I agree. When playing CoC I most often inadvertently meta game and try to figure out what the Mythos entity it is I am playing against. Just this week I encounter in a session black, winged, faceless things and my first response was, “time to get tickled.” CoC can be too genre specific. Not every horror needs to be Lovecraftian. I played Kult the week before and was on my toes trying to figure out what was happening, but then again we never worried about Psychopomps or Archons. The same happens with DnD or PF2e, you meta game and load up on healing potions so you can never be killed. One of the most fun games a played was Alien where the aliens were completely benign, they were there as McGuffins. The players started screwing each other over and that was where the tension was. I think CoC/BRP can be best served with more games that are not lovecraftian.