Lambda-Killer / Discussion

This is the discussion related to the wiki page Lambda-Killer.

Decibelles 07 Mar 2016 04:56

I love this format, and I really like the interactions happening here <3

blithely 07 Mar 2016 11:14

Thanks! This is my first time writing a GOI page, and I didn't have a lot to work from, considering there's only two other Black Queen format pages.

sirpudding 07 Mar 2016 19:18

Yeah, the Black Queen's council has this very nice Macbeth's weird ladies vibe to it.

I'm a little confused by the context of the last line by Sovereign though, is she pointing out that they could be described as the same sort of "phenomenon"?

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Zmax15 08 Mar 2016 01:03

It's not her.

sirpudding 08 Mar 2016 01:13

Is the color different? It looks the same to me.

Decibelles 08 Mar 2016 01:14

Viridia's color (the one who mentions the phenomena) is red. Sovereign's is purple.

sirpudding 08 Mar 2016 01:28

I am talking about the last line:

it would be kind of you to refer to me as a human even though i might not look it

Which looks purple to me, and the Page Source says it is the same color as Adrelintha's other statements.

Unless Zmax is saying that she isn't her at all even at the beginning, which I suppose the bit about her not updating her records makes sense, but if Hull was supposed to have replaced her then this is a major plot point that goes absolutely nowhere. I also have no idea why Hull would infiltrate the Queens, set up an agenda about sharing intelligence about himself and then reveal himself to potentially dangerous enemies at the end. Or why the other Queens are silent afterwards.

I don't understand what the context of that last, purple line is.

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Zmax15 08 Mar 2016 10:06

Purple text is Sovreign and the beginning, but the person at the end isn't her. It's just using whatever method they use to communicate. Sovereign is gone.

sirpudding 08 Mar 2016 15:40

How is the reader supposed to figure this out? From the thing about the records? Why does this just end then? Isn't this a major twist? Why don't the other Queens react? Why doesn't this go anywhere?

I think I am going to change my vote to a novote, on the basis of this pointless and unsupported shocker ending.

Rounzie 10 Mar 2016 01:13

I think this really needs to be fleshed out more.

TL333s 08 Mar 2016 21:19

Black Queen is a GoI? I thought it was just one person.

Aside from being confusing, I'm disappointed by this. The White Rabbit phenomenon was pretty cool, and this just up and explains it as the machinations of a bunch of reality benders. Like, way to kill the mystery. :(

Kalinin 11 Mar 2016 18:23

Neutral vote. This was a little overly exposition-y for my tastes, and I do think the line at the end doesn't have sufficient setup to work properly. Nevertheless, I'm invoking the "this was interesting enough that I would read more of it if it was there" clause for this one. The idea of the Black Queen used in this manner was one that has some moves, I think.

I'm also refraining from a downvote because one of my issues, the fact that this is a little too close format-wise to a mainlist article, is an issue with the pre-existing template and not any choices made by the writer.

Vetaro 17 Mar 2016 05:46

Why… didn't the last line just get any kind of noticeable different formatting. That would have totally fixed it for me.

Miki Brock 19 Jun 2017 07:45

Is this based on some other article(s)? I got to this because I like the Black Queen-format articles.

If so, could somebody link it/them to me?

Zmax15 09 Jan 2019 14:58

I'm just stopping by to leave a note, finally, for the sake of folks like Miki there. This article is indeed related to others, in particular SCP-2446. This was an entry into the MTF contest in 2016, which we centered around that SCP. It was really enjoyable to work with everyone on the team, and I wish I could have seen them all go on to keep writing.