This article is a work in progress. “I can’t speak for others, but to me, my tales are much more personal. An SCP is built according to a preexisting format, and you can usually only go so far with one. A tale, on the other hand, is pure creative potential. I’m defensive about my tales ..
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Arcibi, also known previously as Arc and “Captain Cactus and the Water Preservation Squad”, is an early SCP author, mainly active on /x/ and EditThis. They wrote SCP-294 (“The Coffee Machine”), SCP-127 (“The Living Gun”), and a non-viable SCP-627 (“The Companion Cube”).[1]http://web.archive.org/web/20080521072851/http://editthis.info/scp_wiki/User:Arc[2]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/arcibi-s-file[3]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-9872.1-9925.282[4]https://archive.ph/nLPU3[5]http://web.archive.org/web/20080611234057/http://www.editthis.info/scp_wiki/?title=SCP-627&action=history SCPs SCP-294 – “The Coffee Machine” SCP-294 is an early and influential ..
“The central idea isn’t that important… it’s what you do with it.”[1]https://youtu.be/mojMBWGhrCs?list=PLVF4WscnYxkRAjIzGnBGfZdB817SThya8&t=1611— WikiDot user and SCP author Grigori Karpin “Anomaly As Vehicle” is a broad compositional philosophy and methodology that considers the anomaly of a containment fiction entry as secondary or negligible with respect to the article’s narrative intent and focus. While more popular in ..
For the character, please refer to the Fandom Wiki entry. Dr Gears, previously known as “Cog”, is an author of containment fiction and creepypasta, and one of the earliest and most notable contributors to the SCP Series/Wiki. He is the author of classic SCPs such as SCP-682, SCP-106, SCP-882, SCP-914, and numerous other works. He ..
Thread #573348,[1]https://archive.vn/dIUWj also known as The Emergence of Dr Gears, was a thread on 4chan’s /x/, started on April 3, 2008. It represents a third wave of new SCP entries from /x/ (the first two being Thread #448755 and Thread #453291) and marks the introduction of numerous notable SCPs, most of which were written & posted by ..
The “milk +1” idiom refers to a particular comment style used to express approval on SCP Wiki containment fiction articles. These comments are characterized by their brevity, directness, and often follow the format “[topical object/buzzword/phrase] +1”. Typically, such comments (1) succinctly reference the article’s subject matter, (2) provide single-word evaluations (e.g., “good”), and/or (3) utilize ..
“What makes this win is how different each one is from the last. The Holders series, while creepy for the first few you read, eventually becomes so formulaic that all its scary potential is gone. Working on my own SCP now.”[1]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-16533.10-16533.242 Thread #448755 is a thread on 4chan’s /x/, started on January 20, 2008. It ..
Cross-prompting, “anomaly placeholding”, or just “prompting” is a compositional technique wherein a future series slot is used in a work of containment fiction, prompting its eventual creation based on the context of the initial use. For example, if in a theoretical RPC-2830 article, a not-yet created “RPC-3042” is mentioned as being a sentient weather phenomenon, ..
Note: This article is about an article that no longer occupies the stated numerical designation (“non-viable”). SCP-1926, originally known as “Meet The Mewts” or simply “The Mewts,” was a containment fiction article posted to the SCP Foundation Wiki on March 28, 2013. The article featured magical, animated children’s plush toys called “Mewts.”[1]https://web.archive.org/web/20190129210348/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1926 Though initially well-received ..
“The entries that were moved to the EditThis wiki were the original works of the users on /x/ and /b/. With the creation of the SCP Series wiki, the community began to post fewer and fewer threads on 4chan, instead writing directly to the wiki. As such, /x/ and /b/ ceased to be the primary ..