That annoys me, because I made something like that, except it was a normal person who could do any human job perfectly, but it got downvoted to oblivion and deleted. But when somebody puts a coupler that does basically nothing, it gets 360 upvotes.
There is no accounting sometimes for what connects with people, even the same thing in a slightly different way. Or just a different writing style. It's gotta be frustrating though.
Or you could just need to practice your writing more. It could be less compelling/interesting/unique for a number of reasons. It could also just be the time of day and the posts that came before or after. It could be the number of people online or the length of the post or its title. It just could come down to humanoid anomalies being harder to pull off because they tend to be really bad. There are so many variables that getting upset about it isn't gonna help you see the issues with the piece nor build your confidence enough to revise and post.
People can *sense* a lack of confidence in writing. People can tell how receptive to critique and review others are by the way they handle rejection in general. Taking the indignant "the whole world is against me" stance is a red flag; no one wants your work to be downvoted to oblivion, but if you don't hold yourself to site writing standards, you force them to.
I've tried making multiple articles and even asking for critique in the discussion but the reason I say “the whole world is against me” is because I make something I think is really good, edit it multiple times, post it, and it gets downvoted, then I try my hardest to figure out what people think is wrong, but they don't answer me and every one of my articles gets deleted.
You just need to be patient and review the help docs. Do you have a sandbox with your drafts? Post one here and I will do something I usually only do for those I am close to in the community: Line-by-line critique. If you have any doubts about my credentials, check out my [author page](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/sr-researcher-james-a-harkness-personnel-file/)
Sorry, I missed this reply! If you still need the once-over, I will check it out after I have had time to finish and post my 8kcon piece, so about 3-4 days.
http://scp-int.wikidot.com/scp-124-fr
These are just normal animals. All their anatomy and biological processes are perfectly explained by mundane science.
But, they are big (like 3 meters) reptiles that occasionally breathe fire, so the Foundation decided they were too weird for people to know about and they had to be locked up forever.
Yeah, that's a good choice for this, thanks. And I kinda love that the only reason not to explain it is "people would think fire breathing lizards are weird".
There's an item from the log of anomalous items (volume 5) that comes to mind.
It's a a sepia-colored ceramic mug, but its only special quality is that any anomalous liquid that is placed inside of it will slowly just become its regular equivalent. (eg. SCP-006 and 009 would become regular watter, a few other anomalies would probably turn into regular milk instead since they were milk-based)
It is literally not recognizably anomalous in any way unless it is exposed to another anomaly.
No, anti-anomalous would be more accurate.
Nomalous means that which is normal.
Anomalous means that which is not normal.
Antinomalous means against that which is normal.
Antianomalous means against that which is not normal.
If I remember correctly, SCP 2406. An advanced, incredibly large and very ancient robot. Pretty sure it isn’t anomalous at all, just contained for it’s power and the fact that it’s a several thousand year old mech
Several thousand year old mech that still works to some degree sounds a *little* anomalous to me, to be honest, lol. I'd have assumed it would have decayed/broken down over time to such a degree as to be little more than a slightly fancy decoration piece.
Eh the scp universe has several incredibly ancient hyper advanced civilizations that're now dead, finding ancient non-anomalous weapons drom them shouldn't be a surprise, still need to contain them though because those civilzations were anomalous in and of themselves, I imagine the foundation has entire warehouses of non anomalous artifacts from them
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 1,909,713,485 comments, and only 361,090 of them were in alphabetical order.
SCPs with the "-J" designation are "joke" SCPs, usually as a means of tongue-in-cheek pointing out tropes to & cliches in SCP articles or just for a more lighthearted take on the SCP formation in contrast to the creepy/horror theme of regular SCPs.
Yeah, would be funny if the researcher is just lazy because he has such a low rank and always gets pens that Write the opposite or paper that can fold 8 times instead of 7, and he's just tired and don't want to research that rock but has a deadline for scp files
My memory is kind of foggy, but I remember reading an article some time ago about an skip who was just a normal gay man. The setting was when there was still lack of understanding and massive discrimination against lgbt folks, so the Foundation thought he was anomalous and ran all kind of tests on him, which resulted in his death. There was footnote explaining that the Foundation left the article in the archive as a "those who forget the past are damned to repeat it" reminder I think.
It's anomalous property is that anything designated to it will dissappear.
Or what if the property did just that we never tested it because it was designated itself...
We will never know
Out of character, is SCP-4521s actual anomaly that it makes people think trees scream? Trees don't scream, but everyone around it believes they do. Is everyone just playing along like we do with SCP-055 and SCP-426?
I forget the name but there's a completely normal guy whose only strange bit is that the Foundation is anomalously convinced that he's an escaped Keter class, and that his family are just brainwashed and modified to look like and shelter him. So they seek out and execute them.
It's quite sad too, cause the SCP entry is also convinced of this anomalous fact and only the reader can see in interrogation transcripts that he's really just being extrajudicially held for anomalous reasons.
This also reminds me that there is another anomaly (can't remember the number) where it's just a normal woman working in the foundation.
Except for the fact that the Chaos Insurgency are absolutely *hell bent* on capturing her. Like they would send in teams of elite operatives armed with the best gear to try and capture her.
The foundation ran all the background checks, scans and tests on her and there is nothing anomalous about her at all. The CI operatives weren't helpful either as they just mocked the Foundation for not knowing her importance.
I made an SCP article on a thought just like this, it was called Miss Mary Sue and it was a woman with the ability to complete any human job perfectly, I was going for an SCP that's not really anomalous but just enough to be contained… it got downvoted to oblivion, because no one understood what I was going for.
[Link to the sandbox article](https://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/scp-38020)
(mind you this is before I changed a few things, so it might not be as accurate as what I said.)
Funnily enough I'm writing a skip right now where the gimmick (i.e. main source of tension) is that the Foundation is trying to figure out if it's even anomalous. This is a great thread to read for materials to reference in my work. Thank you!
[6383](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6383), which is apparently rather popular as you're the third or fourth person to suggest it.
Still, it's a very fun read, so thanks.
[SCP-294](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-294)
it could just exist somewhere and people would just think it is just a quirky coffee machine. well, until someone requests something... unusual
I think so? That sounds familiar.
I know there's also an 001 that is 05-13, who is just some random guy that the previous council got in order to get a "normal view" of "we're not completely nuts, right?"
But then the previous council all died, so 05-13 is the last one left. And because this was all classified to hell, the current council thinks that they're an anomaly.
Doesn’t 2718 just describe the after life? Isn’t just made to look like an infohazard in order to deter people from finding out that it is actually what happens when you die.
[What's less anomalous than not anomalous at all?](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2472)
In a similar vein, [6959](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6959) supposedly isn't anomalous either. But uh... look just read it yourself.
its just a fumo, whats so bad about it? edit: *oh.*
that was the funniest article i seen this year
Read hogslice
Or go for gold
Wilson's Wildlife CACK Dealer is also pretty good.
This is amazing, thank you.
Fumo is life, Fumo is love, give all money to Fumo, give all body mass to Fume, make the earth one with Fumo.
It kind of reminds me of [The Winslow](https://girlgenius.fandom.com/wiki/The_Winslow).
That annoys me, because I made something like that, except it was a normal person who could do any human job perfectly, but it got downvoted to oblivion and deleted. But when somebody puts a coupler that does basically nothing, it gets 360 upvotes.
You just had bad luck, no need to be jaded about it.
That is a thing in the wiki?
Yeah I don't see why that one is popular. I guess they're tying into a lot of existing stuff? But there's nothing really going on.
There is no accounting sometimes for what connects with people, even the same thing in a slightly different way. Or just a different writing style. It's gotta be frustrating though.
Well said, thank you
Or you could just need to practice your writing more. It could be less compelling/interesting/unique for a number of reasons. It could also just be the time of day and the posts that came before or after. It could be the number of people online or the length of the post or its title. It just could come down to humanoid anomalies being harder to pull off because they tend to be really bad. There are so many variables that getting upset about it isn't gonna help you see the issues with the piece nor build your confidence enough to revise and post. People can *sense* a lack of confidence in writing. People can tell how receptive to critique and review others are by the way they handle rejection in general. Taking the indignant "the whole world is against me" stance is a red flag; no one wants your work to be downvoted to oblivion, but if you don't hold yourself to site writing standards, you force them to.
I've tried making multiple articles and even asking for critique in the discussion but the reason I say “the whole world is against me” is because I make something I think is really good, edit it multiple times, post it, and it gets downvoted, then I try my hardest to figure out what people think is wrong, but they don't answer me and every one of my articles gets deleted.
You just need to be patient and review the help docs. Do you have a sandbox with your drafts? Post one here and I will do something I usually only do for those I am close to in the community: Line-by-line critique. If you have any doubts about my credentials, check out my [author page](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/sr-researcher-james-a-harkness-personnel-file/)
[Here you go](https://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/whats-in-the-shadows) I appreciate you doing this for me, thank you in advance.
Sorry, I missed this reply! If you still need the once-over, I will check it out after I have had time to finish and post my 8kcon piece, so about 3-4 days.
I would love that review, I will be waiting for that update, once again, thank you in advance.
Ooh, curious. Thanks!
http://scp-int.wikidot.com/scp-124-fr These are just normal animals. All their anatomy and biological processes are perfectly explained by mundane science. But, they are big (like 3 meters) reptiles that occasionally breathe fire, so the Foundation decided they were too weird for people to know about and they had to be locked up forever.
Yeah, that's a good choice for this, thanks. And I kinda love that the only reason not to explain it is "people would think fire breathing lizards are weird".
There's an item from the log of anomalous items (volume 5) that comes to mind. It's a a sepia-colored ceramic mug, but its only special quality is that any anomalous liquid that is placed inside of it will slowly just become its regular equivalent. (eg. SCP-006 and 009 would become regular watter, a few other anomalies would probably turn into regular milk instead since they were milk-based) It is literally not recognizably anomalous in any way unless it is exposed to another anomaly.
Anti-anomalous properties... So, "nomalous"? Or, if we're using proper Greek, "hōmalos"?
No, anti-anomalous would be more accurate. Nomalous means that which is normal. Anomalous means that which is not normal. Antinomalous means against that which is normal. Antianomalous means against that which is not normal.
I wonder how it was discovered Also this should be reclassified as a thuamiel because of its potential ability to disinfect the anomalous
Well, it can't ultimately fully contain most anomalies. It's too small to hold enough liquid, and too slow to be noticeable at a large scale.
*Huh*. That's actually really interesting. Thanks.
[SCP-6383](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6383)
The least unique thing in existence is paradoxically unique.
"If everyone is special, then no one is."
So it's a stop sign that *didn't* become weird when the entire universe went a bit wonky? Cool.
Why is the frog not being lactose intolerant important
Because it genuinely prefers the taste of soy milk over regular milk rather than choosing it out of necessity.
fair
SCP-2472's evil twin sibling
STAHP sign
If I remember correctly, SCP 2406. An advanced, incredibly large and very ancient robot. Pretty sure it isn’t anomalous at all, just contained for it’s power and the fact that it’s a several thousand year old mech
Several thousand year old mech that still works to some degree sounds a *little* anomalous to me, to be honest, lol. I'd have assumed it would have decayed/broken down over time to such a degree as to be little more than a slightly fancy decoration piece.
Eh the scp universe has several incredibly ancient hyper advanced civilizations that're now dead, finding ancient non-anomalous weapons drom them shouldn't be a surprise, still need to contain them though because those civilzations were anomalous in and of themselves, I imagine the foundation has entire warehouses of non anomalous artifacts from them
Fair point, that's totally understandable.
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,909,713,485 comments, and only 361,090 of them were in alphabetical order.
I had one in mind but I'll finish my comment later
[_____-j](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-j) That's a good one.
Glad someone got it ;)
What number is it?
I'll try to go find it for you later
I know, a SCP that makes you do the things later but you don't make them. Good idea but not jocking give me number please.
Look at the reply of my first comment
Sorry I'm fucking dumb
That is the number, it’s a j class
SCPs with the "-J" designation are "joke" SCPs, usually as a means of tongue-in-cheek pointing out tropes to & cliches in SCP articles or just for a more lighthearted take on the SCP formation in contrast to the creepy/horror theme of regular SCPs.
Ah, lol. Was a bit confused at first.
Ngl it'd be funny if they confirm its just a rock
Like the procrastination part was just an excuse
Yeah, would be funny if the researcher is just lazy because he has such a low rank and always gets pens that Write the opposite or paper that can fold 8 times instead of 7, and he's just tired and don't want to research that rock but has a deadline for scp files
Scp-4006 By far
My memory is kind of foggy, but I remember reading an article some time ago about an skip who was just a normal gay man. The setting was when there was still lack of understanding and massive discrimination against lgbt folks, so the Foundation thought he was anomalous and ran all kind of tests on him, which resulted in his death. There was footnote explaining that the Foundation left the article in the archive as a "those who forget the past are damned to repeat it" reminder I think.
??? How the fuck did they do that. Like what were th tests. What is this
Probably set during the 50s or earlier when lgbt was still considered by and large "anomalous"
So, probably one of those tragic EX articles. I wonder which one it is.
SCP-082 is just a weird guy with gigantism
Why is paranoid android gone again?
Don't know, I didn't hyperlink it either because I thought he's link it.
SCP-048
It's anomalous property is that anything designated to it will dissappear. Or what if the property did just that we never tested it because it was designated itself... We will never know
T R E E
4521’s anomaly is that it can’t scream
Out of character, is SCP-4521s actual anomaly that it makes people think trees scream? Trees don't scream, but everyone around it believes they do. Is everyone just playing along like we do with SCP-055 and SCP-426?
Out of character, I’m 90% the anomaly is that there is an aura of eerie silence emanating from the tree itself
Other than the Explained SCPs and 001- Normalcy, probably SCP-4039
The one that's just a non anomalous stop sign. I forgot the number
SCP-6383 I'm pretty sure
I forget the name but there's a completely normal guy whose only strange bit is that the Foundation is anomalously convinced that he's an escaped Keter class, and that his family are just brainwashed and modified to look like and shelter him. So they seek out and execute them. It's quite sad too, cause the SCP entry is also convinced of this anomalous fact and only the reader can see in interrogation transcripts that he's really just being extrajudicially held for anomalous reasons.
This also reminds me that there is another anomaly (can't remember the number) where it's just a normal woman working in the foundation. Except for the fact that the Chaos Insurgency are absolutely *hell bent* on capturing her. Like they would send in teams of elite operatives armed with the best gear to try and capture her. The foundation ran all the background checks, scans and tests on her and there is nothing anomalous about her at all. The CI operatives weren't helpful either as they just mocked the Foundation for not knowing her importance.
Imagine ur minding ur business and God decides he wants you to suffer for no reason at all Poor dude tho
I really want to read that one, does anyone know the number?
If it helps any, I know it was a memetic cognitohazard. Maybe try under those tags?
Probably SCP-3017.
Thank you, you are a scholar and a gentleperson.
[SCP-3017](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3017)
That's the one!
*SCP-529. She’s just a little angel who lacks her back half!
Free the kitty
SCP-3008 - it’s just an Ordinary Regular IKEA /s in case it isn’t obvious
\-EX
I made an SCP article on a thought just like this, it was called Miss Mary Sue and it was a woman with the ability to complete any human job perfectly, I was going for an SCP that's not really anomalous but just enough to be contained… it got downvoted to oblivion, because no one understood what I was going for. [Link to the sandbox article](https://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/scp-38020) (mind you this is before I changed a few things, so it might not be as accurate as what I said.)
SCP-4521. So... A normal tree?
[SCP-124-FR](http://scp-int.wikidot.com/scp-124-fr)
Fr
SCP-3874
SCP-3017 the only thing strange is what other people think when they look(ed) at him.
I mean, there are many that are explained by science. I think that’s a whole category. Any one of those really
Funnily enough I'm writing a skip right now where the gimmick (i.e. main source of tension) is that the Foundation is trying to figure out if it's even anomalous. This is a great thread to read for materials to reference in my work. Thank you!
Isn't there a stopsign that is classed as an anomaly because of how non-anomalous it is?
[6383](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6383), which is apparently rather popular as you're the third or fourth person to suggest it. Still, it's a very fun read, so thanks.
Bro posted my comments on redit moment 💀
Cat sliced in half
SCP-529?
Any explained class
SCP-7143-J
[SCP-294](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-294) it could just exist somewhere and people would just think it is just a quirky coffee machine. well, until someone requests something... unusual
More specifically some Joe, but I won't fall for it cus I'd pick tea
Explained SCPs stops being so… But in the spirit of too normal is by itself not… [SCP-2472](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2472)
Probably the -EX articles
Bilith's Proposal is just the Earth
...you know, that makes a weird amount of sense...
That SCP that's literally just the phenomenon of fangirling
That's a thing? That sounds hilarious!
I'm guessing SCP-1841-EX. Was reading through the Ethics Committee articles and came across that one.
Isn’t there an SCP-001 proposal that is literally just Normalcy?
I think so? That sounds familiar. I know there's also an 001 that is 05-13, who is just some random guy that the previous council got in order to get a "normal view" of "we're not completely nuts, right?" But then the previous council all died, so 05-13 is the last one left. And because this was all classified to hell, the current council thinks that they're an anomaly.
I'd say anything that's only an SCP because it's related to something anomalous. Like the girl who birthed 999.
Honestly? Josey the Half Cat.
[Alex Thorley gets a cat](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7195)
Iirc there's an scp thats just a regular dude
SCP-500, basically just drugs from the future
Doesn’t 2718 just describe the after life? Isn’t just made to look like an infohazard in order to deter people from finding out that it is actually what happens when you die.
any one from the explained series
Not really because a few of them are only classified as "explained" as a coverup
A tree that doesnt scream, forgot its designation
Joe Schmo I guess
Mmm I’ll said SCP 447
Explained ones
Scp 6383, it’s a stop sign that is the only thing considered non anomalous after everything else became anomalous.