The Lamest Story Never Told / Discussion

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William Wettle's Redemption (?) Arc

Ihp 18 Apr 2021 19:25

I dislike flat characters.

No offense to HarryBlank here— he specifically created Wettle to be a comic relief/hate sink/butt monkey character. But after seeing him in Not My Sloths, Not My Pit and If You Don't Know The Words, I just knew that there had to be something more to this character, something that wasn't obvious at first glance.

So, I gave him a backstory. And a reason why he acts like such a douchecanoe. And I wrote and published it.

Thanks to HarryBlank for giving his approval, and Placeholder McD and Grigori Karpin for giving feedback. Enjoy!

HarryBlank 18 Apr 2021 21:17

Approval? I give my unconditional love to this thing. You made this dude come alive in a way I never really intended to, in an entertaining mystery/human relationships story the likes of which only you could pull off.

The Narrative followed Willie to Site-43, and the narrator came with. Thanks so much for writing such a kickass tale.

Grigori Karpin 28 Apr 2021 22:48

a) I love this a lot, it's an absolute redemption for an unredeemable @$$hole, but more importantly it has a terrific flow… The pacing works extremely well, and the explanation of the anomaly plaguing Wettle was interesting despite the possibility of being bogged down with technical details.

b) I want to thank you for making Harry's comment on SCP-5904 canon (I think we already considered it so, but now it's there in black and white):

"Surprised he hasn't tried to take a chunk out of me again."

Bastien bit into his slice of pizza before he comprehended what Dr. Lillihammer had said. "He what?"

"He got exposed to an anomaly that increased suggestibility, and when he said he wanted me to check it out, I told him to eat me. I still have the scar."

I straight up giggled when I saw this.

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Raptie 06 May 2021 07:31

Oh no, the level of extremely-well-told-meta stories is increasing at a dangerous level. D:

I can't upvote enough times for all of this stuff, ahhhh

meiyouNao 10 May 2021 22:54

So Sloth's Pit can trump luck so bad that it has failsafes that prevent it from being addressed that were perfect until just then? Obviously, the narrative all you writers create can already overcome any anomaly if you wish, but I've never appreciated the fact that the Pit's, and by extension the world's, narrative has that power as well. Also, glad to see Wettle become a bit more than he was. Even since I first saw he worked in Replications I was wondering what about his insufferable person made him fit in there, and now I know.

Canadians

meiyouNao 04 Jun 2021 16:20

Haich-Ee-Arr-Oh

Bastien being American, he would say "aich" not "haich".