• Capt. Wolf
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      "This horror that stands before you is no man, nor it anything resembling man in any facsimile other than it stands upon two appendages that could be mistaken for feet. The realization of it’s mere and miserable existence finds you stricken with a cold sweat akin to the feel of a pale and slimy fish at the market. It’s visage strikes in your being a fear that cores your stomach deeper than any forgotten, but suddenly realized promise. "

      Shit like that?

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          That was kinda my thought too, “How would I describe something that is so foreign to anything I’ve ever experienced that I’m entirely overwhelmed by the sheer realization of it’s existence. So much so that I can only describe the fear felt when seeing it?” The focus would first be on primal instincts before your brain could even begin with physical characteristics.

          • @scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            There’s an interesting generative experiment somewhere out there on the net that lets you generate “scary” images by progressively rating the output, it’s a neat tool, some of what it makes can mimic that horror, lol.

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              Oh, I’d be very interested in that if you can point me in any sort of direction.

              • @scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                124 days ago

                I’ve been looking but I am sorry to say the market has expanded significantly since the last time I messed around with the tool and now I can’t even tell if the tool exists as it did or has been reformatted into one unfamiliar. You have my deepest apologies.

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      I think I could be a good DM for it, then. 😃

      I literally only sought to read Lovecraft’s stuff because several friends of mine I had shared my own stories with, constantly asked if I was inspired by him and how similar my writing was.