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Special thanks to Decibelle for helping me with cleaning up my final draft.
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Anyone who is curious, this is Ptah, from the Egyptian Pantheon. He got stuck in Memphis Tennessee after his wife got drunk one night and disappeared, and he went after her to make sure she didn't wreck too much. His wife is Sekhmet… the goddess of war who almost killed everyone in Egypt once.
Special thanks to Decibelle for helping me with cleaning up my final draft.
I got almost none of that from the article, but in a good way of it being incredibly subtle and open to interpretation. My only complaint is that I think the last note explains too much and is too Mr Exposition. Also, I think it'd be more fun if you put your explanation here under a spoiler collapsible =3
Spoilered, as it probably should've been from the start. Glad you liked it, even if you had an issue with that last note. Trying to give away enough without giving away too much is a hard game to play.
Thanks to this note, I came across this: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3854180?sid=21105373972101&uid=3738176&uid=2&uid=4
Panepi being Ptah's alias
+1 point to you, wasn't sure anyone would get that.
I feel that if the SCP Foundation took place in Gaiam's world of Anicent Gods in America, this would be part of the formula. I don't know how it would go, probably lead to some kind of epic war between Old and New Gods with the Foundation in the middle.
Keep up the good work.
Is the number an intentional reference to, well, 343? Because if it is, I got it, and if it isn't, you should totally act like it is and not let anyone know that it's a coincidence.
I upvoted because of this guy's voice. I'm just hearing an old country boy talking when I read this, and, knowing the whole shebang, that voice makes it much better.
I got about halfway through writing before I realized how similar(in concept anyway) this was to 343, but then I decided to just own it.
I mean, this is how I imagine the Foundation would actually contain a god of this power level. If you notice, 343 and 2343's altered containment procedures are almost identical, that is a deliberate reference (along with the number).
You know, this is the second time this week that someone wrote something Reimagination contest worthy that wasn't for the Reimagining contest. What are the odds?
About half-way through the first document I realised the similarities to SCP-343, it was only till I read your spoiler that it kinda ruined the fun for me. It's not a bad article at all, it was just a lot more intriguing when I thought this was a rewrite of "God".
Eh, it sounds to me like a version of SCP-343. This is not a bad thing. Now, i can pretend that it doesn't exist and that this is the one and only old man who is capable of bending reality to his will. Upvote.
Hooray, you punctuated y'all correctly! :D
(It's a pet-peeve of mine, as I use it regularly in speech due to regional dialect and thus use it in writing.)
This is more interesting than 343 to me, but I've never really liked 343.
I'm an Egypt nerd and you approached this in such a subtle manner that I didn't make the connection.
Bravo. I like it. I liked it even when I didn't quite understand it.
I kind of like this, but it's going to be a down vote.
Why? Reality anchors and neutralizer whatever you called it. I heavily dislike the use of made up devices to contain things. The main reason I like this site is because it shows how creative people can get with containing anomalous by real world means. Making something up like "reality anchors" ruins any sense of belief I have in the Foundation universe. There has to be a line drawn between what is considered normal and what is considered as anomalous. For me, anything that exists in the real world is normal, and anything that contradicts this is anomalous. By making something that could not exist in reality (let alone never explaining what a reality anchor is or how it functions), you have basically made a SCP to contain a SCP.
Also, going back to the line analogy, if you move the line back to consider this acceptable. At what point does moving the line stop? Why not just have a super powered robot that can teleport and contain anything close to a possible skip in the blink of an eye? At the end of the day, it's just as unbelievable as "reality anchors" for me.
I actually didn't make those up myself. I'm using items that were already established on the site, though in higher amounts than are probably used in any other SCP to date (because this is containing God).
Certainly your own opinion and you're entitled to it, but as Decibelle explained below, Kant Counters and Scranton Reality Anchors are a real thing and have been a pretty major part of site lore for a while now.
Additionally, SCPs that contain SCPs are also a real thing, and they're called Thaumiel-class objects. What you're describing, however, is just a piece of equipment, and not a skip.
To put it in the words of somebody blah blah who said something once, "sufficiently advanced technology will always look like magic to the uninformed."
I, for one, love made up devices. Like, the P.K.E. Meter from Ghostbusters.
One of things I look for in SCPs is a tip found in "How to Write An SCP" Guide. It states the following:
"Act as if every SCP will be the first that someone will read. That means do not put too much in there that requires knowledge of anything else on the site. While many people enjoy linking things together into a larger story, it really improves the quality of the work when each SCP can be enjoyed in full as a stand-alone work."
The overall problem here is that Reality Anchors do not adhere to this tip. It makes it so others have to go around and try to find the articles (or may not even know there were other articles explaining them; like my case) and it just kind of clutters the readers understanding if they have to jump around figuring stuff out that is not in the article itself.
But perhaps my downvote was misguided and my problem lies with something more encompassing. Ill switch to neutral for now.
@djkaktus It is not just a piece of equipment, otherwise you could say that about half the equipment/machine/technological based SCPs. You could call SCP-914 just a piece a equipment that does something. The Foundation could probably spend the time to figure out exactly the fictional science/technology behind it, and maybe reproduce it. Would it then not be an SCP anymore?
Yeah, there's an "explained" designation specifically for that reason.
Also, they have the in universe science behind it. Type in "humes" to the search bar.
The overall problem here is that Reality Anchors do not adhere to this tip.
What the hell is a HMCL? What's a CIW System? What's a class 3 buckle harness? What is Procedure 110-Montauk? What is a Mobile Task Force? What is the O5 Council? What is the Ethics Committee? Where does one find all the documents referred to in an article?
Point is, the Reality Anchor is an extension of the worldbuilding process that has existed in SCP articles from the very start. To say that this article fails the stand-alone clause because of Reality Anchors means that a large majority of articles would also fail that very same clause. Many of those articles hold the appearance that specific knowledge of things not expanded on can be found elsewhere on the site, or refer to things that a first-time reader will not know.
I'm actually a big fan of Scranton Reality Anchors, because some skips make no sense without them. If you've got something that can, say, teleport unlimited distances or rewind time, there's no variant of "put it in a box with thick walls" that seems at all believable. And as fun as they are in moderation, I would really prefer we don't require ancient Kabbalistic rituals or friendly Class 9999 reality warpers restraining all skips of this caliber.
Also, "Reality Anchor" gives a pretty decent idea of what the device does in general.
Y'know, I'm willing to forgive the blatant reality anchors because this paints such a good narrative. I was confused, though, since I come into pages through the Most Recently Created tab and approached these in reverse order. Straightening them out, I like it, I like the personality you gave him and the slow overwriting gimmick with the multiple pages.