Reality's 8-Ball

Summary:

An 8-Ball that can change the course of reality through the answer it gives you.

Reality's 8-Ball

ToonBoy 25 Sep 2020 17:46

Seeking Greenlights: No

Page Type: SCP Article

Genre (Optional): Horror(?)

Page Layout (Optional): TBD

Elevator Pitch: The SCP is an 8-Ball that can change the course and outcome of reality with the answer it gives you from a question.

Central Narrative: TBD if there will be a story.

Hook/Attention-Grabber: Each question asked may change all the answers written on the 8-Ball. The more questions are asked by the same user, the more chaotic the outcomes may become. Some answers may also be more specific or detailed in some questions. If someone asks how they die, pictures of caused deaths will show up as answers. If they ask when, dates will appear. If they ask who, names, well-detailed faces will show. And if someone asks to undo everything they've done from the outcomes, the 8-Ball will start begin to shake and stop working for that user forever. In addition, that user will die a death unknown.

Additional Notes: This is my first idea for an SCP. I know it's kind of weird and I'm not the best at it, but I wanted to see if it wasn't made up yet (or if it wasn't bad). All criticism is welcome. I'm an open-minded guy so give any criticism. Thank you!

Last edited on 25 Sep 2020 19:49 by ToonBoy Show more

Re: Reality's 8-Ball

YellowISlol 25 Sep 2020 19:41

Heyo, It's Yellow, and ima be dropping a review today.

Forewarning, new to this somewhat still, so just know that.

Before starting the review, minor nitpick in format. Page type is missing, one of the required sections.

Now, onto the review. The thing that immediately caught my eye was the use of TBD. Don't hold back when giving a narrative, or for the idea concept in general. I understand the page type somewhat, but with narrative, you'll want to have one desperately. This concept is easily a major reality bender, and when it comes to reality bender, narrative is desperately needed. This is an object of unspeakable proportions, and as such, it needs a severe narrative. Narrative is best when it directly co-relates to the foundation, as well as how they use the object itself. You have this amazing object which directly changes the future for people, and you just, have it exist? Many will see that as lazy storytelling.

Narrative is the building block of an SCP, try to get one.

Good luck and happy writing!

~Yellow

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Re: Reality's 8-Ball

Marcelles_Raynes 25 Sep 2020 20:11

On behalf of the Team of the Oinks, I will be looking at this post!

Let's dive in, shall we?

The lack of narrative here is the major issue I have with this post, among other things. Majority of the SCP articles that get posted and survive on the site have some kind of story to them, ranging from horrifying explorations to subtle implications. A narrative is critical to the survival of a work in the modern day, and you will likely have a very difficult time writing an article without in mind.

Your anomaly isn't really that interesting either, unfortunately. The effect is very predictable and does not really leave a lot of room for narrative interpretation. Why does the user randomly die after undoing the events that would lead to their death? I suppose it could be because the universe wants to keep the status quo, but that isn't what is being presented here. How does the 8-ball predict what's going to happen to someone with perfect accuracy, and perhaps most importantly, why is this object created? You don't need to answer these questions in the article, but you should leave clues that will lead us to the conclusion naturally.

That's all I have for you today. I wish you the best of luck!

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~ M.D.R.