SCP Foundation be like A stuff teddy bear - keter class murder monster giant biomechanical deep space - safe class interstellar recorder of a dying species
Man if my cat was on her deathbed and asked "Was I good?" I would be so glad I got the chance to tell her yes. I often wish animals could talk so I could explain things like car trips or the vet to her or tell her what not to eat so she doesn't get sick.
I got to put down my dog on late 2020 this shit hurts man but they are concious before the deal is done all we have to do is keep them calm, comfy and happy
@@laurenmosley9008 There's quite a few people studying communication with animals. You should be able to look it up on youtube, but there's these buttons you can get, and you can train your cat to press the button when she wants food, or to go outside, or if she wants pets. Look it up, its really cool.
When you're around an animal long enough you know what they want. When my cat passed she wanted a bath, she didn't fight like she always did she just wanted to feel warm and clean and she tried to fight when I took her out of the water. Then she wanted to snuggle and watch adventure time and that's just what we did. She died in my arms a couple hours later, watching the first Fiona and cake episode of adventure time
and Yet this other lost race in the universe is begging anyone else their last creation can find, to find others before it's too late. All they want is for a light to shine against the infinite darkness.
@@Saxjon They want other species to actually try to communicate with the universe at large and all echo together before it's too late. In other words, 'find other life out there, please'
1281 is sad because of the former, 1342 is sad because of the latter. We can only pray that if we're ever lucky enough to truly meet another sapient species that it will be happier.
@@fireblast133 "If you're here, sing it to the heavens. If you're lucky, maybe someone will sing with you. If you're luckier, maybe you'll teach them how to sing."
I might've been wrong actually. The difference between 0 and 1 is greater then the difference between 1 and infinity. 0-1 is nothing to one thing. 1-infinty is one to everything. Nothing has no chance but one thing does.
@@spacebb yup true but think about the odds of 0 beating 1. That's a guaranteed 0% chance. the odds of 1 beating infinity are to fine for humans to calculate but it is at least an existing chance. The difference between 0 and 1 is immeasurably greater than the difference between 1 and infinity.
"If you don't pass this message on to at least two other intelligent species before you go extinct, your existence is silly" - The Harbinger's creators, probably
But what if the race legit just chilling they just left their planet so when the 1281 came back thing was like they dead fam 😂😂😂 its like that day without spongebob episode
and yet as all began in darkness so shall it all return to darkness. it was never meant for anything or any one species to exist forever. but here at the foundation we sure as hell won't go out without taking one last good swing at the dark...
To be submitted to the SCP Ethics Committee: You do not let a sane dog die in a cold mettle box, or on the hard road shoulder. This is the debt we, as a toolmaking species, owe the universe for daring to shape lifeforms into tools. You may have to put a dog down, but when you do you hold it, and look it in the eye, and you tell it it's a good dog, first. A dog, thanks to us, can no longer be a wolf: we have changed them, root and stem, and we can never be free of the moral obligation that entails. If some... distant tool maker, eons from now, found the last dog, dying far from us, I hope they would have decency to do for us, what Dr. Bloom did for the creators of the Harbingers.
The shadowy mysterious and faceless organization cares little for ethics when the threats they deal with en masse could end the world several times over on a daily basis. That is the nature of the SCP foundation.
*Recordings from the Voyager Spacecraft Golden Records:* Akkadian "May all be very well" Amoy (Min dialect) "Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us if you have time." Arabic "Greetings to our friends in the stars. We wish that we will meet you someday." Aramaic "Peace" Armenian "To all those who exist in the universe, greetings." Bengali "Hello! Let there be peace everywhere." Burmese "Are you well." Cantonese "Hi. How are you? Wish you peace, health and happiness." Czech "Dear Friends, we wish you the best." Dutch "Heartfelt greetings to everyone." English "Hello from the children of planet Earth." French "Hello everybody." German "Heartfelt greetings to all." Greek "Greetings to you, whoever you are. We come in friendship to those who are friends." Gujarati "Greetings from a human being of the Earth. Please contact." Hebrew "Peace." Hindi "Greetings from the inhabitants of this world." Hittite "Hail." Hungarian (Magyar) "We are sending greetings in the Hungarian language to all peace-loving beings in the Universe." Ila (Zambia) "We wish all of you well." Indonesian "Good night ladies and gentlemen. Goodbye and see you next time." Italian "Many greetings and wishes." Japanese "Hello? How are you?" Kannada (Kanarese) "Greetings. On behalf of Kannada-speaking people, 'good wishes.'" Kechua (Quechua) "Hello to everybody from this Earth, in Kechua language." Korean "How are you?" Latin "Greetings to you, whoever you are; we have good will towards you and bring peace across space." Luganda (Ganda) "Greetings to all peoples of the universe. God give you peace always." Mandarin Chinese "Hope everyone's well. We are thinking about you all. Please come here to visit when you have time." Marathi "Greetings. The people of the Earth send their good wishes." Nepali "Wishing you a peaceful future from the earthlings." Nguni (Zulu) "We greet you, great ones. We wish you longevity" Nyanja "How are all you people of other planets?" Oriya "Greetings to the inhabitants of the universe from the third planet Earth of the star Sun." Persian "Hello to the residents of far skies." Polish "Welcome, creatures from beyond the outer world." Portuguese "Peace and happiness to all." Punjabi "Welcome home. It is a pleasure to receive you." Rajasthani "Hello to everyone. We are happy here and you be happy there." Romanian "Greetings to everybody." Russian "Greetings! I Welcome You!" Serbian "We wish you everything good from our planet." Sinhalese "Wish You a Long Life." Sotho (Sesotho) "We greet you, O great ones." Spanish "Hello and greetings to all." Sumerian "May all be well." Swedish "Greetings from a computer programmer in the little university town of Ithaca on the planet Earth" Telugu "Greetings. Best wishes from Telugu-speaking people." Thai "We in this world send you our good will" Turkish "Dear Turkish-speaking friends, may the honors of the morning be upon your heads." Ukrainian "We are sending greetings from our world, wishing you happiness, goodness, good health and many years." Urdu "Peace on you. We the inhabitants of this earth send our greetings to you." Vietnamese "Sincerely send you our friendly greetings." Welsh "Good health to you now and forever." Wu "Best wishes to you all."
When I was young, I wondered how many things like this were out there wandering in the dark, lost and forgotten. As I got older I understood that even if such things did exist, Humanity's hyper-parochial status meant that such things would still be non-existent from our perspective. The older I get the more I appreciate Clarke's aphorism. I do not know if it would be worse to know that the galaxy is dead, and we are actually the first (or only) civilization. Or that there are other Lights out there in the Darkness, but we are too blind to see them.
It is either there are no other civilizations, they are too small for us to see, too large for us to see, too strange for us to see, Or too smart for us to see.
Mitchell Dickinson first was summery of what this SCP is, harbinger being the final link in a galactic chain letter before handing it off to humanity. Everything else is Rick and Morty.
My favorite scps are always the ones that are fascinating more than grimdark or horrific. The horrific ones always seem lack-luster, but this one is so interesting. I could see this being the premise to an absolutely incredibly successful sci-fi show or something. It plays perfectly on mystery and fear of the unknown while still having a satisfying and sensical conclusion.
Yes, many people in the SCP Fandom just know the same 5 big ones. They Keter class ones were all thinking off. But the safe class ones are often the most interesting. They are tragic and sad. Scary but not really horror. It's why my favorite 001 is factory cuz it's not about some world ending threat but about a man who's mad mistakes and the lengths he will go to to not repeat them
A supremely ancient advanced race, fearing another even more ancient advanced race who they didn't even understand. As if we stand a goddamn chance, but it did say as long as we keep finding others. We'll be fine.
@freeskoomaforyou Nah, deception just means to deliberately convince someone of an untrue concept. He was told not to do that (and in the context of pretending to be Harbinger's master specifically, for that matter).
@@L.Israel.A yes, but in this case it really was just a message of hope, an interstellar eulogy of sorts, telling us not to repeat it's mistakes and live, to actively try to go out into space to join in a community with other intelligent "voices," be that different from us or not, "making a chorus..." to "light up the darkness."
This actually struck me as the opposite. More of a "We realize how much that sucked, so go take a break, man. You still technically broke the rules, so we need to make it LOOK like you were reprimanded, though."
could only imagine living 1.3billion years in darkness through pain and only have a small glimmering hope of one day finding something else living in that darkness.
_"Isn't it beautiful? It's almost tragic. When life ends, it gives off a final lingering aroma. Light is but a farewell gift from the darkness to those on their way to die."_ Mission Complete, Harbinger. Good job, you've earned a rest. 😐7
@@ab14967from what I understand neutralized usually means The Foundation had intended to and been directly involved in the death and/or destruction of the anomaly
...Why did you give it a child's voice? This is the face i'm making right now. ;-; A child lost, in the dark, far from home, dying, wanting desperately to know if it did a good job.
"A child lost, in the dark, far from home, dying, wanting desperately to know if it did a good job." Am I the only one struck by that sentence on a superficial level? That hits far too close to home regarding how I feel daily o_O
Andrew Singleton Sounded like a lonely young woman, to me-anxious, slightly frightened of her unknown surroundings, but trying to be brave in order to accomplish her billions-of-years-long task.
The reaction of the foundation to the bare minimum of humanity on the doc's part really makes you wonder if the Serpent's Hand doesn't have kind of a point
This hit me different...light up the darkness...there's so many people out there that feel lost and alone, whether it be bc of depression, social status etc...if we all tried to genuinely care and look out for one another we can all bring that little bit of light to someone's darkness...make this existence alittle bit more bearable...
@@TH-camChannel-dk5xv "You must light the darkness, you must make the night less empty" What else other then spreading life throughout the galazy could they mean by that?
Who cares about what it is or isn't supposed to mean? SCP articles and relatively any other text does not have to be interpreted in the same way. You can think of it as you do, and other people can think of it as they do.
I can understand why Dr. Bloom was sad, this message is as old as time, we should listen to the Harbinger, it only seeks to protect us with the knowledge it gave
This is a really well written SCP, the whole message was very touching and very true, we don’t have an infinite about of time, if we just sit idly by and don’t make are mark on this world or any others... the universe would be an empty night.... its ironic, Dr. Bloom got reprimanded for having emotion and being touched by the message... that’s just kinda fucked up.
Welcome to how the foundation works. It must always be with clinical indifference. Not feel sympathy for the SCPs because just 1 act of sentimentality is all it takes for 1 seemingly safe looking SCP to become an XK class threat.
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq remains of a chair was because of the GOC it was originally a non-violent scp, but a really good scp that was misconstrude for a safe class was "the builder bear" scp 1048
Of all the horrors, nightmares, weirdness and strangeness the SCP has to offer, this one stuck with me the most. Congrats to the person who wrote this. You touched the back of my heart.
Its not too often an scp gets a tear jerk reaction but this one did As Dr. Bloom said Well Done. I feel in the context of the situation an given the apparent death of the entity that Dr. Bloom acted appropriately in reassuring the SCP that it had completed its function. Given that if the SCP had felt it needed to continue it may have enacted some kind of repair mode with historically involves absorbing organic mater which would have been distinctly more problematic.
*SCP-1281:* Master..? So tired..did it work- was I a good messenger...? *Me, as tears begin to fill my eyes:* Yes it did..And no.. I was told you were the best..
Wow, a depressing SCP, bit of existential crisis in this one, Beautiful reading and acting on the Logs. Still amazing content that is exponentially improving!
@@99897767 probably because in all probability it's quite real, for our future, or that of any potential alien life, spreading out, out where, in the lonely darkness...
It's always the sad ones that get me. Sure there's a lot of messed up stuff in the scp universe but these always feel like a emotional gut punch. Well done Volgun :)
That seems a bit harsh to put Dr Bloom on administrative leave just for being sympathetic towards a benevolent yet dying lifeform. I know compassion isn't exactly well-known within the Foundation higher-ups, but surely an exception should be made for such situations...
I imagine it's for 2 reasons: First so that you don't get emotionally manipulated by an SCP that may be lying to you and Secondly so that your less emotionally attached to all of the SCP's in general because of the horrible shit you may end up having to do to contain then
Safety precautions. The Foundation is cold, not cruel - hence the use of D-Class and general isolation of a lot of SCPs. A benevolent-looking SCP can easily become malevolent out of nowhere (See: SCP-1048, Builder Bear) and trying to lend any emotional credence to the SCPs can lead to very dangerous consequences (See: The entire existence of MTF-Omega, before it was disbanded). The Foundation's entire goal to to keep anomalies contained, and to NOT vary in behavior at any point. Letting Harbinger believe that Dr. Bloom was a "Master" could have caused it to vary greatly in behavior - unfortunately, it turns out it was dying. It's not that the Foundation doesn't see or understand why Dr. Bloom was sympathetic - hence putting him on leave, rather than outright firing him. They have to enforce the same consequences for "being emotional" with an SCP to everyone - regardless of circumstances. Otherwise, how many more "exceptions" to the rules can doctors and staff work around in order to communicate with potentially dangerous SCPs?
As a man who’s emotions grew numb through my short life this has brought a tear to my eye. To think it would be an entity more ancient then any could feel so adolescent.
The "Master, did I do well?" part almost made me cry, I relate to that so much. I feel like I've spent my entire life trying to please others and prove myself to "superiors" or other people who judge me, rather than actually do anything for myself. ; - ;
I still find it interesting, perhaps of most interest how people draw parallels with their own life experiences from this type of stories, finding their own connections, that weren't even intended or meant to be genersting a meta narrative aspect in these stories to such a degree...and yet find themselves there, inspiring, soothing and connecting people. Why I love the very concept of stories and storytelling, and how even the most of absurd or surreal of those can mean so much to out lives....
The voices in the dark, hoping one would simply listen, to hear, to understand. To let one know they are not alone, long after they themselves are dead. Powerful stuff, morbid and beautiful, you did the story justice, thank you.
I probably wouldn't have looked at this one twice but the way this was acted was masterful and really drew out the story brilliantly. One of my favorites.
@Nicholas Ramirez Haltenhof They aren't psychopaths... okay maybe most of them aren't... half? Anyway, you can't really humanize the SCPs they contain. If you do, it's harder to do what is necessary. Arguably, holding 096 in a dark windowless cage is, inhumane. But i think we can all agree it's necessary. You can't show empathy.
@Nicholas Ramirez Haltenhof Well, considering the foundation only put him on administrative leave, that's arguably just... Good for him. The foundation is a hellhole, getting some time off may not be so bad a punishment.
Bloom broke protocol and deserved to be reprimanded... but I also don't think they were as harsh as some people are thinking. For all we know they basically told him to take some time off because of how much the anomaly's death affected him.
Yeah man, probably the most emotionally provoking video you’ve made. I found myself swept away by the short “breakthrough” point of the article where it is revealed what the function of the probe is and the shocking philosophical depth which is instantly apparent. I love this SCP article and I love your depiction of it. This may sound dramatic or exaggerative, but this video really truly moved me. Well done sir.
I absolutely love Harbinger, she is and always will be my favorite SCP. She worked so hard to get her message out and in my opinion Dr. Bloom did the best thing at the end, even though he lied he did it to help Harbinger, he made her feel accomplished, and she was! She got her message out, she served her function and he made sure she knew that. It was wrong of them to reprimand him.
Harbinger: Was I a good boy?
Dr Bloom: No...
Dr Bloom: I’m told you were the best
Object class safe
Object class “very safe”
:(
:p
Object class: "safe AF"
"Ooh, Harbinger. I bet this will be cool and ominous."
10 minutes later: "Ooh, right in the feels" *crying*
I knew by its classification as safe that something was up
"Oh it must be a harbinger of death"
*is actually the harbinger of feels*
SCP Foundation be like
A stuff teddy bear - keter class murder monster
giant biomechanical deep space - safe class interstellar recorder of a dying species
Lured in by the horror. Was not expecting the feels. I'm not crying, you're crying.
I'm not crying it's just raining... 😭
Who left these onions on my computer table? T_T
@@grandshadowseal That's right. We're not crying. It's raining. In space.. T.T
@@michaeltalpas haha it was a batman jaboody dubs reference but yeah I did get pretty sad about it...
"It's a beautiful day for rain..."
It’s stuff like this that makes me glad animals can’t talk. If my dog was on its death bed and ask “Was I good?” I’d lose it and never recover.
Man if my cat was on her deathbed and asked "Was I good?" I would be so glad I got the chance to tell her yes. I often wish animals could talk so I could explain things like car trips or the vet to her or tell her what not to eat so she doesn't get sick.
I got to put down my dog on late 2020 this shit hurts man but they are concious before the deal is done all we have to do is keep them calm, comfy and happy
@@laurenmosley9008 There's quite a few people studying communication with animals. You should be able to look it up on youtube, but there's these buttons you can get, and you can train your cat to press the button when she wants food, or to go outside, or if she wants pets. Look it up, its really cool.
When you're around an animal long enough you know what they want. When my cat passed she wanted a bath, she didn't fight like she always did she just wanted to feel warm and clean and she tried to fight when I took her out of the water. Then she wanted to snuggle and watch adventure time and that's just what we did. She died in my arms a couple hours later, watching the first Fiona and cake episode of adventure time
"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying."
Arthur C. Clarke
and Yet this other lost race in the universe is begging anyone else their last creation can find, to find others before it's too late. All they want is for a light to shine against the infinite darkness.
@@fireblast133 So basically they wanted other species to make an artificial sun that lasts forever? Or am I missing something?
@@Saxjon They want other species to actually try to communicate with the universe at large and all echo together before it's too late. In other words, 'find other life out there, please'
1281 is sad because of the former, 1342 is sad because of the latter. We can only pray that if we're ever lucky enough to truly meet another sapient species that it will be happier.
@@fireblast133 "If you're here, sing it to the heavens. If you're lucky, maybe someone will sing with you. If you're luckier, maybe you'll teach them how to sing."
"Cooling failing. I'm tired. Did I do well master?"
Wtf why are my eyes sweating it's not even hot outside
You're cooling must be failing
@@negative1up Omfg that was amazing.
@@negative1up you made me go from being sad to happy and smiling , I cant give you more than my like and thanks.
SCP-1281: Was I a good boi?
Dr. Bloom: No, you were the best.
i wonder how long doctor bloom was depressed after the death of Harbinger?
@@Mamorufumio I'm hoping, because the object class is safe, it's sleeping.
@@TheClblflame79 The organic components broke down after it shut down. It's dead.
lorzon that legit makes me sad
*The foundation didn't like that.
"The difference between zero and one is as great as one and infinity"
It's actually even bigger
Uncountably so
Equally uncountable:)
I might've been wrong actually. The difference between 0 and 1 is greater then the difference between 1 and infinity. 0-1 is nothing to one thing. 1-infinty is one to everything. Nothing has no chance but one thing does.
@@spacebb yup true but think about the odds of 0 beating 1. That's a guaranteed 0% chance. the odds of 1 beating infinity are to fine for humans to calculate but it is at least an existing chance. The difference between 0 and 1 is immeasurably greater than the difference between 1 and infinity.
SCP-1281: Change da world. My final message. Goodbye.
✨💤
Message heard I'm on it and i will not fail.
Quite literally this
We will remember you good harbinger
Busted out laughing haha
i love you 😂
Needed this after this video
"If you don't pass this message on to at least two other intelligent species before you go extinct, your existence is silly" - The Harbinger's creators, probably
But what if the race legit just chilling they just left their planet so when the 1281 came back thing was like they dead fam 😂😂😂 its like that day without spongebob episode
🤣
I always like hearing/reading about the "safe" SCPs. They're both interesting *and* they don't (usually*) give me nightmares.
yeah it can get stale having yet another killer object on the pile. Nice to have more unique, non hostile entries to hear about.
Yet clearly, a safe SCP can give one an existential crisis.
They are my favorites, I find then much less cliché and funny in general.
Problem is they are usually sad af
Keyword usually
I love how you could hear him crying in the background, beautiful
Faint sobs while reading his lines, makes it mre realistic and heartbreaking
when you don't expect a nonexistent scp to make your eyes sweat: B')
glad i'm not the only one, almost made me cry
If you haven't already, watch the reading of 1762 - Where The Dragons Went
@@Gnagniel That one was rough.
@@Gnagniel great now my eyes sweat even more
That last interview log hit me way harder than I thought it would.
Emotionally attached? Maybe. An SCP that deserved a "you did well" in its dying moments? Absolutely.
Sleep well, 1281
This was kinda heartbreaking. Farewell and rest in peace harbinger. We salute you and mission well done! We will not let the darkness prevail.
Humanity wont be silent. Every second we emit information ino space. One day... we will be heard
Christ almighty, I was weeping before, now I'm sobbing
Yokoto12343 it can’t travel forever tho
Even if it takes a billion years something will find us eventually.
and yet as all began in darkness so shall it all return to darkness. it was never meant for anything or any one species to exist forever. but here at the foundation we sure as hell won't go out without taking one last good swing at the dark...
"Did I do well?"
For an intimidating-looking sentient spacecraft, you made me sad
To be submitted to the SCP Ethics Committee:
You do not let a sane dog die in a cold mettle box, or on the hard road shoulder.
This is the debt we, as a toolmaking species, owe the universe for daring to shape lifeforms into tools.
You may have to put a dog down, but when you do you hold it, and look it in the eye, and you tell it it's a good dog, first. A dog, thanks to us, can no longer be a wolf: we have changed them, root and stem, and we can never be free of the moral obligation that entails. If some... distant tool maker, eons from now, found the last dog, dying far from us, I hope they would have decency to do for us, what Dr. Bloom did for the creators of the Harbingers.
Well said. Purpose is difficult to find and to end without fulfilling a purpose runs counter to our attempts to bring order to a disorderly universe.
The shadowy mysterious and faceless organization cares little for ethics when the threats they deal with en masse could end the world several times over on a daily basis. That is the nature of the SCP foundation.
WELL FUCKING SAID! YOU GET A DAMN COOKIE MADE OF GOLD!
@@cheerfulgestalt3282 individuals still exist in the organization and can do what they will if they wish to deal with any fallout.
that might just be the most beutiful thing i have ever read...im not joking or overstating it in the least
It was sort of like the golden disk on the Voyager program.
Exactly what I was thinking... but if the golden disk could think and feel and make you cry :(
Best not to read SCP-1342 then...
exept the golden disk was about proving intelligence and giving directions. not a beutifull message
@@dinandv1178 the disc contains messages and greetings from dozens of languages, and the sound of earth wildlife and nature. it's very much beautiful
*Recordings from the Voyager Spacecraft Golden Records:*
Akkadian
"May all be very well"
Amoy (Min dialect)
"Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us if you have time."
Arabic
"Greetings to our friends in the stars. We wish that we will meet you someday."
Aramaic
"Peace"
Armenian
"To all those who exist in the universe, greetings."
Bengali
"Hello! Let there be peace everywhere."
Burmese
"Are you well."
Cantonese
"Hi. How are you? Wish you peace, health and happiness."
Czech
"Dear Friends, we wish you the best."
Dutch
"Heartfelt greetings to everyone."
English
"Hello from the children of planet Earth."
French
"Hello everybody."
German
"Heartfelt greetings to all."
Greek
"Greetings to you, whoever you are. We come in friendship to those who are friends."
Gujarati
"Greetings from a human being of the Earth. Please contact."
Hebrew
"Peace."
Hindi
"Greetings from the inhabitants of this world."
Hittite
"Hail."
Hungarian (Magyar)
"We are sending greetings in the Hungarian language to all peace-loving beings in the Universe."
Ila (Zambia)
"We wish all of you well."
Indonesian
"Good night ladies and gentlemen. Goodbye and see you next time."
Italian
"Many greetings and wishes."
Japanese
"Hello? How are you?"
Kannada (Kanarese)
"Greetings. On behalf of Kannada-speaking people, 'good wishes.'"
Kechua (Quechua)
"Hello to everybody from this Earth, in Kechua language."
Korean
"How are you?"
Latin
"Greetings to you, whoever you are; we have good will towards you and bring peace across space."
Luganda (Ganda)
"Greetings to all peoples of the universe. God give you peace always."
Mandarin Chinese
"Hope everyone's well. We are thinking about you all. Please come here to visit when you have time."
Marathi
"Greetings. The people of the Earth send their good wishes."
Nepali
"Wishing you a peaceful future from the earthlings."
Nguni (Zulu)
"We greet you, great ones. We wish you longevity"
Nyanja
"How are all you people of other planets?"
Oriya
"Greetings to the inhabitants of the universe from the third planet Earth of the star Sun."
Persian
"Hello to the residents of far skies."
Polish
"Welcome, creatures from beyond the outer world."
Portuguese
"Peace and happiness to all."
Punjabi
"Welcome home. It is a pleasure to receive you."
Rajasthani
"Hello to everyone. We are happy here and you be happy there."
Romanian
"Greetings to everybody."
Russian
"Greetings! I Welcome You!"
Serbian
"We wish you everything good from our planet."
Sinhalese
"Wish You a Long Life."
Sotho (Sesotho)
"We greet you, O great ones."
Spanish
"Hello and greetings to all."
Sumerian
"May all be well."
Swedish
"Greetings from a computer programmer in the little university town of Ithaca on the planet Earth"
Telugu
"Greetings. Best wishes from Telugu-speaking people."
Thai
"We in this world send you our good will"
Turkish
"Dear Turkish-speaking friends, may the honors of the morning be upon your heads."
Ukrainian
"We are sending greetings from our world, wishing you happiness, goodness, good health and many years."
Urdu
"Peace on you. We the inhabitants of this earth send our greetings to you."
Vietnamese
"Sincerely send you our friendly greetings."
Welsh
"Good health to you now and forever."
Wu
"Best wishes to you all."
Never would've guessed the name was "Millar," not "Miller"
Don't you mean nevar
It's been on the chalkboard behind the projector the whole time
scottish spelling
Wat i thought it was millxr
Gotta stop Eros! ;)
When I was young, I wondered how many things like this were out there wandering in the dark, lost and forgotten. As I got older I understood that even if such things did exist, Humanity's hyper-parochial status meant that such things would still be non-existent from our perspective. The older I get the more I appreciate Clarke's aphorism. I do not know if it would be worse to know that the galaxy is dead, and we are actually the first (or only) civilization. Or that there are other Lights out there in the Darkness, but we are too blind to see them.
Well said
Sheesh...save some smart for the rest of us, would ya?
It is either there are no other civilizations, they are too small for us to see, too large for us to see, too strange for us to see, Or too smart for us to see.
Harbinger: what is my purpose?
Master: be the final link.
"you pass message"
that wizard guy lol better than the butter.
@@TH-camChannel-dk5xv
Welcome to the universe, pal
I'm lost, what's the reference?
Mitchell Dickinson first was summery of what this SCP is, harbinger being the final link in a galactic chain letter before handing it off to humanity.
Everything else is Rick and Morty.
My favorite scps are always the ones that are fascinating more than grimdark or horrific. The horrific ones always seem lack-luster, but this one is so interesting. I could see this being the premise to an absolutely incredibly successful sci-fi show or something. It plays perfectly on mystery and fear of the unknown while still having a satisfying and sensical conclusion.
Yes, many people in the SCP Fandom just know the same 5 big ones. They Keter class ones were all thinking off. But the safe class ones are often the most interesting. They are tragic and sad. Scary but not really horror. It's why my favorite 001 is factory cuz it's not about some world ending threat but about a man who's mad mistakes and the lengths he will go to to not repeat them
Poor thing. The last remnant of a dead race performing their last wish.
Sound very similar to what humans did with sending voyager
Actually, wasn’t there an alien race that found Voyager, used it to save themselves, then sent a counterpart to earths past?
And it sent a message of importance and for a sentient being. It managed to make its message and voice known.
@@UGNAvalon Do you mean SCP 1342?
@@Khim_0129 Yes, "To the Makers of Music"! That's the one!
A supremely ancient advanced race, fearing another even more ancient advanced race who they didn't even understand. As if we stand a goddamn chance, but it did say as long as we keep finding others. We'll be fine.
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Oh gee an alternate reality where harbinger is safe and Shepard didn't need to slay him
Still got to watch out for that shifty looking cow though.
Simular to scp 1981
I think
“ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL”
Shepard: “Oh you gotta be shitting me, AGAIN! REALLY?”
@@Ajc-ni3xn THIS HURTS YOU
May the Omnissiah grant peace to this machine spirit. It has done well.
Man, the SCP Foundation is harsh. You can't even mourn for a Non-Hostile SCP without being reprimanded.
@freeskoomaforyou Nah, deception just means to deliberately convince someone of an untrue concept. He was told not to do that (and in the context of pretending to be Harbinger's master specifically, for that matter).
The emotional conection could have been used to harm humanity
@@L.Israel.A yes, but in this case it really was just a message of hope, an interstellar eulogy of sorts, telling us not to repeat it's mistakes and live, to actively try to go out into space to join in a community with other intelligent "voices," be that different from us or not, "making a chorus..." to "light up the darkness."
No feels for impureator
This actually struck me as the opposite. More of a "We realize how much that sucked, so go take a break, man. You still technically broke the rules, so we need to make it LOOK like you were reprimanded, though."
could only imagine living 1.3billion years in darkness through pain and only have a small glimmering hope of one day finding something else living in that darkness.
I love the different music you use dependent on what class the SCP is. very nice touch!
Same I love that detail
"Master? Did I do well?"
It's a terrible day for rain.
the female robot voice was really well done !
I was unironically getting some Ghost in the Shell vibes from that voice
If it was the voice of Aigis, I would have started balling
*Cyborg
I EXPECTED THE CREEPS, NOT THE WEEPS T_T
_"Isn't it beautiful? It's almost tragic. When life ends, it gives off a final lingering aroma. Light is but a farewell gift from the darkness to those on their way to die."_
Mission Complete, Harbinger. Good job, you've earned a rest. 😐7
I can’t take you seriously with that face
@@comradecameron3726 Why not? It's just an avatar. Is the picture and name really that important? Not trying to sound hostile.
having a pfp of a man that was resurrected to a world where magic exist and WW2/1
@@iambumbo7534 It's a bit hypocritical... considering the others on display here.
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Maniacman2030 shit thats true
*Grim Reaper:* It's time to go.
*SCP-1281:* Was I a good Harbinger?
*Grim Reaper:* No. You were the best.
OBJECT CLASS: SAFE
it's dead isn't it.
0:25 knew it
Yeah but it was always a
Safe so whatever
This one should have OBJECT CLASS: NEUTRALIZED, considering it is dead.
@@ab14967from what I understand neutralized usually means The Foundation had intended to and been directly involved in the death and/or destruction of the anomaly
@Paradoxical Nightmare They kinda weren't
"You were good son, real good. Maybe even the best"
...Why did you give it a child's voice?
This is the face i'm making right now. ;-;
A child lost, in the dark, far from home, dying, wanting desperately to know if it did a good job.
It wasnt a child at all
@@Blue-p5m for me it also sound like a child and made the story way more creepy to me than it is suppose to be...
"A child lost, in the dark, far from home, dying, wanting desperately to know if it did a good job."
Am I the only one struck by that sentence on a superficial level? That hits far too close to home regarding how I feel daily o_O
Giving it a child's voice lends a more emotional impact, given the nature of its words, and what happens at the end.
Andrew Singleton Sounded like a lonely young woman, to me-anxious, slightly frightened of her unknown surroundings, but trying to be brave in order to accomplish her billions-of-years-long task.
The reaction of the foundation to the bare minimum of humanity on the doc's part really makes you wonder if the Serpent's Hand doesn't have kind of a point
This hit me different...light up the darkness...there's so many people out there that feel lost and alone, whether it be bc of depression, social status etc...if we all tried to genuinely care and look out for one another we can all bring that little bit of light to someone's darkness...make this existence alittle bit more bearable...
This is why I love this article so much. Eloquently put.
i do hope it happens some day
@@TH-camChannel-dk5xv Pretty sure they're telling them to spread life across the universe. As to make it less empty.
@@TH-camChannel-dk5xv "You must light the darkness, you must make the night less empty" What else other then spreading life throughout the galazy could they mean by that?
Who cares about what it is or isn't supposed to mean? SCP articles and relatively any other text does not have to be interpreted in the same way. You can think of it as you do, and other people can think of it as they do.
That was a gut punch. Jesus. "Did I do well" hit me right in the feels.
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I can understand why Dr. Bloom was sad, this message is as old as time, we should listen to the Harbinger, it only seeks to protect us with the knowledge it gave
This is a really well written SCP, the whole message was very touching and very true, we don’t have an infinite about of time, if we just sit idly by and don’t make are mark on this world or any others... the universe would be an empty night.... its ironic, Dr. Bloom got reprimanded for having emotion and being touched by the message... that’s just kinda fucked up.
Welcome to how the foundation works. It must always be with clinical indifference. Not feel sympathy for the SCPs because just 1 act of sentimentality is all it takes for 1 seemingly safe looking SCP to become an XK class threat.
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq wow can you give an example of which SCP has done this. This sounds horrifying and cool at the same time.
@@omarpride3021 look up the "witch child" or "remains of a chair"
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq remains of a chair was because of the GOC it was originally a non-violent scp, but a really good scp that was misconstrude for a safe class was "the builder bear" scp 1048
@@omarpride3021 builder bear
Of all the horrors, nightmares, weirdness and strangeness the SCP has to offer, this one stuck with me the most. Congrats to the person who wrote this. You touched the back of my heart.
Its not too often an scp gets a tear jerk reaction but this one did As Dr. Bloom said Well Done. I feel in the context of the situation an given the apparent death of the entity that Dr. Bloom acted appropriately in reassuring the SCP that it had completed its function. Given that if the SCP had felt it needed to continue it may have enacted some kind of repair mode with historically involves absorbing organic mater which would have been distinctly more problematic.
Shove it in the clockwork piece by piece on very fine big brain
I always come back to this one. By far my favourite SCP. The voice acting lends a lot to it as well.
This one is such a sweet thing. You did good, Harbinger.
"Did I do well?"
"No... you were the best"
:(
The difference between zero and one is as great as the difference between one and Infinity.
I'm not crying, my cat's cutting onions in the other room.
Looks at thumbnail: How is a derelict reaper from Mass Effect safe?
Watches video: .....oh
I think that's the best summary for everyone's expectations of this video, tbh
Never thought Harbinger would be a she, right?
YOU’RE GANNA HAVE TO REPREHEND THIS WHOLE DAMN FACILITY FOR EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT!
*SCP-1281:* Master..? So tired..did it work- was I a good messenger...?
*Me, as tears begin to fill my eyes:* Yes it did..And no.. I was told you were the best..
"You cared about something. Go stand in a corner."
What heights of soullessnes can the Foundation achieve? Tune in next time.
When you find out that his name is Dr. MILLAR.
you didn’t know that? it’s been in his videos forever.
Huh, 234th like
I have no idea why I'm crying! Man... the stories people can tell even with the smallest of context.
Wow, a depressing SCP, bit of existential crisis in this one, Beautiful reading and acting on the Logs. Still amazing content that is exponentially improving!
• Extraterrestrial
• Lives in space
• Name is Harbinger
This SCP is a Reaper call Commander Shepard
*Shepard Commander?*
Firestorm Danger Dash Shepard Commander, Does this unit have a soul?
@@ironhide615 No but it has good feelings of happy words *smiles*
The poor little space probe! It's getting hot and its batteries are dying...
Noooooo, harbinger, Mars rover, sad space machine noooooo
@@MissApprehension I have no idea why but the idea of sad space machines really punched me very hard
@@99897767 probably because in all probability it's quite real, for our future, or that of any potential alien life, spreading out, out where, in the lonely darkness...
harbinger is the oppy version for the other alien race that died
This is written as if 85 Kelvin is really warm, it's literally colder than any place on earth. Basically it's an imcredibly effective coolant unit.
I knew I shouldn’t have been cutting onions while watching this
It's always the sad ones that get me. Sure there's a lot of messed up stuff in the scp universe but these always feel like a emotional gut punch. Well done Volgun :)
Oh... so THIS is what we're doing today... feeling.
This is actually super sad. Just like the story of where the dragons went
That seems a bit harsh to put Dr Bloom on administrative leave just for being sympathetic towards a benevolent yet dying lifeform. I know compassion isn't exactly well-known within the Foundation higher-ups, but surely an exception should be made for such situations...
I agree what kind of organisation expects people not to be human
I imagine it's for 2 reasons: First so that you don't get emotionally manipulated by an SCP that may be lying to you and Secondly so that your less emotionally attached to all of the SCP's in general because of the horrible shit you may end up having to do to contain then
Caleb Hughes
1. Harbinger was obviously in some kind of distress
2. The task force was being cautious regardless
Safety precautions. The Foundation is cold, not cruel - hence the use of D-Class and general isolation of a lot of SCPs. A benevolent-looking SCP can easily become malevolent out of nowhere (See: SCP-1048, Builder Bear) and trying to lend any emotional credence to the SCPs can lead to very dangerous consequences (See: The entire existence of MTF-Omega, before it was disbanded). The Foundation's entire goal to to keep anomalies contained, and to NOT vary in behavior at any point. Letting Harbinger believe that Dr. Bloom was a "Master" could have caused it to vary greatly in behavior - unfortunately, it turns out it was dying.
It's not that the Foundation doesn't see or understand why Dr. Bloom was sympathetic - hence putting him on leave, rather than outright firing him. They have to enforce the same consequences for "being emotional" with an SCP to everyone - regardless of circumstances. Otherwise, how many more "exceptions" to the rules can doctors and staff work around in order to communicate with potentially dangerous SCPs?
@@Videogamefangirl not cruel huh *procedure 110 montauk would like a word with you*
As a man who’s emotions grew numb through my short life this has brought a tear to my eye. To think it would be an entity more ancient then any could feel so adolescent.
The "Master, did I do well?" part almost made me cry, I relate to that so much. I feel like I've spent my entire life trying to please others and prove myself to "superiors" or other people who judge me, rather than actually do anything for myself. ; - ;
I still find it interesting, perhaps of most interest how people draw parallels with their own life experiences from this type of stories, finding their own connections, that weren't even intended or meant to be genersting a meta narrative aspect in these stories to such a degree...and yet find themselves there, inspiring, soothing and connecting people. Why I love the very concept of stories and storytelling, and how even the most of absurd or surreal of those can mean so much to out lives....
Harbinger: Did I do good? Was the message good?
Dr Bloom: *Muffled sobs* Yes, Harbinger, you did good.
This is the best SCP I have read and heard so far, also the narration is perfect. Great work, seriously.
The voices in the dark, hoping one would simply listen, to hear, to understand. To let one know they are not alone, long after they themselves are dead. Powerful stuff, morbid and beautiful, you did the story justice, thank you.
love the background music, brings a whole lot of ominous but curious atmosphere to the scp review.
I probably wouldn't have looked at this one twice but the way this was acted was masterful and really drew out the story brilliantly. One of my favorites.
Given the statistical Nature of existence, not only did this happen, but also theres a lot of them just floating around. This is important ;w;
Whoever created this SCP has the skill of a poet. It's sad but a pretty kind of sadness. Bittersweet sadness.
Damn this got my eyes to water. The child voice really hurt.
This article manages to get you attached to this SCP in such a little amount of time, this shit had me cryin. 10/10
I always love when Volgun covers safe class SCP's.
Millar: Object is 1.6 billion years old--
Me: IT'S BABY!
Me at the end: IT'S BABY!!!
im not crying, your crying
What? No, my eyes are just sweating!
Well I am crying I have the balls to do it
You're
My crying? No, your crying!
The way you hear him give out a silent sob was amazing omg ❤️
How did i know the guy would get in trouble for showing empathy lol
The foundation dosen't want emotional responses when dealing with unknown entities.
@Nicholas Ramirez Haltenhof They aren't psychopaths... okay maybe most of them aren't... half? Anyway, you can't really humanize the SCPs they contain. If you do, it's harder to do what is necessary. Arguably, holding 096 in a dark windowless cage is, inhumane. But i think we can all agree it's necessary. You can't show empathy.
@Nicholas Ramirez Haltenhof Well, considering the foundation only put him on administrative leave, that's arguably just... Good for him. The foundation is a hellhole, getting some time off may not be so bad a punishment.
*"I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING, YOU'RE ALL CRYING"*
7:20 Hoooohhh... This is so sweet... Oh you poor darling. You came all the way out here for us. :|
classic scifi, classic heart wrencher, excellent voice acting 10/10
That was a great reading! Hit me right in the feels.
I feel like Dr. Bloom should've also received a "pat on the back" award from ethics committee.
Bloom broke protocol and deserved to be reprimanded... but I also don't think they were as harsh as some people are thinking.
For all we know they basically told him to take some time off because of how much the anomaly's death affected him.
Anyone else get hit in the feels at harbingers final momnets?😭
I love the top quality voice acting in your videos, you could literally hear the emotion in dr. bloom's voice.
when someone asks you if you are masters, you say yes.
Nice Ghostbusters reference.
Good reference
Yeah man, probably the most emotionally provoking video you’ve made. I found myself swept away by the short “breakthrough” point of the article where it is revealed what the function of the probe is and the shocking philosophical depth which is instantly apparent. I love this SCP article and I love your depiction of it. This may sound dramatic or exaggerative, but this video really truly moved me. Well done sir.
Miller:Hello everyone
Me:Its spoopy time
Millar:[knows damn well that it's a sad one] yes... spoopy time...
Seriously, I have tears. Real tears on my irl face. How dare you, Volgun, you brilliant jerk. *TRYING NOT TO UGLY CRY*
when I saw that monstrosity was categorized "Safe" I knew something was off about it
I absolutely love Harbinger, she is and always will be my favorite SCP. She worked so hard to get her message out and in my opinion Dr. Bloom did the best thing at the end, even though he lied he did it to help Harbinger, he made her feel accomplished, and she was! She got her message out, she served her function and he made sure she knew that. It was wrong of them to reprimand him.
“There is a significant bulge...”
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hahah bastard, beat me to it!
Class a amnestics must be administered
@Arusiek90 tHiS iS ThE O5 COuNciL
@@weazphoenix1656 O5 OPEN UP!!!
OwO
...was not expecting to cry. And I've actually read that one before. The recorded interviews brought it to life really well.
Dam man, that sucks, at least he got the message out. I wish there was more backstory into it, like they try and find out where it came from
Come back to this one for a cry every so often. The message was important, Volgun.
"eeh-okay. A slight sad one..." My heart hurts so bad rn y'all ;n; how DARE you! (For real tho excellent reading ;w;)
this made me cry, gdi. need to check the comments so i know when a tearjerker's coming up