Saturday, May 30, 2009

Les Plushies

I don't know why, but the existence of Cthulhu plushies amuses me no end. Not that I've ever read any H.P. Lovecraft (other than The Dunwich Horror). But... plushie fanny packs? I spent several hours in pursuit of this and ended up laughing until I cried because the idea was so funny. I guess it boils down the fact that Lovecraftians get no respect and provoke fits of hilarity when in their cuddly forms... and rather than getting yet another fountain pen, I find myself seized by the desire to track down an oversized Cthulhu plushie to occupy a spot next to my oversized stuffed dragon. Alternatively, I'll attempt to knit myself an oversized Cthulhu plushie.

3 comments:

teabird said...

I've never read Lovecraft, but the idea of plushies is hilarious!

By the way - the word verification for this comment is
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Doesn't that sound like a SF character?

RaeS said...

I kind of love that too, and I haven't read Lovecraft either. I have a friend who did for a "Literature & The Occult" class. She hated him with the burning passion of a thousand suns. (LOL!) She thought he was the worst writer ever and couldn't believe he'd ever been published.

La Duchesse said...

Gah.. Yet another reason for me to lament that I didn't go to a real school. :P That sounds like an awesome class.

Yes. I agree. From what I've heard from other sources, his books are... what's the word? Drek! I'm not really tempted to read them, personally.