SCP-3258 / Discussion

This is the discussion related to the wiki page SCP-3258.

TL333s 19 Apr 2018 12:53

The twist at the end is honestly pretty neat, but this is nothing but twist. I've seen giant bacteria before, and they don't do anything by themselves other than be huge.

Zzuxon 19 Apr 2018 17:38

Yay, you fixed my sole complaint from the previous iteration of this article.

+1

Gummy_Dragon 19 Apr 2018 20:05

I found the concept of a larger Foundation interesting, and giant viruses quite disturbing, yet cool.
+1

Jason Tank 19 Apr 2018 21:12

Sciencey nitpicks:

Bacteriophages, by definition, infect bacteria, not humans or other multicellular organisms.

I don't think viruses are assigned species.

The message at the end is fun, but I find it hard to believe that you can interpret a foreign language through as high an abstraction as binary code. There are words in the Bible in Ancient Hebrew that we don't know the meaning of, and we can see and read them without decoding! (But if it was just coded English, then nevermind.)

And does the size of the virii mean that the invaders will be made of giant cells? (Cuz that's goofy, and I love it.)

Dead Moth 14 May 2018 17:35

To be honest, besides needing maybe a bit more meat, I think that the on thing holding this back is the inclusion of the bacteria being giant. Obviously they are eventually miniaturized, but I think that them being initially giant is an unnecessary middle-man step.

DoctorNovakaine 08 Oct 2018 23:34

I think the implication is that they were meant for something quite a bit larger. The problem is the article fails to do anything in that direction so it seems superfluous.

So they're viruses that eat reality-bending powers. Almost feels a little bit too convenient for the Foundation, feels like there should be a catch that would make them have to at least think a little bit about not spraying down every reality bender they find with this stuff and calling it a day.

Researcher Bramley 24 Feb 2020 17:23

OOOOH
NOW I GET WHY THEY ARE BIG! Oh god thats gonna be one big monster

NoName2087 06 Aug 2021 06:41

I'm fairly sure bacteriophages are viruses, not bacteria.
So this should not be tagged "bacteria" and should instead be tagged "virus".