Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-7686 - R is for Reshape

[@pheonixwilson5577]

The fact that parents like this AREN'T anomalous is the REAL horror of this SCP article

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

There is a continent full of parents like this, and my parents and their friends, and my friends' parents are from this continent. Guess which continent that is. You can use stereotype

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

​@@Dave_of_Mordor Is it India?

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

@@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement not just India. it's all of Asia

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

@@Dave_of_Mordor Figures. Though, the USA ain't much better.

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

@@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement are you sure? I get jealous every time I see my non Asian friends interact with their parents

[@swordofglass9409]

As the author of this piece... holy fucking shit. This is amazing. Love the way this was so faithfully done! Thank you so much for covering this, along with the rest of ANTHOLOGY!

[@imgladnotu9527]

good shit my fren.

[@No-oneImportant42]

Love seeing the authors coming to this channel, you all do great work!

[@Hydronisa]

The story somewhat reminds me of "Beauty Water" from Tales of the Unusual. I wouldn't be surprised if you took inspiration from it.

[@lucianoprokilla]

this really made me appreciate my dad. Thanks for the story

[@evervirescent]

you wrote this so good that it can be emotionally damaging to someone who hasn’t even had to deal with emotional abuse. and i mean this as a compliment. holy shit.

[@hellothisismufin]

This one hit a bit close to home. No one is ever perfect enough in situations like Lydia's. She deserved better. If Ð didn't exist this one is easily the saddest for me

[@samuelsimmons6647]

D is for Dermatology?

[@rubensteinfinsteraarhorn9028]

​@@samuelsimmons6647No, Ð is for Ðirtheen

[@Zoshnell]

Why cant i hold all these feels?

[@tjdj314]

​@rubensteinfinsteraarhorn9028 could you link it? I can't find it

[@benjaminsmith3843]

​​@@tjdj314can't find the video, maybe it got unlisted, or it hasn't been made yet; but it refers to SCP-7795 if you want to read it on the wiki. Considering the SCP has an event that takes place on October 24, I wouldn't be surprised if he has a video queued up for this Tuesday covering it if you want to wait and see.

[@thaumaturgeslit7759]

A very sad "real story" with the typical SCP twist. Very good, but also very heartbreaking.

[@samorottheraccoon754]

So far we've got- A: Some fanatical monks Æ: Some really REALLY bad traffic B: Some aliens who tried to become immortal but doomed themselves to becoming a mold hivemind C: A real estate agency that flips haunted houses D: A phantom bug infestation E: An eternal paradise afterlife that eventually becomes a boring hell F: A radioactive dream man G: An alternate reality that gets destroyed by a gigantic fatass eating a burger Ȝ: A bunch of people go nuts over some sneezing H: Phantom Illnesses aka "I diagnose you with dead." I: An anesthetic that allows for more successful surgeries, but makes the pain worse J: Some Spaceship Wreckage K: A really weird alternate dimension L: 4 girls that became eldritch gods because someone said that the girls would save humanity M: A really weird moon event N: A predator that lives in the big cities and uses neon lights to lure in human prey O: Weird organ portals that appear within people's bodies Ø:SCP-079 going a bit nuts and creating a supercomputer that is much more powerful than itself Q: I have no clue, but I think it's related to SCP-262 somehow? R: A drug that turns your body into your desired body, with horrible side effects. A girl uses it to try and regain the love of her abusive father.

[@seany.7283]

What’s E?

[@gabrielemontalbano2675]

@@seany.7283 scp 7179

[@christiangauthier727]

The abusive relationship of the Dr. Jamison towards his daughter Lydia is BY FAR the most distressing and horrific aspect of this Story. The SCP comes in as different metaphors for real self-harming behavior & more, giving this horror a poetic aspect. Thanks for the Video! Very apt for October!

[@zeroexea]

All he had to do was say he's proud of her anyway and he could have done nothing else different and it would have worked out so much better because then she wouldn't be holding on to that trauma. Yeah he'd have high expectations for her but everything would have went a lot better if he had just said that to her at that important time. Heck it would have changed his Outlook as well.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

I think calling him abusive is overselling it. He's certainly not a great parent, but ultimately he just had one really bad day, in a very high pressure situation, and then didn't reverse that decision as quickly as he probably should have. Ultimately, I think the fault lies with those who blacklisted him and made it so difficult for him to provide for his family. Expecting him to maintain a Jesus level of unconditional love and self sacrifice indefinitely under such punishing circumstances is not reasonable.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

Jesus this whole thing was a mess. Jameson was a man who lost everything except his daughter and then had some sort of breakdown after he saw the way out collpase in fromt of them. Obviously thats way too much to be putting on your daughter but him just falling apart like that is, sadly, believable. Which makes what Lydia did afterwards even more sad. Just, just an awful time all around

[@WolfCry791]

That poor girl. She deserved so much better

[@ricardohoang8452]

Another poor girl 😢

[@chmur]

Bucket of water

[@XenBaker404]

She needs a hug

[@surobyk]

she's not real

[@Magnet_Chaos]

​@@surobyk No way. How did you come up with that conclusion?

[@mercce6750]

This is probably the most tragic of all the ABC of Deaths article (next to Đ is for Đirteen). A father coping with divorce, with next to nothing left but a daughter who he had too high of expectation for and said daughter who just wanted his love and tried so hard for it, only for it to end up like... this.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Wait, there's a semi-D tale too?

[@mercce6750]

​​@@michaelandreipalon359Well not exactly, that one is next to T (is for Transmission). Đ is basically what happen if the Montauk procedure (what people think it is) just happened to someone (This one is not related to 237 btw) and it's just really depressing. It's a good read and short too, definitely a suggestion from me.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@mercce6750 Oh, good to know.

[@Noname0039]

What is its number?

[@FinalKaioken]

100% agree with you

[@rozemorgaine1886]

This hits on a deeply personal level. Trying to be something you're not to please those you love, even if they don't love you back. Don't ever let someone make you think you need to be different. You're perfect as you are.

[@kenpanderz]

and abusive parents, regardless of why they're abusive, shouldnt be allowed to have so much control over their children. otherwise things like this happen, anomaly aside

[@bezel95]

That’s an extremely unhealthy way to look at life. If someone is “perfect as they are” that means they no longer grow or improve. Such thinking leads to stagnancy and unhealthy lifestyles.

[@bezel95]

@@kenpanderz​​⁠ The dad was never physically abusive, emotionally sure but not physically. The real monster was the mother, who utterly destroyed her husband and daughter’s life, taking most of the money from a divorce, leaving them with almost nothing.

[@starsiegeRoks]

​Oh so we should just constantly think of ourselves as lacking? Your logic doesnt work with everyone. Thats just as unhealthy and the mindset of trying to constantly improve myself just led to me hating myself everytime i failed my own standards and constant anxiety that i was "falling behind on my growth". Turned me into a judgemental, neurotic monster of a person who was never enough, and who viewed everyone else as never enough@@bezel95

[@itsmelewkas3688]

Ive read some of the other SCPs written by the author, and the best way I can sum them up is that he's really good at both body horror and writing fucked up stories about broken families

[@theoneguyoverthere]

God damn, at first I was expecting a Shou Tucker scenario with the doctor using 7686 on his daughter, but it somehow turned out to be much, much, sadder somehow.

[@swordofglass9409]

Author here! Fun fact: That was actually the initial idea for the first draft, but it got changed during the top-down revisions for the second (and final) one

[@sneakytaze5336]

Imagining having a daughter this loving, I cannot understand how a father could be so cruel and cause this.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Love is NOT all you need.

[@williamchrisco5101]

I've listened to almost every SCP video you have put out. I've listened to stories of horrors beyond comprehension and of desperate grief. This one got to me. Out of all of them, this one got to me.

[@moonshxne]

another wholesome father-daughter bonding tale

[@EdgarClay]

It is once again, that my heart aches for what happened in this tale. Blood and the Breaking of My Heart, hit me similarly. Loss. Oh the horror of it all.

[@WobblesandBean]

I can't get through this one. I'm sorry. I can't. It hits too close to home.

[@mariecarie1]

I’m so sorry. This was a really hard one to get through. You’re not alone.

[@Fernlom]

You too? Reading the article itself was difficult too, I struggled to finish it cause it hit too close

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Be thankful that emotional trauma is all you have to deal with. D for Dermatology is the one that hits a little too close for me, and I would trade my problem for your without a second of hesitation.

[@orfelutoli9616]

⁠Y’know, one of the worst things you can do with your trauma is trying to compare it to others. It creates a pride in the pain that’s sure to lead you way off a good path forward. For your own sake, realize that pain is relative, and that your pain is just as tragic and important as anyone elses and vice-versa. It’s how we form bonds with eachother instead of burning bridges as an emotional response to the pain we’ve been forced to carry within.

[@ithurtstolive5091]

It always amazes me the amount of emotion scp articles can hold. And its hard to say any other narrator would do them justice. Keep up the good work! Youve definitely become a favorite in my books.

[@axelprino]

This one was brutal, but such a gripping narrative, exactly the kind of anomalously enhanced horror I came to expect from an SCP. It's a pretty straight forward story, but it leaves a lot of potential space to explore with how this anomaly works, it could be used in many ways, anything from a very risky impersonation concoction to a rather horrific weapon. I mean, you can literally melt people with it, think of the narrative possibilities for a tale.

[@hawkgirl9984]

Putting aside all the body horror, this one felt personal. Like, desperately trying to be anything else besides yourself to seek the approval of people who will never love you is....yeah that one hit different. Lovely article but now I'm crying.

[@Jacko4859]

Hey the voice visualiser is back. It’s subtle but I enjoy it along with the visuals, please keep it.

[@hoobidibahbidibah8119]

This one's a pretty heavy tale. Feels quite grounded in reality as well, outside of the chemical itself being the supernatural MacGuffin of the SCP.

[@Evelyn-pl3we]

You are amazing for these rapid uploads! Seriously, the SCP community/fan base owes you for the amount of quality content you’re producing. ❤ Edit: this is such a heartbreaking SCP

[@kenpanderz]

lets just home he doesnt go so far as to use Reshape to keep up the pace..

[@bobsmith8437]

I've listened to you for years. Each new update bring me a smile. I would wake up early everyday if I could always start my day with a new episode. You have a positive effect on my life and I think you should know it. You are 999 if it was just a voice.

[@magnolia1253]

I only saw one other person say this as a reply to another comment, but this SCP sounds a lot like Beauty Water from the Korean webtoon Unusual Tales. This was a heartbreaking story, even more than Æ for Aerials was. And just about as real as D for Dermatology. Real people really suffer like this.

[@vibespidersstudios8895]

I am probably going to explain why a single dad who is a doctor can’t afford to support himself and his daughter. What I am getting from this story is that dr. Jamison had a very nasty divorce with his wife which somehow caused to be either got blacklisted from the company where he practiced medicine and now he can’t get a consistent job as a doctor. Normally in court, between children the court favours the mom because the law that children are more likely to be with there moms. In this situation but somehow Dr. Jamison fought so hard to keep his daughter and knows how to take care of her. It is possible that his ex wife either cheated on him or started to become neglectful to take care of their daughter. This explains the torn photo. Also the reason he lose most of his income that he saved up to support his family but as you know courts aren’t nasty when it comes to the care of children. He did win his custody of his child but he came to the point where he became a low income individual. If that explains why a doctor doesn’t have enough money to support himself and his daughter. I think it is good enough.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Most likely the mother was a predatory sociopath who only bore a daughter for the sake of hooking a rich man in order to steal all his money by divorcing him. Our legal system does a great job of allowing evil women to get rich this way. Jameson's love for his daughter was finite, yet infinitely greater than the mom. He was lying to himself when he said it was okay for his ex-wife to take everything but the daughter from him. Sadly, if you're suffering badly enough in all other aspects of life, loving your child likely cannot be maintained.

[@jamiemcdonough6548]

Thank you for this case The Exploring Series and SCP. And thank you to everyone here who supported it. It's not an easy story to get behind. Not because it's bad. It's just that it's so grim for lack of a better word. I enjoyed this story so much. Well as much as I could with a tragedy. Great work.

[@marcbisson9351]

This one was heartbreaking to listen to, but that’s what makes your reading of it so effective. Thanks for a month of incredible SCP content.

[@Mikmakpattywhak]

I love the wave form on the bottom, keep them coming. Utterly horrifying story, but the delivery was *chef's kiss*

[@KurtT-051]

I was ready for spook. I wasn't ready for tears. 10/10

[@XenBaker404]

For someone who grew up without a dad, I felt that exact feeling of not being good enough when even my one grandfather grew more physically and emotionally abusive towards me as a child. I always felt it was my fault for being born, things could have been different for both my mom and dad. However my mom was always there to tell me that I was the best thing to ever exist in her life, even making it better for her. Thanks mom, I love you

[@custardclips7751]

This is incredible commitment. I know you're suffering now but this will pay off dividends for you. I speak for everyone when i say thank you for your commitment to delivering us quality content so frequently.

[@gunnarhassing5875]

I really hope he recorded these or at least did the majority of the prep work ahead of time. Anyone would have some significant burnout after this much.

[@kyetes.866]

@@gunnarhassing5875He recorded these about a month ago, but he still recorded the entire series within about a month. It’s an insane amount of work either way.

[@iamperplexed4695]

Suffering?

[@the_dark_soul_of_man]

This is such a heartbreaking SCP, a bit too real for me. I feel so sorry for Lydia.

[@ela-811]

10:00 Well... I don't need to finish all the KZbin Videos I watch. Especially when I know what's gonna happen. The SCP description at the start was obviously fake and Lydia won the gameshow where she and Dr. Jameson surely live happily ever after. Undoubtedly there's a happy little scene at the end with Lydia at her Daddy's deathbed and saying they've been blessed to have such a good father. With SCP-7686 contained before anything could go wrong.

[@mercce6750]

Yeah... let's go with that... for all of our sakes.

[@asz-themoonwalker2771]

I wish!

[@John.Doe.272]

I couldn't finish this one. Its crazy how having a kid effects you.

[@jackrylebonclaw7270]

Man, this one REALLY needs a body horror warning at the start. Something about the way it's written and read made it very easy to visualise the abomination they ended up as.

[@speedslider3913]

I think it's easier to visualize because the fusion is in a recognizable/relatable pose (an embrace) rather than the usual mish-mash of bodies, and we actually see step-by-step how they fused.

[@rurtrd6286]

Like many others said before me: from the bottom of my heart, thank you, mr. TES. You never fail to take me on a ride with these.

[@scubaman2546]

Holy hell. This is a tough tough story. Excellent and evocative narration. Well done, sir!

[@matthewmckenzie541]

Eyy the return of the Audio Visualizer! Nice change

[@rofflesvanwagon]

Playing some Trepang². Perfect timing for a new episode!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Such a good game, particularly with its SCP inspirations.

[@rofflesvanwagon]

​@@michaelandreipalon359best single player fps of the year in my opinion but I'm a huge fan of fear

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@rofflesvanwagon Well, there is competition like Fashion Police Squad, Turbo Overkill, and, arguably, System Shock Remake, but yeah, it is one of the best for the year. Ah, F.E.A.R.+Extraction Point sure is hard to beat. Shame the rest of the series felt too derivative.

[@rofflesvanwagon]

​@@michaelandreipalon359 system shock remake is in the top 3 games this year for sure for me. I just didn't count the others since I played them last year though turbo did only hit 1.0 this year. Outside of fps At least Lakeview cabin 2 is pretty much finished, The developer's just finishing the epilogue. And world of horror finally. Also pixel noir hit 1.0 and is fully finished but they don't have a publisher yet which sucks cause it's the only lovecraftian noir jrpg that plays like turn based syndicate from snes. Damn. It's time to log on to my steam and get wild now.

[@jgbeerx]

I just started night shift and this series has really helped me stay awake thanks

[@Uptomyknees]

I enjoyed this, but ultimately don't fully understand where it takes place in the SCP Universe. Wouldn't anomalies from this drug be very common? Would they even be anomalies at all? Is the drug itself anomalous? Too many unanswered questions, for me.

[@slabulous00]

This story is the 1st to make me sad, its good. I enjoy stories that can really invoke emotion. I just cant imagine inspiring those feelings in my daughter. I know people that have experienced those feelings from their parents

[@stargazingskeleton5917]

This broke my heart. Great content, TES❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@BuddyCorp]

The waveform hits so hard in this video

[@bl1754]

If the goal of a horror story is to leave me feeling horror, this is 11/10

[@Kankan_Mahadi]

This is so *SAD & TRAGIC!!* I've never cried so much from hearing an SCP story before!

[@Scarytones]

I forgot what I was going to say.

[@ikekiefer4556]

Dang. 🙁

[@o5-1-formerlycalvinlucien60]

As soon as Lydia started using the drug i knew where the story was going.

[@bluecook4635]

Earliest I’ve ever been, love your vids man they’re totally underrated

[@guyr5538]

Within the first two minutes you had me yelling FULLMETAL!!! 😭😂

[@WoziduranJahemter]

A case where that old dad was afflicted with pestilent curses by old hags in order to be manipulated to become abusive and demanding and to be used to make her develop an overly demanding codependency and Elektra complex(similar to Oedip but for women). We gotta help people getting out of prisons of covert evil isolations.

[@xavis_dad]

Your on the back 9 homie. We love you. Ever since the Cube. Keep going.

[@DanielSandhu-jo4jj]

This is the first one I couldn’t finish was to sad and to real. Love ur work mate

[@philstarsick82]

I dont have words to describe the feelings this made me feel.

[@helloimbob9463]

We are almost out of letters 😭

[@pkstarstorm5548]

Quickly! INVENT NEW ONES!!

[@ActionQuackson]

Wow! Interesting responses on this one. Definitely pulls on the heartstrings. Thanks for the video!

[@aidangage56]

i usually hibitually watch all of your vods but ive had to abstain from this one and the video for D due to subject matter

[@bradh3292]

Don't forget to like and comment on every video this month to show your appreciation! Damn that one hit hard too you saw it coming the whole way but you just couldn't stop listening...

[@limpytrad]

All this content put out so quickly, wow. THANK YOU

[@DarthCalculus]

Hits home. That song makes me cry

[@muffinman8744]

Finally caught up. I'm gonna watch em all. Ty for these.

[@leecrumpler77]

Parents making sacrifices for their children is normal, but when children start making sacrifices for their parents, you know things are bad

[@michaelwilson2659]

The waveform is back!!

[@madbr3991]

I would definitely try reshape.

[@VoidVagabond]

I can't deny I'd be tempted, there's so so much I'd change about myself. But good lord those side effects, especially those with prolonged use, those disturb me. Given the descriptor that Reshape is "poorly understood", I think I'd try and hold out until it could hopefully be studied more, maybe it could eventually be made safer with less dangerous side effects.

[@SiriusSphynx]

​@@VoidVagabondthe world is full of plenty of fools to buy things the moment they hit the shelves. Just look at the gaming community. Their wasted money and griping is how I know to buy or not.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Run it through the clockworks first, hopefully the Fine setting will make it stop required constant increasing doses. Without that it's a Beneficial SCP, with it it's the same as any other life, the ultimate sacrifice of long term for short.

[@kaleb692]

Thank you for the daily uploads this month we appreciate it

[@handlemonium]

Rest In Peace Lydia and Dr. Jamison. The two of you may not be real in our reality but your story will jointly will live on in the rest of us.

[@carolpond3340]

If reshape existed in the real world I'd be a puddle of flesh🫠

[@street_sharq]

This whole month has been amazing

[@calebhumphrey8220]

That’s probably the most disgusting scp I’ve hear of, not just bc of the body horror. But it is still very well done

[@BankerPaul]

Omg, this actually made me sob a little...

[@evervirescent]

it takes a lot for a story to make me cry

[@thinkinyblinko6666]

I Like the audio visualizer thingy

[@embyrr922]

Well, this one hit harder than I expected at 9AM.

[@pixelsafoison]

That one is DARK ..

[@saltyowl3229]

Confused by comments from 24h ago when the video is 4m old, but just wanted to say, your work is amazing TES, keep that shit tf up, you almost always seem to know just what’s right to cover… though I daresay some older SCPs worth the time have been missed… generally your content always covers the best, and even with all the time that must go into finding that, the content itself is still good. Hell yeah. Keep that shit up

[@mercce6750]

It's patreon subscription early access.

[@eg_manifest510]

RIP that one dealer kid who got brain-bashed. Let's hope he managed to patch himself up somehow, but I doubt it since they haven't found him yet

[@Licjr]

If he’d lived the Foundation would have listed him as a Person of Interest, and there probably would have been an addendum where he’s being questioned about where he found the Reshape

[@OmniscientOrangutan]

Rina fucking GOT HERRRRRR LMAO

[@LordHypertronUniversum]

That's almost a Clayface's origin story.

[@kingdagwood3065]

This story is sad!! You got me. I would never talk to my kids like that. Mine you their grown now.

[@LEOAUNIT33N]

This was almost too sad to finish

[@azakranos8100]

This one’s too much. I’ll watch them all but this, TES. I can’t even make it halfway.

[@Slanse]

Man … now that I'm a parent these really destroy me, if i can wish for only one thing in life is to never be this kind of person to my child, even in my darkest most difficult moment.

[@juansilvarabell5238]

😢 that one was gut punch 🤜 . In the end I think it was a broken heart that killed him even if he could have I don’t think he would’ve let it go cause it said he tried to embrace her tighter before he expired

[@TheProphet49]

You're telling me that the SCP Foundation doesn't pay a doctor well enough to raise a single kid?

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

His wallet died in the dark so we can live in the light.

[@lordtarroc]

He wasn't a Dr with the SCP foundation, he was blacklisted from a bunch of the hospitals according to the document, and he likely had to pay a sizable amount of money to his ex-wife, knowing how divorce works in the USA.

[@bleepbloop5251]

10/10 will cry again

[@wcookiv]

Jesus, what's with the super depressing entries? Between this and Health I don't know if I can listen to these before bed anymore. :(

[@stockdoodle]

Well, that was absolutely horrifying...

[@jorge5213]

Great video as always

[@adlernelson285]

All my homies hate Dr. Jamison.

[@conlooka9356]

I don't think I've ever felt more rage toward a fictional character in my life.

[@SnaveRelyt]

This hurts as a parent. What a story

[@Divinity9511]

The wavy voice line is back lfg

[@overlordmadness1548]

Well, that’s was horrifying

[@trygveskogsholm5963]

The day of glory has arrived!

[@zapan9643]

WE GROWING EYES ON THE INSIDE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥

[@pocadon]

Complete body liquefaction (don't know spelling) reminds me of the Ambulance SCP where they returned the body of the soldier he was pasted to the wall.

[@skippy-the-destroyer]

That one hurt.

[@brendanrichardi2535]

Damn, this one really hurts.

[@exitoid]

DUDE, THE WAVEFORM, I'VE MISSED IT