Thanks to LongWayHome and azzleflux for feedback. This is my first SCP postage in a while since two previous failures, so here's hoping my writing has improved somewhat since then. Thanks for any further feedback given!
SCP-1809 / Discussion
Forum
» Per Page Discussions / Per page discussions
» SCP-1809
This is the discussion related to the wiki page SCP-1809.
(account deleted)Cellular real estate?
…Do we have any basal ganglia still available? I like to feel connected.
As somebody who loves biology, I thoroughly enjoyed this.
I also noticed that you were using the word 'Neurone' which is the French spelling of 'Neuron' and I went ahead and fixed that for you. If it was deliberate on your end, feel free to revert it though.
I just noticed how much SCPs communicate with Morse Code. I wish there was some way we could work around that.
I enjoyed the concept here, so +1. :)
Animal cells do not possess cell walls. You're thinking of a cell membrane.
This also fails to address how the presence of 1809 affects the cell — the very act of them entering and then forcibly altering the location of cells would most likely involve wrecking the cytoskeleton, which would cause big problems with transport, cell division, and cell rigidity. There's also the fact that those organelles are most likely where they are for a reason. Suffice to say that the guy's health would be impacted negatively, which actually wouldn't be a bad way to go with this.
Do housing ads ever actually say stuff like "suitable for the working class"? It doesn't sound like something they'd do, at least given how closely these things are mimicking humans. I think they would emphasize the low price instead, given how people don't like to be reminded of their social class.
Sickle-cell anemia is a genetic disorder that doesn't get "outbreaks" — if the host doesn't have sickle-cell, he's never going to get it. I'm not sure whether that was intentional.
I sort of like the idea, but I'm downvoting for these problems.
if your reading this your gay
Depending on the areas of concentration and number of parasites in the body, and how long they live in a cell 'house' for, it could very well be a non-issue. Sickle-cell could be possibly induced in blood cells by the parasites, especially if they're messing around with the cytoskeleton or refolding ("Carving"?) proteins.
I also missed the part about cell walls. I must do penance by re-reading my biology textbooks in entirety.
I'd almost advocate trying to sneakily include a social-economic status in SCP-1809. I can imagine neurons being more highly desired 'houses' due to their supposed 'view' (And limited nature).
I agree that it's entirely possible to write the article such that the effect of 1809 on the cells/body is a non-issue — either by describing the situation such that it would logically not make him sick, or simply using an author fiat to state that it does not. More generally, given that we deal with anomalies here, there are actually very few scientific issues that can't be circumvented. My concern here is that it doesn't address the problem, thus leaving a plot hole.
I suppose individual RBCs could be given the sickle-cell phenotype by means of actively converting their haemoglobin into haemoglobin S, but this would not be noticeable unless it affected much of SCP-1809-A's blood cells, including the ones that are pretty regularly made anew — and even then, that fine print specifically refers to outbreaks, and Sickle Cell disease cannot be transferred between cells. Even if many RBCs in an area got SCD from direct protein manipulation, this would not affect any other cell's chance of getting it.
I wouldn't mind a sneaky socioeconomic reference in there either, but it's hardly sneaky, and kind of jarring.
if your reading this your gay
… Mind if I yoink 'contagious sickle cells' as the basis idea for a future SCP? Macro scale prions. Hm.
But yeah, I definitely agree that the article would be better if the issues were addressed, if only to dismiss them with author 'BUT THEN MAGIC ANOMALOUS HAPPENED' handwaving, as long as it's done well.
Even if it were something along the lines of "Common SCP-1809 population in a given host rarely exceed # individuals, making damage caused to cells well within a healthy human's healing capabilities."
I kind-of like this one. But my main problem with this one is its classification. Why is this classified as Euclid? I've read it three times now and I still can't find what makes this SCP dangerous.
I classified it as Euclid purely due to the fact that the behaviour of SCP-XXXX-1 is unpredictable, especially due to the second addendum. As far as I know, Euclid classification doesn't necessarily indicate dangerousness. You never know though, I might be wrong.
Ah, I see. I went back and double checked the definition of "Euclid." One thing it says is a Euclid SCP can be unpredictable. You're right, the classification makes sense.
/forum/t-714100/scp-1809#post-
page revision: 2, last edited: 15 Jan 2023 15:06
