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[JustJim]

A Slender Story concept I may pursue ...

[JasonSFSD]

I love it. I've been planning a story for a few months now, and I always thought that a "proxy" like that would be awesome. Sucks I'll be beaten to the chase, but you should definitely go for it.

[JustJim]

[zbeeblebrox]

If you have friends who do comedy sketches and you want to get them to do a Slenderman series with you, then the first step isn't coming up with a story (although that gives you an advantage), it's getting them to switch focus to Slenderman. Get them interested in the mythos first, then pitch your goal of making a series.

Chances are, they'll have their own ideas as well. Sketch comedy is different from a solo vlog or a structured film where there's one creative director that everyone is subservient to. Sketch development is more like a roundtable meeting. So while your idea sounds cool, what you end up actually filming will most likely be a compromise between everyone's creative input.

[JustJim]

[cochinosanchez]

I love your idea, honestly it sounds great! Now, NOT TO BE RUDE or anything, but I really think less time should be spent talking about it on this forum and asking for opinions, and MORE time should be spent working on it.
I know criticism and opinions can be very crucial, but a PM would suffice. just throwing my two cents out there.

[JustJim]

Finally had a bit of free time tonight, so I thought I'd do a bit of writing. I think, at least initially, this will take for as a short story/series of stories. This isn't all of what I have in mind, obviously, but I thought I'd write up a scene. Perhaps this isn't the standard way of going about making a Slender Man story, but I work best with feedback so perhaps inching my way into the pool will work better than jumping in and hoping I've got something good.

Consider this a preview of sorts:

The Operator

The clock flashes "12:00" in blocky, red numerals, disappearing and reappearing again. It's the only light piercing through the perfect darkness. The flashing is the sole semblance of motion disturbing the perfect stillness. The faint, barely audible buzz is the only noise in the horrifying silence. It's staring me right in the face, through the slats in the doorway, down the hallway, in the bedroom, sitting on the dresser. The double zeros see me. They see through me. They see everything I'm going to do, though it only exists in my head; a movie trailer that reveals the whole plot. It's a small comfort when it changes to a flashing "12:01."

This is all playing out exactly as I'd planned. Granted, I hadn't expected the mask to make it this hard to breath. Nor had I anticipated exactly how hot the suit would be in this closet. But it doesn't matter, this horrible machine has already been set in motion. Act one stoked the fire, act two had carried things to a fever pitch, and now that the climax is upon us it's too late to stop. To use a quote disturbingly close to its original context, "Tonight's the night, and it's going to happen again, and again. It has to happen." Now if only that damn door would swing open.

I've watched him for weeks. I smiled when he made the Marble Hornets channel his homepage. I smirked when he began to look over his shoulder wherever he was. I laughed when he stopped wearing a suit to work. All the while, I watched him. First, from the forest, on the periphery of his world. A spec that made him take a second glance whenever he'd pass the bay window. Then I'd walk past his window late at night, letting him catch a glimpse, but disappearing when he'd summon the courage to investigate. Gradually I became his shadow. Everywhere he was, I'd be there. Sometimes he'd see me. Sometimes he wouldn't. But no matter what, I knew he could feel my presence. It showed in the tremble in his gait. It was in the tremor his voice. It was plastered all over the fake smile he'd put on around others. He's following the arrows I've placed before him. Reading my script. Acting out my stage directions. It's astounding just how willing some people are to be part of a show. All that's needed is a bit of motivation. A guiding hand. An Operator.

[Cougar Draven]

An interesting thought: Perhaps your protagonist could be a Dexter-like serial killer, who believes that he has to /compete/ with this Slender Man, only to discover towards the climax that he /is/ the Slender Man as well. If that makes sense.

Kind of A Scanner Darkly.

[JustJim]

I do like that idea. A different extension of the whole "Believing in him makes him real" angle. Instead of Slender Man actually existing in-universe, the protagonist could simply become him, making him real.

[Cougar Draven]

[JustJim]

[Cougar Draven]

[JustJim]

Nah, I can't say I've read it. I'll have to check it out, though.

[Evan]

Hello, just stumbled across this, and I must say it sounds fantastic. Ergo I am reviving the thread in the hopes you tell us what kind of progress you've made. Have you yet decided which medium you will present this in?

[blackup76]

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