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A critter from Lovecraft's Dreamlands.I imagine them to be a race of savage rat/fae creatures with the potential to become familiars to wizards and witches.
EDIT: Yes, it looks at lot like Brown Jenkins.
In fact, the most curious little headcanon appeared in the process of drawing this - I realized that Brown Jenkins seems to be very fond of the Dark Man, Nyarlathotep's avatar, in 'Dreams in the Witch-House', what with all the nuzzling, and then I remembered that Nyarly is a regular in the Dreamlands; long story short, my idea is that Nyarly captured some unfortunate Zoog and mutated it into the creature known as Brown Jenkins.
Also, the Zoogs try to eat a kitten at one point, which according to Lovecraft is about as bad as eating a human baby, if not even worse.
Also, they're mentioned to be very hostile to trespassers who get lost in their woods, but that's more of a quirky characteristic.
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While this fella is a far cry from my headcanon, I still like him!
(And that Brown Jenkins backstory is certainly interesting and is being filed away for further exploration.)
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To be honest, I didn't have a clear idea of zoogs until I started working on this.Β
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He's still cute...in a really odd way.Β
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In a really fuzzy-wuzzy way.
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But...but what's all of this I see about abusing Zoogs? Stomping on them? Fur coats!? What are you trying to say, missy?!
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It BETTER be!
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I have standards, you know.
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Shocking, I know.
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wait...is eating babies wrong?
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how come nobody ever told me this?
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now I feel foolish
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There was a memo. I can't believe you missed it.
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Oh, for HP eating and kitten is about a billion times worse than anything! By all means destroy the entire worthless human race, but if you so much as breath on that cute little kitten...
BTW, that Zoog's so cute.
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Lovecraft: I, for one, welcome our new purring overlords.Β
Imagine falling into a fluffy pile of tribbles Zoogs.
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Aww, it'd be like landing in a heap of mini bean-bags, equipped with tiny teeth.
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And they squeak every time you step one one.
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Aww! Maybe you can play them like a musical instrument? The small ones'll be higher pitched, and the big ones lower?
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And maybe dance while you're at it?Β
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I think we've just described heaven...
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Add in a giant movie theater where you can watch perfectly made movies of all the books you love, and yes - heaven it is! 
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Whee! And they serve all your favourite food.
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OR! We can storm the gates of heaven and take what's rightfully ours! WITH FIRE AND BLOOD!
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That sounds more fun! Saddle our dragons - here we come! Hell hath no fury like a woman denied the opportunity to jump up and down on small furry things, thus making them squeak in an amusing manner!
I admit, the battle-cry needs work.Β
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We also need to decide on the color of the uniforms. And the banner. 
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An banner the colour of the 'colour out of space" and uniforms of burnished golden armour, flecked with fiery rubies and splinters of the darkest jet. But that might blow the budget?
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If we're using 'the color our of space', then we can attack in our pajamas - we'll be sure to win!
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This is true. If we had that banner, our opponents wouldn't notice if were wearing dresses fashioned entirely fromΒ FabergΓ© eggs... Pyjamas it is!
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Speaking of Faberge eggs, I'd be pretty torn as to which one to choose ->Β www-tc.pbs.org/treasuresofthewβ¦ or puzzles-games.eu/data/media/8/β¦
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For me, it'd have to be the second one. I'm not really a pink person, and I love the golden egg with the carriage! I have a carriage that's quite like it that my grandma gave me. Grandad used to be really fond of it and push it up and down the mantelpiece while it played music, but he died a long time before I was born. But yeah, the second one for me.
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Hah, it's strange how associations work!Β
Which one for you?
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The pink one.
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lol
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I really like how this conversation went from torturing fictional creatures to storming the gates of heaven to fancy dresses.
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Me too! The most random conversations are the best
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You might have to skin it first. 
But to be honest, I think they actually sell things made from zoog fur in Ulthar.Β
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What a tourist trap.
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Just be careful - they're often sell cheap imitations that get ruined after one measly adventure in the wilderness.
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Does 'made into house-shoe' count as adventure?
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Only if you're a zoog, and in any case, it sounds like a crappy adventure.
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For some reason this reminds me of an Edward Gory type creature.....is it wrong that i want one!
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(You mean Edward Gorey, as in the artist? ZOMG, I love his work! 
Ma'am, if this is wrong, then I don't wanna be right.
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Yes! So sorry i spelled his name wrong. 
The Zoog reminds me of a creature in the Utter Zoo Alphabet, maybe it's the name that reminds me of the Zoat..."As to the Zoat,what can be said,there was but one and now it's dead".
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The Zoat/Zote there looks like a dead bird, so it's probably the name.
The Zoogs appear in Lovecraft's 'Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'. Have you read that particular work of his?
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I've read that one,but i'm not so keen on the dreamy stories.
My favourites are the Nameless City,The Rats in The Walls and the Music of Erich Zann. I have no idea why i like those best.
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I really like 'Rats in the Walls' - it's a chilling tale, with so many layers, and to me it's one of Lovecraft's finest (partly because, sadly, even today we hear horrifying stories of people being locked up and treated like animals).
The others I can take them of leave them.
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The Rats in the Walls is one of those stories that you think "well it can't get any worse..", but it just piles on the horror.
Soon i will be going to see a stage play of The Statement of Randolph Carter, and i'm so excited!
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Ah, I'm so jealous! Make sure you tell us how it went. It's a tricky story to put on stage.
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It should be really exciting,it's a one an performance. I've already seen him do Call of Cthulhu and The Temple and they were amazing, i dragged my friend along and now she love Lovecraft too.Β
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