Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
* GenreShift: The final third of the story (from [[spoiler:[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the incarnation of SCP-3125]]]] onwards) shifts from a straight CosmicHorrorStory to a more LovecraftLite tone. Before this point, each chapter involves the characters taking one step forward and twelve steps back in trying and horrifically failing to learn about a horror beyond human comprehension; once we find out exactly what the horror is and that it can be stopped, the narrative changes to a more optimistic (albeit still depressing and gruesome) adventure story [[spoiler:with a [[PyrrhicVictory (somewhat)]] happy ending]].
to:
* GenreShift: The final third of the story (from [[spoiler:[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the [[spoiler:the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt incarnation of SCP-3125]]]] onwards) shifts from a straight CosmicHorrorStory to a more LovecraftLite tone. Before this point, each chapter involves the characters taking one step forward and twelve steps back in trying and horrifically failing to learn about a horror beyond human comprehension; once we find out exactly what the horror is and that it can be stopped, the narrative changes to a more optimistic (albeit still depressing and gruesome) adventure story [[spoiler:with a [[PyrrhicVictory (somewhat)]] happy ending]].
Added DiffLines:
* PyrrhicVictory: Every “victory” against [[spoiler:SCP-3125]].
** In “Your Last First Day”, [[spoiler:Marion manages to stop the incarnation of SCP-3125… but in the aftermath, she and her entire team are dead, the Division is wiped out, and with the final organization protecting the world from antimemetic threats destroyed, it’s implied she’s only pushed back the date of the incarnation by a few years]].
** By the end of the story, [[spoiler:SCP-3125 has been banished from our reality. But almost every named character is dead. A year of human history, millions of people and trillions of dollars of infrastructure are gone. And there’s ''still'' no one left to protect the world from another antimemetic threat like this one — and SCP-3125 still exists]].
** In “Your Last First Day”, [[spoiler:Marion manages to stop the incarnation of SCP-3125… but in the aftermath, she and her entire team are dead, the Division is wiped out, and with the final organization protecting the world from antimemetic threats destroyed, it’s implied she’s only pushed back the date of the incarnation by a few years]].
** By the end of the story, [[spoiler:SCP-3125 has been banished from our reality. But almost every named character is dead. A year of human history, millions of people and trillions of dollars of infrastructure are gone. And there’s ''still'' no one left to protect the world from another antimemetic threat like this one — and SCP-3125 still exists]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* CosmicHorrorStory: Unimaginably powerful, uncaring horrors beyond human comprehension? Check. Defeat that’s practically inevitable and can only be postponed, with any glimmer of hope quickly snuffed out? Check. Cults and tentacles and [[BrownNote Brown Notes]]? Check!
to:
* CosmicHorrorStory: Unimaginably powerful, uncaring horrors beyond human comprehension? Check. Defeat that’s practically inevitable and can only be postponed, with any glimmer of hope quickly snuffed out? Check. Cults and tentacles and [[BrownNote Brown Notes]]? Notes]] galore? Check!
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
* GenreShift: The final third of the story (from [[spoiler:the incarnation of SCP-3125]] onwards) shifts from a straight CosmicHorrorStory to a more LovecraftLite tone. Before this point, each chapter involves the characters taking one step forward and twelve steps back in trying and horrifically failing to learn about a horror beyond human comprehension; once we find out exactly what the horror is and that it can be stopped, the narrative changes to a more optimistic (albeit still depressing and gruesome) adventure story [[spoiler:with a [[PyrrhicVictory (somewhat)]] happy ending]].
to:
* GenreShift: The final third of the story (from [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the incarnation of SCP-3125]] SCP-3125]]]] onwards) shifts from a straight CosmicHorrorStory to a more LovecraftLite tone. Before this point, each chapter involves the characters taking one step forward and twelve steps back in trying and horrifically failing to learn about a horror beyond human comprehension; once we find out exactly what the horror is and that it can be stopped, the narrative changes to a more optimistic (albeit still depressing and gruesome) adventure story [[spoiler:with a [[PyrrhicVictory (somewhat)]] happy ending]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* GenreShift: The final third of the story (from [[spoiler:the incarnation of SCP-3125]] onwards) shifts from a straight CosmicHorrorStory to a more LovecraftLite tone. Before this point, each chapter involves the characters taking one step forward and twelve steps back in trying and horrifically failing to learn about a horror beyond human comprehension; once we find out exactly what the horror is and that it can be stopped, the narrative changes to a more optimistic (albeit still depressing and gruesome) adventure story [[spoiler:with a [[PyrrhicVictory (somewhat)]] happy ending]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
* SwitchingPOV: Each chapter is narrated from a different character’s perspective. There are eight different narrators in total, although the majority of the chapters are narrated either by Marion Wheeler, director of the Antimemetics Division, or by [[spoiler:her ex-husband Adam]].
to:
* SwitchingPOV: Each chapter is narrated from a different character’s perspective. There are eight different narrators in total, although the majority of the chapters are narrated either by Marion Wheeler, director of the Antimemetics Division, Division director Marion Wheeler or by [[spoiler:her ex-husband Adam]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
The Antimemetics Division protects humanity from ideas and entities they’re physically unable to think about. But what happens when the mission changes? What happens when they have to engage in an all-out war for human consciousness against an enemy they can't even remember?
to:
The Antimemetics Division protects humanity from ideas and entities they’re physically unable to think about. But what happens when the mission changes? What happens when they have to engage in How do you win an all-out war for human consciousness against an enemy they you can't even remember?
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:
A meme is an idea that, by its nature, spreads to other minds. An antimeme is an idea that does not want to be spread. And an anomalous antimeme? That can be a very dangerous thing indeed.
to:
A meme [[MemeticsInFiction meme]] is an idea that, by its nature, spreads to other minds. An antimeme is an idea that does not want to be spread. And an anomalous antimeme? That can be a very dangerous thing indeed.
Added DiffLines:
* AbstractEater: SCP-4987, the invisible monster that follows Marion around and eats her memories. She keeps it fed with useless trivia and has even trained it to eat ''other'' people’s memories on command.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BlackSpeech: Several memetic and antimemetic entities cause their victims to exhibit distorted, unintelligible speech.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AnachronicOrder: The events of the story are not organized in chronological order. For example, the first three chapters of the book’s second half take place in 2015, 1995, and 2012, respectively.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/965af140_d99d_4b30_8bef_7d6d5407a2e6.jpeg]][[caption-width-right:300:No, this is not your first day.]]
to:
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/965af140_d99d_4b30_8bef_7d6d5407a2e6.jpeg]][[caption-width-right:300:No, jpeg]][[caption-width-right:300:Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not your first day.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/965af140_d99d_4b30_8bef_7d6d5407a2e6.jpeg]][[caption-width-right:300:This is not your first day.]]
to:
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/965af140_d99d_4b30_8bef_7d6d5407a2e6.jpeg]][[caption-width-right:300:This jpeg]][[caption-width-right:300:No, this is not your first day.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13 (click to see context) from:
!! This book provides examples of:
to:
!! This book ''There Is No Antimemetics Division'' provides examples of:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/965af140_d99d_4b30_8bef_7d6d5407a2e6.jpeg]][[caption-width-right:350:This is not your first day.]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/965af140_d99d_4b30_8bef_7d6d5407a2e6.jpeg]]
to:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/965af140_d99d_4b30_8bef_7d6d5407a2e6.jpeg]]
jpeg]][[caption-width-right:350:This is not your first day.]]
Deleted line(s) 6 (click to see context) :
[[caption-width-right:350:This is not your first day.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
''There Is No Antimemetics Division'' is a WebSerialNovel by qntm (the creator of ''Website/ThingsOfInterest''), originally posted to the Website/SCPFoundation website as a [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics-division-hub series of short stories]] from 2015–2020 and later consolidated into a 2021 novel.
to:
''There Is No Antimemetics Division'' is a WebSerialNovel by qntm (the creator of ''Website/ThingsOfInterest''), originally posted to the Website/SCPFoundation website from 2015–2020 as a [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics-division-hub series of short stories]] from 2015–2020 and later consolidated into a 2021 novel.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
''There Is No Antimemetics Division'' is a WebSerialNovel by qntm (the creator of ''Website/ThingsOfInterest''), originally posted to the Website/SCPFoundation website as a [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics-division-hub series of short stories]] from 2015–2020 and later consolidated into a novel.
to:
''There Is No Antimemetics Division'' is a WebSerialNovel by qntm (the creator of ''Website/ThingsOfInterest''), originally posted to the Website/SCPFoundation website as a [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics-division-hub series of short stories]] from 2015–2020 and later consolidated into a 2021 novel.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
''There Is No Antimemetics Division'' is a WebSerialNovel by qntm (the creator of ''Website/ThingsOfInterest''), originally posted to the Website/SCPFoundation website as a [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics-division-hub series of short stories]] and later consolidated into a novel.
to:
''There Is No Antimemetics Division'' is a WebSerialNovel by qntm (the creator of ''Website/ThingsOfInterest''), originally posted to the Website/SCPFoundation website as a [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics-division-hub series of short stories]] from 2015–2020 and later consolidated into a novel.
novel.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
->''There are ideas which cannot be spread. (…) Dreams you can't hold onto and secrets you can never share, and lies, and living conspiracies. It's a conceptual subculture, of ideas consuming other ideas and… sometimes… segments of reality. Sometimes, people.''
-->-- '''Marion Wheeler'''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 55 (click to see context) from:
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler: The human avatar of SCP-3125]] is shot twice in the chest. It continues to bleed, even over a year later, but it also never kills him.
to:
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler: The human avatar of SCP-3125]] is shot twice in the chest. It continues to bleed, even over a year later, but it also never kills him.him.
----
--> ''…Wait, what were we talking about, exactly? There’s nothing here. Just a blank screen…''
----
--> ''…Wait, what were we talking about, exactly? There’s nothing here. Just a blank screen…''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 49 (click to see context) from:
-->I found your body.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* WhamLine:
** From “We Need to Talk About Fifty-Five”:
--> This time she pulls out a gun and shoots [[spoiler:Clay]] twice in the heart.
** From “Your Last First Day”:
-->It’s the wrong machine.
** The first line of the third addendum to SCP-3125’s file:
-->I found your body.
** And the last line of the same addendum:
-->Still existing despite everything,
-->''[[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGunman Adam Wheeler]]]], interloper''
** From “We Need to Talk About Fifty-Five”:
--> This time she pulls out a gun and shoots [[spoiler:Clay]] twice in the heart.
** From “Your Last First Day”:
-->It’s the wrong machine.
** The first line of the third addendum to SCP-3125’s file:
-->I found your body.
** And the last line of the same addendum:
-->Still existing despite everything,
-->''[[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGunman Adam Wheeler]]]], interloper''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 41 (click to see context) from:
* SwitchingPOV: Each chapter is narrated from a different character’s perspective. There are eight different narrators in total, although the majority of the chapters are told from the perspective of either Marion Wheeler, director of the Antimemetics Division, or [[spoiler:her ex-husband Adam]].
to:
* SwitchingPOV: Each chapter is narrated from a different character’s perspective. There are eight different narrators in total, although the majority of the chapters are told from the perspective of narrated either by Marion Wheeler, director of the Antimemetics Division, or by [[spoiler:her ex-husband Adam]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SwitchingPOV: Each chapter is narrated from a different character’s perspective. There are eight different narrators in total, although the majority of the chapters are told from the perspective of either Marion Wheeler, director of the Antimemetics Division, or [[spoiler:her ex-husband Adam]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* BreatherEpisode: “Fresh Hell”, by far the story’s most lighthearted chapter (a BloodyHilarious MeetCute!), comes directly after an incredibly depressing chapter (about the same couple twenty years later, with [[spoiler:one of them MindRaping the other for their own protection]]).
to:
* BackstoryInvader: O5-8's assistant, Clay, is apparently some kind of antimemetic agent, or an agent working on behalf of an antimeme. O5-8 does not have an assistant, but this entity was inserted into his office, apparently first to get him to forget his class W mnestic medicine. It appears his further mission was to destroy the Antimemetics Division, but we will never know for sure, as he was killed soon after being discovered.
* BreatherEpisode:“Fresh Hell”, "Fresh Hell", by far the story’s most lighthearted chapter (a BloodyHilarious MeetCute!), comes directly after an incredibly depressing chapter (about the same couple twenty years later, with [[spoiler:one of them MindRaping the other for their own protection]]).
* BreatherEpisode:
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Because [[spoiler:SCP-3125 kills anyone in the same “headspace” as its target (people who think in the same way as them — which usually includes the target’s close family)]], Marion decides to [[spoiler:[[LaserGuidedAmnesia wipe Adam’s memory of her]]]] in order to protect him should she be attacked.
to:
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Because [[spoiler:SCP-3125 kills anyone in the same “headspace” "headspace" as its target (people who think in the same way as them — which usually includes the target’s target's close family)]], Marion decides to [[spoiler:[[LaserGuidedAmnesia wipe Adam’s Adam's memory of her]]]] in order to protect him should she be attacked.
Deleted line(s) 38 (click to see context) :
* RememberTheNewGuy: In an in-universe example, O5-8's assistant, Clay, is apparently some kind of antimemetic agent, or an agent working on behalf of an antimeme. O5-8 does not have an assistant, but this entity was inserted into his office, apparently first to get him to forget his class W mnestic medicine. It appears his further mission was to destroy the Antimemetics Division, but we will never know for sure, as he was killed soon after being discovered.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 41 (click to see context) from:
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:When Marion and Adam finally reunite and fully remember each other, Marion is being erased from existence and Adam has just sacrificed his life in order to temporarily bring her back. [[TearJerker They get a few moments with each other before the end, at least]]]].
to:
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:When Marion and Adam finally reunite and fully remember each other, Marion is being erased from existence and Adam has just sacrificed his life in order to temporarily bring her back. [[TearJerker They get a few moments with each other before the end, at least]]]].end]]]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Circular link.
Changed line(s) 7,8 (click to see context) from:
''Literature/ThereIsNoAntimemeticsDivision'' is a WebSerialNovel by qntm (the creator of ''Website/ThingsOfInterest''), originally posted to the Website/SCPFoundation website as a [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/antimemetics-division-hub series of short stories]] and later consolidated into a novel.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 25 (click to see context) from:
* TheImmune: A small portion of the population (including [[spoiler:Adam]]) has a natural genetic immunity to antimemetic influence, and can perceive antimemes to some degree. People with this immunity are also [[spoiler:able to overcome the effects of [[MindVirus SCP-3125]]]].
to:
* TheImmune: A small portion of the population (including [[spoiler:Adam]]) has a natural genetic immunity to antimemetic influence, and can perceive antimemes to some degree. People with this immunity are also [[spoiler:able to overcome resist the effects of [[MindVirus SCP-3125]]]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:When Marion and Adam finally reunite and fully remember each other, Marion is being erased from existence and Adam has just sacrificed his life in order to temporarily bring her back. [[TearJerker They get a few moments with each other before the end, at least]]]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 17 (click to see context) from:
* CosmicHorrorStory: Unimaginably powerful, uncaring horrors beyond human comprehension? Check. Defeat that’s practically inevitable and can only be postponed, with any glimmer of hope quickly snuffed out? Check. Cults and tentacles and BrownNotes? Check!
to:
* CosmicHorrorStory: Unimaginably powerful, uncaring horrors beyond human comprehension? Check. Defeat that’s practically inevitable and can only be postponed, with any glimmer of hope quickly snuffed out? Check. Cults and tentacles and BrownNotes? [[BrownNote Brown Notes]]? Check!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CosmicHorrorStory: Unimaginably powerful, uncaring horrors beyond human comprehension? Check. Defeat that’s practically inevitable and can only be postponed, with any glimmer of hope quickly snuffed out? Check. Cults and tentacles and BrownNotes? Check!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* BreatherEpisode: “Fresh Hell”, by far the story’s most lighthearted chapter (a BloodyHilarious MeetCute!), comes directly after an incredibly depressing chapter (about the same couple twenty years later, with [[spoiler:one of them MindRaping the other for their own protection]].)
to:
* BreatherEpisode: “Fresh Hell”, by far the story’s most lighthearted chapter (a BloodyHilarious MeetCute!), comes directly after an incredibly depressing chapter (about the same couple twenty years later, with [[spoiler:one of them MindRaping the other for their own protection]].)protection]]).
