but... wouldn't that just result in 5,000 more realities...? I thought the sleeper was the one responsible for reality - in that it's their dream. So... another 5000 of them... means another 5,000 dreams, right...?
I thought the sleeper was the one responsible for reality - in that it's their dream.
You're thinking of Azathoth, and apparently that's not canon to the original novels by Lovecraft (it's apparently just very strong and very stupid, and reality is doomed if it ever exits its docile state). But yes, from what I know reality is made of Yog-Sothoth in some weird sense.
I know, being told that reality isn't really dreamt up by Azathoth is kind of like being told Santa isn't real, isn't it?
yog sothoth is a lovecraftian diety, more specifically hes one of the outer gods of the cthulhu mythos and not only that but he’s arguably the strongest maybe only weaker than azathoth (the ruler of all outer gods) and for reference the outer gods in the cthulhu mythos are like what humans are to the great old ones (cthulhu himself is a great old one so yeah yog sothoth is… strong…)
Azathoth is occasionally referred to as the "idiot god" and is characterized by gibbering, roiling madness. By contrast, Yog-Sothoth "the key and the gate" is suggested to literally represent time itself. Hierarchically speaking, Azathoth is technically above Yog, but yeah as an adversary I think Yog is more interesting if not more powerful.
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u/SpazzBro 5d ago
I pick 5000 Yog-Sothoth. Reality is doomed