SCP-1602 │ A Shower Curtain │ Safe │ Transfiguration/Extradimensional SCP

[@awaldo2848]

I do actually really like "regardless of the form it takes this instance can be terminated by just shooting it once" feels like a nice change from all the bulletproof monster scps

[@erikdavis3584]

...says the guy with a warhammer commissar as his avatar.

[@Wiiblii]

@@erikdavis3584 Sometimes a Commissar wants an easy target ok

[@magmabuilder5395]

The SCP essentially forces the subject to confront their greatest fears/regrets, turning them into it if they fail to overcome it but lets them forget and move on from said fear if they succeed, that's a pretty cool concept ngl

[@MS-jp3op]

Kinda makes sense, there's usually a mirror on the other side of shower curtains.

[@Hammybread]

They should install this SCP at anime cons.

[@Eldagusto]

@@MS-jp3op that’s an interesting observation. Though it’s not necessarily themself that they become but yeah I get your idea, walking out of the shower often means confronting yourself.

[@sebastianalancliffordthomp4114]

Feels like a bogart on steroids and I'm here for it XD

[@Eldagusto]

@@sebastianalancliffordthomp4114 wait what? How? Oh I looked it up and you mean a Harry Potter thing.

[@justinsmith5870]

Attempted to engage scp-1602-a8 in conversation, making numerous inquiries about it's nature. Albeit with a significant amount of profanity. That's pure gold right there.

[@Speed001]

11:30

[@Martial-Mat]

The SCP Foundation would be SO much more effective if they showed the slightest hint of compassion, especially during interviews. Their bedside manner appears designed to ensure minimal compliance.

[@danialyousaf6456]

It's why the chaos insurgency is better.

[@ryanblood5375]

It seems to be a very author-specific attribute in these stories. Some have very sympathetic interviewers, some have Judge Dredd in a lab coat, threatening to execute any SCP or SCP victim that creates even the smallest bit of paperwork,for them. Its very inconsistent, which is natural to an open source IP.

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

​@Zargabaath How is The Foundation not a glorified prison?

[@Crow_Smith]

It does seem random based on author. TheVolgun has read some that are VERY sympathetic. That one about the creature that basically starts human and morphs into those mimicking skull-faced dog things? That one is so depressing because it seems like the person writing the report is as distraught as the very confused creature. And some interviews where they're EXTREMELY patient and polite with people who clearly are very upset/unsettled/disturbed. And then others they're like the most neutral toned "Sit down or I'm going to have you terminated." threats and 0 sympathy. It even seems in some cases higher ranked SCP people that DO have sympathy are most likely to offer themselves to experiment that likely will kill them because they've seen so many innocent people harmed/destroyed over the SCPs and the research that they just don't have it in them anymore to see someone else suffer. And honestly, one could make the argument that as some of the good ones filter in and /out/ - the foundation might start employing more and more heartless folks to avoid "turn over" so to speak.

[@Dgeaurhedaikn]

I do find the authors that write interviews like this really annoying too. Seems like they try to make the foundation seem more cool by making every doctor act like an action movie cop. But the foundation is interesting and threatening enough without every researcher having to be batman. I much prefer the ones where the interviewers are more desperate and compliant to the SCP instances. It makes the foundation feel a lot more insecure and it adds a lot of tension when they have to make compromises just to get a sliver of information. And it shows that the foundation isn’t just an infinitely powered organisation that can succeed by throwing prison slaves at every anomaly. They have real limitations that they must consider in different ways with each SCP. And each doctor isn’t an all powerful god commanding these anomalous forces. They’re almost all just ordinary people doing anything they can to keep things hidden and peaceful no matter the personal or ethical cost.

[@dillbourne]

Daily reminder what The Foundation calls "Safe" is rarely anything remotely harmless

[@dorkish]

usually means its easy to contain or it's effects are easy to avoid/not start. It's easy to avoid this scps effects if you don't open the curtains, just have it folded up somewhere, or are with people.

[@ilonachan]

A button that instantly destroys the universe when pressed is "safe", because all you have to do to prevent the end of the world is… not press it.

[@dorkish]

@@ilonachan yeah, it's a containment class, not a danger class, the new scp classifications are made to more accurately represent the scps danger. More older scps don't really have them but containment class always means how easy it is to contain, so yeah, even though it has the possibility to destroy the world, you can just lock it up really nicely (as the scp foundation usually does) and it won't really pose a threat at any point, unless someone is actively trying to get to it.

[@MrBioWhiz]

Literally the embodiment of "fuck around and find out"

[@dafoex]

Indeed. A gun would be considered "safe" to the foundation despite it being a tool designed with the sole purpose of ending life. It is only safe because you can leave it alone and it won't try to escape and/or harm people of it's own volition. Of course, this example isn't anomalous, but the point stands: lethal object remains inert unless specifically activated.

[@mathieuleader8601]

the clown that appeared from the curtain I pictured it being Fraiser Crane from that episode when he dressed up as a clown as part of the final stage of a treatment of a patient he was seeing who had a phobia of clowns

[@mathieuleader8601]

this curtain would be something Alfred Hitchcock would buy from Mr. Gaunt's store from Needful Things

[@CodeguruX]

Or just something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie that was blatantly ripped off and then over-explained SCP style. Granted, shit being ripped off is SCP's bread and butter, even ripping other SCP entries off for odd lore drops making no sense to anyone but the writer.

[@EmissaryofWind]

@@CodeguruX The parallels with Psycho are a nod from the author, but nowhere near a rip-off. The shower curtain coming from a hotel room is the only real similarity, and it's more that both stories draw on the common childhood fear of something dangerous being on the other side of the curtain, where you cannot see and when you are at your most vulnerable.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

This is why you don't steal furniture from Silent Hill.

[@widdershins3785]

Good take on a trope of “It only harms you if you DON’T check” So the only guy to get out unharned was because he only feared the state of homelessness he was in? The temporary abduction was the break he needed to not fear it? Kind of seems like the fear reflect only applies to how much that subject is already focusing on it. A pretty realistic take!

[@mathieuleader8601]

this curtain feels like a plot to a hypothetical Terry Pratchett horror novel

[@MikkoKuusirati]

"Let's see, now... in HOGFATHER there are a number of stabbings, someone's killed by a man made of knives, someone's killed by the dark, and someone just been killed by a wardrobe. It's a book about the magic of childhood. You can tell." -- Pterry on alt.fan.pratchett :D

[@MilionMaru]

Don’t forget all the ｔｅｅｔｈ

[@MikkoKuusirati]

@@MilionMaru "The knuckles! The horrible knuckles!"

[@locomotivefaox]

My friend had a shower curtain in his shower and everytime I used it it somehow got the bathroom floor soaked. I do not trust them.

[@coolguyinc.1555]

You need to put it inside the bathtub

[@neurohack9038]

You do know you put the shower curtain in the tub right? If you leave it outside it’ll soak the floor.

[@ErisApplebottom]

🤦‍♀️

[@quintonfloyd7862]

​@coolguyinc.1555 guaranteed that's what was happening. Can't tell you how many times I've had people fail to realize this... I did it one time and upon realizing the floor was wet, immediately knew the mistake.

[@locomotivefaox]

@@quintonfloyd7862 @coolguyinc.1555 There is no bathtub, its just a corner in the room with a curtain around it. Theres a tiny little elevation change, I tried switching the curtain in and out after the first time to no evail. Evil thing.

[@Eldagusto]

Fascinating so it’s a tarp of nightmares. It fabricates an ephemeral entity of possibly low humes based off of fears and regrets that drags its target into its territory and makes the subject into a real version of itself to become their worst fear. I suspected it made them into the 2nd entity and seemed confirmed by the time it got to the clown part. This one was very well done, and used clues and subtlety and nuance. This is a really good one and each of the tests explored facets that were interesting to test its parameters such as placing it on the ground. Loved it and never seen this one before.

[@bendavis7169]

I always pull my shower curtain back when I go in the bathroom

[@OuroborUC420DG]

Then who keeps closing it again when you leave?

[@catso9555]

Bro I do the exact same thing, but it's always closed when I come back to it. Granted, I share my household, but what psychopath is closing it?

[@bendavis7169]

@@OuroborUC420DG my girlfriend!!!

[@awrchris6600]

​@@bendavis7169 she must be one of the entities

[@bendavis7169]

@@awrchris6600 probably lol 😆

[@0tterhead]

An excellent SCP thats an excellent example of how Safe designation doesn't entirely mean safe to interact with!

[@chrisschultz8598]

So, all the curtain is doing is looking for someone who needs a good cleansing, either internally or externally.

[@shipmcgree6367]

SCP newbie: "I can't believe this thing manifests your fears!" 😮 SCP veteran: "Oh, we have such sights to show you.." 💀

[@gbgamer9474]

For the worst of possibilities, someone from a team mostly wiped out by the shy guy who's afraid he'll see him someday...

[@Protofall]

@@gbgamer9474 What a dangerous test. Using the curtain to see if looking at a Shy-guy-esc SCP-1602-A will enrage the reall Shy-guy.

[@notimportant4804]

with 1299 as the bathtub and this as the curtains you'll get a combination i call "you'll never shower again"

[@angelicdevil332]

I love when horror plays on my childhood irrational fears

[@Caliban743]

Showers, my greatest fear

[@squiddle5193]

Very aggressive therapy

[@cometthereindeer5769]

Another classic scp written by peppersghost

[@Lunar994]

Isn't this also his first?

[@dantestrider3578]

Why didn't they perform dna testing? Or autopsies? Like yeah that one guy was all skin, bones and ligaments, but did he have organs? How did he move? The baby was filled with maggots. Living maggots? Regular ones? Could they be traced to a place? Was the baby biologically related to anyone or something? Some of these scp articles are so vague...

[@Spectrarian]

I was hoping they would DNA test the baby

[@foxnachos_]

I would generally agree that the details would be fascinating to explore but at some point the writing would become bloated with details. I would rather forsake small details that muddy the water for the greater storytelling of the entry. It would really depend on what you like to read more, the overarching plot or the specifics that really define how the SCP functions.

[@ElyzaEllit]

Got here since the notification popped up notifying me to see a new SCP to talk about. Ahhh yes The Shower curains give me trust issues huh after I listened to this .. Ain't no way

[@merpking748]

South Dakotan here, there's actually a fairly famous hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota, of which there is a strong urban legend that it is haunted. Wonder if the location had anything to do with it :)

[@GihrenZabiII]

I immediately thought of the Alex Johnson when I heard this XD Lived in Rapid for like 7 years

[@blaisemanfredi5035]

I like to listen to TheVolgun while I do my weight lifting, and he uploaded a video right on time for me. That is convenient, so thank you my man

[@elvisd3947]

These are my favourite SCPs. So fun to join the researchers in figuring out wtf is going on.

[@billyhatcher643]

i love the acting this guy does for his vids theyre really well done

[@taylorfain6957]

Can you imagine being the researcher for this. Like just flipping the entire file into the floor because there’s nothing conclusive. Like this is just a scary nonsense shower curtain. That’s up to no good ever.

[@Ayeloo]

My only real question is why would the foundation burn through so many D-class personnel for a single safe object, when all it takes to cancel its effects is having someone else enter the room

[@oobtty]

they want to understand the object's nature, basically. they like to study the stuff they contain i guess

[@trashtyphoon]

It only has the safe designation because they burned through so many D class. Without proper testing, they simply wouldn't know how much danger an anomoly poses or any quirks it may have.

[@Red_MOON187]

The test are to unveil the nature and properties these SCPs possess, and 'Safe' class SCP could be appropriately reclassified when they're better understood.

[@MikkoKuusirati]

Well, remember the initial confusion about the very nature of the SCP. It started as just another monster sighting. It'd take a bunch of testing to determine what the thing even does, let alone the exact "rules" under which it operates. (And of course there's still a bunch more I'd be curious to do, personally, like whether a live camera feed would count as another person present - does it still activate if there's a live person "in front" of it and a camera filming it from "behind"? Does live feed vs. recording make a difference? What about a mirror placed so the person "in front" of it can also see "behind" it? Etc.)

[@gearsoverdusk7303]

They have to run a bunch of tests to figure out what it does, how it triggers, what might stop it, and so on. Then they need to run more tests to see if has memetic ( mind/perception altering ) effects. Then they need to run tests to see what it actually does. Only *then* can they give it a designation of 'safe.' And remember... 'safe' only pertains to how easy it is to contain. Safe objects can be dangerous as frick if you're not careful with them.

[@durganteh]

Wash away your regrets, or have your regrets wash you away

[@majinganon3087]

I love your videos and I’m so thankful for hard work and talent

[@g4m3rwolf80]

I am SO, SO, SOOOOOOOO Happy that you're still uploading amazing lore/SCP reads. Please Keep Us in the Loop if anything changes, but if you possibly need to make some money. You should Split up your videos and put them onto Shorts/TikTok where your videos will have a LOT more reach. I understand if you don't wanna do that, but I don't want to lose another channel getting nuked or being forced to do something else in order to adhere to KZbin's DUMB DUMB algorithm that changes every other month basically.

[@SimmiusDeltane]

This was PeppersGhost's first SCP!

[@Tychonaut-wg3]

"pay no attention to the little man behind the curtain" 😂

[@giancarlofermin5719]

good afternoon everyone

[@blackinferno57]

a wizards labyrinth would be absolutely brimming with traps like this 😂

[@justinsmith5870]

"One more scp video and I'll get a shower" i tell my self.

[@RinneAvicula]

“Hence, nothing remains except for our regrets.”

[@TTHBLOX_]

I love the early series when it was just "normal object"

[@crig6206]

So we fighting demons in both a physical and metaphorical way now huh, seems like classic scp shenanigans to me!

[@cjthebeesknees]

SCP-1602 broke containment and wrapped around my warm thigh with abyssal coldness in the shower, suggest upgrading of the object class: *EUCLID*

[@Meniscus6]

I actually really like this this one but my one gripe is when it was placed on the floor it didn't step out like the Goblin King when he stepped down staircase in front of the babysitter scene

[@beenabarna1403]

Thank you

[@squeethemog213]

Very interesting scp. Thanks for presenting it 🤩

[@laurenf.7922]

This had a good punchline nit gonna lie.

[@kenpanderz]

ah, just what i need before taking a shower: unmitigated terror

[@droslizard]

ah yes, a perfect story to listen to in the shower

[@Uncle-Jay]

I hate showering with the curtain open, I hate showering with the curtain closed. So I shower with the curtain half open.

[@ConfidentNHandsome]

I always fear that Something is Behind a Shower Curtain, This SCP just makes it worse...

[@g4m3rwolf80]

It's pretty funny, pretty sure I know who James is in the credits lol

[@3RAN7ON]

Hey Mr. Volgun, what happened to the extra credit you mentioned months ago? I haven't heard anything else about that

[@MilionMaru]

It didn’t work out for him Perhaps Volgun or someone else will bring it back, it’s not a bad idee especially for the esoteric articles

[@Janos86]

Basically a boggart on steroids

[@smullins17]

shower anomaly, I need one of those.

[@calcifur]

Finally, starting to have Volgun withdrawal

[@itscyan6602]

Ayo i got here from seeing a comment from you 9 years ago! Its from the video "Intro SCP"

[@ReachEvilCity]

What if the 1/10 cases that the person comes back it’s not actually them? The clown seemingly had all the memories of the person, but the phrase “nothing changed” makes me think it failed the process of physically taking the persons form. This would mean that whenever someone makes it out safe it’s actually the creature in disguise.

[@Idran]

I don't think that really fits the context of them saying "nothing changed", though? It wasn't said in a defeated or frustrated way or something, like they decided they'd failed at tricking the researchers, it was said in the midst of crying about what had happened to them. Like, if that was what was meant by "nothing changed", I don't think it makes sense to have said it in that particular way or at that particular time?

[@dlahouss]

​@@Idran he was estranged from his family due to work. Then, work made him even more cut off. Nothing changed?

[@Tristin42]

"Wow this is a really cool scp, I wonder... SOUTH DAKOTA?" SOUTH DAKOTA GANG RISE UP 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@codybrown3326]

I'm about to listen to this while I shower

[@danielwalker8212]

New SCP just dropped. We are so back.

[@leesoto4395]

Yeah scp sunday!!!

[@whitewerebear]

I will one day make an RPG campaign based upon SCP.

[@Caelus32]

Herta would have a field day with this

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

"Mother! What have you done?!" Had to do it

[@Law0086]

Well, I guess that last guy just really needed cleasning. In more than one way hopefully.

[@NotTheEnd7766]

I'm surprised they didn't try laying the curtain flat and pressing it between two heavy object to see what happened.

[@boxlessone1046]

Um surprised they didnt implement a kind of catch mechanism, so that once opened, the curtain couldn't be reclosed. Wonder what the entities would do then

[@IStaySocial]

Yo! Make “What happened to Site-19?” I’ll ask foreverrrrrrrrrr

[@snakevenom8136]

Pretty sure he was involved in some fashion in Scp illustratted’s rendition, not entirely sure though

[@RamnaViaz]

So you either overcome your fears once and for all or you become what you fear; not the most original idea but interesting nonetheless, and at 10% success rate it is actually more effective than rehab and AA so you could cleanse a lot more addicts with this SCP than with any other means of sobriety.

[@IronBahamut]

The testing in this one was stupid. Why terminate the clown? Could have contained him and see if he calmed down eventually but no let's just terminate him.

[@russellzauner]

I love it when they redact specific locations because that means you can probably get another one there. Even better, it's not in The Geneva Convention. You know, to *use* it. ;-)

[@Thatguywithlogic]

Heads up that for whatever reason this didn't show up for me until today! I searched and checked your channel yesterday and two days ago so who knows if some weird filtering is going on

[@Lunar994]

Hey, a classic

[@mathieuleader8601]

this story about the curtain feels like a work by absurdist fiction author Robert Rankin

[@psychojoe4764]

Oh so the demons that I feel looking at me are real.

[@backyardr.c.6280]

Cross test this with the cockroach bathroom SCP. Would they fight for dominance, or combine into a new SCP?

[@mischake]

Genuinely creepy...

[@ManicStessBall]

Whooooo! More scp!!!!!

[@Dark_Jaguar]

Why was that particular class D terminated? I can understand if he'd begged for death in that body horror of a state, but that was never indicated.

[@carminedesanto6746]

The horror of the everyday…

[@simonmanley9245]

Could've used more unicycles.

[@ayamzyr7599]

damn this was a weird one im trying to get access to the discord but its not working at all it keeps removing itself after a while and when i try to verify it doesnt work

[@jeanannd]

Considering the poor people that seemed to have been altered for the worst and then killed by the SCP - I'd say it's anything but harmless. The poor man crying and asking what has happened to him, why can't he see, why is he cold....and begging for help. Of course the SCP only killed him rather than trying to help him. No, SCP-1602 isn't harmless.

[@abydosianchulac2]

The "Safe" object class is a label that only describes the difficulty in containing the object. Many of the most horrible SCPs have a "Safe" rating.

[@nosfonader8792]

I've been wanting to make my own SCP series. What program do you use to make this tv set up 😮

[@Preohhh]

I believe he uses Blender for the 3D stuff. And go for it! Its not gonna be easy but dont let that stop you :)

[@jamesblinzler7421]

So the girl that got pulled into the wall disappeared? When they had the curtain lightly glued to the wall.

[@Jolis_Parsec]

It would appear that she became the B instance, much like the other two subjects who had disappeared when their B instances had appeared.

[@Bifftaman]

Awesome

[@dwarfdigger135]

SCP 5000 When?

[@panchovilla_68]

Word.

[@sleepbeinshy5775]

Safe but red? Why safe but red? Hmmm

[@elementual]

Seems kind of out of character to me for them to just murder the subjects left and right even after mere minutes of them being created/transformed.

[@popcornparker5390]

Best

[@bindead]

Ill be back.

[@Elias-nb6hz]

Why does KZbin keep unsubscribing me from this channel?

[@Bifftaman]

❤

[@hvip4]

Can anyone tell me the SCP designation number for a Banana peel?

[@Idran]

I can't find any banana peel SCPs. Are you mixing it up with SCP-4823, the one about the alternate universe banana people that accidentally get wiped out by the Foundation when they miss a fruit fly egg in a materiel transfer? Or maybe SCP-3521, dado's banana pills?

[@LangstonDev]

Ooh I love this joke

[@mr_prayingmantisawesome3490]

Megiddo is it’s containment class

[@mathieuleader8601]

the 5th Harry Potter book would have been better if this curtain was in the Department of Mysteries instead of that veil.

[@marioionion2]

Lmao

[@BP-kk7nr]

Hello early gang

[@servit0r]

+comment

[@nebricback1430]

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How tf is this safe?

[@michaelnewman7248]

Shower curtain can't leave the containment area