Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6000 - The Serpent, the Moose, and the Wanderer's Library

[@diogene_s8032]

Gotta love how there's an SCP for the library now. Finally.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Agreed! I have always wondered if we’ll ever get an SCP that actually has to do with or is connected to The Wanderer’s Library rather than just mentioning/referencing it like it usually is. The fact that it is the freaking 6000 entry makes it even better!

[@diogene_s8032]

@@commentlurker3874 what are you talking about?

[@bontosyl3222]

In agreement with you here. The Wanderer's Library has always been one of my favorite concepts in the SCP universe (Lessons Learned is probably in my top 5 favorite tales). So I'm really glad it's getting some love now, _especially_ as a 6000 entry. Hopefully it'll get more love now.

[@jamchiroptera4258]

Wait there isnt? I thought i just hadn’t found it yet

[@GoodGuySemi]

@@commentlurker3874 lol what??

[@Yotarnn]

Week 1 of reminding TES that we love and appreciate him

[@bathtub_barracuda]

Welcome to the depth of Stories

[@tayzatun6351]

Fuck yeah, let's make this weekly

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

This channel is definitely an important part of the SCP KZbin community. It's one of those channels where you would really feel it if they stopped uploading.

[@sevensins3584]

Hell yea!

[@Smokecall]

Oh, first week?

[@danielcharles4431]

So The Serpent, The Moose, and The Exploring Series enter the Wanderer's Library.

[@knallpistolen]

Tea ?

[@hoze1235]

is this a joke said the bartender

[@DanielSan1776]

That’s a good name I approve

[@OrgaG1742]

They read some great books and have a good time.

[@oshkeet]

The Serpent is actually a dragon, so the bartender asks why the Long face.

[@AFreakingAxeCH]

The Foundation: We can't contain this, it's better off gone The GOC: Now this looks like a job for me

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

I always liked it when The Foundation and The GOC team up to deal with a problem. It acknowledges the fact that while differing methods, the two organizations are basically two sides of the same coin

[@officialgeeno]

The song played in my head while reading that lmao.

[@polkalamypekopeko2969]

The Horizon Initiative - can we come along?

[@Xenronnify]

GOC: hold my Budweiser AWCY: **creates an anonymous toilet**

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@polkalamypekopeko2969 Actually they probably most likely wouldn’t get involved unless the anomaly had had to do with Abrahamic religion or was opposed to it. Though it’s pretty likely that The Horizon Initiative saw the library’s expansions as a form of biblical event

[@199022009]

It's been so long since I've been to the SCP wiki that I didn't realize there's an SCP-6000 now. Man I feel old.

[@leighb1155]

I remember when it all started from the 4chan post..makes me feel old too, but it's really good to see it continuing on.

[@chadsknnr]

You're probably not that old . . . .

[@wcg6857]

@@chadsknnr If he's an OG (the late 2000s), he's probably mid-30s. Most of the people who wrote the original scps are older.

[@chadsknnr]

@@wcg6857 Mid 30s isn't that old, but, it's all relative . . . .

[@199022009]

@@chadsknnr I'm still 29 actually, but I was already reading the wiki back when it only had up to 1000 (fewer actually, since some of them weren't even filled in yet). I just feel old coz It's been so long ago that I started. I'm just happy the community is still alive and well, and very much thriving :3

[@xXStochasticityXx]

“We’re all stories in the end, let’s just make a good one eh?”

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

And besides. With everything story that ends, a new one will begin

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 reminds me of Minecraft Story Mode introduction

[@ki11card25]

Per audacia ad astra

[@daltonmortimer7735]

Well played with the doctor who reference

[@UGNAvalon]

Was disappointed that this quote didn’t appear at the end of the video.

[@ROUNDERHOUSE]

Hi, author of 6000 here! I'm glad to hear so many of you enjoyed the story about stories, and I'm also glad for those of you that liked Kaktus' more (his entry was a banger too!) - forming your opinion on stories is the best thing this article could inspire. And a big thank you to Mangg for covering it!

[@Peppysgirl]

I absolutely loved it! It's a beautiful story that hit me exactly where I needed it to at this time in my life. Stories are such a fundamentally human thing and this was such a wonderful exploration of them and addition to the scp universe

[@DogeickBateman]

To add on to Jack Neeon's reply, I'll be brutally honest: I found the meta message to be extremely pretentious, almost borderline-juvenile. The idea of "just accept it, if you don't, shove it!" just doesn't feel natural. No offense intended, obviously, but the article's message, thematic content and overall SCP just felt really bland and overly meta.

[@EnvisionerWill]

So you're Rounderhouse? Good to meet you. Personally, I hated this particular piece, but I have loved several of your other works, notably Memento Mori, which is probably my favorite SCP-001 proposal (that doesn't mean I treat it as canon, but I do very much enjoy it as a self-contained work). I'm not a huge fan of Amoni-Ram, but that also has a few interesting ideas in it, notably the one I riffed off to create my sole successful work to date, "The Asuras of Mamjul". This work, however, is extremly self-indulgent, and left me rather tired of hearing the word "story". A non-apocalypse like this fails to move me through the kind of poignancy that Memento Mori accomplishes; it just comes across as the Ragnarok-narratives equivalent to having your baseball game canceled on account of rain.

[@youneshamouda4285]

was the environment for this inspired by annihilation?

[@VorlonDrow]

The Wanderer's Library is about as perfect of a "Heaven" as I've come across. Thank you for writing this.

[@BrokenEyes00]

“It turns stories that have ended into shelves…” Wow that’s a great metaphor.

[@UGNAvalon]

Perfect use of foreshadowing!

[@Bitholeous]

ikr? history holds up the future

[@EnvisionerWill]

I disagree, I think it's nonsense. A shelf is a hunk of wood or plastic; a story becoming a piece of furniture makes very little sense as a concept.

[@Sinstarclair]

@@EnvisionerWill you didn't have to take it LITERALLY.

[@MagnaFae]

It really is! Like how our past supports our future, old stories can be inspirational scaffolding for new stories. True originality doesn’t necessarily exist (in my opinion), as every new concept must be derived from something else, real or fictional. What makes a story unique is the author’s voice and execution, and so we build our works of fiction from our passions and experiences, and then breathe life into them with our perspective.

[@leafyr0kr]

I loved the chosen SCP-6000, because the entire Foundation is based around stories, and they should be celebrated... but the Dread Titania entry was still the most chilling one. Absolute masterpiece, and a great addition to the kaktusverse.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

I agree with you on both statements. The concept of this article is a beautiful one and gives you a sense of warming satisfaction to know that the ending is in a sense a happy one for everyone in this story. I also agree that SCP-6666 had a bigger story and was rich with lore and atmosphere. I hope Exploring Series covers more 6000 entries in the future, like SCP-6789

[@JackofBlades-zs4cj]

Agreed

[@cobblegen1204]

I liked kaktus’s article much better just for its world building. I might also add in that the contest theme was nature, and this article takes a lot of mental gymnastics to be considered one about nature. Not a bad entry though. I would give this one second or third in my mind.

[@ronengaming]

Kaktus was never going to take the 6,000 spot. He went on record actually saying he was going to give the spot to Rounderhouse, the author of this article, if he won - because he's won 000 contests before. It's the reason Dr. Tilda Swinton Moose, Kaktus' author avatar, is in this story.

[@quinnholloway5400]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 *Happy* in a way, but not completely It's still a forced takeover of the Libary consuming the world

[@ThornVangu]

"We can't always pick how stories end. We can only pick how to take it." Last book I read that I really, really, REALLY didn't want to end, I delayed reading the last few chapters and then, when I finally did, I just walked aimlessly around my home, having an existential crisis. Stories ending...isn't exactly scary...I don't know how to describe it. It feels a lot like loss, but even more intangible. Kinda like wanting to go home, but you already are home.

[@calvinparker8049]

Rs I never ended up finishing last of us, I know how it ends, but there was something about ending a game that I had played with friends throughout growing up that made me feel like if I ended the game it would also close that part of my life.

[@Alpdude]

So well put. It feels just like that to me haha.

[@DangerZone200]

i feel the same way with movie series and videogames i love that i play and watch over the weeks

[@monkeybusiness673]

"Like wanting to go home, but you already are home!" That hits it right on the head. And I have a strong love-hate-relationship with this feeling.

[@alex-xf2jf]

consider the following, fanfiction can keep it going as long as you want

[@Hugh_Amungus]

18:19 Foundation: We know we mocked you about the chair but please help us destroy an anomaly GOC: *_You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me._*

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Wow! That’s pretty much a brutal burn. This basically states that The Foundation admits that sometimes the GOC is right and The Foundation is wrong for some circumstances

[@adhi_2]

I laughed so hard after reading this comment because I’m more biased towards the foundation rather than the GOC because they destroyed a peaceful chair

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@adhi_2 But you have to admit that some SCPs and anomalies are far too dangerous, and it’s sometimes a better solution to have them destroyed instead of risking them becoming worse or something very bad happening just so you can study them and learn what makes them tick.

[@UGNAvalon]

Later…. GOC: So uh… about that neutralization request. SCPF: …I hate you.

[@snaildude268]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 not right. But that they know how to do their job sometimes (the chair is an example of how the goc failed)

[@officialgeeno]

Narnia: The Serpent, The Moose & The Wanderer's Library.

[@comradekenobi6908]

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

[@leonardlawrence3394]

The Fard, the Shid, an the Pant go Smush!

[@unoriginalegg9899]

@@leonardlawrence3394 What

[@chrnehmke]

And this is how SCP-6000 became part of the Wanderer's Library.

[@Sinstarclair]

It didn't just become part of the Library. It IS the Library

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

18:18 "When you need something absolutely destroyed, who ya gonna call?" GOC: *HEH HEH BWOIIIII* Give ya gun a good ol' reload.

[@kronosbach5263]

Of all the SCP things, I like the GOC and the clockwork bois a lot, (Might be biased tho cause I am religious)

[@thoughtexperimentsotherstu4680]

what it is a handy cure for anomilies

[@nadiaw74]

@@kronosbach5263 Agreed, blowing up anomalies is better than putting them in a box only for them to break out

[@yaboimax50]

i saw this video, clicked it, scrolled down, accidentally clicked the time stamp and found my phone screensaver wtf

[@snazzyfeathers]

@@kronosbach5263 The whatwork bois?

[@OHaraekul]

Really loving these longer, more story driven SCP readings! But as always, no matter the content of the article: you always create a captivating narration!

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

A captivating and entertaining narration! And that’s why we love these videos

[@knightofvoid5684]

I am of the same opinion friend! Hope TES keeps uploading one of the few story telling esque channels I can actually stand to just sit and watch for a long time.

[@loidamontano4801]

As an avid reader, i always struggle on giving up my favorite completed stories. Specially, now most of them have end a couple of years ago. I still crave them, to the point that everything else pales in comparison to them. This made it very hard to find new stories for me to read. But after listening to this scp entry, i smiled. I realised that i have to accept that those glorious masterpiece have really ended and i have to get out there to find new stories to tune in to.

[@toaster9922]

“Leaving this world is not as scary as it sounds” *Hotline Miami 2 Flashbacks*

[@hatinghighschool]

Why would you hurt me like this?

[@fellowhuman8830]

@@hatinghighschool for a second i thought you said "Do you like hurting people?"

[@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482]

@@hatinghighschool I don’t get it

[@rhazortrhazort3003]

@@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482 During the ending of Hotline Miami, it's one of the dialogues Richard has with Richter before everything ends, telling him to not be afraid

[@hatinghighschool]

@@fellowhuman8830 I should have, but I was too overcome in the moment

[@jayyydizzzle]

* at 8:39 Jailer : slang used by members of the Serpent's Hand to refer to the Foundation. Source in footnotes of scp 6000

[@adhi_2]

Thanks

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

I figured that. Fitting name, considering the opposing positions these groups have regarding the freedom of anomalies.

[@boareheart6288]

And this is a comment thread. I figured I'd jump into this new fad of redundantly referencing things that's an understood layman's fact.

[@gavinbrown216]

And the GOC are called bookburners

[@Crusader-7382]

Chaos insurgency the madmen

[@aytuggemici4272]

My favorite 6000 proposal was the one with Daevites' return, but this one is really good as well

[@garrettroberts4104]

Which one is that?

[@aytuggemici4272]

@@garrettroberts4104 It's SCP-6140 now

[@garrettroberts4104]

@@aytuggemici4272 thank you! Just read it, wow that was a great article also.

[@koelkast9]

The world: how many time must we teach you this lesson old man. Daevites: trololol

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@aytuggemici4272 Sounds very interesting. Maybe he’ll cover it in a future video. I always like articles that expand on The Daevites history and/or culture

[@Green_Guy]

Man, this gives me a new kind of feeling of meaninglessness. Although the thought of every story, fiction or the "story"/history of mankind, uniting in the endlessness of the library is a cool concept. 6666 was more to my liking but this one is also pretty good.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

While I agree on liking 6666 a bit more, I can’t deny that this is an amazing article and a beautiful concept. It basically explains a large part of the nature of the Wanderer’s Library, and it manages to accomplish something that many would consider absolutely impossible…finding a way to connect ALL articles, tales, and canons in The SCP Universe by having them become stories for other worlds to read when their story ends!

[@redapplefour6223]

i'm very glad this is 6000 and 6666 is 6666. kaktus is absolutely my favorite author on the wiki, but as the kaktusverse has gone on, it has relied more and more on longer and longer articles (which is a great thing imo), but that doesn't really fit as a x000 to me. a x000 needs to define something, for me, to become a big part of the lore. 5000 is an exception but it feels so right, regardless, to me. 6666 is fantastic but these two are incomparable and this feels much more 6000 to me.

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

@@redapplefour6223 yeah, this is a story that involves the workings of the SCP stories as a whole, so I agree it fits being in a slot like this. The stories about the sky kings etc is something of a... side story, I guess? (I'm not using that term to insult kaktus' work or anything like that at all)

[@LittleCrowYT]

Unlike a lot of universes and stories where everything is preordained and we don't actually have any free will, this SCP tells us that the opposite is true: that the only story that exists are the ones we've written for ourselves. There's infinite potential, and each one of those stories is written down and kept by the Library, but only one of those is our true story. And we won't know which one is the true story until we've started writing it/living it. And even when our own personal story does inevitably end in death, there will still be those stories that others write about us; the stories written by friends, family, admirers, followers, even random people from the internet like you and I. Some of those stories, like this one that I'm typing here, will be short and will end as soon as I hit "submit", but other stories will last as long as our name is remembered. And every story written has meaning to somebody, no matter how short or long, simple or complex. "The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering" -Bruce Lee

[@Somewhereinthisuniverse]

@@aliveandwellinisrael2507 check the discussion page kaktus said he won't take the 6000 slot even if he won

[@DenethorDurrandir]

Definitely an article worth winning the 6000 contest despite DjKaktuses brilliant entry, congratulations to Rounderhouse

[@whitemagus2000]

Fun fact: the amount of anomalous areas on the SCP earth in 2.5 times larger than all of irl earth.

[@cnlbenmc]

Keep in mind; there isn't just "One" SCP Earth.

[@x3dwany371]

@@cnlbenmc probably multiple worlds. In fact the scp site might just be an anomaly in of itself, it told us the many ends of many worlds already

[@hesiod_delta9209]

The database is a patchwork of documents from many different timelines, so that's probably the reason for the discrepancy.

[@MorePower8679]

I am pretty sure this helped make Apollyon an “official” SCP class rather than just another esoteric one.

[@ThatGuy-to7vk]

Probably not, since generally the point of esoteric classes are that they aren’t used often, and there are only a dozen or so appolyons

[@Puppies03b3eleyySnowflakes]

@@ThatGuy-to7vk yeah, and Apollyon has been around long enough and been attached to enough big name articles that anyone with slightly more than casual knowledge of the wiki knows about it. But @BillyBobJoe, if this is what sealed it for you, then awesome. Headcanon is what's important ya know

[@carolynallisee2463]

The rock that causes procrastination- is it round? If so then the legendary ' Round Tuit' has actually been discovered!

[@celestialowl8865]

I cant be bothered to describe it

[@carolynallisee2463]

@@celestialowl8865 giggle! :-D

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

I don't know, but what I do know is that someone's put the damn thing in my room somewhere...

[@UGNAvalon]

“I’ll get a Round Tuit” ? ;D

[@carolynallisee2463]

@@UGNAvalon that's the one"

[@UGNAvalon]

“Will I be in other stories?” “Yes, plenty! In fact, here’s one where you…. actually… die….” “😠” “😅”

[@aleksasbc1617]

I treat you videos like I treat manga. Every few months I come and binge listen to everything new that you make. Love your work keep it up champ. Be back in a couple months again xD.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

All stories eventually come to an end. But with the end of one story, new ones begin waiting to be read and passed on for others to experience. What better place to find and experience such stories…than the library

[@Izolus]

The way that first multiple choice worked out is so simple yet so brilliant

[@abadidea8610]

ngl I kinda prefer this entry compared to DJ's. dont get me wrong I love the plot and the world building that took place in it, but I like this author's philosophical take on things

[@kuyachaswhub3086]

I agree on this one. Well, the author of this entry said this was his gift to the SCP wiki as he is one of the admins in the sister site of the SCP wiki after all.

[@legojay14]

I think what did it most is that all k entries are able to exist in the same canon. Djs cant because it exists in a specific canon already. One that uses the idea of all ks being canon as well

[@alejoj4895]

I don't see how it's philosophical as you say, but still... I dislike the fact that they made it a self-contained narrative, since it doesn't go with the essence of a -000. A 'key' or iconic anomaly that can be referred to by other entries in the future. Looks like they just focused on making a fun story that suits them and didn't care about the rest of the wiki and its vast universe. Would have been better off as a tale...

[@UGNAvalon]

@Alejo J “would’ve been better off as a Tale” - Theres been a lot of such comments lately, as summarized by Cimmerian :s

[@alejoj4895]

@@UGNAvalon Don't know about that, but the fact that someone pointed out that tendency doesn't mean it's an invalid point, you know. SCP-6000 creator seems egotistical for writing something like this.

[@weijieng5300]

This scp is the metaphor for life in general , things happen in life that u can't control , but what matters the most is how u take it u can cry and lament about it or face it with a smile

[@T4N7]

This story touched me on an emotional level. Most SCPs r just neat or scary n those that do come at ur psyche usually try to give u an existential crisis but this one does the opposite n tries to bring peace to the mind. Beautiful

[@antemordacity9885]

I just finished reading this article after procrastinating for a while- I reckoned that you would upload a video about the 6000 entry quite quickly, but my patience came to an end just an hour ago and I finished reading the article...and TES seems to have uploaded

[@dr.talloran6446]

Yo

[@darthxader1112]

I can’t explain why but this video is a huge comfort video for me I have anxiety and it used to be really bad but if I put this on it always really helped To be fair all of his videos are really comforting but this one (and scp 6001) are particularly comforting to me

[@MorePower8679]

Great job Rounderhouse. Didn’t realize all the smaller intricacies until now.

[@camerondiflo3828]

Wow I can't belive im sheding a tear to a story on the wiki the only other being momento mori. The past few years of my life being filled with the storys of the foundation just makes these two hit different. I love this community.

[@ROUNDERHOUSE]

I also wrote Memento Mori, haha- maybe I'm just good at making people cry

[@camerondiflo3828]

@@ROUNDERHOUSE thanks for you contributions

[@RedBoi88]

I can't believe we're already in the 6000's, and yes, SCP-6969 is already a thing

[@shikikkaneddy]

*Nice*

[@Wcwhitelaw]

Listening to exploring series SCP videos at 3:00am hit different

[@archerparty9270]

12:07 SCP-6000-A: "I think you should ask the Serpent's Hand for help, they might be able to help you." Foundation: **commences Operation Blackstar**

[@NeverwascooL]

Whoa whoa whoa... didn't we like JUST start the 5000s like last year?

[@thewrongone4240]

Start of 2020 yeah. Time moves fast.

[@solarshado]

I'm guessing a lot of authors had a lot of time to write this past year and a half...

[@juiceecads3894]

that and scp is becoming more popular at an exponential rate. more people know about the scp wiki now than they did in let's say, series 2

[@whiteeye9584]

That not fair, what about earliest scp writen big numbers before the rest were fill up

[@Destinysday]

I love that the wanderers library is finally getting some recognition

[@chillhighschoolbeats6898]

Which SCP would you rather have had as the 6000 slot Mangg?

[@TheExploringSeries]

I'm not really sure. I don't think kaktus' entry is a great fit either, due to relying on so much other material, but I guess the x000 slots don't really have to fit any sort of definition.

[@Garvity69420]

@@TheExploringSeries hi

[@dethkillerspiral]

6500 maybe?

[@1jomojo]

@@TheExploringSeries i really liked the music one and the true Empire, but None of then feels like a good X000

[@sssspider]

6001 was my personal favorite. It’s rare for a “utopian” SCP to both not have a “they were evil all along” twist and also somehow not feel preachy.

[@brooksosgood865]

Once again you have left me in awe...I am completely enamored with this universe and the witness you bear of it. I eagerly await every Sunday video drop a bit like a child waiting for Christmas. Keep up the amazing work and thank you so so much for what you do.

[@t-34-36]

The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe ❌ The serpent, the moose, and the Wanderer's library ✅

[@snazzyfeathers]

It really does sound like a Chinese bootleg

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@snazzyfeathers I think it’s actually meant to be more like a reference

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

The Narnia series is just another story

[@slyfox1223]

This man knows how to get my attention at 2:00 in the morning i swear

[@tsriketwm7274]

I just realised: SCP-5999, the one before it, is about the foundation’s answer to them realising that their world is written by authors. They tried using a memetic agent to incapacitate, or even kill, the authors, so that no new anomalies will be created, and their world can return to normalcy. So SCP-6000 may have been a response to 5999, saying that without the authors, their story ends here, and so the wanderer’s library will take their world back in

[@cloutmastermemes2007]

I just got out of rehab and thinking about your videos was well worth the wait

[@DarkAtHearts]

We need more stories of the Serpent's Library. Reminds me so much of The Owl House

[@Puppies03b3eleyySnowflakes]

Wow I like that imagery

[@feralprocessor9853]

Serpents Hand be sitting back and eating popcorn while this was going on.

[@Peppysgirl]

I don't know why I got a bit emotional at the end of this - perhaps because I'm in the middle of some changes irl, not necessarily bad ones but ones that are anxiety-inducing - the ending of one chapter and the beginning of a new one. I think this is a beautiful article, both in terms of being a love letter to stories (what the scp wiki is made of) and how our lives are really just a series of stories, ending and beginning as we go through changes and transitions. And end isn't always bad, and there will always be more stories after. It's a good thing to remember. Idk I'm probably incoherent but huge love to the author for writing it and you for telling it!

[@vanlooney2012]

“And who has a better story than Bran the Broken?” -Worst writers in history

[@gdhuertas07]

Bran: Please stop calling me that.

[@jordansheffield3289]

Lmaooooo

[@ricardohoang8452]

Bran lol

[@filipkrunic4684]

When scp foundation gets too typical: "SCP-6000 has of course been classified by order of the overseer council..."

[@djhokasha7410]

I actually view this in drafts. I'm happy to say this has improved!

[@tomxaros48]

I love this! This somehow links all the different cannons of the scp univers very gracefully :-) and As usual, your excellent reading voice gives it all due magnificience.

[@malepatternbaldness.]

The Way sounds a tad like The Shimmer from Annihilation

[@mrmonkeyman652]

Came looking for this

[@cyberprime9355]

Sometimes, not every story is an end. Rather, just another beginning. By accepting that their will be an eventual end, you feel empowered to get reading or get writing. That is the nature of SCP, where the creation of stories shape the world.

[@e.t.1947]

This one gotta be my favourite from the 6K contest. I mean it won the 6000 slot, do I say more

[@loganc6501]

Bruh... you're killin it lately with these things! No matter how tragic and hopeless this particular version of reality gets, it's comforting to know we can always count on getting dat sweet sweet notification from my man at Exploring Series, like clockwork, at 3am on Monday morning with a fresh dose of guaranteed dank content to watch.

[@andrewpatterson3662]

Why did this scp give me a new positive outlook on life?

[@sevensins3584]

My favorite channel. You keep me entertained during long workdays and when i cant sleep at night.

[@SirNikurasu]

I like The Wanderer's Library a lot. A place in which you can get out of your own story into the "real" thing to explore other stories

[@LordBummingtonThe3rd]

When you learn that the library turns stories that have ended into empty bookshelves, and that the library has been making empty bookshelves in the rainforest, you already know shit's going down

[@johnathangoodwin3610]

Aye. Don't get me wrong, I know that foreshadowing is a useful literacy device, but I find this one hard to swallow. I realized what was happening too fast for me. You've told me stories that end go back on the shelf, and the library is expanding, taking in the world. Pretty easy to put together. Since you get a lot of the foreshadowing from people being explained something, the fact the characters in the story can't realize it makes it feel unreal. Maybe I just read too much. Then again, it's been some time since something with any kind foreshadowing of any kind caught me by surprise. Would have to be Practical Guide to Evil an the second read. Where you realize the rules of the universe from being shown in later books, but rereading earlier books you can see the foreshadowing that isn't as apparent to those not in the know. Pretty great, to be honest.

[@LordBummingtonThe3rd]

@@johnathangoodwin3610 I can believe that the characters don't put it together just because of how restrictive the foundation is with sharing knowledge within itself, but It's been a while since I've seen the video so maybe they should have known.

[@NeosAvias]

I’d just gone on the site to read this article yesterday. It’s not what I’d expected, but well, what is expected from these sorts of things? Something creepy and vile? I guess that’s what, and this ended up being surprisingly heartwarming. Definitely captures the concept of stories and endings. Great job to Rounderhouse for this.

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

11:11 Huh. And there's EMPTY SHELVES just staring to appear in our world??!! I'd be sitting up there screaming to a librarian, "HEY! YO! How you gonna call our story "done?"! There's still like 7-8 billion cliffhangers here!"

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

I usually watch only SCP animations or games, as most talk ones are just reading off the website. I am glad to found one who actually tells it as a story and not just mindlessly reading the entries on the wiki. Actually sounds like some one explaining things.

[@fearisstatic]

Bro be respectful to those who read the wiki page when you watch those money printing scp animation made for kid from a multimillionair empire

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

There's something eerily beautiful about this.

[@OmarShtaiwi_]

10:00 AM, perfectly timed, thanks for the incredible content

[@zx9018]

nothing but straight bangers from exploring series in the last couple weeks!

[@luxaiko]

I am so proud of Rounder for writing such an amazing piece. Thank you for covering it

[@ultrabumblebee]

This was some beautiful, beautiful meta! Done so well and eloquently too!! 😮👏

[@djhokasha7410]

So glad you covered this! You're the best.

[@Rurumeto]

The Serpent, The Moose, and the Wandering Goose

[@Poliswag7]

The wanderer’s library always interested me the most out of anything in scp

[@personbadatgames]

Same

[@pokefan-ix7sh]

All fifty-seven safehouses raided had been completely cleared out and were free of GoI-014 members or materials. In thirty of them, Class-W gateways were and are still active, leading into the same section of Nx-001 as SCP-6000. By all appearances, the Serpent's Hand had completely abandoned the planet, leaving active Ways peppered across the globe. At this point, SCP-6000 had grown to 1km across, and the Exclusion Zone had expanded to 3km. Director Tilda Moose was asked to prepare a statement detailing her thoughts on the situation for the O5 Council.

[@Laakien]

This reminds me of the Quantum Time Lock in the Fate universe, essentially the principle even though there are almost infinite universes and timelines, in order to conserve and preserve the amount of energy within the universe, the universe itself prunes timelines that have strayed too far away from the "Foundation" timeline, thus cutting down on the amount of possible alternate universes. It almost seems like the wanderers library serves a similar function here within the SCP universe.

[@BearHeadedWerewolf]

This is one of the best channels that I've ever followed. Period.

[@TitaniumAlloyz]

Bout to go to sleep and you hit us with a new blessing. Thanks bro!

[@NonApplicable1983]

This might be one of my very favorite SCPs. Definitely one of the best.

[@jamesjohn8740]

Brilliant depiction on stories…my hats off to the writer and reader.

[@The_Viscount]

How's about a like for everyone else who listens to Exploring series to help with their insomnia?

[@Wineblood]

Definitely try his SCP-3333 video and see how the insomnia goes.

[@RedQueenKae]

Same. Im 2 minutes in and feel sleepy but i wanna finish the vid 😭

[@notinspectorgadget]

How about a comment that actually attempts to contribute to the discussion about this video?

[@UGNAvalon]

@inspector gadget All comments help with the KZbin algorithm, no matter how irrelevant! ;P

[@Christian-gr3gu]

I never liked these types of stories. Cause you get people like the snake lady surprised that their not ok with the world ending. Like wow, no shit people wouldn't be ok with everything they know possible dying

[@brendankendall41]

I think the point is that people like the Snake Lady come across as brainwashed. This is pretty much how cult followers are in real life, when they do horrific shit like mass ritualistic suicide and they don’t get why people would have a problem

[@ad480p]

Same. I don't know if pretentious is the right word to describe the attitude present in stories with themes like this, but that's how they always come off to me.

[@kevlonk]

Loved this, Exploring Series. As always, keep em coming. I always look forward to your weekly vids. PS: For future GOIs to cover: I know everyone keeps talking about Gamers Against Weed, but I think a video on IJAMEA, Alexsylva University or Deer College might be interesting.

[@asd1234asd1234asd]

Memento Mori is among the best 001 entry imo. It reminded us that no matter what, Foundation has sparks of humanity in them

[@datwitchyswordfan]

To be fair, this is probably one of the lighter world-ending anomalies, as compared to being being utterly destroyed by giant spaceships or unkillable lizards, or melted by the sun, or even the Foundation turning on mankind, at least this anomaly leaves something behind for other people to find and learn about. Either we completely die off without anyone knowing or caring about it, or we die off knowing that at least we will carry on in stories and possibly other lifetimes.

[@HeadpatPoet]

From my understanding of all this, in my humble opinion, it all comes down to this. That mortifying feeling of void, the emptiness you experience when finishing a marvelous story in a book (or other works of storytelling). In essence, the reader, you and I, breathe life into a world by simply spending time on it reading or viewing, and acknowledging its existence and everything and everyone in it in our reality. The emptiness we are left with is the produce of the loss and end of this world we spend so much precious time in. This to a point of caring about something or someone in that world to such an extent that it left us with a sense of, for a lack of a better word, grief. Now imagine, imagine this "someone" from that world you hold so dear, to look up to you from its own world made of frames or paper. With a look of desperation, knowing its days are numbered and can't do anything about it. And when you finally put this book, this world of theirs on the shelf for the last time, it all ends... Not in death, but in a void, the last breeze of wind, the last beam of light that intrudes their world from our reality. And then we move on in search of another story, another world to breathe into life and to eventually add to the shelf...

[@ashen9381]

Ngl this article left me kind of emotional. Im amazed that theres such talented writers on the wiki. Its almost baffling that a bunch of internet horror writers can rival the stories of known authors.

[@ace_atomic3023]

I just got up (9 : 30 in the UK) and this video was perfectly timed lol, love the vids and thanks for making the Scp universe so accessible and engaging 🙂

[@pewmonger]

13:15 So what you’re saying is that SCP6000 is… … the INTERNET?!

[@TheDevadiva]

Why does SCP-6000 sound like a larger version of “The never ending story”???

[@jfranks1295]

Oh god I started humming “nah nah nah… nah nah nah… nah nah nah. The never ending STOOORYYYYY” at 3am. I watched that movie way too many times growing up. I watched The Princess Bride just enough though.

[@macaylacayton2915]

Serpent:All of the stories I see with the jailers staring down the end of the world, they have the book burners by their side. Rivals allying themselves against a great threat, a fusillade of fire against a wall of trees. T.E.S:This remark by the entity led to an 05 vote to expand project fusillade and begin working with the Global Occult Coalition. The vote of course passed because when you need something absolutely destroyed, who better to call? Me:depends on the anomaly XD

[@alyssakitten6006]

Your closing words were absolutely beautiful and true.

[@feralprocessor9853]

One of few SCPs that made the Foundation reach out to the G.O.C for help.

[@tommyjohnson6676]

Amazing content, I cannot overstate how much I love what you make.

[@booshmcfadden7638]

I listen to these in bed because his voice is pretty relaxing. But man, I have some twisted dreams.

[@mairiking8089]

This scp is really cool! Their should be a video game revolving around this!

[@llovitcarlmikkem.2155]

speaking of thaumaturgy,the 5 true magics could be a good SCP entry concept like -An old man that can jump to different parallel universe -A little girl that can grant a wish -a young woman alter time

[@Robocopnik]

The garden is the serpent's place, and the garden is all of creation.

[@ItsMeQuill]

Reminds me of that movie 'Annihilation'

[@vincentmasterbassist6784]

The concept of that movie was really cool. It could have been executed much better.

[@DreamskyDance]

@@vincentmasterbassist6784 I love the concept and story of that movie, for me it was ok in execution... but maybe that concept would work even better as an actual scp article...with exploration logs and all that. Because the pace was a bit broken at times, for a movie, which leads to a bit unclear, rag-tag ending...in writen form thats not a problem at all. There is a book and i read from few sources that its great...didnt reat it myself thou.

[@-Unlimited-]

A Serpent and a Moose walk into the Wanderer's Library...

[@leadingauctions8440]

I like this canon version best. It explains the canon issues perfectly and perfectly.

[@kyleboffa793]

Tilda is unusual in that she is (one of) the only researcher(s) to be represented as a card in 3301