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And the proposal for scp 001 (Lillys proposal)

alright, first 1 (2)

so id like to start my rating by adressing the one who asked me to read these, WHO IS A CHEATER, BY PUTTING 2 SCPS WHEN THEY PUT 1 ORIGINALLY, MISS LUNAAA

anyways, onto the ranking. ill start with SCP-105,

I think that SCP-105 is a very good middle ground, it seems to be an older SCP, but even though that was a different time for the SCP fandom i think it holds up rather well. It feels like a rather typical SCP which would have given it a lower rank, however its middle of the road ranking is because of the added stuff with MTF Omega-7, which used an older kinda standard SCP in an interesting story. Now I haven't actually read the stuff that MTF Omega-7 is a part of but I remember watching some videos about something to do with them and I think that's awesome. So basically what im getting at is I think that this older SCP which is great on its own is awesome but adds more to it when given extra context through the MTF Omega-7 story line (story lines?).

This is why I love the SCP fandom its just a big, evolving expanse of cool concepts, entity's and story's.

Alright, imma be real when i say an SCP-001 proposal, I was scared because of what most of the SCP-001 proposals are, but this one was not bad. I did actually watch (listen to) a video on this SCP a few days ago, and I really like this, I think its place as an SCP-001 is interesting because of the nature of SCP-001 proposals, I'm inclined to believe that is would be one of the fakes, maybe a random SCP that someone made into an SCP-001 proposal, but i think it fits as one, the first SCP (supposedly) being the last thing, allowing peace for humanity in its end is quite fitting.

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I wanted to sort of experiment and use this place for some character thoughts, specifically around the Meri and Hana I write. Now, I write these characters a ton: I have around 40% of the written work in Meri's tag with my name attached to it, and Hana also got her own tag earlier this year, which is incredibly cool to be able to say.

There was a meme on Reddit based on my work recently that, while absolutely hilarious in terms of how much hate it held, really put an interesting idea forward in terms of writing I was already pursuing: what does Meri look like outside of the context of Iris/Hana.

This, obviously, is something that I've already begun working on to an extent; in Eventyr, Meri has a much different childhood than the non-remix version of her, and spent her very early time in a containment cell before being moved to an island after meeting Light, her sort of mother figure.

The thing about the Foundation's treatment of Meri is they don't necessarily know how to handle her: to them, she is more animal than human, so they treat her as such, but the forces that advocate for her (Clef and Luca, her pseudo-uncle from SCP-8166) try to reaffirm her humanity (in this canon, Clef has once-a-year visitation with Meri). This weird split of treatment, even as a child, is something that really really messes with her head.

Additionally, as is the case with most to all reality benders in Eventyr, Meri has to deal with a shadow of the Scarlet King latching onto her fear specifically.

Compounding this, Meri is trans in Eventyr. I think someone being part-animal lends itself really well to an exploration of what it means to be "othered" by the people around you, and how that can lead to feelings of, as Meri puts it, "being born wrong."

This is something that definitely transfers into her adult life too. Currently, there's somewhat of a gap in terms of Meri's childhood to when she meets Hana and travels to a Deer College campus with her. Their relationship deserves its own post, so I'm not going to talk about it here, but Meri begins to claim some shreds of humanity through this relationship (to an extent).

I think as of recent, my favorite piece showing that was what I wrote for pride this year: a fairly intimate story staring Hana and Meri that focuses on Meri learning about attraction and how to (start) becoming comfortable with her body.

For the future, I definitely plan on exploring Meri's understanding of the world to a much deeper degree, especially in terms of how she sort of plays catch-up for all the years of her life she spent in containment before being allowed out on supervised leave. She is still overshadowed by Hana a bit, mostly because Hana places herself in a protective role over Meri (again, will talk about in the future if I remember), but she does learn how to advocate for herself once she understands what needs of hers are still unmet.