A bit ago I randomly remembered this moment from one of the Sherlock Holmes stories, and I realized that L's famous sitting position might have been based on this. As far as I remember this is the only time Holmes does this, so it's less prevalent for him than with L, but still a neat thing that I haven't seen anyone else point out.
I'm aware that Adventures is the main one, but also that there are a lot of others, so I'm just wondering which series is recommended as a good one to start on. (For reference, I've been into Pokemon for years now, having watched all of Ash's part in the anime and played several of the games, both main series and spinoffs)
On a Discord server I'm on someone wanted to get into SCP, so they asked where to start. It was decided that SCP-682 is the best to start with. Would you agree with that, or is there another one that you would consider as better?
So, the Youtuber Capedtiz has some shorts assigning object classes to characters from other series. On part 9 I made a comment explaining the major object classes (Safe, Euclid, Keter, Thaumiel, Apollyon, Explained, Neutralized) for all of the people who weren't aware of them. For the core three, my explanations were as follows:
Safe: Unlikely to escape Euclid: Might escape Keter: Will escape at some point, or requires a lot to prevent it from escaping
As a bare bones explanation, I feel like those work. However, someone replied recently arguing against what I said about those three. They believe that the object classes are based on the level of containment, as in how many resources are needed to keep them contained. They are also claiming that I'm completely incorrect and that likelihood of escape means nothing for what object class is assigned. Now, I do see what they mean on that first point. An anomaly, let's say 035, is very difficult to keep from escaping, therefore they have more resources thrown at them to prevent a containment breach. I'm looking at the cause, they are looking at the result. My issue is that they aren't backing down on escape probability not being a factor, even though that's what causes more or less resources being necessary.
So, am I right or wrong?
For me, it definitely has to be I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison. Not only is this a fantastic story that I absolutely adore, but it also contains one of my favorite characters and villains, Am. Seeing Am on screen would be one of the greatest things to ever possibly happen and I would love to see it.