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[MrHawthorne]

Ghost Theory

[SickSlickMan]

I don't think you could really classify Slender Man as anything.

He just IS.

But for the sake of this topic, I'm willing to lean more towards poltergeist. Aren't they the ones that are supposed to be fire-weilders? That would make more sense to me.

[Dray]

He does seem to be more of a poltergeist than a monster, doesn't he? I agree with SickSlickMan, though... have never classified him specifically as any one thing. The need to neatly categorize him into something neat and tidy is less strong than the titillation of the unknown!

I suppose that another point in the ghostly category is that bullet casing? If it wasn't used as a means of suicide, it could have been that someone was trying to put a bullet through SM, but that it didn't work. If he's not especially corporeal, that could be why it didn't work?

That's all I've got at the moment, though. You made a pretty good list, yourself!

[distilled]

You express your arguement well and the evidence is there for the theory. I just don't think the MH universe slendy is meant to be classified, bested, killed or banished. I think the end game will come through one of two options: Jay flees (further than an out of town hotel. More like out of the country), they all die (although theres been a lot of spooky goings on, not a lot of people have died yet - this would be a suitable climax).

If Slendy is a ghost then there are probably ways to combat him - he is a much more imposing figure when he is just... a thing! Like Dray says.

I applaud your initiative and gumption with coming up with a theory and following it through - the way MH is going at the moment it does feel a little lacklustre and robust theorycrafting is the only thing we can latch on to.