SCP Foundation

fix the SCP-XXXs i'm telling you because everyone else will too, and they aren't as forgiving

This is a parasitic SCP I like. It's like a sort of intra-venous candiru(ouch).

Just one thing bothers me: why bother redacting that thing in the enumeration of possible hosts? After you listed human and a good number of things we eat, I don't really see what could be unsettling by this point to warrant redacting. Just looks gratuitous.

It's good and squickish, reasonably well written, but… Well it's a partially-parasitic organism that exits the host when it's big enough. That's not the type of thing the SCP Foundation usually keeps in check, otherwise we'd need to confiscate Yucca Flats to hold them all. Just the fact that it floats pretty freely through the bloodstream instead of settling into a single area isn't really enough for me.

It seems like the hook is that, in the off chance that it gets into the brain, it either drives someone crazy or takes direct control, which COULD be good… But almost seems like an after-thought with no great clarification. It's not even a taste-tempting-tease, it's something muttered under the breath and when asked about it you go "Oh, nothing."

I kind of agree with the guy above me, but at the same time, Guuuhuuuhuhuhuhuuuu. Fish in my blood is a phobia I did NOT know I had until I read this article.

Maybe stop playing so fast and loose with the brain thing. You mention it total of three times without really saying anything about it, and that elevates it from being mysterious and thought-provoking to kind of annoying. It would amp up the horror factor if you only mentioned it once, preferably at the end of the article, while subtly inferring that the consequences are much more severe than simple mind control. It's better if we don't know for sure what it does, but it's also really important that you do.

Also, you might want to cut out the experiment logs. They don't really add any thing to the article. Keep the addendums though. Fish in shower=possibly in water supply=COULD BE IN ME RIGHT NOW!!!

Can the fish eggs be seen in a blood sample? A fish in your circulatory system should cause some anemia due to the red blood cells being damaged as they try to get past SCP-1092. Is the immune system of the affected person suppressed?

Great article.

Ace picture.

Were these inspired by Mermithid nematodes, which have similar biology and induce the same sort of water seeking behavior for reproduction in insects and arthropods?

I like the lifecycle, and the 'fluttery' feeling. Given these can induce complex behavior in their hosts to ensure maximal infection rather than just seeking the nearest water is a good hook, and justifies SCP involvement other than this just being a normal disease control problem.

I assume there is/was a population of these things in the wild? Something very brief about control or eradication methods, or at least acknowledgment of that issue would be nice. You could also autoclave the used water to ensure nothing survives (high pressure plus high temp, standard procedure for labs handling infections liquids).

Great article, +1

Oh God, you've poked a phobia. Well done.

Gyuuuuuuuuh…

Core idea: good

Tone and execution: bleehhh

At first I found it too bland, but then it became more and more squickish… and then the addendi. Upvoted.

The concept is sufficiently terrifying to earn an upvote from me, though the final addendum detracts a little in my view. I believe it would be fine without hints of mind control.