Disturbing News from Burma

[Mairkurion {tm}]

That land that tyrants have renamed Myanmar, in the city formerly known as Rangoon, saw a new university founded in 1993.
It's name?
Dagon.

Commence Lovecraftian speculation.

[David Fryer]

Shudder

[Gavgoyle]

Hey, man, when the stars are right, the stars are right!

[Mairkurion {tm}]

Is right the right word?

Those militaristic nuts don't know what they've let themselves and their countrymen in for...

[Lathiira]

When they're all driven mad by the beast from the depths, they'll learn. Oh yes, when the master comes, they will learn . . . .

[Gavgoyle]

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Is right the right word?

It's the right word for someone or something. And really, going for the 'Innsmouth taint' when you are on an island nation may not be the worst choice... I mean, venerating Shudde M'ell or Ithaqua would have just been silly.

[Mairkurion {tm}]

A peninsular nation...but true. Horribly true.

[Gavgoyle]

Eek! I was picturing Indonesia in my mind. Geography fail!!

[Mairkurion {tm}]

Already, eldritch powers are bending space so that your perception of geography is being distorted. The horror!

[Tarren Dei]

But the tyrants have stopped referring to themselves as SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration Committee). Now that they are out of the running for the 'Next James Bond Villain Name' contest, they had to do something.

[Mairkurion {tm}]

My sources tell me that they stopped using that name because it inadvertently gave away the name of one of the minions of Dagon through whom their transactions were taking place, SLORC, Prince of the Slimy Underwaves, Spawn of the Crustaceaous Chaos ...

[James Keegan]

Chief Justice: "Lisa Simpson, I sentence you to life on MONSTER ISLAND!! Don't worry, it's just a name."

Lisa, running from monsters: "I THOUGHT HE SAID IT WAS JUST A NAME!!!"
Man, also running from monsters: "Monster Island is actually a peninsula!"