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 Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:14 pm
I am going to be writing one, and I need ideas for monsters. I want at least one confrontation in an airship with a monster of such immense size that said airship is miniscule when compared to it, something like this. But yeah, I'm looking to blend the awesomeness and cheerful brightness of steampunk with the darkness of Lovecraftian horror.
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:14 pm
That looks like Mother Hydra consort of Dagon... bring her in and you need cultists.
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:31 pm
Do what every body else does, create your own deity, and own monsters
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:38 pm
A most commendable endeavour!
I'm imagining.... giant bloated body, bit like a bubbly sphere, filled with gas. At the bottom, there be a ring of eyes and very long tentacles, in the middle of which sits a many toothed mouth. The thing constantly plucks birds and such (airships!) from the sky, and into its maw; using its cloud-like appearance and silent movement to its advantage. It can barely control its movement, instead floating on the wind (although harsh weather does not seem to affect it).
Did I mention it was HUGE?! No? Well it is.
Or something like that.
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:07 pm
Freedom the wolf Do what every body else does, create your own deity, and own monsters I was going to skip this part completely, actually. At least, the deity part.
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:09 pm
Captain Amaranth A most commendable endeavour! I'm imagining.... giant bloated body, bit like a bubbly sphere, filled with gas. At the bottom, there be a ring of eyes and very long tentacles, in the middle of which sits a many toothed mouth. The thing constantly plucks birds and such (airships!) from the sky, and into its maw; using its cloud-like appearance and silent movement to its advantage. It can barely control its movement, instead floating on the wind (although harsh weather does not seem to affect it). Did I mention it was HUGE?! No? Well it is. Or something like that. That is a great idea, thank you.
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:15 pm
If you go to ruins put Ghouls in the mix
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:42 pm
I'm writing it now.
It's starting off in Littleton, Mass.
The time is uncertain, but Littleton has been around for over 300 years.
Pretty much the concept right now is that on New Year's Eve there was a massive something that fell into the ocean, and was massive enough to be seen by everybody in North and South America, Africa in it's entirety, and most of Western Europe all at the same time.
It's being written in past tense.
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:46 pm
Kool, most mythos stories are
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:26 pm
Captain Amaranth A most commendable endeavour! I'm imagining.... giant bloated body, bit like a bubbly sphere, filled with gas. At the bottom, there be a ring of eyes and very long tentacles, in the middle of which sits a many toothed mouth. The thing constantly plucks birds and such (airships!) from the sky, and into its maw; using its cloud-like appearance and silent movement to its advantage. It can barely control its movement, instead floating on the wind (although harsh weather does not seem to affect it). Did I mention it was HUGE?! No? Well it is. Or something like that. awesome...it's a mytho's-esque air-kraken or jellyfish
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:25 pm
Akonite Captain Amaranth A most commendable endeavour! I'm imagining.... giant bloated body, bit like a bubbly sphere, filled with gas. At the bottom, there be a ring of eyes and very long tentacles, in the middle of which sits a many toothed mouth. The thing constantly plucks birds and such (airships!) from the sky, and into its maw; using its cloud-like appearance and silent movement to its advantage. It can barely control its movement, instead floating on the wind (although harsh weather does not seem to affect it). Did I mention it was HUGE?! No? Well it is. Or something like that. awesome...it's a mytho's-esque air-kraken or jellyfish Ohhh I am excited to see this!..or..read about it at least~ I'm seeing tenticals~
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:56 pm
Akonite Captain Amaranth A most commendable endeavour! I'm imagining.... giant bloated body, bit like a bubbly sphere, filled with gas. At the bottom, there be a ring of eyes and very long tentacles, in the middle of which sits a many toothed mouth. The thing constantly plucks birds and such (airships!) from the sky, and into its maw; using its cloud-like appearance and silent movement to its advantage. It can barely control its movement, instead floating on the wind (although harsh weather does not seem to affect it). Did I mention it was HUGE?! No? Well it is. Or something like that. awesome...it's a mytho's-esque air-kraken or jellyfish
Aye, I was going to suggest throwing one (or a few) Air Krakens into the mix as well, if not a Cthulu-like thing. 3nodding
Good luck, Zah! (^_Q)
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:48 am
THIS IS REALLY HARD.
Steampunk isn't as serious and cold as a lot of Lovecraftian horror, and it isn't easy to mix them, because I'll either pay too much attention to the steampunk aspect and belittle the GIANT MONSTER or I'll pay too much attention to the GIANT MONSTER and belittle the steampunk.
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:28 am
Just do your best, some parts of your story are going to focus more on the darker aspects and some are going to be more happy go steamy. thats just how it is when your writing a good story it keeps the audience entertained as well.
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:05 am
Something so alien that the eye cannot comprehend it. Non-euclidean geometries and wotnot.
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