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BEEP BEEP GRAMMA SHEEP¹

Big, big thanks to all of our reviewers! Please let us know if we've missed a name so we can add it in to properly credit you. We really appreciate the time devoted to helping us get this mainsite-ready! It's been in the works for awhile… since December! http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-12843788/scp-idea:sheep-witch

The image source for the fluffy sheep is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mouton_d%27Ouessant_180508_1.jpg the image is in the public domain.

The general concept for this is reminiscent of various guardian deities in mythology; sort of the same vibes as this one Russian folklore picture book² I read about a forest witch who wants to be a grandmother, even though the village fears her because she looks scary. This is a sheep who is by all means a powerful sorceress—and she's happy to more or less mooch off the Foundation because hey, they founded a charity in her name and gave her magazines.

We hope you enjoy the read! To all those who are far from your families now, Grandma Sheep believes in you. <3

Thank you very much for the review! Quick question so we know what to edit:

How do people confuse Grandmother sheep for a mascot?

My headcanon is that the designed logo is simple enough that pretty much any regular sheep could work for a meet-and-greet. Give the sheep a hat and that's fine.

I guess if they're less like anthropomorphic, but still. I'm having a hard time visualizing the comparison from the picture shown vs what is discribed.

I'm not sure if it was unclear, but Grandma sheep is just a regular-looking sheep with a nice hat. Should we make that clearer?

'locations it manifests at' sounds somewhat awkward to me.

Probably the "at" at the end there. I've edited that sentence!

I like the idea of Foundation personnel leading knitting groups of D-Class personnel. I got a laugh out of the mental image of a massive and imposing Agent Skullcrusher, perhaps wearing a pair of glasses too small for his face, sitting around in a circle with several hard-bitten D-class knitting mittens and scarves.

This is the best and it is now my headcanon. I feel like we need more stories about Foundation personnel doing more slice-of-life stuff, since if everything's high-stress and emergencies day in day out no one will want to show up for work. And if the Foundation can contain an ages-old powerful sheep witch with knitting circles… why wouldn't they?

Thank you very much for the comment!

Sheep are great fluffy bois

Also, handmade knitted stuff is super nice

Thank you for the +1!

Oh! Good catch! It's a remnant from a previous edit; originally the gift was a hat but it was switched. The discrepancy has been fixed; thanks for bringing it up!

There really is nothing quite like handmade clothing made by a loving grandma.

Thank you very much for the upvote! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the read.

Comparing the two I'm surprised I didn't think of 3246. Incidentally, in earlier drafts of this there was originally more focus on Grandma Sheep being a Serpent's Hand affiliate who was on a sort of undercover vacation, but reviewers preferred the version without the SH mention and a bit more info in the table. We didn't want to make this too log-heavy though!

Thank you for the upvote and the nice comment!

Basically! More on the "witch" side than "fairy". All sheep though.

I agree with you—there's got to be some bright spots in the Foundation-verse to keep people's hopes up.

Thank you very much for the upvote! I'm glad you enjoyed the article. :)

Thank you kindly for the upvote!

making the world a better place, one sad child at a time.

My headcanon is that Grandma Sheep has had her decades of fun being a mighty Sheep Witch and this is her retirement hobby.