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• 1000kindsofrain commented on They Took Our Myths
  Yeah, it's very mashupable. I think it's because in most long running sagas the heroes pollute the mythos. Could you write a Dalek story without the Doctor turning up? And the significance of Winchesters in the Supernatural universe has become an in joke. But in Lovecraft, the progagonists are ephemeral cannon fodder. So it's tailor made for franchising. I don't know if Hellraiser is where you're going, but doesn't that have much the same property? (I haven't read enough Barker to know if he's stitched together a complete mythos outside of that.) But your comic did make sense as something...
• J Thomas commented on They Took Our Myths
  My reflex response to bad knowledge is Snow Crash. Or even, the Ring films. I'm sorry, I didn't get that. And it looks like it will be interesting. My teachers used to say not to be afraid of looking stupid by asking questions, if you don't understand it lots of others won't. Hardly anybody ever asked when they didn't understand something, though. But I'm asking now....
• Hugh Hancock commented on They Took Our Myths
  Just to round this one out - I wrote up a short piece discussing some of the points that have been raised here and elsewhere about the original article (Fanfic, archetypes, open culture) and stuck it over at http://www.strangecompany.org/further-comment-they-took-our-myths/ It's been fascinating, everyone - thank you. I've had a lot of food for thought (and future blog posts) over the course of this discussion!...
• 1000kindsofrain commented on They Took Our Myths
  Long weekend. And my answer's not going to be interesting or worth the wait; it's just a loose thematic grouping. The Lovecraftian stereotype is of a hero driven "mad" by reading a book. I can't recall that actually happening; Lovecraft's occult tomes are generally conduits to experiences, and it's the experiences which trigger the breakdowns not the words. (I'll have overlooked something obvious.) But I read Hugh as wondering whether that was possible. And Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash is all about words that can involuntarily reprogram the brain. I've no notes so I'll relay Wikipedia's ersatz distillation: ...Stephenson describes [Summerians]...
• J Thomas commented on They Took Our Myths
  Thank you for replying! I'm glad to fit that together now, and I don't feel the least bit bothered that I didn't understand it from your other post. Particularly when there was lots of LOTR references recently to confuse the Ring films with....