Meet the Butterfly Squad!
The Butterfly Squad is a group of individuals (staff, veteran authors, longtime experienced reviewers) dedicated to combing through your ideas and drafts to pick all the nits and make sure your material is looking its Sunday Best before moving forward with the writing process.
Though we all are experts of the basics for what makes a successful site author, we each have our own specializations and skillsets regarding the different kinds of writing you see on the wiki. Using this page, you will hopefully be able to receive crit from a butterfly who is best suited for your particular concept or draft.
If you would like to join the Butterfly Squad Roster of reviewers, please send a wikidot message to (Zyn or
OriTiefling) stating your interest. You will be prompted to provide a set of examples of recent forum critique you have posted; consistent activity across at least a month is ideal for Roster consideration.
GUIDELINES FOR CONTACTING US:
εїз Please include a link to a forum thread, not just a sandbox.
εїз Please make sure to read through our individual profiles to find the best critter for you.
εїз If someone doesn't reply promptly, please don't spam their inbox asking why they haven't replied. A lot of us have busy schedules off the site, so if you've been waiting more than a few days for a response, feel free to reach out to another Roster reviewer.
εїз Please make sure your draft or concept is as complete and polished as possible before messaging us.
εїз Forum Crit members may decline to review material when the basics1 are not met, or for other reasons (such as not being interested in the draft or having real-life commitments/time constraints).
εїз Please be polite! (We're unpaid volunteers here.)
Best of luck, and remember:
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Waiting for an answer?
Waiting for a reply from a critter, or caught in a low-activity chat time? Why not take a look at this super helpful collection of pages in the meantime? Who knows, they might just have information you needed!
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DianaBerry ~ Callsign: Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: DianaBerry ~ Accepts crit requests
Preferred Contact: For concepts I prefer Wikidot PM, for drafts I prefer IRC. ~ Response Time: Medium/Slow depending on the content and length.
Will Crit: Concepts and SCPs (SCPs 3k words at most but 2k and under are preferred)
Strengths: Cutting out unnecessary content, first-time ideas/newer writers, narrative advice/direction.
Likes: Light horror, psychology, real-world problems, cute things, horror in weird ways, technology/AIs, history, some animals, wholesome stuff, cute bugs, social media, narrative, pop culture.
DrRevan ~ Callsign: Northern Raven
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: DrRevan (not in chat often)~ Accepting Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM (Primary). As a backup option, can also be reached via Discord (Dr.Revan#3798) ~ Response Time: Medium (within ~48 hours) for shorter pieces Long (48-72+ hours) for drafts
Will Crit: Any material. Drafts must be at or below 3500 words.
Strengths: Overall concepts, character and narrative development, clinical tone, themes, worldbuilding, and science-heavy material
Likes: Eldritch/Cosmic Horror, Science-Heavy Material, History, Mythology Inspired, Emotional Narratives, and Complex Characters
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Fireknight ~ Callsign: Emperor Penguin
SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: Fireknight (not usually active in chat) ~ Accepts crit requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PMs ~ Response Time: Medium (4-5 days)
Will Crit: any material
Strengths: Line-by-line, SPaG, developing ideas, and pointing out inconsistencies
Likes: Light-hearted pieces, detailed pieces, folklore, and whenever the Foundation is clever
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Kingspade ~ Callsign: Blanc de Hotot
Tales Specialist
Chat and Discord Nick: Kingspade ~ Accepting Crit Requests; Unavailable Thursday and Friday, available every other day
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast for concepts, Medium for drafts
Will Crit: all material
Strengths: character driven narratives, worldbuilding, mysteries, horror.
Likes: eldritch horror, detective noir, emotional pieces, fantasy-based articles, Chicago Spirit, Chaos Insurgency, and anything with in-depth character dialogue
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OriTiefling ~ Callsign: Gecko
Vice Captain: Forum Crit
Chat Nick:ortiefling ~
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PMs ~ Response Time: Medium (Mornings EST, Evenings EST) NOT AVAILABLE FRIDAY-SUNDAY Please be patient, I receive around a hundred messages a day and sometimes messages get lost in the shuffle!
Will Crit: Ideas, SCPs, Tales, GoI formats. Please only send drafts with 3k words or lower! Not good with super abstract, high concept, or heavy science focused ideas. No -Js and no poetry please!
Strengths: Ideas forum posts, dialogue, character driven narratives
Likes: Wholesome content, dialogue, character driven narratives.
HOW TO CONTACT: Please tell me which of my strengths you're reaching out to me for. If your message is generic and it doesn't seem like you've read my profile, your request will be ignored.
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PlaguePJP ~ Callsign: Sea Otter
Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: PlaguePJP ~ Currently unavailable.
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast if a short piece (2500 words and less), Medium if longer. Availability varies with Discord moderator duties; if you do not receive a response to a wikidot PM, please reach out to another reviewer.
Will Crit: Concepts and SCPs
Strengths: Overall critique, help with ideation/where to take a narrative, trimming fat, dialogue, clinical tone, and comedy
Likes: Short/medium length works, weird concepts, comedic SCPs, horror, flash-fiction, and character-focused pieces
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Zyn ~ Callsign: Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
Administrator: Critique Team Captain
Chat Nick: Zyn ~ Accepts Crit Requests on WEDNESDAY through SUNDAY
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM (posts reviews in forum only) ~ Response Time: Fast (depends on administrator duties)
Will Crit: Most concepts or drafts, within reason. No drafts over 3000 words, please.
Strengths: Clinical tone, unusual containment procedures, emotional articles, narrative and backstory. NOTE: one of the pickiest reviewers and rarely gives greenlights.
Likes: Short snappy articles, fantasy-genre anomalies, Foundation being portrayed as highly competent, heartwarming themes (no horror or similar elements)
If your roster entry is listed here and you would like to be listed as active again, please notify Zyn or OriTiefling
Barbarous Bread ~ Callsign: Capybara
Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: barbarous_bread ~ Accepts Crit Requests. Monday-Friday preferred.
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM or Discord (barbarous_bread) ~ Response Time: Fast M-F/Slow on weekends
Will Crit: Concepts and SCPs covering any topics. Pieces under 3k words preferred, longer than that will take several days.
Strengths: Clinical tone, thematic development, concise writing, medical terminology/information, article formatting, grammatical nitpicking.
Likes: Exploration, depressing realities, body-horror, mysteries, small-scale stories.
cacbbi ~ Callsign: Sea Butterfly
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: cacbbi ~ Currently on hiatus: schoolwork
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PMs, Discord (cacbbi) ~ Response Time: Medium (1-7 days depending on irl commitments)
Will Crit: just about everything except joke SCPs.
Strengths: Brainstorming and concepts in general, logical consistency
Likes: Emotional articles, history/law-related articles, unique concepts, drafts based on concepts I have critiqued. NOTE: Please come to me with a reason why you chose me specifically and 1-3 questions you would like me to focus on, or your request may be ignored.
Calibold ~ Callsign: Tardigrade
Junior Staff: MAST / Community Outreach
Chat Nick: Calibri_Bold ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC ONLY. ~ Response Time: Slow
Will Crit: Concepts, but SCP drafts if I have time. Will not crit anything NSFW.
Strengths: Concepts, comedy, intrigue. Anything involving the Foundation destroying an SCP object.
Likes: Author of the Decommissioning Dept., so I enjoy critting pieces related to it. I like pretty much anything lighthearted, or stuff that focuses on action or adventure.
CelesteKara does not match any existing user name ~ Callsign: Discus
Junior Staff: Forum Crit / Site Crit / Licensing / Community Outreach (Seminars)
Chat Nick: CelesteKara ~ Not currently accepting crit requests
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Fast on IRC, medium to slow on Wikidot.
Will Crit: All formats, won't really do mysteries.
Strengths: generally line by lines, concepts, and formatting articles.
Likes: short SCPs and tales. I can do anything from sweet, heart warming stories to gruesome and horrifying ones.
chiifu ~ Callsign: Gray Fox
Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: chiifu ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Slow
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs, and Tales
Strengths: Worldbuilding, overall review, emotional impact, themes, brainstorming, characterization, working with newer authors
Likes: Short articles (<2500 words), emotional articles, drama, pieces with strong themes
Connor MacWarren ~ Callsign: Poplar Hawk-moth
Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: (none yet) ~ Not Accepting Requests: On Hiatus
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM or Discord (Vessel#3768) ~ Response Time: Medium; depends on length of draft. Not available on weekends.
Will Crit: Concepts and SCP drafts
Strengths: Conceptual critique and narrative presentation. I can also be nitpicky and point out more flaws in drafts to show which bits need more improvement.
Likes: Articles that have an interesting premise, anomalies based off of unique objects that have yet to be seen in any article, short SCPs, weird and creative SCPs, articles that build upon overlooked lore and establish new lore or content for the site, and SCPs that have a Series I flair.
DrAkimoto ~ Callsign: Red Velvet Ant
Operational Staff: Site Crit / Community Outreach / Internet Outreach
Chat Nick: DrAkimoto ~ Accepts Crit Requests on IRC Only
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Fast
Will Crit: Concepts, Drafts, Tales, some GOI's
Strengths: Narrative development, humor, world-building, clinical tone, brevity, absurd horror
Likes: Short articles (<2000), anything to do with animals, SPC, fridge horror, comedy, good things that do things.
Dyslexeon ~ Callsign: Pillbug
Junior Staff: Forum Crit
Chat Nick: Dyslexion ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Prefer IRC, Wikidot is also okay ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs and Tales
Strengths: Concepts, New Authors, brainstorming, prose, tone, narrative, brevity
Likes: First attempts, Final Drafts, and everything in between
Grigori Karpin ~ Callsign: Ovis canadensis - Big Horned Sheep
SCP Articles and Tales Specialist
Chat Nick: grigorikarpin ~ Not accepting requests, vacation.
Preferred Contact: IRC or Wikidot ~ Response Time: Fast if a short piece (less than 2000 words), Medium if something longer
Will Crit: Concepts, SCPs, tales. Also will review longer pieces, just need more time for it.
Strengths: Story structure, characterization, world building. Focusing on efficiency of story telling.
Likes: Horror, supernatural, historical, intrigue, & character focused pieces.
Harmacy ~ Callsign: Black Swallowtail
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Harmacy ~ Currently not accepting requests.
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM or Harmacy#5580 on Discord~ Response Time: Medium (1-2 Days for Concepts), Very Slow (Up to a week for drafts depending on length)
Will Crit: Concepts and Drafts under 5k words (unless you want it crit in chunks, or a very broad crit)
Strengths: Brainstorming, Conceptual plot development, and Scientific knowledge/Integration of real-world science into fantasy settings
Likes: Ecology, Medicine, Character-Driven Plot, Psychology, Mythology, Some Pataphysics, Joke SCPs, and Conceptualization. (Also, I am Muslim, so feel free to ask me any questions about Islamic beliefs/stories.)
Impperatrix ~ Callsign: Peacock
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Impperatrix ~ Accepts Crit Requests (more active at night)
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM or Discord (pietro#7331) ~ Response Time: Medium / Slow for longer texts
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales, GOI Formats
Strengths: Comedy, character development, brainstorming, dialogue, narrative voice
Likes: Tales, heartwarming and humorous works, competent characters, stories with basis in mythology, stories that attempt to expand on pre-existing and overlooked content on the site.
JakdragonX ~ Callsign: Common Picture Wing (or Variegated Flutterer)
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Jak ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: SCP's, Concepts, and Drafts (Maximum of 3000 words, or otherwise responses will be slower)
Strengths: Flushed out concepts, line-by-line, simplistic concepts and complex narratives
Likes: All concepts; Short/Medium (sometimes Larger), cyber-anomalies, meta-articles, character progression, and story-based SCPs.
KokwahStarry ~ Callsign: Silver-studded Blue
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: N/A ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: Concepts and SCPs
Strengths: Grammar, general world-building, and lore advice
Likes: Pieces involved with Fifthism, CotBG, articles that have to do with LGBTQ stuff
Lamentte ~ Callsign: Owl Butterfly
SCPs and Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Lamentte ~ Not Currently Accepting Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: SCPs
Strengths: Clinical tone, brainstorming, narrative structures/story focus, line-by-lines, horror.
Likes: articles that do a lot with simple concepts, Heavily narrative-based pieces, short-form pieces.
Leveritas ~ Callsign: Crimson Spotted Forester
Moderator: Forum Crit / MAST
Chat Nick: Leveritas ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Short
Will Crit: SCPs
Strengths: Clinical tone, line-by-line, Containment Procedures, overall concept.
for greenlighting.If you want to message Lev, you can make your own message or follow this template:
This is my concept: [Explain in one or a few sentences what the concept is about]
This is what I think works well: [Explain what you think is the strong point of your concept]
This is what I need help with/This is what I think can be better: [Explain what you need feedback on]
REDESERT ~ Callsign: Ulysses Butterfly
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: REDESERT ~ Not accepting critique requests; on hiatus
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast
Will Crit: Concepts and SCPs (rarely crits drafts over 4k words)
Strengths: Concepts, narrative structure and development, themes, simplification, character development, pacing and nit-picks.
Likes: Weather based anomalies, anything remotely inter-dimensional, horror, emotive stories, simple concepts, strong payoffs and twists.
Reverend Fox ~ Callsign: Crimson Rose
Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: N/A ~ CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING REQUESTS, ON HIATUS.
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast for drafts up to 3k words, Medium for drafts between 3-6k words, Long for drafts over 6k.
Will Crit: SCPs, Tales, Ideas
Strengths: SCP Formatting and layout, SPaG, trainwreck drafts, newbie drafts.
Likes: History, lore, religious mysticism, paganism, the desert, animals. Will accept sensitive topics that normally require a Content Warning, including NSFW.
Sonderance ~ Callsign: Ichneumonid Wasp
Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: Sonderance ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Medium (usually respond within 24-48 hours)
Will Crit: Anything, but does best with concepts and short drafts.
Strengths: Emotional impact of pieces, conciseness/trimming of unnecessary elements, theme
Likes: Anything with a strong overarching theme, an emotionally potent narrative, or a fun hook. I’m also a fan of anything focused on data or math.
tawnyowljones ~ Callsign: Meadow Brown Butterfly
Operational Staff: Forum Crit, Site Crit, Technical
Chat Nick: TawnyOwlJones/TawnyOwlPhones ~ Currently not accepting requests
Preferred Contact: IRC only ~ Response Time: Fast-Medium (Dependent on IRL commitments)
Will Crit: Anything (not partial to science-heavy material)
Strengths: Line-by-line critique, SPaG, narrative framework/continuity, and tone consistency
Likes: Short articles (<600 words), long articles (10k+ words), weird or "out-there" pieces, psychological/cult horror, wholesome pieces
Voiiiii ~ Callsign: Luna Moth
Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: N/A ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: Discord: Voiiiiii#9607 (found in most SCP discords, ping or dm me!) ~ Response Time: Medium
Will Crit: Concepts, GoI formats, Explained SCPs, short tales (less than 1k), short-medium SCP articles (less than 2k)
Strengths: Building a narrative, SPaG, scientific explanations, background knowledge/research
Likes: anything MCF related, body horror, religion based SCPs, music-related SCPs, cliffhangers
Zoobeeny ~ Callsign: African Bush Viper
Concepts, SCP Articles, and Tales Specialist
Chat Nick: Zoobeeny ~ Currently not accepting requests
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM, but I'm also active on IRC a lot. ~ Response Time: Within a week (Crit Waiting List)
Will Crit: Concepts, and SCPs and Tales under 8000 words. Will crit >8000 articles in fragments.
Strengths: logical consistency within an SCP, narrative tension, dialogue, and scientific literacy
Likes: strong dialogue pieces, mysteries, powerful humanization pieces, and anything that's funny
Flight Officers are reviewers who have successfully participated in the Butterfly Squad's mentoring program, and have been granted honorary greenlighting privileges.
April 2020 Flight Officers:
Cookielia,
Truc Linh - ("Dark And Stormy Flight") Commander: RockTeethMothEyes
SharpEmbrace, Vincent Van Gone - Commander: gee0765
Nagiros, Veralta - Commander: cybersqyd
rioludoodle - Commander: N_Aepic_Fael
Hexick - Commander: DrAkimoto
May 2020 Flight Officers:
OCuin - ("Malyce's Malignant Malefactors") Commander: MalyceGraves
Naveil - ("The McMadmen") Commander: TheMightyMcB
AlanDaris - Commander: gee0765
The Pighead - Commander: DrAkimoto
r0se - Commander(s): JakdragonX, TheMightyMcB (stand-in for end of Flight)
July 2020 Flight Officers:
Claudioss23, Dr Wile - ("Duck Squad") Commander: Truc Linh
Captain Cold,
August 2020 Flight Officers:
Flopmind,
Benji_the_Benevolent - ("Crit Flight o' Doom") Commander: CelesteKara
Comrade Waldo,
forbiddenquest - ("Kaiju Butterfly Ninjas") Commander: Zyn
September 2020 Flight Officers:
Marceline_Raynes,
Pedagon - ("Team of the Oinks") Commander: The Pighead
Quadraginta - ("Typing Type’a Typos Team") Commander: Truc Linh
October 2020 Flight Officers:
Cerastes - Commander: CelesteKara
Riemann - Commander: Naveil
November 2020 Flight Officers:
EthanHanson - Commander: CelesteKara
TheAlienBaby - Commander: Zyn
February 2021 Flight Officers:
Dr Hajovsky,
March 2021 Flight Officers:
CrystalMonarch - ("wizard ducks") Commander: forbiddenquest
Vivarium - ("Kirby Army") Commander: Truc Linh
Tracque_ - ("Float Like a Butterfly") Commander: Zyn
June 2021 Flight Officers:
fairydoctor,
ZG1906 - Commander: tawnyowljones
July 2021 Flight Officers:
Phantom8 - Commander: Zyn
August 2021 Flight Officers:
CoolestShark - Commander: Naveil
MomBun - Commander: PlaguePJP
October 2021 Flight Officers:
Jack Waltz - Commander: Mooagain
Celare,
LORDXVNV - Co-Commanders: Pedagon, MomBun
November 2021 Flight Officers:
February 2022 Flight Officers:
April 2022 Flight Officers:
Irina Bougainvillea - Commander: Zyn
Lobster_tail - Commander: oritiefling
Themisinanis - ("Straw Holt") Commander: tawnyowljones
BattleblockB0ss - Commander: DianaBerry
May 2022 Flight Officers:
SirRoostALot - Commander: PlaguePJP
July 2022 Flight Officers:
August 2022 Flight Officers:
DinkleDang - Commander: PlaguePJP
October 2022 Flight Officers:
cdithink,
November 2022 Flight Officers:
Dr Kira Moto - Commander: PlaguePJP
January 2023 Flight Officers:
AriadnesThread,
Dino--Draws - Commander: Harmacy
ExiAsWell - Commander: Uncle Nicolini
February 2023 Flight Officers:
scalykitty - Commander: PlaguePJP
SYTYCFanon - Commander: Reverend Fox
March 2023 Flight Officers:
Matthgeek - Commander: PlaguePJP
April 2023 Flight Officers:
Anky swallow,
JorgeMtzb - ("AnkyAsWellMtzb’s Downward Trajectory") Commander: ExiAsWell (Mooagain, advising)
Fortanono,
XHAWK77X - Commander: fairydoctor
May 2023 Flight Officers:
Palias - Commander: PlaguePJP
FlyPurgatorio - Commander: scalykitty
July 2023 Flight Officers:
AwhRyan - Commander: scalykitty
teapet - Commander: Fish^12
August 2023 Flight Officers:
Stealth000 - Commander: PlaguePJP
Rab333 - Commander: scalykitty
November 2023 Flight Officers:
sugarush - Commander: PlaguePJP
May 2024 Flight Officers:
[name removed] - Commander: PlaguePJP
August 2024 Flight Officers:
DrCorvusTV - Commander: PlaguePJP
January 2025 Flight Officers:
zoempaws - Commander: PlaguePJP
August 2025 Flight Officers:
OminousEgg - Commander: PlaguePJP
January 2026 Flight Officers:
Cdudeman123,
Mooys - Commander: wackdog
LeraviTheXatu - Commander: AstralNavigator
Koscheiisms - Commander: DrRevan, Uncle Nicolini