Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Tue Nov 12, 2024 3:32 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » Slender Man Mythos
EverymanHYBRID 2014
Moderators: ChildOfAtom, Cougar Draven, DavFlamerock, Dixie_Wolf, ndemeter
View previous topicView next topic
Page 2 of 32 [467 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 30, 31, 32  Next
Author Message
Bartok
Decorated


Joined: 06 Oct 2010
Posts: 271

 		I think it was kinda dumb to make a new EMH thread before a new video is posted, but whatever. Rolling Eyes
_________________
Currently Playing:
MarbleHornets - Neutral
TribeTwelve - Very Happy
EMH - Rolling Eyes
DarkHarvest - Razz
MLAndersen - Smile
CaughtNotSleeping - Surprised

PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:28 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Malckeor
Decorated


Joined: 28 Feb 2012
Posts: 246
Location: Turkeyland, Land of Gobblers

 		Isn't the new thread always made shortly after New Year's? The first video of 2013 wasn't uploaded until February, and I remember the 2013 thread being made early in January, same as the 2012 thread.

It's good to keep the discussions going, even when there's little to talk about.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:42 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
knifebladepresents
Unfettered

Joined: 29 Mar 2013
Posts: 504

 		Hey guys, this is a kind of important update.

Vinny was recently in a car crash. Yes, he's OK, but his car isn't...so, if you can, he's opened up a PayPal account to help him raise funds for his car. Help a HYBRID out if you can, please.

http://sparesomewords.tumblr.com/post/73451189877/as-many-of-you-lovely-followers-already-know-i

PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:40 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Sha Noran
Entrenched


Joined: 29 Apr 2013
Posts: 919

 		Wow that blows, I'm glad he's not hurt physically.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:06 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
amrith777
Entrenched


Joined: 27 Jan 2011
Posts: 921
Location: North Carolina
knifebladepresents wrote:
Hey guys, this is a kind of important update.

Vinny was recently in a car crash. Yes, he's OK, but his car isn't...so, if you can, he's opened up a PayPal account to help him raise funds for his car. Help a HYBRID out if you can, please.

http://sparesomewords.tumblr.com/post/73451189877/as-many-of-you-lovely-followers-already-know-i


Just donated.Thanks for putting this up.I'm glad everyone is ok and I hope that Vinny is able to get enough together to get his car back into working condition soon.I wish you the best,Vinny! Very Happy
_________________
Tharol said:
Quote:
Masky sign language Hello in your base tackling your dudes.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:30 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Lithp
I Have No Life


Joined: 04 Mar 2012
Posts: 2058
Quote:
The thread is dead. Long live the thread.


First of all, I love that this was used to close the last thread.

Quote:
I do not like the fact that HABIT at the moment is nothing more than a Villain Sue of the Slenderverse at the expense of Slender Man himself, which is a main sign of any Sue character. It's just bad writing.


I do not like that these terms are thrown around whenever someone kind of dislikes something. One person not liking a few characters or plot devices does not make the writing "bad." A million people not liking the whole story doesn't make it "bad." Yes, I know you're trying to support yourself with reasons, but proving that a character is "written badly" is astronomically difficult, because there are so many things that go into a character, so showing that a few of them are weaknesses isn't going to invalidate the rest.

Quote:
HABIT is always many steps ahead of everyone, knows everything, he defeated (temporarily, but whatever) Slender Man himself, offed lot's of people on screen, controls the Rake (probably). As far as his powers go - it's a pure Villain Sue: he is unkillable, can transfer minds, teleport etc. - he can do much more than Slender Man.


Wow...a lot here.

1. He's the Informant character, so of course he is many steps ahead of the protagonists. This is also true of Masky/Hoody in Marble Hornets, Observer in Tribe Twelve, pretty much ever Slender Series ever.

2. When did he defeat Slenderman? And why is this an issue? This happened in Tribe Twelve months ago, & the rebuttal was "all-powerful Slenderman is boring & this is in Noah's character."

3. Having a high body count is not being a Villain Sue. Showing character deaths, rather than telling us about them in passing, is GOOD writing.

4. Okay, so we don't even know if he controls the Rake.

5. All those things you described have been powers of Slenderman. How can he do "much more than Slenderman"? By all accounts, Slenderman is way more powerful, & that is why HABIT is used--as dangerous as he is, he can at least be pushed back against.

Quote:
Even worse, though - they try too hard to make him look all demonic and pure evil. Lot's of cliches including: "want to show someone's evil? Make him nazi collaborator", Joker mannerisms and baby-eating were used. If we are to assume that he is a legit character and not some form of meta-commentary, Slenderverse would always have a big trouble with writing out there.


This journal thing is Tribe Twelve's plot point & I believe that Tribe Twelve has already invoked the Nazis in its backstory, so I don't think it's fair to blame HABIT for that.

But other than that, I do agree with the argument that they sometimes ham him up too much. In a way, it's nice to see a villain who isn't afraid to sink to any low, especially when it doesn't come across as tasteless. But he can be predictably unimaginative, at times. "If you don't do this thing I want, I'm going to cut something off of you! Hahaha!"

Still, I have to say that his hamminess is his Kryptonite & his strength. "Severance" put the protagonist of Tribe Twelve--in my opinion at his best acting at the time--against the antagonist of another series, & the antagonist stole the show. HABIT was very 3 dimensional in the latest crossover video. He tried to help, revealing that he sympathized with Noah, but still threatened him when he got sick of Noah's shit, but THEN pulled it back when he realized that threats probably weren't going to get him what he wanted...the point is his actions were neither those of a 1D villain, nor someone who couldn't do anything to Noah because he had Plot Armor. Speaking of Noah & his Plot Armor, I hate to shit on Tribe Twelve like this, but what does it say about Noah if he's so special that a "Villain Sue" feels compelled to go out of its way to help him out of the "good"ness of its heart? HABIT also says that he's "not as stupid as the others," meaning that he's praised over the cast of HABIT's OWN SERIES.

I also agree that screen time given to HABIT & Slenderman is imbalanced in HABIT's favor, but again, that's something that happens a lot, which upon further reflection, I think might be what you are saying here:

Quote:
"As a watcher, I'd prefer guys to return back to Slenderseries."


On the actual content of the video, it seemed obvious to me that HABIT was telling Noah that he could stab Slenderman with the symbol, freeing Noah from Slim's influence. I don't know if this method would work on HABIT, but it does reveal several other interesting things:

*"Magic" of some form exists in the Hybridverse. It is fueled by emotion, & intention.
*It might be why it's so easy to hack accounts, get in homes, & so forth.
*HABIT is definitively NOT on Slenderman's side, except in the longshot that this really IS all bullshit. This makes an uneasy alliance the most likely explanation of their relationship, at this point.
*HABIT seems to help Noah specifically because he does not like that Noah was made subservient to Slenderman, implying that HABIT was at one point, & has either recently broken free, or is trying to break free.

I think this post sums up everything I think about all of the updates that I've missed. It better be, 'cause it took friggin' forever to write.

EDIT: Derp, didn't even fucking mention Vinny's accident. Well...kind of obvious, I'm glad he's okay, & hope he gets enough to get his car fixed. Also, 3 jobs, makes me look like a lazy piece of shit.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:29 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
SilentMedusa
Entrenched

Joined: 04 Jul 2013
Posts: 904

 		So, I just started following HABIT on Twitter (or a very good fake; it's @PURPLEDUCKTAPE). Apparently he's watching Marble Hornets. It's...weird, seeing his comments. My sense of reality is getting messed up.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:56 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
knifebladepresents
Unfettered

Joined: 29 Mar 2013
Posts: 504
Quote:
So, I just started following HABIT on Twitter (or a very good fake; it's @PURPLEDUCKTAPE). Apparently he's watching Marble Hornets. It's...weird, seeing his comments. My sense of reality is getting messed up.


That's definitely a fake. Marble Hornets does not exist in any other Slender Man series universe--and HABIT's account is @seventrials I believe, or something like that.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:01 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
-Etrocal
Boot

Joined: 28 Mar 2011
Posts: 33

 		Although I do strongly believe that's a fake Twitter, haven't there been a couple of small throwaway references to 'that other series'? I think no other series' exist in Marble Hornets but MH does exist here

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:36 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
MDHDZN
Unfettered

Joined: 25 May 2013
Posts: 311
-Etrocal wrote:
Although I do strongly believe that's a fake Twitter, haven't there been a couple of small throwaway references to 'that other series'? I think no other series' exist in Marble Hornets but MH does exist here

I think I recall the creators saying that Marble Hornets does exist in game, but only as a web-series, not as actual events.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:07 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Oscar Langley
Unfettered


Joined: 14 Aug 2010
Posts: 322

 		There's the Fake Slenderman entries with lots of MH references and in a later video they talk about wifin'. There's also a line about "Alex from that other series", I think that's from an IG interview on another channel.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:08 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website
 Back to top 
knifeman
Decorated


Joined: 06 Jan 2014
Posts: 159

 		By "Alex," They could mean from Darkharvest, if you are saying it was in game.
_________________
SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE.

Also, The Mystery of the ManTree or whatever is pretty cool.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:01 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
ThisWhiteWidow
Greenhorn


Joined: 03 Oct 2013
Posts: 6

 		The twitter account is very fake, it's run by the tumblr user Proxyjackspicer.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:36 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
ChildOfAtomModerator
Unfictologist


Joined: 15 Aug 2010
Posts: 1606
Location: NY, NY

 		It was always my assumption that MH existed in the EMH universe, but only as a series. Elsewise where would they have gotten the idea to put a Slenderman "easter egg" in the fitness videos?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:27 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
SilentMedusa
Entrenched

Joined: 04 Jul 2013
Posts: 904
ThisWhiteWidow wrote:
The twitter account is very fake, it's run by the tumblr user Proxyjackspicer.


I suspected it wasn't the real thing. It's still entertaining, though Smile

PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:47 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 2 of 32 [467 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 30, 31, 32  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » Slender Man Mythos
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group