Not sure if I should be announcing this so quickly, but...

Anyone here heard of the SCP Foundation mythos? by TrocyteV on 2016-06-26 01:31:00 UTC Reply

If you haven't, it's a really interesting sci-fi/(insert genre here, because it's all the genres) writing collab that follows the concept of extranormal things like the X-Files, and the containment of them in a way similar to Warehouse 13 and Cabin in the Woods. In addition, it takes the whole "there is no canon" path and yet it manages to create one unto itself, creating the effect of having split up into multiple continua that twist and wind, which the reader can follow all on their own. Whether or not that's a good thing is entirely subjective.

Yes, there is a game for it. No, it's not canon, and no, that's not all there is to it.

Start reading here (warning: as the Foundation is all the genres, you might lose sleep over a few encounters. Proceed with caution.)

I actually wrote for them. by Data Junkie on 2016-06-27 02:14:00 UTC Reply

Created Fenris for them back in the day, when Clef and Kondraki's adventures were semi-canon and Iris was still on the SCP list. It got deleted in the first Great Purge because it only had two upvotes and you needed at least five to stay.
Heard of it? I tried to write for it. by Voyd on 2016-06-26 18:05:00 UTC Reply

They've got absolutely draconian standards, though.

The answer to why, though, should be obvious. by TrocyteV on 2016-06-26 22:44:00 UTC Reply

Mainly because they've got the level of warding off bad beige prose and glitter that we have, only in a more serious tone that would not reflect the PPC. With the advent of the themes presented in Series 2 and 3, it's not hard to see why; technobabble, well-executed (thick) purple prose, and brutal deconstructions of otherwise Suvian characters (while deleting those that are traditional Sues) are many of the Foundation's current themes.

Oh, and speaking of all this, the site's strict writing policies (and the community as a whole) are actually acknowledged in-universe in the most terrifying way possible. To reveal anything more would be a massive spoiler.

Not sure if I should be announcing this so quickly, but... by TrocyteV on 2016-06-26 04:22:00 UTC Reply

This has badfic! Of course, but still.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11016671/1/SCP-Contact

TL;DR of the first chapter (because one is enough): the events of SCP Containment Breach (the fangame) play out, but the protagonist locks a hostile SCP inside SCP-914 (the clockwork machine that breaks and/or refines items), creating a slightly suvian version that is, of course, friendly and completely trustworthy. Then the protagonist enters SCP-860-1, a forest occupied by a mystical creature. The creature immediately warms up to the protagonist, they go to a house in the woods (a geological aberration), and engage in bestiality. My god. All while SCP-106 (don't bother looking him up unless you want to have nightmares) watches and jerks off to it, which is all-too OOC.
Oh yes! by KittyEden on 2016-06-26 04:18:00 UTC Reply

My favorite one is Cassie (I forget her number), who's a girl that literally lives in art and drawing. She's really sweet. ^-^
I am aware of the Foundation, yes. by Desdendelle on 2016-06-26 04:11:00 UTC Reply

There are some pretty good entries; some are actually quite scary.
I have, and I am very confused by it. (nm) by eatpraylove on 2016-06-26 02:45:00 UTC Reply
Brilliant stuff, SCP. by Larfen J. Stocke, esq on 2016-06-26 02:27:00 UTC Reply

Never seen such consistently well written and creative stuff before. Especially among such a bloody huge mythos, with so many SCPs.

Y'got a favourite one?
Mine's that 'Envelope Logistics' one, which is a company that deals in the business of abstract concepts.

Sure, I do. by TrocyteV on 2016-06-26 04:29:00 UTC Reply

Mine's SCP-2998, an intriguing story about yet another time the Foundation lost and had to reset everything. It's also pretty horrifying too; when things go south, a theme of how the Foundation really takes advantage of the fact that they can control literally everything on Earth starts developing.

Well, actually, I can't decide. They're all great. (nm) by TrocyteV on 2016-06-26 04:31:00 UTC Reply

Bloody well right. by Larfen J. Stocke, esq on 2016-06-26 10:51:00 UTC Reply

I have heaps I love - I only chose that one because it specifically stuck in my memory, and it specifically stuck because its name is in blue text.
Not to say it's not brilliant - I'd be lying if I said a lot of the themes in my writing weren't influenced by it.