SCP-745 / Discussion

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tunedtoadeadchannel 17 Jun 2009 22:53

Interesting. That last sentence about not being carbon based feels out of place, though.

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Sorts 17 Jun 2009 23:06

Yeah, that really should be in the description and not the addendum now that I think on it.

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carriontrooper 18 Jun 2009 04:06

but how the heck a non-carbon-based lifeform could take carbon-based nutrition from carbon-based lifeforms (us)?

JaneRand 08 Dec 2011 12:23

Well, they could just use carbon lifeforms to gain energy through catalytic breakdown, and gain substances actually needed as structural materials elsewhere. They essentially rend your flesh, then "burn it down" for calories, then go eat some *whatever they are made of* to procure reagents from which they will synthesize new components for their tissues using energy they got from breakdown of human flesh

One could say that, to these things, humans are glorified fuel cell refills ^_^

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Sorts 18 Jun 2009 04:15

Who says they want nutrients?

Voct 26 Oct 2009 00:54

and that explains why the captive ones won't eat.

Tabbyclaw 28 Jun 2009 09:11

Thanks ever so much for writing this so I could find it the day before I had to make a midnight drive down a stretch of unlit backroad.

RhettSarlin 15 Apr 2010 11:46

love this

bleggs 15 Apr 2010 16:43

Wow. Original and creepy. And this is one case where leaving some of the description to the imagination is a plus.

Karrin Blue 30 Apr 2011 14:25

This is really really cool.

Syera 18 Jan 2012 19:33

It's pretty good, but I do agree that the thing about them not being carbon-based seems pretty out of whack and would probably be better off removed.

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When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Sorts 20 Jan 2012 18:45

It's intentional subtext to imply that they aren't actually eating people.

There was a "Diary of a SCP" story contest awhile ago, I wrote this from their perspective:
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fooloftime 19 Jan 2012 08:56

Headlight. Head. Lights. *Groan*. Upvoted.

Sorts 20 Jan 2012 18:47

I seriously can't believe I got away with this one. I wrote it up, decided it was too silly to see the light of day and posted it in chat. And… people liked it. Now it is on the front page. Go figure. :3

Rejekyll 20 Jan 2012 18:51

This was pretty meh until I read the Diary entry thing about this one. Solid upvote now.

blackle 23 Jan 2012 03:53

I liked this SCP so much I made a picture of it:
You can use it if you want

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Sorts 23 Jan 2012 19:27

Sweet, when I get a chance to resize it and such I will add it.

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Cerastes 29 Mar 2020 06:11

Noting this as created specifically for the article and thus compliant.

Raikonos 24 Jan 2012 02:17

I liked this when I read it, I liked it even more when I read that diary entry, and it got an upvote from me, no question. There are a couple of minor things that bug me though.

First off, the sentence "SCP-745's genetic structure is not carbon based." I understand why this is here, but the placement of the sentence feels blunt and a little jarring. I'm sure there's a way it could be integrated a little better.

Also, the phrase "the child-like hand prints from SCP-745's front paws" doesn't seem very clinical, at least where it is. I feel like the description of the handprints as child-like should be alongside the other physical attributes. I admit, though, I can't think of another way to get across the creep factor of the handprints.

Like I said, I like this, and 42 other upvotes can't be wrong. These are just a couple of things that jumped out at me.

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