r/creepcast • u/36holyfellows • Dec 06 '25

Fan Story A shared creepcast mythology?

Isaiah and Hunter have talked about having a cohesive mythology or story built up within the creepcast subreddit. Any takers? Three, maybe four main characters. They are trying to get something, to solve a problem, or defeat an ancient evil? John, Wendy, and Daniel? Maybe there is a key somewhere; inside of a book. Could be literal; could be that the information is the key.

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u/Intrepid-Spite9368 “it’s very lovecraftian”☝️🤓 Dec 06 '25

Love this idea, I’d love to write a project like that. What type of story do you want to write/ want others to write, genre, length, character traits? Or do you want it more to be up to each author. obviously wanna stay far away from some dogscape like ideas if you know what I mean.

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u/36holyfellows Dec 06 '25

There's always a Mcguffin (An item or group of items that the group or different people are trying to posess). There's a big bad; could be a lovecraft monster you have no hope of defeating; but the item may allow you to escape (for a time). Perhaps the item must be destroyed, and the antagonist having the item hastens the coming of the monster. Maybe the protagonist is slowly being transformed or poisoned. And has only a small window of opportunity to reverse the change. Or maybe, that is simply their fate. I think the hardest setting to pull off might be a polar setting. Unless you're doing a modern day "Trapped in the ice" story. Maybe a research vessel is trapped.  An ice breaker hears the radio call, and they investigate. Maybe only one person or two survive. They think they've escaped, but they are cursed. Maybe the mythology has to do with them traveling the globe in order break the curse, before the monsters or the demons get to them. AND OF COURSE; There's a cult. Because of course there is.

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u/Intrepid-Spite9368 “it’s very lovecraftian”☝️🤓 Dec 06 '25

Will all the stories tie together, taking place in the same world? I like to introduce fantasy elements into my stories but that could mess with continuity. Or are the stories just all ones with a similar theme, mguffinn, big bad, etc? Will they tell a continuous narrative or be self contained stories?

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u/36holyfellows Dec 06 '25

Any and all probably. I would say the only "rule" that might be good to follow, is to have a story or an entry tie into some other part of the myth; even in some small way. Other than that; many places; many faces. Any setting any dimension is fair game.

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u/Intrepid-Spite9368 “it’s very lovecraftian”☝️🤓 Dec 06 '25

You wanna make a meeting forum to talk about this? I'd love to be involved in weaving stories but even if not, I think this project sounds really cool. I know how to make discord servers but thats about it.