David Westbrook<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arossp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arossp</span></a></span> Agree that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cthulhu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cthulhu</span></a> nihilism has gotten dull. But are "nihilism" and "human-centric hope" the only options? When a biologist looks at wriggly things, they don't go mad from the insignificance of human existence. They expand their understanding of the nonhuman. I like the 60's setting of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheFallOfDeltaGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFallOfDeltaGreen</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PelgranePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PelgranePress</span></a> because the "consciousness revolution" of 60s counterculture can tie in to the theme of the alien as mind-expanding. But, yes, this is spin on the original material</p>