Discussion Franchise / TheSlenderManMythos

I'm fairly certain there is no copyright over the character.

Someone did write a book about him. It's...uh...not what you might expect.

No, Slendy is public domain.

Technically he is copyrighted, a game was blocked from Steam because of it until the creator fills out some paperwork for it.

Was there even a point to that aside from trolling?

I think the thing that Victor Surge started was the specific image of the black suit, the tentacles, and the Eldritch aspects.

Actually, the suit and tentacles wasn't by him, either. As for the 'gibbering madness' if you see him, that was by him.

Crediting Victor Surge would be like if I made a sci-fi story about the Grey aliens, and people said I came up with the idea of the Greys.

But Slenderman is a uniquely internet-based phenomena. Did the Tall Man hang people's innards on trees in black garbage bags? Did the Tall man mess up Audio/video footage?

Slendy is a character, not a cryptid, a character that happens to span several blogs and videos. He's not saying he came up with tall men, he came up with this variation on the myth, and that's what the page is about. It's like saying Disney didn't produce The Lion King becuase it was based on Shakespeare.

Not crediting him for creating slenderman is like not crediting Leonardo da Vinci for The Last Supper because Jesus was already in the bible.

Honestly, this sounds like an attempt to discredit SA out of spite.

http://secretarcana.com/hiddenknowledge/monarch-programming-mind-control/

Now remember what Jung said about the collective unconscious. The Hundred Monkey Syndrome fits in neatly to this. Even if it's not true, plenty of people VIVIDLY believe it that it is.

Now good luck sleeping. :)

Troper Tales has been removed entirely from TV Tropes.

I think that compileTRUTH would be worth mentioning on the main page, so long as you mention that it is, in fact, and in-game channel.

I have added compileTRUTH to the front page now.

Slender Man is considered by most to be a public domain character. No one holds a trademark for him; you could possibly argue that Victor Surge is the owner, but that might be going into a legal grey area.

All individual blogs/vlogs/stories about him are copyrighted by their authors, although I don't think any are registered copyrights.

However, I can't see any company taking full control of Slender Man. Even if they make a movie or something about him, they'll just own the copyright for the movie; it would take an extremely good legal team to find a way for them to trademark a pre-existing public domain character. Which means we should be fine, unless Disney decides to make a Slender Man movie.

I would if I were any good at creating pages. I can help with adding examples if needed.

I would if I were any good at creating pages. I can help with adding examples if needed.

I was unaware of any rejoicing. Anyone else?

I hadn't heard of any buzz either. And judging by the fact that there's a total of four people who commented between the three entries involving the journals, I'd say it's probably just the blogger themself who posted it. In fact, considering that the blog is hated by some, I'd say it's more likely that a majority of the fandom are doing the opposite of rejoicing.

I hadn't heard of any buzz either. And judging by the fact that there's a total of four people who commented between the three entries involving the journals, I'd say it's probably just the blogger themself who posted it. In fact, considering that the blog is hated by some, I'd say it's more likely that a majority of the fandom are doing the opposite of rejoicing.

OK, deleted. The author can put it back if they want I suppose.

You don't need to ask permission to add an entry. ;)

The blog in question also has entire paragraphs from and essays about Crime and Punishment quoted verbatim in it, so yeah, I'd say it counts as a shout out.

I'd say replace it, as the Unfiction list hasn't been updated in a while.

Go ahead. I don't think you need admin approval to clear out obvious crap.

I've never heard of someone just shooting Slender Man; from what I've heard, he can only be defeated through the power of friendship and sweet shoes.

Besides, let's not get into weird i-believe-in-fictional-stories weirdness; they're all "obviously fake". Slender Man is not actually real.

It's a matter of thematics. The Slender Man Mythos is about horror. Troper Tales which detail real-life reactions to that horror are great. Troper Tales which contribute to that horror are, to my mind, simply adding to the Mythos. Troper Tales which talk about wifin' in the club with Slendy, or ganging up with buddies to beat him with boards-with-nails-in-them ruin the atmosphere and thematics of the story.

And they have bad grammar

In that case, seeing as how you're clearly the sole originator of the Slender Man mythos and arbiter of all its thematic elements, why not just go all-out and delete all the Slender Man troper tales that don't meet your exacting specifications of horror? I saw countless humorous entries on that page, filled to the brim with 20 dollaz and Carmelldansen references and the like; they're all ruining everyone's enjoyment of this whole Slender Man thing, so go ahead and expunge those too, please.

There is actually a caramelldansen video of The Slender man. I've seen it. I can see how that reaction would be genuine.

Regardless, it is a reference to a usually-comedic internet meme and dilutes the normally tightly-controlled and well-plotted-out nature of the mythos. This is not some funtime collaborative effort where anyone can add their own piece to the story, but a singular work with only one true canon. It is our job as Tv Tropes denizens to deny would-be vandals the chance to pollute this great storyline with their own self-concocted nonsense.

Oh, I hadn't realized you'd written a book. What's the ISBN? I want to look it up.

ahhh sarcasm.

The book is a fictional part of the Slender Man mythos, you see; it has no ISBN. It's not real.

Anyway, since the saga of Gloarb and his cohorts is not a TV Tropes Officially Sanctioned Slender Man Mythos Work, thank you for taking it upon yourself for valiantly deleting all instances of it from the internet. If there's one thing I hate, it's when people think they can just MAKE THEIR OWN portions of a story as if it were some kind of collaborative effort with no central author or some nonsense.

While we're on the subject, I've noticed some obvious gamejacks have been gaining popularity; we don't want to encourage this sort of nonsense. Slenderfans need to realize they should look, not touch.

OK, so what's the URL of your slenderblog?

Okay, there seems to be a misunderstanding here among us Slender Man Mythos Quality Control Arbiters. Let me take a minute to explain.

1) I didn't write any "slenderblog"; the saga of Gloarb and his buddies was not written by me. I'm just a fan; after all, you didn't write The Hobbit (or I Wanna Be The Guy), did you?

2) Within the fiction, Gloarb does not maintain any internet accounts; it is far too easy for Slender Man's Slender Force to track him down that way. As such, he does not keep blogs, Youtube accounts, or any of their ilk.

so, where would I find this fictionalized account of this fictionalized Gloarb?

Why, right here on TV Tropes, of course, in the Troper Tales section, along with all the other Officially Sanctioned Slender Man Mythos Fiction. Unless, of course, International Slender Man Mythos Fiction Quality Control Headquarters decides that the story is not up to snuff, in which case it will be permanently deleted from the Slender Man Mythos Canon. We gotta make sure nobody reads any unauthorized Slender Man Mythos Fiction.

Please, guys. Don't feed the troll. Wifin' can easily be cut with no real consequence.

Please, guys. Don't feed the troll. Wifin' can easily be cut with no real consequence.

Okay, time for a serious, no-sarcasm response:

Slender Man does not, in fact, have any one main "author". No one has the authority to say what can and cannot be done when it comes to this particular setting; I'm personally sick of people complaining that this blog or this video or this post sucks because it doesn't meet their specific opinion of how they imagine the story to flow. You don't like one person's interpretation? Don't subscribe to it.

Besides, it's in the Troper Tales section. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall there being any sort of "feel free to delete what you don't agree with" policy in place there.

I have nothing against Troper Tales being somewhat humorous, I mean, no one is going to be using that page as their blog, so it's all more about the concept of the mythos, rather than an actual part of it.

There's a difference between it being humorous and it being spam and/or trolling. I don't think that making the Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire theme related to the Slender Man can be called anything other than wifin'.

There's a difference between it being humorous and it being spam and/or trolling. I don't think that making the Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire theme related to the Slender Man can be called anything other than wifin'.

NN, let me ask you this.

If I were to create a similar goofy song about the Cthulu Mythos, would you delete that? or if I did one for Freddy Kreuger?

I understand, really I do, about wanting to keep continuity, and the overall feeling of the Mythos all nice and proper. But of course there's going to be wifin' on an OOG page like here. I'm posting here, after all.

Zero is still troping?

NN - I actually have to agree with Gloarb. On account of the one rule mostly, and it's the Troper Tales, hell it might be the poster's own Nightmare Retardant, so he can get some sleep thinking that "He shot Slendy and now he don't harm nobody". Although the people who post these could bother to write with proper grammar and spelling if it's not there for comedic effect.

I'm curious as to what hobbitguy's beef is with me, or if he's simply trolling; there are dozens of humorous Slender Man Troper Tales that aren't the same tired "oh noes he goan get me he outsaid ma windo", and yet he keeps deleting the ones I add. Quite frankly, it's pretty childish and I think it's time to stop.

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My beef is no longer that they're being added humorously - enough other tropers have chimed in saying that it's okay that I no longer feel justified in removing them due to that. It's that they're being added without regards to formatting, spelling, or grammar.

Would you prefer if I put Ra Ndomly cAPitaLizEd hidDEN Mes Sages in them? Or if I typed in all lower case in order to look "scared"? Or should I use the supersecretspoiler tags to put secret stuff in between the lines? What should I do to make my not-real fiction worthy of posting in hobbitguy's Exclusive Writer's Club?

I am not being sarcastic now. Fast Eddie, the moderator, explicitly said that removing entries due to bad spelling, grammar, and formatting was proper and acceptable.

Then by all means go ahead! But why exactly are you stopping your purge at my entries? Slender Man stories rely, by their nature, on touches like what I just described in my last post. So why not delete every single post that doesn't have perfect spelling, grammar, and formatting?

An actual answer to this question would be greatly appreciated, by the way.

EDIT: Furthermore, at what point did my Ron Browz entry in the Characters section exhibit any improper spelling, grammar, or formatting?

I don't want to trawl through the existing entries as a one-man editing crew for several reasons, not least of which is that I don't have the time nor energy. I don't often read through entries I've already read more than once; I usually just check updates as they are made. I have, in fact, reverted new edits which displayed improper grammar and formatting other than your own. Yours are simply much more numerous than the others which I have removed.

I'm not asking for perfect spelling and grammar. Even I sometimes end a sentence with a preposition or misspell "euthanize" or something like that. But posts that are slapped onto the page haphazardly, written in a way which makes them difficult to read and understand, and in a faux-urban dialect which you don't seem to actually possess, as you're not using it in these discussions, impede my enjoyment of the page due to the aforementioned difficulty to read, even disregarding thematic issues with their contents.

As for the Ron Browz entry, I admit that I thought it was just a joke entry, and removed it as such. After having performed more research on the subject I realize that the original impulse was incorrect. However, I still would prefer the entry remain deleted, for two reasons. Firstly, the "twenny dollaz" meme is, as far as I know, a metajoke about the Mythos and not a part of the Mythos itself. As such, the entry (which describes a person associated with the Mythos only through that metajoke, not through any established story I've heard about - if there is one I wasn't aware of, please link me) feels unnecessary. Secondly, I feel that it's in dubious taste to have a real person (or the public persona of a real person, as the case may be) listed as a "character" in a fictional piece, regardless of memetic associations between that person's work and the piece in question.

so... Is There Such Thing As Notability?

When a blog has fewer than ten entries, was started less than thirty days ago, and does not have an established following, examples can just as easily go on the Slender Man Mythos main page.

Um, yeah...why does The London Librarian have a page now? It's just a few days old. Just saying. You don't have to add your favorite blog just because it's your favorite. And you had better fucking not add your own blog (I'm suspecting that "cocoesloco" did, in fact, write it, due to almost no mentions of it by anyone else). That is masturbation of the worst kind.

Um, yeah...why does The London Librarian have a page now? It's just a few days old. Just saying. You don't have to add your favorite blog just because it's your favorite. And you had better fucking not add your own blog (I'm suspecting that "cocoesloco" did, in fact, write it, due to almost no mentions of it by anyone else). That is masturbation of the worst kind.

Hey, quit making up rules for us, okay? There Is No Such Thing As Notability. At all. Which is why there is a place here for the thing that interests you. Also, we very explicitly do not have a rule against writing up your own work.

Don't drag that notability crap in here. It stinks up the place.

There may not be a rule against it, but it's still in bad taste. And as much as you say that There Is No Such Thing As Notability, that can never be entirely true. You're essentially saying that I could put up a page of my personal blog, add some tropes that I discuss, pimp it all over the site, and call it an article that the site would accept, just because there's No Such Thing As Notability. It's horrible taste and is essentially just spamming advertisements.

There may not be a rule against it, but it's still in bad taste. And as much as you say that There Is No Such Thing As Notability, that can never be entirely true. You're essentially saying that I could put up a page of my personal blog, add some tropes that I discuss, pimp it all over the site, and call it an article that the site would accept, just because there's No Such Thing As Notability. It's horrible taste and is essentially just spamming advertisements.

Yes, that is what I am saying, and that has been the way we do things for a really long time, with much success. We are not now nor ever will be the arbiters of 'taste', which is just another way to say "your stuff sucks and mine doesn't."

It is not that there is no rule against pimping yourself, it that there is a specific rule — damn near the only one we have — forbidding people from forbidding people to do it.

We can't have a page for every single blog with Slender Man out there. It just isn't feasible, and it makes the entire article confusing and annoying. If you want to promote your own blog, fine, put examples of it on the main page. It may be poor taste, but there's no rule against it. However, the purpose of the individual articles is to document stories which have gotten large enough that they need their own section. Friends and the London Librarian are NOT examples of that. A few of the core theory blogs (such as What You Are In The Dark) are also pushing it. We have the main page for a reason. Use it. If need be, we can start making further subdivisions within the main pages, but right now we definitely don't need a page for every blog who's author wants to increase their number of views.

EDIT: Okay, how about this: We create a folder on the main page for minor stories in the Mythos. There we can put links to the articles on Friends and Librarian, or any other minor blogs/vlogs which get their own pages made. Then we keep the list of the major AR Gs like it was. That way, the list serves the purpose of letting the reader quickly look into the major works that are part of the Mythos, and still lets articles on other works be made without making the page harder for a new reader to follow.

If so, then we'll need to figure out how we define a "major" and a "minor" work in the Mythos, but at least it will get other problems out of the way.

@Fast Eddie, I can see what you're saying. Now that I'm raging a bit less, let me explain what I'm saying a bit more calmly. Personally, I don't agree with what you're saying, but this is your site. I can respect the decision even if I don't like it. However, I still think it would be a good idea to do what The Omega says. It's not a matter of notability now, it's a matter of organization. The page is getting too confusing as is, and some lumping/splitting/reorganizing would probably help a lot.

Again, your decision, and I'll respect it, but I personally think that we can come up with some good alternatives. The Character page and the "Major/Minor" works folder can help with that some. It's just that a blog a day old with all of three posts and zero comments almost doesn't need its own page. There are a lot of blogs on the Slender Man at this point, and one that started up yesterday getting added by its author is going to make a person who's run a popular blog for months and hasn't gotten added a bit miffed.

Edit: Also, major apologies to the author of The London Librarian for jumping to conclusion. Evidently, the blog was added by a big fan and not her. Oops. My angry accusations are misaimed, and I feel like a dick now for making stupid assumptions.

@Fast Eddie, I can see what you're saying. Now that I'm raging a bit less, let me explain what I'm saying a bit more calmly. Personally, I don't agree with what you're saying, but this is your site. I can respect the decision even if I don't like it. However, I still think it would be a good idea to do what The Omega says. It's not a matter of notability now, it's a matter of organization. The page is getting too confusing as is, and some lumping/splitting/reorganizing would probably help a lot.

Again, your decision, and I'll respect it, but I personally think that we can come up with some good alternatives. The Character page and the "Major/Minor" works folder can help with that some. It's just that a blog a day old with all of three posts and zero comments almost doesn't need its own page. There are a lot of blogs on the Slender Man at this point, and one that started up yesterday getting added by its author is going to make a person who's run a popular blog for months and hasn't gotten added a bit miffed.

Edit: Also, major apologies to the author of The London Librarian for jumping to conclusion. Evidently, the blog was added by a big fan and not her. Oops. My angry accusations are misaimed, and I feel like a dick now for making stupid assumptions.

I think it's safe to assume that major would be a long running/complete story with a strong following and possibly an impact on the Mythos. Marble Hornets is major. Everyman Hybrid is major. Dreams In Darkness is major. Seeking Truth is major.

While the Core Theory community as a whole is major, I don't think the individual blogs are. Exceptions being the first three Sages' blogs. I intend to merge the Core Theory pages into one.

H(a)unting isn't major, but verging on it. It's well known, but too polarizing and too easily discredited. Scared isn't major. It's well written and involving, even if Narmy at times ("no... NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO?!?!?!?!?!?", seriously?), but it has a limited following and next to no impact on the mythos.

I'd say that H(a)unting would probably fit under major. It's popular, and while it is hugely polarizing (I'm personally closer to the hate than the love side), it's doing something very different with the mythos. I'd say put it under "major."

I'd say that H(a)unting would probably fit under major. It's popular, and while it is hugely polarizing (I'm personally closer to the hate than the love side), it's doing something very different with the mythos. I'd say put it under "major."

Major and minor are still value judgments.

Perhaps listing them in order of seniority, since that seems to be the true gauge, is the way to go. I can think of many, many examples of the less senior fan-sourced material becoming more 'important' than earlier works. Shoulders of giants, and all that.

Here is the nub of the thing. We've been through this in a number of arenas and have learned that the wiki cannot express an opinion about a work because there are thousands of us, not just one viewpoint, and a group of thousands will never have the same viewpoint. Which will cause the article to descend into a constant state of warfare.

Some wikis enjoy that sort stuff. We choose to avoid it.

Major/Minor need not be value judgments. I'm not saying we should define "major" as what we consider to be the best stories, and put all the ones we don't like in the minor folder. Major would be the stories with the largest following and most influence on the Mythos. Stories like Marble Hornets, Everyman HYBRID, Just Another Fool, Dreams in Darkness, and Seeking Truth are accepted as being strong influences on the Mythos, even by the people who don't like watching/reading them. While quality is objective, impact isn't. We can look back and see how these stories have affected the ones which came after them.

This isn't about quality control for me; if someone really wants to put in the time and effort to make a page for their blog, sure, good on them. But the purpose of having the major blogs on the front page was to allow an easy introduction for newcomers. If we put up every story in the Mythos with them, then anyone knew would need to look through over 100 links (a number which is growing exponentially as more people come into the Mythos) before they even got to the list of tropes. The purpose for the folder I recommended was so that anyone new could still easily access the stories which would best familiarize them with the Mythos, while still allowing all the other blogs to have their own pages.

If we have to, we can play this safe, and only classify the completely universally accepted major blogs as major (which would mean not including ones we're disagreeing with in this very topic, like H(a)unting). In the end, I just want to avoid turning this entire page into a free for all between anyone who wants more publicity.

That's an aspect of what we're for — raising visibility of things that could use it. I agree that the blogs list could be moved down to the bottom of the page, or put on another page altogether, something like Slender Man Stories. Getting to the tropes sooner rather than later would be great.

There isn't really any way to tap-dance around the fact that calling something 'minor' while calling something else 'major' is a value judgment. Picking some 'bests' is a review. Not what we're about on the main article. People who want to write reviews can just add them via the 'reviews' link at the top of the page.

Anyway. Moving the list to another page would be the best way to keep it from interfering with the purpose of this page.

I'm going to do that, so we can have a look at how it works.

"That's an aspect of what we're for — raising visibility of things that could use it." - the problem with these two entries is not as much them being able to use some plugging, as the fact that neither of them is "a thing" yet. I'm still flabbergasted that A Really Bad Joke has a page, as I don't think it's "a thing" yet, and I'm the bloody author. Also, the problem with Frap's "thing" was that what he posted was a glorified "there's nothing there, go read it".

Would segregation into "Most Influential", "Popular", "Core Theory" and "Other" be okay?

EDIT: Scratch that, I think what Eddie did is actually pretty good.

Just fodder for argument. Maybe classifying by style or content type would be useful. "Most Influential" and "Popular" are just ways of saying "good", meaning that everyone will want to shoehorn in their item or ban someone else's from the list. Who needs the headache?

This page is also serving as an index for the various blogs, which makes me feel it's okay for people to keep making new pages and linking them here. If space on the main page is the issue, we could always stick the index in a folder...

The new page does the indexing just fine.

I'm really satisfied with this solution. Thanks, Eddie. This should work great.

I'm really satisfied with this solution. Thanks, Eddie. This should work great.

Heh. I was going to suggest a separate page for Slender Man Stories before, but I chickened out thinking it wouldn't be allowed. You guys are awesome.

Cool. There's always a way to do this stuff.:-)

Do you guys think we should give Observe and Terminate its own page? They did cooperate with Zero on the Solstice and gave the After Action Report and all that. Even if there is No Such Thing As Notability, I'm going to wait to hear from you guys on this one.

Not a bad idea in itself, but the problem is whether or not it's "Core Theory". I personally think not - the only times the Oa T story really overlapped with anything from the Core Theory was After Action Report.

I'll get to working on it as soon as I can.

That might be a good idea, since it's hard to keep track of who's who, especially with new bloggers showing up every fortnight at the outside and dying/running/disappearing for long lengths of time at roughly the same rate.

So character sheets for Zero, Amelia, Maduin, Robert, Anomalous Data's Jay, Shaun, Zeke, and M then?

Maybe also put in the characters from lesser known but still influential Blogs— like Nessa from Enter Light, for example.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheSlenderManMythos Here's a character sheet. It needs a LOT of work, though.

I'll help.

Just put in a folder for villains, starting with the skinny dude himself.

Now, if you'll excuse me, my nose is bleeding and there's someone in my kitc

Well, I guess I'll do a folder for the Second group of Sages and a Miscellaneous folder then.

Wouldn't it be better not to separate the Sages? Just separating them in to "Core Theory" and "Standalone" should work.

It's not a problem the way the page is set up far.

I'd say (like I mentioned earlier) that it'd be a good idea for a page for "Core Theory Blogs" that we can split more important blogs off of as they gain examples. Because really, the Core Theory is one giant arc, and while there are a lot of important events, many of them aren't really all that Trope Overdosed. I'd say we should cover all the "Sage" blogs in there, at least for now.

I'd say (like I mentioned earlier) that it'd be a good idea for a page for "Core Theory Blogs" that we can split more important blogs off of as they gain examples. Because really, the Core Theory is one giant arc, and while there are a lot of important events, many of them aren't really all that Trope Overdosed. I'd say we should cover all the "Sage" blogs in there, at least for now.

How about creating a page for the Core Theory and putting the applicable blogs on that page? With an explanation of the general theory, and each blog's connection to said theory?

I agree that a single Core Theory page would be the best; right now, we've got a bunch of short pages detailing each of the major Core Theory blogs, when we could just have one to cover them all.

Okay, so, Weird Raptor, you are amazing. Thank you for all that work you did. Incidentally, are you part of some Slender Man blog or community, just so I know who to thank?

Okay, so, Weird Raptor, you are amazing. Thank you for all that work you did. Incidentally, are you part of some Slender Man blog or community, just so I know who to thank?

While I'm certainly impressed by all the work Weird Raptor must have put into that, right now we have 16 series blogs in this article. That seems like a bit too much. I feel that What You Are in the Dark doesn't have a large enough audience to be given it's own page, and the Sage blogs could be streamlined down into a single page dealing with Core Theory. It would make the front page look neater, and we'd have to keep track of fewer small articles.

I sometimes comment on the entries other make, but I'm in no way involved in this mammoth of a project. Been thinking about it, though...

One thing we could also do is split the lists on the front page. One list for stuff like Marble Hornets or Everyman Hybrid which stand alone, or then have blogs involved in the slender community on another.

EDIT: Done. I split the standalone works and Core Theory works into two lists. The front page already looks much tidier.

Do you guys think Encyclopedia Slenderia and compile TRUTH need articles? They're an excellent source of information on the mythos that just about everyone interested would do well to visit. Plus, it looks like Dr. Cairo is starting to become haunted himself as well.

No. Not yet. They're informational, yes, but Encyclopedia Slenderia is already linked on the main page and compile TRUTH is largely just, well, compilations at the moment. Unless they start developing story, they don't need pages.

Also, I still say that it's a better idea to merge all the core theory blogs into a single page for now, with the possible exception of White Elephants.

No. Not yet. They're informational, yes, but Encyclopedia Slenderia is already linked on the main page and compile TRUTH is largely just, well, compilations at the moment. Unless they start developing story, they don't need pages.

Also, I still say that it's a better idea to merge all the core theory blogs into a single page for now, with the possible exception of White Elephants.

Uh... is there a reason you can't just create one? There Is No Such Thing As Notability. If you make it and it accrues interest, it'll stay. if not, it'll Wiki Magic off the page.

Because I'm a complete noob who still can't for the life of me figure out how to make a damn page.

Here's a page for H(a)unting. Definitely needs some help though.

We could just lump a lot of the Core Theory blogs (White Elephants, A hint of serendipity, Testing 1,2,3, etc.) together in a single page. After all, a lot of those blogs are very strongly intertwined, and they're, in general, not quite as Trope Overdosed as some of the other blogs/vlogs.

We could just lump a lot of the Core Theory blogs (White Elephants, A hint of serendipity, Testing 1,2,3, etc.) together in a single page. After all, a lot of those blogs are very strongly intertwined, and they're, in general, not quite as Trope Overdosed as some of the other blogs/vlogs.

So, say, a page called "Core Theory Blogs", and then a list of the general plot of each blog, grouped by generation? Would that list include The Tutorial?

Well, M and Zeke were pretty much the first two people given titles under the Core Theory. Of course, they interact less than some of the others, so...I dunno. It almost deserves its own page, as it's certainly added more to the mythos than A Lack of Lexicon.

Well, M and Zeke were pretty much the first two people given titles under the Core Theory. Of course, they interact less than some of the others, so...I dunno. It almost deserves its own page, as it's certainly added more to the mythos than A Lack of Lexicon.

Introducing a "Core Theory" page and then including things like "Seeking Truth" or "The Tutorial" wouldn't be quite fair towards Zeke and M, since their stories are strong standalone pieces and they were given titles by Robert, because that's what the character did at the time. "The Tutorial" deserves it's own page, I think. (And now I will go on a hopeless Archive Binge just to dig up tropes for it).

We could always make a master page for the Core Theory blogs, and when any particular blog gets enough examples, we can split them.

On a similar note, are we going to include tropes from "The Mystic" (Zeke's new blog) under Seeking Truth?

We could always make a master page for the Core Theory blogs, and when any particular blog gets enough examples, we can split them.

On a similar note, are we going to include tropes from "The Mystic" (Zeke's new blog) under Seeking Truth?

It's more of an urban legend/internet meme than anything. Take a look here.

http://www.slendernation.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=postsmargsnogamejacks&action=display&thread=427 <— That board requires you to register, but they have most of the pages cached...

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Read the history before asking such things. They were moved to YMMV/The Slender Man Mythos.

I think it depends on how many examples they accumulate on the main page. If it gets to the point where too big a chunk of the main page is taken up by individual blogs, then new work pages are probably necessary to redirect the flow.

A Lack Of Lexicon has a fair amount of examples, quite a few of them by me, I'll admit. I'd say it's worthy of it's own page, myself. Thoughts?

Sure, let's go ahead and start one up. Edit: Just did.

Can't see the image.

Made the switch.

Previous Image◊ versus new.◊

I think that the replacement picture is actually a lot better. Sure, you don't really get a good view of Slendy, but the image does a vastly better job at conveying the flavor of fear that the Mythos contains.

Yeah. Thanks to however put the better description in, I couldn't find it, m'self.

The friend I mentioned above said it was a bit like finding out that you had a turd in your coffee. Everything looks fine and dandy, then you see a massive problem with it.

In case you're wondering, those quotes in italics at the top and in the caption are straight from Victor Surge's very first Slender Man post.

Incidentally: thanks to whoever right-justified the picture; it looks tons better now!

Yup. You may want to consider if it should have its own works page.

Any word on this? If I could think of three tropes Everyman HYBRID has that don't appply to all Slender Man works, I'd make it myself.

It is not, officially, a game jack. It is an imitator, yes, but still legible for a page.

I think I found it: http://www.creepypasta.com/the-smiling-man-in-black/

Oh wow.

Not sure if I see the connection though. It would make a lot more sense if Slendy were some terrifying guardian like some people speculate.