What If...?

[Janx]

I was actually kinda hoping (before his reveal happened) that Kang would turn out to be a Loki variant.

That could be fun. What if He Who Remains was the first Loki to get to the end, and he rigged the game to stop any others from taking him out.

 

[Ryujin]

Neither do many humans.

Perhaps only because they haven't been exposed to something that would trigger it, like being forced to witness god-like beings sprawling 8 dimensions might.

 

[Rune]

That could be fun. What if He Who Remains was the first Loki to get to the end, and he rigged the game to stop any others from taking him out.

It could still be the case, but He Who Remains would have to have lied about his origins.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Perhaps only because they haven't been exposed to something that would trigger it, like being forced to witness god-like beings sprawling 8 dimensions might.

Why would it? Consider the ant analogy - no one would be able to make sense of what you just described, any more than it would to an ant. It would be like watching an art house movie "oh, that what was confusing, let's go home".

In order to be disturbed by the eldritch, you need at least on of two core beliefs:

1) I am significant;

2) I understand how the universe works.

Lovecraft clearly had those beliefs, and he passed them onto his protagonists, who where then understandably disturbed when those beliefs where shattered. But most people are wise enough to know that they are not significant, and they don't understand the universe.

 

[Janx]

Why would it? Consider the ant analogy - no one would be able to make sense of what you just described. It would be like watching an art house movie "oh, that what was confusing, let's go home".

In order to be disturbed by the eldritch, you need at least on of two core beliefs:

1) I am significant;

2) I understand how the universe works.

Lovecraft clearly had those beliefs, and he passed them onto his protagonists, who where then understandably disturbed when those beliefs where shattered. But most people are wise enough to know that they are not significant, and they don't understand the universe.

have you not been outside? Noticed people ranting about masks? they are the ants who have yet to be plucked from their self-centered existence and seen the truth.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

have you not been outside? Noticed people ranting about masks? they are the ants who have yet to be plucked from their self-centered existence and seen the truth.

I don't think they technically qualify as insane.

 

[Rune]

Why would it? Consider the ant analogy - no one would be able to make sense of what you just described, any more than it would to an ant. It would be like watching an art house movie "oh, that what was confusing, let's go home".

In order to be disturbed by the eldritch, you need at least on of two core beliefs:

1) I am significant;

2) I understand how the universe works.

Lovecraft clearly had those beliefs, and he passed them onto his protagonists, who where then understandably disturbed when those beliefs where shattered. But most people are wise enough to know that they are not significant, and they don't understand the universe.

I don’t know about most. There are certainly some.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I don’t know about most. There are certainly some.

Maybe you are right, and my opinion is coloured by experience hanging out with other theoretical physicists.

 

[Rune]

Maybe you are right, and my opinion is coloured by experience hanging out with other theoretical physicists.

Maybe my experience is colored by hanging out in Wal-Marts.

 

[Ryujin]

Maybe you are right, and my opinion is coloured by experience hanging out with other theoretical physicists.

I would say that it's like projecting how people will react in a crisis situation: You can make all of the claims that you want but until you're actually in one, it's all just theory. Hang on. I'll go scare up an Eldritch Horror to expose you to