SCP-4211 appears to be a females wood and metal ring with a small cut diamond set in a traditional style akin to proposal rings made in the late 1800's. Found in Victorian era ruins called ████ in southeast Europe by agent ████. Rumors among locals speak of SCP-4211 as the last remains of an old nobles fortune. When questioned none were able to provide and solid date, records of the area show the lands belonging to the ██████ government since the 70s no further records found. Upon first examination SCP-4211 is a simple polished metal design.
Deleted at -17 and three votes.
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cybersqyd
i think the big problem with this article is that right as something interesting looks like it's about to happen, it ends. the idea of the ring isn't inherently bad, but it feels more suited to being an anomalous item than a full skip right up until the point where you bring up the ghostly crying woman and then, it just ends.
while somewhat outdated as a resource, Dr. Mackenzie's Common SCP Pitfalls should provide some insight into why this doesn't quite work as is (specifically, it feels a little too close to just being a magic item; and it lacks a narrative). in terms of improving this, probably some kinda exploration of the psychological effects of the ring in the form of experiment logs, or perhaps some kind of interview between someone wearing the ring and the crying woman to like, elaborate on her story.
- "mild surveillance at site ████": what is mild surveillance? also "site ████" should be "Site ████"
- "females": woman's
- "Found in ████ ruins": you probably want "the ████ Ruins" or "the ruins of ████", depending on whether you're redacting the name of the ruins or a place which was ruined
- "by agent ████": "Agent ████"
- you consistently use four █ for redactions and for some visual difference, this should be varied (names of people/places are commonly longer, numbers of foundation sites are usually shorter)
- "Upon first examination SCP-4211 is a simple polished metal design.": this sentence should probably be removed since you've already described the ring; but at the very least it should be in the same place as the rest of the description.
- "greatly": get rid of it
- "When worn the users gender is swapped with the exact opposite.": comma after "worn"; what happens if a non-binary/intersex person puts the ring on
- "no ill side effects seems to occur.": "with no side effects occurring"
- "Doctor ████ male(turned female)": comma after the doctors redacted name, and drop the (turned female) and (turned male)
- "test subjects say they feel like blushing brides": the crux of the issue here is that having all the test subjects experience the exact same minor feeling feels weird; also there being no confusion/requirement to get used to the physical changes is a bit, unexpected but it's an anomalous tf so it's not out of place
- "gender, no notable changes": you're missing a "with" at the start of this
- "Where as": whereas, and it should be part of the previous sentence
- "These changes do not appear permanent as within 9 hours the test subjects mentality stabilizes.": does this mean the change stops after 9 hours of wearing the ring, or does this mean the change stops 9 hours after removing the ring
- "while wearing the ring of a woman crying when": the sentence should end after crying and When should be the start of a new sentence
Nagiros
I'm all for more trans inclusivity in fiction, but maybe treating us like drug addicts to an anomalous item is in poor taste, somewhat?
We also already have a gender switcher, SCP-113.
SCP-4156 is a pair of beings, individual description follows.
Scp-4156a is a slim, approximately teenage girl, with pale skin and dark eyes with dark hair, often tied behind her head in a pony tail. She is always silent when alone with 4156b, aside for soft, windlike exhalations. When there is a person in proximity to them, she will always walk up to them in a suggestive manner and begin whispering to the person who enters the area. The person, if they survive the encounter, will almost always refuse to repeat what she whispered to them. Any who attempt to will immediately commit suicide in the most accessible manner, whether it be snapping or slitting their own throat, or with any reachable weapons.
Scp-4156b is a boy, around the same age as 4156a.
Deleted at -14 and three votes.
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DrSevere
Welcome! It's great to see new users getting involved and contributing, but make sure you take the time to first get feedback on your idea in the Ideas and Brainstorming Forum, then, once it's been greenlit, draft on the Sandbox and get feedback on your draft on the Draft Forum. This is nowhere near ready for the mainlist in its current state.
Duke of Nothing
The grammar is entirely wacky as a whole, there's no overall substance to the article, and the characters aren't interesting
Articles must have an overall storyline in them, hidden in between the lines. I was bored at this from the beginning, and everyone else who has read this will agree. All it is is a guy and a gal who happen to be obsessed with one another that have superpowers or something. There is also the whole 'bah, a person makes another person kill themselves', which is one of the biggest things that get frowned upon in the community.
Do what
DrSevere says and go check out the forums.
WarpZone
- Next time you write one, try to worry about how it tells a story.
- Do check out the Guides for Writing.
- (I.E, Cliches; Good at Fightan.)
- Your poetry ignores the meter.
- Make a containment procedure.
- (Once they got out, they'd be Keter.)
Hope these tips will make it better. :)
Currently held in Site-█. Captured in 2009. SCP-4229 appears as a normal horse, its body is completely made out of slime. It doesn't have any genitals. From the outside the slime isn't noticable. It looks like an ordinary, brown haired horse.
After researching SCP-4229, Dr. Will Benson came to the conclusion the entity was originally formed inside an unknown liquid. Looking inside the entity has proven the scientists it used to be a normal horse.
Deleted at -17 and three votes.
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devonmartin
Hi author. While I think your idea is neat (but needs to be fleshed out more), I think that a larger area of growth could be clinical tone. A couple examples:
A flamethrower must be ready to be fired when opening SCP-4229's cell.
could be formatted as:
SCP-4229's containment cell is not to be opened without two security personnel, armed with M1A1 flamethrowers and at least 4 liters of fuel. In the event that SCP-4229 attempts to breach containment, the anomaly is to be subdued with sustained flames until it returns to its containment cell.
The idea is that you want to provide clear instructions for how to recontain the anomaly. What am I getting ready for with the flamethrowers? Am I using them as soon as it opens, or just when it attempts to breach? And so on.
Another one:
Physical contact is not allowed without permission.
could be something like:
Personnel are prohibited from making physical contact with SCP-4229.
Hope this helps if you decide to rewrite, or delete/resubmit, or even just on your next article!
Nagiros
You actually had me moderately interested with the conprocs. Like, you see a nice horsey but it's being threatened with flamethrowers? Instant attention grabber.
After that, though, the article kind of falls apart. I can tell you used conventions from Series I that are generally not accepted anymore, such as:
- Stating its location and relocation between sites in the opening of the description. Unless it's relevant to the story, don't mention mundanities like that at all. 173 did it because it was establishing a world.
- Introducing new information from the POV of a researcher when the Archival Department would really have no interest in Dr. Will Benson as a person.
- Referring to other anomalies as SCPs.
- Suddenly switching to a narrative format in the recovery log.
- Referring to its anomaly as a power.
That being said, the page still contains typos at a rate of about once per sentence, and the addendum leaves a lot to be desired in the dialogue, beyond being useless as a narrative tool.
Suggestions:
- Get a good editor or editing software.
- Remove a lot of its anomalous characteristics. It can duplicate itself, expand itself, and can become amorphous? That's a lot to distract the reader from your narrative.
- Focus on the idea of having a nice horsey that needs to be threatened with flamethrowers and other incendiary devices.
SCP 4168 is wearing a Soviet army uniform from 1953 with the serial number 84429. The Russian military has no record of SCP 4168 in the Soviet armed forces. SCP 4168 face appears to be rotting with his eyes lacking pigment and enlarged. SCP 4168 will actively hunt humans and when SCP 4168 is within 20 meters it will begin to laugh. When SCP 4168 is in reaching distance SCP 4168 will touching the person SCP 4168 will snap its fingers killing the person within 30 seconds. After the victim has died SCP 4168 will move to the next closest and repeat what it had done to the previous victim. Scp XXXX does not require food nor water to survive. SCP 4168 does not respond to any form of stimulus and does not react at all. pain or damage with any damage inflicted on SCP 4168 regenerating within a period of 24 hours.to fire has the effect of slowing SCP XXXX down tremendously with enough exposure to fire will cause SCP XXXX to become incapacitated for a period of 4 hours. Between the hours of 11:00 pm and 6:00 am SCP 4168 will appear to enter a sleep stage. In which it becomes docile and as of now there is no possible way to wake SCP 4168 from its sleep stage.
Deleted at -18 and three votes.