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Subject: Oh, I remember this from Fragile Things.
Author: Outhra
Posted on: 2013-04-12 22:52:00 UTC

Did you read Gaiman's I, Cthulhu story? It's another foray into the Lovecraft universe, and it's just as great a read. It's aiming more for comedy than A Study in Emerald was, so there's not any Sherlock Holmes... oh, I'll just let you read it.
It mistakes Iä! for part of Shub-Niggurath's name and implies that the planet Yuggoth is an eldritch entity, but that's just my Cthulhuverse fandom talking, so don't take that as me disparaging the story itself.

(gasps) A mini-Greater Eldritch! Can I keep him? I've already taken custody of a few minis, but Cthulu just looks so adorable! Or, wait, do you want him? As his creator, you decide who he goes to.

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Neil Gaiman is Amazing by Sevenswans on 2013-04-12 22:35:00 UTC Reply

http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf

Recommended for Sherlock Holmes fans, Cthulu Mythos fans, and people who need proof that Neil Gaiman is as much of a fan as us, albeit a very clever fan. This made my afternoon. :)

Oooh~! by Karen on 2013-04-13 20:16:00 UTC Reply

Thank you for this!

Most welcome. :D (nm) by Sevenswans on 2013-04-16 15:57:00 UTC Reply

On the subject of Cthulhu-related Neil Gaiman things by PitViperOfDoom on 2013-04-13 03:03:00 UTC Reply

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4870581/1/Crowley-s-Baby

Sadly unfinished, and looks like a deadfic, but nonetheless good for a laugh. Aziraphale finds a baby Cthulhu in Crowley's bathtub. Crowley succumbs to Cuteness Proximity. Hilarity ensues.

Funny by Sevenswans on 2013-04-13 03:48:00 UTC Reply

It was the bathtub thing that got me, though - I have a teenage brother, and let me tell you, whenever I come home from college...

Oh, I remember this from Fragile Things. by Outhra on 2013-04-12 22:52:00 UTC Reply

Did you read Gaiman's I, Cthulhu story? It's another foray into the Lovecraft universe, and it's just as great a read. It's aiming more for comedy than A Study in Emerald was, so there's not any Sherlock Holmes... oh, I'll just let you read it.
It mistakes Iä! for part of Shub-Niggurath's name and implies that the planet Yuggoth is an eldritch entity, but that's just my Cthulhuverse fandom talking, so don't take that as me disparaging the story itself.

(gasps) A mini-Greater Eldritch! Can I keep him? I've already taken custody of a few minis, but Cthulu just looks so adorable! Or, wait, do you want him? As his creator, you decide who he goes to.

I'm not sure what to feed an Eldritch by Sevenswans on 2013-04-12 23:37:00 UTC Reply

So I suppose you can have him. Let me know where he goes and whose brain he breaks. :)

Bacon. Every mini loves bacon. by Lilac Lielac on 2013-04-13 00:04:00 UTC Reply

It's a law of the multiverse. -nodnodnod-

I hear they also enjoy the brains of Sues, such as they have. Don't feed them too much, though; it's a very sugary snack and if they have too much they'll shed glitter all over HQ.

Would you be interested in keeping him, Lilac? by Outhra on 2013-04-13 00:42:00 UTC Reply

If you have some Sue-brains to feed him, he could stay with you. He's adorable and all, but I have enough trouble keeping the mini-Agents under control without fetching cranial matter for a tiny transdimensional horror.

What do you think, Cthulu? Would you want to stay with Lilac Lielac?
(Cthulu waves a tail-tentacle and yaps)
Oh, right. I don't speak mini. It looks like he'd be fine either way, though.

Hmm... by Lilac Lielac on 2013-04-13 00:56:00 UTC Reply

Agent Kayla Morrison would prefer a mini-Aragog, but... ooh. Hmm.

She says, and I quote: "Some git with enough red and gold on to be the Gryffindor house mascot just walked in and he's carrying a writhing abomination. I think he's my long-awaited partner. ... oh Merlin's upper right eyetooth they put me with a Gryffindork?!"

... I think she'll be a bit busy for a while, but yes, I'll take Cthulu. A new agent of mine wants him.

*Sniffles* by Sevenswans on 2013-04-13 03:46:00 UTC Reply

It's so lovely seeing mini lovecraftian horrors go to a good home...

ZOMBIE SQUIRRELS ALSO LOVE BACON by Tray-Gnome on 2013-04-13 00:11:00 UTC Reply

HINT HINT HINT *cough*

(Gives Tray some bacon) by Outhra on 2013-04-13 00:28:00 UTC Reply

I'm not sure whether zombies eat raw or cooked bacon, so I made it both ways. The cooked kind is extra-crunchy, so I'll eat it if you don't want it.