Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-1461 - House of the Worm

[@deCervantes]

Scp explored series intros like: Death is universal. Death is the ultimate promise that will always be kept. It is a contract we sign at birth and it will always come to pay it’s dues. Many forces, including the scp foundation have researched the multiple causes of death. In this case, death comes in the form of a poison. The poison for Kuzco. The poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco. Kuzco’s poison.

[@EmeraldLance]

Oh, that poison.

[@BeefMeisterSupreme]

goddamnit, take your thumbs up.

[@notrod5341]

Brilliant. I wouldn't have it any other way though :P

[@dracosol4415]

Double points for those who read it in his voice

[@magnusarsmagna5896]

Ah yes. The chemicals placed into liquid form to contaminate and destroy cells otherwise known as poison for Kuzco.

[@fawkessurvivalist7880]

Just so you know, there's a fuck ton of guys in the Canadian army that listen to your shit. We appreciate you keeping us all entertained

[@tasteofchaos6539]

Thank you to you, and your brothers in arms for your service. 🇨🇦

[@sethwagner5099]

I may be American. But I believe every person in the military should be respected, regardless of of the country. So great respect to you for serving your country.

[@chaos.faerie]

Thank you for your service!

[@AveSicarius]

@@sethwagner5099 Why? Military service is just being a hired thug/killer for your government in most cases today. In country's where the military is purely a defensive force, then I would somewhat agree, in country's like the US where soldiers exist to kill foreign people for the benefit of the upper class. That isn't serving your country or people, it's serving American "interests" at great cost to other's. People who fought a war for survival or true defence of their people, like those in WW2 absolutely deserve respect, but modern warfare isn't like that. No developed nation fights defensive war's nowadays, it's all about invading other countries like Vietnam or Iraq to gain control of them for various reasons. Killing civilian's and desperate people who have often been harshly effected by war or exploitation previously isn't some noble calling. You also shouldn't respect people just because of their position, there are plenty of people in the military who do not deserve your respect, just like any other demographic. Look at the footage we have of American soldier's gunning down civilians for fun, should you respect those people? Should you respect the people who ran Abu Ghraib? Or the soldier's who have killed or terrorized non-combatants? Don't idolize the military just because they happen to exist. Respect people for who they are as people, and wait until you see their character to give it.

[@strangegoat9487]

@@AveSicarius Wow that's long, but alright buddy we all have our own beliefs.

[@Putrefax]

I never thought that The Worm in this story referred to a literal giant mechanical worm. It seems to me that The Worm is not actually connected to the Broken God at all, but is an anthropomorphism for the horrors of war. All of his descriptors of The Worm harken to things he experienced on the front lines; breath of mustard gas, roar of artillery fire, the grinding of treads. War breaks soldiers, and this one was haunted in his dreams by a physical manifestation of war in a metallic serpentine form. I think this sanity break caused this man to become a sort of unwitting Anartist, creating this machine to 'trap The Worm' purely out of his delusions.

[@nameofacreativevariety9985]

I agree with you on that interpretation of the worm and I think the anartist angle is interesting!

[@franciosdauteuil4626]

i mean the broken god basically is the symbol of humanity and its technological advancement and it can easily be argued that is why we advance warfare the most. The main idea definitely is that mankind is the scariest most deadly thing that can accomplish great but horrible and terrifying things when put to task but their is definitely something to do with the broken god or yaldaboth in some way

[@Fly-the-Light]

Technically speaking, war breeds innovation, not the other way around. The Worm could be Yaldaboath while also symbolising War causing technological progress and the Broken God imprisoning it.

[@starwarsnerd100]

Completely agree. All the talk about Hitler and visions of the Holocaust. When he calls those who want to defend their nation “fools”. The way the worm is eating Europe. And the emphasis on his son being innocent and ignorant is because he doesn’t want his son to go through the same wartime horrors he did. It could still be related to the Broken God. But all the connections seem to suggest that the worm *is* war. In some stories the Grim Reaper is trapped and no one can die, he’s trying to do the same thing for war.

[@Babbleplay]

Nah, can't be a metaphor for war; the house is constantly undergoing modification, while war....war never changes.

[@jcheck1107]

I love how you’re the only one out there that gives your opinion about what you think a story meant. It helps me out a lot when I’m super confused

[@ender_lord1202]

Yeah I didn't think of the broken god when I watched the vulgun's reading of the article.

[@Sxcheschka]

@@ender_lord1202 when i first heard the volgun's reading of it, i thought immediately to the church of the broken god, but that was also when i was listening to a lot of broken god stuff, lol.

[@privatelast8724]

Definitively helpful

[@kendallcuddles]

Much better than Volgun or Brendaniel.

[@isiahalcindor6278]

@@kendallcuddles their styles and presentation are completely different I say volgun has way better presentation

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

SCP: A Machine for Worms For real though, the journal entry is really good. A man haunted by war made a means to salvation only for it to become a prison created by his own madness.

[@commanderfarsight2351]

So.... basically You?

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

@@commanderfarsight2351 *reads my comment again* huuuuh.... accurate

[@commanderfarsight2351]

@@Big_E_Soul_Fragment oh I got what you mean mr human. I focused on the "haunted by war", "salvation", "prison created by his own madness" aspect.

[@tobyharrison4702]

Oh the delicious irony. Also hello emperor (and farsight) nice to see you again.

[@blockhead1634]

SORRY WHAT VID CAME OUT 27MIN AGO AND UR COMMENT SAYS 2 DAYS AGO I CONFUSED

[@toaster9922]

“noone questioned the fresh meat prepared for dinner” I knew they would eventually turn to cannibalism.

[@DeafLord18]

Rations low? Eat up joe!

[@DiggySmash]

It feels like 50% scp articles involve cannibalism in some form.

[@aghitsaplane4262]

@@DiggySmash It is awfully common for some reason

[@angrybrony]

@@aghitsaplane4262 easy way to established shit be bad.

[@Momo_Kawashima]

"I'll get me a cup of Joe" takes a whole new meaning

[@FakeSugarVillain]

Who calls his son Simon and his daughter Symone, no wonder everyone tought he was insane

[@miniraptor3211]

Even worse, "Symone" is spelt Simone. Her name is literally just Simon but girl.

[@FakeSugarVillain]

@@miniraptor3211 - Oh husband what will we call our newborn baby -Simon -But her older brother is called Simon -THEN PUT AN E AT THE END, WHAT DO I CARE GOTTA KILL THE WORM WOMAN!

[@vladimir-savage72]

@@FakeSugarVillain No wonder his wife wanted out. She couldn't bare to live another week with her nutjob of a husband

[@davidpash2169]

Ryan and ryann

[@brianjensen5661]

Brian and Brianna

[@Monte_Carlo451]

theory: the heart of the machine in that house was stolen/found by the Factory and sold it to the Broken God Cultist that leads us to the Ouroboros cycle:part two

[@htoodoh5770]

Interesting

[@michaelandreipalon359]

40:49: I think this theory has merit, what with that specific mention.

[@bengieofftheleash9217]

I literally had that same thought, it makes perfect sense

[@nathanielleguizamo409]

Theory#2: The House was taken to the same dimension/universe/realm/ ? that is at the bottom of The Red Pool

[@evensgrey]

I have a similar theory, except that the vision of the 'worm' was a vision into the future, showing the Ouroboros part 2 machine. Whether a part of the machine was later taken and converted into the false Heart that led to the actions of that device is a separate issue.

[@ragecakes4371]

I believe an overlooked theme for this SCP is trauma and the fact that the entity/"worm" preys upon it. It's obvious that the creator was a heavily traumatized WW1 veteran. I found it interesting that the 2nd "Voice of the Worm" was a nurse, another group who are often heavily afflicted by traumatization by war. I am about to go into work so I dont have time to really expound on my theory, but I believe that this SCP is about the cycle of war and traumatization, passed from father to son. Anyway, another great vid!

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Interesting. He convinced his son of the causes of war only to realize after it was too late that he was feeding his son to The Worm, the great beast, the machine of war. Ruining his family and friends in the process.

[@reves3333]

is also fiting he end up think he is the worm comsider wwi soldiers spend alot of thier time digging tranches and tunnel, and he dosnt know what he is building makes him blind like a worm.

[@Renegadebane]

This is why you don't build the crazy nonsense machines in your dreams, start a cult, and feed your kid to an extra dimensional machine worm. You end up with a vague ending and part of canon getting overwritten later.

[@TheMrrccava]

But what if im reaaaaaaalllllly careful and in bed before 9?

[@dracosol4415]

So NOW you tell me

[@Renegadebane]

@@TheMrrccava it's not a gremlin, it's the tape worm of a machine deity, you would need an entire Foundation to approach careful enough. Coincidentally, do you have any outstanding warrants or are commenting from life imprisonment?

[@goshawk8994]

yes, that's exactly why you shouldn't do that

[@quinnholloway5400]

He didn't feed his kid to it though That was the workers who had rebeled

[@GaussianEntity]

I know the connection was supposed to be to the Broken God but I felt more like it was The Factory's origin story. The worm, the whole death and war descriptions. Then again, it does resemble the 001 proposal that had the fake heart become some monstrosity so maybe the worm was also supposed to be that monstrosity. The man became the worm through hallucinations but the worm was always the heart. The heart gets stolen because the branch of the Church of the Broken God that believes it to be the heart finds it after being lost for so many years. Surely they would be tracking every anomalous object involving machinery, so it makes sense that they jump into action after seeing that the mansion reappeared in the world.

[@barraki6706]

Exactly what I was thinking with that connection (not so much a direct link to the Church, but more like a pyramid scheme with the Factory in the middle).

[@notrod5341]

I like to think of the factory as a particularly deranged sect of the CotBG that over time shed the religious connections and just became freaky industrialists.

[@curtailedbike4123]

I think maybe he saw a vision of the broken god putting itself back together and misinterpreted and believed it was destroying the world

[@notrod5341]

@@curtailedbike4123 Or maybe the broken god truly would destroy the world? If the worm itself was included in the rebuilt body we might truly be looking at something worse than the false heart incident.

[@thetowerofbabble6307]

@@notrod5341 oh no

[@jesseberg3271]

Good call reading it verbatim. It's worth hearing.

[@DaddyVeo1911]

"He broke himself" Should've checked himself, then.

[@grimmy6447]

Day 2568: SUCCESS! The worm is trapped! Day 2569: My victory was short sighted.

[@memeaficionado]

someone suggested your channel on a random SCP post I saw a couple weeks ago and ive already binged almost the entire series. Very high quality channel and content my dude. Got me very hooked on the SCP universe and im starting to check out your other series. 10/10

[@johnchurroiii6768]

Welcome to the club

[@trickjack8329]

Where was the post?

[@czcrossman]

You’re to the party but better late than never! I’m jealous actually, TES is my favorite KZbin channel ever and I’d kill to go back and re-discover all this juicy SCP content 😍

[@sunkanswer8221]

@@czcrossman I suggest ECT rather than murder to achieve the bliss of novel discovery.

[@sunkanswer8221]

Maybe even trepanation, speak to your physician.

[@jacoblaitila7941]

Hey just wanted to let you know that your content is really top notch, especially because you don't just read the article, you properly interpret it, helping to avoid confusion and being too verbose. Love the videos, keep up the amazing work!

[@EmeraldLance]

Agreed. I much prefer that he doesn't just read word for word like almost every other scp youtuber.

[@markmikolay9019]

This entire article has to be a referance to "The Conqueror Worm" by Edgar Allen Poe

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

Although Poe wrote in the Victorian Era, while the events of this entry take place after World War I.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

It’s possible that it was inspired by the story

[@jackoblllllllll]

Or maybe Ampney Crucis

[@mattwoodard2535]

The video game Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. sm

[@franciosdauteuil4626]

I had the same thought, the worm obsession reminds me a lot

[@monkeysk8er33]

This is written by either one of the developers, or a massive fan of the Amnesia series. It's clearly VERY heavily inspired by A Machine For Pigs (which I don't blame the writer for mimicking; it's a fantastic game), yet different enough to be its own Amnesia game. It's also written as if it were a design document for a game, explaining the mechanics via the storyline. You have a clear antagonist, a believable build -up of plot, enemies, items, the sanity system, everything. I would love if this got made into an Amnesia game, and it officially linked/fused the Amnesia and SCP universes into one. Soooo many series could be adopted into the SCP universe, like Amnesia, Dead Space, even Mass Effect. This needs to become a game, immediately.

[@ButterNuss.]

This story reminds me a lot of Amnesia: A machine for Pigs

[@QuestionableObject]

Its basically the same idea

[@surrealdynamics4077]

Yeah, really sounds inspired by it! I can't be mad though, really like the concept

[@jcheck1107]

The idea itself of a person dealing with sadness and depression and building is older than both, they both could have taken from the story of the woman over a hundred years ago that was building a house that made no sense after her husband died

[@erikaskeroth9720]

@@jcheck1107 Sarah Winchester house it has 160 rooms. With doors ledning to solid walls, and rooms without any doors. Stairs whith ledning to odd plases and stuff like that. If you have a chans to visit I highly recommend it. It's like a half SCP in it self.

[@red_menace1829]

@@jcheck1107 you mean fucking winchester? Lmao bruh no.

[@DancaniaX]

"Ruin has ruin has come to our family"

[@Catfish-ih8fz]

Wat

[@Unleasheddragon]

“You remember our house, opulent and imperial”

[@Catfish-ih8fz]

Wat

[@jacthing1]

@@Unleasheddragon IT IS A FESTERING ABOMINATION I beg you! Return home, claim your birthright and deliver our family from the ravenous clutching shadows...of the Darkest Dungeon

[@Batchall_Accepted]

Foundation Agents Reynaud and Dismas are on the case.

[@WilliamAmbervein]

This SCP is honestly one of the best Cosmic Horrors I think modern people have made. Really wish we could get more. I know there is a 001 proposal that involves "The Worm" but I want something besides this and more from this cult from both The Factory and Church of the Broken God, because that's what it feels like.

[@OverseerXIII]

Project Palisade but thats an entirely different can of WORM.

[@TraxingtonSmythe]

I can't believe it, I literally just finished watching the TheVolgun's video about this SCP and was hoping you'd cover it as well :D

[@wormxdream]

I was confused cause I swore TES had covered it already, but nope, Volgun!

[@TheRealHelvetica]

I always interpreted this story as a kind of allegory to the relationship that the Broken God and Yaldabaoth had. Like the man in the story had some kind of telepathic connection with the Broken God that would broadcast its feelings to him. So the man's urge to trap the worm was the Broken God's feelings on trapping Yaldabaoth, but also the worm being a machine and the man realizing he has become the worm is like the Broken God realizing that it's becoming like a monster as well. I think the mysterious painting was actually a Sarkic sigil of Yaldabaoth that was created by the one counter cultist worker who fused her flesh to the pipe organ, but when the man who has this really deep connection with the Broken God sees it. He sees a beautiful painting of his wife and then thinks about how his wife grew to hate him. Being an allegory to how the Broken God created humanity alongside Yaldabaoth, but she eventually begins to hate him for giving humanity intelligence.

[@jcheck1107]

That’s a pretty solid theory, someone posted below their theory that the heart of the house was used to create the Broken God from part 1 of the Oroborous cycle part 1. I like both ideas alot

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

That’s actually a really good interpretation of this story. It does kinda make sense in a way when you think about it

[@curtailedbike4123]

This makes alot of sense especially when you realize the man did this to save his family, kinda like how the broken god is said to have tried to save humanity but both ended up creating more terrible items from their bodies

[@thetowerofbabble6307]

Yes

[@AveSicarius]

The Worm itself is better developed in later installments. Check out Project Palisade, SCP-3591, and Conqueror Worm. Essentially it is an independent and pre-existing entity (I think), and likely was just being trapped by the man in question, but something influenced him regarding this and caused the prison to become... Something else...

[@thomasrose4523]

I first learned about the SCP universe 3 years ago, and ever since, I've been loving it. I'm a lore freak, so your videos are a gold mine. Also, love how you slipped in the Spencer Mansion a few times, recognized it instantly.

[@piratehunter1]

Yay storytime with TES. "sits down with popcorn and soda"

[@gamezonehungary8512]

for the true TES experience

[@nickeltje]

Gimme

[@miriamvlachoulis6875]

TES and chill

[@benfinch4969]

That's actually what I did, since I've been waiting for this one for a while.

[@nickeltje]

@@benfinch4969 yeah one of my favorite SCP's

[@lonesamuraikro1588]

This is one of the most depressing scp I have listened to. No matter how many times I listen to it

[@dasdeke]

We are using your brain's electrical system as a receiver. We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference. You are receiving this broadcast as a dream. We are transmitting from the year two, zero, two, one, month, two, day, seven. You are receiving this broadcast in order to let you know this is great reading of this SCP. The voice over and voice acting is on point, and is a interesting change.

[@gremlinfifty2308]

Message received, Criticism seen. Acknowledged.

[@jeshegames]

*Cartesian Doubt intensifies*

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Madness can take any shape or form, from a person, to a colossal beast, to a abstract construct. But no matter what form it reveals itself in, it always brings death and destruction

[@Robocopnik]

Well yeah, if it helps people they call it "inspiration".

[@cyberphantom99]

Maybe this is where The Broken God, Yaldabaoth and The Factory stemmed from, it has elements of all of them along with it being an early tale.

[@Momo_Kawashima]

Basically: a guy predicts ww2, but nobody cares and so he yeets himself and others out of the way

[@MrTigracho]

My interpretarion is that the worm is the representation of war. And the visions were predictions of the future- his child fighting in a war? WWII. People herded inside a prision, getting so weak they can't escape? The Holocaust. The most scary monster is one himself.

[@hermeticsource1824]

almost seems like he was exposed to some experimental military psycedelic compound leading to a intellengient and highly lucid psychosis. This SCP story has always been intriguing even as much as the dark city only visible through the use of dmt.

[@linusklassen7380]

I think you're missing the point a tad, no offense. As far as I can tell, this article seems to be more about how war turns men into monsters, and the creator of the house is just another victim of the horrors of war. Although I am intrigued by this dark city you mention.

[@luciuswhite4502]

@@linusklassen7380There is a theme in some SCPs about WWI and certain wars in general featuring an anomalous element and being used or found covertly and unbeknownst by the general population, so it could be part of the author's headcanon, despite the symbolism and the other parts of the whole.

[@harzroller9862]

I love his voice and his face and his timing

[@an8790]

For some reason he reminds me of Whang. They are both very good storytellers.

[@jcheck1107]

He definitely has a voice and cadence great for storytelling, I wonder if he has kids and reads to them. He could make Green Eggs and Ham pure nightmare fuel

[@an8790]

@Nobody For me it's the images he picks as well. I'd struggle to get immersed if it was bad art without atmosphere.

[@electricfan1085]

@@jcheck1107 he should post a video of him reading green eggs and ham for April fools

[@removelimitbreak7524]

This is very darkest dungeon esq. Like if you told me this is why all the shit is fucked in the hamlet I wouldn't doubt it one bit.

[@Puppies03b3eleyyMichaelJackson]

Darkest Dungeon is the story of the precursor to the Global Occult Coalition is something i want so bad

[@TiPitSgtBuddy]

This sounds a lot like the game Amnesia. The machinery, hunters, mansion.

[@lezionscorner4376]

I'd argue this is mostly inspired by A Machine for Pigs, especially the steampunk nature and the whole split personality and even mentions of an Orb, it really feels like this man is going through the same plight as Mandus

[@supershadowfan2000]

I was thinking the same thing

[@FingerSpazm]

The creator of this SCP said he was inspired by his disappointment with a machine for pigs, so yes!

[@verikan4241]

@@lezionscorner4376 Almost the entirety of it is a copy paste of Amnesia: AMFP. The twist, the motivations, plot. The other things are just very minor changes.

[@patrickaldrich5841]

“I am the Worm, and ouroboros must eat itself” COME TO POPEYES TO TRY OUR NEW CAJIN FLOUNDER SANDWICH

[@Mochi_Madness87]

This one always fascinated me. Its one of the few SCPs with a long story that actually managed to keep my attention.

[@michaeldesantis9311]

your VA here was on another level than normal, you could hear the change in your voice and i liked it

[@HARBINGER8752]

this man named his kids Simon and Simone of course he was going to form a cult eventually

[@lukekesletal4468]

lmao

[@angrybrony]

i kinda have to wounder what an foundation agents field gear looked like in this distant ass times like the 1950 or what ever. all i can think of are the pulp sci-fi stuff that or they came at the unknown with tommy guns and M1-grands.

[@HC-gn2gb]

I have wondered this too, I'd say they probably used those at least until the late 40s

[@jacthing1]

So they came in dressed like mafia?

[@warrior2112]

Thank you for helping me fall asleep while I’m sick. You’re the best!

[@SSKOverLord]

Get well soon, dude !

[@Coentjemons]

Best of health to you from NL!!

[@azakranos8100]

Get well soon, but how the fuck do you fall asleep to THIS? Maybe you’re sick because you’re a psycho.

[@kirayoshikage7806]

@@azakranos8100 honestly TES could talk about anything and I could still fall asleep to it. I think it’s his voice

[@zombietoothache]

The dramatic reading in this video was honestly kind of amazing. The pain, frustration and madness reflects the text's tone perfectly while also carrying on the familiar voice of a scared father figure that was present at the start of the video. (10/10)

[@roverroat9037]

I would really like to see bloopers. I bet there are some really funny ones.

[@thoughtexperimentsotherstu4680]

yeah, we just like how SCP illustrated did, would watch

[@gremlinfifty2308]

The mystique would be dispelled though

[@jeshegames]

@@gremlinfifty2308 could be a video of only bloopers so you wouldn’t have to view it

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

@@jeshegames cha

[@jadennavarrofilms2377]

Wonder if TES has ever said “Fuck.”

[@pauloalex4899]

It's like a darker version of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.

[@michaelliggett1622]

And predates that game by a few years

[@Legather]

@@michaelliggett1622 I'm going to have to keep doing this aren't I? The author wrote 1461 and 'The Worm' tale out of a disappointment with MfP.

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

@@Legather 🥱

[@nowhereman6019]

A Machine for Pigs is pretty damn dark itself.

[@pauloalex4899]

@@nowhereman6019 But the SCP universe makes everything even darker.

[@jaketheripper7385]

Oh my God... You finally did it... I've been wanting you to do this one for a couple years now. I've commented on a number of your videos asking for it specifically. And what's more, it's a good and long one! Thank you so much Exploring Series! I'm so excited! Your work is by far some of my absolute favorite KZbin content. You're easily my most visited and interacted with channel... Your Dungeons and Dragons content is also some of my most viewed, though the SCP related stuff is by FAR my favorite. You're always my number one source for SCP related information, even more so than the actual SCP Wiki for some time now. As I've always said before in my previous comments, so long as you keep making videos I promise I'll keep watching. Love ya man, please keep it coming! Sometimes I don't know what I'd do without you and your videos, especially recently.

[@brozmonaut9372]

My friend, you have a serious gift. I can (and have, and would again) listen to you read all day. Thank you for these

[@solluxcaptor6823]

Love falling asleep to these videos, thank you.

[@sebastianalancliffordthomp4114]

My take on this with regards to the broken god and SCP-882 is that this structure was a specialised facility that The Factory caused to be created in order to make SCP-882. His makes sense to me since in the 001 proposal about SCP-882 being used as the heart of the Broken God, it is revealed to have been manufactured by The Factory for Robert Bumaro since they couldnt find the real heart, and The Factory are know to be extradimensinal already

[@AlkalineSlime]

I like how his voice got deeper when reading the journal

[@dataexpunged2827]

This is, hands down, the best SCP channel out there. No clickbait and the videos actually build on the SCP’s story rather than just regurgitating the article.

[@cahillcomics918]

so j like watching The Volgun and TES for multiple reasons, one being the Volgun did this one a while ago, and the other being that he reads them line for line. So Im super pumped to see and hear what TES brings to one of my favs with how he does SCPs

[@metaldragon9935]

Hands down, 1461 is one of my top favorites. The layers upon layers of symbolism and metaphors make it such a joy to read.

[@Kunjo]

Awesome video as ever, I think you did great on the voice acting

[@blockhead1634]

9 hours ago wut

[@Fiyazai]

@@blockhead1634 Patreon early access to videos.

[@blockhead1634]

@@Fiyazai ah

[@codypatton2859]

I dig the pictures of the Spencer Mansion from RE1, very nice touch!!

[@Sircreepington9th]

This is my favorite SCP of all time. The journal is so haunting and creep to read through

[@reallycoolsoup1755]

This sounds like the ancestor in darkest dungeon

[@Kingsly9802]

OK, looking at this from an incredibly meta angle that was certainly not intended by the author and takes into account the Ouroboros Cycle part 2. The Great Worm isn't Mekhane. *The Great Worm is Yaldabaoth.* The worm may have driven him mad, but the secrets whispered were how to lock it away, not empower it. He had a massive complex machine built in a desperate attempt to contain the worm and keep it from infecting the world. The machines are slowly corrupted, creating teeth and eyes, merging flesh into the system, as what happened to Eudora. The half meat half mechanical monstrosities have been corrupted by exposure to both Mekhane and Yaldabaoth, leaving behind twisted shells that take the penalties of both, but the benefits of neither. SCP-882 isn't the heart, it's a connection to the innermost cage that is doing all it can to consume metal to suppress Yaldabaoth.

[@tangerineGamer]

this is one of those great scps that demonstrate not everything needs to be connected to the greater canon to be entertaining articles. it couldve been super easy to like *explicitly* connect this to the sarkic or broken god groups and i see some comments mentioning yaldabaoth and the factory too, but the author restrains themselves from going for it and the article is all the better for it. all it needed to be is the story of a man broken by war, dooming himself and his family in his desperation to escape reality, and it's one of my favorites because of it.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Agreed. Too many SCPs are like a little kid describing their made-up super hero. "And then he spins around at twice the speed of light and punches a hole in the earth and a big volcano erupts..." I quite enjoy the very human entries

[@rlbaase3]

"The Worm. The machine. The madness that guided my hand. It was me. I am the worm." Peter 14:61

[@VergilJones23]

I shit you not, I was just telling my friend two days ago about how much I wish this channel would cover this SCP. It's one of my favorites and one of the first ones I was ever introduced to! This is awesome!

[@harmen2456]

1461 was the first SCP I ever came across and it remains a personal favorite of mine, great read mate.

[@derekdrake8706]

"Although.. the end result may not be a happy one.." Gee, ya think?

[@cipherxi8513]

Me looking through the Comment Section seeing comments from days ago. Then realizing it before saying “You mother[REDACTED]”...

[@ClintonMatos]

I know a lot of SCP is inspired by Lovecraft but that diary is probably the most similar to Lovecraft that I've heard before. For those who haven't sat down to read his collected works diaries like this are very common.

[@Sweet.peach21]

Me: *Ready for sleep* TES: *uploads* Me: Oh, worm?

[@chadsknnr]

"The Worm" seems like a reference to the White Wolf LARP games, specifically the Werewolf game . . . .

[@z.adkins862]

Aaaah werewolf the apocalypse, where reality is doomed because the people who had one job were really, really fucking dumb.

[@jenaf372]

I like the older take on the church of the broken god more. The more recent ones are a way to 'normal' organisation.

[@Racpack]

Used to be obsessed with scp but kinda grew out of it as everyone said they were stupid and my dad said I was leaching off of other people's imagination but I'm gonna try and get back into them glad I'm still subscribed to you this is gonna help me get back into this stuff

[@hatenation4064]

Being inspired by people is far from leaching. Don’t listen to your dad about creative processes, it seems like he doesn’t know much about that. Enjoy what you want :)

[@theenderdestruction2362]

​@@hatenation4064 it seems like thier father is a court fool

[@dracorex426]

882 is, or rather, has become, the False Heart of Mekhane, created by the Factory. And that kind of fits considering the shipments to and from the Factory. Also the Worm is a good fit for Yaldabaoth, or rather, a false Yaldabaoth. Break a fake god to trap a fake worm, and get a fake heart. It fits pretty well. This SCP is considerably more fleshy and feral than most CotBG stuff is. The Factory is definitely involved. Yaldabaoth is a worm. Mekhane's domain is knowledge, thought, and machinery. Yaldabaoth's domain is flesh, instinct, and madness. The machine is, at least initially, worshipped. The worm was also worshipped. The machine trapped the worm. The machine is broken. The madman is the worm and he crafted a warped machine. Plus Sarkicism is largely focused around apotheosis, so the madman both creating and becoming god fits them pretty well. The machine is not truly of Mekhane, it is a simulacrum, a fowl mockery. In truth it is the horrible unthinking machinery of the Factory that grinds away humanity and life. But the flesh is also not of Yaldabaoth. It is the flesh of the Factory's workers, that which it uses up and discards in the name of brutal efficiency. Both are merely materials used to reenact the battle of Mekhane and Yaldabaoth in miniature, to create something close enough to the heart. The machine was even clogged with the bones of a sacrifice, just as the bones of another martyr clogged the works of 748, a Factory facility.

[@parabolaaaaa4919]

In apotheosis, it says that that yaldabaoth and mekhane reunite because they are 05 members or something like that, so I don’t think that this is related to apotheosis

[@barraki6706]

@@parabolaaaaa4919 The concept, not the canon.

[@shrimpbisque]

Duuude. Your reading of that journal was *intense*. I have a newfound respect for your range as a presenter, and I've been listening to your SCP stuff for months! Keep up the fantastic work, my man B)

[@averynelson1186]

I remember the first time I heard about this was when it was read by the Volgun. I think this might be the first time I'm familiar with an SCP before you cover it!

[@TheOneTrueStAN]

I love the ever so subtle shift in your tone of voice when reading the logs verbatim.

[@jambiscuit8023]

"But really, he just broke himself." Ouch.

[@dumbshitmule2251]

Man, I love TheExploringSeries. You is awesome dude. I was just getting into this one but I trust you an entire *_order of magnitude_* more than my attention span while reading on the internet. Keep it up homie!!!

[@kenguyii9108]

An SCP tale with steampunk and cosmic horror? Now this is worth listening to! 🎧 😌

[@PsychoIncarnate666]

This seems like a problem that will eventually solve itself. If they are eating each other and their bodies are poorly and illogically put together eventually they'll all die off.

[@kierafurneaux3172]

My thought was that HIs hallucinations were an attack on Mekhane by Ialdabaoth, but of course the original that the author propsed didn't have anything to do with either

[@logiticalresponse9574]

Even tho it seemed like not much changed ur voice was as perfect as one can hope to get . I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@Hugh_Amungus]

A classic example of a man's reach exceeding his grasp. Imagine building something to save your family only for it to rip your family away from you

[@elizabethptrevenkoy2121]

How the fuck did you post this a day ago

[@Hugh_Amungus]

@@elizabethptrevenkoy2121 it's a simple spell, but quite [REDACTED]

[@johnpaulcross424]

Exploring Series: Oh Boy, 3 AM!

[@masterzoroark6664]

Also PLEASE LOOK AT EARTH CRUCIFIED This is something that should be talked about when you say "Foundation went too far"

[@rainmakerroar4014]

The knowledge and paradise you seek demands sacrifice, the worm has won

[@CL32582]

Reminds me of "A Machine for Pigs" and "Darkest Dungeon"

[@taylorsmiddy5212]

Your videos are getting better and better. House of the worm is in my top 5 SCP documents and your tone of voice while reading the journal entries was perfect.

[@kittenburger_prime]

There’s some old “House of Wyrm” literature or source I haven’t figured out yet. George RR Martin wrote something by that title, and it seems like it is a reference to some existing story.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Your narration of that journal was probably your best work on this channel. Youd sincerely do quite well making audiobooks

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Honestly, I like this as a part of the origin of the modern church of the broken god. They so believe their God is benevolent and just that they commit atrocity even in modern canon. Just like every religion. The difference being this is why the story about the broken god ended with it just failing. The thing they took wasn't actually made for their God and tainted with some dark feelings and so instead of paradise they just made a war machine that ate and converted people. And maybe that is why the church is so much more positive now. This event caused a shift in how they approach their dogma.

[@YuriRamosBragaFerreira]

I always thought that the Worm in this SCP had some things in common with the Wyrm of Werewolf: The Apocalypse

[@toaster9922]

I always thought that the worm was some sort of representation of War.

[@ShadowNetWeaver1]

I kindof choose to see this as a cult that formed around a specific piece of the Broken God (the heart), which eventually lead to the event of it's eventual SCP-001 proposal. This would just be the tale of a deeply disturbed man who became ensnared by another dangerous anomalous artifact.

[@holyglaucus2444]

This came out right as the insomnia was starting to kick in, you're my savior. Still listen to of Call of Cthulu nightly, thank you so much. Idk if I could sleep without you.

[@kyruslarocque5225]

This has become my favorite thing about Sunday night.

[@kevinkasper5973]

When he read “I am beauty, I am chaos” I really wanted him to say “I am Miss United States”

[@ManiacMoomin]

If the house is an amalgamation of fears, memories and such, it'd be neat if the grey limbo turns out to be the home of the horsemen who appear during wars and disaster. Though the footsteps on the roof won't work with them having hoofs.

[@murphylaw7106]

“I have stood knee deep in mud and bone and filled my lungs with mustard gas! I have seen two brothers fall, I have lain with holy wars and copulated with the autumnal fallout! I have dug trenches for the refugees. I have murdered dissidents where the ground never thaws and starved the masses into faith! A child's shadow burnt into the brick work, a house of skulls in the jungle. The Innocent, the innocent Mandus! Trapped and bled and gassed and starved and beaten and murdered and enslaved! This is your coming century. They will eat them Mandus. They will make pigs of you all and they will bury their snouts, into your ribs...and they will eat..your ..hearts!” -A Machine for Pigs

[@pike1294]

The mention of Ouroboros is pretty cool since the incomplete Broken god ended up being a part of the Ouroboros Cycle

[@dreamcatcherben8214]

heres an idea: the worm is a child of both the the broken god and yaldabaoth, representing that both flesh and metal can be the souce of evil. the worm is a peice of the broken god the was infected and had to use the veteren as a mesia of sorts, it is also the man himself because reasons. a peice of both gods could have been fused by the factory as part of a sceme but it backfired.

[@burpman666]

i get a flash of adrenaline everytime i see that mangg uploaded, god im so happy that i found him. my feed is completely cursed except for the exploring series. keep going man!

[@seanromanowski]

My favorite SCP, thank you so much!

[@ArseneGray]

I am so happy that you read this. This is what SCP should always be like. This is so well written it could be the story of a new amnesia game in itself. The tone, the story, the setting. It is perfect. The SCPs of today like "made in Heaven" or the "ouroboros cycle" miss the mark so hard what SCP should always be about. They are meta stories written with bad dialogues filled with deus ex machinas which are basically the masturbations of a amateur "sci-fi" writer about the anime he always wished that would exist. This on the other hand, is pure art.