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sje46
Decorated
Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 292
Slendy's origin story? Didn't know where else to put this http://i.imgur.com/58pCr.jpg
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:32 am
tsubasa67
Kilroy
Joined: 04 Oct 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Australia
Interesting...
Where is this from?
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:38 am
SleepingHellion
Unfettered
Joined: 09 Aug 2011 Posts: 337 Location: Hell's Semetary
Curious, very curious.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:59 am
sje46
Decorated
Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 292
tsubasa67 wrote:
Interesting...
Where is this from?
Sorry.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Slender_Man/comments/kxn7m/so_slenderman_technically_existed_in_the_1800s/
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:40 am
Retail Zombie Slayer
Veteran
Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Posts: 121
Interesting. I could definitely see a blog using that as an origin story, like in Marble Hornets with the story of the criminals executed by being tied to trees and left to die.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:58 am
TheFallenenvoy
Entrenched
Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 847
I dislike any origin stories that imply he was once a human...
Old God figures FTW!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:59 pm
Wolfloner
Veteran
Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 96 Location: Oklahoma
TheFallenenvoy wrote:
I dislike any origin stories that imply he was once a human...
Old God figures FTW!
This.
I prefer to think of Slendy as a tree spirit of sorts, myself. A scary, child eating tree spirit. :3
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:35 pm
IonCharge
Veteran
Joined: 03 Mar 2011 Posts: 131
Some guy had the nick name Slenderman
MUST BE CONNECTION
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:42 pm
lachesis
Decorated
Joined: 30 Aug 2011 Posts: 225
Wolfloner wrote:
TheFallenenvoy wrote:
I dislike any origin stories that imply he was once a human...
Old God figures FTW!
This.
I prefer to think of Slendy as a tree spirit of sorts, myself. A scary, child eating tree spirit. :3
can't he be both? a kind of eldritch/jesus? or human fodder that somehow provided energy for an elder god to manifest in somewhat sometimes physical form? The possibilities are just endless...
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:33 pm
MesserTod
Decorated
Joined: 28 Aug 2011 Posts: 152 Location: Oblivion
lachesis wrote:
Wolfloner wrote:
TheFallenenvoy wrote:
I dislike any origin stories that imply he was once a human...
Old God figures FTW!
This.
I prefer to think of Slendy as a tree spirit of sorts, myself. A scary, child eating tree spirit. :3
can't he be both? a kind of eldritch/jesus? or human fodder that somehow provided energy for an elder god to manifest in somewhat sometimes physical form? The possibilities are just endless...
Eldritch Jesus? I can't see that. Currently leaning towards Slendy being a pure eldritch horror/elder god/what have you. Any ties to humanity would just water down the scariness for me.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:57 pm
Timekpr
Greenhorn
Joined: 04 Oct 2011 Posts: 5
Retail Zombie Slayer wrote:
Interesting. I could definitely see a blog using that as an origin story, like in Marble Hornets with the story of the criminals executed by being tied to trees and left to die.
Marble Hornets handled it excellently with a multiple choice back story. Slender Man could be one of the stretched criminals, he could be one of the trees themselves, he could have been the "god" that the criminals were being sacrificed to, or completely unrelated to the provided back story in the first place.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:55 pm
Zarggg
Unfictologist
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 1660
Victor Surge once gave an interview about how he came up with the idea for Slender Man. He said he just threw a bunch of things that scared him together and went from there.
If you're looking for a more in-universe answer, that would be different for every story.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:22 pm
Proxy
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 Oct 2011 Posts: 7 Location: California
Wolfloner wrote:
TheFallenenvoy wrote:
I dislike any origin stories that imply he was once a human...
Old God figures FTW!
This.
I prefer to think of Slendy as a tree spirit of sorts, myself. A scary, child eating tree spirit. :3
This but I do like the date on the story O_O most people think he was JUST made up, who is to say he really wasn't done back than?
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:16 pm
jerry0503213
Guest
Interesting...
Where is this from?
[editted out spam 'signature' links - kona]
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:17 am
Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 02 Oct 2011 Posts: 4805 Location: Muncie, Indiana
They should make a graphic novel.
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:39 pm
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