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[Randoman96]

Evidence of The Operator being an antagonist?

[awakeasaurusrex]

I always interpreted that bit as the Operator yanking Amy up the stairs at a nigh-impossible speed.

[BoatWithAHoleInIt]

I interpreted it as...her tripping down and getting up. I don't know what more it could be >_>

[CatasTrope]

[Randoman96]

I figured he was an antagonist already, but some people question it.

But I don't think she's falling down. She was outside the staircase. Not to mention the fact that I don't think that if she was already at the bottom, she would go back up to shake hands with the Operator.

Also not to mention the fact that the stairs apparently disappear...

[Leamony]

I'm a bit confused by what your post is trying to say. How is Amy being on some stairs proof that Slendy is a protagonist? If you could please elaborate a bit on that.

I watched the part with Amy going up the stairs a lot, because I couldn't tell if she was being dragged up them, or just running up them. I'm pretty sure she was on the first floor when the Operator came about, and then she ran up the stairs to get to safety. As soon as she sees good ol' Slendy, the camera is no longer an indicator of which way she is facing, because her primary motive is to run away, not to film everything. That's why you get some weird views while she runs up those stairs. If she were being dragged, she'd be screaming instead of panting, and the camera would be thrashing about wildly as she tries to get away.

Anyways, the point I'm trying to make is, I thought Amy ran upstairs because there was a scary guy in her house? That's exactly what I would try to do if I were startled by a home invasion.

[Rorschachian]

Well, who knows what caused the head bleeding in #14.
And even so, if he isn't an antagonist and his objectives are positive, his presence causes side effects, and people just want to run away from him.

[Rorschachian]

[ChellaPopper]

OOG, potentially immersion breaking stuff in spoiler:

[Randoman96]

[The Kempest]

She didn't get dragged anywhere, except maybe back down the stairs.

Amy sees Slender, and immediately turns to run. In a panic, she holds onto the camera, but lets it swing with her arm because she's fleeing from a nine-foot faceless horror. She flees upstairs, but Slender's already there. The camera goes dark, so it's impossible to know whether she runs back down, or falls. Either way, she ends up on the first floor again, with Alex telling her to GTFO via the window.

[Jsor]

Antagonist is a literary term, I think the question you're trying to get at is: "is he a villian?" There is no way that he could possibly NOT be an antagonist, as his actions, intentionally or not, make life difficult for our protagonist (Jay) and presumed secondary protagonist (Alex). An antagonist simply causes dramatic tension and adds resistance to the plot*, in a movie following Hitler, the Allies would be the antagonists, despite it being likely that Hitler is still the VILLAIN. The terms aren't related, except for the fact that the protagonist is the hero statistically most often. Now, is he evil? That's the more interesting question, and my feelings are that no, he's not a villain. He doesn't seem to usually be an active participant, his presence makes things go to hell, but so far I've been presented with a lack of INTENT. I feel he's about as evil as a rock that falls on you, yeah, it caused something really bad to happen, but it didn't mean to.

* To make this even more clear, a character can move from Antagonist to Protagonist without even changing his side or motivation, all that has to change is the information the audience is given. If he's trying to help Jay, he's still the antagonist from entry 1 to now, it's just that after the episode where it's revealed, he's a protagonist even if he does nothing different than he did from 1-37.

[Leamony]

I just now caught that I said protagonist earlier, when I meant antagonist... Eh heh... Sorry.

When Amy begins talking to Alex, she is on the ground floor. I know this because they are in a room with a big couch, which must mean that they were in some sort of living room. Living rooms are on the first floor. Also, who would move a couch of that size up a flight of stairs? Even in pieces, it would be a pain. They are on the first floor.

When she turns around and sees Slendy, he is also on the ground floor. Slendy is just peeking out around a corner, there are no stairs in the frame at all.

Amy runs away from Slendy, possibly even through that door right there. She runs to the stairs, which is how we get a shot from outside the stairs.

I don't think Amy went back downstairs. It looks to me like she ran through whatever room Slendy is entering at the end. You can even see that blue thing (that looks vaguely like a bed) pass through the screen for a frame or two. So I'm pretty sure that the final shot is from the second floor, but I can't be positive.


Anyways, Slendy is a scary creepy thing, and bad things happen to those around him. He's not much of a good guy.

[loboguerrero]

When Amy is talking to Alex, they are in the living room, on the first floor. To her left is the hallway that the Operator is seen in. Behind her is a staircase.

She turns to her left to put the camera back, sees the Operator, freaks out, turns left more, and sprints up the stairs, with Alex close behind. They go into a room upstairs, and as they're going out the window, she looks back and sees the Operator again.

At least, that's what I've always seen when I've watched the video.

[Strontium]

I always interpreted Entry #26 as the Shaky-Cam Anthem.

And if Slenderman wasn't an antagonist, he just wants a friend, why would he burn down someone's apartment, apparently rip someone to shreds(#29), cause head bleeding, and the disappearance of five people.