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[Punished “Venom” pH]

What was wrong with the old SCP-001?

There was never just one SCP-001, there are a variety of “proposals” with the implied caveat that some or all of them are disinformation in-universe. Out of universe it’s a nice way to neatly sidestep the headaches of having a single 001 article.

 

[Valstrax]

There was never just one SCP-001, there are a variety of “proposals” with the implied caveat that some or all of them are disinformation in-universe. Out of universe it’s a nice way to neatly sidestep the headaches of having a single 001 article.

I'll give them credit, that's a good way to stop any arguments from happening about 001.

 

[AnOminous]

I'll give them credit, that's a good way to stop any arguments from happening about 001.

Even if the Gate Guardian is objectively the best.

 

[ToS]

As a writer myself, I know damn well that the best thing to do when writing a terrifying entity is to give as less information as possible. The more that is left to your imagination, the more you can fill those holes with what it could be, which is arguably more terrifying than it being told outright. I guess it's why stuff like SCP-173 is so effective, you don't need 20 pages to explain something is scary.

This is from a recent interview with an old school member of SCP on the matter, posted just yesterday actually:

It’s no wonder the WhiteGuard interviews are a spectacle; they are like a mausoleum of glorious but dead attitudes that SCP don’t want to acknowledge a large swath of the users miss and justifiably separated from them over. Cue the meme contest winners.

 

[highlighter_shitposting]

First amogus, then pepe, then trollface. Jesus christ do they have any quality control

 

[Valstrax]

First amogus, then pepe, then trollface. Jesus christ do they have any quality control

No

 

[Shitassdeaddude]

Speaking of old vs new writing attitudes, I'm honestly curious. @Punished

The more words you write about something the less is left to the imagination, so your words better be good. Volgun does great work here as usual but the material itself is inherently cheapening the idea by stretching something that worked being spooky in one article to an entire mythos without doing anything significantly additive.

Speaking of Volgun and overexplaining things, I'm actually honestly curious as to your opinion on something:

Old SCP-049 or new SCP-049?

 

[Punished “Venom” pH]

Speaking of old vs new writing attitudes, I'm honestly curious. @Punished

Speaking of Volgun and overexplaining things, I'm actually honestly curious as to your opinion on something:

Old SCP-049 or new SCP-049?

Was never really a big fan of any version of 049 to be quite honest with you I know it’s iconic but I always thought it was kind of goofy

 

[Shitassdeaddude]

Was never really a big fan of any version of 049 to be quite honest with you I know it’s iconic but I always thought it was kind of goofy

Honestly that's pretty reasonable. Putting aside the article's historical significance, do you think the original could have been salvaged if they went in a different direction with the rewrite?

 

[Punished “Venom” pH]

Honestly that's pretty reasonable. Putting aside the article's historical significance, do you think the original could have been salvaged if they went in a different direction with the rewrite?

I definitely wouldn’t have put it outside the realm of possibility, as long as they avoided doing the Whedon treatment you can see in the current article.

 

[Valstrax]

Speaking of old vs new writing attitudes, I'm honestly curious. @Punished

Speaking of Volgun and overexplaining things, I'm actually honestly curious as to your opinion on something:

Old SCP-049 or new SCP-049?

I honestly believe that rewriting old 'popular' articles completely undermines the impact the original had on the site, no matter how admittedly goofy it was.

 

[Punished “Venom” pH]

I honestly believe that rewriting old 'popular' articles completely undermines the impact the original had on the site, no matter how admittedly goofy it was.

It’s the ship of Theseus , if you change all the classic articles to be modern what are you losing in the reconstruction

 

[KID NAMED SCHWARMAPUNK]

The Scarlet King is a generic "big bad" that is only as good as it is threatening. This is something every decent article featuring it (namely Tufto's) acknowledges and respects by using it as a distant "big bad". The more that is written and known about him, the less threatening and interesting the Scarlet King is.

The new trend of considering the SK the ultimate "big bad" Satan guy of the Foundation is thoroughly bizarre and disappointing. For the variety in tone and ideas that SCP prides itself in, the SK is possibly the most boring approach to a bad guy that I have read since Capeshitverse 2: Age of Ultron.

I don't like how SK was made into a bargain bin version of Khorne. I mean really? "Antiquity's hatred for modernity"?

 

[AnOminous]

It’s the ship of Theseus , if you change all the classic articles to be moder

It's not really a Ship of Theseus if you replace everything that isn't even bad with absolute crap.

 

[BurnerPhone]

It's not really a Ship of Theseus if you replace everything that isn't even bad with absolute crap.

More like Ship of Feceus lmao

 

[Gar For Archer]

Recently read through the Parawatch articles, which were a refreshing change of pace from the usual SCP format. The comments on one article also pointed me toward the Magnus Archives, which I’ve just started listening to - so far I’m enjoying its more structured, cohesive take on paranormal/containment fiction.

 

[Shitassdeaddude]

Recently read through the Parawatch articles, which were a refreshing change of pace from the usual SCP format. The comments on one article also pointed me toward the Magnus Archives, which I’ve just started listening to - so far I’m enjoying its more structured, cohesive take on paranormal/containment fiction.

Fair warning, MA starts to get clogged with story arcs after the first season.

 

[AnOminous]

Is John Goodman now officially an SCP?

Look at my avatar. This shit is scary.

 

[McMitch]

Do they still have the article that implied the name “D-class” came from drapetomania?

 

[Punished “Venom” pH]

Do they still have the article that implied the name “D-class” came from drapetomania?

Written by one of the sexual abusers!