onemuseleft:chenisthebestkitty:I just learnt that H.P. Lovecraft and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...

onemuseleft:

chenisthebestkitty:

I just learnt that H.P. Lovecraft and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived within the same timeframe.

This is relevant for two reasons: First off, “Sherlock Holmes and the Cult of Cthullu” could have fuggin existed but doesn’t, wtf kinda bullshit is that

And secondly: Lovecraft has no excuse to be racist anymore. Doyle lived during the same period of time, yet many of the Holmes stories I know highlight how bad and detrimental racism is for actual justice. Oh, so th...