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Cosmic Horror

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"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..."

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Edit: I grabbed a screenshot of the post for a similar format to the main post, but with actually good quality


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Original images for those that appreciate quality

https://www.tumblr.com/eldritchfriends/713062516246396929/1-ambition-the-original-post-with-thousands-of

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I love how the tree and the hand look similar