H.P lovecraft was terrified of two things: fish and minorities

@albertgore7435

5 жыл бұрын

Lovecraft was a Real Gamer™

@AugustBreak

4 жыл бұрын

Seems he’d be absolutely terrified watching The Little Mermaid remake

@budderbrinejr

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget non-euclidean geometry. Those parabolas freak him out.

@waitsbian

4 жыл бұрын

Also rural Massachusetts

@WokeandProud

4 жыл бұрын

He lived in the late 1800's everyone was afraid of minorities back then he was normal for his day.

"How is gay life? Is it satisfying?" Is how I begin phone calls

@SpoopySquid

5 жыл бұрын

"Anyway how's your sex life?"

@datfisheboi6519

4 жыл бұрын

It's fulfilling all right 😏

@maxim377

4 жыл бұрын

Spunk yes!

@snuggb8960

4 жыл бұрын

Waited for one sentence: "Yes! Hell, we have some defcon-level fun! Want some details? AND what about u?"

@PaulTheSkeptic

4 жыл бұрын

Perry. The dog who begins telephone conversations in a very intense way. I think you could amp it up a little though. I mean, I'd feel mildly uncomfortable if someone began a telephone conversation like that but maybe we could get people to feel really uncomfortable. Maybe something like "Hello, this is Perry. I've seen things no dog should ever see. But what's up with you?" Or maybe if you really want to lie it on thick, something more like "When I was just a young puppy, I ate a grasshopper. But it turned out I only ate half the grasshopper. The other half just lied there in the grass, unable to move but the eye that was facing me look right at me. Right into me, as if to say, all you ever knew or ever will know is a meaningless and cheap parody of reality. So I ate the other half."

"Holy Shit, my Teenage Literary Idol was so F*ckin Racist" is a fantastic title for the next big Japanese light novel.

@stevenyoung9738

Жыл бұрын

kinda weird how allota white folk admire the most bigoted people consistently.

@sassytabasco

Жыл бұрын

Holy Shit, my Teenage Literary Idol was so Fuckin Racist, and now I'm married to a slime girl???

@susobamna

Жыл бұрын

Jk Rowling

@sasaki8765

Жыл бұрын

@@susobamna Delusional.

@lessevilnyarlathotep1595

Жыл бұрын

@@sasaki8765 it's literally true though

Shadow over Innsmouth is actually about the horror of finding out you have welsh ancestry

@wcjerky

6 ай бұрын

Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch.

@Cyceryx

4 ай бұрын

LMFAOOOOOOO

@magicrainbowkitties1023

3 ай бұрын

Existential horror unlocked: Being welsh

@hunterfox6176

3 ай бұрын

Being Welsh is fine. All you have to do is stay away from sheep, and you're good. Being British, on the other hand...

@Vyx__

2 ай бұрын

now that truly is an incomprehensible terror

His wife actually cited in her divorce papers that his 'antiemetic tirades' were one of the main reasons she wanted a divorce, seeing as how she would constantly need to interrupt him and remind him she was in fact Jewish.

@julietfischer5056

5 жыл бұрын

And his aunts weren't fond of a (gasp!) businesswoman for an in-law. Not the most functional family for an independent-minded woman.

@Horatio787

5 жыл бұрын

That's a rather nice little nutshell example of how bigots function and why.

@andrewshewan4551

5 жыл бұрын

@@Horatio787 I see how they function but not why. I want know more please!

@Horatio787

5 жыл бұрын

Well it's simple. We have this thing called Ego, the sense of self, who you see yourself as. The ego likes to protect itself unless you think rationally and are willing to defy it to try to match it to reality instead of just obeying it. A racist who thinks their race is the best and comes across evidence proving them wrong has the choice of reducing their ego(which is difficult) or just ignoring the rational evidence and protecting their ego. If you ever wonder why someone doesn't look at things factually and seems to be completely self serving and selective with their evidence, this is why. The Ego isn't a completely bad thing by the way, it can just become a problem.

@WobblesandBean

5 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is, Lovecraft was so vindictive, _so_ monumentally hateful and bigoted, he refused to grant Sonia the divorce she desperately wanted. He wouldn't allow her to marry the man who actually treated her well. Until the day she died, she remained his wife, against her will.

"How is gay life? Is it satisfying?" My friends awkwardly trying to be nice when I came out to them

@hindigente

3 жыл бұрын

I respectfully chuckled.

@seigeengine

3 жыл бұрын

It's always struck me as weird the questions people have about people who are very slightly different from them.

@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan

2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, sometimes it's a pain in the ass

@loganshillington9812

2 жыл бұрын

You may need new friends.

@ammarslhim7934

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I'm gonna say if one of my friends come out as gay.

Okay, but the REAL question: *Why does every photo of Lovecraft look like he's trying to keep the frog he's holding in his mouth from escaping?*

@morganrobinson8042

3 жыл бұрын

I think the answer to that should be fairly obvious, given his body of work.

@moscanaveia

3 жыл бұрын

Is that what being a reactionary feels like? I like this metaphor, and shall employ it to describe tight-assed conservatives from here on out.

@joshme3659

3 жыл бұрын

Wait??? How do you know about Bibbit?!??

@Ezekiel_Allium

3 жыл бұрын

Theres actually a proposed cause for his weird head. If I remember correctly it's related to a developmental issue or something like that? It produces a taller, thinner head and is usually pretty subtle a la Lovecraft

@qqweebird

3 жыл бұрын

i would say "thats not a frog, thats the n word," but he clearly didnt try very hard to keep that one from escaping his mouth

The „what the fuck howard“ caught me so off guard cause I never considered that Lovecrafts first name wasn’t actually just HP

@rainingcomplete3018

2 жыл бұрын

His name is actually Health Points

@kennnnny

2 жыл бұрын

(International) House (of) Pancakes

@no.7893

2 жыл бұрын

HP Sauce? makes sense since we was such an anglophile

@tortis6342

Жыл бұрын

Hates Progress Lovecraft, to quote OSP.

@randomplaceinruralamerica9618

Жыл бұрын

Hates pocs Lovecraft

"How is gay life? Is it satisfying?" is the new "Oh hi Mark, how's your sex life?"

@santiagoorona2239

4 жыл бұрын

Oh hai mark

@boiledelephant

5 ай бұрын

My comeback to someone asking that would be "thanks for your interest but we're not recruiting at the moment"

@JBlandie

4 ай бұрын

​@@santiagoorona2239one guy I've been sleeping with lately, part of his name is Hai. Shout out, sexy!

“H.P. Lovecraft would be spinning in his grave!” Given the beliefs he held, making Lovecraft spin in his grave is a particular pass-time of mine.

@chrish7543

4 жыл бұрын

novecentisch cursed maracas

@user-pm1gb2eo1s

4 жыл бұрын

Profile picture checks out

@xwarrior760

4 жыл бұрын

Compass profile pic. Opinion discarded.

@SteamPoweredGoth

4 жыл бұрын

Whenever I write Lovecraft fanfiction I get that exact comment as a compliment.

@Garl_Vinland

3 жыл бұрын

Piss off

This means every lovecraftian god is gay cause homosexuality was a massive unknown to him, finally, my true idols have arrived!

@mistertea603

3 жыл бұрын

...you know what?...that kind of tracks...

@iiiiitsmagreta1240

3 жыл бұрын

Nyarlathotep is the gay icon the world truly deserves

@mistertea603

3 жыл бұрын

@@iiiiitsmagreta1240 oh yeah I definitely play Nyarthalotep in my Call Of Cathulhu 7th Edition Campaign as That BITCH **TM**

@isnanesavant

3 жыл бұрын

@@mistertea603 YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS

@0rbeez

3 жыл бұрын

Cthulhu is the lgbt+ representation we need nowadays

When I was in college, the orchestra (which had many Jewish members at the time) was playing Wagner. In a conversation about it, one of those Jewish orchestra members just said "I think his music is beautiful. Wagner didn't want me playing his music, so I'm going to play it." Her protest against Wagner's beliefs was to play his music.

I was a huge Lovecraft fan in my early years and being mixed race to this day I find the notion that Lovecraft equated mixed people to immortal aquatic lords of darkness kinda flattering.

@nihilego3634

4 жыл бұрын

*Media featuring token minorities* I want the real empowerment. *Media featuring lead minorities* I said the real empowerment. *Lovecraft* Perfection.

@tuskinekinase

4 жыл бұрын

As an Asian American, I tend to agree. In fact I find mixing some Taoist philosophy into Yog-Sothoth super fun and inspiring.

@asrieldreemurr1988

4 жыл бұрын

Nihil Ego well there’s also the story were swarthy fat men move in to a town and utterly destroy and make it a bad evil shithole

@alejandrorivas4585

4 жыл бұрын

Reminder that it was inspired by the horrific realization that Lovecraft was not pure blooded english, but *gasp* part welsh!

@GODDAMNLETMEJOIN

4 жыл бұрын

@@alejandrorivas4585 He wrote stories about people who were part fish because he was part sheep I see.

"How's the gay life? Is it satisfying?" is such a weird question. Like, no, it's not satisfying. It's life. All of it is terrible

@katiemorison7969

5 жыл бұрын

But...wimen

@turtleanton6539

5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@tobender4ever

5 жыл бұрын

He asks the question because he's under the impression that being gay was a choice, or possibly a failure the way this same person might believe not being able to hold down a job, being addicted to a drug, or being obese/disabled is a failure. From that perspective, the question makes sense. "Are you satisfied with the choices you've made or the weakness you've indulged in your life?" with a sexual subtext, satisfied as in sexually. It's still awful and homophobic, but the question makes sense when you realize the source.

@hybridh9702

5 жыл бұрын

@@tobender4ever no i think he's more just wondering if the sex is decent. you seem a bit crazy. not everyone hates the gays, most people are just curious.

@kabobawsome

5 жыл бұрын

@@hybridh9702 The main character's father being homophobic is literally a major plot point in the movie.

I'd say shape of water is actually decisively anti-lovecraftian, since it is about embracing the unknown and the other, while lovecraftian works are about averting your eyes from the unknowable, uncaring universe. Definitely ripe with lovecraftian themes though, but mostly subverting them

@Lucifersfursona

10 ай бұрын

!!! Hell yeah. The antagonist in shape of water is the kind of man lovecraft seemed to adore.

@COOLERthenU

10 ай бұрын

The movie is littrly abiut choosing to pull an insmith

@ernie39

8 ай бұрын

you're so right!!

@theBoonarmies

5 ай бұрын

Think of it as the much more lovely flower that has blossomed from the twisted, unsightly seed.

@hunterfox6176

3 ай бұрын

Yes! Especially because The Shape of Water's main characters are all "others". A disabled woman, a gay man, and a black woman who all find solace and meaning in one another's company. They see the creature as something like them. Someone who is out of their element, intentionally kept in a bad situation by a domineering force that would never accept him, confused, and needs people to rely on. The story of this creature shows that the unknown is not quite so "other" and is increasingly familiar the more you learn and experience the world.

Unfortunately I can no longer find the comment, but one of the creators of this movie actually commented on this video saying that Hbomberguy nailed it, that this video understands what they were trying to accomplish even if they fell short in some areas

@nader50752

Жыл бұрын

I wanted to reread that message because it was so lovely and I can't find it either ):

@NotSoMax

Жыл бұрын

@@nader50752 I’m glad I’m not alone, I actually came back to this video for that comment so it’s a shame it’s gone.

@serene1172

Жыл бұрын

Same here

@tortis6342

Жыл бұрын

Oh my god I've been looking for that for like an hour. I remember the first line was like, "We make that commentary so no one would make the mistakes we did."

@roger_talks

10 ай бұрын

Dang! That's so cool that it apparently used to exist, but I'm bummed I can't find it

We stan our bisexual king

@ZimmyFox

5 жыл бұрын

MegaShiney99 just when I thought h.bomber couldn't get any better lol

@pinkcloudsnightlightbell

5 жыл бұрын

"We have decided to stan forever."

@restcure

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Stan!

@Srymak

4 жыл бұрын

Oh how we stan

@loner844

4 жыл бұрын

h.bomber is our king, h.bomber is our king, that's why bisexuals sing, h.bomber is our king,

For reference, HP Lovecraft wasn't just a product of his time; even people back then thought Lovecraft was super racist.

@MrJerichoPumpkin

5 жыл бұрын

someone does not know what the '20 and '30 in the USA were like. You, for instance. Racial segregation and lynching were the norm, but hey, that guy from the puritan town of Providence is super racist!

@tnttiger3079

5 жыл бұрын

Um his wife divorced him for being too racist Unarmed African Americans are killed by Yankee police all the time, and the internet is agush with antisemetic conspiracy theorists. OUR time is also racist, for what I hope to believe is a lesser extent. But in 50 years, would you really go around and call the likes of Alex Jones and Bannon products of OUR time? Would you WANT to?

@cra8zykidg

5 жыл бұрын

@@tnttiger3079 I think he changed near his death

@billvolk4236

5 жыл бұрын

[Citation needed]

@AB-gf4ue

5 жыл бұрын

HP Lovecraft literally thought he was less than human and some of his work was inspired by his preoccupation with his nonpure lineage. What was this lineage, you might wonder? He was part Welsh. Lovecraft was beyond racist even for his time and even a slight look at his writings make that very clear. I'd recommend the "Hitler or Lovecraft" quiz for a quick look.

"Being actually expected to prove to people that I wasn't inferior" That statement had no excuse to be so relatable

I always thought Lovecraft’s work was about the fear of outsiders. This video made me realise it’s the fear of being an outsider in a world you thought was your own

@grimble4564

Жыл бұрын

Two sides of the same coin

@wickedarctiinae4132

Жыл бұрын

69 likes. Nice.

@taistelusammakko5088

5 ай бұрын

They are definately not. He didnt base all his stories to just his racist beliefs

If you ask me, Lovecraft being super bigoted was one of the reasons his work is fascinating. Because I think Lovecraft did something I think other bigoted authors never do: I think he laid all his cards on the table and actually honestly gave his real feelings about it. He didn't really write heroic adventures about the white hero triumphing over the 'ignorant savages' or something. That's how a lot of bigoted people want to portray themselves. As heroic, as right, as better. In their eyes, they are perfectly justified. This or that is 'evil'. This or that is 'inferior'. This or that is 'disgusting'. But honestly I doubt most bigoted people are actually like that. That's the front they put on. Lovecraft's stories are pretty much about the way I think most bigoted people actually are. His protagonists are mostly people comfortable in their own little bubble, who over the course of the story watch as that bubble bursts around them and can't handle things outside it. Lovecraft's antagonists are 'The Other'. They are not overtly morally 'evil' exactly, more like their very existence invalidates the protagonist's very concept about what morality is. Invalidates what they thought the world was. Maybe invalidates their very identity. And in the end, there is no 'happy ending' for Lovecraft's protagonists. Sometimes their reactionary response might let them in some way 'win', sure. Sometimes. But they can't go back after that. Their perfect little bubble is gone. They know what's out their now, and they will spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulder, fearing, doubting, nervous, knowing they can never truly win as vast uncaring forces slowly got closer. And really, isn't that what bigotry actually is? Fear of the unknown. Of 'The Other'. I think that's kinda why Lovecraft himself sorta backed away from some of his more extreme opinions later in life. I believe there is a quote of his somewhere where he admits in a letter that his glorification of white anglo-saxon culture was in view of history just as deluded as the protagonists in his fiction about the place of humanity in the cosmos.

@raynafae

4 жыл бұрын

your comment got duplicated into 4 comments, just thought i'd let you know. fascinating take btw :)

@KilloZapit

4 жыл бұрын

@@raynafae Yeah not sure how, but I thought I deleted the duplicates! >_

@jaojao1768

4 жыл бұрын

That is a really good point

@alanpennie8013

4 жыл бұрын

@@KilloZapit Lovecraft is the relatable racist. His racism is a good deal more tolerable than that of his hero Edgar Allan Poe.

@jimmyjamdrops7326

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanpennie8013 relatable racism is such a great term lol

“I can’t look at Greek statues because they awaken something in me!” Character development

@swiftlymurmurs1825

3 жыл бұрын

*This is your reminder that Lovecraft's story The Tree is about two sculptor friends who read (through a modern eye) as incredibly homoerotic*

@arigadatred5395

2 жыл бұрын

The Statue Made Me Bi, by John Linnel* The statue made me bi (bi) The statue made me bi (bi) The monument of marble sent a beam into my eye The statue made me fry (fry) The statue made me fry (fry) Thought I liked only ladies but it turns out I like guys And what they found was just a bisexual standing where the statue made me bi And what they'll find is just a bisexual standing where the statue made you bi (If someone's confused, this is a parody of another, also very weird song) *Couldn't think of a good pun name. Just pretend it's funny.

@malaksafa4074

Ай бұрын

Hi deltarune boy

I remember watching this video years ago and hating it because I was super homophobic and didn't like that you talked about gay people as anything other than bad people. Growing up in American Christian fundamentalism will do that to you. I've since had to confront these biases as I realized that I'm trans and bi. It's wild having the same reaction to this video that you had to the movie. I'm glad I came around. Thanks for making vids, hbomb. ❤

@tortis6342

Жыл бұрын

It do be like that.

@salyx

11 ай бұрын

Welcome out ❤

@moresnqp

10 ай бұрын

aaaa! this made me smile a little i hope you have a wonderful uhh day and life :)

@COOLERthenU

10 ай бұрын

Had me in the first half ngl 💖💙💜 💗💙🤍💙💗

@jackl4349

10 ай бұрын

Congrats on getting out from under the thumb of fundamentalism - from someone who had to do the same.

I think ironically, by writing about how absolutely fucking terrified he was of outsiders, Lovecraft's writing resonated with those very outsiders and their lived experiences.

There is an interesting anectode about Lovercraft's racism and antisemitism: he loathed New York, he thought it was too big, too chaotic and modern, and of course, too diverse. He grew up in a provincial town that was literally just white middle-class people, getting to a city that had all the races and all the social classes was a cultural shock. Anyway, he hated that NY was so diverse and he thought that whoever came to the US from another country should assimilate and be assimilate by the American culture and not, uh, misgenate the pure US culture. However, after a certain event, he changed idea quite drastically, and started believing that immigrants keeping their culture was actually a good thing for the American way of life, that a "pure" US culture doesn't exactly exist and that we would all benefit from meeting with other cultures. The event was overhearing two orthodox Jews in traditional attire talking in Yiddish. So, yeah, it may be possible that what made him realize he was a really racist and antisemitic POS even for the day's standards was realizing Jewish people were, well, people. Oh, and he actually hated East Asians more than anything else in the world. Even his views on black people softened a tad bit, but East Asians were still the real evil to him, and I find it baffling that LITERALLY NO ONE EVER MENTIONS THIS

@jaojao1768

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, Lovecraft was a huge anglophile who (I think) preferred british culture to american, for example he liked to end letters he wrote with "God Save the King!"

@averynerdybookworm972

4 жыл бұрын

GG Allin yup! And she and him separated because of that

@ethanrajczak3041

4 жыл бұрын

@@averynerdybookworm972 It is frequently said they separated cause she moved a lot for her work and HP didn't like that. Most accounts say they were extremely civil and supportive after the divorce.

@paulcoy9060

4 жыл бұрын

Well, obviously he hated East Asians -- it was their connection to the horrible plateau of Leng.

@fellinuxvi3541

4 жыл бұрын

@Big Wee Wee Man I mean fuck colonialism, neo-colonialism, and the monarchy, but they've made some fine tv shows so they can't be all bad.

If anyone feels like watching Cthulhu 2008 because of this video, please be advised that there is a scene in which a woman rapes a gay man. I feel like that is an important thing to note.

@rambletash

5 жыл бұрын

Bless you.

@peppermorrison

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, very helpful

@laureljean4062

5 жыл бұрын

Ugh yeah that scene is one of the reasons I probably won't be able to watch it again anytime soon :(

@jefekeefsosa4998

5 жыл бұрын

@Sir Dankistan dont be a dick nobody ever said that except a hand full of shitty liberals and you know it.

@shotgun6X

5 жыл бұрын

Seriously? Horrific.

I think that Lovecraft’s stories often involve a fear of discovering in oneself that which one loathes. There’s an Internalised Oppression theme where the true terror is in empathising with and/or in becoming the loathed and feared. Which resonates with us who have experiences of Internalised transphobia/homophobia. There’s also perversely a comfort in the uncaring impersonal inhuman entities and threats that allow us to experience a form of horror disconnected to the very real threat of bigoted violence that we experience. It lets us experience horror in the safe way more privileged people do, as a fantasy of enjoyable illusory danger that is over when the book is closed or tv off itv theatre left.

@cuckmulligan7602

4 жыл бұрын

Does...does that make The Prince of Egypt Lovecraftian horror?

@stoutyyyy

3 жыл бұрын

He wrote Shadow Over Innsmouth after finding out he was part Welsh so that makes sense

@helmaschine1885

3 жыл бұрын

"It lets us experience horror in the safe way more privileged people do" The fuck does that even mean. As if you're not priviledged compared to the 90% of people to have ever lived and still live in 3rd world countries.

@baynemacgregor8441

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t dispute having some forms of privilege far above some in third world countries. Because privilege isn’t binary. If you want to understand the concept read up on Intersectionalism. And keep in mind that stats support it so it’s not an argument without evidence.

@alanpennie8013

3 жыл бұрын

@@baynemacgregor8441 A very gracious response to s very stupid comment.

Ad played in the middle of a sentence came out as “You don’t get seven sequels without TRACTOR SUPPLY”

@connorthornberg

3 жыл бұрын

I love when that happens

"Why be alien to eachother when we are all aliens to ourselves?" Holy. Shit. Thanks for that.

@HereComesPopoBawa

5 жыл бұрын

That question rang my head like a bell! I am still trying to process it.

@carlholm7867

5 жыл бұрын

If that's true I'm going full Ellen Ripley with the flamethrower

@Laxhoop

5 жыл бұрын

Arunima Tiwari Wait, he actually said that? Did he actually say that base level, armchair, up-your-own-ass level of “philosophy”, about how humans need to come together... In a video about Lovecraft? Jesus Christ, this guy is more pathetic than Sargon of Applebee’s.

@HereComesPopoBawa

5 жыл бұрын

@@Laxhoop Why do you start by asking one question, and then instantly try turning it into a different question about points which weren't made here? Try watching the video, instead of grasping for context in the dark.

@TheLightningScience

5 жыл бұрын

@@Laxhoop >Doesn't watch video >"FUck ThIS vIdEO!! WhAT a HaCK LoLol" Get the fuck out of here dumbass. Go watch a 3 minute video about Kant or some shit cause we all know you don't have the attention span to watch a 30 minute video.

I just realised I've been pronouncing "H.B. Omberguy" the wrong way all this time.

@MultiMaikimaik

4 жыл бұрын

602 likes, still underrated comment right here

@Matty002

4 жыл бұрын

i will now say it this way thank you

"how is the gay life" fantastic thanks for askin

This video was my introduction to Hbomber and is such a great microcosm of his work. Still waiting for that Night in the Woods video

@neoh-n

2 жыл бұрын

*STILL* waiting for that night in the woods video

@TemmiePlays

2 жыл бұрын

@@neoh-n saw him mention it in passing in a 4 year old video, then searched KZread for it thinking " surely he did it in the next four years " thanks Dan for somehow latching me into this channel. the foldable human

@tentativegazer

2 жыл бұрын

Still waiting...

@i.7525

Жыл бұрын

still waiting.

@ocee630

Жыл бұрын

Still waiting

No insightful comment, just wanted to say I loved it, give it an engagement boost, and say that the homophobic Dad from the film kindof looks like Davis Aurini

@stagpie6449

5 жыл бұрын

HE LOOKED FAMILIAR!

@htibobharley3527

5 жыл бұрын

Philosophy Tube You made the comment I was going to x

@pinkcloudsnightlightbell

5 жыл бұрын

Welp... now .. I... need to find a copy of "Cthul(h)u" and watch it JUST to see if the dad mentions bleeding on a birthing bed or testosterone

@dillonv5345

5 жыл бұрын

*opens dusty cabinet, pulls out skull*

@PhillipFry3000

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't his name Aruni?

Brecht Stoker? Bram Strotsky? I think you did pretty good.

@TrumpCardMAGA

5 жыл бұрын

LOL two likes and no comments on this. Are there that few hbombguys that are also basement bois? If you commented on digi's or BGEs videos you would be swimming in the likes. Hell he brought up Nyx also and I can watch em talk to that skeleton for hours too. I must be in a exclusive club.

@EmissaryofWind

5 жыл бұрын

Scam Broker? Going a bit in the opposite direction there

@alexlangrock4225

5 жыл бұрын

YEET! You watch Hbomb?

@kasaneteto4904

5 жыл бұрын

Mother's Basement my dude

@kasaneteto4904

5 жыл бұрын

Mother's Basement I love your video!

Fuck man this got me in the feels. I’m straight myself but I grew up not liking football or beer and sports etc. And as such my dad treated me like I was gay, he bat me and threw me through a fence once over it. It didn’t help that all the beatings crippled my self esteem so I couldn’t get a girl to prove him wrong or just make the hate stop. It’s cool now, I’m 27, have a loving girlfriend I plan to marry and I’ve not seen my dad in nearly a decade.

@panadocoughsyrup

5 ай бұрын

Your dad sounds like a prick. Also, I was the same, I understand how you feel. Though my father was fortunately not a prick.

No matter how many times I rewatch this, the Night in the Woods video never seems to appear.

Vampire stories, especially Dracula, also reflected the gender norms of Victorian England. The ideal Victorian man was high-minded, honorable, genteel, and composed -- he had his carnal instincts under control, even in matters of love. Dracula feigns that gentlemanly exterior but hides a monster underneath that is driven only by carnal lust/hunger. There are real sexual overtones to the magic Dracula uses to seduce victims, and most of those victims are "honorable" (virgin), beautiful, young adult women. The class overtones are there too, of course, and your broader point that monsters are externalized avatars of social fears makes total sense -- in this case, the fear of the dapper gentleman who's secretly a cad.

@Ninchennase

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the national elitist undertones - Dracula isn't British or Irish after all, his opponents are (well, Van Helsing is Dutch but that's almost the same, right?). He's the evil uncontrollable foreign invader who's after "our women".

@matthewmuir8884

5 жыл бұрын

I should point out that Bram Stoker, the author of the original book, was Irish.

@nicmarilyn2986

5 жыл бұрын

@Sir Dankistan it's ok to disagree with another person's interpretation of media- and if you do that's fine! but it's still a valid reading imo. The long scenes of travel for instance, and dracula's being literally shipped into the country all lend themselves as evidence for this interpretation

@VictorDobre4893

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ninchennase Wasn`t Dracula a Transylvanian count? How is he an invader? The story has nothing tot do with England.

@Ninchennase

5 жыл бұрын

@@VictorDobre4893 Yes, Dracula was a Transylvanian count who wreaked havoc in England, so it's quite astounding you think he's got nothing to do with England.

Is this your official coming out video?? an HP Lovecraft themed coming out video??? Marry me????????

@TheP1x3l

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Shippey I feel the same way about this hahaha

@the_cosmic_alexolotl2282

5 жыл бұрын

he’s so valid

@pinkcloudsnightlightbell

5 жыл бұрын

RIGHT??????

@lovableasshole

5 жыл бұрын

You'll have to wrestle me for him. Mud or no mud; your choice.

@TheP1x3l

5 жыл бұрын

@hbomberguy you have men fighting over you now. How does it feel?

In the time since this video came out, I have: -Played night in the woods in preparation for the upcoming video -Had it make a profound impact on me -Realised I was trans -Stole the name of the protagonist in honour of that impact and also because it's just a nice name -Lived for over 2 years as a woman named Mae I do wonder if that video might ever come out someday

Just read The Colour out of Space and thought of this video. "The bloodroots grew insolent in their chromatic perversion" is definitely a keeper.

@Lucifersfursona

10 ай бұрын

That’s how I sound when I just like the phonetic rhythm of words and have no interest in the structure of the sentence or wtf it says He’s allowed but “Fuckin immature of these bloodroots to change color all willy nilly” sir-

Del Toro has so many beautiful projects that just get shelved, damn.

@juanpablomontalvo4715

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see what Lovecraft would think of the shape of water, it’s literally the exact opposite of shadow over Insmouth romantic sex between a mute woman and a fish man that eventually maybe turns her into a fish woman

@alanpennie8013

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanpablomontalvo4715 Heavens. The Shape of Water basically IS gender swapped Shadow over Innsmouth.

@juanpablomontalvo4715

4 жыл бұрын

Alan Pennie Only the fish fucking is seen as a good thing and the bad people are the humans

@alanpennie8013

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanpablomontalvo4715 I can see Lovecraft first vomiting, and then accepting that these things are true. A bit like his character in Shadow.

H. P. Bombercraft: cult videomaker of awesomeness

@spooke_e6679

5 жыл бұрын

EmperorTigerstar First Shaun now here? I'm liking you more and more dude

@jaojao1768

5 жыл бұрын

EmperorTigerstar hey cool that you like both Shaun and Hbomberguy. Have you checked out Three Arrows?

@KingsandGenerals

5 жыл бұрын

Three Arrows is so good, it is not even fair.

@EmperorTigerstar

5 жыл бұрын

Sir Jaojao yup! I love 3 arrows!

@jaojao1768

5 жыл бұрын

EmperorTigerstar that's great! I really like him too

This hits different after J.K. Rowling outed herself as a TERF. I've always been drawn to Lovecraft and many sci-fi and fantasy and horror stories and you've helped me to think about the connection I have with the works in a deeper way. Thanks for that, great video

@sprightlyoaf9583

Жыл бұрын

Harry Potter Lovecraft I don't have a setup for that joke, so there it is

@JoshSweetvale

9 ай бұрын

See, here's the thing: Lovecraft _changed his mind._ I've yet to see the bitter scot dry hag do that.

@galaxychill9578

8 ай бұрын

unlike him she's unfortunately still alive

@Icestar980

8 ай бұрын

You hate JK because she has one different opinion from you. Wow that a small minded thing to do.

@Icestar980

8 ай бұрын

@@galaxychill9578Something tells me you don’t like many people.

I know you've hinted at it but explicitly stating it has never been easy for anyone. I'm bi too and only recently came to terms with this in the last few years. Telling my family has been mixed results so far but I don't regret doing it. You're not alone at all and its amazing that you've made me remember I'm not alone either. Keep up the amazing work!

@pluvio154

3 жыл бұрын

I'm bi too, almost no one knows, except my gf and my sister. Didn't want to accept it for a long time but my (also bi) gf was very much helping me with accepting myself. I'm very proud of you and thanks for sharing :)

@rageagainstthemicrowave1313

2 жыл бұрын

@@pluvio154 bi+bi relationships are the best lol. other bi's just get it.

@RogerBluesky

Жыл бұрын

Bi man here as well✌ We all can and should celebrate our bravery to allow ourselves....To be. And, most importantly, be visible. Thank You for sharing, bro. It has been(and still is) a very multi-shade journey for me as well. Take care, much Love.💙

This is so wonderfully honest. I also liked the deliberate wording of "I decided that I hated it."

I KNOW THE DIRECTOR OF CTHULHU DAN GILDARK! He's a great guy and I love working on stuff with him in Seattle. I'm so happy to see someone give him a decent analysis of his film. Thank you HBomberguy, I'll be sure to pass this along to Dan. This is probably the nicest thing I've seen anyone say about this movie!

@blackanimecat2

5 жыл бұрын

griffin09 oh wow what a coincidence

@gildark1

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Griffin! Dan Gildark here the director of CTHULHU. H.bomberguy, I can not tell you how touched I am that this film resonated with you in such a deep way (eventually -ha!) I made it for all of us outsiders. Your video is a beautiful testament how the art we create can help us feel less alone. Sending so much love and gratitude your way. Higher res version with extra footage: kzread.info/dash/bejne/paN4tc1plZyTn84.html With commentary so filmmakers don't make the same mistakes we did;) kzread.info/dash/bejne/o3eCp6OKZK2Wf5s.html

@HorstEwald

5 жыл бұрын

@pinkcloudsnightlightbell

5 жыл бұрын

BEST. COMMENT. ON. KZread. I'm literally transcendingngng oh my god can this be Pinned Comment or WHAT!?

I find it kinda fascinating how I, a bisexual woman, manage to find creators that I just kinda vibe with and than BOOM they come out as bisexual. Wow. You go, king ✨

as a transgender person living on central texas the shadow over innsmouth really touches something in me, and the knowledge that lovecraft would have despised me makes it that kuch sweeter

@its_nat_I_guess

2 жыл бұрын

Trans teen in Oregon here. You’re not alone!

@NioFiota

Жыл бұрын

I hope you moved out. Things are not going so well in Texas :(

When talking about how racist Lovecraft was, I was surprised that you never touched on how The Shadow over Innsmouth is a story about the dangers of race mixing.

@ceruchi2084

4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for it the whole time too. And the real horror at the end is that the narrator has a corrupted bloodline!

@lippabalda2892

4 жыл бұрын

He wrote it about dangerous cults in New England, according to his letters.

@alejandrorivas4585

4 жыл бұрын

@@lippabalda2892 lol, it was about the realization that he was part welsh

@purple-flowers

4 жыл бұрын

According the the literary framework established by Roland Barthes in his essay "death of the author" which posits that the interpretation of any text lies solely on the reader and authorial intent bares no importance on any sort subtext that may or may not be found in a work. Therefore the shadow over innsmouth is in fact a depiction of furries, and that the theme of this writing establishes truest path of nature lies in the postmodern melding of animals and humans in a cartoon erotic context. In this TED talk I will walk you through Lovecraft's work line by line to establish my line of reasoning while simultaneously pulling from relevant cultural contexts both from the time of writing as well as current themes...

@Nanook128

4 жыл бұрын

@@purple-flowers I would argue that saying it is inaccurate to claim that you can't have a reading of the text that considers the author's intent. Death of the author should allow for additional interpretations outside of what the author intended it.

Thanks again for the shout out.

@amelieh9499

5 жыл бұрын

Nyx Fears nyx i love you!!!

@CERTAIND00M

5 жыл бұрын

When you find out your American movie dad knows your British movie dad...

@sirtoby4939

5 жыл бұрын

Nyx Fears ... aaaand subbed.

@itgaam

5 жыл бұрын

Joel Farrelly shes not a dad. She a mom.

@Idontknowwhat2type

5 жыл бұрын

You deserve more recognition nyx.

I just discovered this channel from an spanish youtuber named Dayoscript. I'm form Argentina, but i can understand english very well. Even so, i thanked a lot that your video has english subtitles, that made not lose some parts. Suscribed! You're amazing!

@silcrow4045

3 жыл бұрын

Ayo! Another non English dude here. The fact that you use subtitles to watch videos makes me happy so ill try to do the subtitles for bomber too

@Catterjeeo

2 жыл бұрын

It Is always difficult to understand the English

@blake.1312

2 жыл бұрын

Dayo copia bastante los trabajos de Hbomber.

@Soot5007

2 жыл бұрын

@@Catterjeeo On behalf of all English dialects, slang, and weird idioms, I'm sorry.

We deal with this kind of thing in music history all the time. Particularly Wagner's Ring Cycle. For those of you who don't know, Richard Wagner blamed his initial lack of success in opera on all the Jewish theater owners. He even wrote an essay about this called "Jewishness in Music." To say nothing of the fact that the music from the Ring Cycle was a personal favorite of Hitler's. My teacher called him the world's first Nazi.

and approaching a year we still wait for night in the woods :(

@claudiag.9307

4 жыл бұрын

I just started watching hbomberguy out of order and this hook really got me like "omg he did a night in the woods video? How did I miss it" and then I saw it wasn't there :(

@malachorfives

4 жыл бұрын

I was searching for this comment! I'm glad other people are still waiting for it too, maybe if we keep reminding him gently he will gift it to us avsbd

@21lizra

4 жыл бұрын

@@malachorfives He's said on his patreon that it is still coming and he is working on it, but it's taking him more time than he originally thought. There's also been some recent news thats come out about one of the people involved in the development, and it just isn't the right time. (From what I can remember of the patreon post)

@allancruz4069

4 жыл бұрын

@@21lizra thanks a lot for the update, I was actually curious if he still wanted to release the video in light of all the controversy and tragedy on the maker of the game.

@june4135

4 жыл бұрын

s-still... waiting...

It looks like that joke about male Greek statues awakening something in hbomb in the virtue signaling video was a lot more accurate than expected

@oof-rr5nf

5 жыл бұрын

Pen Palz Yep. This was the first video of his I've watched. When I went to see other recent content and came across that bit, I had the same thought. Honestly, more the bicons in my life I get, the better it is.

@oof-rr5nf

5 жыл бұрын

@Alabaster Laserblaster Holy smokes. That sounds lovely! Imma go check it out.

@oof-rr5nf

5 жыл бұрын

@Maple A. thaaaaaanks.

@uglygirldoes2420

5 жыл бұрын

What's funny is that when I saw that video, I did a mental double check--was he joking. And my conclusion from his tone, etc, was no he wasn't.

"Have they perhaps, seen the face of an uncaring universe?" Excellent line, so good

@quadeevans6484

2 жыл бұрын

Fits with your pfp too

24:30 A friend of mine in uni was doing extensive research on Lovecraft's personal life and works. Her research was done in Deland, FL, the same place where Lovecraft visited Barlow in summer 1934. There was a not insignificant amount of evidence pointing to a romantic relationship between the two. As far as I know, she never released her research in any official or peer-reviewed form, but the stories she told about it were fascinating.

I'm bisexual. I've accepted it within myself. It took a long time. I've just turned 30. The story is too long to fully explore in a youtube comment but hearing you say those things out loud means a lot to me. I know the strength that took. I am not "out" because I live in the southern US and I don't really like most people here and don't feel that they deserve to know such a deep and vulnerable part of me. My wife knows. We have even shared men together. I feel so lucky that I get to explore and accept that part of myself with my wife. With privacy and intimacy. I know not everyone is afforded that luxury. Hearing you talk about your sexuality openly to all of us has inspired me to own my own sexuality more directly. I don't have much of a point with this comment other than to thank you for being yourself. I respect you and your work so it's empowering to know that you can be so honest about who you are - so I know that I can too.

@pinkcloudsnightlightbell

5 жыл бұрын

💙💙💙 About to cry reading your comment. To you and your wife the warmest December holiday wishes....!💓

@deceseze

5 жыл бұрын

@@l.s.8201 i think you got that backwards lol

@oof-rr5nf

5 жыл бұрын

OP you are my bicon.

@lowlyanon9211

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the bi club :D

@nyctotheory

4 жыл бұрын

One year later, your comment is touching people still. I too am in the south and it can be really hard, but support networks make it all so much easier. May you have many happy years in your future my friend.

"Bram stoker, more like... Bram S-TROTSKY" You can forward any and all royalties to my paypal

@cpeithman999

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, all those royalties were shot trying to escape.

21:52 According to his Jewish wife, they broke up partially because his antisemite affirmations were so many that at a certain point she just couldn't take it any more.

in case anyone's trying to catch the caption at 24:18, it's "Samuel Loveman [nominative determinism joke here]"

I'm really gonna be that bitch right now and make my thoughtful, introspective, thankful comment later: bicon

@the_cosmic_alexolotl2282

5 жыл бұрын

oh big mood

@representationmetaphorique

5 жыл бұрын

#IAmADirtyComputer WeisessXboymeetsevil I can confirm that I did

@Nuibuddy

5 жыл бұрын

This is truly the gift that will keep on giving.

@moeszyslak3097

5 жыл бұрын

Harris Bomberbi

@TalysAlankil

5 жыл бұрын

#IAmADirtyComputer WeisessXboymeetsevil didn't hbomb already mention it on curiouscat a few weeks ago?

in honour of pride month i am back again to watch this and also because my lecturer tried to call lovecraft "a man of principle"

@cpeithman999

5 жыл бұрын

a fine principle here: "not all principles are created equal." You could adhere to a strict personal code of lunatic bullshit and still be a "principled" person. It's a meaningless accolade.

@nualahalpin6119

4 жыл бұрын

His principle was racism but he never wavered from it, so I guess you could say that?

@UCH6H9FiXnPsuMhyIKDOlsZA

4 жыл бұрын

He was a man of principle. His principles were things like "interbreeding with poorly bred people is utterly, horrifyingly disgusting" and "anyone who isn't rich, white, from my hometown, with a long ancestry there, is disgusting" and "you can tell someone is a member of a death cult because they're non-white". Those are principles. Stupid principles that you'd do well not to live by, of course, but priniciples nonetheless that Lovecraft stuck to his whole life.

@no_peace

4 жыл бұрын

The principle is bigotry

@hedgehog3180

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if you punched him because you had a strong principle of being anti-racist if he'd still consider being "a man of principle" admirable.

"How's gay life? Is it satisfying" me, living in an overtly homophobic country and in the south on top of that: well,

WHERES THE NIGHT IN THE WOODS VIDEO, SPLEMBY? WE'RE STILL WAITING

@tortis6342

3 ай бұрын

Lol. I'm beginning to think it was scrapped or something.

The "it was a different time" excuse does not work for Lovecraft at all, as even at the time his colleagues and his wife believed that he was a pretty huge racist, even for back then

@12halo3

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he was a product of his environment and time.

@devonmolina5200

5 жыл бұрын

@@12halo3 If his words are enough to discomfort other racists in his timeframe, he is beyond just a product of his environment.

@12halo3

5 жыл бұрын

@@devonmolina5200 it's not like he was going through shit and hated himself just as much as he hated other groups.

@ycylchgames

4 жыл бұрын

A metropole is a parent state of a colony. I'm guessing you mean metropolis, or are you literally saying you moved to an imperial colony of some kind despite it being 2019?

@Srymak

4 жыл бұрын

"It was a different time." excuse loses a lot of power when you consider that John Brown was born in 1800.

Whenever someone decides to make a Lovecraftian story, they can approach it in two ways. Explore the external, cosmic horror of incomprehensible beings looming over mankind, or the internal, psychological horror of paranoia, isolation and questioning one's sanity and identity. They're both very strong themes in his work, which is why The Thing, Shape of Water and Cthulhu can all be considered Lovecraftian despite being wildly different stories.

@Fickji

5 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to think the movies The Stepford Wives and Get Out are Lovecraftian retellings of The Shadow over Innsmouth. Great. Now everything is racist, sexist, and Lovecraftian. And I must point it all out :D

@3vil3lvis

5 жыл бұрын

It is sad that this video couldn't have explored these themes more, instead we get a diatribe colored by the lens of the LGBTQ, SJW , and Marxist communities intent on discrediting what is one of the quintessential bodies of work in the horror genre. The only horror here is the baggage that the presenter brought with him to the review.

@part-timepartytime9621

5 жыл бұрын

3vil3vils I mean, do you know where you are? What did you expect? Everything this guy makes could have been described by what you just commented. But what's great is you can watch someone else, probably someone as bored of current topics as you are, and nod your head in time with the echoes.

@wownopop

5 жыл бұрын

HBomb literly said near he end that he admired lovecraft's work and rejects who he was as a person. So I don't think he's criticizing his work as much as you're implying. Also, I thought he did a wonderful job explaining why his sexuality was pertinent in understanding lovecraft's literature. It's weird that you make the criticism that he doesn't focus on the core themes of lovecraft's work enough because he merely used his experiences with his sexuality to better understand the previously mentioned themes. I'm not going to sit here and justify why this video was gay - because he does a very good job alreadt. However, I am going to wonder why you think he's trying to discredit lovecraft's work and why you think his sexuality should've been irrelevant or more unimportant. Not really sure why you describe him discussing his sexuality as a lens. His experiences with sexuality identity have made him feel isolated and confused in the past and, although he technically didn't need to bring up his experiences to express his opinion, I, as a gay male, found them relateable and an easy way to make what might be hard to understand understandable. So to describe the effect his sexuality has had on his life as and by relation how hIs perception changed as a lens is.... Strange? Are you wrong? No. But how did him sharing an experience that he directly related to some of lovecraft's stories detract from the focus on the themes?

@evanhiltzik00

5 жыл бұрын

Well the latter comes as a symptom of the former, generally yeah?

I only just noticed the significance of how, at the end of the video, you use music from Night in the Woods; a game which absolutely has a lovecraftian horror in it and also plays on themes of feeling like an outsider.

@foxinsocks4693

Жыл бұрын

Haven’t finished the video yet but I’m gonna have to listen for that now, love the music from that game

“I can’t even say his cat’s name” “Really? Huh, I wonder how bad it could bHOLY SHIT”

Saying "Lovecraft was a product of his time" desperately undersells what was going on there. Lovecraft was behind his times even then; he liked to post-date his letters and pretend he was sending them in 1693 instead of 1933. He was a wannabe Puritan in the modern age. It informs his writing but it also shows how outdated his attitudes were when he wrote.

@MrGemHunter

5 жыл бұрын

in his youth, he modernized by the end of his life. Its almost like being a maladjusted socially isolated loser doesnt do you well.

@alanritchie7850

5 жыл бұрын

Ironically he was an atheist as well

@TheSugarRay

5 жыл бұрын

That is something else.

@alexzhu4756

5 жыл бұрын

IMO Lovecraft idolized the culture of the Puritans (against hedonism, against vanity, very high literacy, and a strict theocratic hierarchy) rather than their religion per se. For someone who was afraid of sex, despised romance and vanity, and who viewed humanity overall as a little village with a little wood palisade erected against a vast, indifferent and hostile New World, I do believe Lovecraft did strongly identify with Puritans.

@alejandromolina7270

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah...The Street, Red Hook, and He says how he really felt about society and other people outside his ethnicity. And although his views did changed at the end of his life, he was still racist.

Let me give you my interpretation of HP Lovecraft. Let me give a little context: 1. I'm black. 2. I am a straight male. 3. I am in the middle class if not closer to the upper middle class. 4. I, at one time, described myself as a "gamer" in my early 20s (I am 25 now). I loved HP Lovecraft at first. I mean I played WoW (world of warcraft) and to find out C'thun=C'thulu was cool. Then there was South Park showing its love for Lovecraft and its hate for Beiber and I was like "Where do I sign up." It took me years to actually read a short story. And it was like staring into the madness of White Supremacy and the fear of the racial and cultural other itself. Honestly, I couldn't do anything but chuckle. Was not heart broken. Was not even mad. Just laughed. I guess on some level I was like "Of course! A person who had such an affect on my life would absolutely hate me if he met me, oh the irony." Or I was just used to the concept of people hating me (raised in rural white America in Ohio and I wasn't exactly a nice person so...) that it just never really bothered me. The thing is... I think Lovecraft's fear came from him understanding that this universe is uncaring and cruel, including to people like him. People he had spent his whole life being told were of "superior stock". It must have been devastating for him for both of his parents to be dead and for him to have such physical and psychological issues. To the point where he felt like he needed to justify every little thing in response to his world view. Why believe the idea that you aren't the center of the universe when you could believe the idea you are the victim to an unfeeling cosmos and all the racial minorities, poor people, and LGBT people are servants of malignant or uncaring godly creatures that have no basis in reality but for some reason do? I think on some level though, like you were saying, he knew otherwise. I kind of wish the guy could've lived through WW2. I wonder what his stories would have been like after seeing the real horrors the ideals of "superior stock" has brought upon millions. Or would he have just stayed the same but been a socialist kind of? Who knows... and we never will. In the end his fear was both of the unknown (his whole world view being shattered piece by piece and not knowing what to do about it) and what he already did know (he was a foreigner in his own skin aka he could not live up to the expectations of his own views).

@robertbingham8053

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent comment. I've been re-reading my H.P. Lovecraft anthology and came to a similar opinion as you. He was told he was of superior stock (rich white male of the late 1800s), but he was so sickly and frail and his dead parents, etc. He had to rationalize this by demoting the other race to animalistic savages. It was the only way to justify his "superiority". Fortunately, being dead for a quite a while allows one to separate the good from the bad. He is no longer racist - he is dead.

@elmoisred616

5 жыл бұрын

Well put dude. Gave me food for thought

@cthulhufhtagn2483

4 жыл бұрын

Well said. I really enjoyed reading that.

@alanpennie8013

4 жыл бұрын

The Nothing Man. I think your last sentence sums up this tormented writer extremely well.

@dakotaadams189

3 жыл бұрын

If he'd lived to see the age of the Bomb we would have gotten some good shit.

Just looked up Lovecraft's cat name and last time I saw racism that bad Steven Crowder was talking about meth in the soil

@seigeengine

3 жыл бұрын

... I wish the thing I was focusing on was something other than how weird of a name that is regardless of the racism.

YOU CANT JUST BAIT ME WITH THAT NIGHT IN THE WOODS AT THE END AND THEN NOT MAKE A NIGHT IN THE WOODS VIDEO

"I liked thinking I was smart." - Recovering Objectivists, 1957-????

@stagpie6449

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@SLDrisk

5 жыл бұрын

I can attest I thought I knew all I needed in High School. I also thought any music that wasn't thrash metal was crap. Thank god I grew up.

@PBDNR

5 жыл бұрын

Drippage I thought that dubstep was the only good music, because normal music was only about things like sex money and drugs.

@SLDrisk

5 жыл бұрын

Princess Bubblegum did nothing wrong there is literally no response to that other than "that was a great response."

someone pointed out hp lovecraft always looks like he's hiding a bird in his mouth and now I can't unsee it

I had no idea H.bomb wasn’t straight. I didn’t even consider it and now I feel like I need to rethink the way I assume things. I needed this. Thank you. I love you and everything you make even if I’m late to the party

@galaxychill9578

8 ай бұрын

I mean he did say he can't look at Greek statues because he makes them feel some type of way in one video

@tortis6342

4 ай бұрын

@@galaxychill9578 dude which video was that?

Really looking forward to that night in the woods video

"Art is lies in service of truth." I like that.

I think this is your best video yet. Very personal. Quite beautiful actually. Thanks for sharing.

@pinkcloudsnightlightbell

5 жыл бұрын

mY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!!! And I know now that a lot of people...will leave the channel because this world rewards that kind of offhanded rejection you know? `Can't believe this gaming-commentator & rational leftist is one of tHOSE PEOPLE.` Meanwhile I feel pleasantly surprised--and seen, and related to, and represented... LMAO

I rewatch this video whenever I feel dysphoric again, it holds such a special place in my heart

Butler Hospital, where both of Lovecraft's parents died, is still a working psychiatric hospital in Providence. I am a psychiatrist there, and I always like to mention this interesting history to applicants and students. It is sad how many people don't know about whom I'm talking.

My favorite soyboy

@starmaker75

5 жыл бұрын

he a soyman.

@114Lazy

5 жыл бұрын

RyanIn2D pls... he is a soy cthulhu

@starmaker75

5 жыл бұрын

you may be meat milk drinker but me, I’M SOYMAN*drink a gallom of soy milk*

@AwokenGenius

5 жыл бұрын

Soy boys are weak af

@0xlamon

5 жыл бұрын

Yog-Soy-thoth

Just finished part one and boy oh boy, you made me cry, H.Bomberguy. Those feelings of "assumed straight" and the fear of being around an abusive person, boy did those strike home. Thank you for your eloquence, even having thought of all these things myself, I don't think I've ever heard it put so concisely As of part four I was wondering if Lindsay's "Monster Boyfriend" perspective would be touched on, and then I hear her voice! Wonderful

@pinkcloudsnightlightbell

5 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of someone, ever, at all, in actual earnestness going and opening their face hole and saying "you're going to die of AIDS" and--............well, at least such shows about trans and LGBPQ folk like me as Pose are undoing the trauma and blatant lies. I read a tweet today that said that cis-heteros by and large enjoy it and must R E C O M M E N D to others and in any case the attempt will get to tell you which ones to cut out of your life--for physical and emotional safety I presume.

*looks up Lovecraft's cat. oh no...

The part of the video where Hbomb essentially says “this guys work used to mean something to me on a deeply profound level, but now I’ve realized he’s a complete piece of shit” (At around 21:20) really resonates with me because I feel the same way about Notch. Back in middle school, I was really interested in Markus Persson and I remember reading a biography about his life and writing an essay about him for school. He’s lead a really fascinating life and the story of how he made Minecraft is fascinating. Stories about how he buried himself in coding to deal with his father and sister’s drug abuse are still really tragic. And back then I really wanted to be a programmer, so I kind of looked up to him. And looking at him now, he’s a racist, misogynist, homophobe and Qanon believer. I used to look up to this guy, and now he’s a piece of shit. And mainly for this reason, I really fucking hate the “hatsune miku created Minecraft” meme. I get all the things that it’s trying to do; like how Minecraft has been shaped by the fans and other employees of Mojang, and that notch hasn’t been involved in the development of the game for years now. And I know it’s all supposed to be a big joke. But I still don’t think that kind of erasure is good. To use an old cliché, “those who forget their history are destined to repeat it,” and if we just erase Notch’s name, legacy and controversies from Minecraft, then we’ll keep getting blindsided when popular creators turn out to be pieces of shit, which will continue to happen. Now I’m not saying that we should glorify Notch. Far from it. There’s a very wide margin between glorification and revisionism. I’m saying that notch should be remembered in full. For both the great accomplishments he made and the piece of shit he is. For the both the great struggles he’s endured and the amount of people he’s disappointed or outright harmed.

@yoavsnake

3 жыл бұрын

+

@eshix4089

3 жыл бұрын

For the record, even the creator of the "Hatsune Miku made Minecraft" meme shares your opinion.

@red-rax

3 жыл бұрын

@@eshix4089 really?

@eshix4089

3 жыл бұрын

@@red-rax i think it was a few months ago, they tweeted out "one year ago I made a joke and permanently crippled critical thinking on the internet" or something like that

This video reminds of one Lindsay Ellis did a couple of months ago that touched on why marginalized people often resinate with horror stories: “My Monster Boyfriend”

@fukyomammason

5 жыл бұрын

That would be an excellent crossover.

@blindbeholder9713

5 жыл бұрын

@@fukyomammason Wouldn't it be funny if that crossover were as simple and subtle as her reading a quote in his video?

@fukyomammason

5 жыл бұрын

Blind Beholder Too bad that’ll never happen...

@GrayYeonWannabe

5 жыл бұрын

ugh i read frankenstein's monster in sr yr of h.s. and it was so distressing to read & also hear my classmates just blindly hate the monster that i literally did not finish the book (i know how it ends) and almost failed the class bc i couldnt bring myself to write the final essay. i feel this so hard

@alanpennie8013

4 жыл бұрын

@@GrayYeonWannabe It's a desperately sad story. Frankenstein is such a douche and The Monster is driven to murderous rage by repeated rejection.

NIGHT!!!! IN!!!!!!! THE!!!!!!!!!!!! WOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@UndeadFangtooth

5 жыл бұрын

dex kael yes this comment needs to be heeded

@ZombieSharky

5 жыл бұрын

i ran to the comments hoping someone would reassure that's what he meant, thanks

@DavidSterlingdrs

5 жыл бұрын

best game of all time ever

@ovahlord1451

5 жыл бұрын

found a d-dollar found a d-dollar

@dillonv5345

5 жыл бұрын

damn, i was thinking either VVitch or It Comes At Night but u rite, u rite

This is still my favourite hbomberguy video, I appreciate his willingness to open up about his own sexuality in talking about how this man he idolized growing up didn't have a mindset that he agreed with, and how that affected harris' thoughts of Lovecrafts work. I find the idea to be interesting, having a group of people whose belief's didn't line up with an author's at all still be drawn to and praise his work not just despite the fact but also somewhat because of it. I felt truly connected with this video and have now watched it 4 times through.

I have this same sort of relationship with the Ender's Game books. They're hugely influential, massively useful (especially for anyone who had the "gifted child" label slapped on them at some point), and also written by a huge homophobic piece of shit. I refuse to buy new copies of the books, I've pirated the audiobooks and kindle versions, because I refuse to support Card in any way, but holy shit do I think everyone needs to read those books.

@manixter

5 ай бұрын

And like lovecraft, being deep in the closet probably contributed to his homophobia

I think your explanation of coming to terms with your sexual orientation over time through your relationship to the movie was really, really interesting, as well as really profound. Ive lived through those experiences with not understanding myself, and hearing you speak words I’ve been thinking for years since I came out as bisexual and later transgender really meant a lot. Good video as usual, and thank you for producing content that gives viewers a good look into the media you talk about, as well as a view into your own life and person.

@johnblack4307

5 жыл бұрын

Eggboy22 i think you mean profound, prolific means something is produced in large numbers, like a youtuber who releases multiple videos a day is prolific

@iversiafanatic

5 жыл бұрын

John Black thank you for explaining words to me. I do not know what I would do without you explaining to me on a very personal comment exactly how I fucked up my grammar. I really appreciate it.

@iversiafanatic

5 жыл бұрын

To be fair you are right about the grammar tho. Edited my comment

@pinkcloudsnightlightbell

5 жыл бұрын

I'm trans and bi as well and I felt the same way about this

This video is too good to be real

@MisterAppleEsq

5 жыл бұрын

Your music definitely helps.

@alexphotoman

5 жыл бұрын

He's amazing simply....

@crackedrod6778

5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are good too, boo

@lucca_who

5 жыл бұрын

Im proud of you for finally getting to read a comment

@Zvox

5 жыл бұрын

your videos are too good to be real as well

Funny how Cthulhu is what most people think is the most iconic Lovecraft story but in reality Shadow Over Innsmouth is by far the more prevalent story in modern culture from him.

@JoshSweetvale

9 ай бұрын

The reason for that is because Howard badgered him into writing an adventure story, where the narrative follows a dude in deep shit. Whereas Lovecraft taught Howard the spectacle of the distant, uncaring god.

I honestly believe Lovecraft was a true ‘Xenophobe’. As in he didn’t dislike any specific group, sexuality or whatever, he just disliked anything that seemed strange to him and everything around him that caused him suffering. Which is not necessarily better but interesting I guess

@saulgallagher5668

8 ай бұрын

Case in point: he has a story about air con units

@BeesechurgerProductions

5 ай бұрын

Late reply but: he's probably one of the only people whose Xenophobia was genuinely a phobia. The idea of being exposed to foreign people, concepts and objects both in the sense of "things from other countries" and "things unfamiliar" terrified him.

"You already know that the idea of a powerful monster out there somewhere beneath the sea can actually be the least of a person's problem". Not only can it be the least of a person's problem, but to me it's almost been a source of comfort. An uncaring universe is a universe that doesn't judge, monsters from beyond don't care about your skin colour, your gender, or your sexual orientation. And to me it's almost reassuring that something, anything, can make the people who make me feel powerless and anxious everyday as miserable and terrified as they make me. And that while they can hurt us, queer people of colour, allegedly because of the fear we cause them, there is nothing they can do against beings of such tremendous powers. (Also, thank you so much for this video, it was great and I cried watching it.)

@WolfHreda

4 жыл бұрын

That is the queerest, most nihilistic, and frankly amazing thing I've ever read. Fucking cheers, Noctella. May we all spiral into madness together. 🍸

@arandomcomment1092

4 жыл бұрын

Might be nothing, but I loved to see you as another queer person of color here. Even when the world silences us for who we are, we at least have the comfort that we aren't alone, and can even reach out.

@electra3516

4 жыл бұрын

This comment... Absolutely magnificent thank YOU. I’ve been so fully understood by a stranger on KZread it feels weird lol. Wish you the best wherever you are and keep being you. We stand together.

@DevinParker

3 жыл бұрын

I'm still kind of reeling from the insightfulness of your observation. Thank you for saying this.

@silcrow4045

3 жыл бұрын

Existential comfort I think we call it?

If the deep ones in the shadow over innsmouth had crazy good butts like the fishman in the Del Toro film, then I don't blame the villagers for interbreeding with them.

@LimeyLassen

5 жыл бұрын

Life, er, finds a way

@leiram8833

5 жыл бұрын

Not only crazy good butts, but the promise of eternal life & the ability to breathe underwater to boot! It's a win-win!

@eziraphale8436

5 жыл бұрын

also those luscious fish lips, after seeing shape of water i've decided that bipedal fish men are the only men i want in my life.

Zombies are a good example of something that we desire. Our love ones around forever. It is both a desire and a perversion of that desire. Perversion of a desire is the true existential horror. I think it more take from his works what you bring into the work.

For me growing up, the muggleborns in the harry potter universe were such an obvious metafor for transpeople, not beeing seen as "real" wizards due to being born "wrong" . It really helped me deal with feelings I hadn't yet fully accepted. So even if I never read Lovecraft I can really sympathies with the video.

Quality over quantity is the best way to describe your channel. Now all we need is an hour and half Fallout 4 rant video and your channel would be more perfect.

@johnkane7949

5 жыл бұрын

And that Skyrim rant that we were so unjustly DENIED! lol

@dioblanco887

5 жыл бұрын

fuck off scuffed justin y

@cole1714

5 жыл бұрын

what is there too rant about in a perfect game????

@purpleblah2

5 жыл бұрын

No, do Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines instead

@BridgeEntertainment2001

5 жыл бұрын

There's a starman waiting in the sky He needs to do 13 reasons why is garbage it's the most sadistic and destructive show I ever saw

"Im shure Lovecrafts racism can't have been that bad ... WTF is a nautical-looking negro!" XD

The thing is Lovecraft did write a poignant and beautiful set of stories, his Dream Cycle. The Strange High House in the Mist, Quest of Iranon, Celephais, Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The Silver Key. Especially Dream-Quest, if you can't tear up when Nyarlathotep reveals the nature of Carter's sunset city, you have a heart of stone.

Lovecraft's racism and other fears are precisely why his style of horror resonates so strongly with people. He managed to translate his genuine (if unfounded) fears of the other into a form of storytelling that is easy for readers to identify with. You likely don't have the same fears that Lovecraft had when he wrote his works, but you do have fears just as genuine and terrifying as he did, so you can easily relate to the works at hand.

@graphitehat994

2 жыл бұрын

i think this comment comes closest to describing how I feel about H.P.

@taistelusammakko5088

5 ай бұрын

Idk how all of you think all of his work is based on his racism. Like in his world humanity itself was created accidently and is totally meaningless.