History WebVideo / AskLovecraft

** He mentions one of the many (and more bizarre) reinventions of Nyarlathotep being a [[LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarukoSan a small Japanese schoolgirl]].

* BaitAndSwitch: When Lovecraft finds out that ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' has used his name and likeness in its stories, he's absolutely horrified and distraught... [[HiddenDepths That no one introduced him to Archie before.]]

* NoSenseOfHumor: He tries to write slapstick for ''Franchise/{{Archie|Comics}}'' after having read some of their comics. It's not nearly as funny as he thinks it is.

* RealMenWearPink: A fan of Franchise/{{Archie|Comics}} and Series/GilmoreGirls, among other "unmanly" things.

* ShowerOfAngst: A variation. After reading the theme song to ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' aloud, Lovecraft stands in StunnedSlience for a moment, and then excuses himself to the audience and walks off-camera. It then cuts to him sitting in a TroubledFetalPosition in a bathtub with a deeply disturbed expression on his face.

* CuriosityKilledTheCast: Believes that the theme of TheShadowOverInnsmouth is that Robert Olmstead really shouldn't have been poking his nose into other people's business.

* DropInCharacter: Creator/CarlSagan oddly enough. Whether he's also BackFromTheDead or TimeTravel is involved isn't clarified.

** He also lives with his evil counterpart from a hell dimension and [[AudioPlay/AVoiceFromTheDark personally encountered a genuine eldritch abomination]] [[spoiler:even becoming possessed by it]]. He blames magnets.

* TropesAreNotBad / Administrivia/TropesAreTools: Kessler expresses this as his opinion in "Tropes". He even mentions this page as an example.

* TheUnReveal: In the announcement of his move to ''Channel Awesome,'' Howie is about to finally reveal how to pronounce... Something. He's caught off guard by his cell phone ringing, and forgets what he was saying. [[spoiler: It was likely how to pronounce Cthulhu.]] [[note]]"Khlûl'-hloo, with the first syllable pronounced gutturally and very thickly" according to Real Life Lovecraft, if you're curious[[/note]]

* TheUnReveal: In the announcement of his move to ''Channel Awesome,'' Howie is about to finally reveal how to pronounce... Something. He's caught off guard by his cell phone ringing, and forgets what he was saying. [[spoiler: It was likely how to pronounce Cthulhu.]]

** When playing a game of D&D, he asks the DM if the buildings in the city are "cyclopean." The DM (Leeman himself) has no idea what he's talking about.

* TropesAreNotBad / TropesAreTools: Kessler expresses this as his opinion in "Tropes". He even mentions this page as an example.

* TropesAreNotBad/TropesAreTools: Kessler expresses this as his opinion in "Tropes". He even mentions this page as an example.

* ToAbsentFriends: "Clark Ashton Smith" provides the RealLife eulogy Smith gave for Lovecraft upon his death. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Howie returns the favor.]]

The premise is the famous CosmicHorror writer [[Creator/HPLovecraft H.P. "Howie" Lovecraft]] has been resurrected through some sort of mysterious dark science (the series often hint that even Lovecraft himself doesn't quite understand how it works). To pass his time, Lovecraft answers questions and gives advice to the poor fools who dare seek it. It was hosted on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses until Kessler's departure from the site in April 2018.

* BasedOnADream: In "Dreams" and "Dreams Visited" Howie relates that many of his stories were based on his dreams, but these days his dreams all consist of [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall staring into a great eye and being interrogated by strangers.]]

* FoundFootageFilms: His review of {{Cloverfield}} suggests Howie is a fan of this genre.

* AsHimself: ''Leeman Kessler'' appears as himself -- both the modern version and a 22 year-old past version -- on occasion, alongside Lovecraft and P.H., though usually not of his own volition.

--> '''H. P. Lovecraft:''' "This is not some cosmic sense of dread, just pedestrian fear of one's self, facing one's true self with no illusions, seeing all of one's adequacies or lack thereof."

--> "Now, this question might strike one as [[ToiletHumour impertinent or inane,]] but it actually follows a long line of thought experiments, such as: "does an unobserved fallen tree make a sound?" or "[[BreadEggsMilkSquick do Italians have souls?]]"

* SelfDeprecation: In "Parody," Lovecraft says he doesn't approve of people who try to imitate him or his mannerisms, finding the phenomenon "gauche" and "highly unpleasant".

* ShoutOut: His cell phone ring is the theme from ''Series/TooManyCooks.''

* TheAntiNihilist: "The Meaning of Life" declares that while Lovecraft is an atheist, he believes that the lack of any divine purpose for humanity empowers humanity to decide its own purpose and create beauty where it can for no other purpose than the beauty itself.

The premise is the famous CosmicHorror writer [[Creator/HPLovecraft H.P. "Howie" Lovecraft]] has been resurrected through some sort of mysterious dark science (the series often hint that even Lovecraft himself doesn't quite understand how it works). To pass his time, Lovecraft answers questions and gives advice to the poor fools who dare seek it. Now hosted on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.

* SpinOff: The concept of H.P. Lovecraft (played by the same actor) living in the 21st century after having been reanimated by a mage originated from [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DerektheBard/featured Derek the Bard's channel]]. ''Ask Lovecraft'' is the own series of the reanimated Lovecraft, and contains occasional references to his resurrection (as well as cameos from Derek the Bard).

** Well, technically he was brought to life by [[WebVideo/WarningReadersAdvisory Derek the Bard's]] [[Film/Re-Animator reagent]]. So he was actually to life by science instead of black magic.

** In "Mark Sue" he provides this advice for struggling writers:

** In "Mark Sue" he provides this advice:
--> '''If you simply cannot write conflict whatsoever, that's why we have Christian romance novels.'''