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[zimon66]

Couple days ago, the parents came to visit. We were coming back from Sam's Club and saw a car with MYTHOS license plate. I jerk my hand out (palm up) at it and croaked "Yog-Sothoth".

They didn't get the esoteric Lovecraft reference.

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[six-demon-bag.livejournal.com]

HA! Awesome. And I love your icon.

[zimon66]

Someday, Weeping Angels and Daleks will meet.


Between Lovecraft's constant use and the 1970 *The Dunwich Horror, "Yog-Sothoth" just feels right to say.


*One of the better adaptations. But two grown guys yelling "Yog-Sothoth" at each other is unintently funny.

[schquee.livejournal.com]

There's a movie about the Dunwich Horror??

[zimon66]

Two of them, the 1970 and 2009.

[schquee.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Must watch both!

[of-salfarro.livejournal.com]

lol

[zimon66]

My parents don't read the proper kind of books :P

[schquee.livejournal.com]

sweet!

[zimon66]

If you're bored one night - http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/necro_proj/n_yogsothoth.html

[schquee.livejournal.com]

widdershins!

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Alas, I have only read one Lovecraft book (we read The Mountains of Madness in my book group one month). So I didn't get it either.

*is ignerunt*

[zimon66]

The word "mythos" has kind of become synonymous with Lovecraft ("Lovecraft Mythos/Cthulhu Mythos"). It all started way back when he encourage other writers to add their takes on his weird little world. Contributions to the Mythos have been ongoing ever since (just take a look at all the anthologies over on Amazon; there's no shortage of new stories/writers). People familiar with horror&fantasy, when they hear the word, there's a good chance of them automatically thinking of Cthulhu&Company.

"Yog-Sothoth" pops up a lot in his works. Read enough Lovecraft and it becomes a drinking game after awhile. One of those names the characters will mention for whatever reason, usually when confronted with something out of the ordinary.

Sorry about the edit. Needed to make the Mythos contributions a little clearer.