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[Demongel]

Requesting aid with an SM project.

[KamenZero]

I'm willing to give any input/ideas/anything you need. I've done a bit of reading up on the series and stuff for my recently-ended project.

[MichaelDj54]

Sure, I'll help if you need it.

[ravanjedi]

I'll help if you still need it.

[GhostK]

Re: Requesting aid with an SM project.

[Mira]

Oh god dammit, this was my idea!

Ha ha, but not really. My initial plan was that once I became a rich and all-powerful author, I wanted to round up a bunch of people to try and get an anthology of Slenderstories published (which I'm still hell-bent on doing some day, even though I've heard that publishers fear the idea of such anthologies more than the Slenderman himself).

Anyway, I am available to bounce ideas off of. And so glad someone finally mentioned the child-mist, that was one of the stories I always found most frightening.

[Gentleman Caller]

Count me in, sounds like a good time

[Demongel]

Wow, people actually want to help. Awesome.

I'm still doing research right now, mostly reading Slender Man stuff and starting to decide exactly what type of accident would be good to trigger the brain trauma which the entire story is based on. That second part requires some medical research, mostly neurological.

As far as story goes, if any of you have ever been in a major accident, whether it be automobile, outdoor hobbies, etc., toss me some info on that. I've been lucky enough to never have anything remotely life threatening happen to me, so I have no personal experience to go off of here. As I'd like to aim for realism where I can get it, it'd be good to have some idea of what goes through someone's head in these types of situations.

[jonnymanic]

I hope i'm not too late to contribute, I like being a general sounding board for creative ideas.
I'd love to help out with this endeavour, it sounds hella schweet.

[Demongel]

So I'm tossing ideas around in my head about the traumatic event that leads to hallucinations via brain damage, and I've got three ideas so far. Note that I may come up with more as I go along.

The three ideas right now are...

1. Car Crash. Pretty standard here. The crash leads to a blow to the head that causes some minor brain damage. Nothing really interesting, but it's believable.

2. Accident during outdoor climbing. I'm not sure whether I want this to be mountain climbing or just climbing a very tall tree. This one is a bit more dependent on the Protagonist's job and hobbies, but falling from a tree seems appropriate. Just needs a legitimate reason to be up there.

3. Oxygen starvation via drowning. Again, this is pretty dependent on the protagonist's hobbies and job. It's easier then you'd imagine to get into a situation where drowning can occur, especially if you can't swim.

Something that just struck me right now is combining 1 and 3. Basically this sets up a situation where the car somehow loses control and swerves off of the road and into a lake/river. This would involve hitting a guard rail hard enough to break through it, which is enough force to justify hitting his head on the wheel and knocking him unconscious. Add to that being underwater and brain damage seems pretty likely.

Yeah, I like that. What do you guys think? Remember, the accident leading to brain trauma is kind of what gets the entire story going, as the trauma leads to hallucinations which eventually blend with Slender Man shenanigans.

[Snippet]

I think nearly drowning combined with the car crash would be a good solution.
I've seen what oxygen deficiency can do to a person. I'm working with disabled children. One of them drowned as a child (while her mother saved another kid from falling off a scaffold. very sad story), was reanimated, and since then is heavily disabled. Both physically and mentally.

Plus, you still have got the possibility to let him have whatever job you want him to have.

[Demongel]

I'm not even sure if the job angle will be important yet. Like I've said before I'm still in the early planning and research phases here.

[Snippet]

Yeah, my main point was to say: Car accident + drowning = very high possibility of braindamage, and so: good explanation for hallucinations and the like ^^

[Demongel]

This is true.

[grieck]

I can help out to the best of my ability. Hell, I would most likely benefit as well (i'm working on my on the writing and casting of my slednervlog, most of the writing needs castning first though, will be ready to film once I have cast).

Since you're doing a novel though I have no immediate suggestions.