thinking so hard about creepypasta lately SO here are some headcanons cuz i can't sleep!
- The Mansion (because YES i am a mansion au enjoyer, ive been here forever this is my default au atp) is its own entity. It can house whoever goes there because it CHOOSES who goes there. If you are in the mansion, its because the mansion wants you to be. You cant accidentally find it.
— You CAN choose to leave whenever, but can only get back to the mansion unless it lets you.
— WHY the mansion chooses certain people and not others is unknown
— Slendermans proxies are allowed into the mansion ALWAYS. They have like, permanent clearance
— Because of the mansion being an entity and not an exact place, you can enter it from ANY woods. It doesn't matter where in the world you are, if the mansion wants you to find it then you will
— The mansion provides electricity (weakly) and food on its own for its inhabitants. It also expands and shrinks itself however is fit to accommodate for any new residents. Whenever a new pasta shows up, a room is created. Whenever a pasta is shut out permanently (for whatever reason) its room will disappear. Proxies all share one bedroom
- To become a proxy to Slenderman you must undergo a trial of sorts. This trial is essentially what Jay and Alex experienced in Marble Hornets: Rosswood! The to-be proxy gets trapped in The Ark and has to find their way out, though usually they are completely alone unlike Jay and Alex were.
— Most people die while theyre in The Ark, it is an incredibly difficult thing to survive because of the fact its just psychological torture. Sometimes they die of starvation, other times of something self inflicted. The proxies that make it out are accepted to become a proxy, because they clearly have some kind of quality that Slenderman will benefit from
— Being sent to The Ark is also a form of punishment to misbehaving proxies! It breaks them down into behaving once theyre out
— How somebodies Ark presents will depend on the person. For example, Tim tends to find himself in hospital buildings, and Toby in never ending woods. The Ark, quite like the mansion, is its own entity in a way that adapts to ones memories to find the best way to crack them
- The woods around the mansion is LARGE. MASSIVE, in fact. The mansion also isnt the only structure there, though the others are lind of just little fishing huts beside small lakes or large ponds, or just a randomly placed cabin. This provides housing for those not wanting to be in the mansion.
— Because of the vastness of the woods, it can be incredibly hard to navigate. The mansion fixes this by improvings ones sense of direction while they are in its woods.
— You CAN find animals in the woods, such as deer or boars, but it is very uncommon. They also never tend to look quite right. Otherwise, its eerily quiet.
I have some character specific headcanons too but uhmm it feels out of place to do them in the same post as general headcanons so maybe they'll get their own post
