Liked it in the sandbox, liked it here too.
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I like it. The interview seems a little too much like a -J, especially the "…" in the Doctor's response, but I love it nonetheless. Not only is it fun, it raises questions, namely: how did an 18th century explorer from another world wind up in the body of a sea slug?
I have a question, this guy is an explorer with enough findings to fill a small museum (small being a relative term) so how did he do it? He must have collected them before he became a slug but even still that's an extremely impressive collection (all of which is entirely alien.)
What's the backstory here? How did Blackwood become a slug? How is he unaware of his current physical form? How did he collect all of that stuff? How does he not question his seeming immortality? Is he an alien? From a different reality?
[Blackwood voice] Well if there was an explanation, it wouldn't be very anomalous, now would it? /Blackwood voice]
Even with an explanation it would still be plenty anomalous.
Whatever you think is the case is the case in this case.
(account deleted)I think his request for books should have been allowed. I wonder what his connection is to that catholic nobleman fox?
My first thought on reading this was that is was very similar to my own SCP-1845. However, it's different and funny enough that I can't help but love it.
I wonder - is the redacted object that almost killed him in Woking in 1897 a War of the Worlds reference? I'd groan at such a thing in most articles, but here it works.
This is from quite a while ago, but upon re-reading it and the comments, I had something of a thought. So, SCP-319 was created by an associate and/or rival of Lord Blackwood in, presumably, the universe good ol' Woody is from.
What if it worked?
Sir Lawhead-Smythe's whole goal was to create a "door beyond our universe"; the fact that 319 is in the SCP's universe is an indication, I think, of the fact that it worked. What if Blackwood came to investigate after Lawhead-Smythe's presumable disappearance and was sucked into the same door that brought 319, which also transferred his consciousness into a sea slug. Given this hypothesis, this means that there is potentially another British-explorer-turned-sea-creature wandering around somewhere…
Denying the books was a matter of practicality: he doesn't have hands, and I doubt the Foundation would spend even a junior research assistant as official page-turner.
I would assume he encountered some anomalous object that changes people into slugs.
I like this. A lot. That slug looks awesome too.
The interview's last paragraph made me chuckle, as well.
1-UP!
So. Much. Upvote.
I love this idea, I love your job writing it up and anything funny on the foundation site always makes me happy.
Also, do you mind if I use his lordship in a Tale idea I had?
I like this one enough to upvote it, but I think I'd like it more without the cottage and Addendum-1.
Thanks. You can expect his lordship to show up as soon as I get the time and/or inspiration strikes so I can finish my work.
I think we've had a bit much of "thing that's more humanoid than its form suggests" lately, but this is very well executed. Feels like something in Serpent's Hand, though. I wouldn't mind some reference to them in this.
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