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[ieisuk]

What's with all crossovers and sudden activity?

[RedSoul78]

Most Slender Man series aren't separate. A lot of the creators have established that they occupy a singular universe (or universes, according to some). Only a handful of series like Marble Hornets and, I believe, CaughtNotSleeping have chosen to remain truly separate. As far as so-called "canon" is concerned, it works because the Slender Man's powers are so undefined that true contradictions are almost impossible. One series can say "we willed him into existence" and another can say "he came from another dimension" and it's not a contradiction; one or both could be wrong, or both could technically be right. Who's to say?

From an out of game perspective, the common opinion seems to be that crossovers are fine as long as one doesn't force you to watch the other. You could watch TribeTwelve's crossovers with EMH and Dark Harvest and just accept that "these are other people with similar problems", or you could choose to go watch their series. It would only be a problem if TribeTwelve didn't explain anything about these sudden new characters or their problems, but Noah's interactions with them were still very relevant to the plot.

That said, who knows what's up with the whole TribeTwelve/MLAndersen thing. Maybe once one or both are over we'll all be let in on the supposed crossovers between the two.

[InkBlots]

Funny an MLAndersen0 and TribeTwelve crossover was mentioned. I've read before on the Slender Man wiki that it's theorized that

[lachesis]

[Fotzepolitic]

I guess the problem with crossovers is that, if Vlog A crosses over with Vlog B, and then Vlog B crosses over with Vlog C, A B & C are presumably ALL in the same universe. So then if Vlog D crosses over with Vlog A, Vlogs B and C are in the same universe as Vlog D, even though they never crossed over with each other.

So if you cross over with one of the huge octopus of vlogs that have crossed over with EMH, you're crossing over with every vlog EMH has been with. /tortuousvenerealdiseaseanalogy

This sucks for me because it would actually make a lot of sense logistically for me to cross over with Octarine Night and others - no one would even have to sleep on anyone's floor - but then I'm part of that whole nest of vipers and my vlog is in some small way set in a universe where people can have actual monsters in their actual closets.

[InkBlots]

I've already decided to set mine in its own seperate continuity. I don't really feel like getting into that mess.

[Fotzepolitic]

It's a shame, because I quite liked the idea of going to visit a 15 year old monster expert and ripping on him incessantly for not being able to buy his own fags.

[TheFallenenvoy]

[Fotzepolitic]

[Cougar Draven]

Or you can just adapt the concept of a branching multiverse. But hey, advanced metaphysics is generally too much for people to wrap their heads around.

ETA: Better add my standard "Kyle no." as a precaution.

[Fotzepolitic]

[KrisTrauma]

The way everyone should see it: crossovers are usually more fun for the creators than they are for the audience (well some of the audience, the one that bitches and whines about everything).

I wish I could crossover with someone but:
1. nobody is near me
2.i dug my series into a continuity hole nobody can join me in

[Cougar Draven]

[Fotzepolitic]

[Cougar Draven]