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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!

εїз Basic SCP Writing Help
εїз Helpful Information
εїз Syntax/Formatting Help
εїз Style Resource

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cacbbi ~ Callsign: Sea Butterfly

Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: cacbbi ~ Accepts Crit Requests. Note that timezone is GMT+12. DOES NOT TAKE REQUESTS ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM only. ~ Response Time: Fast/Medium (typically 1-3 days)
Will Crit: just about everything except joke SCPs.
Strengths: Brainstorming and concepts in general, logical consistency
Likes: Emotional articles, history-related articles, unique concepts, canons.

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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.

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.

DrRevan ~ Callsign: Northern Raven

Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: DrRevan (not in chat often)~ Accepts Crit Requests primarily on weekdays
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PM As a backup option, can also be reached via Discord (Dr.Revan#3798) ~ Response Time: Fast (within 24-48 hours) for shorter pieces Medium (24-72 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: Lovecraftian/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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Harmacy ~ Callsign: Black Swallowtail

Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: Harmacy ~
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.)

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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.

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KokwahStarry ~ Callsign: Silver-studded Blue

Concepts Specialist
Chat Nick: N/A ~ Not accepting requests, IRL commitments
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

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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.
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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]

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OriTiefling ~ Callsign: Gecko

Vice Captain: Forum Crit
Chat Nick:ortiefling ~
Preferred Contact: Wikidot PMs ~ Response Time: Fast (Mornings EST, Evenings EST) NOT AVAILABLE FRIDAY-SUNDAY
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.
Strengths: Ideas forum posts, dialogue, character driven narratives
Likes: Wholesome content, dialogue, character driven narratives.

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PlaguePJP ~ Callsign: Sea Otter

Concepts and SCP Articles Specialist
Chat Nick: PlaguePJP ~ Accepts Crit Requests
Preferred Contact: IRC and Wikidot PM ~ Response Time: Fast if a short piece (2500 words and less), Medium if longer
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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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.

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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.

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If your roster entry is listed here and you would like to be listed as active again, please notify Zyn

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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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:
CR Jenkins, 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:
chiifu - ("The Random Team of Doom") Commander: CelesteKara
Claudioss23, Dr Wile - ("Duck Squad") Commander: Truc Linh
Captain Cold, DianaBerry - ("The Parliament") Commander: barredowl

August 2020 Flight Officers:
Flopmind, REDESERT - ("O'Critters") Commander: OCuin
Benji_the_Benevolent - ("Crit Flight o' Doom") Commander: CelesteKara
Comrade Waldo, Harmacy - ("Dark Side of Light") Commander: Truc Linh
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
Grigori Karpin, PlaguePJP - ("Flight of the Bumblecrits") Commander: weizhong

October 2020 Flight Officers:
Cerastes - Commander: CelesteKara
Riemann - Commander: Naveil

November 2020 Flight Officers:
EthanHanson - Commander: CelesteKara
TheAlienBaby - Commander: Zyn
forbiddenquest - Commander: Nagiros

February 2021 Flight Officers:
Comrade Waldo - Commander: CelesteKara
Dr Hajovsky, Impperatrix - Commander: Pedagon
REDESERT - Commander: Harmacy

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:
tawnyowljones - ("Flight of the Prince Soren") Commander: caspian2
fairydoctor, ZG1906 - Commander: tawnyowljones
OriTiefling - Commander: CelesteKara

July 2021 Flight Officers:
Fireknight - Commander: DianaBerry
Phantom8 - Commander: Zyn

August 2021 Flight Officers:
CoolestShark - Commander: Naveil
MomBun - Commander: PlaguePJP

October 2021 Flight Officers:
cacbbi, Jack Waltz - Commander: Mooagain
Celare, LORDXVNV - Co-Commanders: Pedagon, MomBun

November 2021 Flight Officers:
REDESERT - Commander: tawnyowljones
KokwahStarry - Commander: Zyn

February 2022 Flight Officers:
cacbbi - Commander: Zyn

April 2022 Flight Officers:
Irina Bougainvillea - Commander: Zyn
Lobster_tail - Commander: oritiefling
Themisinanis - ("Straw Holt") Commander: tawnyowljones
BattleblockB0ss - Commander: DianaBerry

May 2022 Flight Officers:
DrRevan - Commander(s): Lobster_tail, Zyn (stand-in for end of Flight)
SirRoostAlot - Commander: PlaguePJP

July 2022 Flight Officers:
Voiiiii - Commander: PlaguePJP

August 2022 Flight Officers:
DinkleDang - Commander: PlaguePJP
Comrade Waldo, Jack Waltz - ("Sadagon Waltzdo's fiasco party") Co-Commanders: Pedagon, Harmacy

October 2022 Flight Officers:
cdithink, Jack Waltz - Co-Commanders: Pedagon, Harmacy, DrRevan

November 2022 Flight Officers:
Dr Kira Moto - Commander: PlaguePJP
fairydoctor - Commander: Uncle Nicolini
Dr Kira Moto - Commander: DrRevan

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
ExiAsWell - Commander: DrRevan (standing in for Reverend Fox)

April 2023 Flight Officers:
Anky swallow, JorgeMtzb - ("AnkyAsWellMtzb’s Downward Trajectory") Commander: ExiAsWell (Mooagain, advising)
Fortanono, XHAWK77X - Commander: fairydoctor