Dryunya wrote:BUT!
Guys seriously it was set in the real world and that can be proven false seriously what were you thinking and also the Regulator's psychic powers where are they why didn't Cthulhu mind-rape Psi and seriously Mr. A in reality what sense does that even make unless it was somehow framed in a sub-universe umm I don't understand anything anymore my poor metaverse model aaaargh
(Also, I can accept whan Angel did... But, poor Medusa. )
Indeed, poor Medusa
In answer to these questions:
It wasn't IN the real world. It was CLOSE to the real world. The Fourth Wall in my head, as explained at the start of the fic, isn't strictly a
solid wall but a
concept given form. It's not a strict line, where if you take one step, you're in fiction, take another you're in the void, and another you're in reality. It's... malleable. Cthulhu was very very close to entering (or rather reentering - Adell hadn't faced him when I wrote this so I had no idea what cthulhu would actually do when he got here) our world, hence why he appeared more visible to humans but not entirely clear as he was when facing Adell (he was pretty much broken through then).
In my head the Metaguards actual abilities were stunted by being so close to the real world, and Cthulhu being much, much older than the metaguards, had a lot more narrative weight and so his abilities were weakened but not to the extent theirs were, (the metaguards may have been designed for this job, but they are NEW creations, and recall what Mister A said early on about older characters having more narrative strength, hence their breaking through the wall first), and if the wall had fallen completely he would've had no limits.
They also couldn't be 'mind raped' as the humans on the ground pretty much almost were (
almost, not quite, cthulhu wasn't quite close enough to do it properly, when Adell faced him he was at much greater risk), because they are metaguards - a unique kind of fictional character designed to exist in the void BETWEEN fiction and reality. They're like... walking anomalies. The normal narratives don't apply to them (this is, by the way my logic behind why Medusa couldn't turn Angel into stoner in my unchosen Medusa fic - it just makes sense to me that metaguards are just designed to withstand the kind of threats the fictionasls present.)
Buuuuut I don't think I put ANY OF THAT STUFF that was in my head across well enough (as is obvious by how much I just had to explain there to make it make sense)
: Gurt saying 'we had plans but this wasn't MEANT to happen here' or something along those lines should have implied as much, buut I didn't write that sentence very clearly, so bad move on my part. There were a number of flaws and I'm really hoping for some concrit at the end of all this if possible
For now, I'm just glad it seems to have worked anyway, which it must have done. Thanks, guys
)
so large have some limes 
I DID mention that the self defence mechanicsm if 'convincing themselves it never happened' would kick in. Cthulhu is just too big and disturbing for the human brain to entiely process. 
(what's with that anyway? it is literally IMPOSSIBLE to breathe in space, there's nothing TO breathe except... well atoms, I guess).