Question: are these from an earlier incarnation of Marshall, Carter & Dark?
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(account deleted)I don't know if I can reconcile my image of MC&D with something for 'commoners' out of the back of a dime store magazine.
I see them as a fraternity of 'The Man' that's been around for a while. I like to think that members have varying states of indulgence in things, so using them in canon can be accomplished for a wide range of things. However there must be decadence. Their haughtiness is a common theme in my opinion and this just doesn't have it as is.
He's asking because the original company I had it ordered from was called Marshal's. I used it as a placeholder and forgot to change it when I put it up.
So this is a massive case of my bad.
Well, god damn. I'll see if I can't edit it to make it a Factory item later.
I'm not sure if it would work as a Factory item, as all the Factory items I can think of don't do anything bad to the person using it. Unless you made up a 'The Factory, Opposite addition.' or something.
Except the factory items do tend to do bad things, in general. and this one appears to be made with good results in mind.
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Upvoted. Do they work if you only use one? Are there efforts to transcribe the language?
I imagine using only one of the things would be even worse than using 2, as you'd likely start suffering from a really weird case of sensory overload.
The language is less "alien language" and more "indecipherable gibberish".
And I had no idea that existed. Huh.
The sketch, which is great, doesn't fit any described effects in the entry. This is not pointed out in any way. Fix this.
Also, in the block of text next to the sketch it says: 'In addition, those affected will react with violent revulsion to other human beings, as well as ignoring any attempt to engage in interpersonal conversation or communication.'
So the question is, how did they manage to get the person to draw the picture?
It's implied by the fact that they respond with revulsion to other humans, OTS. The picture gives an idea why they do. I don't know that it needs to be spelled out more clearly than it already is.
Sheb, they do it by telling him to do so beforehand, or else by having him draw it from memory after the contact lenses were removed.
Reminds me of Saya No Uta.
(for those of you who don't know, it's an, erm, hentai game about a guy whose senses are "reversed" - everything looks horrible and made of patchwork guts and skin. Then he meets a lonely figure who looks like an angelic girl to him. Now figure out what that "girl" -really- looks like.)
My very first reaction, as it happens.
Of course, there are many such stories with a similar premise. Pheonix's "Resurrection" chapter, as referenced by Sabit, being one of the earliest, and Saya no Uta's inspiration (Saya no Uta directly references the manga, though it isn't referred to by name.)
The only other example that springs to mind immediately is the Franken Fran manga, with a chapter called, if I recall, "A Beautiful World", which itself has some elements reminiscent of Saya. It's like an endless cycle…
And Sabit, given your interest in this theme, I might recommend you read that. I'd love to hear what you think of it. Hmhmhm.
Mmm, franken fran. Great manga.
It's the only guro I've ever bothered reading the second volume of. And the third, and so on.
I have read it (one of my favorite authors, in fact). The premise - a flip or change in perception that causes one to view beautiful things as ugly and vice versa, likely came from Phoenix, as Osamu Tezuka is a bit revered over here among the kind of people who draw comics for a living. While Phoenix plays the premise for tragedy and to show how pitiful a character had become, Saya no Uta and Franken Fran use the premise as a baseline for horror, both physical and psychological. What would a monster look like to someone with a flipped perspective, and how would they interact?
fuck i'm rambling about comic books jesus
Anyway, yes, SCP-750 was influenced by a number of those stories, Franken Fran and Saya no Uta among them.
Aha. I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised you've read it before. Figured I would bring it up regardless.
Saya no Uta remains one of my favourite pieces of fiction of all time.
Although I have to note, though both stories undoubtedly trace their lineage back to Pheonix (though Franken Fran has enough common elements to make me suspect Saya was strong in the mind of its writer), I would find it hard to believe it's the first story to include an at least similar premise. I may have to look into that. And of course, no doubt others have also been written since then.
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