GamersOfTheWorld

It is my first talk of this on the website. My analysis is a little lackluster, and I wasn't very in depth. So, I'll try to talk about it a bit more, explaining the pseudo-canon as we go along.

The SCP wiki in particular maintains a policy of "no defining canon" meaning that nothing is offically canonical. However, this is de jure. If we look at the de facto side of things, there are very clearly established things as "fact."

Even though people are told to "curate their canons," to make their own universes by selectively interpreting the works provided to them, they more often than not go towards a very specific type of canon - the popular one. While this isn't necessarily wrong, it's an argument against the idea of the SCP mythology not holding a canon.

Let's talk about a key element: D-Class personnel. While, technically, they are not supposed to be defined, but instead interpreted by you, there is undoubtedly a common perception that defines what a D-Class personnel is.

The common and correct take via consensus is that they are prisoners, or in some cases, kidnapped individuals, who are forced to engage in tests deemed to hazardous for regular personnel.

If I were to say, for instance, D-Class personnel are actually volunteers who are given million dollar salary's and given the highest honors for their work dealing with anomalies, I would both be correct and wrong at the same time.

Correct in the sense that the "official" or at-least commonly touted rhetoric that there is no canon, but incorrect in the idea that 90% of the fan-base holds true and canonical the D-Class as prisoner idea.

This is the pseudo-canon. You are not officially or technically wrong, but nobody will consider your take on the subject as the preferable take to the popular one. In the best case scenario, a story containing the D-Class as volunteer idea will be a "fun experimentation" or "what if scenario" but rarely will it be considered apart of someone's canon.

The pseudo-canon is canonicity disguised as non-canonicity. If we move away from the wiki, we see this effect amplified by 100. Ask any casual SCP enjoyer (played a few games, read an article or two, watched some YouTube videos on it) and they will tell you the most mainstream and popular narrative as if it was fact.

And, indeed, if we look at those games or YouTube videos, by nature of HAVING to accept a specific idea of what the SCP mythos is in order to actually make their content, they create a canon. And most of the time, it is the most popular one.

We start out with canonical anarchy. A specific concept is undefined, vague, or whatever. Let's take who keeps the documents secret.

This was vague for the longest time, until a prolific author by the name of Dr. Clef invents the idea of RAISA (Recordkeeping and Information Security Agency) during a rewrite of the SCP-076 article. This is the second stage, where a concept is put out there. At this time, many concepts can be put out.

The third stage is standardization. People pick a concept, and slowly forget other concepts. Let's say somebody tried to publish an SCP article that said "The foundation's primary informational security thing is the Database Systems Enforcement Administration (DSEA)" or something like that.

In a world where the pseudo-canon was perfect at allowing people to entertain all concepts presented by all authors, both RAISA and DSEA would receive stories and tales, with neither of them taking precedent over the other.

However, it's pretty obvious that DSEA would get swept under the rug and RAISA would remain the thing that every author used whenever they want to write about redactions or whatever. By this point, standardization is complete. There can be other concepts, but people have already accepted one thing as canon, and nothing else is allowed to even come close to it.

Tl;dr: Canon anarchy, people don't really care or just make up whatever the want. Then suggestion, as people try to put out their ideas. Then it's standardization, as a singular idea is chosen as preferable to all others, and nothing is allowed to achieve or even come close to the same level of acceptance or "correctness" as the selected idea.

The SCP foundation as a concept is scarcely defined at moments, and most of it's definitions come not from discussion and consensus, but from proposition and consensus. Rather than sitting down and asking what the SCP foundation is, people just throw shit at the wall, and whatever sticks is canon to 90% of everyone.

"There is no canon" but anything that's popular enough is canon to the majority of individuals. The definition of what the SCP foundation is shifts every day, with more and more people flinging more and more shit at the wall.

This is a bad way to organize anything. Nobody wants to (or logistically can) agree on what the SCP foundation is, because it's an open project with millions of fans and thousands of writers. Once again, this is the SCP wiki, not the spoopy creatures wiki.

This wiki is centered around the SCP foundation yet can't be bothered to give a solid and unyielding baseline for what it is. The only thing that's constant is that people make shit up and if enough people like it, it's canon.

When you read an SCP article, you may find it enjoyable, and that's fair. But what you are not reading a cohesive and coherent diegesis. For every SCP article, you either have to rethink what the SCP foundation means (for stories that try to go against the pseudo-canon) or re-read the same old boring "SCP morally gray, save the world but also kinda mean" thing (for stories that conform with the pseudo-canon.)

I'm going to be honest, this is one of the least pressing contradictions there is. It's not actively harming anyone, and while some people might be mildly perturbed (like me), it's not going away anytime soon. But if we want to talk about solutions...

The SCP wiki develops a vanguardist writing methodology where it removes a lot of freedom in exchange for narrative cohesion, losing it's "nothing is canon" and "curate your own content" messages.

or

The SCP wiki drops the SCP shit and becomes a generic scary monster wiki. It'll become a hub for everyone's ideas about anomalous entities, and it will be disorganized, chaotic, but it can also be fun.

Like I said, this is a non-pressing contradiction, and the SCP wiki can stay how it is for an extremely long time before any contradictions pop up. But, eventually, the contradictions will sharpen, and you can only blame the pseudo-canon at that point.

I go by he/him primarily, but if you want to, in a jokingly or comradely sense, refer to me by a set of other pronouns, I'm cool with that.

In terms of hobbies, I guess I can kinda enjoy anything, but I don't really enjoy anything. I hear of people having things called "fandoms" but I never super duper vibed with that experience in general. I was in the "SCP" / Spoopy Things and Secret Organizations fandom for a while, I kinda just abandoned it after perceived literary grievances, and I do want to do something with it, 'cause I like the concept and some of it's execution 'n what not, but I just never really wrote anything substantial.

In terms of video games, I like games that give you a lot of choice and are sandboxes / RPGs, and some of my most played games are Rimworld (colony survival sim that lets you put a bunch of people into a world and go wild), Arma III (don't play it anymore, but when I did play it, I just put a bunch of army people down and let them fight - yes I know it's an imperialism simulator and I'm sorry), and Garrys Mod (self-explanatory). I also dabble in a bit of modded Minecraft (pirated ofc, fuck Microsoft and Notch, even if he isn't around at Mojang anymore).

I'm also a fan of roleplay. Basically, I just like to pretend to be things that I'm not and place myself into cool stories. I did a lot of just textual / chat based stuff when I was younger, but I think I'll take this premature interest I had and try some actual TTRPG's like Pathfinder or whatever if I get the chance.

I also like music, and I like a lot of different kinds, so I can't really be specific, but I absolutely love the more "soft" stuff like dream pop. One of my most favorite music things is weirdly, the Minecraft soundtrack. It isn't supposed to be it's own thing in the sense of being original music, but I have listened to it SOOO many times. Nearly every song is a banger to my ears. (Aria Math is a GOAT)

In terms of identity, I am sad to say and but I am proud to say .

I want you to know that as I'm writing this post, as I'm mulling over it's details, that I really don't wanna post this. Like, really don't. I hope I'll build up enough strength to just slam that post button, but most likely, I'll find someway to post it that doesn't involve me just doing it (throwing my mouse in the air and hoping it clicks the post button for me).

I don't like fear, yet it controls me so much. I don't have too many insights, but suffice to say, I hate fear, and you should hate fear too. I'm hoping that by coming here and hanging out with y'all, I can become less fearful and less scared, knowing that whatever I say or do, I still have comrades to fall back on. Idk, whatever it may be, it's one of my goals to become less scared and be more proactive in not only combating liberalism but also, if I ever get the chance, to protect and or help comrades .

Humor isn't, and shouldn't really, be just something you say. It's a casual thing, and because of that, people don't really think. Maybe it has some validity, but the idea that because something is a casual affair means you can turn on your brains auto-pilot is a little bit silly.

There's also the division between funnies and seriousness. I know leftism isn't a vehicle for memes, and that I shouldn't pollute genuine discussions or discourse with "BEANIS!!! I SAID THE FUNNY WORD!!!! BEANIS!!!"

My name is a funny, but that really shouldn't define my existence or be used to the detriment of something good or god forbid someone else's enjoyment or well-being. Funnies can be cool, and I like to believe that if utilized, can increase moral.

I'll do some funnies, but I'll try to restrain myself, is what I'm trying to say.

In all seriousness, inaction ("laziness") and impulsivity combined with untreated, undiagnosed ADHD and near constant Autistic burnout is a living nightmare that I do not wish upon anyone. These are my vices, and I don't like 'em.

The best way to solve a problem is to solve it, and so many people fail at that first step by not even acknowledging that the problem is a problem. I've already lunged myself over that first barrier to find an even larger barrier - actually getting shit done.

I sit in my room all day, drink soda, eat carnist fast food, and watch YouTube and play video games all day. Absolutely awful and wretched, if you can excuse the self-deprecation. My hygiene and health are bad, and all the problems that come with that just turn me into a wreck.

I wanna get better about this, and I hope that by joining the world's must liberal Citations Needed fan forum, I can get better about this. I might participate in the Self Improvement mega or something like that, IDK.

Also reading is a fuck and I know it's good for me but AGHHHSDAMDFSLS (in all seriousness, my eyes just glaze over huge bodies of text and while I can somehow read chains of forum posts, I can't push myself to read books that are over like 2-3 pages)