Thought I should repost this dapper fellow with an explanation.
Alright, so. I tend to like to stick to canon at heart while still being somewhat inventive, what little canon there may be (Rake, cough cough). I recently discovered the term “Surgist,” which seems trivial and silly, but I guess it describes most of how I feel about the Slender Man Mythos these days. I’ve long been a lurker, and it was only last year that I started becoming more acquainted with other fandom members. However, it’s become very muddled these days, and I tend to gravitate towards the original works, those being the original SomethingAwful thread entries by Surge and the other contributors, Marble Hornets, those things.
With the exception of the ambiguity that is Marble Hornets, I cannot bear the idea of “proxies” and him stalking nothing but bored college-age young adults with an obsession with toting video cameras around. Marble Hornets is the exception to me because it was the first of the ‘Mythos Chaotic Fictions- sort of the Romeo and Juliet to the others’ West Side Stories, so to speak. Now, we have a slew of other masked men, knife-wielding fanatics, zealots with a penchant for video-editing, and even other creepypastas and such entities getting in on the action.
Frankly, I’d rather keep it a bit more simple for myself. What you see is a depiction of my idea of what some might see when looking at him. To me, he has a face when looked at by just anyone, and only appears as our familiar faceless friend when caught on film. Each person might see him slightly differently, even appearing as someone they know, such as an uncle, a teacher, a father. He also hasn’t much of a desire to spend his time stalking college kids with their video cameras, but rather his original “prey,” children.
However, in my interpretation, this strange man-in-black, with all his mystique, does not exactly have it out for the poor kids. Rather, he would steal them away to some strange, misty forest and then who knows where else to, what he would feel is sparing their innocence from the corruption they would face in adulthood. Of course, that’s not to say he is entirely benevolent. Often when one deals in the stealing of children, one runs into pesky law enforcement, social workers, daycare workers, babysitters, PARENTS, you know. All corrupted, all taken care of without much thought to the contrary. It’s what must be done.
I could go on, though I haven’t worked out all my headcanon, yet, what with origins in some dark forest in modern-day Germany or government involvement, etc. ;DThought he was worth a reblog.
Sounds like it’s time to reblog this shit again.
For kicks, you know.
What do I do~
My interpretation of our slender friend.
So, we’ll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he’s not our hero. He’s a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.
I have no idea who you are but I might just love you a little.
Okay, so we went, we filmed, we (or at least I) pet a cute little goat…
… but!
Some things went wrong, not horribly wrong, but I’m kind of thinking now that this should have been just a test run.
So!
We’re doing it again with a better game plan in mind, because I was basically just like “Hey, I’m off, want to film that treehouse thing?” right as I got off of work.
So yeah.
Sorry for those of you who were hoping for a successful run.
Just know that we sweated our asses off because it is like a million degrees out right now and I’m the moron who wears black and pants in it.
bluh bluh bluh it needs to rain again.
So I got off work early today (aka “the time dayshift is supposed to go home but never actually does”), meaning today is filming at the Treehouse day!
It’s also known as the Minister’s House, and it’s considered to be the world’s tallest treehouse, and what I think would be an excellent place for a monster story.
So, Slenderverse, you get a wee little informal tour courtesy of a buddy and I.
Leaving for it now. :D
(One note- It’s not my camera we’re using, so I’m not sure of the exact timeframe of getting the video edited and uploaded. Stay tuned!)
Thought I should repost this dapper fellow with an explanation.
Alright, so. I tend to like to stick to canon at heart while still being somewhat inventive, what little canon there may be (Rake, cough cough). I recently discovered the term “Surgist,” which seems trivial and silly, but I guess it describes most of how I feel about the Slender Man Mythos these days. I’ve long been a lurker, and it was only last year that I started becoming more acquainted with other fandom members. However, it’s become very muddled these days, and I tend to gravitate towards the original works, those being the original SomethingAwful thread entries by Surge and the other contributors, Marble Hornets, those things.
With the exception of the ambiguity that is Marble Hornets, I cannot bear the idea of “proxies” and him stalking nothing but bored college-age young adults with an obsession with toting video cameras around. Marble Hornets is the exception to me because it was the first of the ‘Mythos Chaotic Fictions- sort of the Romeo and Juliet to the others’ West Side Stories, so to speak. Now, we have a slew of other masked men, knife-wielding fanatics, zealots with a penchant for video-editing, and even other creepypastas and such entities getting in on the action.
Frankly, I’d rather keep it a bit more simple for myself. What you see is a depiction of my idea of what some might see when looking at him. To me, he has a face when looked at by just anyone, and only appears as our familiar faceless friend when caught on film. Each person might see him slightly differently, even appearing as someone they know, such as an uncle, a teacher, a father. He also hasn’t much of a desire to spend his time stalking college kids with their video cameras, but rather his original “prey,” children.
However, in my interpretation, this strange man-in-black, with all his mystique, does not exactly have it out for the poor kids. Rather, he would steal them away to some strange, misty forest and then who knows where else to, what he would feel is sparing their innocence from the corruption they would face in adulthood. Of course, that’s not to say he is entirely benevolent. Often when one deals in the stealing of children, one runs into pesky law enforcement, social workers, daycare workers, babysitters, PARENTS, you know. All corrupted, all taken care of without much thought to the contrary. It’s what must be done.
I could go on, though I haven’t worked out all my headcanon, yet, what with origins in some dark forest in modern-day Germany or government involvement, etc. ;D
Thought he was worth a reblog.
So, if you were previously unaware, this thing exists.
It’s the world’s tallest treehouse, and it’s in Cumberland County, TN, just outside the city limits of Crossville. In other words, where I live.
I took a trip there for the first time in a while with a friend of mine today, and they’ve really fixed it up from the last time I paid a visit. In fact, its previous condition was exactly why I hadn’t been there in a while (they were in the middle of constructing other parts, there was broken glass and holes in the wood everywhere, random drop-offs from several stories up, you know).
But, not that this is just occurring to me, I was thinking the whole time how easy it would be to do a Slender Man video there. Not a series, but a video.
So… I was wondering if anyone would be interested in me going there an at least giving you guys a video tour of it.
So uh. Anyone up for that?
A very brief doodle about the effects of PORNOGRAPHY!
(Abuh buh buh yer Slendermonz haff a faysh whah dat fer? Dis whah dat fer.)
So, after about a billion and one distractions (called “lol Tumblr and movies”) and one big rewrite, here’s what I’ve gotten to so far, save for cropping of a few paragraphs for episodic effect.
