SCP-5631 / Discussion

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The Black Moon Howls

Sinagsikap 23 Mar 2021 00:15

It's me again, Veralta, and I am presenting to you a short story about a serpent named the Bakunawa, the journalistic GoI Aviatica, hope, revival, and a new life for a desolated country. This piece holds a level of significance to what I think of my homeland Philippines right now, but I am still feeling relatively hopeful for it, and by 2035, I hope that it is now a developed country.

I am very grateful to Ralliston, basirskipreader, stephlynch, wagyusteak, tawnyowljones, Ensophos, Ethagon for their narrativistic critique, SPAG corrections, surpassing the cultural barrier, and generally helping me tighten this piece just in time for JamCon's Theme 1.

I hope you enjoy it!

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The pen is the killer of fear.

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basirskipreader 23 Mar 2021 00:17

Posting my crit of this piece because it summarizes my feelings towards it:

I don't know what to say about this piece except that damn, is it a good one. Maybe its because of my Filipino background, or maybe its because the themes of this piece resonate with me, but i would be a liar if it didn't make me tear up in the end. Overall, an amazing piece that resonated well with me

hhenry 23 Mar 2021 01:16

I don't know if its a typo but you're previous skips with Aviatica had the GoI number as 503 instead of 530. Overall still a good SCP. +1

J Dune 23 Mar 2021 01:35

I can dig a lot of the melancholic atmosphere here, even if I'm not privy to what's behind the crosslinks or the articles related to this one.

Blank-Minded 26 Mar 2021 02:36

Is the spelling of Manila in the first picture and description intentionally written as Maynila?

Sinagsikap 26 Mar 2021 09:51

Yes, it's intentionally written like that as foreshadowing ^^

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The pen is the killer of fear.

Maxyfran73 04 Sep 2021 22:41

This is a really interesting one. I like the feel that it gives, especially around the idea of a new chance for Philippines, and what it took to achieve this. Also really like the usage of the Bakunawa; I'm always happy when mythology is incorporated into an SCP.

Overall, this is a really good article. +1~