Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-5520 - The Rabbit Hole

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[@harryblank43]

This is such an excellent adaptation. The care and attention to detail, even extending beyond what's actually in the file, is incredible. This article is very personal, and it's beyond satisfying to see someone lavish that much effort on presenting it well. You really are fantastic at what you do, and I couldn't be more grateful.

[@ratkingthegreat7161]

I'm really happy to see your article on this channel!! It is one of my favorites you've ever done. Seriously emotional stuff with some great imagery to boot.

[@harryblank43]

@@ratkingthegreat7161 Thanks :D Always means a lot coming from such an awesome artist.

[@NolanRyanVA]

Your story brought me to tears, and inspired me to read all of the On Guard 43 canon just to fully experience Wynn and Viv's story.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@harryblank43 This is indeed a very emotional and tragic tale you wrote. It just shows how sometimes many if not a large portion of the Foundation “especially the O5” claim they have humanity’s benefit on their mind, but show a huge lack of humanity and morality in their cruel and selfish actions. I’ve got to say, depending on the canon, sometimes the O5 can be absolute heartless bastards.

[@harryblank43]

@@NolanRyanVA Thank you! I'm relieved to hear a statement like that which I know I can actually fulfill lol

[@kerosenecowboy5684]

oh jeez... finding out they were significant others and not just friends or coworkers made it a hell of a lot sadder :( its awful losing someone you love like this

[@creativeevil1369]

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[@Nonameisback999]

Idk if it's intentional but this SCP is a really good metaphor for dementia, reminds me of my grandma when she was still with us. She was brilliant, it breaks my heart that she went through what she did.

[@Uncreative_Name]

Yeah, I think the intent was that he became a reality bender while suffering from dementia, and that just messed him up even more.

[@Kreevox]

That's what I was thinking

[@markrichter8476]

The Sundown Protocol, then, is a fitting procedure. Thought the same here.

[@timfrank7461]

My mother did too

[@sardonicspartan9343]

Ah yes, the mental illness virtue signal.

[@Hugh_Amungus]

Thanks for the Christmas present of depression, Mangg. The perfect soundtrack to this particular SCP would be Everywhere At The End Of Time

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Hmm, where's it from?

[@Hugh_Amungus]

@@michaelandreipalon359 youtube

[@JustAnAverageGuy5731]

IUUGGGGHH SHUT UP NOT FUNNY

[@jamesholdername]

@@michaelandreipalon359 what 'from'?

[@MLGHazrad]

Working for the SCP Foundation means having to go over the moral boundaries. This organization is well above the law and the stuff they deal with could destroy a person mentally and quite literally.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

When dealing with monsters, you often should be sure that you don’t eventually become a monster yourself, because not all monsters look like a monster.

[@lanterns_glow]

Sometimes the worst monsters that go bump in the night isn't some flesh warped hellspawn, some night.arish voidthing from another world, or even that murderous teddy bear. Sometimes... It's the person you see in the lunch line every day, you see serving the lunch, hell. Could just be that civilian on the side of the street. In the SCP universe, humanity is as much a skip as what they contain

[@sapherno11]

We die in the Dark, so you can live in the Light.

[@furiousfinch1587]

And yet it's "Archon" and not "Thaumiel". It's a Thaumiel-class object, but they hide from the fact that they're exploiting it.

[@GrandmaJesus]

idk if the author has dealt with people who went through dementia or alzheimer's but when i heard the part "Please find attached one page of words. theyre the right ones." that fucking hurt something deep in my soul dude. i had to pause for a couple minutes

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Another one to the "are we the baddies?" list of SCP articles. Oh and a happy(belated) holidays to everyone!

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

It makes you question if the O5 even have any trace of humanity or moral sense in them. Really, often times they present themselves as emotionless tyrannical machines.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Hmm, still hoping we get more Avalons. Same to you too.

[@skepticalmagos_101]

Happy Sanguinala to you to.. my Manperor

[@slimpai4929]

I'd say the foundation is true-neutral.

[@sparking023]

@@michaelandreipalon359 funny enough, I find those more annoying than grimderp Foundation. They secure, contain, and protect. having a bunch of anomalies in "harmony" is more like the Serpent's Hand schtick

[@mattwoodard2535]

The situation with Wynn has changed a great deal in recent years. The Foundation actually tired to help him sending down a drug that might help him. The drug does work but only for a limited time and even when sane Wynn has changed so much that he really does not want to leave. Knows he still has a part to play in future events maybe? Someone actually went down and visited him and got out with their mind intact. Someone attacking the Site broke into to where Wynn was and it didn't go well for them. In the current time some staff members know the Wynn is down there and do communicate with him. So it's gotten better for Wynn, if still not great. sm

[@WD_Gaster66]

The person that went down to visit him was Lyle Lilihammer (pre transition Lillian), no?

[@mattwoodard2535]

@@WD_Gaster66 Yes. (pre transition) And IIRC she is going to see him again in some future point. sm

[@itsmevvacle6510]

@@WD_Gaster66 did Wynn magically turn him into a woman or what?

[@WD_Gaster66]

@@itsmevvacle6510 Have you never heard of a thing called "trans people"?

[@itsmevvacle6510]

@@WD_Gaster66 no what’s that

[@wynnchang]

As someone whos never met another person with my name, hearing it repeated over and over as an SCP certainly gave me the chills 😅

[@joshuabonesteel2303]

Their containment of this one is largely based on the loyalty of a man that is long since dead. While they probably have a means of dealing with him if he ever becomes a problem, there is still going to be a huge toll to be paid if he decides to go for a walk and is done with his imprisonment.

[@Blank_User239]

*It's really 2am and TES uploaded a new SCP reading, the Universe hates me*

[@itsspxctre4249]

Every 2am. Weekly. On Sunday. Both a blessing and a curse.

[@TheKingoftheKongs]

@@itsspxctre4249 It's always at 3 AM where I live lmao

[@frinzerevan5655]

Guys, we need this man to reach a million subscribers, he is almost there. He is undoubtedly one of, if not, the best SCP narrator out there.

[@cokeMONSTERps3]

Very good. I don't want to learn anymore, that was full and solid on it's own. It would have been so easy to write the SCP Foundation as making an exception for their own, but the emotional core hinges on them acting exactly as they should.

[@sankaraishema5963]

I can't explain to people why I'm addicted to The Exploring Series. It's for episodes like this. I just close my eyes and I can see it all. Thanx

[@Lazuli_the_Blue]

The site 43 canon is something that I’ve tried to dive deeper into after reading the B&B decommission story (note that the story is also connected to another canon and a storyline). I want to see more of the SCP’s in this canon featured like “Doug” and the “Schriftstellers”, and definitely more SCP’s in the canon that I didn’t know. Also the part where Vivian talked about the SCP’s brother is when I realized the SCP’s condition was a dementia metaphor. In the late savages of the disease, some would essentially be stuck in time, thinking that people who are dead in reality are alive, and thinking that some of their loved ones are children, even it they are much older in reality. The fact that I know this because 1-2 days ago I watched a video essay about “The Fear of Forgetting” and this is what I watched today, kinda concerns me, since I’m a person with some superstitious beliefs due to a history with deja vu’s and a certain number that would appear before plenty of significant events.

[@d4s0n282]

I honestly wish there was a playlist for different cannons lol,cus it sounds neat

[@Ray-oh9gd]

This channel has quietly become the home for the scp univesre. This dude goes crazy and always teaches me all of the scp lore

[@blazingtrs6348]

he's a great narrator and explainer

[@5001Fergies]

Over a year later and can confirm TES is still the quintessential home for scp lore , and a damn good one at that

[@lonqu333]

Happy holidays to everyone! Also, glad to see you covering an SCP from my favorite canon :)

[@YoGabaGabagool]

If you're watching this and don't know what a DNR order is I suggest having that conversation with your medical provider and family. I work with people suffering from Alzheimer's/Dementia, vascular and traumatic brain injuries and this particular SCP hit pretty close to home.

[@Evelyn-pl3we]

It’s 3am on Christmas…what a delightful gift! Watching this next to my tree that is well-lit🎄

[@Chimpanz33s]

You deserve the break, thank you for all your videos ❤

[@bonelessdoomy6932]

Happy holidays guys!

[@oniontaster6449]

"we havent invented enzyme design yet." "oh. well let me know when you have" kek

[@toooes]

Happy birthday Cheesus

[@therabbithole993]

Thank you for finding the time to make a video about me

[@Okxage]

It really brings such comfort for me to listen to these I’ve come to really appreciate your videos thank you for all you’ve done with these videos I have pretty bad panic attacks and these really help put me in a better mindset to calm down and feel content .Thank you

[@overpope3510]

Yet again another perfect video to keep me sane while I clean my flat

[@stavem3361]

Merry Christmas exploring series

[@stargazingskeleton5917]

This, though tragic, was artfully done. As always, TES never disappoints and is what got me through the Midwestern blizzard.

[@brandongriffey9474]

Merry Christmas the exploring series. Thank you for all the amazing content you put out. Hope you have a great time on your break

[@mvslice]

Have a great holiday, E.S.

[@phase623]

This is such a sad one but "please find attached one page of words" made me laugh so hard, it caught me really off guard.

[@attalan8732]

Some of yall really can't fathom that Vivian and Ashley are both men, and that both names were common unisex names throughout early 20th century Britain.

[@pja6476]

Baby cry?

[@lestachio801]

The only thing I wish the Exploring series would add is some sort of signal at the end that tells you it's the end. For the audio listeners! It's always some run off sentence or monotone ending then almost 30seconds of silence doing the credits and I'm there tapping my ear bud and checking my signal to see whats going on at work but it's just the end of the video lol I love this channel, no other complaints 😁

[@JobeStroud]

You have grown greatly over the last year. Your storytelling is beyond amazing now. Keep up the great work! Glad I stuck around since your younger times on here.

[@mindcraftful]

As soon as he said, inhaled heavy water, I automatically knew that was Jay Garrick

[@basilisk5855]

I cannot recommend The Good Work and all of the Site 43 hub enough It has some of the most beautiful, funny, and heart wrenching tales in the entire Foundation

[@Atoyihrs]

Damn, got here right after you posted. Needed help falling asleep, so thanks lol

[@TheMysticalTank]

Yeah, I’ve see this too many times irl for it not to hit hard. If there is one thing that terrifies me it’s loosing who I am and understanding those I love.

[@jackknight1899]

An old lonely reality bender under a floodgate: "I help" Foundation: *STONK*

[@creativeevil1369]

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[@shiningjoot6369]

Down the rabbit hole, again...

[@l.d.cfilms4363]

Dude has it seriously been a week already? I hope you had a good holiday Vacation, and I'm glad you're back with some great content so soon, but I hope you got all the time you needed

[@HeroAntagonist]

Goddammit, that the second time in as many months I've finished one of these stories with grit in my eye. Shows the Foundation as a necessary evil and the human cost. Excellent tale well told

[@michaelandreipalon359]

A video right after Christmas (in my place, at least) before the coming break, TES? Thanks. Looks like my Gurren Lagaan binge will have to wait its end.

[@Neucod55]

This is one of the best scp stories I've ever heard

[@johnpinkerton8088]

good lord The Exploring Series posting some bangers during the holidays this year

[@mrsauceman6825]

Godamn that end note to V got my ass teary eyed

[@benraylumontod3462]

whoever is the narrator behind this feature videos sounded like he's the official SCP Foundation archivist & historian although he enunciates concise , article-length file transcription , very much sounded like the high school dean speaking as keynote graduation exercise long harangue , explaining in length about the subject in great detail so good that he's capable of editing a full set of encyclopedia or classic thick dictionary the long talk stimulates me to fall asleep but seriously , two thumbs up for this act 🤓

[@sobrietyliiving]

I live that you're covering some of the newer entries! Keep up the great work!

[@joshuasuggs2379]

Thank you “exploring” I’m so glad I found this channel. I’m almost excited in the morning to get up and go to work wondering what amazing stories I will here to take me away from the mundane

[@jonnyblade3234]

Thanks for the Christmas present

[@tarantaran533]

Concepts like identity and memories in this story is scarier to me than any monster or killer

[@ianharrison5758]

Oh yeah, this the shit that makes me gaslight myself into thinking I’m going bonkers

[@CoobyPls]

Hood Christmas buddy

[@bostonbilly7725]

I like when wynn is first starting too lose it and he's asking who it is and too stop flushing their crap down there lol 😅

[@redlady120]

Happy Holidays!🎄🎄🎄

[@charlespittsjr604]

I swear I look forward to these readings more than any Tv show or channel series. Please keep up the awesome work. It's very much enjoyed.

[@annellanaya5041]

This was amazing and I'd love to hear more about this cannon

[@nielsandersen6164]

Beautiful. Powerful. Very sad.

[@mathieuleader8601]

the rapid decline in both mental and physical health in the director is quite sad to hear about

[@EEE-1409]

Bruh I really started crying over this SCP

[@JessTheTittyLeech]

please do way more from this canon I'd love to see it done in your style.

[@zapan9643]

A final masterpiece to the start the hiatus. Always loved ypur content. Thamk you for your hard work.

[@parkian4245]

Yoooo i wasn't expecting to see this when u said you were going on a one month rest, nice xmas eve suprise right here

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Sometimes you need to be certain and cautious in who you give your loyalty to and what you do to show that loyalty, for you never know if it will have nightmarish consequences towards you that will result in great pain…even worse if it’s a pain that will never end.

[@SherlockZ_001]

Not gonna lie.... love that there's an SCP in which the Justice Society gets significant mention. 😄

[@NeosAvias]

Wait til the Serpent's Hand hears about THIS one...

[@treederrpah6503]

Enjoy your January break TES!

[@topher_69eze34]

Amazing, Exceptional.

[@DarkFlamesDarkness]

Sometimes hearing scp stories is like eating a delicious chocolate bar. You notice all the best parts of it as you break pieces off, & savor every new bite. Usually one of the pieces turns out to be dog shit formed into a piece & blended seamlessly with the bar, waiting to be found.

[@Harsh_Noise]

Utilitarians be like "What a happy ending"

[@EverLearningDragon]

This sounds like my mom. She has, now very advanced, dementia. I’m sobbing.

[@DanielSan1776]

*OH BOY! IT’S 3AM!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!*

[@Evelyn-pl3we]

Whew..this was a sad one.

[@demonkingtengoku9034]

The black moon comments had me dead lmao 🤣🤣

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I blame Murphy Law for this.

[@יובלבן-דוד-ש6ד]

This is a great way to finish the month.

[@omnirex5184]

This is probably the most emotionally attached an SCP entry has ever made me...

[@harley8047]

Yo! Happy late Christmas! Thanks for the gift Exploring!

[@parabolaaaaa4919]

this was amazing

[@kittycatcon2374]

I kinda hate how personal this SCP is to so many people, myself included

[@HereticalKitsune]

So many technical terms x.x

[@Raghetiel]

This is the reason why Ethics committee should exist

[@lymh4850]

This guy is a reality bender, may have dementia, and is probably not even travelling along normally in his own time axis... And he's still determined to do good work. Incredibly based.

[@Abominable_Intelligences]

23:53 took me a while to realize this.

[@tylerufen]

i think the quote is that the Foundation is "cold, not cruel", and you also refer to Vivian as "he" in the end, during the summary...

[@TheExploringSeries]

Vivian is a he.

[@tylerufen]

@@TheExploringSeries so my friend's aunt Vivian was actually his uncle..? i mean, she was pretty garish, could've been... 🤷

[@Cog_Nomen]

@@tylerufen Vivian was originally a male first name, and it still frequently is in the UK. Like the name Ashley, which also occurs in this article referring to a male character.

[@tylerufen]

@@Cog_Nomen huh... the morr you know... 🤷 do you know how it came to be used for females?

[@jeffreywatkins5682]

Super love the format I've seen all of you videos and there all so amazing

[@brandonthesteele]

24:55 damn, that exchange was way too real. It's painfully easy to imagine what the metaphor for the SCP is here.

[@Nudhul]

the idea of a "greater good" always leads to evil deeds

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

Merry Christmas to US!

[@umrete]

thanks bro Merry Christmas!

[@gokugoma3258]

such a sad story..

[@oniontaster6449]

interesting idea of a reality warper where they loose themselves as they can no longer tell whats imagination and whats not.

[@lipchin]

Yeah. That was a good one. Enjoyed that :)

[@vaughnlewis3443]

Could you do a back rooms series I think I’d be a great idea

[@ruigoncalves6780]

Great Story Love your Channel keep going cool and great work thanks and greetings from portugal

[@ivan.i.gerasimov]

Honey wake up, new SCP exploring video dropped

[@WhenTheSunLordsFell]

homie contained himself

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

0:13 Those probably induce high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, substance abuse/addiction and suicide among Foundation personnel.

[@WheatDos]

The Rabbit Hole, i remember how i got deep in there... it all started by watching Anthony Padilla spending a day with Vtubers, i was intrigued by Ironmouse's chaos and wholesomeness, and i watched a clip of her and i was like: "who is this Connor guy everyone is talking about?" Then i found a VOD of him and Mouse playing "It takes two" hilarious, dramatic, amazing. Then i watched a collab with a chibi-looking monster called Pikamee and once again i had to crawl deeper into the hole... i found other Vtuber companies: Voms, Hololive, Nijisanji, Phase Connect... And some independent ones like: Snuffy, Shylily, Bao. I don't know how much deeper this hole goes... it's actually UNFATHOMABLE...

[@darkdragon7887]

I really missed the "ends justify the means" foundation rather than the new stories which are endless averagely written meta references.

[@shadowblood95]

Reminds me of Gil Alexander from Bioshock 2. The once-man turned giant singing sea slug.

[@durganteh]

God, this one fucked me up good. Props to the author fr