SCP Idea: Loki

Summary:

A being of mischief with a fascination with the foundation

SCP Idea: Loki

PosidenSon2002 23 Sep 2020 15:16

Seeking Greenlights: Yes

Page Type: SCP Article

Genre: Comedy

Page Layout: Will be a normal looking SCP article, but there will be stricken parts of the document that are comments made by Loki himself

Elevator Pitch: A small goblin like creature who has the ability to be invisible, teleport, and somehow hack the foundation data base and make changes to his own article. Loki isn't contained by the foundation due to his abilities, but spends most of his time stealing stuff and pulling pranks on the foundation because they "are fun" to Loki.

Central Narrative: The story will be told through a combination of interviews, containment attempts, incident reports, and termination attempts. The story will be how the foundation tries and fails to deal with this entity, increasing to more and more drastic measures; with them starting out just trying to contain him, but ending with the foundations realizing he's not worth the trouble and just trying to terminate him.

Hook/Attention-Grabber: As mentioned before, Loki will make comments in his own article that the foundation can't seam to get rid of, this will add a comedic tone to the article. Another attention grabber is that Loki somehow knows the identities of the 05 council members, this is the reason why the foundation wishes to terminate him because of the threat to secrecy he poses.

Additional Notes: The SCP isn't actually the Norse god Loki, he just goes by the name

Re: SCP Idea: Loki

Marcelles_Raynes 23 Sep 2020 22:26

On behalf of the team of the Oinks, I shall be looking at this piece!

Let's dive in, shall we?

this is the reason why the foundation wishes to terminate him because of the threat to secrecy he poses.

Starting at the end, this sentence right here sort of goes against everything that the Foundation is about. While I can understand that the article is comedic, it should still remain within the scope of the Foundation I feel. Even if the Foundation determines that the object is extremely difficult to contain, they typically will do everything in their power to keep it contained, or at least hidden from the public eye. For that reason, I don't think that the Foundation just deciding to terminate this anomaly is a good route to take.

That being said, I'm also not really a fan of this type of character. (The exact name for the trope is lost on me, but it's a very similar vein to say Sanjay and Craig or Fanboy and Chumchum). I feel as though messing with the Foundation, editing documents, and generally causing havoc "for fun" is a very poor motivation and doesn't provide a lot of depth to the character. Of course, you don't necessarily need that much depth for this type of article, but as the saying goes, there is always a method or reason behind the madness.

The character here is the main issue I have with this. Why would he be invested in editing the document on himself? Even if he does want to just cause trouble (which would be one dimensional and I would suggest avoiding leaving that as he only motive), surely there are better ways to do it than scribbling some notes on a bit of paper.

That's all I have for now. Good luck!

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