When, long ago, the Gods created Earth,
In Jove’s fair image Man was shap’d at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next design’d;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill this gap, and join the rest to man,
Th’Olympian host conceiv’d a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Fill’d it with vice, and call’d the thing a N*GGER.
My favorite way of explaining how racist he was is that his contemporaries over a century ago in the “Birth of a Nation” period of racism were like “Dude - tone down the racism.”
If you are curious, you can read more about the man and find him nearly frightened by his own shadow, thus filled with hate and bias to the brim. His fragile antics are probably why he wrote a lot of foundational horror stories. Guy was clearly unwell in the head department, and although it gave us a lot of creative lit, all of it is stained with things he was himself afraid of.
Things that freaked H. P. Lovecraft out:
It would be easier to list the things that didn’t freak Howard out.
Plus everyone who wasn’t white and from his home town.
😬😬😬
You’re just taking him out of context. /s
It’s just a bad translation, in the original Roman it’s a passage about love.
It’s well known that he was a socially awkward and autistic.
We should have “a bit of grace” and give the “benefit of the doubt.” /s
I am not surprised that this is actually something he wrote.
My favorite way of explaining how racist he was is that his contemporaries over a century ago in the “Birth of a Nation” period of racism were like “Dude - tone down the racism.”
…that’s probably it
And his cat’s name freaks out all of us
what do you mean, surely it cant be that bad
oh
oh noooooo
Yep, the n-word kitty.
If you are curious, you can read more about the man and find him nearly frightened by his own shadow, thus filled with hate and bias to the brim. His fragile antics are probably why he wrote a lot of foundational horror stories. Guy was clearly unwell in the head department, and although it gave us a lot of creative lit, all of it is stained with things he was himself afraid of.
Of light. But also black people too, but that’s not what I meant!
Things that made him cum:
Honorable mentions:
see also: Stephen King
Lol, apparently I’m a double threat against H.P.L. I was first chair flute and first chair violin.
A kender with two different instruments AND two chairs, you say? 🤔