History PlayingWith / CosmicHorrorStory

** A horde of inhuman, horrifying, and incomprehensibly evil monsters [[CurbStompBattle conquer the helpless world in the space of a nanosecond]] and reshapes it into [[CrapsackWorld a twisted morass of horror and despair]] that would eclipse Hell itself. There, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath humans die horribly]] [[PeopleFarm in factory farms,]] [[YourSoulIsMine have their souls consumed,]] and are transformed into a...''thing''... [[AndIMustScream whose mind and memory are scattered to a million pieces.]] Of course, death will only intensify the inhumanly immense agonies...

** This worldview basically fosters a DarknessInducedAudienceApathy mentality among both the inhabitants and the readers.

** So this kind of story basically fosters a DarknessInducedAudienceApathy mentality.... but as a response, while the unstoppable horrors are still present, the protagonists are at the very least given some CharacterDevelopment, with exploring the psychology and meaning of their existential crisis before the inevitable doom. Sometimes works and makes the characters more sympathetic than a bunch of ants, sometimes doesn't.

** The importance of humanity is what makes their role in the universe so horrifying. Whether it is [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve their own beliefs and delusions shaping reality]], [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou cosmic forces prevent going extinct]] [[ApocalypseMaiden for they are destined to end the universe]].

** The horror of the insignificance is that humanity not only finds itself an acceptable casualty to the Great High Ones but essentially everything else. They just wind up with being the misfortune of being the only 'person' on the other proverbial track of star systems for events which make even the Great High Ones look tiny compared to galactic aliens that would die if humanity was spared.

** A horde of inhuman, horrifying, and incomprehensibly evil monsters [[CurbStompBattle conquer the helpless world in the space of a nanosecond]] and reshapes it into [[CrapsackWorld a twisted morass of horror and despair]] that would eclipse Hell itself. There, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath humans die horribly]] [[PeopleFarm in factory farms,]] [[YourSoulIsMine have their souls consumed,]] and are transformed into a...''thing''... [[AndIMustScream whose mind and memory are scattered to a million pieces.]] Of course, death will only intensified the inhumanly immense agonies...

** We are indeed as ants to the Great High Ones, but the Great High Ones' personalities are as varied as any random group of humans; so just as some humans go out of their way to kill ants for no reason other than because they're there, some humans wouldn't care one way or the other about a bunch of ants, and still other humans go out of their way to keep ants as ''pets'' in weird, two-dimensional boxes; so too are the GHO's attitudes towards humans equally varied.

* '''Parodied''': The tentacle beast is [[FluffyTheTerrible named "Coco"]], and is ''just'' a bigger monster's pet.

** Humanity comes across an EldritchAbomination. Rather than be broken by it, we analyze it, assign it species classification, learn how to keep it harmlessly contained

** Alternately: The premise is that Humans are insignificant to these creatures, which means they'd never bother with a small hunk of rock floating close around one in a zillion stars. What wouldn't bother causing humanity trouble.

** A different path is to have the EldritchAbomination actually ''be'' invested in things and have them be not unlike humanity. Rather than not care anything over the little blue rock, they place a great deal of investment of the happenings or even the people of the rock, for selfish or selfless agendas. The local mob may have a cult who's patron monster does boons for them, an entity dotes on a human being the same way a human may care about their pet or favorite fictional character or maybe [[ComicBook/AstroCity a comic book company finds their building gone because an eldritch being found their portrayal]] [[EldritchAbomination of Eldritch Abominations]] [[ComicBook/AstroCity to be]] ''[[ComicBook/AstroCity offensive]]''.

** In this universe, humans are symbolized using bacteria when concerning [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]]. [[HumansAreCthulhu We]] hardly know of their existence until they come to mind and killing billions of them is as simple as spraying disinfectant. Problem is, bacteria can still be phenomenally deadly to humans. As such, we defeat the cosmic horrors with little more than their own negligence.

* '''Inverted''': The SIC discovers intelligent aliens who turn out to be largely insignificant to humans, and who [[HumansAreCthulhu find us to be so abominable]] that they are likely to GoMadFromTheRevelation.

** Alternately: ... so the entire story revolves around cultists trying to get the attention of the monstrosities so they will come to the earth to prove once and for all there is no god. [[{{NiceJobBreakingItHero}} Oops, forgot about the whole 'devouring worlds' thing...]]

** A different path is to have the EldritchAbomination actually ''be'' invested in things and have them be not unlike humanity. Rather than not care anything over the little blue rock, they place a great deal of investment of the happenings or even the people of the rock, for selfish or selfless agendas. The local mob may have a cult who's patron monster does boons for them, an entity dotes on a human being the same way a human may care about their pet or favorite fictional character or maybe [[AstroCity a comic book company finds their building gone because an eldritch being found their portrayl]] [[EldritchAbomination of Eldritch Abominations]] [[AstroCity to be ''offensive''.]]

** The tentacle monsters take one look at the nearest human, and either jumps screaming onto the local equivalent of a chair, briefly looks shocked and squishes him, or traps him under a jar and a sheet of paper and deposits him outside, like they've seen a spider.

** [[SealedEvilInACan Cthulhu just woke up]]? [[LovecraftLite Come on guys, let's go]] ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kick his sorry ass!]]''
*** Hell, we could even [[DidweJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu be friends instead!]]

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

** Hell, we could even [[DidweJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu be friends instead!]]

** A different path is to have the EldritchAbomination actually ''be'' invested in things and have them be not unlike humanity. Rather than not care anything over the little blue rock, they place a great deal of investment of the happenings or even the people of the rock, for selfish or selfless agendas. The local mob may have a cult who's patron monster does boons for them, an entity dotes on a human being the same way a human may care about their pet or favorite fictional character or maybe [[AstroCity a comic book company finds their building gone because an eldritch being found their portrayl]][[EldritchAbomination of Eldritch Abominatiow]] [[AstroCity to be ''offensive''.]]

** A different path is to have the EldritchAbominations actually ''be'' invested in things and have them be not unlike humanity. Rather than not care anything over the little blue rock, they place a great deal of investment of the happenings or even the people of the rock, for selfish or selfless agendas. The local mob may have a cult who's patron monster does boons for them, an entity dotes on a human being the same way a human may care about their pet or favorite fictional character or maybe [[AstroCity a comic book company finds their building gone because an eldritch being found their portrayl of EldritchAbominations to be ''offensive''.]]

'''Basic Trope''': A story where humanity is unimportant, and the universe is filled with [[EldritchAbomination forces more mind-warping alien and powerful than humans can grasp.]]

'''Basic Trope''': A story where humanity is unimportant, and the universe is filled with [[EldritchAbomination creatures more mind-warping horrible and powerful than humans can grasp.]]

** Humanity comes across an Eldritch Abomination, or one such arrives in Earth's dimension. However, while they find it strange-looking, certainly, that's it. No mind-shattering horror to be found here.

** The SIC digs down and discovers that the center of the earth is filled with ugly, tentacled creatures - who are, in fact,[[DarkIsNotEvil as heroic or more heroic than people.]]