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[Mattwan]

OK, we need some clarification from Jeff soon, or I'm going to be pissed.

I can only see two options:

1. Jeff has arbitrarily decided Damsel is guilty, or knows more than she's telling, and is lashing out at her for no good reason. If that's the case, Jeff is being a total dick. I know he's under stress both from Slenders and from Jessa's disappearance, but that still doesn't excuse his randomly smearing Damsel. Evan is totally right to be pissed in this situation.

2. Jeff has some evidence--maybe not perfectly unambiguous, but still compelling--that Damsel is withholding some vital information or is even directly involved with Jessa's disappearance. If this is the case, he's still kind of a dick for not sharing that information with Evan, but at least his behavior toward Damsel is justifiable.

In case [1], I'm afraid they've come close to derailing Jeff's character. They can try rolling a saving throw by showing us what set Jeff off, but they need to do it soon. The longer we're left with reason to believe Jeff is randomly raging against Damsel just because she's the only other person who was remotely involved with Jessa, the more he's going to come off as an ass.

In case [2], they need to at least give us some hints that Jeff has some kind of evidence against Jessa, and soon. I was willing to take his "art students from Princeton" tweet as something along these lines until we found that Evan isn't buying it; with the team splitting up, and cracking up, we need something a little stronger. Jeff might still be mistaken, misreading whatever evidence he has, but we still need to know for sure that he has something. Unless his evidence is sensitive enough to put Jessa or the other Hybrids in danger--and I can't imagine what that would be--his withholding serves no purpose but to create fake drama. And I *hate* fake drama.

Hell, given the nature of the series, I'd be satisfied if Jeff told us he had a dream where Jessa showed him how Damsel conspired with Slenders to arrange Jessa's kidnapping. I wouldn't buy it as being what really happened, but at least it would explain his motivation well enough to make him look like less of a total ass. He'd just be a half-ass in that case, I guess.

Also: chewing toothpicks in a close-up is distracting.

[dinathien]

I almost want to think that "CANYOUSEETHEWORDS" was on the note in the girl's hand.

[Anonymousity]

[nevnaan]

[Deimos]

[Vagrant]

[Deimos]

[Vagrant]

Regardless of whether it's Australian or not, it's more a matter of geographical inconsistency to me. As much as I wouldn't want to see a bunyip there, I also would not want to see a Kelpie or an Akaname or something. Personally, I think they should stick to falsified urban legends or similar things. If, just as a tangent, they did decide to introduce more horrific beings/creatures, what sort of things would you guys accept/tolerate/welcome?

[SickSlickMan]

[Vagrant]

Specifically Internet-formed? Zalgo is the first one that comes to mind for me. Beyond that you may have to delve into modern urban legend for sources, or scan creepypasta for creatures that can be utilised that don't have the meme-like nature of Slender Man, Rake or Zalgo. Admittedly, Rake wasn't even a meme per se, but was made on the Something Awful website, which is probably why it's here.

[KamenZero]

[Ryuujin Dracos]

The Rake was a creepy pasta wasn't it? Every now and then I'll see someone compare Slender Man to it and my question is are they the same thing or are they two different things entirely can anyone answer that?

[Didz]

[nevnaan]

[MetalGearSamus]