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[AngryDeepground]

(OT) The Operator vs Slenderman

[punxtr]

Good point, also, using TO is very disruptive when reading. The Operator works just fine, and most people type too much anyway, so your theory could benefit from it

Slenderman can disrupt technology, nowadays. Most vlogs use it, even though MH may have wanted it to be their own thing, and those vlogs still call it Slenderman--not the Operator--so, it seems to be a retroactive feature of him now.

[Camero]

Well I'm not sure that the point of the distinction is because they want it to be definitely different. Mainly I think it is so that they aren't bound by something another writer creates and then catches on--i.e. tentacles or something. And so that nothing THEY say has to become canon.

[Rorschachian]

The tentacles couldn't be done because they probably didn't like them. They would just be for show, and wouldn't make anything distinguishable between The Operator and Slenderman. If Troseph really did want to do it, then it wasn't in the budget. The Operator is like the actual Slenderman in the MH universe, but the tentacles were just added by some teen around a campfire to make it scarier (in the MH universe of course)

[AngryDeepground]

In a radio interview Troseph did correct people when they called The Operator Slender man, so differences are intended.

[Zebez]

It's really not that different. Troseph can say that they want it to be different in their universe, but in reality, Slendy is different in almost every universe. Most choose what they want to use when it comes to the Slenderman. MH doesn't use the tentacles, but TribeTwelve does. In Seeking Truth he disembowels people. But they still do the same thing. MH had a huge affect on the Mythos, but they just have a version of Slenderman, which still makes it slenderman. It all depends on what the authors of the story want, but the basis is there, and it is Slenderman. One of the things about this mythos though, is that everyone contributes to it, so there are changes and there will be inconsistencies. We just have to accept that as part of the mythos, as long as we keep at least some consistencies.

[AngryDeepground]

[Zarggg]

Zebez, the purpose of this thread is to explain that the Operator and Slender Man are, in fact, different entities and to detail what marks them as separate.

[Zebez]

[JustJim]

I agree with Zebez. Troseph can say that The Operator is entirely different from The Slender Man, and I can understand why they do that, but it's not. Most vlogs have a fairly different interpretation of the Slender Man anyway, so it's not like the Slender Man has any set criteria, either, aside from being tall, in a suit, and no face. The Operator is all of those things. He doesn't have tentacles? Neither does The Slender Man in The Andersen Journals. Should MLA start calling him The Director, since theirs is different? No, that would be absurd. I'm not trying to be disagreeable here, but let's be serious. The Operator is The Slender Man. I'd go as far as to say Troy, Joseph, and The Operator have done just as much for the mythos as, if not more than, Victor Surge. Almost every major (and even second tier/minor) Slender Man vlog has taken several nods from Marble Hornets. Marble Hornets is the most-acclaimed and most-known series in the whole mythos, that pretty much means they're a permanent part of it, and The Operator is indeed The Slender Man, no matter how much Troy, Joseph, or anybody else wants to say otherwise.

[Yuki]

[JustJim]

[AngryDeepground]

[Zarggg]

[ReverendJ]

Anyone make note of the DVD warning?

I think they shot themselves in the foot with that if they want to separate the characters.