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Grand Gigas posted:https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6080 The writer of this SCP is very good at writing gripping and atmospheric environments. I was able to conceptualize the locations and action very well throughout most of it, even when it became very abstract. The story really lost me starting with the last rerun event. I just don’t get it. I was expecting it all to tie back into 6080’s experiences of abuse and abandonment, and I suspect that’s what the author was going for, but I completely lost track of the story at that point. Specifically, the final action sequence was where the action went from being easy to follow to almost impossible, and from that point forward, all the dialogue is incredibly vauge in a way that is clearly intentional, but fails to deliver whatever emotion the author was hoping for when they made that choice, unless they were hoping for frustration. I dunno, maybe I’m just dumb. That being said I’d say it’s still a recommended read. The author did a really incredible job of describing the rerun events throughout the entire article until the point I mentioned earlier, and the steady descent into more and more abstract and dangerous scenarios is made all the more engaging by their incredible skill in describing those scenarios.
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Yeah they definitely understand it being hard to follow. He’s actually gonna make a supplementary YouTube video which is adorable to me.
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Jul 28, 2021 20:03
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Oh, that’s awesome. I did see in the discussion page that he’s working on an illustration of the final action sequence for those having trouble picturing it, which should be handy.
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Jul 28, 2021 20:09
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This has been almost all he’s spoken about for the better part of a year. I’m just so happy for him that he’s finished his first like really big work.
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Jul 28, 2021 20:11
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I don't know, after the third or so cartoon turned grimdark I ended up closing it out.
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Jul 29, 2021 01:46
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I read through the whole thing and still have no idea what the hell it is; there’s definitely effort and talent put in, but it’s overwritten and needs an editor.
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Jul 29, 2021 15:49
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I think he’ll get better at self editing the more he writes.
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I'm many pages behind where the thread is right now, and making my way through all of it, but I really wanted to say this is incredible, I'm really enjoying it, and there's not really another place on the internet I frequent where I might have stumbled over it like this. Thanks for posting it!
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https://twitter.com/Cody_Wimmer/status/1424187414537461760
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Black August posted:Yeah. I had more of an idea where it's not the Foundation causing anomalies, but rather their methods and structure of dealing with them slowly building a global situation of paranormal instability. A climate change style problem where it's already too late, but they have to stop anyways and figure out a paradigm shift on top of surviving the new paranormal they helped contribute to. SCP 6001 explores this where a parallel universe’s version of the Foundation has instead joined with all the other major players in the lore into an organization called the Compendium and rather than trying to contain anomalies, embraces them and finds way they can fulfill their purpose and help people if possible. Edit: it also has a really sweet ending. I’d recommend giving it a read. Nitrousoxide has a new favorite as of 02:44 on Aug 10, 2021 |
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Thanks for that. It's a good entry and a great idea, though I found I didn't care for some of the tone and style. Still appreciated what it was going for.
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https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/erics-mega-zine-vol-50-the-cutout-room it's basically the prequel to the cartoon box. It may or may not help you understand it.
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A word from the author, from the discussion page:quote:This also marks the start of my canon, But A Dream, which is a canon about imagination, belief, and thought being the source of anomalies, both in the universe and outside of it. Each one of my articles, as well as a few others, exist within this canon. Good context. Also, this person wrote that micheal the killer story, which is in this same universe. I recall liking that one, assuming I’m not mixing it up with something else.
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Aug 13, 2021 04:33
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https://mobile.twitter.com/yourwightknight/status/1415882541832171521
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Is there some phenomenon (other than actual fairies) that makes them grow like that because I've run into a couple in the woods too.
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OwlFancier posted:Is there some phenomenon (other than actual fairies) that makes them grow like that because I've run into a couple in the woods too. As far as I understand, fairy rings start out as more like a solid circle as it grows outward. As it leeches nutrients from the soil, the center bits die and wither off, leaving the outer edge.
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Ah yeah that makes sense. Presumably under the slide is more sheltered so they start off there too.
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OwlFancier posted:Is there some phenomenon (other than actual fairies) that makes them grow like that because I've run into a couple in the woods too. Interestingly, this phenomenon is called 'heksenkring' in Dutch ('witches' circle'), which sounds a good deal more ominous.
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Pope Hilarius II posted:Interestingly, this phenomenon is called 'heksenkring' in Dutch ('witches' circle'), which sounds a good deal more ominous.
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Can't it also happen when they grow around tree stumps, and then the stumps get pulled out or rot away, but the mushrooms can keep growing out from there anyways?
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Aug 13, 2021 23:08
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IIRC they usually start from a corpse (be it plant or animal) at the center of the circle
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I wonder if it because mushrooms are all one organism, so there is a carpet of mycelium under the ground that gets bigger and the fruiting bodies represent the extent of the single fungus. E: according to wikipedia yes, and also yes they sometimes grow outwards from trees too. Fungus is great. OwlFancier has a new favorite as of 23:21 on Aug 13, 2021 |
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Aug 13, 2021 23:18
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I know you meant 'those mushrooms in the circle are one organism", but the phrasing made it sound like "all mushrooms everywhere are one organism". Which would actually make a great SCP, thinking about it. Especially if they didn't lose their connection just because you'd eaten them.
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girl dick energy posted:I know you meant 'those mushrooms in the circle are one organism", but the phrasing made it sound like "all mushrooms everywhere are one organism". i mean https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/606952-largest-living-organism quote:The largest living organism is a single gigantic specimen of honey mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae), discovered in the Malheur National Forest, Oregon, USA, which occupies a total area of 965 hectares (2,385 acres), equivalent to 1,350 soccer fields. The honey mushroom is well known for its glowing surface, caused by bioluminescent bacteria, although most of its tissue is around 1 metre (3 feet) underground, in the form of root-like mycelia. Its age is calculated to be at least 2,400 years old, but may be as much as 8,650 years old.
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Aug 14, 2021 01:48
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Yes, that's exactly why it'd make a great skip. It's just a short leap of logic from there.
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girl dick energy posted:Yes, that's exactly why it'd make a great skip. It's just a short leap of logic from there. You could probably have some fun with the Foundation trying to figure out if its an anomaly they should contain somehow, or a (relatively) ordinary discovery they should publish.
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Aug 14, 2021 11:08
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Quantum hyphae.
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isnt that the plot to star trek discovery
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What’s the worst highly voted article, and you can’t say the rape one It’s definitely catgirls and it’s not even close. +461 lmao
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Aug 15, 2021 00:30
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the rape "one"
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Monicro posted:the rape "one" are there others?? gross. the one I was talking about was the seven brides garbage.
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The rape reef one is pretty gross too. The wiki suffers from the general fiction trend of using sexual assault as a cheap source of emotional weight and drama.
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OwlFancier posted:The rape reef one is pretty gross too. i mean that one went above and beyond in its attempts to be gross, plenty of bodily fluids and at least 18 fetishes. It was novel at the time I think? It looks so bad now with the overall average increase in writing quality. a fatguy baldspot posted:What’s the worst highly voted article, and you can’t say the rape one I dunno i find that one harmless if its intention was absurdity. If the world of SCP contains absurdities as part of the setting then why can't it have catgirls? Why can't there be pointless dumb fun anomalies? If it wasn't supposed to be absurd then yeah, I don't know how to handle that. Whatever the case its not my cup of tea but I don't mind it. It's just there along with the 70% of scp's which I don't connect with. Regarde Aduck has a new favorite as of 02:46 on Aug 15, 2021 |
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Regarde Aduck posted:I dunno i find that one harmless if its intention was absurdity. If the world of SCP contains absurdities as part of the setting then why can't it have catgirls? Why can't there be pointless dumb fun anomalies? 
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Regarde Aduck posted:I dunno i find that one harmless if its intention was absurdity. If the world of SCP contains absurdities as part of the setting then why can't it have catgirls? Why can't there be pointless dumb fun anomalies? There can, but I can also make fun of how dumb they are, if they’re dumb
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Grand Gigas posted:https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6080 I liked this a lot. It has some scuffs and blemishes, but the overall read was great. Event 6 is my favorite type of [expand here to read exploration log] thing. The article before that point lays the groundwork, giving you several glimpses into the Other Place from various viewpoints. Then you get to go in real deep. I lost track of time and got totally engrossed reading the Event 6 exploration log. The fight at the end is not the kind of thing I read SCP articles for. It fit with the rest of the article and smoothly kept the vibe from the long exploration log, but I didn't care for it. Someone else out there probably enjoyed that part more than the exploration log and I don't think it's bad. Also since the thread is having this discussion again, for the 1000th time, about Monicro posted:the rape "one" OwlFancier posted:The rape reef one is pretty gross too. This article has some of those same broad strokes, but it doesn't feel like pure shock value spoopiness. It is still very on-the-nose about it, but in a way that is more integral to the SCP itself. And it is dealt out with a much more tactful hand; not meant purely to impress/disgust the reader with how Evil the Evil Thing is. I put this as another point in favor of the new article. What do you guys think? To me it feels like a legitimate and sympathetic use of the subject. It's not a censored woodchipper that emotions go into proving how Evil And hosed Up This Is. Is it still bad because it is what it is or did the author do a good thing with words???
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A polished turd is still a turd. A well-written story that uses themes of sexual assault for drama is still rape-horror. No one’s telling you that you can’t enjoy the skip, but don’t act like it’s unreasonable for people to have very strong feelings about the subgenre. girl dick energy has a new favorite as of 05:42 on Aug 15, 2021 |
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girl dick energy posted:don’t act like it’s unreasonable for people to have very strong feelings about the subgenre. That's exactly why I asked. Was wondering how others felt about it since several people replied to the link without mentioning it at all. After reading the whole thing, I assumed there would be strong feelings but nobody even brought it up. It's a central point of character development in that one. You can't miss it.
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https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-343 I hate this one so loving much. Edit: it’s the one that’s “God.”
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