SCP-5005 │ Lamplight │ Euclid │ Mind Affecting/Extraterrestrial SCP

[@daniell1483]

The best thing about this SCP to me is the overall message. Yeah, things in the SCP will probably always be weird, but weird doesn't mean hostile. Not all the time at least. A little bubble of stability in an ocean of strange. Facinating.

[@Maldito_Murilito]

Thats why I always loved lamplight, my favourite scp

[@lahayestudiofrqc8708]

Its attracting precisely because Its unsettling...

[@MrAlbion69]

€ hi

[@roguefox4308]

A bubble of stability, found on the back of a predator known for taking advantage of confusion and allure in a sea of darkness and unknowns. A wonderful metaphors that also makes me wonder...

[@ZtratoZ1]

“finally, something normal”

[@unggoymuffin9163]

Future people when they see a giant cosmic anglerfish: “It’s free real estate.”

[@4heavenly]

Facts

[@TheVolgun]

Special thanks to Lex Reckless for voicing Sofia Ramirez! - I think she did a fantastic job! PS - I know I went three weeks without uploading - my migraines are back again unfortunately so that's the reason why.

[@BlarretBoi]

Hi

[@SirMonty332]

Shout out for having a comment out 3 hours before the video goes live! o7

[@Mark-Wilson]

Bro if you feel tired or have something like a migraine or headache don't make videos we will understand

[@frankheninja1]

Don’t sweat it. You’re the best man. You do what you have to to get better, and we’ll be here when you’re ready.

[@carto4028]

I feel that bro i really do. Mine went away after i stopped eating chocolate.

[@quantumblur_3145]

I *LOVE THIS ONE,* I clicked as soon as I saw "The Lamplight." It's so remote and isolated. The nature of the mystery is nothing malicious - it's just so isolated and in such an impossible place that there's no origin to track. The "Multiverse collaboration" element also makes it extremely humbling. This entry gives the Foundation a refreshing level of humanity. Just a really well-written piece exploring existential dread and the various ways humans cope with their need to rationalize things, and how sometimes you manage to pull away from that rational dependency to enjoy the present. Additional kudos to this piece for covering depression and creative growth, it's just... _

[@wagerobot5231]

It's my theory that this anomaly was created by the god of lampposts from the Daleport story

[@loonneye]

I love your break down of the story

[@NodDisciple1]

@@wagerobot5231 So the fae made it?

[@gogeterdone]

A society of artists and scholars from different universes living on top of a giant dead anglier fish deep in the middle of oblivion. SCP Foundation Researcher: "Yup, it's Tuesday."

[@justinsmith5870]

The bit on the architecture almost had me in tears. Every beautifully dreary type of building within walking distance, lit by moonlight, silhouetteed by fog and draped in snow. It really seems to be a narrative on the mentality of artists/philosophers. Where chasing darkness for depth and passion is empty, aging and hollowing while those who choose to reach, it's the effort thats important, for the embers of happiness live longer lives only to be criticized by the young. Calling their work shallow and meaningless. The old, missing that burning passion, never entirely certain they aren't right.

[@LexReckless]

Thanks for having me in this, I love how it came out!!

[@nowhereman6019]

Oh man, this one. This encapsulates so much existential angst. You want to learn, you want to know and understand, even if it kills you to find out, you just want the truth. But when you do find out, you realize that it doesn't give you meaning, it doesn't fill that hole. The truth is banal. So what can you do? Just enjoy your life while you have it. Enjoy the gentle snow, the soft lights, the kind people. Be happy, because all else is pointless in the end.

[@godemperorletoatreidesii7457]

Well put lol

[@david_broz]

Or alternatively you quickly realize this is bunch of nonsense and losd interest.

[@MorganTheMad]

I find it funny that it repeatedly references attempts to create utopia, but from all accounts... the town is a paradise. The soil is abundantly fertile so there is plenty of food, living for centuries is a possibility. It is a city filled with art and celebration. Yet people still walk into the dark.

[@bosermann4963]

@@MorganTheMad perhaps the best possible existance is in alteration. transition from negative to positive, back and forth, create the pulse of life. a utopia without suffering, a hellscape without pleasure - both are flatlines, which sooner or later lead to the same thing. take a bit of both, space them at irregular intervals, sprinkle in some random scenery changes - and you get the thing we already are a part of, just like it was intended. people don't value what they have until after they've lost it. core message of the comment: be content with your life, but don't fear the changes.

[@nickwolfe6684]

But what if you can't 🤣 what if those simple phenomena others find so worth their time just feels like a mundanity to you. You can feel yourself aging, but the process is just too slow yet the universe's mysteries hold no luster. You search to a horizon shrouded in fiction to an idea impossible and you wish; a pleading, silent wish which always falls on deaf ears.

[@MrSmithSAH]

*Sees thumbnail* "oh it's a streetlight that acts like a anglerfish's lure, I get it" *sees video length* "oh God what happened here" *60 seconds in* "I wasnt even close to getting it"

[@jhsrt985]

And in the end you did get it, good call mate

[@luispagano]

I have good news for you mate

[@rowbot5555]

It may be that I have few poetic bones in my body but I think it's very cool that the author decided to have Ramirez succeed on her effort to find the true shape of lamplight. It would have been so easy for them to write Ramirez walking out into the snow, and then ending it off there, or with an addendum, but instead she managed to make it and send back her findings. I think that's very cool. The night may not give us easy answers, but we might still find them if we look in the right spot.

[@magspie04]

Man this so heavily reminds me of that one poem especially the part that goes "Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light." The poem is about the idea of dying after completling nothing meaningful in life. This concept frightens pretty much everyone. The plan of how to remember our loved ones who have passed only fueling our desire to be remembered aswell. Sofia enters this *town* as one would enther life: she wants to learn and understand this place she is in. The *snow* was mentioned to have an aura of confusion for newcomers but the residents dotn even acknowledge it. I belive its supposed to reference the exestial wonder many of us think apon. The newcomers wonder where it comes from or why its ever present similarly to life and death. These two concepts are ever present yet no one knows why they are here. When you start to realise this you might want to get to the bottom of this similarly to how the artist's work first focuses on this and the nothingness. Eventually though, you will have to accept these facts; some may never accept this, leading to self destruction similarly to the one author. The *nothingness* is literally and metaphorically death: people can wonder and wonder, theorise and theorise, but you'll only know for sure what will happen if you go there. Then, when you do you don't get to come back. That secret is yours to know as you look back at your life (or the town in this case) and wonder if it was worth it. Did you really get the answer you wanted or was it a fruitless effort? Should you have just lived your life rather than mindlessly working towords a goal that in the end meant nothing? The artists have gone through all of these questions and in a way triumphed.They moved past these questions and can now focus on life and living despite never truely getting their answers and are okay with this. This is why the artists stay but the SCP foundation struggles: it is a foundation of question askers. The foundation made of people aiming to explain the unexplainable so when they find one that is impossible to expain it just breaks them.

[@Arkimedus]

good analysis

[@AlexeiIgnavich]

Now that you mention this, it also reminds me of Camus take on the Absurd, that we should recognize the nothingness and absurdity of the universe and we should choose to rebel against the absurd by living life to the fullest and creating our own meaning for ourselves. Sofia and the other past artists and academics that went into the dark took the path of "suicide" because that they couldn't just accept not knowing what's beyond the dark and live in rebellion. The people in 5005 who were living life rebelling against the absurd didn't suffer the same effects because of that simple fact.

[@seretith3513]

@@AlexeiIgnavich i live life to my fullest when my Curiosity is Satisfied. Sofia sounded anoyed while Dying, another one may have Died in a Smile for his another Curiosity was Satisfied

[@seretith3513]

The Reason the Foundation wants explain the seemingly unexplaineble is to make it easyer for Life itself. What the Foundation discovers ( even under Circumstances many would describe as "immoral") helps to make Life fuller. This message feels highly Hypocritic to me. Highly Intelectuels have difficultys to live their Life full because nobody cares about how these Intelectuels make their Life better. I have accepted that nothing is Just and thus i can live in somewhat. The Reason wy it's not to it's fullest is on display when i have to respond to "wy you looking into this, it's not nessessary" with "because minds like mine questioning everything made your Phone possible".

[@bugjams]

To just accept death and be happy about it sounds like a sickness to me. Like Stockholm syndrome. Obviously you should enjoy the small moments and live life to its fullest - but people who talk about "accepting the unknown" are seriously coping. Or, maybe people like me who think knowing is so important, are also coping. But if that's true - then neither view is objectively better than the other. So to even compare them as if one is better is a bit narcissistic. Still, I believe that knowing more can bring peace to some. Knowing less brings peace to others. But often times, living in ignorance hurts others, whereas knowledge tends towards helping people, so I'd rather have the former.

[@sirtoast4502]

Nothing fits themes of universe hoping, physics and reality defying matter, and existential crisis like a bunch of self centered, drunken poets building a half assed utopia on the corpse of a cosmic fish... I have so many questions.

[@NodDisciple1]

Don't go in the dark...not worth it.

[@Speed001]

Go in the dark...it's worth it.

[@joshmerchant8737]

@@Speed001 the duality of man

[@eschcal9839]

I believe the term is "Edgelord's". "I hurt myself today. To see if I still feel. I focus on the pain. The only thing that's real. Try to kill it all away. But I remember everything. What have I become? My sweetest friend. Everyone I know. Goes away, in the end."

[@infinitemidnightghostmourner]

You have so many questions, but....the night does not give such easy answers.

[@samshapira8295]

One of my favorite things about the SCP is the concept of time and how fluid it is to people. The fact that some people basically don't age and other's age extremely fast creeps me out and I can't explain why.

[@infinitemidnightghostmourner]

I know why it creeps me out. The thought that you could love someone, and they live their whole life in a few weeks or even days while you live hundreds of years - and how many times that would happen to you. Losing people just like that until you found someone who aged as slowly as you. No thank you, I'd like to grow old WITH my husband, thanks....

[@abaranihei2608]

Its actually a really extrem version of what happens in reality ☠️

[@dalemorgan8263]

On a purely scientific level, I'd hypothesize that the difference is made by varying levels of exposure to the "non-matter" surroundings and 5005-1's light.

[@RU81111]

I really enjoyed the message and meanings of this one. The reminder that fixation on the abyss often hurries one into it, and how a concentration on those living around you can possibly extend your time with them. Or at the very least the time spent with them will feel more meaningful and it will stick with you more. Good vibes and papa bless.

[@saschaberger3212]

After 2 minutes in: I can't Believe that I never heard any concept like this whatsoever. A reality boarder town. Imagine the possibilities for stories :O

[@DesignThinkerer]

You'd probably like to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy then

[@History507]

Kingdom hearts has traverse town

[@LirqFalco]

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe will definitely scratch your itch.

[@agargoyle12345]

First Comic's Grimjack had Cynosure, a city where all dimensions met.

[@dinkusstinkus4396]

There's a book titled " hidden" that's set in a village bordered by mist, and anyone who enters it never comes back. It's quite interesting and explores this concept.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Sometimes, you deal with the essence of societal collapse and tyranny. Sometimes, you deal with an ancient cousin who can't stand your sun. Sometimes, you find a naked French woman who warns you of death. And sometimes it's just an angler fish and you're the isopods. Go get a drink

[@dannyg.4421]

i have no idea why you said the things you did but i like it.

[@gamemeister27]

You know, when I first moved to Lamplight at around age 16, I was obsessed with the darkness. Around age 20, I nearly walked out. These days, I realize the light really is more interesting.

[@NodDisciple1]

That is what gets to me...what do people think is out there? Have not the multiverses learn enough from the dangers of space travel? Are they not satisfied with the losses of life we had just to find out our large colony is on the corpse of a great sea beast? Are they not satisfied? Is the death really worth it?

[@LadyViscera]

Angerfish have become quite a common trope in SCP articles.

[@Military-gradenutella3068]

You could say people are. . .lured to them. . .I’ll show my self out. . .

[@dfailsthemost]

Angerfish sounds like it'd be a ship chasing zaphod

[@Atomsk0192]

It's because they're horrifying hell creatures from the abyss.

[@jwalster9412]

I guess people just approach them from many _anglers_

[@SpydrXIII]

@@jwalster9412 you may also show yourself out.

[@Dark_Jaguar]

Is this set in the foundation's distant future? The casual knowledge of vast planes and multiverses and multiversal clusters on display here as well as the mention of heretofor unknown foundation tech and the ease of which they seem able to study this place to the extent they don't even bother to mention how they found it or get there is so far beyond what I know of foundation lore it suggests we're in a whole new era.

[@starch_tuber1778]

The dates shown in the interview transcripts reveals that this takes place in the 2500’s

[@snarf1851]

Yeah i was thinking the same thing but i'm pretty sure this just takes place in the distant future.

[@Xxsnipedawg72xX]

You are a very long day

[@ziggyz8345]

Yup, seeing as they mention alternate universes and 2 other earths, it's safe to say it's in the far future

[@Lacucarachadefuego]

It’s a patch of real space inside the unimaginable chaos of The Warp and it is therefore created and maintained solely by the beliefs of The Orks

[@marcelduplessis944]

this is canon now

[@BrauschN]

Gork and Mork misplaced their pet fish.

[@Chaosrain112]

*DIS FISH GOT 'UMIES ONNIT, BOSS*

[@aredjayc2858]

*IZ GOTTA BE PURPLE DATS DA ONLY WAY DA HUMIES COULDN'TA SEEN IT*

[@loger_2floofyboogaloo278]

@@Chaosrain112 OHNOOO GOTS TA PUT IT DOWWN

[@simba2023]

Volgun, I can't tell you how excited I got seeing this today. When I first read 5005, I fell in love with Lamplight and the entire idea of it, and I've been dying for you to cover it. Thank you so much!

[@nibblrrr7124]

00:27 *Special Containment Procedures* - 1:23 *Description* - 3:35 *Assessment* 6:41 *ESSAYS* : 6:59 *History* | 9:05🎙️ - 15:09 *Structure and Society* | 18:49🕯️ - 22:33 *Culture* | 25:24🎙️ - 31:34 *Psychological Impact* | 33:19📝 - 38:12 *Future Research* | 39:50✒️ | 40:19 41:44 *Addendum* | 42:42📼 - 00:00 Title screen 00:12 Introduction 00:27 *Special Containment Procedures* 01:23 *Description* 03:35 *Assessment* (Dr. Franklin, Project Lead) 05:27 + _anecdote of interest (poet)_ 06:41 *Introductory essays* 06:59 1. *"History"* (Dr. Kobold, Foundation Historian) 09:05 _Interview:_ Sergei Osmanoglu, tavern owner 09:26 + ▶️ 09:55 + 💬 15:09 2. *"Structure and Society"* (Dr. Grant, Eastern Multiverse Studies, Kings College London) 15:41 + _Kievan / Victorian_ 16:20 + _Aetherium_ 16:57 + _Giotto_ 17:42 + _Neoclassical_ 18:19 + _Nomad_ 18:49 Festival description (Ramirez) 19:23 + ▶️ 22:33 3. *"Culture"* (Rachmaninoff, Literary History, University of Old Kiev) 25:24 _Interview:_ Juan Lumiere, famed poet 25:42 + ▶️ 26:18 + 💬 31:34 4. *"Psychological Impact"* (Dr. Freiburg, Foundation Psychologist) 33:19 Franklin's check-in with Ramirez 33:34 + ▶️ 38:12 5. *"Future Research"* (Director Franklin) 39:50 Delacroix's final poem 40:19 + ▶️ 41:44 *Addendum 1* 42:42 Footage log 45:07 Credits & Patrons 46:17 End screen

[@abrahamel-gothamy6472]

Thank you very much!!

[@-GuessMyName]

Such a peculiar place. Just entering there will slowly, but surely, rot away at any sane person's mind. Curiosity drives people, and the most curious thing there was the darkness that surrounded it. Goddamn, I loved that. Volgun will always be best. Have a good day/night, though, person reading this. Make sure you stay comfy and hydrated. But most of all, make sure you stay safe!

[@swagger7698212]

It's always a good day when TheVolgun uploads

[@jjyoutube82]

If it wasn't, it is now!!

[@shrimpbisque]

This is my favorite SCP locale aside from Three Portlands. Fantastic voice work as always from you and Lex! You put out such quality content, it's astounding.

[@nickwolfe6684]

I now realize why they usually blank out the dates, it keeps it grounded in a semi recent time frame. You know it never truly happened but a small part of your brain still dreams.

[@Marc-rw3dd]

Considering it's 21** and there are humans near the edge of the universe, i think its safe to say we're supposed to assume it's a bit further into the future.

[@nickwolfe6684]

@@Marc-rw3dd if you were at all familiar with the scp foundation lore you would know there are entries from as far back chronologically as world war two about deep space exploration.

[@Marc-rw3dd]

@@nickwolfe6684 not every scp is canon tho

[@lindsaymckay265]

@@nickwolfe6684 Also this entry features multiple alternate universes; we don't even know if the foundation in this entry is the same one we usually read about, let alone if they are actually using the Gregorian calendar.

[@smolgeylizard585]

something i think bears mentioning is that with all the ocean iconography, thats more than likely not actual snow. the denizen's avoidance of talking on the fog and snow make a lot of sense. it seems like a deliberate recreation of marine snow, which is the detritus of the dead things above. the fog is more than likely from the decaying corpse of the anglerfish, presumably the non-matter acting as the beings in the abyss that break down things on the sea floor. my main question about this SCP, is what lies beneath? is there "sea floor" to this?

[@janikesina7813]

You will never be a reptile

[@goodolnonamee]

You are a reptile

[@jarednewman7823]

Whoever that one biologist at the beginning of the article was must be feeling mighty impressed with themself.

[@Quirkney]

I love all of your videos, but man a long SCP that isn’t inherently evil… yeah those are my favorites

[@sky1846]

This SCP feels strangely relatable as I have struggled with depression for most of my life. Lately that and exhaustion/stress from my job has really wrecked my ability to write things. I try to write but I feel like I have a lack of energy or that it will all ultimately be terrible and pointless. Most of the time when I do write now, it's to emotionally vent about things, but the quality of that writing isn't exactly great. So, I appreciate this SCP talking about these things - it makes me feel a little less alone, if that makes any sense.

[@THExRISER]

Stay strong, everytime you write you're improving even if you don't know it, keep going, I hope you make it through.

[@sky1846]

@@THExRISER thank you

[@THExRISER]

@@sky1846

[@HyperImaginative]

This one really shakes me honestly. Really tugs on my anxiety. It's that emptiness of everything beyond this is so terrifying. 2316 gave me chills, 3935 seriously freaked me out, but this is so much more haunting and profound, instead of having goosebumps, my whole body aches in horror.

[@bitingapotato3277]

As well it should. It's the best question: why is there something rather than nothing? With the ancillary question of: and what are we supposed to do about it?

[@infinitemidnightghostmourner]

This one makes me so incredibly sad in so many ways. As far as horror, I think 3426 is much worse, but this one is really sad.

[@bitingapotato3277]

Having thought about it bit more, I have to say the writer put the solution to the question(s) in plain sight: a.) we may never know, and if we do find out, the answer may be meaningless to us and b.) so enjoy what we have. Not sure I completely agree, but it is the sane answer and the one that'll get you through the long, dark teatime of the soul, so to speak. On the whole, I think Deep Thought saying 42 is a better way to approach the question and answer, but this way definitely has its merits.

[@Boggarthh]

How on earth is this scary. I find this fun. And besides, the culture of artists is the most interesting part of this scp anyway.

[@HyperImaginative]

@@Boggarthh It's more off a personal thing, I have an anxiety disorder that borders on Existential fear. So this kinda triggers it.

[@chance713]

All the people who entered the nothing obviously never heard the quote: "If you stare into the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back"

[@Third_]

I remember reading this SCP right about when the 5000 spot was decided, it’s always been my favorite. Something about the call of the void just hits in a way I don’t think I could ever describe adequately…

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

He left reality to abandon his ego, but in the end, he only brought the egos of his kin with him into the Darkness, and they shaped the Darkeness in there image, not his.

[@fearmusrozenrot1864]

This SCP provides an interesting look both at the fantasy, hopelessness and fear that the SCP foundation is often used to explore, but also an interesting introspection. How would /we/ react to SCP 5005? Given it's shape...is it truely a safe haven...or a trap to lure outsiders, much as it's form would have done in the sea? And if either....to what reason? Devoid of natural light, in a city filled with artisitic minds, outside realms where existence should be possible...it's not hard to imagine how the oddity of the city could lead many to madness, depression, or at least to a curiosity that stretches so far as to be self-destructive. In the end, I wonder how many SCP's would tell us more about ourselves than they could tell about the world, if they were within our reach. And the lure such fascinations offer...make me glad I will hopefully never live long enough to prove the existence of any of them, if they truely exist. The allure of the unknown....it can be quite dangerous.

[@laargboolag9147]

I'm guessing you didn't listen to the thing all the way through. It's a fuckin anglerfish lol

[@fearmusrozenrot1864]

@@laargboolag9147 I'm guessing you have never heard of using things from the real world to explore deep, philosophical horror.

[@laargboolag9147]

@@fearmusrozenrot1864 Nope, you didn't listen to the whole thing LOL. The last record was a Foundation researcher with camera footage of the whole thing. It's a giant dead space anglerfish

[@fearmusrozenrot1864]

@@laargboolag9147 yeah, get back to me when you find an angler fish big enough to fit a city. It's using a real world creature to inspire it's shape and explore deeper ideas.

[@laargboolag9147]

@@fearmusrozenrot1864 Get back to me when you finish listening to the video, and when you realize ITS A FUCKING SCP. It's a giant dead anomalous anglerfish. They literally say that

[@angelischiel]

Holy shit! This was amazing, seriously! I haven't had a chance to listen to a longer one of your stories in a while, been really busy with school, but this was amazing. It was a seriously tasty experience, from start to finish. The chilling bite of mint from the snow, the deep dripping dread of a slow descent into black licorice-flavored nightmares. The aspect of the angler fish, the building of the society, the existence outside of where matter should be able to permanently exist, all of it played so nicely with the flavors that come when you spin a narrative. I even enjoyed your guest voice! This was a really cool story, and honestly, that is a place I would never want to go.

[@goiterlanternbase]

I still like Reckoner more.

[@6thsavage]

In grad school my drinking sky rocketed, my writing on what should have been critical analyses of international policy became nihilistic ramblings equating ontological security with delusion. I became increasingly reclusive and depressed, while my notebook piles stacked higher with ideas; some poetic, some times great and always fleeting. I may have even walked the edge of that expanse. To some that walk's a mystery, something to speculate about the motivations of those who take it, what they hoped to prove or achieve. To others is just seems like the only direction to go, even when it's still terrifying and just as mysterious. It's still tough after some years. I never read this SCP and I don't even know if I understood it as intended, but it hit. Appreciate the upload and hope you feel better too Volgun and others.

[@dialaskisel5929]

I love the inspired creativity on display with this story. SCPs are usually great, but this one is really a notch above.

[@YuhiSakura1313]

You know it's bad when the Foundation wants you to consider your mental health...

[@Laezar1]

Funny how my first reaction was "that's probably an anglerfish light" and then I totally brushed it away since it didn't seem to be the direction it was taking, turns out I was wrightong

[@thefallencrow0722]

The wait between these upload kills me it’s like waiting for a new episode of my favorite show (kind of is but does it count as a show?) anyways happy as always to hear these scientific reports for study purposes, and be graced by the narrorator’s soothing voice

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

The Exploring Series does a really good job of tying this up into a narrative, definitely recommend it to make sense of this as a whole

[@mandysmith7619]

The exploring series. .? My further interest is definitely peaked...on here, books ??

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

@@mandysmith7619 it’s a KZbin channel. He does heaps of SCPs, HP Lovecraft audiobooks, etc

[@anangrylumberjack1229]

Was driving to drop off my brother and go home. I had 50 min left in my drive when I saw this video pop up. Literal perfect timing

[@SturgeonPilot]

I remember reading this a while back when I got really into SCPs and I loved it so much and was so engrossed in the story I actually forgot it was an SCP and thought it was one of the stories in a scifi short story collection I have

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

Volgun when you upload its awesome. All time Best SCP content. Your voice acting and modeling is top notch also.Love this channel. What a well written and super cool SCP file. Cheers to the author here.This is some complex high-quality work. Questioning the nature of art ,our very existence and the complexity of facing the unknown and self destruction both suicide and substance abuse all in the guise of a highly intriguing SCP file with great character development. Cheers to the author and you Volgun and Lex for bringing this to life and giving the characters humanity and depth! So impressive

[@DiamondMinerDJC00]

You have no idea how happy your uploads make me, dude. Sitting down and listening to these is such a treat after all of the stress I have to deal with otherwise. Thank you for your content.

[@akrishna1729]

This has to be my favorite SCP out of the whole lot. There's such a gorgeously glum and dreamlike atmosphere about it, combined with the bizarre, Hitchhiker's guide-esque surreality. The most unsettling aspect of the SCP-universe to me has always been the sense of scale, and it's so refreshing to have that expressed through a remote, cosmic, and explicitly non-hostile location rather than some sort of cataclysmic beast or event. The details feel so precisely woven in and inspired, and the prose/pacing adds such enjoyable nuance into the concept of existential dread inherent to the mythos.

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

I think the most horrible thing is the existance of landlords in Lamplight

[@chekkibrekkiv1.245]

Maybe you should go get some money and own a home of your own if you wanna end the landlord issue in anglerfish ville

[@NikkoWarner]

Should have gotten more likes for this 😂

[@NikkoWarner]

@@chekkibrekkiv1.245and this gets no likes. Buzz kill on a funny statement. You sir are a fun sucker. Like a vampire, But worse.

[@nimbusshadow-wings]

@@chekkibrekkiv1.245 maybe you should shut up? ever think about that?

[@chekkibrekkiv1.245]

@@nimbusshadow-wings face it I'm a land Chad and your stuck renting forever

[@pacefactor]

I just realized that there is a WHOLE lot in common with this SCP and Pathologic....

[@Wired_User]

My absolute favorite SCP. I just love Lamplight so much. The night does not give such easy answers

[@Robocopnik]

I love the audible disdain for the arts the SCP researcher is displaying, that's brilliant.

[@neweragaming9165]

its crazy to think that someone had this WHOLE storyline/image of this SCP including subcultures and functional societal properties IN THEIR HEAD only to create this deeply descriptive and enthralling work of exquisite literature. truly hope that future generations run across the stories of the SCP Foundation somehow, reviving them, revising them, and creating a new reality within unreality.

[@ohno3736]

I clicked on this thinking "oh cool lamp city" and got bombarded with Multiversal politics

[@supersmileyfaceful]

This might be my favorite scp of all time, just the wonderful atmosphere and strange world it builds so quickly. Just mwah the peak of scp I’n my opinion.

[@abbywoodhead2764]

i like the idea that this is wierd but normal normal wierd like ya it a giant anglerfish in the void and it not total understood but people are just living on it and chillin

[@Darkjolteon]

Thanks!

[@raycearcher5794]

You attempt to make light of the stoker's concerns, but she remains adamant. "I know what I seen, Cap'n," she says. "The stars are dying." YOU HAVE GAINED 10 TERROR.

[@blackosprey2219]

This place absolutely belongs in Sunless Skies, right down to the Victorian aesthetic and existing on top of a giant flying sea creature.

[@hantasy-prime]

Fun fact: Osmanoglu means "Son of Osman" in Turkish. And Kastamonu (playwright from Daevestan) is a city in Turkey.

[@Emidretrauqe]

This is beautiful. At first I was disappointed that there wasn't any major development or twists, but the more I thought about this the better it got. This is 10/10.

[@Kignak24]

This skip has such fascinating world building. Thank you for the video!

[@Mboogy]

Ramirez (whispering): "Harry , did you put your name in the goblet of fiyaaaa!!!"

[@Taelo]

One of my favorite scps of all time

[@Destinysday]

I remember recommending you cover this one on the discord awhile back. It's so cool to see you finally go over it! Great video as always, keep up the good work

[@syren_tara]

Did anyone else catch that the perpetual snow might be the disintegrated people who keep running off past the edge of reality…

[@chasefrost1401]

Loved lamplight since the first time I came across it. Your reading is my favorite. Imagine how great this could be as a live action (and how difficult it would be to do well).

[@Blorckits]

LETS GOOO I'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONGGG

[@MegaKain101]

This feels like reading a wiki article and seeing all the highlighted links that lead to a bunch of other history and lore pages. So much information here where I kept going "wait what's that? Who are they? What are they?" like it just kept pulling me in

[@kendallchristoun]

That's quite a wandering light. I liked how complex this one was and how this SCP is actually a dead anglerfish that has cities on it. Other interesting things noted. Gematria calculator helps with the math processes. 11+28+20+21 is 80 A alien SCP is 80 in Alphabetical order A wandering light is 80 in Pythagorean An ol Anglerfish SCP is 80 in Pythagorean SCP-5005 labeled Euclid is 80 in Single Reduction Mind affecting SCP is 80 in Jewish Reduction Far off grid sir is 80 in Reverse Pythagorean

[@muggins2279]

I love it, it's got a similar feeling to the type of places you find in Sunless Sea

[@johnfowler6117]

The quality of these videos are incredible, I love the work you and your other voice actors do.

[@vermilliontoaster3063]

Welcome Volgun and happy holidays!!😇👊🏿

[@stalebread3731]

Just remembered that Dr Millar is another character and how good you are at voice acting.

[@mosshivenetwork117]

The thumbnail is beautiful in its own cavernous way.

[@dabo77777]

I did not expect this scp to be a window to such rich multiversal lore

[@daemon.running]

The choice of blissful ignorance, or to meet the gaze of one's demons in the abyss. ..or its just a dead anglerfish.

[@vendetta1429]

That was absolutely incredible. AMAZING author and amazing narration. Thank you.

[@Myname-jy9pb]

I'm a simple man. TheVolgun uploads, I like and comment.

[@scarlletnull2811]

I was just playing this on my desk just to hear something while playing my game but I got invested real quick.This was amazing.

[@merikmalhads1676]

I have stood in front of the void and watched it twice, both for different reasons and both times I have turned around. I can honestly say that I doubt many could turn away from it if they were faced with it and standing in a tiny puddle of reality in an expanse of unreality around it would be the ultimate test of will. Art is often most powerful when it is created by a broken soul and I get why many would go to be "inspired" but I also would bet that very few would ever come back. The line between dedication to one's craft and foolish overconfidence is so inherit to the artist profession that I could 100% see them being the ones to wander so far out into the dark that they could never come back

[@Maarcosx]

HOW TF did i go 11 hours without seeing this?!? rollin up, pouring some shots and tuning in now. ☝🏽😁

[@GalileoAV]

One of my favorite SCPs so far, really reminds me of the city of Riverrise from Edge Chronicles in a way.

[@Oliepolie]

this is essentially just The City of Ember , the SCP

[@st.augustinesdinkydottedec3420]

Heavy existence, Depression, a humble little dream away from it all, writing away emotions into a universe contextualized in intellectual beauty. This is a cool scp.

[@brmawe]

Love your vids! Keep up the great work!

[@customercareskeleton]

Very excited to listen to this one. Is one of my favorites.

[@lavvey_kuxx_porsche14]

Anglerfish yes, thank you for posting again Mr. Volgun 😀 This is a good lamp for the night 😴

[@GuardianRocket]

Little Lamplight sure has gotten weird ever since MacCready left after he turned 18...

[@Red_MOON187]

Heart-warming to see SCP going strong after all these years.

[@ericbencusmagnusfabricius3499]

My kind of town. This is one of my favorite SCP. Thank you very much great work

[@clint-thenormalguy-rockwell365]

Me listening to the whole video:"I like your funny words, magic man"

[@lunatica3095]

"The Volgun. this was awesome! i never heard this before , thank you so much for all ur work

[@origami_dream]

Someone really likes Fallen London. Love it.

[@LucasDimoveo]

This seems like a cosy city that I'd actually like to visit. It's got the multiethnic nature of NYC, the strangeness of Three Portlands, and the impending doom of the setting of Disco Elysium. What more could one want?

[@bloodywolf9317]

One of my very fave SCPs. So much intrigue. Excellent reading Volgun

[@thegriffin88]

An entire universe, of tryhard artists. Literally everyone and every term I argued with in college. Fuck Impressionism, I'm going to draw dragons and you can't stop me. *paints portrait of me flipping the bird*

[@rowbot5555]

So many of the people reading it are like: "ohhh she didn't discover some cosmic truth about the nature of being so Ramirez died for nothing ooooh" When in fact no, the fact she not only worked out a way to use the refraction of irreality to see an entire pocket of reality at once, but the implications that her actual discovery would have had on harcertian paleontology would probably have been immense, probably branching out into other fields as well!

[@jintaistormwarden10]

I love listening to your readings. I'm having some of my friends listen you your readings as well. Right now they are on SCP-610 and SCP-5999. ^^

[@CreepingShadows]

Nice video, love your channel. Inspired me to make creepypastas also:)

[@godemperorletoatreidesii7457]

Have you had any narrated yet?

[@aveasatru9815]

I love this SCP. It’s weirdly calming and relaxing. It’s as if it could be a place to go and just let go of it all.

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

I just woke up 3 seconds ago and saw this after marathoning all your other stuff

[@cospiccn]

This is one of the best you’ve made