by qntm
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.
Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information which you wouldn't share with anybody, like passwords, taboos and dirty secrets. Or any piece of information which would be difficult to share even if you tried: complex equations, very boring passages of text, large blocks of random numbers, and dreams…
But anomalous antimemes are another matter entirely. How do you contain something you can't record or remember? How do you fight a war against an enemy with effortless, perfect camouflage, when you can never even know that you're at war?
Welcome to the Antimemetics Division.
No, this is not your first day.
Suggested reading order is from top to bottom.
Critical background reading
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
This story is complete.
- We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five
- Introductory Antimemetics
- Unforgettable, That's What You Are
- CASE COLOURLESS GREEN
- Your Last First Day
Interlude
Read this before Five Five Five Five Five.
- SCP-2256 by qntm
Five Five Five Five Five by qntm
This story is a direct sequel to There Is No Antimemetics Division. This story is complete.
- SCP-3125
- Where Have You Been All My Life
- Fresh Hell
- Ojai
- Immemorial
- CASE HATE RED
- Ará Orún
- Unthreaded
- Wild Light
- Blood/Brain
- Tombstone
- Epilogue: Champions Of Nothing
What the Dead Know by sirpudding
This is a side story mostly taking place during and after There Is No Antimemetics Division.
- SCP-2111
- In the Trenches with the Dead
- A Thin Dangerous Line
- continues in Five Five Five Five Five
For your reference
All by qntm.
Precursor work
These articles aren't specifically part of the main Antimemetics Division storyline above, but they influenced its development in various ways.
- SCP-033 by Mulciber. SCP-3125 has a close connection to this number.
- Revenants by Photosynthetic. Like There Is No Antimemetics Division, this uses SCP-055 as a launching point, but takes it in a different direction.
- SCP-1425 by Silberescher. This was a massive influence on the writing of Unforgettable, That's What You Are, Ojai, and all of it really.
- SCP-2828 by ooblex. One of the earliest antimemetic SCPs outside of SCP-055, later referenced in CASE COLOURLESS GREEN.
- SCP-2358 by HotCocoaNerd. Introduces the Counterconceptual Division, later referenced several times in What the Dead Know.
Further reading
Marion Wheeler has appeared or been mentioned in various SCP Foundation wiki articles outside of this Hub. Here are a select few:
And there's a wealth of antimemetic SCPs and Tales. Here are some great places to start:
- SCP-3393 by Captain Kirby
- SCP-3211 by Croquembouche
- SCP-4773 by MaliceAforethought and Henzoid
- Note: Your Name is "Nobody" by Iapetus The Acausal
- All pages tagged "antimemetic"
- All pages tagged "antimemetics-division"