Xian was an early containment fiction author who wrote several lasting contributions to SCP Series 1, including SCP-002 and SCP-003. While there is no explicit record of Xian writing/publishing SCP-002 on EditThis archives, records show that SCP-002 and SCP-003 were written by the same anonymous author on /x/.[1]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-7983.0-7983.63 Works SCP-003 (“Biological Motherboard”) SCP-003 is Xian’s ..
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“A thing that does a thing”, or ATTDAT in acronym, is a common phrase in containment fiction to describe an article that lacks narrative development, and that is primarily composed of an anomalous object and a mechanism of action. The concept is strongly associated with Series 1 and pre-Series 1 SCPs. For example, SCP-173 is ..
Redaction/expungement are literary devices common to containment fiction articles that censor information in order to create mystery, intrigue, and drama. The tactic is associated with containment fiction documents/articles, and not precedent forms of fiction, e.g. The Holders or creepypasta in general. The device originated on 4chan’s /x/ in an effort to further convey a bureaucratic ..
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 ..
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 SCP ..
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 ..
“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 ..
“Man, this article’s perception REALLY shifted over time, huh.”[1]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-77584/scp-113#post-5252117 SCP-113, also known as “The Gender Switcher”, is a work of containment fiction initially written in 2008 on 4chan’s /x/ board by pseudonymous user Robin Sure, and that currently exists on the SCP Wiki in a rewritten form.[2]https://archive.ph/QNbYp#selection-21479.0-21527.1441[3]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-113 The anomaly is a piece of red jasper ..
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, ..