Who do you think is worse: Satan or Cthulhu?

[FourCartridge]

This is pretty much a worst case scenario for humanity here, but what if these two... Things ever squared off? This debate isn't just about who can beat up who, it's about who we'd be "better off" with, threats, and who can cause the most damage.

 

[Oryx]

Cthulhu isn't a god, and isn't close to the most powerful thing in the mythos, so that's pretty random. Satan against a priest, basically. You want Satan vs. like, Nyarlathotep or something similar.

In that case, Nyarlathotep wins by far. It's an actual god in that mythos, while Satan is just a fallen angel in his own stories.

 

[Merzbau]

What has Satan ever done, anyway? Come on. In the 1980's, all he did was infest metal records and tell teenagers to kill themselves. In the 50's, he infested Elvis's hips. He never did any real damage, he was just kind of a background influence out to annoy.

Cthulhu, on the other hand, is the real terror here, perhaps precisely because we have no idea what he is truly capable of, not having awoken from his slumber. Whatever it is he can do, surely it's better than Satan. All he's doing is messing with record needles and speaking backwards into the microphone whenever Judas Priest records their guitars.

 

[Degenerate]

Satan can cause more damage. Hands down. His psychological warfare techniques are second to none.

 

[Dawn]

Cthulhu appeals to our sense of badness.
Satan appeals to /god's/ sense of badness.

Just something to think about.

Despite the fact that I implied I thought Satan was worse, I actually don't. I like to amuse myself by thinking that Satan is probably somewhat misunderstood. I blame Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles.

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