Hello everyone. As you are most likely aware, the other day I did a lot of edits trying to improve the consistency in formatting amongst the pages regarding “Levels”.
While doing this, I also made slight edits to the bits and pieces of lore, including a controversial removal a colony in Level 5 known as “The Originals” which consisted of people from time periods prior to 1940 or so (rough estimate), who are famous for disappearing (E.G Amelia Airheart).
In this post I will try and justify my reasoning
The main reason is because it might be deemed offensive to their still living family members. All though this doesn’t make much sense at first, try and put yourself in their shoes. Let’s say you had a famous family member who disappeared around 60-100 years ago. Now let’s say you see someone on the internet say “They're not dead, they’re in another dimension made out of decrepit office buildings”. I in strong belief that that might be seen as offensive.
My second point being that it doesn’t make sense. The group consist of people who (as previously mentioned) disappeared prior to around 1940. Well first of all, if that number included ALL people who disappeared prior to that time, the group would probably be larger then the current population of earth. Secondly, the main (or at least most well known) parts of the Backrooms are known for a fairly modern look. If we're to say the Backrooms have existed for all of time, that means that LED lights, carpet, Wallpaper with distinct designs, sewage systems, almond milk, Computers, phones, and various other things have also existed for all of time, which makes no sense. Did humans get the idea for this stuff from the Backrooms? If so why aren't the Backrooms common knowledge? If you answer “because the government or SCP or some bullshit would be hiding it”, why? Why would they even need to hide it?
I understand that this a thing where pre-established lore is taken very seriously, but this seriously conflicts with other pre-established lore.
If you still think my edits were unjustified, please, feel free to discuss in the comments, but I believe I am in the right.