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**Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:42 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:56 pm

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punxtr · Die Hard Try Hard Joined: 17 Jul 2010 Posts: 2994

So, ugh, yeah, someone else claimed Slendy was running in DH. That wasn't Slendy...

**Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:12 pm

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Lumine · Unfettered Joined: 12 Jul 2011 Posts: 467

Next we'll see slendy pushing a shopping cart, or slendy riding a bike, or slendy on a skatebo-

Oh.

**Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:21 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:05 am

CannibalJeri · Boot Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 13

What are your thoughts on slendy running? Like just hauling ass after you like an Olympic sprinter? I know most of the time he moves very slowly - I don't think it's because he's too large or too weak to move very fast - I assume it's just because he's not in any rush. Because after all, he can go anywhere he want, immediately. But what if he decided to run just like "heh do something else today 'cause i'm an eldritch abomination lol"

**Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:17 am

Silver Sol

If Slendy started doing more Ninja Cat than necessarily need (ie,video distortion,movement) I would shit a brick.

**Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:40 pm

Wolfloner · Veteran Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 96 Location: Oklahoma

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Cutboy · Decorated Joined: 10 Jan 2011 Posts: 191

**Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:27 pm

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I've actually got an idea related to this that I've been wanting to try out when/if I start up a series, but I kinda don't want to divulge it, since I'd hate for someone to use it before I got the chance to. I will say this, however. I don't think it's just movement. Yes, Slender Man should move more, move uniquely, but he should also have a bit of variation in his appearance. Tribe Twelve did this well, with them being the first (And to my knowledge, the only) series to include tentacles.

**Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:09 pm

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Corvus42 · Veteran Joined: 07 Feb 2011 Posts: 138

I wouldn't quite say I'm a fan of slow Slendy against fast, but I'm certainly not a fan of running. Take the early Marble Hornets for example. The head snap in 1 was OMGWTFHOLYCRAPINEEDNEWPANTS terrifying. when he ran around in the park it just looks goofy.

When cosplaying him I tried to make all my movements slow - except for the head where I'd imitate MH by slowly looking around as though I was searching but snapping my head towards anyone I heard say 'Oh god its slenderman!'. Very Happy

then I'd slowly stalk towards them.

Fast movements have their place, essentially any time it looks unnatural, especially the head. But running? No. If something is running towards you you can get an adrenaline rush, yes. It can even be scary. But if its running then its real, its soemthing that has to put effort into chasing you and that makes it something you can understand. And if you undertsand it you no longer fear it. But a slow (preferrably with an odd gaint) walk? There's no adrenaline rush. You see the creature coming towards you, you know its hostile, but all its doing is walking slowly? That creates an image of soemthing that doesn't need to run. Its inexorable. And its calm. Nothing you can do will so much as bother it, it is so sure of its victory that its not even rushed. You can't fight it, you can't evade it. No matter how far you run you know it will eventually catch up.

A fast pace will scare you, but its simply fight or flight, an instinctive reaction to something attacking. A slow pace gives time for a psychological fear to grow, and that is what is truly terrifying.

In essence: Fast, jerky motions to make it alien; slow, calm approaches to make it powerful.

You should never give the impression it can't move quickly though, if it can't run then you can avoid it. Make it clear that it chooses to move slowly because you are so far beneath it you are simply not worth the effort. It also helps to give the impression of a more alien mind.

The exception is an actual attack. This(if shown) should be fast - as fast as possible, preferrably you should barely see it, if you can make it out at all. This gives you the adrenaline rush as well, but also means you'll be expecting it when he's marching towards you and that'll add to the fear.

**Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:38 pm

OmniMan · Decorated Joined: 09 Jun 2010 Posts: 199 Location: Germany

I enjoy what TribeTwelve did in their new video with Slendy on the plane. He did technically move, from the back of the plane's cabin to the middle, but how he did it was ambiguous. We don't know if he walked, teleported, or even floated over...and I like that.

**Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:57 pm

electricphantom · Boot Joined: 24 Dec 2010 Posts: 27

I am waiting for the day that someone pulls off a gloriously horrifying but gorgeous Slenderman Doc-Ock walk.

A slow march towards the camera, then BAM- the tendrils whip out and he's suddenly at the camera within milliseconds like a rapid spider, all but flying above the ground with those aggressive black tentacles carrying him.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:01 am