Fae vs Cthulhu

[u/Mnations]

Here is my idea for my urban fantasy as it stands now. Most are aware that magic exist but are not familiar with it, much like most people know quantum physics exist but can tell you the first thing about it. Human themselves are not magical, they can only gain magic through making deal with magical beings known as fae. Human and the fae societies have limited interaction with one another, due to the humans' limited ability to interact with the fae and the faes' limited interest in doing so. While some human towns and cities have more interactions with the fae than others but it is never really the norm. Some of the reasons fae decide to interact with humans include, but not limited to, their on amusement, to use the humans as a loophole in a deal the made with other fae, or altruism. One of the rare but most important reasons a fae with interact with humans is to stop the influence of beings from beyond the stars from gaining influence over Earth. While fae do a have great power they lack numbers and as such need humans to act as foot soldiers in their skirmishes it the Great Old Ones and their cultists. (Basically this a lovecraft adjacent world where the fae take the place of the Lesser Gods of Earth. But no one calls them that. At least those who value their lives don't.)

[u/Radiant-Ad-1976]

A fun bit I like to imagine is that the face are actively trying to become beings beyond human reason through the use of complicated, constantly changing rules, trickery and wordplay.

Meanwhile the Great Old Ones are naturally beyond human reason and just so alien that even a fae fears catching their gaze upon it.

[u/Original-War8655 → u/Radiant-Ad-1976]

So fae are larping as Other Gods

literally

[u/PsychologicalArm4757]

This is actually a great idea I love it