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| “ | The next couple of hours are a blur in the sense that there's not much to note. There's an air of tranquility throughout the scene, and it is in moments like these where I get to thinking outside the noise of regular life. I've had too many close calls in too little time. I'm new to the Foundation, and I've done nothing but squander my time because I've been able to? That doesn't seem right to me. I don't want to coast by doing nothing and passing it off as work. And yet, I'm plagued by these small moments involving the same themes, over and over again. Something happens, and I barely blink at the situation until it's far past me. I make a decision right there and then. I'm gonna find out what's going on. No more half-assing it. | „ |
| ~ Alex Thorley's inner monologue in "The Castaway From Unreality". |
Alex Thorley is a character in the SCP Foundation series. They are a mysterious employee of the SCP Foundation, assigned to the Department of Unreality. They are the only "real" member of the Department, being the latest to have joined, but are subjected to bizarre events happening around them.
They play an important role in the "Untitled Series" and "The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit" series.
Appearance[]
Alex Thorley appeared as a small androgynous Caucasian human being with a pale complexion, lengthy black hair and eyes, though Thorley once stated that they were blonde. Other accounts describe them as possessing white hair, or hair, eyes and clothes of varying colors.
Personality[]
| “ | But I'd like a cat and some fish because, seeing them makes me sad. They don't talk to me, I mean, see me, a lot, but I see them and they always look sad. Cats more so. Especially around Christmas. I think it's messed up how stores will offer these Christmas discounts on pets, and then because no one can take care of them, they just end up in the pound or something. I'd want a home too if I was an animal. I know I don't like being tossed around. | „ |
| ~ Alex Thorley in "Alex Thorley's Christmas Special". |
At first Alex Thorley appeared to be an emotionless and antisocial individual, being shy, quaint and quiet. In truth, Thorley suffered from insecurity, almost always overthinking about what others thought of them, and fearing of being judged negatively. They longed for friends and meaningful connections, but found it extremely difficult to form any sort of relationship. This led to Thorley becoming detached from the outside world and secluding themself from everyone, believing people they met hated them, always ignored others' messages, having no energy or motivation to finish their tasks, and never addressing obvious matters, though they felt good when people just thought of them. As a result of this, they tended to get easily confused, being always unable to concentrate during discussions and becoming confused or unsure of what their fellow staff members were talking about, and even often forgot their own name. Thorley felt overwhelmed by big crowds of people, that the air was heavy and difficult to walk through and never attended psychological evaluations. Thorley felt themself like an empty person, being unable to move on from things, and thinking that their usual thoughts, like always being hungry, were random and made them feel stupid, but also rarely had any violent thought which they never acted upon. Usually Thorley was incapable of dreaming when they slept, but when they did dream they dreamed of a strange alternate reality where they met strange beings. Thorley apparently harbored romantic feelings for their duplicates, having personal intimate moments between, but later they attempted to break their relationship off as it didn't feel right loving themself. Back when they were younger, Thorley was excited about exploring the outside world, but as they grew found it droning, finding most things uninteresting, often thinking about the sadness of life, and not distinguishing the days they had gone through. Despite all of this, they would become determined to find answers of some matters they got interested in, loved reading books and imagined themself in those fictional worlds. Thorley appeared to love animals, especially cats, as they related to them, and enjoyed spending time with their own cat. In one account, Thorley was described as having some sort of dissociative identity disorder, with Jennifer Williams, Jane Doe and the Essodeer being their alternate personalities: Jennifer representing Thorley's sweetness, tenderness and kindness; and Jane representing Thorley's roughness, strength and adventurousness.
Powers and Abilities[]
Alex Thorley for the most part was a normal human being with no notable properties. However, they are affected by various anomalous phenomena that were based on their life. Every January 16th, Thorley's birthday, reality would temporarily cease to exist until the next day, with people remembering the date as an uneventful day. Through the use of SCP-6208, Foundation rooms that randomly manifest and disappear in Foundation facilities, Thorley could teleport between facilities that were located around the world, but had no control over when they teleported or where to. While part of the Foundation, duplicates of Thorley began appearing around them, either alive or dead as seen in SCP-7227 and SCP-7591. This phenomena was designated SCP-6569, and may have come as a result of an anomaly similar to SCP-6416 which revolved around their bra strap. The object may be the same in every universe, which could mean that Thorley's duplicates are their alternate selves that had been transported from their respective realities to the main one. Thorley could also cause people around them to look down on them, as seen in SCP-7591, and it would culminate in the appearance of a dead duplicate of them. When Thorley refused to address a big matter, that matter would physically manifest itself as an elephant, designated SCP-8591, which remained in their office until Thorley finally addressed it, which caused the elephant to demanifest.
In Other Media[]
Alex Thorley Goes on a Blind Date[]
A short visual novel dating sim in which the player takes the role of Alex Thorley who is on a date with a clone of themself. Depending on the choices and the manner you play the game would end in four endings. These being: going to their home but reality breaking down and the player realizing they weren't playing as Thorley; the clone of Thorley getting ran over by car on their way out of the restaurant; the clone leaving the date if dialogue is skipped too much; and a secret ending.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- According to the tale "Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Haunt Me", candy corn was Thorley's favorite.
- Alex Thorley is a allegory for various things related to mental health which included derealization, fake memories, inability to find a permanent home, being confused with someone else, and even self-doubt, which often affect people. The tale "Alex Thorley unclogs the drain", implies that they're also in the autism spectrum.
- SCP-7591 is speculated to serve as symbolism for workplace harassment, being the center of harmful rumors and gossips which are taken as facts without any evidence, and having a skeleton in the closet. In a similar manner, both SCP-8591 and SCP-8195 reference the saying elephant in the room.
- The tale "The Blank Page" was based on the author Prismal's own Writer's block.
- In "ILLCOVETYOUIFYOUCOVERME", alternatively titled "CO█VE█T███", which took place in a reality where the Foundation didn't exist, Thorley was the assistant of Jenna Ellis, but would later help sabotage Trump's campaign.
- On November 11th of 2005, SCP-7310 released a broadcast mentioning that Alex Thorley would be assassinated in thirty minutes.
- Thorley apparently found the color beige hideous.
- The tale "BAROQUE", in which another duplicate of Thorley was mislead into thinking they had powers that could threaten the O5 Council, was made to make fun of the Department of Unreality's article which was formerly hosted in the VS Battles Wiki.
- On Twitter, Thorley's author Fishish said that Thorley didn't wash their clothes, had a pillow without a case, drooled in their sleep, listened to Jimmy Buffett, had no passports, and didn't get paid or if they were to be paid they would be unable to access their money.
