• Barsukis@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Politically yes, but it’s well known his writing stayed pretty racist (even the later stuff). There’s this funny trope that people with a Germanic last name are rarely evil in this writing, but Italian, Slavic etc last names are often depicted as bad people.

    • propter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      It’s so pronounced that the people worshipping Cthulhu were often depicted more horrifically than actual Cthulhu. And it’s obvious why: that was Lovecraft’s biggest fear.