Masters of the Universe Classics

[teemu]

Why put it on your list if you aren't going to tell us who it is? Fine, I didn't want to know anyway.

that is his Name

The Un-named One...he created the Snakemen

he is quite the mystery

 

[teemu]

Understandable. Though with her you might want to consider the option to display her with two octopus minions.

Good idea...didn't realize she had more than one

 

[lerath666]

Why put it on your list if you aren't going to tell us who it is? Fine, I didn't want to know anyway.

That's his name. It's like Hastur, or Voldemort, Candlejack.

They don't call Voldemort, Voldemort, they call him "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" or "You Know who" becuase using their name is anathama.

So he is Called "The Un-Named one". He's the creator of the Snake-men.

 

[teemu]

That's his name. It's like Hastur, or Voldemort, Candlejack.

They don't call Voldemort, Voldemort, they call him "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" or "You Know who" becuase using their name is anathama.

So he is Called "The Un-Named one". He's the creator of the Snake-men.

in otherwords...another Satan (The Devil)

 

[Kuzeh]

in otherwords...another Satan (The Devil)

Hey teem, was this you at ComicCon?

 

[teemu]

Hey teem, was this you at ComicCon?

I agree with the guys on the left..


I know there are many who would actually kneel before Zod (Or Loki for that matter)

 

[lerath666]

in otherwords...another Satan (The Devil)

In a way, yes. Though it's less biblical, and more eldritch, lovecraftian horror.

Hastur is one of the better examples. In the Cthulu mythos, Hastur is called the King in Yellow, or " the wearer of the pallid mask" or The Unspeakable One, Him Who Is Not to be Named, Assatur, Xastur, H'aaztre, or Kaiwan.

Becuase to speak his name, or any name he knows to be his ( in this case, Hastur, specificly, which is not even his actual name, just one his followers used enough, that he now knows it means him... Lovecraft is/was weird) Calls his attention to you... which means you dissapear. likely die.

Additionaly, Hastur is one of the "great old ones" or "original evil gods" of Lovecraft lore. So there are quite a few paralles with the Un-named one.

Hope the horsemen draw on some of the artwork of hastur for inspiration.

 

[teemu]

pretty creepy characters........

 

[lerath666]

All the same character. different artists takes on The King in Yellow.

Here is another of the "great old ones" from Lovecraft. if ANY of them scare me, it's this.

Azathoth - The end of all things

Azathoth is the Thing that destroys the universe, making way for a new universe to take its place.

if you're at all familior with Cthulu

Cthulhu is generaly mistaken for one of the Elder gods. He's not. he is in fact an alien, and the LOAN survivor of the Previous universe. He is A priest of Azathoth, and his faith in his god is the ONLY thing that keeps him alive. His skin is not green, it's necrolized. He's kinda sorta a undead thing.

 

[wolvie9]

Woo-Ho I just made out like a BANDIT at Big Lots!

For $10 each I scored:
Mo-Lar (With Skeletor)
Orko (With Adam)
Grizzlor
Moss-Man
Men-E-Faces
Catra
Adora
Count Marzo
Icarus
and
The Faceless One!

Holy crap thats a score, i saw a few bad *** deal bad had no more cash man ur lucky

 

[Khev]

if you're at all familior with Cthulu

Cthulhu is generaly mistaken for one of the Elder gods. He's not. he is in fact an alien, and the LOAN survivor of the Previous universe. He is A priest of Azathoth, and his faith in his god is the ONLY thing that keeps him alive. His skin is not green, it's necrolized. He's kinda sorta a undead thing.

Interesting. So what exactly is the "call" of Cthulhu? A warning that the universe is about to be destroyed again?

 

[dedguy]

Sort of. You'd have to read it. It's not terribly long and is freely available since it's out of copyright.

https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx

You could also watch the cool silent film which is on Netflix streaming last time I checked.

 

[lerath666]

Interesting. So what exactly is the "call" of Cthulhu? A warning that the universe is about to be destroyed again?

Kinda sorta? it has to do with hearing voices, telepathic comunication and some other weirdness.

There is TONS of weirdness in Lovecraft lore.

some of which made it into Conan, as Lovecraft and Howard were somewhat contomporaries.

And by extention, some of it made its way into He-man.

Here you go, more weirdness, The Dimensional Gaurdians of time. The Hounds of Tindalos.

the hounds of Tindalos go after time travelers, to prevent them from damaging the fabric of space and tiem, and possibly causing the unraveling of time itself. They persue people across time untill the cathc up with them, then devour them.

What's so spooky about The Hounds of Tindalos? they're 5th dimensional beings. as such, they can slip through the fabric of realty, and can reconverge from any dimensional constant. Like a 90 degree angle.... ANY 90 degree angle

So yes, tehy are monsters that travel by poping into a 90 degraa angle, and the nout of another one.... perhaps that's why the inside of the Tardis has taken on a rounded shape lately....


Back to my point, It's neet so see lovecraft lore ( Horrible beings from beyond space and time Birthing monsters to plague the world) cropping up in HE-man.

 

[lerath666]

Sort of. You'd have to read it. It's not terribly long and is freely available since it's out of copyright.

https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx

You could also watch the cool silent film which is on Netflix streaming last time I checked.

You know.. it's a REAL shame that Guillermo del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness project got scrapped. a full on R-rated Horror film set in the mythos? OMG.

 

[Niceman]

Holy crap thats a score, i saw a few bad *** deal bad had no more cash man ur lucky

Yeah, I really am, especially considering most of the figures I grabbed I didn't own at all! I have 4 doubles now, but I wanted a second Man E Faces for the second set of faces, and my first Moss-Man has weak knees (and that one has a second face as well!) It felt like Christmas!

 

[Niceman]

You know.. it's a REAL shame that Guillermo del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness project got scrapped. a full on R-rated Horror film set in the mythos? OMG.

Well, he's working on Pacific Rim 2 now. Who knows what might get green-lit again as his successes grow? I know Mountains was his dream project....

 

[dedguy]

Mountains is also probably my favorite Lovecraft story. One of my favorite things about Lovecraft is that he was super supportive and encouraging of younger writers. He also was very encouraging of other people using his worlds and characters in his stuff. It's part of why Lovecraft while not terribly well known to most people is such a massive influence on modern sci-fi and horror fiction.

A large part of Stephen King's work is very heavily influenced by Lovecraft (and he has said as much). That's just one big name, there's too many to mention. Once you get into Lovecraft you see his fingerprints all over everything.

 

[lerath666]

"do you read Sutter Kain?"

[ame]https://youtu.be/_PFcOeM_Usk[/ame]

 

[dedguy]

In the Mouth of Madness is fantastic. The whole apocalypse trilogy is. They're each great in unique ways. Unfortunately you can really tell after Mouth of Madness Carpenter didn't really have much else to say.

 

[Shai]

Azathoth is COOL but the ultimate Bad *** of the Outer Gods is Yog-Sothoth....