SCP Foundation

I really like that "puppeteer" idea, It would definitely make a more interesting creature.

• So because of spiders (arachnids) having eight legs, should the spiders be tiny? living inside the shells of the presumed insect or arthropod parasites, using web like a rigging system to move the dead host around? if so, what would make it anomalous?
• what if it did the puppeteering to all creatures; hollowing them out and using the "shell" until it decomposed or fell apart?, including humans? could this mean that many spiders could work together to control the larger animals?

Contorting vocal cords/vocal folds wouldn't cause speech if the person wasn't pushing air through, if I recall correctly.

We've got tons of parasites on the site. You're going to have to give us some more information about this one. Couple questions I have:

• What does it gain through manipulating speech?
• Why does it parasitize only humans?
• If it lives in the throat, wouldn't that cause breathing and eating problems?
• What does it gain from humans, specifically?
• How does it reproduce?
• How does it come into contact with humans and not get squashed?

Okay so I've thought about it a little…

• could manipulating speech go hand in hand with reproduction? EX: the spider lays its eggs in the lungs of the host, then uses the hosts voice to lure others to get close enough for the eggs to be expelled via the hosts breath, and into the new host?
• the breathing and eating problems: I don't have a solid idea on that yet, if it causes severe breathing problems (as well as feeding on host), maybe that could be another way of luring other people in? and in this case host would die pretty quickly, and the life cycle for the spider would be very short
• I am very open to ideas, as this is my first scp

Alright, let's get this back on a chronological track.

• Tiny spiders fashioning armor out of silk and the chitin of their dead parasite enemies would be pretty damn cool.
• For the anomalous angle, maybe there's a hivemind involved, or some sort of hierarchy. Maybe a specialization system… Architects, scavengers, repairspiders, PILOTS
• Lose the humans angle. Humans humans humans not everything is about humans. Why would spiders locked in eternal warfare with parasites care about humans?
• Also, humans are squishy and have no exoskeleton.
• I'd say that the spiders scavenge remains of dead insects for parts, but only actually outright kill parasites.

Here's an idea, maybe the spiders could spin a strong web throughout a host's body, using the webs to manipulate their limbs and whatnot.