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[Guest 85555]

If you are interested in the formative background of Lovecraft's life, then I would recommend looking for a documentary called "Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown." The producers had lost control of this property shortly after its initial release, regained it a couple of years back, and then re-released it with a bunch of additional footage. Short Version: A lot of what made the mythos what it is, came from his fear of the "other." That would be White Man's fear of immigrants, in no small part.

I know about his background. I have been in endless Lovecraft debates in these threads, and I was raised in New England. He is an anew England yankee wary of new immigrant groups who also bought into a lot of the racialist science common in academia at the time. His views are pretty obvious in his stories. Though I think it’s reductive to make everything he wrote about that. I don’t think there is mugged to be gained debating Lovecraft though. I am pretty aware of his flaws and warts. I do think a lot of nuance and context gets lost in conversations about him though. Liked his writing, don’t like his views on race and ethnic bloodlines

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Who do you think were the victors at the end of Empire Strikes Back?

I disagree with a lot of your opinions, but that statement feels particularly off.

In fairness, every single movie since ESB* has been downgrading the awesomeness of Darth Vader, the real victor of ESB.


*Okay, I'll give you Rogue One.

 

[Guest 85555]

In fairness, every single movie since ESB* has been downgrading the awesomeness of Darth Vader, the real victor of ESB

He kind of won RotJ too, from a certain point of view

 

[Mannahnin]

In fairness, every single movie since ESB* has been downgrading the awesomeness of Darth Vader, the real victor of ESB.


*Okay, I'll give you Rogue One.

Clickbait title, but this video of a composer geeking out over the score and sound design (and how awesome they are in the scene) is a ton of fun:

 

[Deset Gled]

He kind of won RotJ too, from a certain point of view

He also won RotS, from a certain point of view.

 

[Reynard]

He also won RotS, from a certain point of view.

9 out of 10 younglings agree.

 

[Guest 85555]

He also won RotS, from a certain point of view.

I guess Vader is just on a winning streak

 

[billd91]

I guess Vader is just on a winning streak

We will have... so much winning. You won't believe all the winning we'll have. We'll make the Republic great again!

 

[Ryujin]

I know about his background. I have been in endless Lovecraft debates in these threads, and I was raised in New England. He is an anew England yankee wary of new immigrant groups who also bought into a lot of the racialist science common in academia at the time. His views are pretty obvious in his stories. Though I think it’s reductive to make everything he wrote about that. I don’t think there is mugged to be gained debating Lovecraft though. I am pretty aware of his flaws and warts. I do think a lot of nuance and context gets lost in conversations about him though. Liked his writing, don’t like his views on race and ethnic bloodlines

Agreed. That's part of why I backed the Kickstarter for the update of the documentary; There's a lot more going on, though xenophobia is a major element.

 

[MGibster]

In fairness, every single movie since ESB* has been downgrading the awesomeness of Darth Vader, the real victor of ESB.

Did he really win thought? Everyone escaped. You could see he was about to cry at the end when the Falcon went into hyperspace.