SCP-5005 / Discussion

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Tufto 14 Jan 2020 19:33

Lanterns in view
Warm breath is thin
Stems of light
In the cold, in the cold still of night

Careless as any hidden spark
Spreads quickly to the darkest places
Oh, there's doubt
Oh, there's doubt

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Love this

Plutotronic 27 May 2020 23:25

Here are my thoughts on it;

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I'm deeply invested in philosophy relating to the known vs the unknown, as well as other similar concepts. Through reading on postmodernism and culture, I found myself to be repulsed by the fascination that contemporary philosophers give to the nature of unbeing, unreality, etc. I think 5005 is an appropriate allegory for humanity's general nature of fighting against the darkness, despite the intrigue of the unknown seeming far more appealing. I think that Ramirez' drifting into madness, plus the general disgust at the cultures and "ruralisms" of Lamplight, can be seen as someone going too far from humanity in order to understand the world (similar to postmodernism and the fates of many of their prominent philosophers) and in this case- meeting the abyss, and finding it to be unwelcoming of the human's curiosity. But what do I know?

The night does not give such easy answers.

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Uncle Nicolini 14 Jan 2020 20:04

this is a very good and almost poetic article, the arc of researcher ramirez is a very satisfying one. as i said during the crit phase, i wish this article wasn't an scp because it would make for a fantastic fantasy/sci-fi setting in which to write weird fiction. though i'm sure some will say the logs are extraneous, i found them to be perfect little bits of worldbuilding.

tldr, lamplight is a cool setting that i want to play dnd in.

heartheartstar 14 Jan 2020 21:31

big worldbuilding g;ive me the canon hub pls

NatVoltaic 14 Jan 2020 22:40

As much as I find the lengths many 5kcon entries are shooting for absurd, absolutely none of this feels like it has wasted my time. The setting is exquisitely, the atmosphere is palpable, and the contest theme is woven through the worldbuilding as much as the central mystery itself. And you know I'm already a sucker for weird Foundationverses.

+1.

You gotta stop blowing me away like this Tufto :U

Modulum 14 Jan 2020 22:47

I cannot praise this enough. It's rich, atmospheric, and beautiful - writing as pure art in the best possible way. It's a story I want to read again and again. I wish 5K produced more articles like this.

Shaggydredlocks 15 Jan 2020 03:12

This, this is a masterful submission.

One just has to adore the finesse of your world-building; how seamlessly characters, places, events, and societies are interwoven with such seeming ease and familiarity that one can't help but buy in to every bit of it.

Not content to merely 'tell' in terms of creating this world, it's beautifully envisioned — the setting itself is meticulously crafted, the characters each bring a unique voice and perspective, the allure (pun intended?) of mystery all contribute to breathing life into this work. It bleeds creativity and imagination just as much as it [spoiler redacted].

It's a halmark of a good mystery that, in answering one question, many others may be raised, and some left hanging. This accomplishes just that (while also eliciting actual, physical chills — killer line to send off on). I'm certainly going to be revisiting this one in the future.

ModernMajorGeneral 15 Jan 2020 06:50

This doesn't fit with my personal taste in SCP entries. I enjoy SCP mainly as a series of stories in a shared universe about the SCP Foundation, a vaguely realistic quasi-governmental organisation in our modern world, where there are always some threads between SCP and things that are happening in everyday life. I'm not really interested in stories from the future, or fantasy universes, especially when they dump lots of backstory that has no connection to the rest of SCP - I mean, I don't mind reading stories about these things, I just go elsewhere other than this website to read them.

However, I mainly just say this because this was an exception that held my attention the whole way through, and in spite of the above easily got an upvote, so good job. It's rare that I read anything that basically creates a whole setting in a massive backstory dump while remaining readable, which is a testament to your writing skill.

also, is this Sunless Skies inspired, because it feels very Sunless Skies, (which I think is complimentary)

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theworldabouttodawn 16 Jan 2020 04:29

seconding the sunless skies/fallen london thing, especially with regards to tone: the language and imagery used really crafted lamplight into this lively hub of art and culture, yet all with a melancholic (but not quite sinister) undercurrent that pulls you in (kind of like an anglerfish :] )

anyways. +1 i loved it a lot

that fallen londen feel

kaasmaster 22 Jan 2020 09:45

this feels very much like a sort of tomb colonies for the bohemian folk rather than the duelists you find infesting the standerd tomb colonies

GuesssWho 05 Mar 2020 10:24

Nice to see other Fallen London fans around.

Vincent Van Gone 15 Jan 2020 14:17

Noting that I fixed some typos in the article, but left one that I saw in because I wasn't sure what should have been there. "I was regretted letting other projects". I'll let the author fix this one.

Aside from that, this is the best 5k entry I've read so far and it deserves every upvote it can possibly get.

Tufto 15 Jan 2020 16:40

Thanks very much, that's really helpful - I'll fix that one right now.

Glad you enjoyed it :).

planet Jane 15 Jan 2020 19:01

I really like this, and am upvoting it, but I may have liked it even more without the final entry. It feels a little predictable if you're following up to that point, which is something that I normally have no problem with, but I think it should perhaps be avoided in something as important as SCP-5000.

That said, the entire piece is extremely strong and is probably my favorite of the entries so far. It's also, perhaps most importantly, an interesting engagement of the theme without being overbearing.

pastarasta1 15 Jan 2020 22:24

i was having a bad day but this was awesome, tufto, your stuff is fucking amazing.

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