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"of noble blood" what's with that
I didn't really enjoy this one; for a few reasons: the action sequence felt unnecessary and cinematic — sure, it would be neat in a movie, but it's not very compelling written out
The idea of cities banning foundation activity is, frankly, kind of ridiculous.
There are still a number of SPaG errors littered throughout, and the ending action of the Foundation narrowly avoiding a global legal disaster is interesting, but remarkably rushed. The fight scene, however, dragging on for a little too long for my tastes.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this an -EX just by virtue of being "broken masquerade"? If so, I think this is entirely inappropriate, and breaks the spirit of an -EX. It should be mainlist instead, with ending addenda regarding losing the court case and the whole thing being declassified.
-1 as it stands.
Not quite. Even in Broken Masquerade, everything anomalous falls under the SCP Foundation (and other organizations) and normal things fall under the purview of normal laws.
It was reclassified as Explained (i.e. classified as "normal" and falls under baseline normality) so the Foundation can make it a legal issue instead of their problem.
(The second reason is that this was part of the exquisite corpse contest so I got the Object Class as is, but IMO that shouldn't matter for critique)
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The first link will take the reader to the SCP article documenting Kinetoglyphs.
The second will link to a tale featuring an MTF unit trained in Kinetoglyphs.
Notice from the Explanation and Research Department
This document concerns Kinetoglyphs and was therefore reclassified as Explained as part of the Glasgow-Kinetocism-Mandate passed on 2023-12-18.
— Thomas Weld, Director, ExaRD
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Notice from the Explanation and Research Department
This document concerns Kinetoglyphs and was therefore reclassified as Explained as part of the Glasgow-Kinetocism-Mandate passed on 2023-12-18.
— Thomas Weld, Director, ExaRD
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A ring of watchmen was established outside of the city to apprehend all kinetoglyph-users upon their departure of the city.
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A ring of watchmen, assisted by Mobile Task Force Sigma-2 ("No Friends Of Mine"), was established outside of the city to apprehend all kinetoglyph-users upon their departure of the city.
Has anyone written a transcript of how they imagine those videos would go? I figure probably not or else it'd be linked in the article, but I'd find that interesting to read.
Also, what's the purpose of making kinetoglyphs illegal? It wouldn't be because people can use them for criminal purposes, because criminal purposes are already illegal without a new law. The only difference that law would make is that now people can't use them for legal purposes.
In this specific case, you can assume the Foundation had a hand in the politics that made kinetohazards illegal because they do still want them contained and to get control back over the Glasgow situation.
In general, though, governments do sometimes outlaw certain things because it would be easier to do something illegal with it, while the thing isn't illegal itself. That's the reason why some countries heavily restrict or outlaw the possession of guns, for example.
Yeah, the problem with that is, a person who doesn't cause any harm doesn't deserve to be punished. Having something that could very easily be used to cause harm doesn't change that, so long as they don't use it in that way. So a law that criminalizes the mere possession of it is basically saying "we're afraid of people who have this, so we're going to lock them all up even if they didn't do anything to deserve it."
Maybe the government doesn't see that as a bad thing, but I do.
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