Votes don't help the author, so I've vowed to always leave a comment with mine, at the very least whenever I rate an article negatively. If you feel the same, help out by leaving critique with more of your votes. Comment follows:
1539 is one of those original this-inspired-me-to-write-what-I-write SCPs that I read from way back when. I think you'd struggle to adapt it without piquing my interest.
I spent the first half of this tale thinking, hey, this is just 1539, and was glad to have that validated with the namedrop. It's a little disappointing that by the time you start building on its effects, we're already halfway through the tale. I'd have liked to see more development of the concept, because what I saw here was excellent, if a little barebones - I almost feel like this might have stolen the thunder from an article that explores this in more detail.
But the framing is low-stakes, so within the context of this article, I don't feel like this needed to go anywhere huge. The presentation of the concept is enough. I'm in that happy medium of being left wanting more while not feeling like I should have it already, so it's a +1 from me.
