SCP-5338 / Discussion

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According to all known laws of aviation...

PeppersGhost 01 Aug 2020 23:41

... there is no way that a bee should be able to fly.

Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground.

The bee, of course, flies anyways.

Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

A serious take on a stupid premise. I chose this number because it's "BEES" upside-down. That also might be the reason I wrote it in the first place.

The Da'as Elyon subclass denotes an anomaly that cannot be physically contained, so the public must be convinced it isn't anomalous.

Thanks to Cerastes and company for feedback!

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weizhong 02 Aug 2020 05:03

This is phenomenally goofy as a concept, which made me want to take it less seriously at first glance. However, the actual layout of the article and execution of bumblebee flight as an actual arcane ritual strayed serious enough (while still remaining fabulously weird) that I ended up really enjoying it.

Docrev 20 Aug 2020 03:32

Really minor issue, but at least on my phone the line spacing of the last footnote gets larger after the line break.

sachiel187 27 Aug 2020 19:02

those footnotes have got to be some of the longest i've ever seen in a non-format-screw article. any way to either trim those down further or integrate more of their content into the main article?

as for the content itself, i'm still ruminating on my vote for now.

Draven Addams 11 Dec 2020 21:45

This is a +1 from me, I love serious articles with funny/absurd/stupid-at-first-glance premises. With so many SCP's already existing it's starting to get hard to think of something original, so when people think outside of the box like this it leads to really cool things. Great job :))

Mino Mortigan 31 Mar 2021 15:55

I really enjoyed this! I think you had a great concept and good execution. As a small speculation, was the D-Class’s spine ejected because the kinetoglyphs act upon an organism’s skeleton, as opposed to their fleshy bits? You don’t necessarily have to answer, just spitballing. Anyways, +1!

GreenRaven 14 Jul 2021 05:00

Normally I dislike "(bumble)bees shouldn't be able fly" stuff, 'cause the scientists in question did the math when they were drunk, and the next day found several errors in the formula.

But this? This was great, if a little macabre at the end. I outrighted laughed at "may have two or more SPC designations".

TL333s 29 Jul 2021 14:16

I love this. I was nodding along with the first half, well in on the joke, appreciating its application to SCPs.

And then that last test hit. And then the last section of the last test hit and ho-lee-shit.

I choose this number because it's "BEES" upside-down.

Oh my god.

+1

Lo-Rez 04 Sep 2021 01:24

(didn't mean to pester you with an accidental reply instead of a fresh post.)

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Lo-Rez 04 Sep 2021 01:26

… Did they find two copies of the exact same spine? If so, this is even weirder than it seems at first glance. O_o.

I give you an upboat regardless, and would give you a second copy later if I could.