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Slendy goes Mainstream? Minneapolis Star Tribune Article

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:20 am

seriousbandits

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:31 am

StereotypicalName

A group of pranksters? Calling themselves Marble Hornets?

So much fail.

Kinda cool to see though, other than that.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:36 am

MsSynclair · Entrenched Joined: 06 Feb 2011 Posts: 823

Interesting article. The way it was written made it sound more like a joke ~~it's a trap~~ then an article on the phenomenon and its effect on people, but people have different opinions on these sort of things.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:42 am

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Punk V · Veteran Joined: 29 Nov 2010 Posts: 118

I think this article raises a good question though. What if slenderman becomes main stream and gains the status of freddy krugar. What reaction would everyone here have if there was a movie and the mythos were turned to shit because of it?
I feel like if he becomes too out there he would just be a joke( but it would be bad ass to see him in a tree house of horror).

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:02 pm

DaLadybugMan · Decorated Joined: 15 Dec 2010 Posts: 186

I actually think it was relatively accurate, considering how often facts are completely botched. Sure, some of their facts are off (Troy and Joseph call themselves "Marble Hornets?" They're pranksters? Masky is a demon?), but a lot of it is pretty accurate. They summarized why exactly he's so popular, and more importantly, why exactly he's so scary.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:07 pm

TheFallenenvoy · Entrenched Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 847

A movie could be made if you had people who knew their stuff dictating, (troy etc)

If hollywood got hold of it I would cry.

Then hang myself consequently.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:32 pm

chasechan2050

Barging in to let you guys know that the chasechan05 comment was me. (always safe to assume that chasechan{numbers} is me), but from what someone said (I'm unsure if you wanna be know XD; ), the writer didn't have much room for the niche article :/

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:38 pm

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I was the one who called her that Chase mentioned. She was very interested in the fact that we've all sorta found each other and created these enormous communities about Slenderman. She found out from a friend whose son called late at night while driving through a rural area and called him, saying "Dad, I'm scared of Slenderman out here." From there it snowballed.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:44 pm

Cire · Boot Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 49

The Slender Man having ears is now canon.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:49 pm

The Kempest

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:16 pm

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Oh, neat. So now we can make a Slenderman Wikipedia page, right? Since it's been mentioned in an actual published source? Although we may have to keep the inaccurate "facts" of the article, because anything unsourced is invalid on Wikipedia.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:17 pm

Phenom · Unfettered Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 547

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:42 pm

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The speedy deletion marker has been removed and the page is beginning to be fleshed out. This is excellent news.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:10 pm

Zefram · Boot Joined: 18 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

You know what they say. All news stories are totally true except for that one story you just happen to have personal knowledge about.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowboyBebopAtHisComputer

**Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:39 pm