{"id":142,"date":"2015-08-29T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T12:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=142"},"modified":"2015-09-23T20:52:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T20:52:43","slug":"what-kind-of-cthulhu-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/what-kind-of-cthulhu-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Kind of Cthulhu Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>For H P Lovecraft, bless his little cotton socks&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hey, when you lie dreaming in sunken R&#8217;lyeh, asleep within the insane cyclopean architecture of your palace, do you ever wonder if you&#8217;re <strong>really<\/strong> the Cthulhu you wanted to be, all those eons ago?<\/p>\n<p>Well, don&#8217;t worry, here&#8217;s how to find out through this week&#8217;s greydogtales.com test&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/octopus-769372_640.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"143\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/what-kind-of-cthulhu-are-you\/octopus-769372_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/octopus-769372_640.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"octopus-769372_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/octopus-769372_640.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/octopus-769372_640.jpg?fit=474%2C474&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-143 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/octopus-769372_640.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"octopus-769372_640\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/octopus-769372_640.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/octopus-769372_640.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/octopus-769372_640.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>1. The vibrations of a human submersible are detected close to R&#8217;lyeh, intruding on your realm. Do you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>a) Use unspeakable protoplasmic servants to investigate and update you on the level of technology that the humans have achieved, making careful notes on their propulsion and weaponry?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>b) Rise in majesty from the depths to tear the thin shell of the submersible asunder?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>c) Turn over on your hideously carved obsidian couch and let it go?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The fungoid hordes of the Mi-Go have gathered in the void beyond Earth, threatening to come to the planet in large numbers. Do you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>a) Tell the Deep Ones and any other followers of Mother Hydra and Father Dagon that the Mi-Go are delicious, especially fried lightly in butter?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>b) Thrash your tendrils violently and threaten the Mi-Go with immediate obliteration if they proceed?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>c) Write it off as another boring alien experiment with humanity and brain cases?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Some Massachusetts academics complain that your vile emanations are causing their more artistic students to descend into madness. Do you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>a) Suggest that their students apply for Arts Council grants and call their work &#8216;installations&#8217;?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>b) Obliterate the entire east coast of America with vast tidal waves?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>c) Sink back into slumber and try to emanate less?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Human writers are publishing an increasing number of stories about your malign and eldritch reality. Do you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>a) Encourage these amusing fictions in order to disguise your true purpose on Earth?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>b) Destroy their puny minds and leave them hollowed-out shells whose eyes reflect only the abyss?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>c) Read a couple of their stories and doze off halfway through?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Hastur rides the storm above your Dread House at R&#8217;lyeh, complaining that he is the true heir of Yog-Sothoth. Do you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>a) Calm him down by pointing out that he has Carcosa to himself, and at least his place isn&#8217;t under water and leaking badly?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>b) Invoke Azathoth, who blasphemes and bubbles at the centre of infinity, in order that Hastur be rended into vaporous nothing?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>c) Write it off as another of Hastur&#8217;s tantrums and go back to sleep?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mostly a)s.<\/strong> You are an imaginative thinker with a good sense of delegation. Well done. You are a <strong>CREATIVE CTHULHU<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>Mostly b)s<\/strong>. You have spawning issues, and need to look into anger management therapy, as well as counting to ten before you act. You are a <strong>DESTRUCTIVE CTHULHU<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>Mostly c)s.<\/strong> You may have narcolepsy, vitamin deficiencies or a number of under-active thyroid glands, and should seek medical help. Or, you are just a <strong>LAZY CTHULHU<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Longdogs, writing etc. will return next time, honest!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For H P Lovecraft, bless his little cotton socks&#8230; Hey, when you lie dreaming in sunken R&#8217;lyeh, asleep within the insane cyclopean architecture of your palace, do you ever wonder if you&#8217;re really the Cthulhu you wanted to be, all those eons ago? 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