My brain is a little befuddled at the moment, but I like it. Uncertain how much of me liking it comes from having Dmatix explain it to me, though. Comments? (on the clarity issue, I mean.)
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This is exactly the kind of article that I like to see.
It takes a very interesting period in history, doesn't turn it in to a doomsday scenario, and instead explores the actual issue.
I can see the effort and scholarship put in to this, and award you my upvote. Keep up the good work.
I like this. Historical SCP and with a hell of a unlucky future. I still wonder what happened to the last guy, though.
Catharism seems so perfectly tailored for an scp that I am still a little shocked that it was a real faith.
I can't help but wonder if that steering malfunction was random chance, or if there is something larger going on behind the scenes. That sort of unlikely but possible explanation feels a lot like the mob informant who "hangs himself" in his prison cell without anyone noticing before he can testify.
There might be a good tale there, or even a seed for a GoI. The modern Inquisition, dedicated to eliminating the "blasphemies that mock God's creation" and "defending the faith of the flock" by "shielding them from the devil's tricks". A bit more insidious and subtler than the GOC, with infiltrators most everywhere. They generally don't interfere with Foundation operations, because containment and protecting normalcy has a lot of overlap with their own goals. But they do arrange little accidents for people/things like this that are more directly in conflict with their dogma.
That's an interesting idea for a tale. Maybe something even more out there, like a union of modern religions against anything disturbing the status que- that is, members from various religions trying to wipe out memory of old religions and exterminate new ones, and any SCP concerning them.
(account deleted)I can almost see modern day Cathars being a GOI themselves, trying to find ways to revive the faith in the modern day using anomalous objects. It'd be a nice deviation from groups such as the Church of the Broken God or the Fifthists whose SCPs tend to be mild to serious threats to humans/humanity.
Now THAT would be interesting - like, a movement to try recapture the ability to transcend, using SCPs somehow. A GoI that's not directly antagonistic for a change. Love it.
I've always kind of secretly wanted to see a GOC style Group of Interest run by the Vatican.
You know, I'm kinda considering making a religious GoI on that. Not just the Vatican, though, but a union of all major religions. They have meeting at various sacred sites around the globe and such, maybe call themselves something like "The Horizon Initiative". Could be neat. Hell, if I had to make a Cathar GoI, I'll call them something like the Montsegur Loyalists, after the last Cathar stronghold to fall in the crusade. I think more religious GoI's have potential.
I think that could be pretty interesting as long as it's incorporated well. I get the feeling something like that could feel forced and silly if not used right. I'd really like to see what could be done with that, though.
Naturally. I just like the idea of at least some branches of the major religions, some of which are so openly antagonistic to each other, secretly working together for some common goal, maybe suppressing dangerous new religions or trying to destroy the memory of old dangerous religions. They could have some interesting connections to groups like the Fifth and CotBG.
I now have an idea for a first tale. A cardinal arrives to the Armenian Quarter of old Jerusalem, and enters what seems to be an abandoned building. In there are three chairs, shrouded in darkness. He reports his success at using the Foundation to destroy the last remnant of the Montsegur Loyalists without it realizing it. After that, he asks for permission to begin action against a more serious threat. After arguments relating to all sorts of historical events, the middle chair, a spokesman for a subgroup Beni Shamai, approves, as does the right chair, the spokesman for Atibba al-Kitab. Finally, the left chair, of the Occulti Luminis, relents.
They then go on to complain about how the eastern wing of their organization are making trouble.
E: I also want to make them a fairly recent organization, only a few decades old. Thus, they still have all this strife between the different sects and a whole lot of internal bickering.
Off-topic, but I keep mixing your posts up for mine because the thumbnail of your wikidot avatar looks like the thumbnail for that eagle I had a while back.
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I'm looking forward to reading that.
I also see a lot of great story potential in The Horizon Initiative. I like the fundamental conflict between a faith-driven containment effort and the Foundation's much more secular, rationalist, science-based approach.
Great idea. A religious GoI very relatable to, not just straight fiction like CotBG.
I really enjoy the depth of history in this article. I've read a bit about the Albigensian heresy, but never sought out more information, and I might now. I love any SCP that promotes that, of course.
The subtle sadness and loss of the article is excellently portrayed, as well.
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