History Franchise / TheSlenderManMythos

Or, if you prefer: The Slender Man is an internet-born character-entity originating from Website/SomethingAwful, created by user Victor Surge in the "Let's Create Paranormal Images" thread. It soon reached memetic status, spreading through several blogs and videos, and quickly became the horror we know and fear today.

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[WildMassGuessing Some fans speculate]] that Slendy is only the servant of a more powerful and dangerous being. The single most common theory is that said more powerful and dangerous being is [[spoiler:{{Zalgo}}]].

* RuleThirtyFour: Yes. With {{Zalgo}} and [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]]. [[http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Slender_Man Read it at your own risk.]] (it's in the "The Pasta" section of the article)

A film titled ''Entity'' is also pending release.

* BiggerBad: [[WildMassGuessing Some fans speculate]] that Slendy is only the servant of a more powerful and dangerous being.
** The single most common theory is that said more powerful and dangerous being is [[spoiler: {{Zalgo}}]]

** Yggdrasil allusions also pulled up a ''HouseOfLeaves'' reference in Just Another Fool, namely Logan living on Ash Tree Lane. Several other short stories also involve a lot of ''HouseOfLeaves'' references (such as [[http://quiaegosicdico.blogspot.com/ A Lack of Lexicon]], which has a ton of references) as well, likely due to the appeal that the work has to lovers of the mythos.

The AlternateRealityGame site Unfiction has a whole [[http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?f=264 forum]] dedicated to the mythos, as well as a dedicated stand alone forum at [[http://slendernation.forumotion.com/forum Slender Nation]]. Reviews of stories can be found at [[http://slendereview.blogspot.com/ The Slendy Review]] blog. Non-story information can be found at [[http://slenderia.blogspot.com/ Encyclopedia Slenderia.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/user/compileTRUTH compileTRUTH]] also summarizes some series. An [[http://www.slendermanmythos.com/ extensive fan site]] is in the works, created by one of our tropers. Fans can also submit their Slenderman theories to be examined and expanded on via an in-game YouTube channel at [[http://www.youtube.com/user/deaddoll00?feature=mhee FearPlay - Nerdy Horror]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1SKDkWFdkM The Slenderman Song!]]

** This is actually how Slenderman appeared in the setting of Glimpse The Beyond RPG. Magi theorize that all appearances of Slenderman are actually Tulpas, paranormal creatures that are invisible and incorporeal in their basic form, but can become visible and corporeal by taking the form of legendary creatures, Slenderman being one of them. If a player does some metagaming, he or she can see that game mechanics definitely make this possible, since A) a legendary creature must have between 150 and 200 General Points for a Tulpa to take its form, and B) Slenderman has 170 General Points.

* TheFairFolk: One of the earliest stories of what Slendy may be; that he's a malevolent fairy that lives in the forest and preys on naughty children. Several theories presented during [[http://www.youtube.com/user/deaddoll00?feature=mhee FearPlay]] also speculate on the subject, including the possibility that Slenderman may, in fact, be an entire forest.

** If interprented with Carl Jung's theory of the collective subconcious, Slenderman has always existed in our minds and the person who created the Slenderman drew from that subconcious unknowingly and unwittingly unleashed him!

* KillItWithFire: Slendy [[ParanoiaFuel supposedly]] [[UnreliableNarrator attacked a US Army convoy]]. One of the humvees targeted had half its chassis completely incinerated, as if someone had bathed it in a star.

* {{Defictionalization}}: Err... well, in mid-2014, there have been [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/09/daughter-attacks-mom-slender-man_n_5473213.html an increasing number]] of [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/03/slenderman-stabbing_n_5439667.html Slender Man-inspired attacks by children]] after checking out the Mythos.

* FanNickname: Slendy. Fans of the meme are also known as [[PunnyName Slender fans]].

* MissingEpisode: Often both blog and vlog posts disappear, typically without warning. Not all of them return either...

* NamesTheSame: There's a surprisingly large amount of bloggers named or going by the alias of [[Blog/AnomalousData Jay]], [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets J]], [[WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID [J]]], etc.
** The name Jeff's popped up a few times, as well as different versions of Elizabeth.

* OneOfUs:
** There is actually a surprising amount of slenderbloggers/commenters who are also tropers. Jean, Genevieve, Sandra, Omega, Zero, Maduin, Andy, Jeff, and Broeckchen, to name just a few of the ones who have actually mentioned the site.
** Even '''Reach''' is a troper; apparently he got into it from a post in LetUsLive where Jeff declares his recent defeat of another Revenant a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
** Dr. Cairo of compileTRUTH as well.
** Even the [[http://noplansnoprototypenobackup.blogspot.com/ AI]] has referenced tropes. When asked to analyze TV Tropes, it simply said, [[spoiler: [[PrecisionFStrike "What the fuck?"]]]]
** Jeff of Everyman HYBRID once mentioned TV Tropes in a ustream, calling it 'a site you will waste hours of your life on'.

The AlternateRealityGame site Unfiction has a whole [[http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?f=264 forum]] dedicated to the mythos, as well as a dedicated stand alone forum at [[http://slendernation.forumotion.com/forum Slender Nation]]. Reviews of stories can be found at [[http://slendereview.blogspot.com/ The Slendy Review]] blog. Non-story information can be found at [[http://slenderia.blogspot.com/ Encyclopedia Slenderia]] and [[http://slenderbloggins.net Slenderbloggins]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/user/compileTRUTH compileTRUTH]] also summarizes some series. An [[http://www.slendermanmythos.com/ extensive fan site]] is in the works, created by one of our tropers. Fans can also submit their Slenderman theories to be examined and expanded on via an in-game YouTube channel at [[http://www.youtube.com/user/deaddoll00?feature=mhee FearPlay - Nerdy Horror]]

* EvilLaugh: In some stories he occasionally let out a low giggle. It was pretty much decided it was more disturbing for him to be silent, [[spoiler: but he did chuckle briefly in entry 23 of Marble Hornets...]]

** ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' itself [[http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/marble-hornets-flying-to-bigscreen-818489/ is getting a movie]], tentatively titled "The Operator." With DougJones playing Tall, Dark, and Faceless itself.

* UrbanLegend: A deliberately manufactured one.

* ThePlaguemaster: First seen in TribeTwelve and then later in other blogs, people associated with Slendy tend to come under an odd Sickness, the symptoms of which include coughing, bleeding from the mouth, nose, or eyes, vomiting, disorientation, potential black outs, and potentially fevers. how this happens is unknown.

** Two things for Slendy himself: Nay saying him and making fun of his suit.

* TheBlank: The most common depiction of the Slender Man involves no actual facial features on it's face- just blank whiteness. Among his original attributes was that his face would appear different to every viewer, however; considering this, it's likely that his facelessness on the original photoshops was meant to be some sort of GlamourFailure, but everyone decided to run with him ''actually'' being faceless. Variations include [[FacialHorror a wrinkled, alien-ish head that couldn't ''possibly'' have facial features]] and [[NauseaFuel a writhing, twisted ball of flesh.]]

* TheBlank: The most common depiction of the Slender Man involves no actual facial features on it's face- just blank whiteness. Among his original attributes was that his face would appear different to every viewer, however; considering this, it's likely that his facelessness on the original photoshops was meant to be some sort of GlamourFailure, but everyone decided to run with him ''actually'' being faceless.

** However, in the 'Deluge' entry of {{Marble Hornets}}, if the audio is reversed and the right channel removed, a low pitched voice can be heard to call 'Alex', the name of one of the main protagonists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRahdmGYQmo

** TheFearMythos, which maintains that the Slender Man is only one of many different monsters that terrorize humanity.
** The HannaIsNotABoysName forums created a less scary version known as Slendercow. It is quite {{Narm}}y, and its one true weakness is Sunny D. (These forums are quite cracky, and thus this almost makes sense.)

** ''WebVideo//MarbleHornets'' itself [[http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/marble-hornets-flying-to-bigscreen-818489/ is getting a movie]], tentatively titled "The Operator." With DougJones playing Tall, Dark, and Faceless itself.

** ''WebOriginal/MarbleHornets'' itself [[http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/marble-hornets-flying-to-bigscreen-818489/ is getting a movie]], tentatively titled "The Operator." With DougJones playing Tall, Dark, and Faceless itself.

** [[Blog/SeekingTruth Zeke]] and [[TribeTwelve Noah]] guest-starred in the WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID chatroom on Sunday, March 20, along with EMH boys Jeff and Evan.

** MakeItCount mentioned Rocks State Park in Maryland as a location, and also talks about the lack of cell service. A reader who lives in the area vouched for the accuracy of this.

** WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID visits [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania Centralia]] at one point. Centralia was the inspiration for the film version of Film/SilentHill, and the series has made an occasional reference to Franchise/SilentHill itself. The video itself contains a reference to Silent Hill 3, as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8DToYQS-I#t=1m31s here.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD-iD2qYVkk (For reference.)]]

** WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID visits [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania Centralia]] at one point. Centralia was the inspiration for the film version of Film/SilentHill, and the series has made an occasional reference to SilentHill itself. The video itself contains a reference to Silent Hill 3, as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8DToYQS-I#t=1m31s here.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD-iD2qYVkk (For reference.)]]

* HiddenInPlainSight: Used in TribeTwelve and XMandelbrot. Both series protagonists are quite disturbed at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od-z7tJENho&feature=channel_video_title what]] they [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUk9q2MI7s&feature=relmfu missed]].