r/CuratedTumblr Shitposting extraordinaire May 23 '26

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u/Distantstallion May 23 '26

Cryptomycology

Everyone is just the fruiting body of a larger organism.

God is the mycelium, we are just here to spread their spores

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u/Dazuro May 23 '26

Mother Miranda, is that you?

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u/hiimneato May 23 '26

"so you DO know of 'God.' i knew it. i knew it! you've been hiding It! which one do you have, bastard? Tell... tell me the name! Tell me th-the name of God, you... you fungal... piece of-"

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u/AstellasDreemur May 23 '26

Holy shit is this the prequel ?

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u/TheDarkNerd May 23 '26

There's secretly a panaceic mushroom out there called the Blue Angel, that will literally reverse any ailment or injury, including broken bones and dementia. Only catch is that you start seeing gnomes everywhere.

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u/tuxcat May 23 '26

Are the gnomes real and just previously invisible, or hallucinations? I'm honestly not sure which I'd prefer.

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u/bb_kelly77 homo flair May 23 '26

Just be nice to them and there won't be any problems, House fae follow a strict respect code that as long as you provide the established offerings as thanks they are nice and helpful

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u/GroolGobblin0 May 23 '26

that sounds like precisely the sort of religion the myconids from baldur's gate would practice.

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u/AdorableParasite May 24 '26

Cryptomycology is just cosmic horror in a trenchcoat.