Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-6800 - The White Ashes

[@Marceline_Raynes]

Just popping in to make a small note: The researcher who died during the SCP-6800 testing is named Umar Hadid. While I know that TES would never mean to be exclusive in his content, I feel it's important to mention Umar by name because he's a minority character in the Foundation, and a lot of content out there sort of lacks that representation in the Foundation. I aim to change that That said, great video as always! Thank you for covering this :)

[@quentinhoward99]

What do you mean by "Representation"?

[@allmight9840]

Foundation is filled with minority characters with all races and lgbt relationships. When is there enough diversity? Will people always complain there isn't enough?

[@carlindurrant2363]

This is a work of fiction what minority someone is doesn't matter. The Foundation doesn't care why should we care because I would genuinely like to know.

[@jwaltz8812]

Just accept, and respect, the author's choice here to include these characters. You really don't have to do anything more.

[@NolanRyanVA]

For any of y'all complaining about "representation" - please just shut up. If you really don't care about there being a minority character in the stories, then just don't say anything. One reason Mars put it out there because there have been several SCP KZbin channels that have completely whitewashed characters not just from their stories, but other authors' as well. They just want to make sure that the characters are seen as they were originally written by the authors. If you can't simply respect that, please leave any negative comments to yourself.

[@razvanpopa7294]

"Someone nuked the fairies"... words I never imagined I'd hear in my life.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

My God! I didn’t realize that part when I read the article! Now that it has been pointed out…who knew religious beliefs can result in so much bloodshed!

[@krthecarguy5150]

As if those name stealing little sh*ts don't deserve it.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@krthecarguy5150 Hey, not all Fae in SCP are bad. Sure some of them have caused trouble often, but that doesn’t justify complete genocide! Especially when the motive is so their corpses can be melted down into metal!

[@zetanone7211]

This is actually the second time that a GoI has nuked the Fae!

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@zetanone7211 Second?! You can’t be serious! When was the first?!

[@NolanRyanVA]

The author of this article, Marcelles Raynes, is a friend of mine and everyone in our friend group in the SCP community are so proud of them for getting their work recognized by The Exploring Series - a true staple for an author that you've hit the big time.

[@elizathegamer413]

Yeah like Edgar Allan Poe, never heard of him before The Exploring Series did an audiobook about him (/j)

[@jfranks1295]

The SCP wiki material has evolved and improved in ways I couldn’t have imagined in the seven years I’ve been a fan. It’s a fantasy sandbox for first time fan-fiction writers and talented aspiring authors.

[@c.thompson9771]

@@elizathegamer413 omgoodness!? The Telltale Heart The Raven Annabelle Lee You're Welcome.

[@darkbladetri]

@@c.thompson9771 yea dont think to hard on it

[@elizathegamer413]

So sorry if you haven't used tone indicators before but the /j meant I was joking

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

This SCP feels like Frostpunk but man, being a Fae in the SCP universe is pure suffering.

[@elizathegamer413]

Frostpunk plus Fae holocaust

[@elizathegamer413]

It's also interesting that it seems to follow the "law and order" from frostpunk lol

[@ixioxp119]

Yep, if fey appear they most likely will get murdered

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

They regularly steal identities, taking from people everything that makes them who they are, so why shouldn't they be subject to the same?

[@JudicialBrat]

@@aliveandwellinisrael2507 True. Those who fuck with humanity should also suffer the same fate

[@CharmQuarke]

The only gripe I have about this, is that Dr bright is possibly the worst person who you could ever choose to try and steal a name from, as he probably has a great many of them saved up over the years

[@theboneman1938]

You could say however that your name is the Fae's way of talking about your "soul"/consciousness and Jack Bright only has the one

[@Lyth13]

@@theboneman1938 but his soul doesn’t reside in his body, it resides in an amulet. If anything the fairy would be able to switch into the body Dr. Bright is using at the time, but not expel Bright himself. If anything this should be a “two minds, one body” situation, with bright and the fairy fighting for control of this current body (which would only be for a few weeks seeing as how bright has to get a new body regularly or end up making copies of his own consciousness). If not that then either the amulet completely overrides the fairy or the fairy overrides the amulet which seems to be what happened, but again she’ll be caught in a few weeks when they transfer the amulet and nothing happens

[@shanehunt3019]

It shouldn't even work. As soon as Bright is expelled from his body the amulets power should start and eventually take over the body again, killing the fairy.

[@GodzillaRex100]

@@Lyth13 it probably took over the Amulet

[@harperwillis5447]

Bright was the only one it could have been, since he's immortal. Otherwise there would have been questions when it became obvious the fae wasnt aging. Bright was the amulet itself, so when the fae stole the name he also became the amulet, and bright was shunted into his current host or possibly the faes body.

[@Hugh_Amungus]

Fae: _Why are we still here? Just to suffer?_ The Foundation & Maxwellists: *_Yes_*

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Hmm, play Katamari Damacy, watch a Pixar film, and read Jane Eyre to remedy this then.

[@sentinel_prime]

I think its just general hubris of the the fae to mess with things they think is below them. That's what gets them into so much trouble in the SCP universe. The foundation is guilty of this in a sense as well. In fae's case, it started with them taking offense at Asem's actions in kaktus verse, attacking the humans in the factory verse etc. It always seems to end with them being on the receiving end of some much needed "schooling" either by the actions of the foundation or by their own creations. In another tangent, the way that the fae "create" the children of the night in kaktus verse, is similar to the children of the forest create the white walkers in GOT, no? or is it just me?

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

This is one of those articles that paints The Foundation as cruel and not cold, slaughtering an entire species just to save their own. It goes to show that The Foundation only cares about what they see as important, that being either their precious veil of secrecy and/or humanity.

[@7ElevenTruther]

@@sentinel_prime In a way the Fae in the kaktus verse are like The Children in the game of thrones but worse. They used dark rituals to get their deity to create the children of the night (scp 1000) to terrorize humanity (like the white walkers) not because their forests were being encroached upon by man, but because they zeolously believed that Asem had ,front their point of view, committed a grave blasphemy against their god Titania by using his own reality bending abilities to pull a star from the heavens and turn it into a fancy crown. But ironically, after looking down upon the Fae mistreating and shunning these misunderstood "children" of her's that the Fae themselves had wished into the world, Titania turned against them and over time the Fae have been mostly forced to recede from the world save for a few pocket dimensions like scp 4000 while humanity continued to flourish. The Fae's efforts to punish Asem in the end, only yeilded a far worse outcome for their own kind. Their undoing was their own doing.

[@sentinel_prime]

@@7ElevenTruther maybe it was an inspiration from GOT? Don’t know when the first article of kaktusverse was published though. Yeah they screwed themselves over big time. No wonder the sky kings didn’t feel bad when they went to war against them later in the timeline. Guess the anger and pride of humanity clashed with the pride of fae in that universe as an eventuality!

[@reeven1721]

I think this SCP breaks with the consensus on the Foundation's characterization something fierce. Not preventing trespass into SCP-4000 is in direct contravention of that SCP's containment protocol and breaks the Secure and Contain mission statements. Letting an anomalous GOI like the Church of the Broken God get the run of the place and slaughter the inhabitants is also a gross failure of upholding the Protect mandate. Then the Foundation engages in casual genocide alongside a total veil breakdown for something as mundane as heat generation. Meanwhile, no wordcount is allocated to investigate the source of the blizzard or possible means to containe it. That story deliberately writes itself into bad corners for the sake of pathos and shock value.

[@bardbarian4065]

“As usual, in order to pad out the length of this video, I’ll read this entry verbatim” I’m sure this always a wry joke, but I’m here for exactly that, lol

[@TheHalogen131]

I like how subtle the humour is in these videos. Adds a lot of character

[@caprice28]

I found the Foundation in this story incredibly ridiculous. Which hampered my enjoyment of the story. The foundation would have put a stop to this from the from the start. Anyone with half a brain would have known that not stopping the fairy from being killed would make the storm even worse. This is one of those stories when the story dictates the actions of the characters and not the other way around. Even to the point where the actions of the character are nonsensical.

[@quentinhoward99]

Good to see a lot of people agree on this.

[@Filthnails]

I have to agree. The characterization doesn't feel right here, while the story commands things to turn out the way they do.

[@Maya-he2de]

is it ridiculous that very little in the way of fighting climate change has been put in place by world governments? because like the allegory of the story is incredibly blatant and the frustration you feel with the foundation in this story is supposed to be the emotion this elicits in you

[@quentinhoward99]

@@Maya-he2de The reality is that climate change isn't the end of the world, and governments have been making stupid decisions on how to fix it. We need more people out of poverty and more people innovating. What we need is more nuclear power but people are so afraid of it they decide to go with things that don't actually work like solar panels and wind turbines. It's also not the fault of the politicians because they will only do what will keep them in office, and politicians that are for nuclear don't get elected easily.

[@caprice28]

@@Maya-he2de no my frustration is the foundation sitting by and letting the world be destroyed due to the Fae being exterminated. If the message behind the story was about climate change. It was poorly implemented.

[@user-tf7ur5ot4c]

As much as I love listening to these stories, this one sticks out in my mind as a obvious outlier, no shade to the creator as they had put effort into this creation but there are some serious issues with some specific parts. While the entire section is devolving in the pinned comment with some making actual good points and the others simply attempting to get a reaction, the rest of the audience points out some good details. The foundation acts completely out of reason, especially when the church starts their "crusade" as they are effectively letting a scp be neutralized, which as we all know one of the is one of the biggest crimes you could do in the foundation (when done by intention). Bright plays the game and loses (yet his amulet does nothing) but if we assume he never had it here it still won't make sense as he of all people wouldn't have been so careless, but its still somewhat believable. By far the biggest issue I have is that the themes are incredibly heavy handed, which really kills any sort of interest when the message is so crystal clear. In all honesty, while I can appreciate the effort Marcelles has done this just seriously sits wrong without being said. Hopefully the drama of the old community exodus and the sparking over scp-2721 does not foreshadow similar events for menial reasons such as politics, and the site can remain relatively impartial. However given the moderation and the prevalent issues in this story do not bring me trust given my fears.

[@mariaapletneva]

Yeah, the lack of subtlety ruins it for me too. Everyone is acting out of character

[@rickwrites2612]

Politics= menial? Lol wow

[@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226]

That's because the author is a woke weirdo with bullshit pronouns.

[@weyrgeuhgr6268]

pretty sure its a different bright

[@thelohrsaga8214]

Getting a bit tired of the foundation being entirely populated with careless idiots who I could outsmart. I prefer the articles where they actually act with caution and intelligence.

[@sssspider]

Or, barring that, articles where they’re actually cold and goal-oriented to the point of being cruel and evil, rather than articles like this where they act in incomprehensibly stupid ways that run completely counter to their stated goals and motivations just so that the story can have an evil Foundation as the villain.

[@shikikkaneddy]

Another W for the sensible Foundation who managed to help the Finfolks

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

What you dont like the Foundation acting like a modern government?

[@JudicialBrat]

@@Lrr_Of_Omikron The thing is. The Foundation are not your average government run by mumbling idiots. This Organization is made up by the Brightest and Intelligent mind to exist and is ruled by a bunch of monsters that seeks to protect humanity, there is no wrong on sometimes making the Foundation somewhat incompetent for the plot buut this one is literally just filled with foxhole and a bruh moment for a renowned researcher.

[@sssspider]

​@@Lrr_Of_Omikron If they "acted like a modern government", they would be doing evil because they think they stand to benefit from it in some manner. As it stands in this story, they're doing evil things because the plot requires them to do evil things so that they can be the villain, even though the things they're doing completely goes against any internal motivations they could possibly have. They're a literal strawman, made to do stupid and evil things because they represent a group that the author thinks is stupid and evil. The thing is, though, they really don't have to be. The story as it stands COULD work if: a) It's clearly implied that the O5's are fully aware of the fairy genocide from the very beginning, and are intentionally condoning it through inaction because they kinda hate fairies anyways and think it won't affect their mission of the continuing survival of humanity, until the consequences become too big to ignore and it blows up in their faces. b) The initial effects of the anomaly are subtle enough that they CAN be plausibly dismissed as non-anomalous by the O5's without them coming off as complete morons. Like, make it a drop in average temperature in the Amazon followed by a mass die-off - unlike a blizzard in the Amazon, that's something that COULD be reasonably written off as just an effect of mundane climate change. Or, alternatively, you could make it a story about corruption, with a rabidly anti-anomaly or anti-Fae O5 Council that has forgotten WHY the Foundation S, C and P's in the first place (to protect humanity), and is willing to take every possible measure to continue the fairy genocide even if it means the end of civilization as we know it, because they could care less about what happens to the rest of the world as long as the Foundation gets to stand victorious over a mountain of dead fairies. You could potentially even imply that it's the Foundation didn't just condone the Maxwellists but actually *baited* them in by leaving the well to 4000 open and unguarded; such that at the end of the story, the Foundation is deceiving the Maxwellists into thinking that the Foundation is working *with* them, when in reality they've been playing into the Foundation's hands the entire time. Having the Foundation being characterized as either doing stupid things because they're misguided short-sighted, or doing *seemingly* stupid things that are actually part of an evil and Machiavellian plan, would both make for a much more compelling metaphor for the inaction of real-world governments to climate change, and would fit the Foundation's established characterization. Look no further than Project Palisade (of which TES has done an excellent multi-part reading of) that manages to pull off BOTH in a really interesting way. Whichever one the author wants, though, it's not my job as a reader to bend over backwards ascribing motivations with no supporting textual evidence just to make the story not completely stupid - it's the *author's* job to write it into the story. My issue with this article isn't that it's a transparent metaphor for the government response to climate change, but that it's a potentially interesting concept that's been so incompetently handled.

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

I love these readings. I've checked out a bunch of other SCP channels and I noticed they usually just repeat what the SCP wiki says with their voices in a different tone. The Exploring series tho gives us a narrative and helps explain the SCP's in a way that allows you to visualize what the author intended.

[@Star-Bubbles123]

Absolutely, this is why this channel is the best SCP channel on KZbin.

[@davidpash2169]

Yeah I've been following this guy since he started doing scps, the SCP community hella chose him , his editing and video format is great . He has a video where he talks about getting into the final fantasy series and about where he wants his channel to go and it hella didn't go where you wanted it to it seems to just went to scp's

[@angryman132]

@@davidpash2169 he's stuck with scp now, look at every video that's different from scp and it gets no views

[@longle88]

Check out the Volgun , he frames these in a different way as well

[@nooneshome8746]

Dr Bob anyone?

[@fallendeus]

One main problem with the first story (and no it is not about the saint using a stolen name) is that the fae referred to her as a saint and she acknowledged it as a title.. and as far as the fae go that is as good as a name. So the game had been won in that moment and the story should have been over.

[@GangurEXE]

That's true also wasn't saying the fae names just as risky as telling them your own? SCP 4000 article goes out of its way not to give any of the fae in there any names and yet here all the fae have unique nemes.

[@fallendeus]

@@GangurEXE yeah. Giving something a name is just as bad. Which is why scp 4000 is called something different all the time. If they actually gave the forest an actual name it is just like giving your name to them. This isnt a well written scp, it took established lore and butchered and abused it to make a mediocre story that the author thought was so deep and meaningful. The author stood on the shoulder of giants that came before and made the literary equivalent of a tiktok video with sad music playing reciting some shallow poetry.

[@joaquinlanderretche]

@@fallendeus Boy oh boy, that comment was brutal. I agree with you though. One could write a text longer than the article itself by just listing all the plotholes. "Where does the snow come from?", "why wasn't "saint" good enough as a name?", "why do all the fairies have names now?", "why wouldn't the *Secure* - Contain - *Protect* Foundation secure or protect the fairies, one of its most volatile anomalies?", "why would the foundation let a well known GOI act freely with no concern about its ultimate motives?", "How could you steal Dr. Bright's name if he has the Amulet?", "Wouldn't Bright's interview be layered with security measures designed to deal with fae?", "wouldn't Hedwig be contained as an anomaly by the fact that she can anomalously transform fae folk into pygnite?", "what actual benefit was there for the foundation in working with the Maxwellists, who created the problem in the first place?"... This article could have been really good, but the execution broke and broke my suspension of disbelief far too many times. And the worst part is, that the impression I get is the one you described: the try-hard edgy-deep nature of the story makes it feel so shallow that in the end it defeats the point, and doesn't get its message across.

[@grilledleeks6514]

@@fallendeus OK relax nerd scp 4000 isn't that great either. This is written fine

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

@@grilledleeks6514 You dont understand. SCP-4000 is involved here and this scip is written by someone who doesnt understand how SCp-4000's rules work

[@Florkl]

This SCP was…weird. Everyone felt notably out of character. Also I wonder if the cold was caused by the pygnite’s heat. Conservation of energy and all that. So making more pygnite was actually making everything worse.

[@thecraze21]

For the video it looks that O5-2 was a maxwellist for they fever opposition to at least investigate what was going on there and being an O5 well they can easily stop or delay the foundation in doing something...

[@enthiegavoir5955]

Yeah, I liked the test logs, but this story literally feels like they took the twist from that one GRU-P SCP and splattered a whole bunch of genocide and holicost imagery and had the characters play hot potato with the idiot ball.

[@snowblind9290]

I hate how the fae are portrayed as basically elves as opposed to the more classical, dangerous complicated creatures who's very nature demands that you follow an intricate series of rules lest you wind up cursed. Also it's funny how the Maxwellists were able to enter the "Court of Oberon" and kill so many fae in spite of all the crazy rules and restrictions they are under such as: 1.04 Type 1 subjects must avoid accepting or directly handling that which could be considered a valuable resource. This includes (but is not limited to) forms of currency, precious metals and stones, objects imbued with useful anomalous properties, and WELL-CRAFTED WEAPONRY. Like an iron sword

[@jezibelle673]

It literally states that

[@elahnaurofer6163]

Saint somehow recognizes the fey to be a liar, immediately decides to trust fey and play a game, then immediately lies in game you are not supposed to lie in.

[@noahschneider400]

I was surprised that but this wasn't series 5000. This was so stupid it was unbelievable, why didn't the foundation deal with the maxwellians is when they realized they were causing this blizzard? Why would the blizzard wipe out humanity? There are like a dozen SCPs that could make infinite copies of someone so how could they run out of Ferries? That riddle game was the stupidest thing of all, if they can just steal people's identity so we easily how could they have possibly lost so badly? To be clear, as usual I'm complaining about the SCP NOT the exploring series channel (which is fantastic)

[@BattleF08]

The SCP comes off as kinda dumb in this one. I mean, it's absolutely clear the Pygnite is causing the Blizzard. The sensible thing to do is contain its effects, destroy it, somehow resurrect it, or at least get it off-world. I guess I can appreciate the lesson that if a God is telling you to do morally horrific things, not really the benevolent being you believe in.

[@Smokecall]

My exact thoughts by 37:00. They know what's up so shut down the source. But I guess the resources provided by the process ended up triggering a gold or oil rush

[@PsicoPrime]

yeah sadly the shift to more narrative tales than scientific article also brought with it the cheap "make it edgy to make it interesting"

[@alw2839]

@@PsicoPrime Volgun does the science but perfect.

[@wbnc66]

The Maxellians are religous fanatics. They are not going to stop. The Foundation waited too long so they are caught in a paradoxical trap. To survive they need Pygnite, but pygnite harvesting is the reason they need pygnite to begin with. They let the process go too long before they realized they were in a trap, now they can't escape it.

[@pesty4592]

@@alw2839 why are we taking about volgun lol, the article had a more narrative perspective and lost out on a bit of the ‘scientific’ details

[@Filthnails]

Eh, I don't know... this is a good read, but the logic in the story seems flimsy in several places. The Foundation, even past their initial lack of response don't seem much like themselves in this beyond their simplest ideal of keeping humanity alive. The Maxwellists are basically just story catalysts and I'm not very convinced the Foundation ever needed to work with them or act under their interests by the end. For better or worse, I get a strong vibe of White Wolf's Changelings themes here with fae and Maxwell factions, which is fine. I feel like the story as a whole has a convenient karmic doomed flow to it, particularly with the Foundation's 'We tried nothing and we're all out of ideas, better ally with the myopic faction who started this' direction. Also, the Dr Bright assassination also feels a little too convenient and clumsy in regards to his characterization.

[@bliss7470]

I agree with you.

[@quaromir2397]

I agree. Some of the interactions and situations were interesting, but overall this one is lacking depth and meaning for all its length and complexity. Still, not the worst SCP out there.

[@neondeer3396]

I’m just glad Bright finally got to die, god knows that man needed it

[@kyotra]

That's because the author is a hack who used the story as a vehicle for their tokenism.

[@furiousfinch1587]

Bright's "assassination" working at all seems nonsensical, as does the fact that the fairy got away with it. You don't think half the council was watching that exchange? Brains abuzz with mnestic drugs and enchantments? It'd be more ominous if it was made clear that she didn't get away with anything, and she in Bright's body was not let out of that chamber, but that they allowed her onto the council in Bright's place for other reasons she never could have foreseen, and which are not explained.

[@reinernst8203]

I just re-watched a golden oldie of yours from 3 years ago. And I have to say your voice / recording skills have improved considerably over the years. But you've always been a pleasure to listen to. Thanks for all the years of quality content, you're one of my all time favorite yt channels.

[@custardclips7751]

I think he just has better equipment now.

[@Zeppathy]

Defiantly felt more like a weird fan story than a legit scp entry. Especially that ending.

[@d4s0n282]

100%, like there was so many things like no sense, for one bright would not have swapped due to him being a scp, he would just fight for control is a great example

[@rickwrites2612]

They're all just weird fan stories.

[@brennan8899]

Gotta Love the 6000 series that is almost entirely references to previously written SCPs that just kind of rewrites them and how they work. "Let's make the Fae more human and make it so the previously written rules and theories in the original SCP just don't exist anymore, also lets make the foundation do something they would never do and just let people slaughter SCPs cause there isn't numerous tales of them stopping things like this. ON TOP OF THAT lets make Dr. Bright to stupid to breath because plot twist and suspense." Like dude what if you just make something a bit more original instead of trying to Rip off DJ Cactus who has his own issues with doing this.

[@borisdorofeev5602]

1. Why is it the Maxwellists trying to use the pygnite when they're all about reviving the Broken God by using the internet to merge human consciousness? 2. Why would the SCP allow Maxwellists to invade SCP 4000? 3. How is a giant snowstorm over the Amazon not anomalous? 4. Why was Hedwig allowed to use the name Eckhart? 5. If the Maxwellists need all the pygnite to resurrect Wan Why do they allow the SCP to harvest the faeries? 6. Why is Dr Bright in this? Why does his amulet do nothing? 7. Why does SCP 4000 not follow any of the other rules presented in that entry? 8. Why does the SCP need pygnite when they can just stop the storm by not killing faeries? 9. Why is pygnite the only thing that can keep people warm?

[@ismaelhiza4423]

I'm sorry, but this story has too many holes for me to properly enjoy. Bright didn't have any type of system in place to prevent the fae from stealing his name? the simple fact that he agreed to the game is already beyond suspect. Also, wasn't the game supposed to be a back-and-forth of questions? why did she keep asking questions in a row, then? And the fact that the Foundation would let a known GOI fuck around in one of their most secret places, SCP-4000, of which they take such heavy precautions to not let any fairy out. I understand the author wanted to tell a story, I admire that...but that story creates such simple yet irreparable plot holes in the world-building, that I simply can't suspend my disbelief.

[@saulgallagher5668]

I'm still confused how it could be snowing in the Amazon and the Foundation wonder if it could snow in a rainforest... how extreme is climate change if that's anything close to non anomalous

[@christiangauthier727]

Yeah. I've got to agree with you on this one. Through a strong conscious effort, I managed to hang in there and keep my suspension of disbelief _(barely hanging by a thread)_ till the end, because I rather enjoyed some aspects of this story and wanted to know where it was going, what the author was going to do with the world he built. And while it's not a bad story in and of itself, as there are some solid elements like the Fae Protagonist & the atmosphere & world building in the first third/half of the article, in the end everything falls apart for 2 main reasons: 1- Too many plot holes, most of which are gaping/huge and creating some intense head scratching problems as we all try to follow the story while making sense of the into that's being fed to us. An example, that was really the nail in the coffin for me, was "where does the blizzard/snow come from?" It started as a simple nuclear winter ash snowfall but somehow became a real cold weather phenomenon that's expanding and of anomalous nature, although none of it is explained nor makes any sense. Tess' hypothesis about a link with the Fae/Pignite expelling/creating water is really trying to grasp at nothing _(and shows what happens when you try too hard to correlate plot elements)_ as what I gathered from the Pignite being covered in water after being subjected to torture when reunited & left in silence with other Pignite "pieces"/entities?? Another major logic issue as it's clear that the metal contains some remnant of the Fae's consciousness, but at multiple points in the story they talk about harvesting parts of the whole (body)... so what happens then? Are all pieces made from the same individual somehow copies and each sentient? Or are they only sentient when all gathered or a big enough part? Doesn't make any sense once again! Well. What I gathered from the mention of water covering the "stones" seemed to me more like the author suggesting that these were tears than anything else... Certainly *not* the origin of the storm's water! 2- The other *MAJOR* issue that you mentioned, that is so important that it probably even supersedes the gruyère plot (Swiss cheese) & tons of continuity and logic problems, is that the author strays too far from the SCP Foundation's "Core Canon". Dr Bright, besides the fact that he's one of the warmest & most compassionate character out there, which is clearly the reason he was chosen, has this whole "Soul Necklace" thing going on, which is very problematic in this story as it would probably offer immunity to the Fae's Name Magic to swap bodies... Or at the very least it raises lots of serious questions, issues, none of which are addressed... I won't list all the other deviations from the SCP Universe's Canon as you did a good job. It's just that, *even with such a loose and extremely flexible Canon,* the author still manages to brutally shatter our suspension of disbelief by having well established characters, GOIs and organizations, act in ways that are just way too far off what is believable to allow for the reader to accept these acts. Like you said, the SCP Foundation would *never* have acted this way! ~> In the end, everything wrong with this article boils down to one single, common but always fatal mistake on the part of the author, one you just never can get away with: having elements (characters, items, organizations, etc.) happen and be there only to serve the story, regardless of if it makes sense or not. That's how characters are made to behave totally "out of character." If I'm not being clear enough, take the following example as an analogy of my point: Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi!!! That's *not* Luke Skywalker... Everything he does and says goes against the very spirit, the essence of the character, everything he ever stopd for, and is he's there only to serve the story, to make it go where the "author" wants, managing to bastardize and desecrate our common modern culture and myths, commiting the most Vile of Cardinal Sins in Storytelling and Fan Service/Respect!

[@JudicialBrat]

Most SCP articles nowdays love portraying the Foundation as the most dumbass people to exists.

[@kaimagnus5760]

To be fair, I usually just look at these stories as a Multiverse and sweep away inconsistancies as just being minor variences. Like in this version clearly SCP-4000 wasn't a very high priority for the foundation considering the Maxwellists got as far as nuking the place without the Foundation interfearing.

[@koitern8785]

Why would body swapping even work on Bright, wouldn't she just get suppressed by the necklace unless Bright decided to take it off?

[@Daisy-Doo]

The author doesnt seem to have very much SCP or Foundation knowledge with the amount of holes they left in this story and how out of character pretty much everyone is.

[@johnnyhasselburg6918]

Today is a sad day. After discovering this amazing channel 3 months ago I've finally gone through all 200+ videos on the Playlist. Listening to your narrations have gotten me through many a long work day. Your skills as a presenter have continously improved and I look foreword to hopefully hearing many more scp videos from your excellent channel.

[@bradthebreadstick]

first time?

[@jakdanny6753]

I know it hurts, but at least he's regular on his uploads

[@montypython5521]

Of all the unbelievable things the foundation has done this is the most unbelievable.

[@abnormallylargemonkey9334]

I’m confused on how Fae managed to steal Bright’s name. Wouldn’t the necklace prevent her from doing so?

[@micramism6431]

it would.

[@llambsauce5148]

I imagine she would take over his body for a moment, but she would be slowly overwritten by his amulet, killing her mind and rendering her efforts useless

[@GHOSTRIDER373737]

Or maybe Bright never got the amulet in this reality.

[@Acertaintouhoufan]

Most likely.

[@JudicialBrat]

Bad writing

[@KK-my6hw]

Wouldn't Bright's amulet have just overwritten the mind again almost instantly?

[@sealacious]

It's not about his mind, but about his identity. Fae steal your very identity. Not just your brain.

[@PhazonEnder]

So a fairy managed to trick Dr. Bright and stole his name. Does that mean that she's now bound to Bright's amulet and is essentially immortal, or is the amulet a non-factor in this particular version of the Foundation?

[@TheBlazzer12]

One of a few plot holes, yeah. I assume the real Dr. Bright is still in the amulet, just nameless now.

[@AthaxDesigns]

@@TheBlazzer12 I mean if the fairy is wearing the amulet, dr. bright should have his body back in no time.

[@RinAldrin]

Ironically his name was stolen and slapped on someone else before being stolen again by the fae

[@princehatencj7484]

The 05 Dr. Bright is JACK Bright's father Jack refused to be an 05

[@rickwrites2612]

Is the amulet specifically about naming? Otherwise I don't see why it would be part of the switch effect. Taking a name has nothing to do with persons body it's only effect is nomenclature. So anyone who KNEW Dr bright is in the amulet, would think of the Fae as being in it, but the Fae wouldn't actually be in it . People have a really hard time understanding the nomenclature thing.

[@bumpissfrumpiss2270]

The Mekanites are usually portrayed as the 'good faction,' so it's nice to see them as being more dark and sinister.

[@apexhunter935]

No one said that. While they're normally more favorable than say the sarkites that dosen't mean they're automatically the good guys

[@bstardtedcruz8022]

The mekanites are often showed as the good guys, but in reality they are unknowingly the bad guys. Bringing back mekane would bring about the end of the world. Sarkics are trying to stop that from happening.

[@jonskowitz]

What seems to get them in trouble is their attempts to resurrect Mekane. Both attempts were disastrous.

[@myrmexi_mien]

right?!? so nice to see exploration into their darker potential when the mekanite / sarkic split is so often boiled down to "alright / evil"

[@sugarkane1571]

I like when the Mekanites are painted in a more grey area. I always like stories where the Mekanites are the good guys, but I always enjoy a good old Mekanites do bad things. That’s what religion is like, after all.

[@shun-li8204]

I didn't expect to end a TES video feeling furious as all hell, but here I am. Thanks man.

[@Fernlom]

Side note, hearing The Exploring Series swearing is quite the experience

[@TheHalogen131]

I like it. He usually doesn't swear (because there's no need), but doesn't change the citations to "freaking" or whatever. It's good, shows he has a lot of integrity and respect for the original work, whatever it would be.

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

Wait TES said some swear words in this one? Now I gotta rewatch it since I dont remember hearing him say any.

[@RelativelyBest]

Seems to me the Foundation forgot about the "protect" part of their mission statement. Really, this is The Remains of a Chair all over again except on a global scale: The reason the Foundation considers termination of an SCP to be the last resort is that you don't always know what's going to happen if you try to destroy an anomaly, and you may end up making things way worse. So it's _kinda_ weird they didn't think it worth intervening in the genocide of a very magical species. They really should have realized something like that might have very serious consequences. It's not all about keeping anomalies secret, preventing this exact sort of scenario is also part of their job.

[@DarkVeghetta]

Indeed.

[@sugarkane1571]

Glad I’m not the only one who thinks this. I actually loved the short story with the fairy kid escaping the Maxwellist genocide, but I had to do a spittake when it was revealed that the SCP foundation is working with the Maxwellists. I know we shit on the Ethics Committee a lot, but this is when it SHOULD come into play. The SCP foundation should know better than committing genocide and turning fairies into sentient bricks of agony, and I’m frankly disappointed that they have chosen to stoop to the Maxwellist’s level to keep themselves alive. Also, the part about ignoring the voices of the pig iron makes me sick. The foundation rarely lies about anything in their documents, and even then it’s usually for the good of the reader from a cognitohazard or something. But this is just lying to the employees to save themselves from the liability of morality.

[@UnstableEquilibrium]

I was under the impression that the SCP wasn't aware that the fairies were being attacked at first. So now that the damage is done, the believe that making more pygnite is the best thing to do.

[@sugarkane1571]

@@UnstableEquilibrium But making more pygnite seems to be causing the snowstorm, and you’d think a foundation focused on maintaining baseline reality would rather preserve as many snow-free areas as possible while finding an alternative energy source to fight entropy…

[@UnstableEquilibrium]

@@sugarkane1571 I'm also assuming they did the math and figure that pygnite is their best bet even if it is making things worse.

[@TheApollo90]

This is seriously one of the most far fetched SCP’s, and that is saying something. What part of “Secure, Contain, Protect” doesn’t apply to SCP 4000? 4000 is arguably one of the foundations most volatile SCP’s just because of what it represents, and what could happen if anything goes wrong, and the foundation just lets a group of interest fuck around in it because it doesn’t affect the veil at the moment? This goes against everything foundation stands for.

[@hudo108]

This SCP is what happens when Twitter and Reddit people are left to their own devices on the wiki. It's also the perfect example of why the quality dropped off fairly hard after the old community exodus. So many inconsistencies, power fantasies and badly executed attempts at deep writing just for the sake of it.

[@sssspider]

The most cringeworthy part is how it tries to play off “THE INGOTS ARE FAIRIES!!!” as a serious twist, as if it’s not immediately obvious from the get-go.

[@jadennavarrofilms2377]

@@hudo108 I don’t really believe it’s Reddit/Twitter people that are making these articles. I think it had something to do with the 6K contests itself, more so with the theme that was selected which was ‘nature.’ Dr. Cimmerian said it best, where the #K contests themes are so broad that anyone can write whatever they want, and then just slap in the theme just so it can be accepted in the contests. And the contests also have a limited time (1-2 months if I recall) to pitch an idea, write drafts, get feedback to edit drafts, rinse and repeat up until the contest is near its end and you gotta make your submissions. Then for the next 3 months you post, and wait for everyone read your article and vote on it. Of course highest votes win. I think that because they have a limited timeframe to work with, they have to come up with something that somehow fits with the themes. And to me, that doesn’t really sound like a good idea. Because you would never want to rush art, let alone stories. And the ones that TES covered are usually ones where the foundation are depicted as evil, incompetent, apathetic, generally in a negative light. It’s a tripe that has been here since Series 1 (Example: SCP-054 The Water Nymph) I think these writers have stuck with this trope because I think they believe that they’re making something “fresh” when in reality, it’s just easy to put the blame on an shadowy organization that isn’t restricted by any government, isn’t known by the public, and is basically a militarized prison. And honestly, yeah, I’m sick of the trope too. It’s been done to death for years. And some of my favorite articles are when the Foundation does some actual good. Which TES has most definitely covered. And even some other 6K articles are actually really good and deserve more attention. (SCP-6200 & SCP-6783 for starters.) which show the foundation actually trying to do some good. While also fitting with the themes of nature. Again, I don’t think it’s Twitter/Reddit or left-wing politics are to blame for some of these articles. Because these writers have definitely put in a lot of time and effort into these articles. But they did rely on tropes namely “Foundation bad and dumb” and to me, that’s just being lazy.

[@teneleven5132]

Yeah the main thing that strains my suspension of disbelief is having pignite being seemingly the ONLY source of heat that they can use in to stay warm, to the point they don't appear to have pursued any other option whatsoever.

[@JudicialBrat]

Their Headcanons are the definition of r/iam14andthisisdeep

[@overpope3510]

Goddamnit I do not deserve another one hour scp read but you bring them nonetheless.

[@spidersinmykeyboard6367]

“In order to pad out the length of this video….” Well done sir. Well done.

[@ethanh5978]

Not a huge fan of this one tbh. To me it isn’t consistent with how the foundation operates. I’m not a fan of stories where the foundation is bumbling idiots for no reason and especially not a fan of the way the council is acting in this one. Like complaining about the cost of giving that coin thing gold? They literally have a coffee pot that can produce liquid gold. I don’t know, no hate against the authors but it just doesn’t feel like an SCP tale, it feels like a story someone had that they changed to try and fit into the SCP universe but by doing so, made all of the SCP characters act crazy.

[@satanpills6232]

It gives us something different so what’s wrong with it? Uniqueness is a very good thing I enjoyed this new perspective a lot. Stories at the end of the day are better then scps since they are more detailed instead of simply reports, so even if you say it seems that it’s just a story molded into the scp universe I find that idea pretty entertaining.

[@ethanh5978]

@@satanpills6232 To me, the thing about the foundation I love is that regardless of how little each SCP connects to one another, together all of them build a cohesive world (even if some of them do directly contradict each other sometimes). It’s just my personal opinion, but stories like this destroy that cohesion for me. The established way the foundation works is completely upended, and it doesn’t (at least to me) add anything to the narrative by doing that rather. It doesn’t become more interesting to me because the foundation can’t do their jobs, it feels like a writing crutch. If you enjoyed that’s great, I just wanted to try to explain why I didn’t.

[@satanpills6232]

@@ethanh5978 Yep that’s perfectly fine, I just wanted to give my own opinion

[@ethanh5978]

@@satanpills6232 Understandable, have a nice day!

[@UGNAvalon]

Pretty sure the condensation on the pygnite was just regular (if anomalously produced) teardrops caused from whatever-fragment-of-consciousness-is-left recognizing a fellow mutilated fae. In that case, the blizzard isn’t caused by a sudden increase in condensation (otherwise it’d just be a rainstorm), but instead just another result of pygnite production (which kinda makes sense: the metal itself continuously emits heat, but as a result of producing it, you create a phenomenon that instantly & continuously saps heat).

[@dasdeke]

So much to take away from this one, but the ones that come to mind are blind faith and indifference. Both the Maxwell's and the Foundation could have prevented this, but by their blind actions, made it worse. How interesting that one council member who wanted to help, ended up being converted, and helping in a different way (though at loss to him). Makes REAALLY think 02 was in on this.

[@nonusbusinissus5632]

Hmm, there is a moral and ethical mismatch tho. You cant blame bystanders with committing a crime. While surely a grey area ethically, there is a pretty firm distinction between someone who commits something, and someone who does nothing to prevent it. Its two distinct categories, at least to the point where if you were to take revenge on the neutral bystander, you'd be considered to be fully and completely in the wrong. You can despise people for not helping you, but you have no place or basis for blaming them. That would be a level of entitlement that instantly puts you into the morally and ethically wrong position.

[@killianjudemisagal9754]

@@nonusbusinissus5632 no its more like a policeman or a fire fighter not being able to save lives

[@AnimeShinigami13]

I got that impression too. And as the "newest" 05 Bright had no way of really countering that.

[@JudicialBrat]

Whats with 02 in stories acting the most stupid for some reason?

[@konduit8256]

It doesn't make sense how a fairy can take over Bright's "body" considering he is a consciousness trapped inside a magical amulet. The moment the fairy took over the body, Bright's conciousness would just overwrite it

[@gayrurumon]

Wow. To me it seems like this story is intentionally evoking some strong holocaust imagery and themes. I don't personally feel equipped enough to say whether it handles those themes well, but... it made for an especially grim story, that's for sure. I mean I liked it over all, but jeeeeeeez, it's a lot of heavy stuff to process.

[@joshuasutherland6692]

I got holocaust imagery over and over. I'm not a fan of the Fae bieng turned into utility objects but I guess it's a viable plot reason for the foundation to be assisting in genocide instead of preventing it.

[@bliss7470]

It's kinda cringe. The way its written sounds like its being romanticized: the diary of the Fae child, gave me those kind of vibes.

[@DarkVeghetta]

This isn't an SCP article, it's a moralistic story about 'genocide bad, mkay'. Good technical writing at times, terrible characterization, and all the subtlety of a chick tract.

[@bliss7470]

@@DarkVeghetta The technical writing was not good, it's littered with plot holes.

[@DarkVeghetta]

@@bliss7470 There, I qualified it. It did have good technical writing in certain parts, but it all went down hill by the mid-point.

[@wastedmonkey5819]

I love getting off work and getting home to find these videos after my Sunday night shifts. Best part of the week.

[@Halloweenish]

“In other words, someone *nuked* the fairies.” I love that I’ve read enough scp articles for that line to make sense

[@derekdrake8706]

Wait.. _"You can't give a stolen name!"_ *"tHaT wAsN't SpEciFiEd"* Is probably the most neck beard move I've ever seen. I call bullshit.

[@Master_E444]

It’s contract/rule Magic. It probably requires specific rules like a Devil deal

[@derekdrake8706]

@@Master_E444 The game specified that the first to lie loses, the question was: "What is *your* name?" The saint gave somebody else's name, it's a lie, the saint lost. Then again, if the saint was actually smart, she would've just killed the fairy instead of playing it's game. There's an old saying: Stupid people play stupid games lol.

[@spencergreen3581]

@@Master_E444 And the question was "what is your name" not what is a name you stole. Even if you steal a name it does not become your name. Based on old folklore and legends around name magic/ True names if someone gives their True name it may be taken and that gives the taker power in some way but taking a name does not make it your name. So answering the question "what is your name" with anything other than you name is a lie in this situation

[@Akumetsubg]

This is what doesnt make sense to me. Maybe the story is false and the Saint lost, but that would mean a fairy is moving the biggest fairy slaughter, it is weird.

[@caspianchan2371]

@@Akumetsubg this makes it 10x more amusing and interesting.

[@majin_isaiah3389]

This is truly a sad SCP, it's unlike the foundation to not take action or even investigate. The only feasible way I can see the snowstorm ending is by introducing an SCP that heats up the planet probably SCP 001 (When day breaks), but at this point, we'd be introducing a bigger monster.

[@killianjudemisagal9754]

its kinda weird how ethics committee doesn't do anything

[@JudicialBrat]

Dont worry about it, this Canon is doomed lol

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

@@killianjudemisagal9754 Probably because it didn’t have anything to do with humans.

[@sssspider]

A massive blizzard in the Amazon Rain Forest absolutely affects humans. Even if the SCP Foundation doesn’t care on principle if the Fae get slaughtered, they absolutely WOULD care about its apparently lethal after-effects. This entire story falls apart when the entire O5 Council decides to bury their heads in the sand for no conceivable reason and ignore a highly unusual and publicly visible event that should at the *very least* be further investigated to confirm or refute its anomalous nature. The author fails to give a compelling reason for why the Foundation would blatantly go against their prime directive of maintaining the veil of normalcy, because they didn’t act like idiots then the story wouldn’t work.

[@caprice28]

@@sssspider that's exactly my problem with that the foundation. They were idiots. and allowed that mess to happen. I kept waiting for a reveal in which the 0-5 council was being mind-controlled by the church of the Church if the Broken God. But that never came up.

[@aliceofspades]

I assumed that the reason the worldwide snow storm happened is because when the fairies were being slaughtered the natural balance of the world (nature and technology, chaos and law) was destroyed, which is why the storm got worse and worse as more and more fairies were killed. The only way to fix it was to let the fairies live and replenish their numbers, but now it is most likely far too late.

[@felipepubillones2768]

This is one of those that quickly made me lost. So much random stuff slapped together.

[@Martial-Mat]

That was sadistically horrific. There's nothing about the foundation that I like.

[@Exile_Sky]

It's almost like the author had The Foundation act like the GOC for the sake of "the plot"... No.. no I take that back. I don't think even the GOC would have been as dumb.

[@Martial-Mat]

@@Exile_Sky I'm not familiar with how the GOC behaves, although I get a sense from your comment. The foundation has always been fascistic, but this was just appalling.

[@mango_raider4116]

@@Martial-Mat the GOC basically operates on a Nazi/Imperium of Man type agenda, that basically goes: "everything unnatural/inhuman must die"

[@Exile_Sky]

@@Martial-Mat The Foundation is fascistic, with a very specific purpose. To "Secure" (anomalies), "Contain" (anomalies), and "Protect" (reality). In a lot of cases this includes the things they are securing and containing. The Foundation would never, under any circumstances, ignore something as blatant as snow over the rain-forest. This was actually the straw that broke me. The Foundation would never not send a MTF or researcher group to find out what is going on. No not even if an 05 said not to, since individual 05s don't determine Foundation policy. They are called a council for a reason. They are especially blatantly out of character when they have barged into Middle of Nowhere America and amnestisized entire towns over a slight uptick in missing person's cases in order to find an anomaly. Never-mind that The Foundation has held to a "Don't try to kill it unless there is a provable way to not just create a new problem" mentality. A lot of early SCPs were straight up warnings as to why trying to destroy an anomaly before you understand exactly what it is, is a VERY BAD IDEA. The results of early attempts is why the Foundation is very rules oriented (fascistic), its why The Foundation will feed human lives into a literal meat grinder to keep said meat grinder in a box for another 2 weeks, which is horrifying and dehumanizing but from their perspective, needed. For a while articles kept this up, but a lot of the recent ones either make The Foundation out to be cartoon villain levels of stupid or act like the GOC (Global Occult Coalition) where nothing matters if the goal of destroying or subjugating anomalies "might" be achieved or like MC&D (Marshall, Carter, & Dark) and are sleazy opportunists out for self gain. (See the story about the "Yggdrasil" life tree thing. That one actually pissed me off a great deal. The Foundation is not MC&D, they do not act for profit.) The SCP universe has good villain organizations with established goals, methods, and even a good deal of mystery to them to allow for plenty of expansion, but articles like this one either make the Foundation into those "enemy" organizations or completely butcher their general behavior for the sake of their narrative.

[@Martial-Mat]

@@mango_raider4116 Ahh right. Thank you for clarifying that.

[@nathanhawee5373]

Flippin sweet. I drive 2 hrs to get to and from work. So i listen to scp foundation. There so close to reality sometimes is hard not to tell if these things actually have happened. Excellent job on this one!

[@NicholasKratzer]

Of all the named characters the writer could have used, they chose Dr Bright. No mention of his immortality amulet at all. Quite the plot hole

[@ButtermilkCS]

Why was she able to give a false name and not be called out for lying, losing her the game?

[@Master_E444]

It was “stolen”

[@olipritchard8151]

Its a good question. Because if jack bright in that timeline had the amulet, he would have many names to choose from without lying. But in fairness, probably not eckhart. Although, the fae said she had stolen eckharts name. . . Either way, it worked out well for the story.

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

It was stolen, so it belonged to the saint.

[@Master_E444]

A lot of these comments are about the matter of the true name game that the Fae used but I have a different concern: why was it the Maxwell division of the Mekhanites that did this? Why wasn't it the Main Church or the Orthodoxy? Maxwellism explicitly focuses on reconstructing Mekhane as a digital entity through piecing together his data from across cyber space. So why would they need massive amounts of Pygnite to rebuild him? The Church or Orthodoxy would make more sense to take this route given their beliefs? Not really a big issue for me but it feels kind of like a glaring flaw. They act more like the primary church than the computer/data focused Maxwellists. I don't even think the other sects are mentioned in this at all

[@natwalpole2263]

I think there's a pretty rich vein of SCP lore that implies that the SCP Foundation if not part of the Church of the Broken God, is pretty clearly aligned with them when it comes to much of their ideology. I think if you tie this in with the idea that the CotBG was actually started by Foundation agents, there's a version of canon which frames the foundation as less of a guard against the anomalous and more of a participant in CotBG's agenda.

[@Parasolhyena]

That the thing is with scp being such an open source website, there are many stories that would agree with you but then there would be many stories that argue they are the scp foundations there worst enemies.

[@capnsteele3365]

@@Parasolhyena we usually assume theyre alternate realities

[@rad8866]

"I'll read the journal verbum, to pad out the video" all his videos are so serious but some times he sneaks something self aware and funny. I found a funny thing in another video too, but I don't remember witch one it is. I was such an unexpected joke that i laughed out loud.

[@jadennavarrofilms2377]

I think I’m starting to see why the beginnings of series 6 is dividing us right now I don’t really believe it’s Reddit/Twitter people that are making these articles bad per se. I think it had something to do with the 6K contests itself, more so with the theme that was selected which was ‘nature.’ Dr. Cimmerian said it best, where the #K contests themes are so broad that anyone can write whatever they want, and then just slap in the theme just so it can be accepted in the contests. And the contests also have a limited time (1-2 months if I recall) to pitch an idea, write drafts, get feedback to edit drafts, rinse and repeat up until the contest is near its end and you gotta make your submissions. Then for the next 3 months you post, and wait for everyone read your article and vote on it. Of course highest votes win. I think that because they have a limited timeframe to work with, they have to come up with something that somehow fits with the themes. And to me, that doesn’t really sound like a good idea. Because you would never want to rush art, let alone stories. And the ones that TES covered are usually ones where the foundation are depicted as evil, incompetent, apathetic, generally in a negative light. It’s a tripe that has been here since Series 1 (Example: SCP-054 The Water Nymph) I think these writers have stuck with this trope because I think they believe that they’re making something “fresh” when in reality, it’s just easy to put the blame on an shadowy organization that isn’t restricted by any government, isn’t known by the public, and is basically a militarized prison. And honestly, yeah, I’m sick of the trope too. It’s been done to death for years. And some of my favorite articles are when the Foundation does some actual good. Which TES has most definitely covered. And even some other 6K articles are actually really good and deserve more attention. (SCP-6200 & SCP-6783 for starters.) which show the foundation actually trying to do some good. While also fitting with the themes of nature. Again, I don’t think it’s Twitter/Reddit or left-wing politics are to blame for some of these articles. Because these writers have definitely put in a lot of time and effort into these articles. @Sneed said it best in his reply to me, “The challenges really aren't good for the site, it causes people to try forcing creativity and results in a bunch of samey articles that are all trying to be the most epic and deep thing ever. Recipe for disaster.”

[@polkalamypekopeko2969]

"All that it takes for evil to foster is for good men to do nothing"

[@allmight9840]

If good stands it's ground, evil will destroy itself.

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

@@allmight9840 Go beyond, PLUS ULTRAAAA!!!!!!!!!

[@compendiumphenomicinquiry9438]

I was fascinated when i read the article i really liked how the fae played the same game we got introduced to earlier with 05-7 so much effort put into this SCP

[@NoSoundbitesAllowed]

18:00 Ok that just made me laugh out loud. I don't mind the padding, you do a good job.

[@jkx349]

Now, all we need to do is wait for SCP 6900 or SCP 6969 and we're set

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Why, what's the big deal with the two?

[@Aris-tc9qy]

@@michaelandreipalon359 funny number

[@theboi1427]

one day brother

[@michaelandreipalon359]

What, the number two, the former SCP's first two numbers on its designation, or the latter SCP's numerical title?

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

Giggity

[@AsgerJon]

This narrative style is so brilliant. The reveal, the slow burn (lmao pun), loving it!

[@shadowknightgaming1874]

Hey I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you put into your videos your scp videos are sometimes the only thing that makes me happy which given the subject matter is kinda funny but keep up the good work

[@possumwithacowboyhat5140]

Never been this early. Please never end this channel. This is truly my favorite form of entertainment on KZbin.

[@rynnziolkowski4642]

Interesting SCP but not one I want in my own personal cannon, I personally don't believe the council would brush off people screwing with the fae so easily

[@sssspider]

It varies by canon, but it’s not uncommon for the Fae to be presented as the Foundation’s oldest enemy, with the most popular example being the Factory -001 specifically describing a Fae-Foundation war. Kaktusverse also has the Fae as mankind’s mortal enemy, and while it’s been a while since I read -4000 I’m pretty sure the implication was that the Foundation was at some point in the past directly responsible for the Fae’s current status as nameless entities. If there’s any group the Foundation would be more than happy to sit by and watch get genocided, the Fae would probably be at the top of that list.

[@shikikkaneddy]

Also , it feels *WEIRD* to me the idea of the Broken God folks against the Faeries Like , I'll give it to the author , it's unique , but feels *off*

[@grilledleeks6514]

Cannon. Lol

[@sugarkane1571]

> An O5 brings up a valid worry > A singular other O5 shuts it down > No voting :0

[@personal9372]

I swear half of the time I was thinking the foundation was actually a Maxwellist

[@enthiegavoir5955]

Eh, the story is really chilling, but there is so much grabbing of the idiot ball to fit whatever the plot demands. Edit: thinking about it more, wow this isn't a good SCP, the test logs are great and they should have been the main focus, as for the story as a whole, I'll copy paste here. I liked the test logs, but this story literally feels like they took the twist from that one GRU-P SCP and splattered a whole bunch of genocide and holicost imagery and had the characters play hot potato with the idiot ball

[@MGdawg10000]

Thank you so much. You always drop these at the perfect times.

[@bonafikam]

Yeah ok... The uncountable amount of contrivances and moments where logic ceases really stop me from enjoying this story. I kinda liked it at the start, but then it all just fell apart.. You're telling me the Foundation didnt even think that making a resource that endlessly produces heat with ""seemingly"" no drawbacks DIDN'T have anything to do with the giant blizzard consuming earth?? sure pal.

[@mariaapletneva]

I agree, that's rediculous. Why the hell would they side with these crazy cultists who clearly caused the blizzard in the first place???

[@rickwrites2612]

Why not, governments and corporations do shit like that all the time. Seems realistic. As long as there is some incentive to not realize , people won't .

[@mohamdmlg9027]

@@rickwrites2612 ok dude i've seen make the same point on many comments but ar you not forgetting that the P in SCP stand for protect

[@kylehughes1619]

I'm with you man. Since we're already being asked to suspend disbelief for so much, to me the smaller things do need to make sense logically.

[@grus.clausen]

@mohamdmlg9027 protect the anomalies, yes. Invalid argument

[@dr_palpy9214]

Have been hunting for this video for months. Listened to it once on random and have been hunting for it ever since.

[@danielmulhern3375]

I’ve been watching your At The Mountains of Madness video on repeat. Love it. Love em all. Keep up the good work;)

[@ashleighstratmann7783]

Fairy going to regret taking Dr. Bright's name when time comes for Dr. Bright's monthly termination. Weird it somehow manage to do since Dr. Bright's soul is tied to 963. Does that mean the Fairy's soul is now tied to 963?

[@garr123]

i really dont like when scp authors try to write actual prose. writing dry, technical entries on a fake wiki is hard to fuck up but even the little vignettes of prose in logs and transcripts usually lay bare the amateur nature of the project. when they go for anything near or beyond short story length pieces i start getting flashbacks of having to suffer through slush piles.

[@Maya-he2de]

@@joey_bonzo i mean she was not days later thrust into a situation where she could die at any moment. i dont think it's like great writing or anything but i don't think her trauma not coming through in her diary entries is the bad part

[@garr123]

the prose also just clunks and prattles along. even very skilled writers often have to go through multiple bouts of revision with an editor: excising shit they thought was great but is actually bad, tightening things up, killing their darlings etc. scp authors are not very skilled and don't seem to have an editor at all. or if they do he's also an amateur.

[@arcatia66]

I’ve never wished for an entire reality of humans to all die out in violent terror before so- absolute bravo to this author, I felt so many intense emotions and I was genuinely angry by the end portion. I love that in a story. make me feel

[@Qaos]

Not a huge fan o' this SCP, honestly. Everything just feels _wrong_ somehow.

[@joaquinlanderretche]

SCP-6800 - Swiss Cheese

[@johndow2289]

Is it the torture of an entire species?

[@Qaos]

@@johndow2289 No, that's why I don't like the Foundation, not why I don't like the SCP. It's pretty in-character with shit they've done before. My problem lies with the way the article itself is written, there's too many plot-holes, 'n' a large number o' characters don't act like they've been shown to do so before.

[@RinAldrin]

I had the same feeling with the SCP that went "acktualy the Daevites were just normal people". Felt so wrong and disappointing

[@bonafikam]

Bad writing lol :)

[@MrNoremac208]

Just what I need for my work shift. Hope you continue that 14 series man!

[@anonymousprime1738]

These videos are the highlight of my week

[@paladin4hirez477]

Thank you for putting these out, it's helped keep me going this last year.

[@mmmm00cheese35]

4am and can’t fall asleep perfect timing for this to come out

[@Xexelli]

I love when you read the journal entries, pad away!

[@rozemorgaine1886]

Fuck, what a horrifying concept. This is a good one, and give even more insight into some freaky fae properties.

[@hobonise]

Had no idea till yesterday that there were podcast versions of this show on Spotify!! My god and I thought I loved this channel heaps already that made my day

[@TheJum]

Not a big fan of this one. It actually has a lot of the hallmarks of what makes the 6000 series lackluster to me, in that it is quite on the nose with its allegories, and is completely out of character for the people and parties involved. For one, the foundation does not just protect the veil of secrecy. They would absolutely not just let a group of interest attack an SCP. They *especially* would not let them attack the Faeries. Are you kidding? How many world ending curses do you want? Speaking of Faeries, they are not sheep. They are the the remnants of an empire, and we have no idea what sort of nonsense and magic they have hiding in their forest. Even assuming you *could* attack them effectively, remember the whole “curses” thing? Yeah, the snow is basically a physical manifestation of the curse of their deaths, but they would be getting freakin *proactive* with that stuff. I’m talking serious “the rest of their race to curse the broken god into flesh and watch the other God eat it’s way out of prison” type stuff. The Faeries do not mess around. And the Maxwellists don’t have much in the way of of machine-punk vibes before this, if I’m not mistaken. What a weird faction to choose. Maybe because that would make the foundation suspect them less? But even then, isn’t their thing the joining of consciousness as opposed to resurrecting their God physically? And Dr. Bright, literally why is he here? Where is his medallion? How would stealing his name even work, other than just making two Dr. Brights? And there is no way in a million years he would ever in a million years play such a game, especially not with a Faerie of all creatures. Yeah. This is clumsy, disrespectful to the characters and lore(you can respect the lore and characters and still have a different canon), and was written by someone who just wanted to use the SCP universe to make a statement, not because they have any real love for the foundation itself. At the least, I see no love for the SCPF in this article. I’ll give the 6000 series one more try, should you cover them again. If it is yet another hard miss, I’ll just skip those videos from now on. I don’t have hours at a time to waste of authors who treat the universe like this.

[@osirisgem]

How is the idea of crumbling civilization living a world where no amount of money can buy food that can grow in solid ice be able to afford pignite? Furthermore, what good is money if there is nothing to buy? This feels poorly thought out. You remain an excellent narrator.

[@hinro]

it was an alright story until the end where it just falls apart. somehow bright is going from 05 intelligent to meme bright. the rules of the name game changing and somehow the first game repeating because....somehow bright knew about the first game? It was a shoddy ending. It's a mind swap so if he had the amulet on the fae gets mindwiped immediately when it enters the body. With the swap being internal it doesn't make sense to somehow have it overwrite the external amulet. it just doesn't make sense.

[@crimsonnemesis3511]

Shivered a little when you mentioned the Sunset Lake… I group playing around a Sunset Lake…

[@zerareota1560]

Could you answer the “What is your name?” Question by saying “What people call me by.” Or is that too sneaky

[@zeta280]

Gotta say, Im positively fed up with faries and names. Overdone doesn't even describe it.

[@diogene_s8032]

This one's a good one. Thank you for covering it!

[@ZimMan2]

A lot of folks have already pointed out a great deal of contrivances in this one, and while what I’m about to say is hardly a blip next to this story’s real problems, the portrayal of the Maxwellists jumps out at me too. Why them? Their whole thing is transhumanism through digital technology, why are they suddenly concerned with the fae and practicing arcane rituals? It almost feels like the GOI was chosen at random.

[@Milliondollarloser]

Secure, contain, protect. scp should have gone to war. Why would they side with the very ones that caused and are likely making worse the situation? Even if they failed to save them from genocide, such action should had gotten a response more than we should side with the people who doomed a race we were supposed to protect. And then talk of money when the world was collapsing, they were so short sighted that it’s a wonder they still existed at all.

[@cr76802]

Someone nuked the Fairies.. Everyone looks at Dr Bright..... Bright someone beat me too it?

[@runitback1985]

Ruthless barbarianism, post apocalypse, fairies being hunted down in cold blood. Or a love story gone wrong. Which is worse?

[@jayce1850]

Story: “This is not a job for the faint of heart, nor those that are easily disturbed.” Ad: “WE ARE FARMERS, BUM BADUM-BUM BUM BUM BUM.”

[@Sweet.peach21]

Woah 9 minutes early 😂 you’re getting eager Mr Exploring. Edit: I didn’t even notice it was an hour long 😩 you bless us, thank you

[@mastercharlesdiltardino8058]

I just listen to these over and over. good voice and compelling story. you need more subscribers. explore the filthy frank universe, explain the madness.

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

It feels like the author just picked the most popular names from the wiki then vomited their version of a SCP article without knowing what one really is.

[@pyrosianheir]

I feeeeell... like this one works best if viewed as one of those sacrificial unstable spin-off worlds created by the Foundation. If not... yeah, things are a little off from everything we know about 4000, and how the Foundation would 100% step in before things got that bad.

[@daniell1483]

I didn't really care for this one. It is one thing for some nameless D-class to do something stupid, but a member of the O5 letting a fey steal their name? That is really dumb considering the whole article revolves around knowledge of the name stealing ability from Bright's point of view. I have a hard time accepting the highest levels of the Foundation being this aggressively stupid. The idea of the fey being turned into this living metal is really interesting in concept, but I think the article fails in delivery. Too much story in this SCP for my taste anyway. Not a big fan of every SCP article being turned into a tale, but at least most of the tales are good. This one isn't.

[@user-mx7qp9ls3o]

And also wouldnt brights amulet just replace the conciusness of the fey back with brights?

[@Imaproshaman7]

I liked the joke about padding the runtime, haha. I like when it's read verbatim when it makes sense to though. Reminds me of SCP-3799 in terms of snow. This was really good.

[@graysnake5332]

Thank you I needed this today 🙏 💕

[@f.n.8540]

I thought it was kinda clever that she stole Dr brights name and his name has been replaced with “””Elias Shaw””””… now I see that the most meaningful part of the scp was completely unintentional and has been replaced

[@ChrisNihilus]

I don't like to be negative and I rarely am, but I'm gonna speak my mind now. Series VII is the worst thing that happened to the SCP. Everything is just a series of diaries, journals and texts made confusing for the sake of being confusing, putting random fantasy creatures and names to sound occult and esoteric, made extra long and convoluted because they confuse that with depth and lore. I've yet to read a single SCP from 6000 onwards that isn't absolutely and completely pretentious trash.

[@carola7893]

The game they played was Monopoly. It took a milenia and rumor has it, they are still playing it even now.