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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it’s many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc. “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…” - Wikipedia

Hi

Here’s a new community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it’s many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

Hope some of you check it out, participate in, and enjoy it!

!cosmichorror@lemm.ee

    • @gytrash@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      7•30 days ago

      Yes, I’m a member there. It was during a discussion with the creator of that group that we decided to start this one, as he wants to keep it more Lovecraft mythos orientated without the more general cosmic horror.

      • @CanadaPlusEnglish
        1•30 days ago

        Ah! In that case, subbing now.

        And unsubbing from Lovecraft, honestly, because Lemmy’s not big enough to divide the topic up like that.

          • @CanadaPlusEnglish
            1•29 days ago

            I’m afraid I would spread myself thin. Two dead communities is the worst outcome.

            • @bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
              1•29 days ago

              What do you mean spread yourself? If a community doesn’t have activity, there’s nothing to see from it. If you’re subscribed, it’s just more stuff on your feed.

              • @CanadaPlusEnglish
                1•29 days ago

                I comment and post as well. A lot. (Hey, you’re here too, don’t judge!)

                Obviously I’m not a community on my own, but for something niche by Lemmy standards every bit of activity helps.

                I wish there was no move happening at all, but if OP is telling the truth it has been decreed from up high.

                  • @CanadaPlusEnglish
                    1•29 days ago

                    I guess. Fine, you’ve convinced me, I’ll sub to both.