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Ending a Slending

[Sebastrios]

Re: Ending a Slending

[Fotzepolitic]

Slendy has no mouth but longs to snog?

[xemnasvii]

If you want to see a series ending, there was my first one. http://www.youtube.com/user/SadTheDevil
It was abrupt, and all in all, accidental. But it kinda worked. Hardly answered any questions.

[RedSoul78]

Angel's Game and TJAProjects both sort of had final episodes. I say "sort of" because both stories continued in other vlogs later on, but they potentially could have ended there, although it would have left a lot of unanswered questions.

[lachesis]

AfraidAtHome never dropped its pace and was a succinctly executed plot.

[shurst]

Some possible endings:

"The protagonist dies/disappears abruptly."
This can work if the writer uses foreshadowing to lead up to the disappearance.
As a reader, I get annoyed if it just suddenly ends, and I'm left hanging with all these questions. It can be seen as an easy escape for the writer.
It's also REALLY annoying when the creator deletes their blog/vlog entirely.

"Happily ever after/happy for now"
I do remember reading a stand-alone story that used this. The protagonist confronted the slenderman and warded him off.
Surprisingly, this ending worked - mainly because it was well-written. It also kept some realism in there, as the protagonist was still affected by the horror they had witnessed.

"Tale of a lone survivor."
This is when the story is being recounted by someone who witnessed the events and survived - like Dracula. Often a lot of their friends get killed off along the way, and they're writing it as a warning to the readers.
I think I prefer this ending, because it leaves open the possibility that the monster can still get them, but there's more of a solid conclusion.

[zbeeblebrox]

There was that one blog about that police officer or whatever - instead of posting his final video since he died, it was anonymously sent it to a bunch of other series to post instead. That was really clever.

[C.K.DexterHaven]

When you end a series, you should make sure you tie up most of the loose ends. I'm ending my series by answering as many questions I can without making it seem like fanservice, including one storyline people probably aren't expecting to go anywhere.

[dinorobo]

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[dinorobo]

[Fotzepolitic]

Awes!

I'm still curious about the other question though. Have there been any people from reasonably successful/known series who've gone on to make other series with themselves in not as the same character?

[dinorobo]

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