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Cosmic Horror

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"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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Clowns are as scary as fk (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] mysteriousquote@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Probably Maturin, which shows up in IT and The Dark tower series

See the turtle of enormous girth On his shell he holds the earth His thought is slow but always kind He holds us all within his mind On his back all vows are made He sees the truth but mayn't aid He loves the land and loves the sea And even loves a child like me.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

See the turtle, ain't it keen?

All things serve the fuckin' beam.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You're confusing her with the World Turtle A'Tuin from the Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

Maturin in the King fiction is a lovely cosmic turtle who puked the universe into existence (which in itself explain a lot of things).

https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Maturin

[–] mysteriousquote@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

How am I confusing the turtle in the Stephen King section and the same turtle from Stephen King that you linked to?

Did you think you were replying to the OP?

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

On his shell he holds the earth

That's A’Tuin