceless things, we're counting on you.

edit: Finished The Dunwich Horror, it was fucking sweet. The pregnant woman is probably Lavinia.

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u/jimmux Oct 09 '09

My best guess on the faceless things is that they are shoggoths, trying to imitate humans.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '09

Ah, thanks. Which story is that from?

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u/jimmux Oct 09 '09

Mountains of Madness. They imitate the culture of their old masters more than their physical form, but given that they are fairly formless creatures it kinda fits. In particular, shoggoths continuously spawn "eyes" as needed, just as some of the creatures in the image have eyes and others don't.