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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8403543" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>If I had to take a stab at it? I'd say it is because of threats. The idea of Mythos stuff from Lovecraft is that they are the biggest fish, that they threaten reality just by waking up. For that to stay true, for them to be threats beyond threats, then they also must be terrifying to the gods. Because we can understand and know the gods, and Lovecraft is "things we can't comprehend"</p><p></p><p>For me personally, they didn't get "locked away" they are coming to threaten reality from outside of it. To my mind, they are "endlings" they conquered, consumed or otherwise were the last thing in their home reality, and then went between realities looking for more. This makes them scary for a few reasons, and the main reason the gods in my worlds are worried about them is because the one god who fought them directly was corrupted and twisted. It isn't that they can't fight them, it is just that they haven't figured out how to do so safely, and the big sacrifice play isn't needed yet. </p><p></p><p>But I can totally see a setting where GOO's are like the infection in a wound in reality, and the gods can drive them off with some regularity. Because defeating Primordial Chaos is their bread and Butter. It is a different style of GOO though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8403543, member: 6801228"] If I had to take a stab at it? I'd say it is because of threats. The idea of Mythos stuff from Lovecraft is that they are the biggest fish, that they threaten reality just by waking up. For that to stay true, for them to be threats beyond threats, then they also must be terrifying to the gods. Because we can understand and know the gods, and Lovecraft is "things we can't comprehend" For me personally, they didn't get "locked away" they are coming to threaten reality from outside of it. To my mind, they are "endlings" they conquered, consumed or otherwise were the last thing in their home reality, and then went between realities looking for more. This makes them scary for a few reasons, and the main reason the gods in my worlds are worried about them is because the one god who fought them directly was corrupted and twisted. It isn't that they can't fight them, it is just that they haven't figured out how to do so safely, and the big sacrifice play isn't needed yet. But I can totally see a setting where GOO's are like the infection in a wound in reality, and the gods can drive them off with some regularity. Because defeating Primordial Chaos is their bread and Butter. It is a different style of GOO though. [/QUOTE]
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