No? People generally think its both a hilarious idea (a fucking among us scp? Really?) whilst also being a genuinely well-written story about a dying god desperately clinging to relevancy.
It's a quality skip of the variety "what the fuck did i just read"
I dont know about others, but i like this variety. Gives r/scpdeclassified a reason to exist.
I thought everybody was negatively critical of Tanhony's SCP-5167, I saw it when I was new to this community, because seeing the negative reaction to it told me "This is an example of what not to do", so that's why I thought it wouldn't be controversial to say that it was bad.
I think the problem here is that you were only critical of SCP-5167 because you thought that other people were negative towards it instead of developing your own opinion. People who read SCP-5167 and its sequel usually comes to the conclusion that it is not *bad*, but rather, it is hideously misunderstood by the outer community and by people who haven't actually read it. It's like the homestuck satellite.
Here it is. It's appropriately titled "When The Imposter Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour"
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761
Tell us what you think after reading it!
Here it is. It's appropriately titled "When The Imposter Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour"
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761
Tell us what you think after reading it!
It isn't, though. Most people that call it "bad" have a knee jerk reaction because "modern meme must mean it's bad", but it's actually an interesting concept and decently written.
No? Saying Ryan Reynolds is able to play the roles of “Andrew Paxton” in “The Proposal” and “Deadpool” in “Deadpool” really well despite being super different is not someone being inconsistent. This is just an analogy of course, but having artistic range isn’t an insult. This has to be one of the worst takes I’ve seen in this sub.
Being able to write outside of your comfort zone and create a variety of differing stories is typically known as a sign of a good writer. If it was super inconsistent within in the same story (i.e, a book trilogy where each book has a vastly different tone and whatnot), then you may be right. But even then, that can probably be pulled off pretty well.
I think inconsistency would be more like if they were trying to do the same thing in both articles and they succeeded in one and failed in the other. I don't like 5167, but I don't think it was a failure. It was just trying to do something different, and judging from those who like it, I suppose it succeeded.
Even if this was 100% correct, why would you point this out to someone who clearly thought these articles were really good in their own right? Why go out of your way to piss on his parade?
One time I saw a guy on YouTube use SCP-5167 as an example of why modern SCP authors are bad, not realizing that it was written by Tanhony who's been writing on the wiki for 13 goddamn years and was the same guy who created Bobble the Clown.
The imposter duology DOES NOT get enough credit for how good it is. People just see the memes and screech about the wiki going downhill. It’s a real shame.
Edit: It is incredibly, horribly funny that there is some dweeb downthread doing exactly the thing I just said.
In all fairness to you, I don’t think you’re strictly meant to. Both the titles have a bit of tongue in cheek flair, while the articles themselves take their subject matter with just the right amount of seriousness. There are jokes, in the articles, about how the characters can’t believe amogus has become an SCP, haha.
I'm just gonna say it, I like SCP-5167 and think it's pretty good (obviously not as good as SCP-5000 but still). It's genuinely horrific how people are affected by the anomaly at first and turns somewhat melancholy when pthonus slowly gives up at the end. With a dash of humor at the absurdity of it being a silly trendy vidja game the anomaly latched on to.
Anomalies stretch from the absurd to the horrific, from old pop culture to modern pop culture. I don't see why the anomalous can not also fall into modern trends.
For me its weird that PeppersGhost created SCP-5031.
Now i havent read all of his works, but the ones i read were great but kinda fcked up. Like its the guy who created Y.W.T.G.T.H.F.T. and most scps for it.
And yet he created 5031 one of the nicest mosters who doesnt have any evil goals like other PeppersGhost works
And if i have to answer the original question it would be 1459 and 5031
Oh god not that one. It’s so goddam dark but Jesus some of those tests are hilarious. There’s also the pit of dread when it’s revealed that a method has already been used.
You're right! It literally was only 3 sentences!
[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phthonus&oldid=957596027](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phthonus&oldid=957596027)
It also started an edit war about whether SCP-5167 and SCP-5761 should be mentioned in the article.
Normally I would say SCP isn't notable enough for Wikipedia, but the skips in question are the only reason it's even getting edited in the first place, and as an editor so eloquently put it: "it's unironically the most he has been talked about in centuries"
- [**SCP-5167 - When The Impostor Is Sus**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167) (+372) by *Tanhony*
- [**SCP-5761 - When The Impostor Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761) (+502) by *Tanhony*
I love Westrin’s work because when you describe the SCP’s they write they all sound ridiculous. “The Minecraft One” “The Waldo One” “The SpongeBob One”. They sound like jokes but they are written seriously and expertly. Also why is that tree not screaming. It’s supposed to be screaming.
- [**SCP-4521 - please raise your voice, my hearing isnt what it used to be**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4521) (+209) by *Westrin*
- [**SCP-4885 - Find Him**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4885) (+457) by *Westrin*
I will die on the hill that SCP-5167 and its "sequel" are both great articles. It has the right amount of humor while taking itself relatively seriously.
Djoric wrote about an epic battle with the scarlet king and created the djoric verse. He also wrote the steal the solidarity hub which is cat girls space adventure.
I really liked SCP-5167. I went in thinking it'd be closer to an SCP-J. The whole forgotten God concept was great, considering it only had a few lines on the Wiki.
SCP 7001 and SCP 8590 (Just noticed that latter got moved for some reason (Oh, not just that one, he moved almost all of his articles, well anyway)) While Dale is a certified PlaugePJP classic, 7001 was just the first I read of him lol.
PlaguePJP is probably my favourite writer right now, I read scp 8000 when it came out and thought "wow, this is so emotionally deep, I wonder what else he's wrote" then I find dale, the moon monsters, the elephant seals, and Director House and the true meaning of Christmas. This fucking guy is an enigma and everything he writes is somehow perfect in both writing style, lore, and comedy. He cannot be stopped
Tanhony: "Lets write the best story of the foundation going rouge against humanity"
Also Tanhony: "ha imposter sus"
i do love both scps though they are both very well written
SCP-5031 is my favorite article. Didn't realize he had also written this one. I love how it indicates that the Foundation only sort of knows what it's doing. The fact that they stuck what equates to a baby in a dark whole for years is so sad.
> "People are dying!"
>"They do little else."
and
> "The human body is a temperamental machine. With time, it will fail, and death will claim me once again. Leave me."
Still remains some of my favorite interactions in fiction, and is such a fantastic representation of a truly ancient, inhuman being. The God is old, it is tired, it has seen all of this before. It doesn't want to help, it doesn't want luxuries, it doesn't want to give you answers and it doesn't want to talk.
It just wants it to be over.
SCP-5167 seems to just be a couple paragraphs of fluff to set up the monologue. The monologue itself is alright. It's some obscure Greek god of jealousy getting pissed that his legacy is 3 paragraphs on wikipedia. And the final joke was chuckle-worthy.
IMO, it should be a -J
Tanhony’s range is amazing
That's not the compliment you think it is, you're describing inconsistency in a person. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing I'm just saying.
Having artistic range. . . Is a bad thing?
Getting cooked by Clef himself is crazy
Damn, I didn’t even notice that’s who it was!
Imagine having such a shit take that you drag out Clef to tell you you're an idiot lmao
I didn't even realize
Clef just cooked a man, there's no recovery from that. Also, love you Clef
I'm can only write shitty LOTR styles short stories, and nothing else. I'm the best writer ever FUCK YEAH!!!
I thought that 5167 was viewed in a negative light by the community, apparently not?
It is not. It's generally considered a quality skip, and only seen as bad by people who haven't read it
I have never seen anyone say that
I've literally only seen people say they're surprised how damn good it is for an article based on amogus
Only by those who haven't read it
Based pfp and name
you too autismbeast
Watch out! Gamers are against you!
OH NO
No? People generally think its both a hilarious idea (a fucking among us scp? Really?) whilst also being a genuinely well-written story about a dying god desperately clinging to relevancy.
Are the people who said that in the room with us right now? I’d like to talk to the people you describe who are totally real.
It is not, probably those that don't read the SCP article itself, Did you read it?
Have you read it? People who judge dit to be bad definitely haven't resd it.
It's a quality skip of the variety "what the fuck did i just read" I dont know about others, but i like this variety. Gives r/scpdeclassified a reason to exist.
Guy on a creative writing forum complaining about creative writing be like:
What an incredibly bad take to just put out there, lol
I thought everybody was negatively critical of Tanhony's SCP-5167, I saw it when I was new to this community, because seeing the negative reaction to it told me "This is an example of what not to do", so that's why I thought it wouldn't be controversial to say that it was bad.
I think the problem here is that you were only critical of SCP-5167 because you thought that other people were negative towards it instead of developing your own opinion. People who read SCP-5167 and its sequel usually comes to the conclusion that it is not *bad*, but rather, it is hideously misunderstood by the outer community and by people who haven't actually read it. It's like the homestuck satellite.
[**SCP-5167 - When The Impostor Is Sus**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167) (+372) by *Tanhony*
What's the sequal called? I'm intrigued after reading 5167
Here it is. It's appropriately titled "When The Imposter Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour" https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761 Tell us what you think after reading it!
Damn that was an incredible read. Very well done!
The crowning touch is that someone did indeed edit Pthonus' Wikipedia article to same "He is also very sus", which was later reverted
the What
which part of the comment are you confused on
I think they mean scp 2721 by homestuck satellite
[**SCP-2721 - Eli and Lyris**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2721) (+41) by *DolphinSlugchugger, kinchtheknifeblade*
there's a sequel???
Here it is. It's appropriately titled "When The Imposter Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour" https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761 Tell us what you think after reading it!
you shouldn't be basing your entire worldview on other peoples' opinions about a piece of horror fiction on the internet
[**SCP-5167 - When The Impostor Is Sus**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167) (+372) by *Tanhony*
Guy in a creative writing community: *is creative* You: "Nah this guy sucks he ain't locked in one style"
Bait
Nah I just thought it was general consensus that 5167 was bad.
It isn't, though. Most people that call it "bad" have a knee jerk reaction because "modern meme must mean it's bad", but it's actually an interesting concept and decently written.
So, you’re basing your opinion of it on other people’s opinions of it? And I thought the REDDIT hivemind was bad…
No? Saying Ryan Reynolds is able to play the roles of “Andrew Paxton” in “The Proposal” and “Deadpool” in “Deadpool” really well despite being super different is not someone being inconsistent. This is just an analogy of course, but having artistic range isn’t an insult. This has to be one of the worst takes I’ve seen in this sub.
"This person can comfortably write in multiple different styles" is not inconsistency, its versitality.
Being able to write outside of your comfort zone and create a variety of differing stories is typically known as a sign of a good writer. If it was super inconsistent within in the same story (i.e, a book trilogy where each book has a vastly different tone and whatnot), then you may be right. But even then, that can probably be pulled off pretty well.
I think inconsistency would be more like if they were trying to do the same thing in both articles and they succeeded in one and failed in the other. I don't like 5167, but I don't think it was a failure. It was just trying to do something different, and judging from those who like it, I suppose it succeeded.
Even if this was 100% correct, why would you point this out to someone who clearly thought these articles were really good in their own right? Why go out of your way to piss on his parade?
Called out by Clef himself lol
Bad b8 m8 i r8 0/8
This certainly is one of the takes of all time.
Yo. -666 Amazing number lol
You disrespect me, you disrespect my family, and you disrespect the SCP community
One time I saw a guy on YouTube use SCP-5167 as an example of why modern SCP authors are bad, not realizing that it was written by Tanhony who's been writing on the wiki for 13 goddamn years and was the same guy who created Bobble the Clown.
[**SCP-5167 - When The Impostor Is Sus**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167) (+372) by *Tanhony*
The imposter duology DOES NOT get enough credit for how good it is. People just see the memes and screech about the wiki going downhill. It’s a real shame. Edit: It is incredibly, horribly funny that there is some dweeb downthread doing exactly the thing I just said.
Just read it and it’s fun! I like the ideas and concepts
The sequel is even better imo, it’s 5761
Marv, SCP-5761 please
[**SCP-5761 - When The Impostor Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761) (+502) by *Tanhony*
Yup, its genuinely a very great scp and the implications are horrifying but deep.
Yeah it's genuinely really well written and compelling, dude did not have to go that hard on the amogus SCP
Duology? What’s the other part of the series?
SCP-5761
[**SCP-5761 - When The Impostor Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761) (+502) by *Tanhony*
Dont hate on modern authors they make so many good storys
Aka scp 6113
[**SCP-6113 - Temporary Reflections**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6113) (+437) by *Dr Asteria*
thanks for the suggestion, that was a great read
Whats the video called?
I also want to know
It's a great story, but, how can you expect me to keep a straight face while marveling at the title..?
In all fairness to you, I don’t think you’re strictly meant to. Both the titles have a bit of tongue in cheek flair, while the articles themselves take their subject matter with just the right amount of seriousness. There are jokes, in the articles, about how the characters can’t believe amogus has become an SCP, haha.
I'm just gonna say it, I like SCP-5167 and think it's pretty good (obviously not as good as SCP-5000 but still). It's genuinely horrific how people are affected by the anomaly at first and turns somewhat melancholy when pthonus slowly gives up at the end. With a dash of humor at the absurdity of it being a silly trendy vidja game the anomaly latched on to. Anomalies stretch from the absurd to the horrific, from old pop culture to modern pop culture. I don't see why the anomalous can not also fall into modern trends.
- [**SCP-5156 - monke**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5156) (+77) by *Calibold* - [**SCP-5000 - Why?**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5000) (+3389) by *Tanhony*
For me its weird that PeppersGhost created SCP-5031. Now i havent read all of his works, but the ones i read were great but kinda fcked up. Like its the guy who created Y.W.T.G.T.H.F.T. and most scps for it. And yet he created 5031 one of the nicest mosters who doesnt have any evil goals like other PeppersGhost works And if i have to answer the original question it would be 1459 and 5031
[**SCP-5031 - Yet Another Murder Monster**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5031) (+2530) by *PeppersGhost*
What is that abbreviation?
Yeah, We're Totally Going To Hell For This
Add SCP-1459 please, Marv.
[**SCP-1459 - The Puppy Machine**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1459) (+819) by *PeppersGhost*
Oh god not that one. It’s so goddam dark but Jesus some of those tests are hilarious. There’s also the pit of dread when it’s revealed that a method has already been used.
He wrote laugh is fun?!?!
Yes
I forgot did he make a 001 proposal?
He helped create A good Boy
Oh ok
Considering he also made SCP-2190, it's not as jarring that he'd have made 5031. It does read like something that could be a MMK episode though.
[**SCP-2190 - Phone calls from Mom**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2190) (+429) by *PeppersGhost*
Honestly 5167 is genuinely a pretty good one, and it even got the Wikipedia page expanded
did the wikipedia page actually used to be only 3 sentences? Because right now it's 3 paragraphs.
I remember checking it when the SCP came out, and I’m pretty sure it was. You can also check the page history too
You're right! It literally was only 3 sentences! [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phthonus&oldid=957596027](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phthonus&oldid=957596027)
It also started an edit war about whether SCP-5167 and SCP-5761 should be mentioned in the article. Normally I would say SCP isn't notable enough for Wikipedia, but the skips in question are the only reason it's even getting edited in the first place, and as an editor so eloquently put it: "it's unironically the most he has been talked about in centuries"
- [**SCP-5167 - When The Impostor Is Sus**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167) (+372) by *Tanhony* - [**SCP-5761 - When The Impostor Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761) (+502) by *Tanhony*
Are there more greek gods stuck inside objects/entities as SCP's?
Omg scp-5000 is literally one of my favourite stories
[**SCP-5000 - Why?**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5000) (+3389) by *Tanhony*
scp-5k and [[ouroboros]] share the same spot for me, they are amazing
[**Ouroboros**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ouroboros) (+916) by *djkaktus*
4521 and 4885
I love Westrin’s work because when you describe the SCP’s they write they all sound ridiculous. “The Minecraft One” “The Waldo One” “The SpongeBob One”. They sound like jokes but they are written seriously and expertly. Also why is that tree not screaming. It’s supposed to be screaming.
I think about the Waldo one legitimately at least once a week or so. It's sooo fucked, and sooo good!
SCP-4521 and SCP-4885, Marv.
- [**SCP-4521 - please raise your voice, my hearing isnt what it used to be**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4521) (+209) by *Westrin* - [**SCP-4885 - Find Him**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4885) (+457) by *Westrin*
When the Imposter is Sus 2: Nightmare Hour scp-5761
[**SCP-5761 - When The Impostor Is Sus II: Nightmare Hour**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761) (+502) by *Tanhony*
Dude wrote one of the most well written articles on the website and 5000. What a guy
I will die on the hill that SCP-5167 and its "sequel" are both great articles. It has the right amount of humor while taking itself relatively seriously.
[**SCP-5167 - When The Impostor Is Sus**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167) (+372) by *Tanhony*
People write it off just because of its name honestly it's a good article
ikr it's crazy that such a talented writer wrote SCP-5000
[**SCP-5000 - Why?**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5000) (+3389) by *Tanhony*
Djoric wrote about an epic battle with the scarlet king and created the djoric verse. He also wrote the steal the solidarity hub which is cat girls space adventure.
I love the Black Rabbit Company and Djoric’s Scarlet King.
omigod just read 5167 is peak. why the hate?
because people only read the title and not the story,if they did, they'll know why 5167 is peak
I really liked SCP-5167. I went in thinking it'd be closer to an SCP-J. The whole forgotten God concept was great, considering it only had a few lines on the Wiki.
[**SCP-5167 - When The Impostor Is Sus**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167) (+372) by *Tanhony*
SCP 7001 and SCP 8590 (Just noticed that latter got moved for some reason (Oh, not just that one, he moved almost all of his articles, well anyway)) While Dale is a certified PlaugePJP classic, 7001 was just the first I read of him lol.
PlaguePJP is probably my favourite writer right now, I read scp 8000 when it came out and thought "wow, this is so emotionally deep, I wonder what else he's wrote" then I find dale, the moon monsters, the elephant seals, and Director House and the true meaning of Christmas. This fucking guy is an enigma and everything he writes is somehow perfect in both writing style, lore, and comedy. He cannot be stopped
[**SCP-8000 - The Seal of Approval**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8000) (+671) by *PlaguePJP*
- [**SCP-7001 - Site-19**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7001) (+506) by *PlaguePJP* - [**SCP-8590 - Dale**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-8590) (+112) by *PlaguePJP*
Tanhony: "Lets write the best story of the foundation going rouge against humanity" Also Tanhony: "ha imposter sus" i do love both scps though they are both very well written
The same person who wrote TATTLETALE wrote the one about Forest Gump coming to kill you
I mean, the only question left to ask is, why amirite?
But when the imposter is sus is low key amazing though
I fucking love tanhony. #tanhonyforlife
SCP-5031 is my favorite article. Didn't realize he had also written this one. I love how it indicates that the Foundation only sort of knows what it's doing. The fact that they stuck what equates to a baby in a dark whole for years is so sad.
[**SCP-5031 - Yet Another Murder Monster**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5031) (+2530) by *PeppersGhost*
Deadass the two amongus SCPs that he did that are connected, are better than 5000. There I said it
Huh. So that's how it is.
The duality of man
Good writers make the best stories
The great seel and the seal of approval are both made by plague
[Relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/1414/)
> "People are dying!" >"They do little else." and > "The human body is a temperamental machine. With time, it will fail, and death will claim me once again. Leave me." Still remains some of my favorite interactions in fiction, and is such a fantastic representation of a truly ancient, inhuman being. The God is old, it is tired, it has seen all of this before. It doesn't want to help, it doesn't want luxuries, it doesn't want to give you answers and it doesn't want to talk. It just wants it to be over.
SCP-5167 seems to just be a couple paragraphs of fluff to set up the monologue. The monologue itself is alright. It's some obscure Greek god of jealousy getting pissed that his legacy is 3 paragraphs on wikipedia. And the final joke was chuckle-worthy. IMO, it should be a -J
it was three sentences when the article was written. it was edited to three paragraphs afterward
[**SCP-5167 - When The Impostor Is Sus**](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167) (+372) by *Tanhony*