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“constantly changing and shifting architectural landscape” really is one of my favourite settings for a story because it encompasses two similar but distinct niches of existential horror

a two-path diagram originating from the source caption "a constantly shifting labyrinth of metamorphic architecture". the first path is captioned "moved by human means" and concludes in the observation "you are trapped inside the extension of someone else's will and subject to their whims and shifts in mental state; a doll in the house of a mad god". the second path is captioned "moved by the structure itself" and concludes in the observation "you are an invasive organism in the belly of a beast far greater than your own reckoning, and neither its awareness of nor its indifference to your presence will save you".ALT

illustrative diagram i made to explain my point

a story itself is, of course, both of these at once - you are trapped within a living organism more vast and multifaceted than your own understanding of it can ever hope to contain, and subject to the whims of its architect, the author