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the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: o_O on August 18, 2012, 03:50:35 AM ---Heh. I can totally see a full third of northern Virginia screaming 'You stupid cretin - Seoul was all wooden farmhouses until the war and then it got flattened flatter than Hiroshima and burnt crispier than Dresden just to eliminate enemy hidey holes'. If they believed it they'd do it, whatever the facts might be.
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yeah, what the good folks of rec.arts.sf.composition used to call the Tiffany problem. (Tiffany is actually a name we have documented evidence of from the 14th century, but just because that's real doesn't make it credible.)
Nickeris86:
Okay I have the little bastards nailed down to a location and even how they can move around the city without causing to much suspicion.
Now I have another question for you. I want to throw in a twist at the climax of the story where the big bad that all the lesser bads worship as a dark god actually isn't malevolent at all but has been forced into this role due to circumstances that it is not at all pleased with. This being is still mind shatteringly powerful and beyond human comprehension that even being in the same general area of it can drive you mad. The nightmare fuel it inspires in people that it comes in contact with are its cries for help. However, because it is what it is and the circumstances that led it to its current position it can't really be gentle about it.
However its true intentions and motivations are left to mystery.
I know it contrasts with the general concept of Cosmic Horror but there is not happy ending in this story, or at least its a very dark grey ending. I took my inspiration from the fact that angels, the messengers/warriors of the Almighty are freaking terrifying to behold. Whether the creature in my story is an angel or something else is up to the reader in the end.
Darkshore:
I'd read it and probably enjoy the ending. Life isn't sun-shine and rainbows and art imitates life. I want to read about things that make me think, wonder, and maybe even scare me a little. Write the ending you want and let the readers react accordingly.
Aminar:
--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on August 24, 2012, 02:27:00 AM ---Okay I have the little bastards nailed down to a location and even how they can move around the city without causing to much suspicion.
Now I have another question for you. I want to throw in a twist at the climax of the story where the big bad that all the lesser bads worship as a dark god actually isn't malevolent at all but has been forced into this role due to circumstances that it is not at all pleased with. This being is still mind shatteringly powerful and beyond human comprehension that even being in the same general area of it can drive you mad. The nightmare fuel it inspires in people that it comes in contact with are its cries for help. However, because it is what it is and the circumstances that led it to its current position it can't really be gentle about it.
However its true intentions and motivations are left to mystery.
I know it contrasts with the general concept of Cosmic Horror but there is not happy ending in this story, or at least its a very dark grey ending. I took my inspiration from the fact that angels, the messengers/warriors of the Almighty are freaking terrifying to behold. Whether the creature in my story is an angel or something else is up to the reader in the end.
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I like the idea so much I've half been using it for half a year now. Only half thankfully, its a great idea.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on August 24, 2012, 02:27:00 AM ---Okay I have the little bastards nailed down to a location and even how they can move around the city without causing to much suspicion.
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OK, i know you said you had this, but I had already come up with a suggestion, so maybe you'll find some other use for it: if they are as efficient as you say about tearing down older construction and putting up new within weeks, it would stand to reason that they are generating a lot of construction waste, which has to go somewhere. Maybe there is a landfill somewhere with all this stuff that baddies set up shop in, proping up chunks of wall and scrounging old piping, or digging out modest tunnels throughout as they excavate for useful cast-off.
--- Quote ---Now I have another question for you. I want to throw in a twist at the climax of the story where the big bad that all the lesser bads worship as a dark god actually isn't malevolent at all but has been forced into this role due to circumstances that it is not at all pleased with. This being is still mind shatteringly powerful and beyond human comprehension that even being in the same general area of it can drive you mad. The nightmare fuel it inspires in people that it comes in contact with are its cries for help. However, because it is what it is and the circumstances that led it to its current position it can't really be gentle about it.
However its true intentions and motivations are left to mystery.
I know it contrasts with the general concept of Cosmic Horror but there is not happy ending in this story, or at least its a very dark grey ending. I took my inspiration from the fact that angels, the messengers/warriors of the Almighty are freaking terrifying to behold. Whether the creature in my story is an angel or something else is up to the reader in the end.
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That sounds awesome but Im not seeing your question. I have a few though: How did such a powerful being get forced into said role? Ancient Mystical Binding spell? Did he make a bargain and get the shaft? Is there some even more Uber entity out there antagonizing him? Did humanities growth/presence inadvertently screw something up and somehow trap him? If he is shouting for help, how will such relatively tiny and fragile creatures be able to help him?
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