Why do we obsess over Slender Man so much?
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Yeah this, there's a lot about him that's not explained so we fill in the gaps ourselves with the scariest explanations we can think of, our imaginations run wild. He's also not the in your face scary but the stalkery scary so you don't know when or where he's going to come for you, just that he will and when he does you're screwed.Mr Cwtchy said:
It's based off the type of horror seen in H.P Lovecraft, an Eldritch Abomination who defies reality and is so incomprehensible to mortals that his mere presence fills people with a existential dread for their survival. By just standing there in the shadows Slender Man is allowing our mind to do most of the work, we are afraid of what will happen if we see him and then when our fear is at its greatest he strikes. He's a monstrosity that uses subtly to scare his victims.
Plus he wants his 20 dollars, giving up money to a monster is dreadful. D:
Plus he wants his 20 dollars, giving up money to a monster is dreadful. D:
Classic fear of the unknown, perhaps mixed with a little bit of uncanny valley. Slender Man can look like us, but is not us. Nobody knows who he is, what he is, where he came from, what he wants, or what he does to the people he 'disappears'. All you know for sure is you did just see him out of the corner of your eye, but you can't look, because then he'll take you.Saviordd1 said:IGNORE THE POLL, I accidentally pressed enter when writing it and now I can't fix it, sorry.
I don't get it, I've seen countless horror movies, read lovecraft, read Stephen King, and yet the one thing that leaves me up at night...
I don't get it, overall he doesn't seem that scary, he isn't visually disturbing, he isn't super fast or strong.
But he's fucking scary, and I'm not the only one to think so, the internet seems to be obsessed with him, and I have to ask.
Why?
What makes him so scary to all of us? What make's him so special?
So I guess that's what I'm asking, why do you think Slender Man manages to scare so many people compared to all the other horror things in the world?
TL;DR
Why is Slender Man so popular and scary to us all.
Also, if your not scared of the guy, tell us why.
It's the best kind of horror because it lets the unspeakable depths of your own imagination do all the work for it. Everything is blank. The clothes, the face, the history, so we're compelled to fill in the gaps ourselves, and our own minds neatly hand-pick whatever answer to each question would frighten us most, because deep down a part of all of us wants to be scared and repulsed sometimes, otherwise horror wouldn't even exist.
Its from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4 Episode is called Hush
What the hell is this and why haven't I heard of it?[/quote]
I must admit, Slendy got to me for about a week or so. I refused to look at the tree out of my window at night for that reason.
It's a perfectly told horror story. Vague enough to have that fear of the unknown but with a human enough appearance to put it in the uncanny valley that automatically gives a feeling of unease. Throw in some spooky stories and you have nightmare fuel.
It's a perfectly told horror story. Vague enough to have that fear of the unknown but with a human enough appearance to put it in the uncanny valley that automatically gives a feeling of unease. Throw in some spooky stories and you have nightmare fuel.
That post was just to make people lose the game wasn't itShoggoth2588 said:
I know your tricks...
OT: He's only scary if you actually immerse yourself in the mythos of it. Everything about him is designed to freak you out, really subtely. He's semi human, but something's very, very wrong. He can't be killed, no one can ever fight him and the more you think of him the worse it gets. It's the paranoia of knowing something unstoppable is somewhere around you skulking around in the trees, but you can't even think of him because it'll get even worse.
If you actually immerse yourself in it, it's pretty much perfect paranoia fuel. If you don't, it's just a dumb guy with long limbs.
Just to say something I just notice just now:
CODENAME 47 IS IN REALITY SLENDERMAN ALL THIS TIME!!!!!!! THAT WHY HE IS SO GOOD AT HIS JOB!!!!!!! OOOOMMMMMMMMMGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
CODENAME 47 IS IN REALITY SLENDERMAN ALL THIS TIME!!!!!!! THAT WHY HE IS SO GOOD AT HIS JOB!!!!!!! OOOOMMMMMMMMMGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
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For me is the whole mythos this "monster" have and his abilities. I already said to other thread the possibilities can have to create a great Horror movie without show to the viewer not a single moment of the monster, just maybe at the very end of a film.
For me is the whole mythos this "monster" have and his abilities. I already said to other thread the possibilities can have to create a great Horror movie without show to the viewer not a single moment of the monster, just maybe at the very end of a film.
And then he give him the hug, he will slowly remove all your organs you have while you are still alive, then kill you, put again all your organs to back to your body in their original places but while the organs are inside in plastic bags and finally hag you to a giant tree......yeah, he need only a hug.Girl With One Eye said:
Btw, sometimes if he make a big mess, he use fire to wipe out all the evidence of his existance.......
[Yes, this is true if you read his Wiki page]
(SweetShark said:
) Well...thanks for that. At least hes nice enough to put all my organs back.Apart from the vast amout of other perfectly good reasons here - Briefly speaking Slenderman is the perfect tension building character. Think about it - You never actually see him do anything. You don't see him kill anyone, you rarely even see him moving. He just stands there, and that's what makes him scary - your imagination, encouraged by the lack of information on him, filling the blank slate that he leaves behind. It does all the work for him.
A very well made horror character indeed.
A very well made horror character indeed.