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bgchaosdude
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The only reason I'm siding with the "there's only one slenderman, different interpretations" is because if there are more than one then they have to be related. And I cannot bear the image of mama slender tucking her slender babies to sleep.


Have you seen the Phantasm films? There is more then one "Tall Man" in those films, but it is not because he reproduces. It is because he is a multidimensional being that works as one. When one dies another from a different dimension hops over to continue his work where the last left off. So the Slender Family scenario can safely be put behind you if you wanted to change your perspective on multiple Slender Men.


But then somewhere out there there will be a dimension in which they're born and raised so same thing applies. Mama Slendy. Can't escape her. Even if you do... she'll just make you feel guilty.

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Hylianhero777
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 		Since this is crossover related, posting it here:
http://project-egypt-blog.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-31st-2012-my-perspective.html

At 3:59 A piece of music from the BEN drowned website plays. That got me thinking, especially since Daniel calls it "the night of the second day" but it's probably just a reference like the last BEN themed DH stuff.

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 		Uhhh, wasn't Heinrich Kaufman FROM Germany? I mean, just look at his name. I'm pretty sure this can be easily reconciled, especially since Kaufman STOLE the tablet FROM Egypt and brought it back to his homeland. In every single Egyptian curse story, the monster follows those who disturbed its tomb, back to their homeland, and starts killing off the graverobbers one by one. Even the original story of Dracula is like this. Or Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Slendy isn't confined to the desert just because he's an Egyptian demigod or whatever.

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 		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_kyJTr33iM
Slendy? Shocked

EDIT: NOT A NEW TRIBE TWELVE. Sorry. Embarassed

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 		I was about to rage at you for bumping without a TT update, but I'll give ya props for your choice of vid'ya.

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 		Crap! I just realized how one would think that's a new video. I edited it so no one else gets fooled by it.

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Bartok wrote:

The only reason I'm siding with the "there's only one slenderman, different interpretations" is because if there are more than one then they have to be related. And I cannot bear the image of mama slender tucking her slender babies to sleep.

I agree with this. I like to think there is only one Slender Man but among the many Vlogs he has many objectives. He is a busy slendy in my view.

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Stravaganti456 wrote:
Bartok wrote:

The only reason I'm siding with the "there's only one slenderman, different interpretations" is because if there are more than one then they have to be related. And I cannot bear the image of mama slender tucking her slender babies to sleep.

I agree with this. I like to think there is only one Slender Man but among the many Vlogs he has many objectives. He is a busy slendy in my view.


He does wear a suit afterall

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ChaosDoctor07 wrote:
bgchaosdude wrote:

The only reason I'm siding with the "there's only one slenderman, different interpretations" is because if there are more than one then they have to be related. And I cannot bear the image of mama slender tucking her slender babies to sleep.


And now I've got that image stuck in my head.

"Papa Slendy, will you read us a bedtime story?"


Mama Slendy says, "keep your tentacles to yourselves and off the table, you don't know what dimension those things have been in!"

In all seriousness, of course these could all be canon and tie in. It doesn't matter on their individual interpretation from our point of view because we are talking about a multidimensional being that doesn't even reside on our plane of normal consciousness, let alone communicate in an ordinary manner we would intuitively understand. Remember when the observer/operator gave the Plato's Cave allegory? What we see are mere shadows of true reality. We can't possibly comprehend what sort of beast he truly is because he doesn't even reside in the same plane as we do. It would be like me trying to explain my 3-D world to a 2-D triangle; we couldn't even get a conversation going properly, let alone swap origin stories.

Think about it, the whole myth of a shapshifting, faceless ghost-like entity that terrorizes victims and steals children is not a new one. Many of these beings are surprisingly similar in both looks and actions, but differing in subtle details. Anthropological studies indicate that there may be multiple variations of the same myths because we all descended from one group of people, telling the same ancestral stories. Remember in (if you follow it) EMH when
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they had a 'pretend' Slendy in the first couple episodes and then the 'real deal' showed up?
Perhaps that was merely their subconscious interpreting the being that did show up as looking like that to them, because that was the only way their brain could handle the information in front of it. Maybe that's what Slenderman truly is, the human brain's interpretation of a multidimensional thing based on what our subconscious expects it to look like. And for a lot of us, it probably would look like that, because heck, Slendy's been everywhere lately.

For example, I remember when I was a kid I had a pet goat and I liked to take my goat for walks up and down the road on a dog lead. People would ask me all the time 'what kind of dog that was' because, even with a goat standing in front of them, they expected a dog. So, is it really so much of a stretch for one group to think they are facing off against an ancient Egyptian god, while another thinks he is fighting a German abomination, and have them both be right? I've personally found the handling of the interweaving of the mythos VERY interesting, and the buildup has been noteworthy enough to catch my (and half the internet's) attention. I'd like to think that the guys have thought these things out quite carefully, and if loose ends are left unsolved, it is only because we helped them take the story in another direction, or failed to ask the right questions.
Slendy just appears as he does because for some reason their brains take the multidimensional information they are given and spit out that image. Sure multiple cultures could have interpreted him as a god or a child-stealing forest monster or even cthulu's well-dressed uncle, because he could be all those things. It's not like he's even killable in this dimension, further proof that the way we interpret him (as a biological earth-based entity) isn't even probable. We don't even know where he takes those he abducts. It's assumed he eats them, but we don't know. Maybe to him, he is doing them a favor, much as we catch bugs and snakes as kids and keep them in our rooms because we know that if we keep them inside their lives with us (according to us) will be so much longer and better. Perhaps to him it really IS just a game, but we are unable to comprehend it as such.
Ok, I've rambled enough…hope that made some coherent sense.

And poor Noah...I knew this would happen.
(Goes back to lurking)

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 		Mr/Ms/Mrs Trick Pony. That was the best thing I've read about Ol' Slend in wuite a while.

*applauds loudly*

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We don't even know where he takes those he abducts. It's assumed he eats them, but we don't know. Maybe to him, he is doing them a favor, much as we catch bugs and snakes as kids and keep them in our rooms because we know that if we keep them inside their lives with us (according to us) will be so much longer and better. Perhaps to him it really IS just a game, but we are unable to comprehend it as such.
Ok, I've rambled enough…hope that made some coherent sense.



If I'm not mistaken doesn't he kill them and leaves their bodies mangled in the woods? DarkHarvest00 and EveryManHybrid both show this. Perfect post otherwise. Totally agree

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bgchaosdude wrote:
randomtrickpony wrote:

We don't even know where he takes those he abducts. It's assumed he eats them, but we don't know. Maybe to him, he is doing them a favor, much as we catch bugs and snakes as kids and keep them in our rooms because we know that if we keep them inside their lives with us (according to us) will be so much longer and better. Perhaps to him it really IS just a game, but we are unable to comprehend it as such.
Ok, I've rambled enough…hope that made some coherent sense.



If I'm not mistaken doesn't he kill them and leaves their bodies mangled in the woods? DarkHarvest00 and EveryManHybrid both show this. Perfect post otherwise. Totally agree


You know, I forgot about the bodies, you're right. For some reason I was thinking of the original first post created by Victor wherein Slendy's victims are just never seen again (and he eats the little kiddies) instead of later into EMH and DH (and I suppose TT because they obviously cross over). Thanks for reminding me of that, and how the whole 'myth' changed over time, I guess sometimes the details of all of the series confuse me (for instance when I watch a MH entry and then a EMH video and am like, 'didn't that just? What just?'). Glad my rambling made sense, it does in my head but I never know sometimes.

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 		Maybe he changes his appearance based on the person he stalks... Ehhh?
Also, who's to say that he can't just as easily create multiple backstories for himself so that nobody truly knows where he comes from. Ultimately, Victor Surge should really make some rules.

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 		In the next TribeTwelve video, I wanna' see a member of the Collective, excluding The Observer & Firebrand, up & close in one of Noah's videos.

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 		Maybe member of the collective will be chillin' at the cultists place in the next video.

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