#scp 4558

[fivebecomesnone]

all quotes from scp-4885, written by Captain Kirby and Tufto!

i mean tbh TVhead WAN is kinda the obvious choice here. also yes those chains, polygons and code are all hand-drawn :(

honestly this is like. good. i might find some way to put it on the wiki, i know artpages r a thing so

[afklancelot]

List of SCP articles I actually like

title self explanatory. list will be out of order.

SCP-4558: one of my first favorites when I first visited the site. a good skip with an interesting story, including one of my favorite GoIs (Fifthism). while I recently started getting bored of format screws on the site, 4558 will allways have a special place in my heart.

SCP-4246: if a story portrays the ocean as an eldritch place, it's a good skip. helps that it actually has an academic feel to it, unlike more narrative skips lately. even the twist at the very end fits because ocean creatures are Like That. very beautiful very powerful.

SCP-4319: by girls for girls!! this skip is terrifying in a way more grounded in reality (group that pretends they're for "girl power" when they're actually trying to force girls into their own image). the format screw definitely helps convey the horrors of the site taking over the girls too.

SCP-6624: in general articles bout Alagadda are cool and at worst simply average, but 6624 is really good. helps that it kinda touches on the Four Lords of Alagadda through the music experiments. it also feels like historical documentation, just like 4246 (fun fact: they're both by the same author, called Metaphysician. recommend you check them out).

SCP-6007: ok i'll be honest, this one's on the list more from spite. as in, i dislike 6000, 6001, and 6500 so much that they automatically bumped up 6007 up in terms of liking it. weird i know. that said, 6007 had interesting characters and actually portrayed the horrors of nature pretty simple, yet it was pretty effective.

SCP-7027: surprise! another skip by Metaphysician! this one was made at the beginning of the anthology hub, and it was a strong start that made me hopeful that it would deliver all the way (it did not, but there were some good bits here and there). emptiness as horror is my favorite trope in horror, and the way it combined emptiness, nihilism, and buddhist ideas fucks pretty hard and reminds me of the HARBINGER II series (see below).

SCPs 6270 to 6279: HARBINGER II skips are all so good. while they're all considered separate from each other, they share one common theme: harbingers and holes, the latter either being literal or figurative, like a nothingness where surrounded by something...ness. because it reminds me of house of leaves, it automatically became one of my favorites. even some of the more weaker ones like 6273, 6277, and 6278 are still decent, if not my taste. notable favorites include 6270 (the description of the anomalous illness was interesting), 6272 (simple yet effective, especially the ending), 6274 (ending was eh, but everything else leading up to it was good, what with the idea of even ghosts not being safe from the entity), 6275 (surreal and terrifying, while also acting a bit as a commentary to ""funni"" skips), and 6276 (has a bit of technobabble, but it was interesting, especially the ending).

SCP-1302-JP: this one's simple: it's a ferris wheel that is so slow it takes triple-digit years for one revolution. the description of those trapped within the capsules are chilling, and there are Implications, for those with a good eye.

SCP-5485: i remember making a post where i said that unneeded [citation needed] in articles is one of my favorite types of humor, and this skip delivers on this while also being unsettling. combining HANSARP (a Dadaist version of AWCY) and the ocean is a brilliant idea.

SCP-3009: i already gushed about this skip in a previous post. no need to say more beyond it being a simple yet compelling story, especially with the companion tales.

SCP-7100: this skip has a format screw that's actually interesting AND makes sense- it acts as a tutorial for documenting an SCP (both in-universe and out) while also telling a good story within. the punchline also fits, which is a rare compliment these days for modern skips. i've said this before and i'll say it again: 7100 should have won 7k con.

SCP-6230: this skip documents how abandoned SCP facilities will suddenly generate new interior spaces, and if that doesn't remind you of House of Leaves, you clearly have not been on my blog long enough. juxtaposing the main clinical documentation with the more prose-y feel of SCP-001 helps create a sense of eerie suspense on wtf the skip is, something the backrooms wikis wishes they could accomplish. honestly the skip could've been just endless descriptions of the generated interior spaces and i would still put it on this list.

[fivebecomesnone]

:( desperately want to draw scp-4558 fanart but :(( don't have time or energy

for now have this:

just. concept is so cool (spoilers)

like. AAA. i was NOT a big WAN enjoyer before but I AM NOW HOLY SHIT??? hell yeah consume my favorite entity to power your machine. "WAN booting up in 5 5 5 5 5" got me every time. THE INTERFACE?!?!?? it is difficult to skim through though i have all the terminals running to pick out dialogue

just. they uploaded వ to the internet i can't believe this it's so fucking funny but its incredibly well written. the. themes.

[afklancelot]

Opinions on SCP-EN GoIs

see title. just to reiterate, this is my personal opinion on them, so of course i'm going to be biased.

Alexylva University- pretty basic concept for a GoI, but I haven't really seen any articles that peaked my interest. the one scp that combines this and Anderson Robotics was ok tho.

Ambrose Restaurants- the GoI format for this group, mostly in the style of menus, is cool.

Anderson Robotics- like I said with Alexylva, none of their articles are of interest to me.

Arcadia- I'm always interested in electronic skips, specifically about online stuff and video games, so having a GoI be a video game company is cool. Shame there's not that much articles for it.

Are We Cool Yet?- the Dadaist version of this GoI, features in scp-4485, was extremely good. some of their proposals for art shows are pretty interesting too.

The Black Queen- the GoI formats for this one are nice, but otherwise they're not much to write home about.

Chaos Insurgency- there was one (1) article bout them that I found decent, but otherwise they're not that interesting. their description kinda blends in with Global Occult Coalition.

Chicago Spirit- good potential for this one. articles that I read regarding this GoI are ok, if a little forgettable.

Children of the Scarlet King- haven't actually read much bout this one beyond maybe snippets. that said, it doesn't seem that interesting to me.

Church of the Broken God- not really my thing but I can see why people like it. liked their fusions with AWCY and Fifthism in 4485 and 4558, respectively.

Church of the Second Hytoth- haven't seen much of it but I suppose there's some potential. maybe have an article with both this GoI and Fifthism?

Commission on Unusual Cargo- eh.

Daevites- they're fine I guess. not my thing.

Deer College- average magic school GoI. not that interesting, honestly.

Doctor Wondertainment- I can see why people would like this GoI, but it's not really interesting to me. I do like their evil version "Doctor" on the JP GoI list, so I guess there's that.

Factory- a GoI that's a rather blatant criticism on capitalism, but unlike VKTM, it's one I actually find endearing.

Fifth Church- prolly my favorite mainlist GoI of all time. helps that the one and only canon I actually like, There is No Antimemetics Division, features Fifth Church, or specifically the entity they worship, as a cool antagonist.

Gamers Against Weed- don't like these guys. the first few articles they appear in are ok, but subsequent articles that try to have them be semi-serious completely fall flat for me because I don't care for them. hell, they're even more of a joke GoI than Shark Punching Center. doesn't help that they're always portrayed in the right, making them pretentious as well (especially the Nerf gun SCP, like the guy who made it calls the researchers out for testing out on humans but what if your brother ended up shooting it at a person? never mind the brother got injured in an incident involving the gun).

Global Occult Coalition- beyond being a foil for the Foundation, they're not much of interest to me.

Greazeburger Incorporated- yes, this is an actualy GoI. it's meh.

GRU Division "P"- don't know much about this group nor do I care to learn more.

Herman Fuller's Circus- concept of a circus GoI is nice. admittedly not my thing but I do like the vibe of some of their articles.

Horizion Initiative- the few scps I read that happen to feature them never interested me. still, there might be potential, but I don't intend to find out.

IJAMEA- Japanese military Foundation. not that interesting for me.

Manna Charitable Foundation- there was one JP skip of a depressed teddy bear that featured this GoI, and there was one cool CN skip regarding the concept of pain that I think featured Manna as antagonistic/mysterious, but otherwise not much to write home bout.

Marshall Carter and Dark- auction GoI. I understand their importance on the site but not that interesting.

Medician Academy of Occult Art- one of, if not the only, EN GoIs that originated from a foreign branch, in this case being from Italian branch. there's potential, but it honestly just sounds like AWCY but as a school.

"Nobody"- Who?

Office For The Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts- haven't read any articles about them. honestly a little forgettable.

Oneiroi Collective- the idea of dreams being portrayed with internet websites is really cool. JP branch does Oneiroi really good, definitely better than EN.

Parawatch- second favorite GoI, mostly because it's mostly horror reminiscent of Creepypasta (recently been searching the Creepypasta wiki for good horror). bit nitpicky about the fact there's only one wikipage style article despite being a WIKI, but the forum format is good enough.

Promethus Lab- haven't read much of them, but I like their GoI format titles are allways in all-caps.

Sarkic Cults- I like their dynamic with CoTBG, and I recently gained an appreciate for unnatural flesh growths, but otherwise not really my thing.

Serpent's Hand/Wanderer's Library- ever since scp-6000 I really disliked them. like GAW, them always being in the right is extremely boring for me. any lore that they bring in is both complicated and not worth my time. still, the Wanderer's Library Hub (a sister site to the scp wiki) has a few good things if you look hard enough, so it's still above GAW in this regard.

Shark Punching Center- a GoI that embraces how silly its concept is, and it's much better off because of it. helps that unlike GAW, there is some potential for at least some seriousness. also helps that their main themes rarely change across articles- they punch sharks.

Three Moons Initiative- the skip they appear in where they beat up fictional characters is nice, but that's kinda all they have going on with them for me.

Unusual Incidents Unit- how many Foundation-esque GoIs do we need?

Valravn Corporation- anomalous military organization. that's all I care to know.

Vikander-Kneed Technical Media- the first few skips they appeared in were good, but it's been downhill ever since. like Factory, they're a blatant criticism of capitalism, specifically modern capitalism, but unlike Factory, their blatantness comes off as grating, which might be the POINT, but what I look for in GoIs are enjoyment, and this GoI is too annoying to be endearing. just an average of the mill modern corporation GoI.

Wandsmen- forgettable and easy to confuse with Serpent's Hand. i did like their article on Alagadda, though.

Wilson's Wildlife Solutions- don't care much for the tales about the founder's daughter taking up the mantle, but I really like their GoI formats. rather cute.

Bonus: Unlisted GoIs and Foreign GoIs

Class of 76/Syncope Symphony- probably my favorite unlisted GoI. there's some criticism that all their articles reinforce the same theme, but to me that's kinda why I like them so much. the concept of memories and refusing to let go of your life in high school because it's only gonna go downhill when you graduate... good shit. TLDR- the romanticizing of highschool being played as horror is really nice.

Just Girly Things- by girls for girls!! I already talked about in 4319, but the GoI idea actually feels original, being a TERF GoI where underneath the surface-"Girl Power" is forcing girls on the site to be what the founder's idea of "girl" is. that said: I don't like the recent articles they appear in where they're aligned with the Fourth Reich (yes, really): they're much more fun as a stand-alone GoI.

Imaginanimals- my favorite GoI of all time! the concept of a GoI with animals that are based on "human concepts" is soooo good.

Drunken Street- like Class of 76, this GoI deals with memories, specifically that the people of Drunken Street go there to be forgotten (at least from what I can tell from Google Translate lol). really good and the articles actually deliver on the concept.

Super Electric Rescue Team HERO- sentai/power rangers but their methods of helping are questionable at best and brutalizing at worst. articles they appear in are pretty good.

PAMWAC- a GoI focused on marrying their anime waifus. still a better GoI than GAW (and PAMWAC actually has a defined trait that's interesting).

[afklancelot]

i know i tend to complain and be critical on the writing in scp wiki, but there are still scp articles I like even on the en branch, new or old: 4319, 4558, the whole HARBINGER II skips in series VII, 1831, etc. to dedicate my first actual positive post bout scp foundation, imma post about one of my personal favorite: SCP-3009 (and articles connected to it).

Basically SCP-3009 consists of two main entities: the main SCP-3009, an anomalous Snapchat account who claims to be a trapped Stacy Lee, and a real-life girl who claims to be Stacy Lee as well (to make things easier, we'll call the accound 3009 and the human girl 3009-C like it does in the articles). Thing is, it's unsure which of them are the real Stacy, so the Foundation has to contain both of them.

What I love about the 3009 article the most is regarding 3009-C. after some evaluations and a head-on meeting with 3009, 3009-C begins to doubt that she herself is the real Stacy Lee; after all, in comparison, 3009 tended to score a little higher compared to 3009-C in the accuracy to the Stacy Lee before. To 3009-C, all of a sudden there's a random account depicting herself that's better than her in every way and is just so confident that the account is the real Stacy Lee. maybe i'm exaggerating, but it's just a really good portrayal of imposter syndrome and depression that while i didn't cry, my heart did kinda feel heavy.

in addition, 3009 gets expanded on to, albeit in connecting Tales. she's shown to regret being so antagonistic to 3009-C in the bear Tale, and in subsequent tales it's shown that she doubts she'll ever get released from being a Snapchat account, so she might as well make do in helping the Foundation.

the last article that had SCP-3009 in it is really good too. 3009-C begins to show interest in her psychological diagnosis, so Kim, the researcher assigned to SCP-3009, brings her a book on psychology. while she shows minimal interest to the gift at first, Kim later finds her trying to read it. it ends with Kim agreeing to teach 3009-C. admittedly it's kinda simple, and i suck at summarizing, but it just hits so much harder in comparison to high stake scp articles with gods and magic and their "foundation bad serpent hand good" morality. like i actually CARE for the characters in the SCP-3009 arc.

anyways TLDR: SCP-3009 and Tales surrounding it are good and i recommend you read them