subtoot; about Cthulhu
In The Call of Cthulhu, the horrific thing isn’t just the big C, who’s basically someone’s fat fur/macro dractopus ‘sona (way cuddlier when phrased like that).
It’s that 1) big C is one of an *entire species* of huge dractopi (they later show up as a reason the Elder Things didn’t overrun the world); and 2) C is just the high priest of much more powerful stuff.
If that’s how bad things get when only the big C shows up, having zir city or gods show up is infinitely worse.