r/SCP • • Jan 07 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT "How do I write for the site?" "How are new SCPs created?" "Is there an approval process?" "Where do I get started reading SCPs?" and more questions, answered!

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See the following links:

[[Required Reading Hub]] including [[How To Write An SCP]]

[[Guide for Newcomers]]

[[Join the Site]] Note the email address requirements!

Or if you just want to read, [[Guide For Reading]] and [[User-Curated Lists]]


r/SCP • • 13d ago

Meta Post [IMPORTANT] Please help donate to support an SCP Author going through extremely difficult times.

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Gaby's Ko-fi Link

Gaby, also known as "local lesbian commie" is an excellent SCP author. She wrote the contest-winning entry SCP-8557 along with many other excellent works. Right now, she needs our help.

I already made a post drawing support earlier this year, and I'm grateful for everyone who chipped in. Her mother unfortunately passed away in February, and her family received no compensation from the company that caused her death.

Gaby is also a disabled trans woman currently living in Brazil. Not only is Brazil extremely unsafe for trans people (it is the nation with the highest number of transgender murders) but after this past election, the alt-right party has won massively.

Not only has the alt-right party been responsible for some major moral obscenities in the past (Attempted coup, 700k deaths during Covid, a rapist as a vice presidential candidate...) but the upcoming administration is also virulently transphobic.

It is not safe for Gaby to remain in Brazil, but she does not have the funds to move. Donations have helped her support herself, however, things are more difficult than ever before.

If you can, please consider supporting Gaby at https://ko-fi.com/supportgaby - any small bit helps more than you know. Thank you.


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r/SCP • • 12h ago

Discussion Opinions about SCP Universe grounded to reality

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I've always liked grounding fiction to reality, and I keep brainstorming what would happen if SCPF universe was grounded to reality, like what if foundation didn't have infinite money, and infinte resources, like then if you lose a helicopter or transportation truck, you have to spend your limited money to fix it.

And there are also governments, and they are also advancing in technology so foundation would have to find way to mine metals and resources, would have to find way to transport MTF units, anomalies, and etc, and ofcourse big sites like site-19 would have subterranean nuclear plants, so they'll have to manage heat, and exporiting ratioactive metal for controll rods.

So, in your openion what would be more facinating, Sci-Fi or reality grounded?


r/SCP • • 19h ago

Discussion What is the WORST Scp article to recommend to someone new to scp?

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477 Upvotes

Im pretty sure "what is the best scp article for someone new to scp?" Has been asked before.


r/SCP • • 8h ago

Original Artwork I'm back with my favorite coping mechanism (SCP 3143 & SCP 4494)

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They make me happy


r/SCP • • 5h ago

Help Give me Scp files to read please

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I need more good written Scp files to read because I’m bored (I have read roughly very Scp from 1-500)


r/SCP • • 1d ago

Discussion What is your favorite SCP that is incredibly simple, but you like it anyways?

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For me, it is SCP-052. there isn't that much there, and it is a bit dated, but I just like the concept behind it.


r/SCP • • 6h ago

Original Artwork I made a drawing; I called it "United Humanity."

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A drawing that serves as a tribute to the 40 million victims of the Harvest War in Corbenic against the Striders.


r/SCP • • 2h ago

Help I want to make a model of an SCP facility.

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I want to build a model of an SCP facility. Could you provide me with a schematic or map for this, and I would like it to be in the style of a containment breach.


r/SCP • • 11h ago

Tip of My Tongue Thoughts about a world without the Veil?

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That’s it. Imagine an SCP-verse where the Veil does not exist, no such mechanism to near-completely conceal paranormal to the public. People always knew the very existence of them.

It also means the lack of a hidden “paranormal world” parallel to our own. No Veil means no need/possibility of a “magical world” sealed from our own one.

I don’t exactly know why, but apparently this idea hasn’t attracted much attempts yet. Sure we have Broken Masqurade, but that’s about the Veil suddenly collapsing. I’m talking about the Veil being non-existent at all.

So, what I want to ask is: Do you find the idea of a Veil-less world attractive? Why or why not?


r/SCP • • 5h ago

SCP Universe What are some iconic locations in the SCP universe?

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I'm only so far aware of Alagadda, Three Portlands, Daleport and Sloths pit.

Are there any more iconic locations and some great tales/articles linked to them?


r/SCP • • 3h ago

Video Games I made a free SCP foundation card game

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Hi guys! I made a trading card game based on SCP

Its a good way to discover lesser knowed SCP and I find it pretty fun to just collect. I'm still working on some stuff, but there is boosters opening, trading between players, auctions, a ladder and more!

Feel free to try it out and leave me feedback, have fun!

https://scpfoundation.cards/


r/SCP • • 3h ago

Discussion Do you prefer a fixed or sliding timeline in regards to character ages.

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I was thinking about something, particularly in reference to groups like Gamers Against Weed. They're characterized by being a "youthful" and shitposty GOI included with the idea of contemporary internet culture. However, they were created with that nearly a decade ago. If you follow the gamer's against weed dossier (linked here).

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/gamers-against-weed-dossier

The founders of GAW are 28-29. Do you personally take that as 28-29 at the time of the Dossier's writing (2017) or do you take it as 28-29 whenever NOW is? In 2026, these guys are gonna be pushing 40. Aging them up isn't necessarily a bad thing, but what it does do is that it isolates them a touch from their archetype as stock characters. They go from being chronically online youths with magic powers to chronically online millennials.

Similarly let's take SCP-239. Her primary characterization is being an unaware 8 y/o child with reality warping powers. However, that was written in 2008. If you are to write a story taking place in 2026 featuring Sigurrós, would she still be 8 (I.E. in a form that anyone familiar with her linked article would recognize her as) or is she 26 (and effectively be a completely different character from the ground up).

I'm not saying any particular of these choices are better or worse than the other, but it fascinates me all the same. In your headcanons, should these characters exist in their most recognizable forms in the current day or age along the context of their creation?


r/SCP • • 22h ago

Original Artwork SCPTober 2026 from the Spanish Branch! - Day 17, SCP-5000

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I'm not very proud of this one? I think I could have done better with the colors and texture. The scene is inspired by the movie Cabin in the Woods, go check that too apart from the article!

OST I listened while drawing: Hayloft I - Mother Mother


r/SCP • • 1d ago

SCP Universe I just want to share how damn hard the Protectorate's motto is.

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731 Upvotes

I love Mundus Liberari, it deserves more love.


r/SCP • • 4h ago

Help Existential horror/ cosmic horror scp that are really dark like scp 2718 ?

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I need suggestions please


r/SCP • • 1d ago

Discussion Could we make Scarlet King high via giving him smoke 420-J?

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r/SCP • • 4h ago

Discussion Your favorite fan made SCP film?

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I really liked the You Don't Recognize the Bodies in the Water short film.

I also really love SCP: Overlord.


r/SCP • • 18h ago

Discussion Which SCP-001 is your favorite?

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My personal favorite for SCP-001 is The Database, and I headcanon it as the real SCP-001.

I don’t know; it just hits me differently in a way that I can’t explain well.


r/SCP • • 11h ago

Discussion Can old revisions of SCP-3333 still be read?

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I think it's a shame how things can be so hard to find after they're deleted from the wiki.

Since SCP-3333 has been (controversially) rewritten multiple times, is there anywhere that previous versions have been archived? Viewing past revisions via the History module on the wiki doesn't include images or hyperlinked exploration logs, and the Wayback Machine is also missing the exploration logs.

Real answers please, I don't care if the old versions aren't worth my time reading. I like it when media is preserved and I'd like to be able to see and compare it.


r/SCP • • 6h ago

Discussion Any good fanfic about creating the foundation?

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Hey yall! I wanted to know is there any good fanfic about a oc/mc creating the foundation in another universe or world like a crossover? Maybe in DC, Anime or etc?


r/SCP • • 14h ago

Original Artwork Made some artwork of the 131 twins

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r/SCP • • 1d ago

Original Artwork SCP 3125 (for inktober)

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Today's prompt was star, so I got another excuse to draw this fabulous thing.


r/SCP • • 14h ago

Help Sciency articles in the realm of astronomy/astrophysics?

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I am looking for articles that have a big focus on the science/sci-fi element in the realm of astrophysics. I am NOT particularly interested in grandiose far away future/"unrealistic" space exploration/space opera type articles. That doesn't mean that the implications of the SCP can't be grandiose, it just means I want a more grounded feeling foundation. Excessive technobabble in this field does not scare me.

As an example article, I think SCP-2998 definitely scratches that itch for me, especially in the description of the signal (even though the article evolves much further than that).

Would be super duper happy with recommendations :) Thanks!