Talking about Cthulhu being asleep/waking assumes that he/it/they has something comparable to human neurology, which is a very big if. Do we even know that Cthulhu would have a stream of consciousness or a sense of self? It may be more like a swarm of autonomous entities, loosely coordinated, some of which probe at the minds of the sensitive even as the majority are inactive.
He must have a stream of consciousness somewhat similar to our own, but yet it is different, considering he brings sleeping humans into his dreams sometimes.
Talking about Cthulhu being asleep/waking assumes that he/it/they has something comparable to human neurology, which is a very big if. Do we even know that Cthulhu would have a stream of consciousness or a sense of self? It may be more like a swarm of autonomous entities, loosely coordinated, some of which probe at the minds of the sensitive even as the majority are inactive.
He must have a stream of consciousness somewhat similar to our own, but yet it is different, considering he brings sleeping humans into his dreams sometimes.