FAULT: an SCP SBI AU

Philza: The Zilant. Is the immortal concept of fire and fury, which pretends to be a dragon, which pretends to be a human. Maintains his personhood by attaching himself to mortals he calls his ‘Collected’. Currently: Tommy, Wilbur, The Blade, and Tubbo. Additionally, Philza is very intent on keeping any promise he makes and was kept in the Foundation exclusively because they’d captured his Collected and made a deal. Gives great dad advice, except when the advice is ‘let me murder them for you <3’

Tommy: The Instigator. Has a blood red liquid on his hands that grows when he’s scared. When people touch it, they become aggressive to anyone but Tommy. At low TI-Red levels this leads to things like bickering, but it escalates to physical violence and brutality. When TI-Red levels consume him and he thinks he’s going to die, he summons The Blade. Lived as a normal human and met Wil, Phil, and The Blade after a summoning at 15; visited the homeless guys occasionally till the Foundation captured at 16. Abandonment issues, highly touch starved, used as a Thaumiel. Collected Tubbo.

The Blade: The Blood God. Is a massive boar behemoth with voices in his head. When attacked (or if there’s an orphan), becomes The Blood God, who will bend the universe to ensure he wins. The Blade only comes back when the challenge has been completed. Grew up as a monster in the woods, but pulled himself up out of the voices, figured out what was him and what was The Blood God, and established his own personhood. Somehow has a college degree, met Phil and Wil during a gap year. Loves gardening and murdering people for Tommy. Also managed to come out of the Foundation the least traumatized, iconic. 

Wilbur: Soot. [tags are noms Wilbur or scp Wilbur if you want to block] His legs magically rearrange so he is the tallest humanoid in the room. Oh also the void in the side of his face that eldritch abominations claw their way out of. Was basically a feral starving child till ~14 when Philza forcefully adopted him. A chronic insomniac with a heart of gold and a tongue of silver, held together despite the inherent contradictions between being a supreme survivalist and a drama hoe. Memory issues because he represses basically everything. 

Tubbo: The Pollinator. Is a honeycomb skin suit for approximately 400,000 bees. Uses they/them we/us pronouns, because they are a Hive mind/system containing at least three humans: a Little, a Foundation employee, and a lawyer/farmer. Tubbo grew up mostly normal, albeit in secret. The most recently captured by the Foundation, and a staunch pacifist. This causes them to be at odds with Philza, who did a few murderous rampages too many, and The Blade, for the reason above and also because he destroyed their legs. But they stick around because they’re attached to Tommy. 

Where Hearts Roost. Fairy tale AU, Tommy and Wilbur break into witch Philza's cottage and get adopted. Sweet, hurt/comfort, themes of learning to trust. Complete.

The Altars We Sacrifice Our Futures On. Wherein Tommy is sacrificed to The Blood God, except he isn't an orphan so Techno awkwardly adopts him and is awful at parenting. Very funny and fluffy with some dark humor mixed in. Complete.

To Return the Favor of Raising Me. Zombie apocalypse where kid Techno struggles to lead Tommy, Niki, Tubbo, and Ranboo in killing survivors to feed their brains to zombie Philza. Techno develops insane beef with Kristin, who tries to rescue the kids to her survivor compound. Heavy angst, MCD (duh Phil is a zombie), lots of traumatized children. Complete, Fandom Trumps Hate prompt.

Shred Your Wings to Make You Ours. Wing fic! Predator bird Philza shreds prey!Techno’s wings and shoves him in a hole to eat later. Only problem? Philza is a sleep deprived new dad, and accidentally brings Techno back to the nest. Now the only way Techno can survive is to pretend to be a predator, too. A literal Dead Bird Do Not Eat fic- as the whole premise is cannibalism birds.

Always at His Side, Never in His Sight. OSMP + Philza’s FlowerFall. Queer royalty AU with lots of bedrock bros angst. Tommy is struggling with insecurities, aromanticism, and growing gender dysphoria, and elects to cope with invisibility potions even as side effects grow worse. Adopted crown prince Techno dodges assassins, wrangles structural inaccessibility, and accepts his role as a martyr for Tommy. Angst/comfort with fun Origin social world building. Complete. Fandom Trumps Hate prompt.

Of Feathers and Fawning. (or ficlet here) Where Tommy is an avian and during exile his abuser takes advantage of his instincts to manipulate him. Angst heavy, deals with suffering and recovering from abuse. Complete.

Rise up and make this city glow. Young mage Niki gets conscripted invited to learn magic! Her mentor, Technoblade, had far more reservations. Hard not to, after being broken down through endless crushed rebellions. Is Niki the spark that can finally fan the flames of revolution? Complete. Fandom Trumps Hate prompt.

Lord, what fools these mortals be! Fantasy AU, Winter Court Fae Queen Kristin and King Philza try to kidnap SBI. Wacky hijinks with dark portions. Some themes of bodily autonomy, subtle manipulations, absurdity of the fae. One chapter left.

Lighting Lanterns to Bring You Home. Mythology AU where Techno is a Harvest/Revolt god that is killed every Winter Persephone style, Wilbur a Festival/Dissent god. Heavy tragedy. Themes of self change, coping with grief. Abandoned with outline.

One shots:

Where do Babies Come From? Modern AU where Philza picks up homeless kids. My first fic everyone say awww.

Worth far more than your weight in gold. Monster Hunter Techno goes after Philza, who is a raven-dragon-kenku, for taking Tommy. Phil can only talk through redacting others sentences. Monster/culture worldbuilding. Hurt/comfort, distrustful bonding. Themes of learning to value yourself, discrimination, communication.

116 East Normal Street. Human Techno bonding with his neighborhood, who are all not-so-secretly from very different genres such as 'magical girl' or 'noir detective' or 'invading alien'. Most light-hearted thing I've ever written tbh. Themes about suburban isolation but it's buried in there.

A ghost is a tragedy reliving itself. Fault AU where they are abstracted into short horror stories.

Pigmalian.exe. Technoblade is a war robot and Philza is the scientist who made him. As Philza nurtures Techno to sentience, the robot struggles with the meaning of agency and friendship. Angst and Bonding.

Vlogger and the Vampire. Parasocial? Paranormal? Why not both? Vampire emerald duo when Philza nabs a new angry fledgeling. Fandom Trumps Hate prompt.

Ficlets:

Reverse ‘The Lambs Wolves Wear’. Lambs!AU where Philza is the one replaced by a monster (angel) and his children have to navigate it.

Sandduo makes ‘The Lambs Wolves Wear’ even more tragic. “Wilbur” shows up after Philza already killed “Techno” and “Tommy”. Pure angst ensues. Complete.

Waxing and Waning. Goddess of Death Kristin tricks Philza into becoming an icarus figure, only, sun god Tommy has never been embraced before. Complete.

Civilian. Philza finds a team of child superheroes and begins to get worried about their safety. Time to take it into his own hands! Complete.

Reverse Mafia Kidnapping? Tommy kidnaps Crime Boss!Philza. Chaos ensues. Complete.

Paragon of Justice (or whatever). Superhero Techno takes the fall for Ranboo to get tossed in jail the same week villain Wilbur gets caught, too. When breaking out of jail, villain sbi decide to take a plus one! Complete.

A Study in Brood Parasites. Dark!Kristin is a brood parasite bird that plants her chick, Techno, into Philza’s family. Only, she becomes enraptured watching Philza care for his family. Surely he won’t mind if another brood parasite infiltrates his family…. Complete.

Under-The-Bed. Tommy has a brand new monster under his bed. And maybe, if he’s nice enough, Techno will protect him from the monsters over-the-bed. Complete.

Murky Depths. Tiny Merman Techno gets rescued from polluted waters by a giant Kristin and put into a fish tank to recover. He is very Andy about this. Complete.

Do you need help drowning, darling? Vampire Hunter!Techno gets only partially turned, and is in deep denial about it as his health gets worse and worse. Luckily (?) for him, vampire Philza just decided to infiltrate the hunter compound.

Your Heart in My Hands. Fledgeling Tommy isn’t integrating with the coven well :( he keeps trying to escape. But now that Philza has found the reason he was running, all he has to do is lock Tommy in a room with Tubbo until he’s turned…or consumed. Almost complete.

The Blood God and His Fledgeling. Hyper Depressed ancient vampire!Techno finds the reincarnation of Theseus, the man who refused to turn thousands of years ago. While he won’t turn Tommy without consent….he’s not above forcing the issue. Honestly kinda abandoned.

Beast and Boy. Techno is a giant monster that’s been terrorizing the town for years, but when gravely wounded limps off to die. Tommy, however, just got a new puppy!!! And is very determined his parents won’t find out about the puppy under the house. Complete.

Bunnyblade’s 5-step Plan to World Dominance. Lab bunny Techno escapes, only to fall in the TOTALLY NEFARIOUS clutches of Philza. BUT WORRY NOT! The feeble might of a random civilian is not enough to Bunnyblade’s terrible schemes! …but might postpone them for a carrot break. And some petting. Comedy.

Shoot to Kill (I know you will). Cyber punk. Death lottery reaper!Phil tries to chase down Techno, but is thwarted by the principles of anarchy. Complete.

Hibernation. au where techno doesn’t really hibernate for weeks at a time; he just thinks he does because his ‘friends’ drug him for long periods of time to help him learn how to 'lower his guard'. Complete.

The Hero of Their Dreams. Abused!Tommy finds escapism through his dreams, where he is the beloved hero of a fantasy world. And the people in his dreams will do anything to ensure Tommy never wakes up to the horrors of their reality. 5/6.

In Case of Malunion, Carve Through Bone. Collab with Sohr and Apple. Archeologist!Philza is a modern reincarnation of an ancient trio deity who unwittingly revives Technoblade and Kristin. Through a road trip of museum heists, Techno and Kristin start gathering up the shattered pieces of Phil's deitihood. Piece by piece they replace the mortal. Complete.

I've Heard It Both Ways (from The Voices) Psyche Au where Techno claims he has visions from The Blood God which helps him solve murder cases. Uh huh. That's what he's going with. Tommy (Lassiter) is having none of it. But after Skeppy (Mr Yang) captures them both, Tommy might not like the truth he finds. Complete.

The Evertrue Pull of Home. Birds use magnetic fields to navigate. Dark Kristin decides to blast his head with magnets so Philza has no compass home. Bedrock bros try to rescue him.

Can you love me, if I pretend? Human Techno finds refuge in an origins community by pretending to be a bunnyborn. It goes. Badly.

AMESMP

Context, I'm on an origins server playing a scientist phantom named Cessation.

Failure Analysis Log 3 is a fic told through a series of scientific contents regarding Wickburn Asper working on the Ancient City portal, trying to get into the afterlife. Tragedy, yuri (?!), horror.

Ame Smp intro, Seft (Cessation's phantom kid), Pod-cast posts 1, 2, battles, i'm like super behind explaining anything man gooood luck.

Vegetation

All that organic matter should be making this soil very fecund! Netherack has no topsoil, so no vegetation, it tracks. But why does the soul soil have so much abundant soil and no growth compared to like the crimsons, warped biomes that only have a thin layer of topsoil?

We see that experience (soul energy) from killed mobs attracts to players. I propose that higher concentrations of soul energy attract more energy. And soul sand banks, which have ungodly concentrations of sequestered soul energy, may be enough to attract still living souls. Such as, slowing down animals walking across it. Permanent organisms like plants and fungi can't effectively grow there. They need to absorb soul energy, nutrients, etc from the soil to survive, but the soil has higher priority soul attraction. But all this does mean that no new organic matter (or souls!) are being added to the soul sand banks, and so they have a net loss due to burning using up souls and organic matter.

Nether Decomposition

The fuel source line....beautiful beautiful. So histosols would be suited for an oceanic/potentially arctic (basalts) due to the anaerobic decomposition of waterlogged soils, allowing such high organic matter accumulation.

My first thought in the comparison was that histosols decay rapidly once in aerobic conditions. If the Nether was previously oceanic, most of the bacteria would've been adapted to anaerobic conditions. And now the current high temperatures obliterate aerobic decomposer microbes hitching a dimensional ride on people. Perhaps the Nether has a dearth of decomposers in this unique modern slice of evolutionary history; Hence immense accumulation of souls and organic matter. Hence all of the bones remaining for an incredibly long time.

But! A lot of bacteria types can go dormant for very long periods of time and reactivate when exposed to water once again. Hence, when you put soul sand underwater, it creates the bubbling jet streams upward because of all of the explosion of anaerobic bacteria activity (and therefore bubbling methane (or other gaseous waste products I cannot be bothered to get into alt electron acceptors rn)) in a very rich and organic matter dense soul sand.

Nom Proceeds to Lose Their Mind About Coal Formation

I had a minor break down when I remembered coal. Histosols create lots of nice rich coal and peat due to the high organic contents, low decomposition, and lots of heat and pressure. The Nether certainly fits the bill for heat and a dearth of aerobic decay! BUT THERES NO COAL. NONE. NOT IN THE GROUND THERES A LITTLE IN WITHER SKELETONS IGNORE THAT. NO COAL. NONE.

So my first theory was thus: What if some property of netherack limits the amount of pressure that organic matter can experience? Netherack could be forming a bone-like matrix that minimizes compression that, on a geologic scale, limits pressure enough that coal cannot form. My only real evidence is that Netherack breaks startlingly easy, as if it's full of air pockets.

Stone, meanwhile, holds real world properties of compression, leading to the formation of coal in the over world. Overworld has far more rebust soul cycling due to 1. lots of plants 2. soil texture less suited to soul percolation 3. Open energy system that allows souls to escape as heat waste at a faster rate than they can percolate 4. coal compression removing any soul sand-esque formations from consideration, limiting the positive feedback loop of soul attraction. Ergo over world has coal, Nether does not.

And then I developed a secondary theory for why there is no coal. Cause hey, what if coal hasn't had time to form in the Nether? But has in the Overworld?

The Dimensional Warp of Space, and thus Time, in Minecraft Dimensions

In my meager defense, I am not a physicist. So do not understand space-time, particularly not in Minecraft. However what I do suggest is thus:

Space and Time are related.

The Nether is a condensation of space compared to the overworld, along the 8 blocks we see

Therefore time in the Nether is also condensed relative to the overworld.

The End is an expansion of space compared to the overworld, in the same vein that outer space is expanding. The correlating chunks in the overworld are separated from one another when translated to the End, but due to gravity and time have condensed into sparse End islands.

Therefore time in the End is also expanded relative to the overworld.

Fig. 1 displays the proportion of three chunks between the three dimensions.

Fig. 2 displays the duration (shaded) of x length of time proportional between the dimensions. An afternoon in the over world is a faction of that duration in the Nether, as time moves slower. This aligns with how blackholes have high condensation of matter and have time crawling slow at the even horizon. An afternoon in the overworld is months or years in the End, as time moves far faster.

My proposed duration that (the space traveled to in) each dimension has relatively existed. The Nether: A few million years, thus coal has not formed, the Nether has not adapted aerobic decomposition.

The Overworld: A few billion years. Has coal. Perhaps hasn't existed as long as the Earth because their day-night cycle is approximately 20 minutes.

The End: A trillion, maybe. Something crazy. I suggest that the time warping affect is far more pronounced in the End than the Nether, due to the far greater scattering of matter in the End such that there isn't the clear 1-8 conversion thats seen between nether and overworld. The Nether potentially could only get so condensed. The End can expand infinitely, and has had more time to do so. The increased spatial discconection corresponds with decreased temporal connections.

The Apocalypse

In the fic I'm doing all this world building for, researcher Wickburn says:

Tracking the severe rift in thermal signatures between the Nether and Overworld dimensions is the primary method for determining where the overlap between is thick enough for a portal. Of course, most places are suitable for Nether portals, with minimal risk of destabilizing dimensional rifts if they’re clustered at no greater a density than 2 per chunk (Rei and Orzain 8 L. R. I). Comparatively, the End and Overworld have far less overlap, and even fewer that avoid the disastrous 120 chunk radius minimum (Rei et al. 43 L. R. I).

Not all of this is relavent, but it points to core evidence.

1.For people to discover that other dimensions existed, there needed to be some natural phenomena where the dimensions were already connected.

2. some dimensions connect more easily than others. Hence you cannot make Nether portals in the End.

3.That level of connection changes over time. Thus, ancient minecrafters could make end portals, but you can't now.

4.When it was a cooler dimension, The Nether previously had more connection to the End, making it a more open loop system. IMO this is the biggest leap in logic of this whole piece, in part because its major supporting evidence is related specifically to the Ame smp. But do bear with me. The Nether has a very direct 1-8 block conversion of space with the overworld. Therefore, the two dimensions are more closely related. During the time when the End was still 'close' enough for overworld portals to be built, it would've also been 'closer' to the nether. Now it isn't 'close' enough for new overworld portals to be built, and no nether portals to even work.

5. Previously the Nether's soul and heat loss escaped to the End, where in the void of space the heat input made very little difference, and also was in the far, far more distant past for End evolutionary history compared to the Nether. Heat could've also escaped to the Overworld, I do think it would've had far more impact there. Potentially the disconnect between End and Nether was the natural result of the End's constant expansion, perhaps there's some other cause. Really weird line in the sand to say at this point it's too purely speculation for me to theorize how that shook out, but that's where it is for me.

6. Without the connection to the End, the Nether became a nearly closed loop system. With greater difficulty escaping the Nether, souls/energy had more time to percolate into soul sand valleys, further sequestering it. This positive feedback loop caused catastrophic heating, boiling the oceans and turning the Nether hellish. And the overworld being an open loop system where waste heat can escape into sky/space/End didn't experience this heating apocalypse. The current Nether has extremely minimal heat export, and grows increasingly hot from the current soul/energy input due to the vast amount of soul sand sequestering energy.

Therefore: this entire essay WAS about soul sand the whole time SCREW YOU.

Finally, closing questions: WHAT THE HELL IS THE SOURCE OF ENERGY IN THE FIRST PLACE? WHERE DO SOULS COME FROM? SHAKING MOJANG AND DEMANDING ANSWERS