Removed the expungement and polished it up slightly. I probably should have waited for feedback on the changes, but my enthusiasm comes in short bursts over periods of up to several months and I needed to do something with it.
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I don't get the bit about facial tics. Besides that, I thought it was fun.
- The focus of an SCP-2390 instance is believed by its members to be a threat to the world whose actions must be opposed at all costs.
- The group considers itself to be the only individuals capable of opposing SCP-2390, and are compelled to do so.
- The focus of SCP-2390-AA is SCP-2390.
- SCP-2390-AA must oppose all actions made by instances of SCP-2390.
- SCP-2390-AA is an instance of SCP-2390.
- Any attempt made by SCP-2390-AA to oppose SCP-2390 must be opposed by SCP-2390-AA.
- Any attempt made by SCP-2390-AA to oppose the attempts of SCP-2390-AA to oppose SCP-2390 must be opposed by SCP-2390-AA.
- Any attempt made by SCP-2390-AA to oppose the attempts of SCP-2390-AA to oppose the attempts of SCP-2390-AA to oppose SCP-2390 must be opposed by SCP-2390-AA.
- Any attempt…
- …
- *system error*
So a group that gets rid of trends. Well played.
+1 (I hope they get rid of Frozen)
They don't get rid of trends. They secure things that don't make sense, in order to contain them and protect humanity. Get it?
Also, Frozen isn't a "trend," it's an animated film.
Also also, you take that back. Frozen is amazing.
Concealing trends is basically removing them from the public eye.
They're not concealing trends, they're a fucking Foundation parody. They don't try to stop "trends," they try to stop random shit. They might decide blankets warrant containment. They might decide that some random dude warrants containment. The point is that they're grabbing up random stuff that isn't anomalous. I'm not sure where you're getting "trends" from.
SCP-2390 designates a sudden mental affliction which causes affected persons to believe that they are members of a secret organization (hereby known as SCP-2390-1-XX) dedicated to the regulation of society in regards to a specific product, activity, or trend.
Right there.
Cut me some slack here, I know it's far-fetched, but to me it makes sense: Could this possibly be a foreshadowing of the Illuminati? Since all of their conspiracies revolve around trends and what's running the trends?
If you're just going "No, no, no. Just no," I'll handplant a facepalm. Just say the word.
-OA
Just a heads up, your username automatically appears over every post you make, so there's no need to sign your comments. It's an open discussion forum, not an email chain. ;)
I know, it just gives it a more professional look to me. If it's just annoying though, I'll stop.
This is a collaborative creative writing site that is home to laser butt disease, the butt ghost, and a substantial amount of non-butt-related shenanigans, among our more serious works.
Putting a "professional-looking" signature-esque signoff comes off as a bit silly when used in these forums, given that no one else does so and it's essentially unnecessary.
Edit: goddamnit comma
BTW: Didn't see footnote number five until after I posted that. Makes me wonder even more… am I onto something here?
Let's have some off-page Word of God from the author, courtesy of the announcements forum.
I thought this was pretty clever, and well written.
I tend not to enjoy SCPs that involve some kind of convoluted and specific mental process, but honestly, this worked for me. It acknowledged the inherent ridiculousness of the process and didn't take it too seriously, which helped.
"When confronted with this repeatedly, members of SCP-2390-1 will become increasingly agitated, insisting that the true nature of its focus is dangerous, finally resulting in a sudden exclamation on the part of the SCP-2390-1 member, accompanied by a weak compulsion being experienced by subjects within a 10 meter radius to research the focus of the group, sufficiently strong to halt questioning. █" <— This set of events in particular did actually stand out as overly contrived, but that was the only one. If you either made the events simpler or made it into more than one sentence, might be better.
(Also, you did a nice thing with the exposition here, that also helped the article- slipping some small details about how the thing plays out into footnotes to the interview. I liked having them, but loading them in the description would have been too much, so the way you did it was good.)
sounds more like Canadian geese
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Your text]I thought this would end up being something created or related to AWCY, as it just seemed like something they would produce. Regardless, I still loved it. Imagining the lengths these groups would go to to contain things left a smile on my face. +1
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