Classic HP Lovecraft strategy “oh my god my sanity is shattering from just looking at this ancient being! It’s indescribable so don’t ask but trust me guys it’s like SUPER scary”
According to a quick google search the only thing the bible mentions related to squids is that all creatures are made by God, and that we can eat any sea creature as long as it has fins and scales. Both verses don't mention squids directly.
I like how in the festival, he just describes what the creatures aren't.
"They were not altogether crows, nor moles, nor buzzards, nor ants, nor vampire bats, nor decomposed human beings; but something I cannot and must not recall."
Leaves you with a pretty vivid picture of what the creatures look like while still giving you absolutely no idea of what they look like.
I hadn’t seen that description but I can see how someone might try to picture it in their head but with each description you take away familiar characteristics until you’re left with something unfamiliar. By knowing what it’s not you’re left with a confusing mental image that you can’t quite grasp
But still the dude needed to learn more adjectives
A director is making a biblical movie and wants to have a scene where the Red Sea parts. He asks the special effects guy how much to show the red sea parting. The SE guy says "I can make a wide shot of it parting for a million dollars". Director says too much, what else can you do? SE guy "for half a million I can show it from an angle where you only see one side of the sea parting". The director says still too much, what else? SE guy says, "For union scale, I can point the camera at an extra who can say "Hey looked, the sea's parting!'"
Maybe this is why other planets with a biosphere are too far away. The program isn't ready to simulate an entire other world with such variety of life as ours.
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u/Cartoonicorn 19h ago
Take it from horror comics, if the author doesn't want to draw something, characters can always be disemboweled off panel.