Can Eldritch Horrors Fall in Love?

ELDRITCH HORRORS are supposed to be unknowable beings. To gaze upon even a piece of their true form could drive you mad... So why do people want to date them? It's time to examine the eldritch empathy and eldritch romance in Look Outside, Slay the Princess, Sucker for Love, and more. What happens when a human loves an eldritch horror? And could an eldritch horror truly love us back? Content Warnings: Body horror, video game violence/gore, disturbing eldritch imagery SUBSCRIBE for more! ► https://bit.ly/2XkZKjl JOIN the Discord server ►   / discord   Donate and support this channel! ► https://ko-fi.com/scrawls ___ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 1:15 Lovecraft isn't Loving... 3:44 Eldritch Love is BENEVOLENT (Look Outside) 6:53 Eldritch Love is MIMICRY 10:51 Eldritch Love is ADORABLE 13:22 Eldritch Love is DANGEROUS (Sucker for Love) 17:14 Eldritch Love is COMPLICATED (Slay the Princess) 21:53 Why Date Cthulhu? ___ Scrawls profile picture and sprite art by Mouse Media Shown: Slay the Princess, Sucker for Love: First Date, Look Outside, Monster Prom, White Walls, Love Death + Robots, Eldritch Darling, How to Date an Entity and Stay Alive, Don't Eat the Cashier, Adventure Time, Adventure Time Distant Lands, Gravity Falls Look Outside and Slay the Princess footage by @CrankyTemplar -    / @crankytemplar   Eldritch Darling Webtoon by Mishacakes - https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/el... White Walls by Dead Sound, David James Armsby -    • "White Walls" | Lovecraftian Horror Animat...   ___ ♫Music by Epidemic Sound and Youtube Audio (Check pinned comment below for list of songs) Look Outside OST by Eric Shumaker and Francis Coulombe - https://store.steampowered.com/app/35... Slay the Princess OST by Brandon Boone - https://www.brandonboonemusic.com/ Sound Effects by Pixabay - https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link... "One-eyed Maestro" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Danse Macabre" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... ___ Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. This video and the pictures and clips used in it are critiques covered under this “fair use”. I did not create the movies, shows, games or media shown. If you wish to fully access the media, please buy a legal copy online or in stores. This content is made for a general audience, especially adults as it contains mature themes and language. This video essay is NOT specifically made for kids. ___ #eldritchhorror #slaytheprincess #videoessay #videogamevideoessay #eldritchhorrorvideoessay