SCP-7557 / Discussion

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Aftokrator 31 Oct 2022 07:26

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OzzyLizard 31 Oct 2022 08:41

I love how this turned out, it's a great idea that executed nicely! To be honest, the British Museum feels like a non-euclidean space sometimes anyway so it fits.

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RadiantGold 31 Oct 2022 09:26

They took everything.

EVERYTHING.

In all seriousness, this was a really enjoyable read executed in an interesting way. :D

Dr Poker 31 Oct 2022 11:42

I don't have anything to say but +1

J Dune 31 Oct 2022 19:22

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So, I absolutely love the concept, but I don’t know if this article fully capitalizes on what you could do with the idea of an anomalous museum, more specifically one that takes items from realities that are about to die. It’s an excellent idea, very evocative, has potential to be good commentary on colonialism/museums in general that can be taken any number of directions, but I never got the vibe that what was happening here meant anything in a metaphorical sense. Of course, not all stories have to have allegory! But it felt disappointing to me to get a taste of that with the description and ideas presented in the logs, and have it promptly pulled away.

I don’t think the exploration logs do this concept justice. There’s some meandering in there, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that using tables or another more “proselike” device would have allowed you to get across more information, like you used in the sections detailing the anomalies within. I think the most engaging and exciting parts of this article were seeing what was on display, so I would have loved to have gotten more of that and less of what happens in your typical exploration log. You only really get into the intrigue of the museum containing “bad ends” towards the end. Picking up on that theme is similarly muddled too, since you start off with non-Foundation related “lost” items, such as the statue or the painting, and move onto the idea that this anomaly is taking artifacts from realities that are about to end.

While the ending itself works for what you’re going for, I do think you could have made the implication that the museum was opening up in our world because we’re about to meet a similar fate much more clear. An article you linked, O’ Death, features a similar ending, but it works because the reader is made acutely aware that is what’s happening. Here, you have to link together some disparate concepts to piece together that stinger, and not in the most intuitive way.

Overall, it does feel a bit underwhelming, especially with how strong the premise is.

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Hesiod Delta 01 Nov 2022 03:45

I never thought I would be so fascinated with a record of 2 nerds arguing as they walking through a spooky museum in the company of 2 Zeta-9 operatives with interspersed with reports on the museum pieces. But here we are. This is the first SCP I recall to have sent my mind racing with curiosity and shaken with realization. Nicely done.

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Before all this, I noticed a possible error while reading. I think you meant to link SCP-4005 in the section on SCP-7557-TFTO-4005. I can scarcely imagine what SCP-5004 has to do with an Islamic oil lamp.

[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5004 A hanging oil lamp] made of Islamic glass—>[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4005 A hanging oil lamp]

I am a bit disappointed that the exploration team died at the end. It felt abrupt and pointless, especially in comparison to the museum's contents. I still like the article, but the sudden, senseless death and misfortune feels really clichéd in comparison to the unique anomaly involved. Maybe I missed something, but it feels tacked on. Like the characters introduced are just abandoned.

Anyways, allow me to present some lore musings:

I always wondered how SCP-2000 preserved artwork and historical pieces, and this is a neat possibility for a way it could be done. This is especially notable because it displays the neutralized scap of devices that wouldn't be out of place in the Arca, like reality anchors and BZHRs

It's location in the British Museum makes me think that HMFSCP was involved somehow, like how they created SCP-1678 according one of the Document-OWI entries. Of course, this is probably a lot more than an abandoned building left behind by Foundation precursors.

The scale and properties of the structures feel like this could expand into the Foundation's awnser to the Srpent's Hand's presence in the Wanderers' Library. I have seen people make comparisons between containment protocols and the procedures museums use to preserve their collections. All we need is a cool name for it.

Definitely going to work on more ideas for this. I'm fascinated with this place.

EstrellaYoshte 02 Nov 2022 10:38

Mild +1, the use of pictures, theming and layout paints an amazingly evocative mental image, but I think it meanders too much at places.

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CDR Lee 21 Dec 2022 21:36

I love this!!! This was very well executed. So much so that I was expecting (craving) all sorts of addendums, mission reports, and alt realty logs. More Please!