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Dehumanizing the Slender Man
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JohnArgo
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 		I always thought the most inhuman aspect of Slender Man was the fact that he has no face - it kind of mirrors how little we know about it, or are able to find out. Also, not knowing Slender Man's origins, or motives, makes it even scarier because you do not know why he is following you, what he will do to you, what he is, and especially how to fight him.

cemetrygates wrote:
Forget cosmic horror - mystery is one of the most powerful tools in any horror story. Slenderman is scary because his intentions are not known, his method of attack(if there even is one) is not known, and he does not even have a face. Slenderman is a blank slate that we each project our personal, individual fears onto. He has no definable shape and no distinct color. When you're walking out at night any shadow that seems unreasonably long or a little too distinct in the corner of your eye could be Slenderman.

When stories try too hard to give us an explanation it suddenly just isn't as scary. Slenderman is in the same vein as Stephen King's IT. You can never know ITs true form so you can only imagine what the scariest possible form will be. And if you ever ran into it on the street it would look even scarier because it takes the form of what you are most afraid of. And what makes it so much worse - no one will ever believe or help you.

The problem that this creates for the writer then is how to resolve the story without spoiling these elements.

I couldn't of put it better myself. You pretty much described it perfectly. By the way, are you, by any chance a fan of the Smiths?

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TheDoc
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 		Pretty much what cemetrygates said,He is scary because His motives and modus operandi are unknown and your brain superimposes your own personal fears onto him. Insidious really.

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purplesharpie
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 		To me, the Slender Man started when the first picture of him was posted on SA. No backstory. No exact motive or origin. He was just...there.

And that's what makes him creepy. He's just there. You don't know what he wants, you don't know what his weakness are, you don't even know what he is. All you know is that he doesn't really exist until he's outside your window or in your living room or next to your bed, staring at you.

Like right now.

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Ryuujin Dracos
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 		I thought that was just my creepy neighbor oh hell......

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cemetrygates
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JohnArgo wrote:
I couldn't of put it better myself. You pretty much described it perfectly. By the way, are you, by any chance a fan of the Smiths?


Yes, sir.

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