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- Subject: Re: WHO OWNS CTHULHU?????
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.130738.13358@lugb.latrobe.edu.au>
- From: HISC9016351D@LUST.LATROBE.EDU.AU (MAMMONE,Robert)
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:07:38 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: pholland@iastate.edu's message of Tue, 3 Nov 1992 23:54:21 GMT
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- >
- > My recollection is that the Great Old Ones and the Elder Gods were two sides
- > in a battle that the Great Old Ones lost. IMHO, reminiscent of Satan's fall.
- > The Great Old Ones were banished to Earth and lost much of their powers.
- > Now, from the human point of view, the GOOs are evil. That *may* make their
- > opponents good. However, human prisoners have made pets of the rats and
- > cockroaches in the dungeons. The jailers are more likely to set out poison
- > or fumigate the place. So, anyone calling on the Elder Gods does so at his
- > own risk, IMHO. Because I somehow can't see the Elder Gods being so all
- > fired fond of humanity while leaving them in their defeated enemies' jail.
- >
- >Actually, your recollection is wrong. the construction of the relationship
- b/w the Great old Ones and the Elder Gods that you have put forward is
- Derleth's, Not Lovecrafts. See the intro to the Cthulhu RPG for an
- explanation at length
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