So wrong, it's right? A cute Cthulhu Ouija board

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I’ve had Mailoni Kat’s Cutehulhu Ouija board bookmarked for a while, and the eve of Halloween feels like a good time to share the discovery.

So much wrong here, but also so right.

Ouija boards were introduced by a salesman, Elijah Bond, to the United States in 1890 and were considered a parlour game. It was Pearl Curran who made them famous for the occult. Aleister Crowley took an interest too.

Here in the UK, there’s this oddly undying myth that Ouija boards are illegal. They’re not. Although sometimes they do create fusses.

So, that’s some of the wrong. Let’s also address another persistent trend; making the Great Old One Cthulhu look adorable. MailoniKat does that perfectly here, with brilliant blue tendrils weaving around the place.

Then, to top it off, Nordic runes are in the foreground of the picture. That’s certainly an unusual twist!

It’s redundant pointing out that runes and Ouija don’t mix because Cthulhu isn’t cute and entirely fictional. Norse runes allude to a former religion, which some people are trying to rescue or recreate, and the Ouija board was basically a board game. None of this hangs together. And yet, here we are.

Happy Halloween.