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[–] chemical_cutthroat 96 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Cthulu vs a Xenomorph, I still think Cthulu takes it.

[–] shalafi 70 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Monstrous demi-god of Biblical proportions

vs.

A Giant Animal

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A giant animal that's really good at head

[–] RGB3x3 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not cute babythulu. Babythulu wouldn't hurt anyone.

[–] Rolando 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wait.... why isn't it called CthUwU?

[–] RGB3x3 5 points 4 months ago

Oh, that's so much better.

[–] Cthuwu 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Rolando 3 points 4 months ago

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh CthUwU Lemmy wgah'nagl fhtagn!

[–] ilovesatan 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Can't wait for Cthulhu's tragic origin story.

[–] chemical_cutthroat 12 points 4 months ago

He brought his dream journal to school for show and tell but the other kids made fun of him for it. "You think my dreams are funny? Let me see yours..."

[–] MutilationWave 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Shunned by the eldest gods, it was banished to a group of solar systems so far from the origin cluster as to be, at best, irrelevant. Deep into the arm it was injected.

Moping about rocks and stars gamma-scarred.

It found earth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

earth.

Aw shit yeah that is sad

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean, yeah. Just attempting to look at Cthulhu would drive a Xenomorph insane.

[–] NielsBohron 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I mean, who's to say whether xenomorphs perceive time and space like humans. Sure, they behave like animals, but they could still have evolved or been created in some strange part of the universe where space-time is shaped differently, making those horrible, non-Euclidean shapes look like home to them.

For all humans know or can comprehend, xenomorphs are tiny, eldritch fleas that evolved to live on Cthulu's pet, so while I'd still give the overall win to the Big Guy/Gal/Entity, the xenomorphs might be on his/her/its radar and might even be able to annoy him/her/it in a way that humans can't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

From the games where you get to play as a xenomorph, they work on a sense of smell. So the mere scent of Cthulhu would drive them mad.

[–] NielsBohron 1 points 4 months ago

I've been thinking about this the last few days, and while it may have been easiest to explain the mechanics as "smell," the way it was implemented, you could also explain it as being able to faintly glimpse into the past to see where the humans/predators were several seconds ago.

Just a thought I had because I like thinking about this stuff

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

non-Euclidean shapes

I've tried to find out but can you explain exactly what that means?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

aaah got it, trippy shit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

for example: corridors that overlap (forming a crossing) but never meet, or rooms that are larger on the inside than on the outside

[–] NielsBohron 3 points 4 months ago

Just a reference to the way Lovecraft described the architecture of the ancient cities built by worshipers of the eldritch beings, especially in At The Mountains of Madness.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Relative to other Xenomorphs or relative to humans?

Not sure if they can perceive the universe in higher dimensions than humans or not.

[–] FenrirIII 25 points 4 months ago

Get away from him, you bitch!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

This is great! Looking forward to lots more of these, and hopefully fun merch in the future.

[–] woodenskewer 7 points 4 months ago

I think this is the first time I actually laughed at a comic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Those little cute wings! Love it!