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Lithp
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 		I'm reluctant to defend the series after it's implied it'll be getting back to activity & failed to deliver so many times, especially with talk of a "mega-crossover" still going, but I will say that this brought back some of my interest in the series.

Can anyone confirm that people have actually gotten things in the mail & that's not just an invention of the storyline?

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Not sure what you mean by "lines" lmao


Probably should've specified, but I meant the part about HABIT saying "new year, new me" (I laughed) and that people are receiving things in the mail -which has to mean something new since it hasn't happened in four years. I agree that this series has had a stalling problem, but I don't consider the last episode to be filler because it at least addresses a long running plot point -whereas the recent reveal of what happened after "Blue room", though it was a better video, only resolved what happened during another period of stalling. Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I really think it'll pull through this time -and either way, I'm used to long waits because they'll no longer matter when the series ends. But, that's just my opinion.

As for the mega-crossover idea... I don't know. People have always put forth that idea without it ever coming to pass, but if they can use crossovers to kill off Shaun Andersen and resurrect Jeff then I guess anything's possible. I just doubt it because the creators say it's unnecessary to watch the other series in order to understand theirs, and I agree.

^ No one's come forward with mail yet. I think they've promised a return of the ARG element though, and there's always Box 7 to think about.

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GPNick wrote:
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Unless EverymanHYBRID, TribeTwelve, DarkHarvest and MLAndersen are trying to do some type of mega crossover finale or something. In which case, this could very well take AGES.


I personally believe that this is what is going to happen. Reasons why? In two "thousand three hundred ninety-five" an old grandfather clock is explicitly and vividly shown. The grandfather clock was a recurring theme in MLAndersen0, supposedly representing the slenderman. All of these series have crossed over, especially EMH and MLAndersen0.


Not to mention, all four series, while still under the radar, have stirred at least slightly in the last few months.
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GPNick wrote:
StanFishcer (OOG) wrote:
Unless EverymanHYBRID, TribeTwelve, DarkHarvest and MLAndersen are trying to do some type of mega crossover finale or something. In which case, this could very well take AGES.


I personally believe that this is what is going to happen. Reasons why? In two "thousand three hundred ninety-five" an old grandfather clock is explicitly and vividly shown. The grandfather clock was a recurring theme in MLAndersen0, supposedly representing the slenderman. All of these series have crossed over, especially EMH and MLAndersen0.


I used to believe this was the case. And it may once have been so. But working a crossover between two series is complex enough, never mind four. But if you consider how many people are involved with such a big project, and all those people having schedules permitting and having to travel, I think it's possible the idea of a big crossover was scrapped or streamlined. Let's face it, if there was going to be a huge crossover, it'd have happened by now. The crossover video you wanted was Noah by EverymanHybrid. The Slenderverse is dead.


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preach.

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Cyan507 wrote:
GPNick wrote:
StanFishcer (OOG) wrote:
Unless EverymanHYBRID, TribeTwelve, DarkHarvest and MLAndersen are trying to do some type of mega crossover finale or something. In which case, this could very well take AGES.


I personally believe that this is what is going to happen. Reasons why? In two "thousand three hundred ninety-five" an old grandfather clock is explicitly and vividly shown. The grandfather clock was a recurring theme in MLAndersen0, supposedly representing the slenderman. All of these series have crossed over, especially EMH and MLAndersen0.


I used to believe this was the case. And it may once have been so. But working a crossover between two series is complex enough, never mind four. But if you consider how many people are involved with such a big project, and all those people having schedules permitting and having to travel, I think it's possible the idea of a big crossover was scrapped or streamlined. Let's face it, if there was going to be a huge crossover, it'd have happened by now. The crossover video you wanted was Noah by EverymanHybrid. The Slenderverse is dead.


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preach.


The slenderverse is a zombie that refuses to admit it has died. Well, except for TribeTwelve. Adam Rosner has stated that he's still working on new content, no matter how hard life sidetracks him.
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Cyan507 wrote:
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With Vinny able to see the hidden videos for the first time since the series began for unknown reasons, and lines implying a more active 2017 and return of the ARG element? That ain't filler, man!

(Spoiler: he can see them now because it's a Christmas miracle)

EDIT: I don't suppose Rabbits 82 and 41 will be eventual recipients of ARG stuff, since they were namedropped last year in a plot element that hasn't been utilized yet? Either way, it seems no one's come forward yet -but it's been four years since any players received mail, so it must mean an upcoming thing.


Not sure what you mean by "lines" lmao but EMH puts out an update video every Christmas to try to convince the fans the series isn't dead. I'll admit, the fact that the hidden videos are now visible to Vinny is cool, and I'm excited to see if they will also be visible to Evan the next time he and HABIT switch out. But despite Vinny's discovery, nothing in terms of story has moved forward, which is what should happen in every video. Doing anything else is literally the definition of filler story wise. We're past the point of realism in this series, the final act has been dragged out for at least 3 years, it's time to finish it. Either the EMH boys get bored or move away from NJ and drop the project, or we get some half assed one off video scrambling to tie up all the loose ends. I'm being a total dick here, but this was very favourite online series of all time, but man they dropped the ball


We completely disagree here: you think they have dropped the ball, while I believe that dropping the ball would be to make haste and film/edit/release a video just to end it. We have to remember that this is THEIR project for them, to share with us, not our project. If they aren't content with setting an end just to set an end, then they should not.

We also have to remember that things that are cheap to make and good, they take time. If it was cheap and fast, it would most likely not be good. That approach is fine with me.

I am taking the approach to have patience, there are other things in life that not only I have on my plate, but I'm sure they do as well, and when the time comes where they are proud of their content, and finish their project. I will be there to watch it and appreciate that they didn't rush things.

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You're not wrong.

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That would be a fine defense if the quality of the material was actually increasing with the time it takes to put it out.

Also, there's just no way Vinny spending years locked in a room was planned, it makes no sense narratively, & is even lampshaded with HABIT's disbelief that it's been that long. Clearly, something went wrong & I guess I have to give them props for still trying to salvage it, but I'm hard-pressed to muster the faith that things will work out.

Nor can I just say that anything they put out is amazing. If anything, it would do a disservice to their own content to suggest that several episodes of a guy monologuing to the camera is on par with the rollercoaster that was HABIT abducting Jeff or the slow reveal of the Corenthal connection.

Unfortunately, long-running stories have a tendency to unravel & fail to reach proper conclusions. Time makes fools of us all.

Though whether the series is all dead or mostly dead, there are still a lot of things I'm wondering.

*Why wasn't Box 7 ever recovered?
*What exactly happened with Steph? I know she was implied to have been killed off, but she was dropped rather abruptly after fading into the background. I always wondered if the actress wanted out.
*Was the whole subplot with the baby really only there for us to be upset when it was killed?
*The Hell is up with the Baldpate property? Is it a time warp, or were they all raised in 1 house made to seem like multiple houses for some reason? Why hasn't Vinny brought this up since? Has he forgotten?
*What about that thing with HABIT trying to create the perfect host? Is that Evan? What exactly makes some hosts better than others?

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Lithp wrote:
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You're not wrong.

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We also have to remember that things that are cheap to make and good, they take time.


That would be a fine defense if the quality of the material was actually increasing with the time it takes to put it out.

Also, there's just no way Vinny spending years locked in a room was planned, it makes no sense narratively, & is even lampshaded with HABIT's disbelief that it's been that long. Clearly, something went wrong & I guess I have to give them props for still trying to salvage it, but I'm hard-pressed to muster the faith that things will work out.

Nor can I just say that anything they put out is amazing. If anything, it would do a disservice to their own content to suggest that several episodes of a guy monologuing to the camera is on par with the rollercoaster that was HABIT abducting Jeff or the slow reveal of the Corenthal connection.

Unfortunately, long-running stories have a tendency to unravel & fail to reach proper conclusions. Time makes fools of us all.

Though whether the series is all dead or mostly dead, there are still a lot of things I'm wondering.

*Why wasn't Box 7 ever recovered?
*What exactly happened with Steph? I know she was implied to have been killed off, but she was dropped rather abruptly after fading into the background. I always wondered if the actress wanted out.
*Was the whole subplot with the baby really only there for us to be upset when it was killed?
*The Hell is up with the Baldpate property? Is it a time warp, or were they all raised in 1 house made to seem like multiple houses for some reason? Why hasn't Vinny brought this up since? Has he forgotten?
*What about that thing with HABIT trying to create the perfect host? Is that Evan? What exactly makes some hosts better than others?


Well, I can try to answer your questions.

1. If any boxes got missed, it's probably because people got impatient, or things happened out of turn, or HABIT just said "Fuck it."
2&3: I suppose Steph did sort of disappear, which to me suggests that either the actress had to leave for whatever reason. The baby, on the other hand, seems like it was gonna die all along. It was just there to subvert our expectations by getting FUCKING EATEN.
4. The Baldpate property seems, at this point, to be the main real-world link to Corenthal's tiny little pocket of paradise. And as far as the house goes, I'm getting the impression that the gang all lived in the same house all along, but were prevented from noticing.
5. It was theorized that HABIT wants a "perfect" host. Theoretically, a perfect host would be able to recover from infinite punishment inflicted while under HABIT's possession and still be of use. HABIT has been saying for a while that there isn't much of Evan left, but whether or not he could still use Evan in that case is questionable.
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Mrkingofspades wrote:
Cyan507 wrote:
Peppercorn wrote:
With Vinny able to see the hidden videos for the first time since the series began for unknown reasons, and lines implying a more active 2017 and return of the ARG element? That ain't filler, man!

(Spoiler: he can see them now because it's a Christmas miracle)

EDIT: I don't suppose Rabbits 82 and 41 will be eventual recipients of ARG stuff, since they were namedropped last year in a plot element that hasn't been utilized yet? Either way, it seems no one's come forward yet -but it's been four years since any players received mail, so it must mean an upcoming thing.


Not sure what you mean by "lines" lmao but EMH puts out an update video every Christmas to try to convince the fans the series isn't dead. I'll admit, the fact that the hidden videos are now visible to Vinny is cool, and I'm excited to see if they will also be visible to Evan the next time he and HABIT switch out. But despite Vinny's discovery, nothing in terms of story has moved forward, which is what should happen in every video. Doing anything else is literally the definition of filler story wise. We're past the point of realism in this series, the final act has been dragged out for at least 3 years, it's time to finish it. Either the EMH boys get bored or move away from NJ and drop the project, or we get some half assed one off video scrambling to tie up all the loose ends. I'm being a total dick here, but this was very favourite online series of all time, but man they dropped the ball


We completely disagree here: you think they have dropped the ball, while I believe that dropping the ball would be to make haste and film/edit/release a video just to end it. We have to remember that this is THEIR project for them, to share with us, not our project. If they aren't content with setting an end just to set an end, then they should not.

We also have to remember that things that are cheap to make and good, they take time. If it was cheap and fast, it would most likely not be good. That approach is fine with me.

I am taking the approach to have patience, there are other things in life that not only I have on my plate, but I'm sure they do as well, and when the time comes where they are proud of their content, and finish their project. I will be there to watch it and appreciate that they didn't rush things.


Not sure why you use "we" you don't speak for the unforum. We shouldn't give out as fans since we're not making the series and like you said it isn't made for us (even though it kinda is)
but you have to admit that teasing a significant upload and more frequent upload schedule and not following through is poor on their part. As an artist NEVER set goals publicly that you can't achieve.

I don't know if there's much more point in me posting here, Lithp is basically saying everything I'm thinking before I say it.

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This is so fucking true. Although he doesn't upload frequently, Adam always tries his best to make every TT video significant. And I'm aware of his situation, but he finds ways to still be creative, like he either uploads to his Nimbus page with goofy stuff he does or he uploads to his facebook, but he is always working and always trying to get better. If you have a skill and you don't practice it regularly you become less sharp at it. And with EMH it really shows, you can tell they don't write, edit or act between each shoot. Like Vinny used to be such a fluid actor but now he comes across as so wooden, which makes he clear he doesn't warm up or prepare for acting.

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Well, I can try to answer your questions.


1. How were the coordinates of the other boxes found anyway?

2&3: I always thought Steph left &/or had to quit, but I can't find anything confirming that, & it just seems so odd, since she was set up as a main character. On the other hand, I always hear about Vince, Evan, & Jeff when the OOG is referenced, never Steph. It all makes me think she was kind of awkwardly written out, which is a shame to me.

Does the baby being eaten really subvert expectations, though? HABIT's whole job is to be awful, something bad happening to the baby probably would've been my 1st guess, but I guess I'm kind of nitpicking at this point.

4. Haven't forgotten that Corenthal's still out there somewhere doing...something, but it seemed like there was too little information to even form a meaningful question about that. Did Vinny really get there from Baldpate?

That's sort of interesting, because I remember there seemed to be a lot of warping phenomena going on at Baldpate, but then that "it's all one house" line got dropped, which really threw me for a loop & still makes no sense to me.

5. I could swear HABIT, or someone possessed by him, actually says that he wants to create a perfect host, in Canyouseethewords or something, & that he refers to Nick as "an experiment" presumably along the same lines. That description makes it hard to see Evan as "the perfect host," but I'm not sure what other candidates remain. I know The Rake was kicked around, but after Evan somehow beat it in a fight that seems unlikely, & frankly I always kind of doubted that to begin with. The baby seemed like a logical candidate, but then it got eaten. If it IS Evan, one would have to wonder what makes him so special, & also why HABIT needed to try to find the perfect host when he'd had one for what sounds like a lot longer than Evan's known lifespan.

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Not sure why you use "we" you don't speak for the unforum.


I believe he (she?) meant "you & I (we) disagree."

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Eh, I'll stop following if I ever feel like it, in fact I'm positive I would've quit by now if not for the fact that this used to be (& to some extent still is) my favorite of the bunch. Also, I don't understand the notion of putting out public content & not caring how it's received by the audience.

Though, like I said, the recent update has at least renewed some of my interest, at least enough to get me back here & asking questions again.

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but you have to admit that teasing a significant upload and more frequent upload schedule and not following through is poor on their part. As an artist NEVER set goals publicly that you can't achieve.


Oh yeah, good point. It would also be nice to have a bit of knowledge of what's going on, since it's slowed soooo much. Though I did find some rumblings of things going on behind the scenes, so maybe the problem is that I'm not looking hard enough.

I would like to say that Vinny shooting himself & realizing what must have happened is significant, but the truth is that this isn't the 1st time the characters have been made aware that they appear to live impossible multiple lives.

Actually, it seems like there's kind of a pattern that the characters in this series are unusually slow on the uptake, doesn't it? Like I'm pretty sure people knew Evan must be HABIT for YEARS before it was formally revealed.

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That's frightening, particularly since I got the general impression I was slightly more optimistic than you. Slightly.

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I have noticed that the acting seems more stilted, but I assumed Vinny was just tired of playing the same basic scene & tone over & over & over & over again. Plus, I mean, while I always thought they were pretty good, I also thought they always had their moments where it became obvious they were going through a script. Though if this is true, this might explain why this part has seemed so up in the air, like it's literally being written on the fly.

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 		@Lithp lol i always got the impression I was more optimistic than you. I think the nosedive in this series has brought us closer together <3

I'm in the same boat, I've stopped following, when I see it pop up in my subscriptions I don't even bother watching now. I wouldn't say they don't care how it's received but I would say there's no QA screening of entries before uploading and everything that's shot is done in two takes at most before they settle with "eh fuck it, let's just put anything up."

I was initially won over with the idea of the iteration theory and the multiple lives idea, but now it just seems like a device that EMH is using to write themselves out of corners and make edgy videos like Vinny offing himself in the hope it'll distract us from any real story developments or content. Evan could slits his wrists on camera, but if there's no rhyme or reason to it then I don't care for it.

I say it's likely they're writing it on the fly, it's possible they have a big crossover planned and these "updates" if you can call them that are just a way of stalling until said event happens.

Like I said I'm sure there's stuff going on behind the scenes, but purposely misleading fans into believing there will be frequent activity again isn't forgivable, and it's happened WAY too many times.

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@Lithp lol i always got the impression I was more optimistic than you. I think the nosedive in this series has brought us closer together <3


I meant about this in specific. In general, there's no way I can be described as an optimist.

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I wouldn't say they don't care how it's received but I would say there's no QA screening of entries before uploading and everything that's shot is done in two takes at most before they settle with "eh fuck it, let's just put anything up."


I meant the common argument--though less so nowadays, which ironically is part of the reason I can stand to come back in this thread--that the audience shouldn't be critical of these vlogs because "it's for them, not you."

Unless we're literally breaking into their homes & reading their diaries, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to impress us. And while I do feel weird talking about how I am disappoint when the creator could theoretically be reading, what else am I supposed to do, lie?

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I was initially won over with the idea of the iteration theory and the multiple lives idea, but now it just seems like a device that EMH is using to write themselves out of corners and make edgy videos like Vinny offing himself in the hope it'll distract us from any real story developments or content. Evan could slits his wrists on camera, but if there's no rhyme or reason to it then I don't care for it.


I never really liked the iteration theory, though I'd kind of say it's been debunked, or at least retconned. We're not really seeing reincarnation cycles here, if anything, they're respawning with no idea that they ever died. Though I'm not sure if even that sits right with me.

I guess the problem I have with a lot of these theories is that, sort of like what you said, they'd seem to indicate that there's no rhyme nor reason for anything. If HABIT is powerful enough to make them unable to see they live in the same house or to revive the dead, despite neither logically following from what we know his powers to be, why bother with these guys at all? He could basically do anything, but he's wasting his talents screwing with some kids in a way that doesn't even really seem like something he'd be into.

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I say it's likely they're writing it on the fly, it's possible they have a big crossover planned and these "updates" if you can call them that are just a way of stalling until said event happens.


I never liked the mega crossover idea either. That's been another problem, even if the series comes back to life, I'm uncomfortable with the direction it appeared to be going in before.

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Like I said I'm sure there's stuff going on behind the scenes, but purposely misleading fans into believing there will be frequent activity again isn't forgivable, and it's happened WAY too many times.


It's not cool, but it feels more like denial than malice to me.

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I meant about this in specific. In general, there's no way I can be described as an optimist.


Oh, in that case then yes. I would definitely say that I'm very negative in this forum. Maybe too much, idk.
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I meant the common argument--though less so nowadays, which ironically is part of the reason I can stand to come back in this thread--that the audience shouldn't be critical of these vlogs because "it's for them, not you."

Unless we're literally breaking into their homes & reading their diaries, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to impress us. And while I do feel weird talking about how I am disappoint when the creator could theoretically be reading, what else am I supposed to do, lie?


As I fan I have no problem being critical of the series, it's proof I'm a real fan. People confuse critical thinking with complaints way too much nowadays. Just because you're a fan of something doesn't mean you can't express what you don't like about it. The guys who make EMH are talented, and they can be doing better. I know for a fact Jeff lurks on unforum from time to time. If he's reading this he can make his own judgements. I'd hope he wouldn't change the series based off our feedback, but use his own judgement to make the series better. Usually people make the kind of show they'd like to see, and that puts them on the road to success, but do the EMH boys really think what they've been uploading lately has been good content?

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I never really liked the iteration theory, though I'd kind of say it's been debunked, or at least retconned. We're not really seeing reincarnation cycles here, if anything, they're respawning with no idea that they ever died. Though I'm not sure if even that sits right with me.

I guess the problem I have with a lot of these theories is that, sort of like what you said, they'd seem to indicate that there's no rhyme nor reason for anything. If HABIT is powerful enough to make them unable to see they live in the same house or to revive the dead, despite neither logically following from what we know his powers to be, why bother with these guys at all? He could basically do anything, but he's wasting his talents screwing with some kids in a way that doesn't even really seem like something he'd be into.


Yeah. Not only does it not make sense that HABIT is wasting his time with the Hybrids, but when you think about how long the story has been in one place and stuck there. If this series was any way believable he'd have killed Vinny, maybe Evan and found a new host. Unless he has a stake in Vinny and Evan (which is more or less proven at this point) I imagine he'd just get bored and move on. I'm struggling to understand the iteration theory now, as it seems to work differently than I initially thought.

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I never liked the mega crossover idea either. That's been another problem, even if the series comes back to life, I'm uncomfortable with the direction it appeared to be going in before.


I like the idea. But when I think of the logistics and how the poor upload schedule will resume after it's done, I get bad vibes. We could seriously give an entire forum itself to the discussion of the implications of a mega crossover and how it would/wouldn't work.


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@Lithp lol i always got the impression I was more optimistic than you. I think the nosedive in this series has brought us closer together <3


I meant about this in specific. In general, there's no way I can be described as an optimist.

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I wouldn't say they don't care how it's received but I would say there's no QA screening of entries before uploading and everything that's shot is done in two takes at most before they settle with "eh fuck it, let's just put anything up."


I meant the common argument--though less so nowadays, which ironically is part of the reason I can stand to come back in this thread--that the audience shouldn't be critical of these vlogs because "it's for them, not you."

Unless we're literally breaking into their homes & reading their diaries, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to impress us. And while I do feel weird talking about how I am disappoint when the creator could theoretically be reading, what else am I supposed to do, lie?

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I was initially won over with the idea of the iteration theory and the multiple lives idea, but now it just seems like a device that EMH is using to write themselves out of corners and make edgy videos like Vinny offing himself in the hope it'll distract us from any real story developments or content. Evan could slits his wrists on camera, but if there's no rhyme or reason to it then I don't care for it.


I never really liked the iteration theory, though I'd kind of say it's been debunked, or at least retconned. We're not really seeing reincarnation cycles here, if anything, they're respawning with no idea that they ever died. Though I'm not sure if even that sits right with me.

I guess the problem I have with a lot of these theories is that, sort of like what you said, they'd seem to indicate that there's no rhyme nor reason for anything. If HABIT is powerful enough to make them unable to see they live in the same house or to revive the dead, despite neither logically following from what we know his powers to be, why bother with these guys at all? He could basically do anything, but he's wasting his talents screwing with some kids in a way that doesn't even really seem like something he'd be into.

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I say it's likely they're writing it on the fly, it's possible they have a big crossover planned and these "updates" if you can call them that are just a way of stalling until said event happens.


I never liked the mega crossover idea either. That's been another problem, even if the series comes back to life, I'm uncomfortable with the direction it appeared to be going in before.

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Like I said I'm sure there's stuff going on behind the scenes, but purposely misleading fans into believing there will be frequent activity again isn't forgivable, and it's happened WAY too many times.

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It's not cool, but it feels more like denial than malice to me.


yup, and if I can be very rude for a moment. Denial isn't just in Africa, it's also in this forum.

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Oh, in that case then yes. I would definitely say that I'm very negative in this forum. Maybe too much, idk.


I am in no position to judge.

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As I fan I have no problem being critical of the series, it's proof I'm a real fan. People confuse critical thinking with complaints way too much nowadays. Just because you're a fan of something doesn't mean you can't express what you don't like about it.


I don't necessarily mind if someone isn't a fan if their point is valid & they aren't being a complete pain in the ass. Also sometimes I think there's a gray area between fan & non-fan.

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The guys who make EMH are talented, and they can be doing better. I know for a fact Jeff lurks on unforum from time to time. If he's reading this he can make his own judgements. I'd hope he wouldn't change the series based off our feedback, but use his own judgement to make the series better. Usually people make the kind of show they'd like to see, and that puts them on the road to success, but do the EMH boys really think what they've been uploading lately has been good content?


Couldn't have put it better myself.

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I like the idea. But when I think of the logistics and how the poor upload schedule will resume after it's done, I get bad vibes. We could seriously give an entire forum itself to the discussion of the implications of a mega crossover and how it would/wouldn't work.


Pretty sure there is a thread like that, so I won't belabor the point here, except to say that I don't like crossovers unless maybe when I'm already following all series involved. If it gets too crossovery & I can't understand what's going on anymore, I just stop.

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yup, and if I can be very rude for a moment. Denial isn't just in Africa, it's also in this forum.


I can't judge that either.

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 		I think the series' biggest sin is that, besides the lack of updates, is that there never seems to be a single point where the characters of any series (Except for TT where it works the opposite way, no matter how much help Noah gets, his stupidity and stubborness is most of the time his biggest enemy) get an advantage over whatever they are facing.

We've seen HABIT being in control of everything for how long now? (3+ years since he appeared unless you want to count back since the beggining of EMH) It is extremely boring to see characters' efforts go nowhere because HABIT just says "lol nope" and pulls some supernatural shit just to be on top again.

Give me something that makes me root for them and hope that they win next time i see them instead of just seeing Noah being an idiot or Vinny still trapped in Apartmentland

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The slenderverse is a zombie that refuses to admit it has died.


It has, and honestly, i'm pretty sure that Night Mind's Explained series will end up having more views than the series he covers altogether because people are just not into the Slendy hype train anymore. People will probably just google "Can somebody explain the whole [insert series here] deal to me?"

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