SCP-3844 - To Slay A Dragon EXPLAINED

[@MR_ILLUSTRATED]

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[@Maneatingwatermelonanimates]

I think a scp 3844 in when day breaks would be cool

[@SadiqAuwaluSani-ds7lb]

Hi

[@matt-jb02]

Somewhere Mike is being ripped in half whilst this dragon slowly dies

[@method137]

Just out of curiousity, are we ever going to see an ending to Dr. Bright's story from When Day Breaks? Last I remember, he appeared as flesh, did some Dr. bright shenanigans as a joke, then showed the amulet. Was there an ending to that?

[@EEE-1409]

If I had a nickel for every time a dragon related SCP had made made me cry, I would have two nickels. It isn't much, but it's sad that it happened twice. Rest in peace Tharnok.

[@Swainhammer13]

was thinking the same thing :(

[@EEE-1409]

@@Swainhammer13 Amen 😔🙏

[@yosefzanerva806]

What was the other dragon related SCP video?

[@rejack2liferejack32]

here be draaaagons

[@FrostTheRedeemed]

​@@yosefzanerva806 scp 1764 Where the dragons went. Honestly quite sad.

[@xxiSHTAr9000x]

I saw the word “Dragon” and yelled “NO! IVE CRIED THOSE TEARS ALREADY!!!” I miss them….

[@Gabe_Cross]

Dragons can't seem to catch a break in the SCP universe. I also remember the sad tale of the one with the paper dragons.

[@yosefzanerva806]

As a dragon-loving fan of the fantasy genre, this video struck a chord with me. I remember running around outside as a little kid, pretending that I was a dragon or a Pokemon, or swinging high on the swing set with my eyes closed, imagining that I was soaring through the air.

[@dubuyajay9964]

I remember playing with GI Joe out in the great outdoors, kindred. I assume you was born after me as a Milennial. I barely made Gen X as I was born in 78.

[@yosefzanerva806]

@@dubuyajay9964 Damn! I barely made gen Z! I was born in 2001.

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@yosefzanerva806 Oh, sorry. My mistake youngster.

[@yosefzanerva806]

@@dubuyajay9964 There's no such thing as a mistake. A mistake is the same as an accident, and there are no accidents!

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@yosefzanerva806 But I misidentified you. :-/

[@3ftninja132]

1900s - Here be dragons. 2000s - Here were dragons. 2100s - There never were any dragons.

[@wolframvonstein7303]

The parallels to SCP-1762 feel undeniable. I guess some mysteries really are better left unsolved...

[@purplehaze2358]

"Almost all of the other changes can have mundane explanations. [...] But going from knowing 14 languages to 7 is less explainable. Something is going wrong here." If I saw someone forget half of the languages it speaks, I would sooner consider the possibility they're suffering from dementia than suggest there's an anomalous property behind it.

[@The_fastfreddy]

This SCP reminds me a lot of SCP 1762 (Where the Dragons went) on how the foundations need to understand an anomaly is the very thing that ends up killing it. This makes me wonder if we really need to explain the unexplainable

[@MothFable]

What a fascinating idea for a story, and well executed too.

[@timothyt.82]

I love how Andre Bechert's name has become a tradition to pronounce the 't' hard.

[@cjmarshall7970]

I can’t believe the foundation bored a dragon into suicide.

[@ryancoopersnissan240sx8]

Not suicide but literally killed it with boredom.

[@Myuutsuu85]

The Foundation likes to forget that the P in SCP stands for "Protect".

[@AndreBechert]

We don't need to understand everything in the end. Sometimes it may just be better to leave things unknown, to not rob the last bit of Magic that exists in our world

[@EEE-1409]

Andre!

[@apexhunter935]

Not true

[@sukinsyn6387]

@@apexhunter935 why

[@CUSTERM16A2]

Degenerate scalie.

[@lasagnalad5874]

This is almost as beautiful as the box of origami dragons, it carries much of the same message. As someone else in the comments said, it’s about the morals of the story. You may understand the whole world to the fullest, but keep the dragons alive in your heart

[@410colepyro3]

So it's kind of explained how every time we try to explain something with science something that seems magical loses its glow and soon fades into nothingness

[@Milo_hAt3r]

This is what SCP is. Its not monsters or weird creatures. Its morals, lessons, and every SCP has some underlying tone. Even SCP-173 has some sort of moral.

[@EccentricDrDino]

Don’t blink or fucking die lol

[@kingofthefunnyguys]

@@EccentricDrDinoThe best moral

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

Thats stories in general. The best ones have something significant to say.

[@Canadian_Zac]

@@EccentricDrDino Dont even blink, blind and you're dead. it is fast, faster than anything you can believe. Dont turn your back, don't look away, and whatever you do, don't blink!

[@daikolirae155]

What kinda fucking moral is there with 173? Don’t commercialize intellectual property????

[@geardog24]

I guess Foundation didn’t learn a thing from the tragedy of SCP-1762. 😢

[@CRTTekeren]

Sometimes, ideas, groups, people, nations may just maybe a figment of someone’s imagination and may even materialize in the real world. That’s basically what anomaly truly means.

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

I like to think that this document is actually just another cover up and the dragon still lays in his mountain in all his glory and majesty and his freind simply did this to keep his dutys and be loyalty to his friend

[@Captainkebbles1392]

If only....if only..

[@chasefrost1401]

I like how you took a little essence of Beowulf dragons for the dragon's human form.

[@Revenant-oq9ts]

There is a strange relationship between wonder and understanding. The less you understand, the more you wonder. The more you wonder, the more you want to understand. The more you understand, the less you wonder about what you understand, but the more you learn of the existence of things you don't understand. And then there is more you have to wonder about. I think that is the implication of having more dragons in the mountains. The foundation learned all there is to know about one thing, and in doing so, it lost all sense of wonder. But then learning all about it led to a new sense of wonder that there is more out there. It's that old parallel of shining a flashlight against a wall. The more you zoom out, the more is illuminated, but the more you learn there is more to illuminate.

[@kaseywoods6533]

you have no right making us cry like this.

[@paperdollwizard]

Wonderful video! An engaging story, well told. I was unfamiliar with this particular SCP, and so enjoyed hearing about it. Will go and check out the full wiki article now. Thanks for sharing!

[@adixtorg7402]

Loved your stuff back in the day years ago when I used to watch SCP, just got interested in it again hope you're still doing well.

[@wolframvonstein7303]

Truly reminiscing of SCP-1762 (Where the dragons went). Some mysteries really are better left unsolved, huh?

[@CaptainKillroy]

This is a very sad and surprisingly meta message to come with a dragon story. Regardless, I did like it a bunch.

[@emp_r0r_rednax]

This looks awesome! I love the artwork.

[@purplehat9124]

Holy SCP illustrated Art style is getting better and better holy, this is amazing!

[@lthampton6437]

I swear every time I hear the audio explained version of this story I feel like I'm about to cry 😭

[@dodo3095]

This implies the inevitable fate of the foundation as well, not through any world ending anomaly or anything like that but just because once everything is explained by science there is nothing anomalous anymore and thus no point for the foundation to exist/receive new personnel and funding.

[@johnjohnjohnson7720]

Quiet days.

[@user-cx4bv3eg6i]

A very important lesson in a story about how we don’t need to learn and understand everything

[@PK-Radio]

0:15 you tellin me this is about industrial society and it’s consequences?

[@Lambach-Ruthven]

A disaster for the human race.

[@stargazer-elite]

I find it very interesting and neat how the second document implements World War II or just history in general into the SCP world because it’s often forgot about that the SCP foundation isn’t just a separate world. All events in history happened to the same way they did in our world (given the exceptions of certain documents) and even universes that have the SCP foundation exist for hundreds of years never seem to mention real history. Like how it could affect them because the foundation (in most universes/cannons) didn’t really become this mega corporation of the anomalous until the late 20th century so real life wars would have affected them and could have very well damaged their secrecy plus the fact that the foundation doesn’t really like to get into the real world politics (for obvious reasons both in and out of universe) despite the fact that in their modern state they could just control the entire world easily.

[@amusician644]

This is one such example of why the Serpents hand is doing what its doing. They oppose the foundation because they probably know that the more the foundation understands the more anomalies would disappear.(In one timeline the foundation created a super AI that neutralized all anomalies) tho the SH probably considers the foundation a lesser threat since it will take time for the foundation to understand and the fact the foundation constantly loses anomalies to the insurgency and other groups compared to the GOC who is actively destroying them.

[@RICH1FLOYD]

How are you not at 1 million subs?! Your narrating and video are very good!

[@Mr_Elsewhere]

This is kinda my life, when I was a little kid every day felt special and I also didn't pay that much attention to the world, but now as a teen every day feel bland, last valentine's day I didn't even know it was valentine until 1pm.

[@Migolcow]

Thank you. Also WHAT THE HELL does the Foundation have against Dragons!?

[@Finn2885]

I’ve read this SCP long time ago. It was sad story.

[@biggs3839]

Advancement is necessary, but we can lament the passing of the wonder of magic.

[@nathandrake2416]

Question would cain be able to resist when day breaks, because anything that happens to him gets bounced back to anything or anyone who could harm him.

[@Pumpkinsmasherok]

Idea for a video: destroying scp-035 would only free the sadistic entity within, an entity made entirely of the corrosive liquid

[@UGNAvalon]

Me thru out this video: 🥺 Then: “Appalappachian” 🤣 I know it wasn’t intentional, but boy did that brief break in the solemnity help out a lot! 😅

[@Fishchair]

Hey really quick question when will we get the next installment for st Elmo's fire, it's been a year. Of course take your time and always your videos are amazing and your drawings have came so far keep up your amazing work! Also you should try SCP secrete laboratory I think it be funny to see you play that

[@anlize3422]

I believe that, even if we explain away everything, as long we keep a little bit of magic and whimsy inside of us, the dragons will still be alive. For me, it's all about not letting your fantasies die. You can have the serious and full figured out life, but we need some time away from it, where our inner child comes out and go play with the dragons.

[@AH-64EApacheGuardianHelicopter]

Dragon! Yupee!!! Dragon, NOOO!!!!

[@randomblackgaming4609]

8:14 That is what ended happening in SCP-6500, wow...

[@Neo1708.]

"Thar were dragons..."

[@ACIDJAZZZZ]

No one should take life as serious as stone, no one has to understand everything, cause without any questions or wonder. Then what’s the point.

[@reteparpic]

I love this video another great one!!!!

[@manzac112]

Truly, where have the dragons went?

[@Cesar-mu6zg]

The flood from halo is scary

[@cococamo191]

really great video but could you cover other dragon in the scp universe? like SCP-722

[@a.q.2330]

Keep up your work! I'm still waiting for more WDB.

[@MR_ILLUSTRATED]

Thank you so much for the Super Thanks :) more When Day Breaks is on the way. I am working on the next one right now as a matter of fact and it should be ready in a week or two

[@sharkchaos5160]

Great video.

[@VooshSpokesman]

Love from a NetNarrator and Vaush fan!

[@Captainkebbles1392]

Maybe it was all a cover up to help hide him..... but I doubt it..

[@sithspartan6248]

Request for a video on the Flood infection from Halo!

[@Whispurer]

Here be Dragons 2

[@Aiden-dh3dv]

Will you ever recreate 939 vs 682?

[@VentureCAM]

Love ya illust :)

[@IAmNotConsistent]

Would you ever consider doing SCP-3812 also amazing video

[@crimsondynamo615]

So this is basically the movie Flight of the Dragons

[@timmy6890]

Wow, G.O.C moment

[@BaloraSilviana_PrincessRuby]

Happy 2024 New Year's 😥😔 By' MR_ ILLUST'RATED'' SCP Channel

[@MrDeeds687]

I love your vids

[@somecargoship]

Poor guy

[@Kalel_The_Protogen]

very sad :(

[@jakeponort]

Hey illustrated I was here since your first scp-682 video I love your work, do you have any scp-001 wdb video in the making?

[@bignelly9476]

Ik u won’t do it but what if the Destroyer of worlds had escaped when day brakes.

[@executionflux91]

Reminds me of scp 1762.

[@renatoafonsomaiacarneiro950]

Not. Again. 😭😭

[@krydas9050]

You said in your community Post you wanted Feedback for this style of narration. I have to say i Prefer the calssic style of reading the SCP article itself. Getting the story like this feels like the suspense and the mystery of piecing together what happend yourself is lost, making the story less impactfull. However, if this is a style that helps you put out Videos faster, to appease the algorythm, i won't say anything.

[@MR_ILLUSTRATED]

I was just trying this style out to see what my audience thought of it. It was quicker to make but at the same time it has performed poorly so maybe this style isn’t the way

[@joker14n]

A lot of parallels to right now. The moral of this one could be construed as follows: When someone you don’t know, and who doesn’t know you tells you: “this is for your own good” you better ask a lot of questions. In the end they’ll kill you whether they mean to or not. Never comply !

[@mrbigsta4221]

That is not the moral, at least not how I see it. I think it goes something like “Growing up, the world slowly gets duller and duller as you discover more and more on how things work and why. Imagination is slaughtered and innocence is shot dead. Do not let your need for discovery kill out your imagination, don’t let it kill the magic they is left”

[@RYANTHECRITE]

Hey Mr illustrated I just hit 100 subscribers

[@commonviewer2488]

They learned nothing from 1762

[@fredish8511]

Why are some of the pictures CGI? was it time constraints?

[@Otone360]

💔

[@Jonerest]

i need.......a video......on dado.....please..

[@PartigradeCannon]

I dislike these "science dstroys magic" stories on the basis that science is supposed to observe and explain, not shackle. If a flying magic reptile exists, then science needs to accept flying magic reptiles exist, not tell me why flying magic reptiles don't exist and it will kill any flying magic reptiles that say otherwise.

[@jess648]

there’s a lot of that that’s been baked into many scp stories or conventions for years

[@cestelle92]

More science, fuck magic. I want to understand.

[@johnjohnjohnson7720]

And then what?

[@cestelle92]

@johnjohnjohnson7720 knowledge is finite, in my opinion. Once you know everything, you have all the parts and pieces you need to create or replicate what you want. If you want to replicate Dragon's breath, you can.

[@johnjohnjohnson7720]

@@cestelle92 The amount of sacrifice and if its finite than there might be things that are impossible without magic and if there impossible you won't actually be able to make dragon's breath.

[@sarahelkassas2374]

I don't get it if the SCP is magical why didn't users magic to make some clothes Instead of being butt naked

[@MrDeeds687]

First

[@The_fella-67]

I disliked my own comment

[@EEE-1409]

Lol

[@wolframvonstein7303]

Congratulations.

[@Democratic_Goose]

i liked your own comment

[@MailOrderMaven]

i would not want to live in a world without dragons.