Thread:Garr9988/@comment-5782071-20170414015212

Watching "Personal Effects", during the scene where Claudia and Steve collect MacReady's Sunglasses, it just struck me how the Warehouse doesn't seem to do anything to keep artifacts a secret. I mean, sure, they try to keep artifacts a secret, but they kinda do a poor job of it. In this episode alone there are 7 artifacts out in one town. Granted, the girl with Napoleon's Violin didn't seem to react to it glowing before it launched it's energy balls (for some reason), but the guy who wore the sunglasses, and the woman who saw him materialize out of thin air after they were removed? The woman blamed it on a panic attack, but it's equally possible that later on she realized that no, it wasn't a panic attack and yes, she did see something weird.

The Warehouse doesn't function like the SCP Foundation, where every time an SCP is encountered, they administer amnestics (something to induce varying levels of amnesia). As far as we know, they seem to let people who encounter, see, or even use artifacts alone after collection.

So, here's a thought. We've known since Season 2, thanks to Fargo, that there is knowledge of the Warehouse online, at least as an internet rumor. And as thorough as the Warehouse can be, I'm not sure I'd say that past Warehouses has always gotten 100% of its records destroyed or locked up. Lost things get found all the time nowadays, just check Atlas Obscura. Soo, what if there's an online community somewhere where people who have encountered artifacts share their experiences? People who use or have seen artifacts in action, people who have overheard Farnsworth conversations (the agents aren't exactly whispering when they use a strange device that nobody else can seem to find online to purchase). They learn of things like "The Warehouse", "Artifacts", "Louis XIV's Enema".

Perhaps some of them learn more about a strange place where strange people take strange objects.

Perhaps some of them start a group and/or website to catalog data about artifacts they've seen, they've used, they've heard of, they theorize might exist... Maybe they also catalog found scraps of reports and records of old, large building complexes from around the world...

Perhaps, a club is formed, of people who want to collect artifacts themselves as a way to "help" this "Warehouse 13". They have their own methods of collecting them, though whether they do it safely or not I'm not sure. They could have their own gadgets, or their own artifacts to help. The Official Avatar Aang Fan Club or something comes to mind, where they try to be like the people the club is based on. Whether they're successfull, I'm also not sure. The concept, the trope is in my mind, but it's hard for me to put into the right exact words.

I mean, there must be tons of people just from the 5 years the show took place in that wanted to speak out about the Warehouse, right? Sure, maybe the Warehouse gives amnestics or something off screen, or they check the internet often to make sure word doesn't get out there. But as we know from Fargo, maybe the Warehouse didn't do well enough. No filter is perfect, after all. Things slip past the radar often enough, apparently. Sykes found out about the Warehouse, the Regents, etc.  