I am not a smart cookie, so forgive me if some things do not make sense!
Anyway, space, the Final Frontier or the universe or the cosmos is an immensely vast place of billions upon billions of stars and more. It just keeps on growing from what I remember. Expanding ever so much in fact. There are so many theories on that lies beyond our solar system and even our galaxy. Some of us want to know while others are just trying to get through with their live uncaring about what lies in the far reaches of space.
What I love about space is the endless possibilities that a girl like me can dream or conjure up in her creative mind. Humanity might be lightyears away from figuring out a sure fire plan to move to some planet and terraform it to make it livable for mankind for many generation, but the thought that we could probably live on Mars or the moon or some other habitable planet has never left my mind. Hey, a girl can dream, right?
Yet with the beauty and mystery of space our lovely Final Frontier comes the horrifying side. Space is massively vast, cold, and an endless void where nothing makes sense. Humanity has been staring up at the stars for many, MANY years and even though we think he have the answers to some of the universe’s greatest mysteries. I feel we are only just scratching the surface. Still, the day an alien race comes to Earth demanding that we submit to them or something far worse, we might have somewhat of an answer then.
Personally, I love the whole Cosmic Horror where eldritch abomination who care little for human life simply does whatever it wants and proves to the whole human race that it is simply greater. Because the reality is that space is scary and along with being mysterious and add a sense of wonder. But more importantly SPACE IS SCARY! Can you even imagine that when you look at the stars in the sky that some random thing or person could be doing the very same? Not scary enough. Try imaging looking up at the night’s sky and seeing the stars fully unaware that whatever you are looking at is looking back at you probably.
Fear of the unknown is a common thing amongst us. We fear things we do not understand which causes us to run away because of the fear or at least try to understand what is just so frightening. Sometimes we don’t fear the unknown, but rather yearn to learn everything we can about it. Space, hell even some thing on earth does this for us.
Moving on, I love the idea of Cosmic horror. Even though most people don’t think things like that can’t ever happen, it shows us that the universe is ruthless and cold and cruel towards us. Sure it doesn’t have to be a alien horde out to wipe all of humanity but rather the truth which is space is an unforgiving place and isn’t not kind to us.
I still love the wonder and sense of discovering something unique about the cosmos especially in fiction. Sometimes, I often think about my writing and how I can make space more fun for me. I have yet to write a Cosmic Horror, but someday I might surprise myself somehow. The truth is that space, the universe, the Final Frontier is a outrageously vast and is full of things that we human still to this very day know nothing about.
The complexities of space still elude most of us with his incomprehensible world and galaxies that are beyond us. The whole universe funny in that way. So many of desire to learn everything we can about space more than our own planet. Hell, we probably don’t know what is at the bottom of the deepest ocean. What marine life exist there? Ones we have yet to see and don’t know exist or something else? Much like space but on a WAY LARGER scale. What lies waiting for us beyond our planet? Friendly aliens, habitable planets similar to Earth, or a great unknown that can kill humanity in instant?
TL;DR: Space is a scary and mysterious place full of endless wonder and more that humanity are still trying to unravel bit by bit. Cosmic Horror or any type of good horror in space is my absolute favorite.
Any thoughts?
