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My second article on the site.
First posted article with voice acting.
Specific meme referenced: Trollface, particularly Trollge.
Plot Spoilers
So the collective attention and thoughts towards the Trollface meme created a thoughform. When popularity for Trollface began to decline, the thoughtform begun weakening as it needs the attention to manifest itself. So when Trollge begun gaining popularity, the Trollface Thoughform noticed and learnt that people liked dark things hence the "embrace…shadow1" and "chaos reigns" words it used.
So it latched onto the Trollge memes to garner more attention. However, as summed up perfectly by Zertas:
"…Thoughtforms are concentrated thoughts, and thus have a much more serious effect on humans then regular non-anomalous memes."
So the Trollface Thoughtform gave the Trollge comics their anomaly not because it was malicious but by nature of it being a thoughtform. Its only goal is to gain attention.
All of the messed up things that happened in those incidents were designed by us memers.
And the more Trollge memes are made happening in the future, the more ticking timebombs there are.
So to counter the threat, the Foundation made a think tank: Task Force Hexa-9 (69…Noice) "Meme Machine" to make Trollface memes and make them popular throughout the Internet and other media, so Trollface becomes popular again and Trollge memes decline in popularity, causing the Thoughtform to jump back to Trollface memes (SCP-XXXX-2), thus reducing the anomalousness of SCP-XXXX-1 and when less people make Trollge memes, the anomaly is more containable.
They are giving it the option so it doesn't choose something else, something which could potentially be much more destructive. By keeping the Thoughtform latched on SCP-XXXX-2 in steady levels of popularity, the Foundation is containing it.
Reviewers:
DrGooday
hungrypossum
Ecronak
BlueJones
Phantom8
Kensing
JayKillbam
Dr_Golden
Mooagain
Veralta does not match any existing user name
fairydoctor
Tech support:
stormbreath
Croquembouche
JakdragonX
(Thanks for the ACS Help!)
Licensing Support:
Hexick
If I have forgotten anyone, please inform me. Sorry about that.
Theme:
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/theme:jakstyle
ACS Used:
http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/component:acs-peppo-split
Software:
Spectrogram Generator:
https://academo.org/articles/spectrogram/
Sound editor:
https://voicechanger.io/]
Image:
Spectrogram images made by Dr Lerche and released under CC BY-SA 3.0.
SCP-6661-2-919 derived and edited from:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Democracia_Real_Ya_Valencia_21M_%285744239585%29.jpg
The transcript styles can be found here:
http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-style-resource
Voice for Foundation Researcher (Blue Spectrogram) by Doctor Fullham
Guy has a lovely voice.
Check out his youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChce1ubHEvfxlhhFqPNZvkQ
Voice for SCP-XXXX by yours truly: Dr Lerche
Just so you know, the SCP title usually isn't put in the page, only on the Series VII list itself. So it should just be "SCP-6661". No rule against it though IIRC 🤷♂️
Incredibly straightforward and predictable anomaly for the meme you chose. The "sinister events" that occur are also fairly standard "people getting brutalized, oh no!" flare. Takes itself way too seriously for the subject matter.
This is another example of a contest entry leaning too heavily on the meme they use. Sorry, but I have to -1.
pastarasta1 is quick-talking and often scheming
Because if it's a "trollge incident" meme, it's gonna be apocalyptic in the greatest and most brutal ways.
— Roundabout.
Echo-ing these thoughts. The first half of the article is a 1:1 reiteration of the meme, to a degree that is uncomfortable to read if one is aware of its existence. The usage of "DATA EXPUNGED" definitely feels like a massive step back in terms of execution, very reminiscent of how Series I and II articles used it as a copout to avoid having to produce content to match the preceding build-up.
The direct invocation of the original "oil floats on water" incident meme is too much for me. I don't know if the other incidents are as directly inspired as this one, but doing such a clear and obvious nod to that meme without any addition of the author's own content is a massive detriment when the article is already a homage to it.
The ensuing narrative feels hackneyed in extreme and bare-bones. I feel like I've read identical things about a dozen times before, except that previous articles about online media take sufficient care to characterize their protagonist and give them enough exposure to make them stand on their relative own without relying on the pre-existing meme. As-is, this article will feel dated and cringe-y in just a few months, maybe a year.
Again, I feel I need to reiterate just how dependent this article is on the existence of the meme. Its single hook point is SCP-ifying a meme. The only original components the author has provided are the audio files and an extremely simple narrative that could have been expressed in merely one or two sentences. Everything from Addendum 2 forward fails to add to the premise or build something on top of the meme it's using as inspiration, and what is in Addendum 1 is merely a visually-spiced interview log with 3 lines.
6661's dialogue is overtly expository and edgy in a way that makes it difficult to read. I find it hard to believe that the Foundation would simply believe what 6661 is telling them without any resistance or question. For all they know, popularizing the meme could just be giving it more influence and staying power to spread 6661-1 instances. Would it not be more in line with the commonly accepted methodology of the Foundation to simply ensure the meme exits the public consciousness as quickly as possible, most likely reducing its activity or making it adopt different methods of garnering attention?
Maybe your explanation is "that would kill it: the Foundation doesn't kill anomalies without motive" - something like that should be explained within the article. Although not every potential inconsistency or dark spot can be reasonably explained while conserving a decent pacing, at least the very basic motivations and reasonings that drive the narrative forward should be evident.
On another topic, the clinical tone is poor in extreme. Paragraphs like these:
It is theorised that the collective popularity of the Trollface meme created a thoughtform which manifests via the meme. SCP-6661-1 came into existence due to the decline in popularity of the Trollface meme. The irrelevance caused thoughtform to latch onto the darker SCP-6661-1 to garner back attention.
Should have not passed the critique stage. A suggested correction:
It is theorised that the collective popularity of the Trollface meme created an emergent consciousness that manifests via unique iterations of the meme. SCP-6661-1 are a consequence of the gradual decline in popularity of the Trollface meme: in an attempt to sustain itself by regaining popularity, the consciousness resorted to imagery that is darker in tone and direct memetic manipulation.
I'm certain this is not optimal, but I strongly believe the current version is insufficiently detailed and unacceptably difficult to parse. The term "thoughtform", while not strictly non-clinical, is obtuse terminology that is not required to express what is intended.
This is what I call "Doing a little bit of trolling"
Lerche!
Great lil scp! the ambiguity and creep factor of the dares is pitch perfect. I hope to see you up there in the meme con rankings!
Always nice to assist ya with audio :)
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
Awesome one, I really loved it. Keep going! +1
— Roundabout.
A classic meme, and a well-written SCP. I personally think the high stakes / it taking itself seriously works for the subject matter, because it's just a big troll. I was happy to lend 3 seconds of my voice to this one, lol
remember to not feed the trolls
