Does anyone else look at Slenderman and think about how his characteristics are like that of a fae? Or a dark fae with mysterious or malicious tendencies?
He’s one of my favorite fictional characters in the creepy-pasta fandom, so I thought I’d rant about him for a bit…
Dude lives in a forest, or at least often dwells there
If you take his pages, he takes you
Plays games and takes you if you lose
Targets children and young adults
Has magical abilities depending on the version of the story (teleportation, mind reading, weather/time manipulation)
Not everyone can see him or could blend in with other humans (fae glamor)
The reason no one could find a way to get ride of him sounds like the victims are tied to a fae contract (like how taking his pages could be similar to eating fae food)
The fandom either finds him mysterious, frightening or attractive like the fae
Inhuman/ exaggerated proportions
All the missing children disappeared with him into his domain like how fae take children and they disappear
What if proxies are just changlings? Or at least under his control due to the fae stealing their soul or name?
Weird decor/buildings in the woods with drawings on trees? Just typical fae stuff to lure curious travelers to investigate
As for “Slender Sickness”… look up “fae sickness” in folklore. As both leads to madness, rotting, nightmares, etc. similar to what was seen in Slender: The Arrival in regards to Charlie and Kate. However, assuming he’s a fae, Slender Sickness could be a variant of fae sickness unique to Slenderman, as symptoms overlap/have similar characteristics like how a virus can have different variants
Tentacles? Branches? That’s just fae magic
Dude is just a fairy doing what fae do and people are looking at him like a cosmic horror and linking him to quantum physics… which the fae are capable of if you consider the mushroom rings and portals to the fae realm.
What if he doesn’t teleport and is just walking between the veil of fae wild and reality? Which could look similar enough like how spirits are in the same place and we can’t see them because of the veil? And maybe Slenderman uses that to his advantage somehow?
How does he get from one place to another so fast? He has long legs. He covers more ground per step walking and could easily outrun you, or simply walk by you as you run. He looks just human enough at a distance, but can quickly walk up to you through the veil. Or maybe he does teleport, which the fae can also do
Like, what’s scarier? A guy teleporting right behind you? Or a guy who is much faster than you that COULD catch you but stands there watching you. And not only that, he moves in a dimension you cannot see before coming out in a twisted game of peak-a-boo
I imagine he stays still when you look at him on purpose because seeing something suddenly a lot closer to you that is not moving is just the weeping angel tactic just to make you even more uncomfortable.
What’s worse is you can’t even look at him for long because his fae influence is stronger when he has your attention/line of sight and his magic messes with technology because fey magic interferes with technology
I’d like to see a horror game that puts fae and slenderman in one story, which could make very interesting lore and world building besides a bunch of teens grabbing pages in the woods and dealing with the consequences. Not to mention using a hag stone mid-to late game where the player sees Slenderman and how fast he actually is (assuming you go with walking through the veil instead of teleporting) . As well as applying changlings or mimics that pretends to be your friends especially if it becomes multiplayer. Maybe use the hag stone to spot the mimics easier? Or at least make them hard to find like searching different spots in rivers with a low spawn rate to balance it out with the game mechanics? Add some helpful fae (for a price) and use fairy rings as respawn points or fast travel? Maybe have different nights that add new threats and keep the main baddies in specific areas in the forest like in their own territory? Unless you decide that Slenderman stalks players to other levels only after grabbing at least one page from his area. You could add Windegos, siren head, skin walkers, cults, etc. in different areas. As for the main goal either look for missing people, stop rituals, vanquish the main baddies/pacify them, survival, or a lethal company like game depending on what direction fits best/is wanted
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