Comments on: Banshee’s butler

By: Kirk

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:13:03 +0000

well i think the graboids certainly deserve a mention in here… it’s a perfect fit for what you are looking for (‘an underdog’ and an ‘agent of darkness’) – because they are subterranean creatures, they dwell ‘under’ground and it sure is ‘dark’ down ther-…… ok that’s an excruciatingly lame point but i always thought they were cool, so….

By: Tia

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:27:47 +0000

well, for one thing, some of them eat people. but i think that’s mainly held in the Zen Buddhism tradition, these were people who went around breaking religous laws until they got themselves turned into demons.

it seems like on the whole the original Shinto-based monsters were more benign than the stories that sprouted up after Buddhism came in, it’s ironic when you think about the kind of reputation it has here in America, at least.

By: Ben

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:58:20 +0000

Well, the dude is busy checking out things thru a second floor window, I'm sure he'll be surprised. Actually, what is so bad about the guy? He has a long neck, at night only, which is really not so bad. .-= Ben´s last blog ..Hopping Mouse =-.

By: tia

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:57:27 +0000

i thought garrotes only worked when you had the element of surprise?
i wonder if it’s a coincidence that i have a sore throat today.

By: Brandy

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:03:28 +0000

“Imagine coming across a 4? red man with tentacles while he was trying to eat someone?”

It would probably be an awkward moment for everyone involved.

Particularly the person covered in digestive juices.

By: Ben

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:00:33 +0000

I had not heard of that particular monster before. Tentacles and snake like movements?? Weird. I've long wanted to make a game set in Aus, seated firmly in the horror/action genre, featuring lots of dark underground caves/mines and vast open spaces. The enemies were to range from typical humans to aboringinal monsters/myths. Now, if only I had the time and dedication. Imagine coming across a 4' red man with tentacles while he was trying to eat someone? .-= Ben´s last blog ..Hopping Mouse =-.

By: Ben

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:57:11 +0000

Dropbears. .-= Ben´s last blog ..Hopping Mouse =-.

By: Adam

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:56:34 +0000

That would make far more sense… Piano wire is the natural enemy of rokurokubi.

By: Ben

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:50:30 +0000

Bah, this browser is throwing my comments around at random. .-= Ben´s last blog ..Hopping Mouse =-.

By: Ben

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:49:42 +0000

A great band with a really bad singer.

By: Ben

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:47:31 +0000

What about a garrot? .-= Ben´s last blog ..Hopping Mouse =-.

By: Sean

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:17:46 +0000

Another cool animation there Adam. And thanks for the heads up: I have now taken down my wind chime! .-= Sean´s last blog ..Digital Pola(d)roids. =-.

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:17:16 +0000

There’s something better than stomach ‘flu?

Thank you, for all of that, the kind words, getting me my scarf sorted and insinuating I like tentacle-based bondage play.

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:44:36 +0000

No stroll? Well, that just sucks… I mean, the draining of the blood would be just about acceptable if it were followed by a nice jaunt, but just being left there all weak and feeble… no thanks.

By: Brandy

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:35:33 +0000

Fairly accurate…except you don’t get to go on the stroll. He goes on the stroll without you, having weakened you first, but keeps you mostly in visual range.

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:29:41 +0000

Ireland and the UK is right though… technically the UK is called “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, which is basically a long-winded way of saying ‘and not Southern Ireland’.

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:28:09 +0000

So, let’s get this straight, to escape from this particular monster you have to be drained, dragged on a stroll, eaten whole… then you sit it out for a bit in the monster’s stomach whilst it chills… be puked up and prodded with a stick?

You know, that seems like a lot of effort not to be eaten by a monster.

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:14:59 +0000

Again, this thread is turning out to be really educational. Lovecraft’s fear of things nautical would explain an awful lot… though not perhaps his slightly rampant racism.

Maybe it’s racism of the sea…

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:01:48 +0000

“Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters”

OK, subthread: Can anyone think of any further monster related titles for the following works?

# Mansfield Park
# Emma
# Northanger Abbey
# Persuasion

I quite like the idea of Mansfield Jurassic Park.

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:53:20 +0000

Incubus

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:46:31 +0000

Yes it is, yes they do and good call.

I like the elusive nature of Chup’ despite the fact that a quick trawl of the internets provides hundreds of different pictures supposedly showing one.

Sounds like a mutant dog with superpowers to me.

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:37:15 +0000

I didn’t know that!

And that Belushi chap, god bless his drug-riddled soul, can always be considered the lesser of two evils:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi
vs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Belushi

By: Adam

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:18:33 +0000

Oh, that happens all the time… I hadn’t considered rokurokubi.

I was telling someone about them last night, and that you had brought them to my attention, and we decided that actually, they’re a lot creepier than I had given them credit for…

I also figured that should I be attacked by one, my weapon of choice would be an axe.

By: calan

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:33:04 +0000

so glad i finally happened upon the evil knitter and you got your tentacle scarf. i hope you realize that you might end up strangled, but maybe you dig that kind of thing.

love love love the flash shorts. the zombie one filled me with this awesome feeling i get when art moves me…it’s like a stomach flu only way better.

<3 calan
.-= calan ´s last blog ..the invisible tenant =-.

By: tia

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:37:14 +0000

handy? maybe. but it might be a little creepy to find some stranger’s face pressed up against your second story window.