And so, in my opinion, few people expected this. Just a couple of days ago I was talking with a friend, discussing topics for rp and sometimes with canon characters. For some reason, I suddenly got the idea to look into Ben Kondraki's personal file to find the answer to the question "Why does Kondraki have such a strong connection with butterflies?" Just to make sure that there is still no answer and it is worth thinking about the theory. HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF SEARCHING IN THE BROWSER, I DECIDED TO SEARCH FOR SOMETHING THROUGH THE SCP WEBSITE. Well... Ta-dam. With the first submission, they sketched out a story for me. Before reading, my friend and I decided to read about SCP-7408 and... My God, what did I stumble upon. I was looking for gold, but I found some kind of diamond! Of course, given that this was the canon of this author, there were some inconsistencies in places, but damn, this thing helped literally cover up the plot holes of the past. About Ben's past, i.e. about his parents, his relationship with them, the fact that he had a relationship with a guy (Hugo) before his wife, what kind of assistant he was, etc. Sorry, damn, HE EVEN HAS A TWIN! I even thought about looking up her design because I was sure someone drew her. AND YEAA, IT IS! So I decided to make design too, based on the design of the author whose character design I found (made in life size). What else is in this story, that is, there is a small indirect (or direct) confirmation of the existence of Death. Perhaps not in the way we thought, but in general, why not think about it. And most importantly, with the help of these butterflies you can close the plot hole about why the butterflies are so attached to Kondraki. Not only that, as an assistant, he, in principle, behaved condescendingly with them on his own, but further explanations themselves led to the conclusion that Kondraki himself was an anomaly, but not by birth, but precisely because of these butterflies.
IN SHORT, PEOPLE, READ FOR YOURSELF. I recommend it for study. This object closed many “holes” for me regarding Kondraki’s life. There are nuances and questions, that’s true, but overall, a lot has fallen into place with this object.
Okay, now take a look at this design. Perhaps someone else drew it, I don’t know, I only found one author from whom I took a reference. I'd love to see others try to imitate her! (+ I used headcanon. Sorry not sorry.)
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[Image ID: A drawing of Dr. Kondraki, a middle-aged man with long graying curly dark hair, a full beard, and square glasses. He is surrounded by bright green butterflies, which he is looking at fondly. He is wearing a dark green turtleneck sweater and is holding out his hand, on which some of the aforementioned butterflies have landed. The background is a yellow gradient. /End ID.]
"It fucks me up, thinking about what happens to caterpillars. It's sort of like dying, isn't it? Getting your whole body dissolved, even if it gets reconstituted later. I mean, it's not really a death, all its cells are still alive. It's dying-but-not-dying."