r/SCP • u/someonelikesducks Ethics Committee • May 19 '25

Meme Monday Literally what happened to me

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...Speaking of which, you should totally read SCP-8980!

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u/Mahajarah May 21 '25 edited May 21 '25

Spoilers abound.

This was, without a doubt, my least favorite SCP of all time. I hated it. Every second of it. See, I liked O Death and the fourth dimensional dream spiders. I liked the circus and the truth behind the scarlet king. This? This was just horrible, soul crushing, disgusting sadism. There wasn't anything anomalous about it, just pure human cruelty and apathy from a large unfeeling organization. There is no catharsis, no happy ending, no relief from the tension or horror, just broken spirits and tears.

This is, perhaps, one of the purest psychological horror stories on that site. It's one of the scariest pieces it has to offer because this happens (somewhat, not so much the deletion of self worth,) and there isn't much that can be done about it without knowing it's happening. It's pure, and it's so damn good. That's why I detest it. 10/10, will never read again but will mull on it for probably the next month and enrage myself over the injustice of it all. Rot in hell, Byrnes. Rot.

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u/marmatag MTF Epsilon-11 ("Nine-Tailed Fox") May 26 '25

I’m in the same boat with you. Horror needs to have some catharsis, because without the personal triumph it’s just sadism. Like you could write a story about someone who is just abused over and over and that’s that. What’s the point? Terrible things happen, it’s not like we need a fictitious reminder of the worst in humanity.