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      Some of them hold up, some of them not so much.

      As does any work over time.

      There’s, however, a difference in a depiction that was common at the time, versus outright racism. I mean, people still read about and rave over Lovecraft’s work and he was so racist that the other racists of his time used to tell him to chill.

      You take the good with the bad in things from another time. Enjoy what you can in the good and learn from the bad.

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        people still read about and rave over Lovecraft’s work and he was so racist that the other racists of his time used to tell him to chill.

        I’ve heard he did actually chill in his later years

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        I did not know this ☹️ I do recall some interesting name choices though so I guess I should have realized. There was a cat in a story (Rats in the walls I think) that had a slur for a name.

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      Ouch, those are not good indeed.

      Also, the last page shines a new light on how bad Mr True’s “outbursts” really get, holy shit.

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      Or maybe you’re just cherry picking the ones that don’t hold up 🤔😅

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        Maybe the true Everett was the cherry picking we did along the way.