Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-8001 - The Edge of the World

Written by: djkaktus

Artists Include:

[EcthelonEvendil]

Lord Blackwood coming up always brings a smile to my face

[Wineblood]

Blackwood hit the end credits and was so depressed he just broke character.

[Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

The Exploring Series explores explorers exploring the edge of the world

[RinneAvicula]

I like the idea that the ones who have stayed on the Last Outpost the longest are the ones most at peace with it, like the old keeper, Armond and Aurélie.
The explorers who stayed only briefly saw it as a hard limit, a horrible and unknowable thing. Armond, who was able to give his love a body that would never die, who found his peace in the time they spent together, saw the End as a miracle. When he knew his time had come, he walked over the edge by choice, on his own terms, and never fell. He just turned and waved.
There’s something profound about that.

[spectrumstudios]

Are we already in the 8000’s already? It feels like yesterday I just started listening to your SCP readings. Love your work TES.

[arcadiaberger]

There was a legend in the Middle Ages of an island far out in the Atlantic on which stood a statue which held up a hand.
On the base of the statue were the words *NE PLUS ULTRA, * meaning, *_"This far, and no further."_*

Some versions of the story said the statue faced eastward and held up a hand, and the motto warned voyagers, *_"You must go no further!"_*
Others said the statue faced west, and pointed onward, and the motto invited them, saying, *_"We only got this far!"_*

[fisher]

hearing your voice in the new “There Is No Antimemetic Division” short film was so awesome!!

[logankimmet]

Im surprised a sailbot with gps trackers and a couple D class wasnt sent over the edge for shits and giggles.

[circependragon]

I’ll admit it. I cried a little after reading this skip. The ending was so simply optimistic and hopeful, and I don’t get to feel this way very often anymore. The kaktus guy did it again.

[JjayNCL]

It's not a lot, but it's what I can do when I can, I just wanted to say I appreciate everything you do, I love Warhammer, I love lovecraft stories, and above the others I love SCP content, and you do it in such a way that I find myself excited even when your posts come only weekly, and I just hope your doing alright, and know your audience hopes above your ability to post, that your doing okay.

[ultra]

I was only a few minutes into rhis video when i though "hmm, I wonder if Blackwood's been here" I didn't really expect to get an answer, but I'm really happy with the way he was included here. He's definitely among my favorite characters in the SCP universe, and it's really interesting to see a very different side to him here.

[joshweber]

Infinite rewatch value as long as you fall asleep before the end. 😊

[Layney]

Keep it up man, I've watched your collection 100's of times over. Easily the most talented SCP reader in the world, you have a great clear voice & do well filtering through the various articles and not reading unnecessary lines yet reading verbatim when you see fit. Purely perfection !

[Rice_Consumer]

I love edging with [DATA EXPUNGED] at the Foundation

[jamesnorman]

I mean, having an SCP like this seems like a set up for a Flat Earth joke...but the more you read into it there's a definete melancholy there: all these intrepid explorers manage to reach the most remote location on the planet...

And there's nothing else beyond it. That's it. Honestly, I'm not surprised many would view that as a let down.

[darcydreaming]

Always been an optimist. I love how this SCP is a good allegory for death and what it entails, the possibilities that could or could not follow. There could be nothing after death, or there could be everything we could ever ask for. No one knows. No one has ever ventured far enough over that edge to know. There is only that dread of the unknown.

[aldgate]

This reminds me of the tragedy of space and its exploration. A place which is so vast, yet so inaccessible. As much as we may dream about it, none of us will ever be able to explore it in any depths further than shallow shores around our planet. At least for a long time, maybe a longer time than humanity will last.

[cubed.public]

I like how in some anomalies the foundation throws D class in to see the extent and other anomalies they’re like “well, we flew some drones but there was a lot of mist, so we gave up”

[kalmar]

I miss this channel a lot, but with my employment borne depression, the grimness of the topics that were the main draw for me are what drive me away.

If I get the promised raise, I'll look you up on patreon tho

[ReyaitheShadowWolf]

This one hit me hard in the feelings.
Orrely and Armand's final meeting reminded me of Sam and Frodo on Mount Doom. Especially fitting since they are literally at the "end of all things"