Line #32 PlayingWith/EldritchAbomination


1	'''Basic Trope''': [[OurMonstersAreWeird A bizarre entity]] that [[MindScrew defies]] the established rules of a work's universe.
2	* '''Straight''': Sro'vru, an incomprehensible monster from the void outside physical reality, emerges from a hole in space-time to feed on human sanity.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** A bizarre monster is portrayed entirely through incomprehensible and nonsensical [[NonSequitur nonsequiturs]].
5	** The monster itself [[AlmightyIdiot is confused by its own existence and]] [[TorturedMonster can't comprehend itself.]]
6	** Not even ''{{God}}'' can comprehend it!
7	** [[BrownNote Even simply ''looking'' in its general direction causes the viewer's brain to hemorrhage in trying to comprehend it]].
8	** Sro'vru is an Eldritch Abomination [[HorrifyingTheHorror even for other Eldritch Abominations]].
9	* '''Downplayed''':
10	** [[OurMonstersAreWeird Utterly weird monsters]] and [[StarfishAliens extremely strange alien beings]] who are questionable despite being well-known in the galaxy.
11	** Sro'vru is an otherworldy entity from outside the universe and which defies known science and is beyond all comprehension... but attempting to study it isn't psychologically damaging in the least. Just confusing and futile.
12	** LovecraftLite
13	** StarfishAliens
14	** OurMonstersAreWeird
15	* '''Justified''':
16	** The [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien "abomination"]] possesses [[ClarkesThirdLaw advanced technology or powers which makes it functionally an incomprehensible monster]].
17	** The being comes from another universe/place which functions under different laws of physics than ours.
18	** The being has MoreThanThreeDimensions, and thus is incomprehensible to our three-dimensional cast.
19	* '''Inverted''':
20	** [[HumansAreCthulhu Humans are incomprehensible monsters to other beings]].
21	** Exposure to Sro'vru causes people to reach enlightenment.
22	** Sro'vru is an Eldritch ''Wonder'' and a [[GodIsGood benevolent god]], but keep in mind HolyIsNotSafe and GoodIsNotSoft.
23	** Sro'vru is a harmless, benign eldritch being. When it begins to take on a corporeal, comprehensible form, it becomes dangerous and malevolent.
24	* '''Subverted''':
25	** As it turns out, the Sro'vru actually follows a lot of scientific rules.
26	** The Sro'vru itself is perfectly mundane and follows the same rules as everything else. It just is deeply unsettling to humans and humans only. TheGreys wonder why humanity freaks out like that in the Sro'vru's presence. It may be an UncannyValley or some forgotten history.
27	** The Sro'vru's insanity has a more mundane explanation. The insanity is just because of its toxic spores causing brain damage. Somebody in a hazmat suit [[NonMaliciousMonster can even pet the Sro'vru]] and be just fine.
28	* '''Double Subverted''':
29	** ...just not the rules of ''our'' Universe's science.
30	** ...Although [[BlueAndOrangeMorality the rules either don't make sense or contradict each other,]] such as Sro'vru only being able to exist during certain conditions, but those same conditions are capable of killing it.
31	* '''Parodied''':
32	** Sro'vru turns out to have harmless or ridiculous goals.
33	** Following DoubleSubversion 2, Sro'vru disappears in a PuffOfLogic from the contradictory rules.
34	** The work is told from the POV of Sro'vru and it sees itself as a friendly tourist in humanity's world not intending any harm, yet still, humanity freaks out from it's mere presence much to it's confusion.
35	* '''Zig Zagged''': The Elder One was [[ScoobyDooHoax just a trick]]... orchestrated by another incomprehensible monster. But the only witness [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness was an escapee from an insane asylum]]... [[TwistEnding But is he really insane?]]
36	* '''Averted''': Sro'vru is a completely comprehensible monster with logical rules.
37	* '''Enforced''': "If the monster has clear goals and rules, it’s just another monster. Lets make it unclear how it works so it’s even scarier."
38	* '''Lampshaded''':
39	** "Why can't monsters from outside reality ever just adhere to laws of physics or maybe just common sense!?"
40	** YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm!
41	* '''Invoked''': A monster [[GodGuise tries to make itself appear like an incomprehensible monster]].
42	* '''Exploited''': A character [[ScoobyDooHoax creates or fakes an incomprehensible monster to benefit themselves]].
43	* '''Defied''': A hard to comprehend creature strives to make itself understandable.
44	* '''Discussed''': "There are no words to describe the sight before me. Such things shouldn't exist."
45	* '''Conversed''':
46	-->'''Bob:''' You can't ''really'' have an incomprehensible monster in a work of fiction. I mean you can't describe something you can't comprehend.
47	-->'''Alice''': Well what about Uhluthc in ''Mad Mountains''? He was pretty freaky.
48	* '''Implied''': There are many tales of the incomprehensible monster, and solid evidence to support its existence, but the heroes haven't encountered it and word of mouth can't agree on a description - or describe the monster at all.
49	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
50	* '''Deconstructed''':
51	** The incomprehensible monster is in such defiance of our universe's rules that it [[TorturedMonster can't function properly in our universe.]]
52	** The Incomprehensible Entity has a mind completely alien to humans and operates on BlueAndOrangeMorality. It isn't evil, just... different. Its behavior is thus just as likely to be ''beneficial'' to humans as detrimental; there just doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it that a human could make sense of.
53	** Just because a being is bizarre or incomprehensible doesn't mean it's powerful in any way.
54	** Upon entering our reality, the being is immediately forced to adapt to our laws of physics and becomes a very big, very gross animal that can only shamble around slowly, can't communicate because of its alien language, and is mostly useless all-around. It ends up either suffocating in space, getting eaten by a group of other animals, or becoming a tourist attraction / research subject for humans.
55	* '''Reconstructed''':
56	** The monster's explicit goal in our universe is removing its inability to function properly / be comprehended / etc.
57	** Humans are just as [[HumansAreCthulhu alien and incomprehensible]] to Sro'vru as Sro'vru itself is to Humans, and it is thus largely futile and/or psychologically unhealthy for ''either'' group to spend much effort trying to cognitively process the other.
58	* '''Played For Laughs:'''
59	** Since the monster is incomprehensible, humans perceive it as silly or inane things, like a [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark taco that poops ice cream.]]
60	** Since the monster is incomprehensible, humans can't tell it's not actually a threat, since it’s actually six inches tall.
61	* '''Played For Drama:'''
62	** The very existence of the incomprehensible monster [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt will destroy reality]].
63	** Just perceiving the incomprehensible monster [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drives other characters insane]].
64	** The incomprehensible monster is in {{Angst}} as [[AndIMustScream no one other than itself can feel the pain]].
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