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Old 06-11-2018   #1
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Other than the name and the mention of some Cthulhu posters, the description in the article makes the place sound like it has nothing to do with Lovecraft at all. Just sounds like a goth bar. I'd still be curious to check it out, though.
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Other than the name and the mention of some Cthulhu posters, the description in the article makes the place sound like it has nothing to do with Lovecraft at all. Just sounds like a goth bar. I'd still be curious to check it out, though.

There's a minor but insidious trend for Lovecraftian stuff in Goth culture. Last weekend I went to a clothing and jewellery market in London only to be disappointing by the sheer amount of Lovecraft memorabilia. Further proof that Cthulhu ruins everything.
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The plethora of Cthulhu products from plush toys to Dr. Seuss spin-offs has turned the Lovecraft mythos into a commodity and trivialized it. The cosmic horror has been replaced by pop horror. What's next, Lovedraft Beer?
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I was stuck talking to a bloke raving about Lovecraft's 'Cthulhu series of novels' the other day and wanted to die. I think I'm officially a snob. My current doctor is a fan of these authors and knows his stuff, but he's retiring, so I'll be left having to explain my obsession all over again and no longer know anybody who understands this super serious genre.
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Re: Alas, Lovecraft in Popular Culture
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There's a minor but insidious trend for Lovecraftian stuff in Goth culture. Last weekend I went to a clothing and jewellery market in London only to be disappointing by the sheer amount of Lovecraft memorabilia. Further proof that Cthulhu ruins everything.
Don't go weeping into your faux-absinthe wine cooler, now. I'm sure that it's watered down enough as it is.
Who provideth for the raven his food?
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There's a minor but insidious trend for Lovecraftian stuff in Goth culture. Last weekend I went to a clothing and jewellery market in London only to be disappointing by the sheer amount of Lovecraft memorabilia. Further proof that Cthulhu ruins everything.
Don't go weeping into your faux-absinthe wine cooler, now. I'm sure that it's watered down enough as it is.
Oww triggered you deliciously edgy pessimist? Nothing deliciously bleak to get you out of bed in the morning and motivate the malignant ramblings that justify your continued aberrant existence?
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Oww triggered you deliciously edgy pessimist? Nothing deliciously bleak to get you out of bed in the morning and motivate the malignant ramblings that justify your continued aberrant existence?
It's called a joke, son. No need to get all up in arms. If I truly set out to cause offense, it would be clear.
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The plethora of Cthulhu products from plush toys to Dr. Seuss spin-offs has turned the Lovecraft mythos into a commodity and trivialized it. The cosmic horror has been replaced by pop horror. What's next, Lovedraft Beer?

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