Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161212225518/@comment-14138255-20161215233433

I actually didn't like his faux surprise, it's just eckh. It's the thing people would think a psychopath would say, when really it's just annoying to hear. Tyrian can learn something from FMA: Brotherhood's Kimblee, who was actually quite calm and relaxed, and very much eloquent, even reason with Al when he tries to get his body back and save everyone (and coming to the conclusion that there's a 4th option: they fail at both).

Lovecraft's work makes a lot of sense when you realize how xenophobic his was in life (even by the standards of the time), and the concept of aliens and the universe being frightening reflects it. The knowledge that there are incomprehendable aliens with weird ways of thinking that can unravel a person's mind is a close-minded way of going about things, not necessarily wrong, especially if it can warp your mind, but it is certainly different from the modern "humans are adequate" mindset we have (especially when Lovecraft's monsters are visualized, we can't help but feel "am I supposed to be shrieking? It's scary, sure, but not mind melting"). Cthulhu himself was taken out by ramming a ship into his head, so a modern reader might go to the logical conclusion and just have a military unit deal with the big guy the next time he resurfaces.

Also you can still read a book or enjoy a work someone made and keep it seperate from the person who made it. Many people like Ender's Game even though the writer is an anti-gay fundamentalist, and many people (including myself) enjoy Chik-Fil-A as serving some of the best food out there even though it is a Christian organization that has donated to anti-gay fundraisers (when Boston tried closing their Chik-Fil-A's down, both pro and anti LGBT groups protested). And HP Lovecraft's work does place humanity in the horrifying position as the plankton in the tidal pool of the universe, something horrifying to many people, irrespective of his views in real life.

Also, don't play up the weirdo role for bullies, it just plays up the weirdo role for normal people too.