Hey, ho here he goes,
Either a little too high or a little too low,
Got a low self-esteem and vertigo,
But he thinks he’s fine and dandy!
Hey, ho here he goes,
Either a little too far or a little too close,
He’s pretending, but everybody knows,
He thinks he’s fine and dandy!
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This series is so goddamn good
I wish SCP 1790 made a appearance
I want to hug kid Connor and tell him it will be okay, godammit.
Why would you lie to a child like that?
Because it's all I can give him.
It's less than nothing. It fails to prepare him for the reality of his life.
>that part with waiting for containment breach to be over
I want to hug kid Conner and apologize to him for what his life will be like, but let him know that he can still find happiness in it.
There's no happiness to be found as a slave in a cage.
Threadly Reminder your show relies on meme culture more then dick figures & rick and morty combined.
And the only kino was the first music video and the 4 seconds that 2427-3 was on screen.
the singer is amazing
One question:
From what i've read on screen writing, everyone seems to say to avoid writing reactive/passive characters.
But isn't connor literally that?
He doesn't drive the story forward himself, he's kind a helpless victim every episode that reacts to events.
Like he wants to get out, but he takes no steps to accomplishing this goal, he just sits in a cell till its time to get tested on.
>Threadly Reminder your show relies on meme culture
You're projecting Homestuck into it.
It's world building right now, once he goes full demon God he'll probably not stay a test dummy
Reactive characters are perfectly fine depending on the story.
Currently, he's in the Infinite IKEA, and without his memories to bog him down, he's absolutely devastating in a fight. He's slowly shifting out of his passive state.
I've literally heard the opposite and to never write reactive characters because they are eternal victims and dont put themselves into situations. What other examples of reactive characters are out there?
Well the point of the show is to showcase the SCP's and they need one consistent character who can withstand it all so we can have someone to attach to. It's really dependent on the framing, and in this case, a reactive character works because the real stars are the monsters
I get the withstand the punishment aspect, but connor doesn't have any clear goals/drives.
Like he's not actively trying to escape/sabotage the place and get stopped due to dealing with spooky monsters, he instead just goes along for the ride.
I would love to see a full series spawn of this
imagine a show like super jail but instead of senseless violence enacted against trapped prisoners you have guards willingly throwing themselves into genuine threats and eldritch horrors.
That maybe could have worked in ye olden days of there being a consistently-characterized group of named doctors and Stories being either direct interaction with SCPs or doomsday events. DEFINITELY not now. You have no idea how much meaningless bloat adaptations like Secret Lab and Confinement are shaving off just to start with their setting.
Literally every single superhero.
lordbung should just restart the series and make it entirely OC so that netflix can buy it.
You'd pretty much have to ignore all user created content thus far and just start new using the SCP brand and the core concept.
Only way to use the real SCP is track down creators of any you want to use and ask them to sign over the rights to avoid possible lawsuits. No sane person would agree to this of course since you know the network wouldn't be able to resist throwing copyright claims at the SCP site and missing the point entirely.
There is a drive in Connor, he strives to know about the monsters that the company throw on him. He's mostly resigned himself for now
That'd be unnecessary under Creative Commons as each creator owns the rights to their specific version, even if it is derivative. The far bigger issue would be that they can't trademark anything. Also the simple fact is that there really isn't anything unique about SCP in terms of setting or content, several entries and tales are pretty noticeable ripoffs, so there is no reason at all to even do a SCP show other than branding. And even that could indirectly invoked with name dropping within a decent ad campaign.
Series is good but Bung has gone full Euphorian. yes, yes, we know this is the only life we have so you can stop playing those scream clips during your 'Spirits don't exist' shorts.
Threadly reminder that 2662 is superior to 2721 in every way
There's a new SCP podcast out there, there's only one episode I haven't listened to it yet tho. I think the Magnus Archive might be enough spooky procedural for me.
>Also the simple fact is that there really isn't anything unique about SCP in terms of setting or content, several entries and tales are pretty noticeable ripoffs
Most fiction in general is like that. If you're going to complain about everything and anything being derivative of something else, then you won't be able to enjoy any sort of fiction.
who is that post quoting
nobody would have watched it to begin with if it didn't have the SCP name on it
No, I'm saying "organization that collects paranormal objects and people" specifically is a pretty common setup.
Well the SCP does the advertising but its a watchable thing on its own. Now I wouldn't buy Netflix for it and I don't think he'd like the measures he'd need to take to ensure he has enough content for an actual show.
>and to never write reactive characters
Anyone who tells you that you should "never" write something is a retard. It's that or you're retarded and don't understand hyperbole. Of course what doesnt work most of the time can still work in certain situations.
>get to smoke weed with hot psychologist girlfriend
>no happiness
Don't bother telling it to that guy, he only know maybe more famous SCPs from first series and that homestuck one because he only seen mr merkour vid
cant believe the song is Bung's on composition (is it?)
Its prob was ghost-written/collaborated with BionicPig and LeonLush
It wouldn't really be the first time they've ever helped him
Blindly going by the book on writing will not quarantine you write anything good.
It's a reworked version of Candy by Robbie Williams, as stated in the description.
Do you think Dr Powers is a plant by the foundation, or is she gonna be busted soon as well?
Advice on the creative arts is not meant to be taken as gospel. Some art teachers discourage erasing, and some of their idiot students take that to mean, Never erase! Just start over if you make a mistake!
Also, three act structure is bullshit, but people try and force every damn movie into that matrix.
who cares what 'people say'.
She might actually be a plant, but I think she genuinely likes Connor now. The fact that she was willing to look up why exactly the Foundation chose to contain him and classified him so heavily already points to some kind of fondness that goes beyond basic manipulation.
Given the special, it's pretty obvious that Nat's feelings have always been genuine. If anything the Foundation is probably only allowing the relationship to proceed as a means to control/study Connor surreptitiously.
"Never" and " Always" are not words that apply to fiction.
>that part with baby Connor in the car
What?
>mother wouldn't kiss him
>'cause of his condition
His mom was terrified of him and wanted to be rid of him. I wonder how many times she tried only to have him pop back into her arms giggling like nothing happened. I wonder if she tried to have him aborted only to have the fetus return.
Considering he never had his mother's love and grew up in confinement with all the adults treating him like a lab specimen it's a miracle he's as well adjusted as he is.
I wanted to do my own series in a similar fashion as SCP like this, but the problem I kept running into is that the characters are reactive to the problem, and not actually always engaging it. Hence why I was trying to work out why it seems to work for SCP and how to apply it to my own writing when connor seems more a passive/reactive character (ie he doesn't cause the problems that he deals with but only reacts to them occuring/solving them, hes not at fault for what happens but he does deal with it).
I think your issue is that you're expanding the definition of "reactive/passive" way too far.