History Quotes / CosmicHorrorReveal

-->-- ''[[Literature/TheThreeBodyProblem The Dark Forest]]''

->''"Dear Diary:''
->''Well, this summer has been one headlong dive into whirlwind romance for me. Ha! I wish! As you know, I've spent most of the summer trying to run into Percy Marlborough (sigh!), the handsome young industrialist I met the day I snuck into the country club on a lark.''
->''[...]''
->''OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD. He's not human.''
->''If anyone finds this, I beg you, call the police. Tell them our city is full of insect-lizard creatures that walk invisibly among us and feed on our emotions, an ancient eldritch race that see all our efforts and strivings as the caperings of monkeys."''
-->-- '''''Literature/HowNotToWriteANovel''''', "'And One Ring to Bind Them,' Said the Old Cowpoke"

->[[AC:Your civilization is based on the technology of the mass relays, '''[[AbusivePrecursors our]]''' technology. By using it, your society develops along the paths we desire. We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.]]

-->-- 'WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'', ''"Cosmic Horror"''

->''Well, this summer has been one headlong dive into whirlwind romance for me. Ha! I wish! AsYouKnow, I've spent most of the summer trying to run into Percy Marlborough (sigh!), the handsome young industrialist I met the day I snuck into the country club on a lark.''

->'''Shi Qiang''': Conclusion? We haven't figured anything out! Where's the picture of cosmic civilization you promised?
->'''Luo Ji''': If neither communication[[note]]exposes the existence and location of your civilization[[/note]] or silence[[note]]leave them alone and they'll eventually find you anyway[[/note]] will work once you learn of my existence, you're left with just [[FinalSolution one option]].
->''([[StunnedSilence long silence]])''
->'''Shi Qiang''': [[OhCrap Fuck]]!
->'''Luo Ji''': Extrapolate that option out to billions upon billions of stars and hundreds of millions of civilizations, and there's your picture.

->''"The best thing about cosmic horror is that it [[GenreBlending fits great into most science fiction or fantasy settings]]… mostly. There is the small chance that suddenly adding cosmic horror into a fairly pedestrian, upbeat fantasy or science fiction story without any foreshadowing [[MoodWhiplash might completely ruin the light tone]]. I mean, watching your typical upbeat, plucky fantasy party [[ShooOutTheClowns suddenly get ripped limb from limb by horrors from beyond time and space at plot’s halfway point, with the only survivors being driven mad]], will certainly leave an impression on the reader. Should I have a dark undercurrent run through the first part of the story while laying clues for the reader to speculate at the universe’s darker nature BEFORE eviscerating my main characters? Of course not. We want to maximize the impact of the cosmic horror... [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy and probably the impact of our book as it's thrown across the room by our reader]]."''

->''"The best thing about cosmic horror is that it [[GenreBlending fits great into most science fiction or fantasy settings]]… mostly. There is the small chance that suddenly adding cosmic horror into a fairly pedestrian, upbeat fantasy or science fiction story without any foreshadowing [[MoodWhiplash might completely ruin the light tone]]. I mean, watching your typical upbeat, plucky fantasy party [[ShooOutTheClowns suddenly get ripped limb from limb by horrors from beyond time and space at plot’s halfway point, with the only survivors being driven mad]], will certainly leave an impression on the reader. Should I have a dark undercurrent run through the first part of the story while laying clues for the reader to speculate at the universe’s darker nature BEFORE eviscerating my main characters? Of course not. We want to maximize the impact of the cosmic horror… [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy and probably the impact of our book as its thrown across the room by our reader]]."''

->''"The best thing about cosmic horror is that it [[GenreBlending fits great into most science fiction or fantasy settings]]… mostly. There is the small chance that suddenly adding cosmic horror into a fairly pedestrian, upbeat fantasy or science fiction story without any foreshadowing [[MoodWhiplash might completely ruin the light tone]]. I mean, watching your typical upbeat, plucky fantasy party [[ShooOutTheClowns suddenly get ripped limb from limb by horrors from beyond time and space at plot’s halfway point with the only survivors being driven mad]] will certainly leave an impression on the reader. Should I have a dark undercurrent run through the first part of the story while laying clues for the reader to speculate at the universe’s darker nature BEFORE eviscerating my main characters? Of course not. We want to maximize the impact of the cosmic horror… [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy and probably the impact of our book as its thrown across the room by our reader]]."''

->''"The best thing about cosmic horror is that it [[GenreBlending fits great into most science fiction or fantasy settings]]… mostly. There is the small chance that suddenly adding cosmic horror into a fairly pedestrian, upbeat fantasy or science fiction story without any foreshadowing [[MoodWhiplash might completely ruin the light tone]]. I mean, watching your typical upbeat, plucky fantasy party [[ShooOutTheClowns suddenly get ripped limb from limb by horrors from beyond time and space at plot’s halfway point with the only survivors being driven mad]] will certainly leave an impression on the reader. Should I have a dark undercurrent run through the first part of the story while laying clues for the reader to speculate at the universe’s darker nature BEFORE eviscerating my main characters? Of course not. We want to maximize the impact of the cosmic horror… and probably the impact of our book as its thrown across the room by our reader."''

->''"The best thing about cosmic horror is that it [[GenreBlending fits great into most science fiction or fantasy settings]]… mostly. There is the small chance that suddenly adding cosmic horror into a fairly pedestrian, upbeat fantasy or science fiction story without any foreshadowing [[MoodWhiplash might completely ruin the light tone]]. I mean, watching your typical upbeat, plucky fantasy party suddenly get ripped limb from limb by horrors from beyond time and space at plot’s halfway point with the only survivors being driven mad will certainly leave an impression on the reader. Should I have a dark undercurrent run through the first part of the story while laying clues for the reader to speculate at the universe’s darker nature BEFORE eviscerating my main characters? Of course not. We want to maximize the impact of the cosmic horror… and probably the impact of our book as its thrown across the room by our reader."''

->''"The best thing about cosmic horror is that it [[GenreBlending fits great into most science fiction or fantasy settings]]… mostly. There is the small chance that suddenly adding cosmic horror into a fairly pedestrian, upbeat fantasy or science fiction story without any foreshadowing [[CerebusSyndrome might completely ruin the light tone]]. I mean, watching your typical upbeat, plucky fantasy party suddenly get ripped limb from limb by horrors from beyond time and space at plot’s halfway point with the only survivors being driven mad will certainly leave an impression on the reader. Should I have a dark undercurrent run through the first part of the story while laying clues for the reader to speculate at the universe’s darker nature BEFORE eviscerating my main characters? Of course not. We want to maximize the impact of the cosmic horror… and probably the impact of our book as its thrown across the room by our reader."''

->''"The best thing about cosmic horror is that it fits great into most science fiction or fantasy settings… mostly. There is the small chance that suddenly adding cosmic horror into a fairly pedestrian, upbeat fantasy or science fiction story without any foreshadowing might completely ruin the light tone. I mean, watching your typical upbeat, plucky fantasy party suddenly get ripped limb from limb by horrors from beyond time and space at plot’s halfway point with the only survivors being driven mad will certainly leave an impression on the reader. Should I have a dark undercurrent run through the first part of the story while laying clues for the reader to speculate at the universe’s darker nature BEFORE eviscerating my main characters? Of course not. We want to maximize the impact of the cosmic horror… and probably the impact of our book as its thrown across the room by our reader."''

->''"The best thing about cosmic horror is that it fits great into most science fiction or fantasy settings… mostly. There is the small chance that suddenly adding cosmic horror into a fairly pedestrian, upbeat fantasy or science fiction story without any foreshadowing might completely ruin the light tone. I mean, watching your typical upbeat, plucky fantasy party suddenly get ripped limb from limb by horrors from beyond time and space at plot’s halfway point with the only survivors being driven mad will certainly leave an impression on the reader. Should I have a dark undercurrent run through the first part of the story while laying clues for the reader to speculate at the universe’s darker nature before eviscerating my main characters? Of course not. We want to maximize the impact of the cosmic horror… and probably the impact of our book as its thrown across the room by our reader."''

-->-- '''J.P. Beaubian''', ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice''

-->-- '''J.P. Beaubian''', ''WebSeries/TerribleWritingAdvice''

->Sindermann had been right. Loken was hearing the music of the spheres, and it was a terrible sound that spoke of corruption, blood and the death of the universe.

->'''Tull''': Great and holy heavens! You don't know, do you?
->'''Loken''': Don't know what?
->'''Tull''': ''([[ActuallyPrettyFunny laughing]])'' All this time, we've been pussyfooting around you and your great Warmaster, fearing the worst...
->'''Loken''': Commander, I will own up to ignorance and embrace illumination, but I will not be laughed at.
->'''Tull''': Forgive me.
->'''Loken''': Tell me why I should. Illuminate me.
->'''Tull''': ''([[SincerityMode now deadly serious]])'' [[SentientCosmicForce Kaos]] is the [[HellOnEarth damnation of all mankind]], Loken. Kaos will outlive us and dance on our ashes. All we can do, all we can strive for, is to recognize its menace and [[HopelessWar keep it at bay]], for as long as we persist.
-->-- ''[[Literature/HorusHeresy Horus Rising]]''

->Everything he had been told was a lie.
->[...]

->'''Luo Ji''': [[CrapsackWorld The real universe is just that black]]. The universe is a [[TitleDrop dark forest]]. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. If he finds other life -- another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod -- there's only one thing he can do: [[DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs open fire and eliminate them]]. In this forest, hell is other people. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out. This is the picture of cosmic civilization. It's the explanation for the UsefulNotes/FermiParadox.

-->-- ''[[Literature/TheThreeBodyProblem The Dark Forest]]''

-->-- ''[[Literature/HorusHeresy Galaxy in Flames]]''

-->-- ''[[Literature/HorusHeresy Horus Rising]]''

-->--''[[Literature/HorusHeresy Horus Rising]]''

-->-- '''''Literature/HowNotToWriteANovel''''', "'And One Ring to Bind Them,' Said the Old Cowpoke"