("Adorable" isn't really the best word in this situation, but I couldn't come up with a better word yet. I checked dictionary and still feels confused.)
When I say "adorable", I don't mean "Haha Murphy with big eyes and cat ears" or something like that. I mean "expressing a likable trait as a noir character".
I am the type of person that believe in "fanart/fan-fiction should follow a character's style and personality". Murphy is a noir protagonist, tough and hardcore, he should not wear a sparkly dress, act like a cat, or having anything way too far from his style.
If you like this kind of content, fine, but personally, I don't find it funny, entertaining or wholesome. There are examples where people make someone goes out-of-character reasonably, yes, but based purely on what I saw, few could execute this concept well. Most out-of-character content are plainly uncomfortable materials.
If you want "male noir detective in a big dress" or "male noir detective acts like a cute cat", the best solution in my opinion is finding a fictional character that suits it, or making an OC and adding whatever appearance/personality you want in this OC.
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I don't know about others, but I personally find Murphy strictly following noir style adorable in a way. Like, imagine some foundation doctors using high-tech devices to solve a problem, and Law just draws a gigantic book, searching pages by pages (and somehow still be faster than those using devices).
Murphy showing human side despite his non-human nature is also lovely. In 7043, the fangirl scientist saw Murphy. He is stunned when she bursts in, showing something other than apathy/self-hatred/rage. He doesn't seem to like it, but he takes the picture with her anyway. In the end of 8643, after all the chaos, Murphy sits on chair and relaxes a bit.
I view Murphy as a character filled with tragedy. His life is tough and bitter, but he still got moments like this. It's genuinely heartwarming.
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Round 1: Murphy Law (SCP-3143, SCP Foundation) vs Juno Steel (Juno Steel, The Penumbra Podcast)
Murphy Law
Juno Steel
Voting ended onAug 8
Propaganda under the cut
Murphy Law:
he's pathetic. he thinks he isn't but he is. he is a silly little guy. you think the joke's on him? wrong. he is ready to give anyone a bit of the business. He is hard and handsome â with the sort of face you could use to smash up concrete, then dust off and still take home to show your ma. He is also our NARRATOR. His voice is a harsh growl; as if he just swallowed a fistful of spent cigarette butts and followed it down with a sulfuric acid chaser. (Submitted by @theeggtoast)
Annoying and gay. What more do you need. Also he has to deal with the Foundation bothering him and trying to contain him, so kudos for that. (Submitted anonymously)
Juno Steel:
Juno is a lady of mystery. He is always a detective, even when he's actually an outlaw. He's also extremely bi and chasing around a homme fatale. Also, his cool detective narration thing is literally just him thinking instead of telling people things out loud. Also did I mention his childhood trauma? He has childhood trauma. (Submitted anonymously)
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Summary: After the events of SCP-3143 Murphy Lawâs story was permanently altered on a fundamental level. Originally, he Murphy Law; a metafictional detective who temporarily altered reality wherever he went.
Now Murphy Lawden exists as a fragment of Murphy Law. Lawden didnât exist until the Foundation made him but now, heâs a part of the story.
This story is set at some point in the future when Murphy has managed to reconcile his two halves and how he/they spend their days.
Word count: 1,013
Authorâs Note: In SCP-8643 a Scranton Reality Anchor temperedly turned Murphy Law into Murphy Lawden. However, we know Murphy was Law before he was Lawden. This is just a short fic exploring how Murphy is now both Law and Lawden.
Murphy is always Murphy. He/they think of themselves as two people sharing a body and they chat to each other. However, it could be argued that Law and Lawden are simply points of view. Law is the âoriginalâ and they both prefer it that way.
SCP-3143 in⌠Jekyll, Hide-and-Seek
In a small messy office, a man leans forward in his chair, as his fingers fly across the keyboard of his laptop. He has a dozen tabs open and from time to time, he opens a new one, googles something and then get back to writing his story. His name his Murphy Lawden and he both is and isnât the man youâd expect to find in this office.
Murphy is a light-skinned, average looking man with messy, brown hair and he wears a pair of reading glasses. Depending on your point of view, the story heâs currently writing is either his first or latest one.
In another life, that wasnât real until it was, Murphy remembers writing a screenplay for a noir inspired detective film. It Always Rains was never written. Other than in his memory, the story doesnât exist outside of a few mentions in some old files in the SCP Foundationâs database.
Still, Murphy like to believe that â if the vague backstory he was given was real â it must have been a pretty great script. It must have been because, in the narrative where he wrote it, it turned Murphy into a better version of himself. One that can actually help people.
Of course, in reality, Murphy knows that heâs the fictional character and his âbetterâ version, is the original. He tries not to let it get him down.
Shortly after Murphy was first created, the Foundationâs plan failed and his original self was able to reassert himself. Murphy had assumed that meant he would disappear but he had been wrong.
Murphy hated what his existence represented; an attempt to make the other Murphy into someone normal and containable, in effect killing the original him. When he hadnât just disappeared naturally, Murphy had tried to help the process along.
The Foundation had made him a writer so heâd tried to write himself out of the other Murphyâs story. Unfortunately, it never stuck for long. Next, heâd tried to fade into the background but outside forces kept dragging him back to the forefront. Eventually, he gave up hiding and tried talking instead.
Surprisingly, his other self doesnât hate him and never has.
âWhy would I?â heâd asked. âYou didnât do this to us. I just not want to be replaced.â When it became clear that wasnât going to happen, the two of them came to an understanding.
Original Murphy still gets to be the main Murphy most of the time. However, Murphy Lawden is no longer hiding and sometimes, in between cases, he even stretches his legs a little.
Murphy is not used to being in the forefront, unless forced to be there by others. He rarely leaves the office as himself. Heâs used to staying in the background and often finds the world outside to be overwhelming. Besides, itâs not like heâd know how to help in a real case.
As he writes, Murphy is aware of the reassuring presence of his better self at the back of his mind. He isnât alone. Heâs choosing to be here, rather than having the decision made for him and that makes all the difference.
For the new story heâs writing, Murphy has picked a different genre and formant to the fictional It Always Rains. Itâs a happy, light-hearted, cosy historical romance novella.
In theory, thereâs nothing stopping him from writing another detective story but both Murphys donât like that idea. Besides, thereâs a chance however small, that writing another detective story could alter his other halfâs âcanonâ and neither of them want to take that risk.
A knock at the office door startles Murphy out of his concentration. He blinks; sits up straight, hits save, closes his laptop with a snap and puts it into the top draw of his desk. He pulls off the glasses he no longer needs andâŚ
SCENE SHIFT:
âŚputs on his trademark trilby hat.
A man sits at his desk. Heâs just heard a knock at the door and something in his face shifts. Perhaps itâs his expression, the way the camara frames his face or simply the audienceâs perspective but one second, he looks like any other person and the next he looks like a classic old-school leading man.
His hands automatically reached for a cigarette which he lights and takes a drag of, completing the transformation.
His name is name is MURPHY LAW and he is ready to give anyone a bit of the business.
Heâs also our NARRATOR. His voice is a rough almost grating rumble, like he chain-smokes firelighters and takes his whisky with actual rocks.
NARRATOR
In my line ofâŚ. Our line of workâŚ
MURPHYâS face shifts back.
NARRATOR
(The voice has shifted slightly too. Itâs slightly softer and quieter)
You donât need to change your narration to acknowledge me.
MURPHYâS face shifts again.
NARRATOR
(MURPHYâS voice shifts back as he sighs. He is still new to not pretending to be alone in his own head.)
I⌠WeâŚ
(He shrugs, and starts again)
In my line of work, you see a lot of things you wish you could forget; things that make a peaceful night sleep impossible. Iâve had to deal with things that would rewrite the words in your head just because they can and things that can erase even the memory of your existence from the face of the Earth. However, true nastiness comes from people. Some people will do anything to be noticed and others will put you in a box if you donât conform.
The knock at the door comes again, louder this time.
From the bottom draw of his desk, MURPHY pulls out a .44 magnum which he looks at pensively.
NARRATOR
The person at my door probably isnât here to kill me. If this is a hit, then the would-be killer is awfully polite, which seems unlikely. Thatâs no guarantee of course but if you start jumping at shadows, itâs harder to react to serious threats.
MURPHY slides his magnum into his shoulder-strapped holster.
MURPHY
Come in.
The door to Law and Lawdenâs Detective Agency swings open.
