Full credit to my co-author on this piece Blarghalt for writing the funniest lines. Image is CC and found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilid%C5%BEa_-_Roman_bridge.jpg .
Photo was created by Pudelek.
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Fuck Carthage.
This actually makes a lot of sense. I mean, who needs propaganda when you can literally magic someone into hating your enemies? I feel like this is really good use of history in an SCP in that knowledge of the history isn't required to enjoy the SCP. Good job, gentlemen.
Was this all inspired and written based on my jibbering in chat about learning to hate Carthage in Total War Rome 2?
Yeah, I think it essentially went: You talking about hating Carthage, Blarghalt making a joke about how "there should be an SCP" and me stopping whatever the hell else it was I was doing at the time and saying "Uh, no there should DEFINITELY be an SCP". A super early draft by Blarghalt was mostly an experiment log containing the line "fucking backstabbing elephant-riding son of a bitch!" and I was like "I made a good choice".
So, what happens if you make someone hate Carthage, then amnesticize them? Does that end the effect immediately, or do they still hate Carthage for no reason they can explain?
The effects don't wear off until you go back across the bridge. Since it's just a matter of a short walk, it's always carried out so there'd be no reason to blank the memories of someone that was still being affected by 2513.
And the effect is immediate. Most people on some level know the hatred has no rational basis, but only those with incredibly strong wills can resist it. Even then, not for very long.
"Carthages eunt domus? People called Carthaginians they go to the house?"
I quite like this SCP - the historical element adds to it, and the effect itself is well described and well thought out.
One nitpick: The essay contains the line: "and restored in 2006 by the Ragusa Heritage Society" This indicates that the Foundation only set up containment as of a few years ago, and that it was accessible to civilians as of 2006. It seems hard to believe that that could be the case, without there being public knowledge worldwide of this effect. If that was the intention, that this bridge was publicly accessible as of 2006, this should be expanded upon. Otherwise, that line should be removed.
It was destroyed and unusable as a bridge until 2006(after the aforementioned 1693 earthquake). The restoration made it usable again, at which point the effects became a bit of a problem.
What if someone who already hates Carthage north to south?
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