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From the Update thread http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-1081677/update-thread-4:we-warned-you-about-updates - "SCP-632 has been self-deleted and re-uploaded with an all-new-shiny rewrite, because the original isn't something I'd agree belongs on the site in the first place (completely biological parasite, nothing anomaloose)."
As do I; you think if all the little brain-spiders came together, they'd become the Spider Mastermind from Doom?
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It's sad to let the old pic go, but I figure with the current 05 conversation about image sourcing, I'd best do my part to make sure everything's sourced.
The new one's much creepier anyway.
EDIT: The old version is now here, for archival purposes. https://pastebin.com/jCsziWhv
"Summer, stay in the car. Don't touch anything, and avoid all thoughts that feel… spider-y."
I kind of like it, even if the story is not that awesome, is creepy and somehow amusing at the same time, I cannot explain why.
Anyway, should this be Safe? I mean, you have to feed it. Doesn't it make it automatically Euclid?
Living things usually tend to default to Euclid because even very simple ones can show unexpected behavior. In this case "attempt to escape containment" and "doing what it does" are virtually identical as well.
Good update. Agreeing with above that it should probably be Euclid. So many things could go wrong with feeding.
Not to mention the virulent and potentially lethal method of reproduction… ever have a spider infestation? Little bastards can get anywhere.
Well, that, along with the implication that there's still more in the wild (after all, rural China is huge, and in my headcanon the Foundation barely has a foothold in there thanks to the nature of the government) made it Euclid in my book.
Is exposure to the full array of sensory triggers required for infection to take place? I assume that visual exposure alone is insufficient, as you've attached a photograph…
following exposure to all of SCP-632's sensory triggers
should imply that all of them are necessary. I do admit that I've avoided addressing a lot of "what ifs" in the article, because I don't want to clog up the main impression of the article by sidetracking into explanations and specifics best left to readers' imaginations.
I'd like to know what sort of side effects this has. Blunt force trauma and deterioration of brain tissue sound like even if it can be survived, it wouldn't be pleasant. I'd think it would cause symptoms similar to Alzheimer's, but I guess that depends on some specific details that aren't provided.
MMmh. Minmin, something I'm not sure of but thought I should point out:
small filament-like structures measuring 2-3cm in diameter forming in the frontal cortex of infected individuals' brains
2-3 cm is about an inch (1 inch = 2.54 cm). That's not a filament - more like a cable! Are you sure that's what you want?
And something else:
Complete SCP-632 manifestation is usually non-fatal, with 96% of hosts progressing to this stage managing to survive with proper medical treatment.
Infected people end up bashing their skulls in to relieve the pressure, hard enough to make a hole. And this is not fatal in 96% of cases? Skeptical about this I am!
ETA: according to the log, 134 dead so far. Usually non-fatal? I beg to differ! ;>
Otherwise. Yeah. Well. I do solemnly promise you that I shall endeavour to upvote spiders that invade your skull. Yeah. Shall do my best. Grrrfffmmmmzzzzzgrrrrrr. I hate you.
(In French we have an expression: 'avoir une araignée dans le plafond', = 'to have a spider in one's ceiling', which means 'to be mad'. Good job on that!!!!)
Oh dear, those are pretty big errors there. I've made my edits to fix them - filaments are 2-3cm in length, and affected people really only survive if the Foundation gets to them quickly enough. Thanks, Eta.
I've never heard of the French expression, but it's a goddamned brilliant coincidence.
Only ONE infallible rule exists in writing.
It's not 'write a little bit every day'
It's not 'Don't have anything happen in a kitchen' (yeah, I actually read that once)
It's: 'no matter how carefully you proofread, you will ALWAYS miss a few mistakes'.
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(account deleted)If this wasn't located in china, I'd say it was arachne trying to get back at athena in the most ironic way possible. Remember Zeus splitting his skull open to give birth to his daughter?
Totally headcanon'd
And if the whole world is crashing down… fall through space out of mind with me.
Me, personally, I always like to take the route of "Something, or a lot of something, or damn near everything, got lost in translation, but the very, very, very basic idea was right, sort of," when it comes to mythology and the SCPantheon.
Athena and Arachne never had any sort of rivalry. They were one and the same, or perhaps sisters.
Brainspiders may prove useful in future iterations of the MacCanon…
Also, something something Sarkicism.
These spiders were totally the ones in the Bot in Training hat
And if the whole world is crashing down… fall through space out of mind with me.
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