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Pretty much, things are only hopeless in the grand scheme, outside of the human frame. Such hopeless in the grand scheme doesn't mean there can't be hope for humanity in our time under the sun. And anyways, one must remember even Cthulhu is an insignificant ant in the grand scheme as well, only...

It is almost as if humanity can score some victories, and everything being hopeless is just an exaggerated meme.

And in the Shunned House as well, where a nameless Lovecraft protagonist actually wins.

Which is what I was thinking of. They aren't at all gribblies, just other normal lifeforms, except ones that are alien to us in form. Not so much in mind. There is also the Deep Ones, who aren't even aliens at all, but a radically different form of Earth life. Which is why they can bump uglies...

Indeed. Unless it is Nyarly, who loves tormenting us for some reason, or the lower level ones. Even then they might be agnostic towards us, the Elder Things probably only attacked out of blind panic and in another situation might have been friendly. Maybe, even interested that their ancient pets...

Where even that gibbering horror from being the star is naught but an ant, merely a bigger ant than you.