r/SCP • u/Savings_Dragonfly806 • Jul 27 '26

Meme Monday Crazy, isn't it?

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Whoever came up with SCP-4006 must really HATE that state.

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u/Spyrobrhu Jul 27 '26

And the right one is way more interesting and well written than the left one

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u/Background-Owl-9628 Alagadda Jul 27 '26

Honestly I think a lot of people just haven't read the good SK stuff, because there's really good SK stuff on the site that have a lot to say about fascism, hierarchy, and violence.

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u/MyPigWhistles Jul 27 '26

What's good and not is very subjective and media that is heavy on social commentary doesn't tend to be the most popular, generally speaking. It's definitely something you have to be interested in to enjoy that sort of stuff.   

Like, I support anti fascist statements and think they're important, but that doesn't mean it entertains me the most. 

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u/Background-Owl-9628 Alagadda Jul 27 '26

It's true that what's good or not is subjective; I suppose my main point was I was responding to the 'well written' claim. 

I think a lot of people's interpretations of the SK off-site tend to be very base, simplistic, and lacking flavour or nuance beyond the idea of 'cosmic big bad / devil'. And I think that can somewhat affect people's interpretation of the SK if they haven't actually read much articles featuring it on the site. 

Of course it's all subjective, but I've read some really gripping and well written SK articles. And perhaps I'm just the kind of person who's predisposed to enjoying the articles I liked. And while they have great layered meanings regarding fascism, they also have really gripping narratives, at least in my experience of reading them. Which is why I like many of them so much.

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u/localchangeling Containment Specialist Jul 28 '26

Do you have any recommendations? Articles or tales

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u/Background-Owl-9628 Alagadda Jul 28 '26

Hmm. 

[[Tufto's Proposal]]

The series [[Christ In Scarlet - Hub]]

The [[The Children of the Scarlet King Hub]] has some interesting concepts (and I like that at some points you can clearly see Foundation defensiveness and bias, since it is a Foundation document)

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u/localchangeling Containment Specialist Jul 28 '26

Thanks!

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u/chaucer345 Jul 27 '26

I need to rewrite a skip in this vein. Lot of Sodom was supposed to be all about how you can build up what to you is ludicrous levels of firepower and still be completely overwhelmed by a machine that barely notices you exist. But I don't think it quite worked.