These are a few of my personal slenderman head cannons!
I’m sure I’ll come up with more head cannons down the line as I figure out exactly how I think each pasta is like, I’ll both have a serous part and more of a fandom part cause I enjoy both!
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-he stands between 13 - 20 feet tall
-can change his height at will
-no matter what he’s always dressed as the perfect groom
-takes “baths” in lakes and “showers” in rain storms
-hardly spends time in the place called slender mansion
-he will stalk his pray for weeks
-if you can somehow get this creature to be curious about you, you’ll live to regret it
-has once kept a human as a “pet” before
-this creature doesn’t feel love or a need to have a connection with anyone
-is known to mess with his proxies minds for “fun”
-and finally no one knows the real reason why this thing has proxies and a home full of unstable people.
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The head cannons I have for Slenderman when I want a non serous story
-he stands between 10 - 13 feet tall
-spends most of his days in his home, really only leaving for feeding
-is an absolute clean freak
-has a love/hate relationship with his brothers
-if he falls in love, you’ll be treated like absolute royalty
-he wishes to have a connection with humans
-and finally he has a war going on against Zalgo 
○ Akin "Kins" are a type of Eldritch that resemble human beings with a few notable biological differences. This species is entirely Male. And are both predatory and reproductively parasitic to humanity.
Females: Queens
Males: Kings
● a human women who has had pups may be called a Queen, however this title ushally refers to an individual who has XXY chromosomes.
Offspring: Prince/Princess. (Pups/cubs) Proxies have often referred to these as “Grubs” /derogatory. Due to their behaviors being deeply food driven. A proxy needing to resort to calling “grub grub grub” with a food item to know where they are.
A gathering of related individuals is called a Band, a mixed gathering is called a Court.
Adults often form bands that share territory and resources. Usually these bands are brothers, or other closely related individuals. There is typically inner hierarchy within these bands decided by strength.
Slenderman>Debauchery>Trenderman>Splendorman
Slenderman & Splendorman are Twins.
Trenderman & Debauchery are Twins.
These two sets of twins are cousins, but collectively call each other brothers.
○ For the first decade of life, most kin are hidden. Kept in whatever crevice or otherwise sealed space can be found. They are incredibly soft bodied. A particularly confident or devoted father might carry his offspring on his back, but this is the minority. The father, and sometimes uncles will visit periodically to clean, feed and water them through mastication.
Some become independent before others. Once they leave the space the father has left them, they are, for the most part. On their own. Pups often stay in their parental band's territory until full maturity, but aside from the protection that their parents' presence provides them, they must learn everything from scratch.
More intelligent puppies might seek out their father, trailing him as silent observers, learning how to hunt, where to find water, how to teleport, and occasionally shelter in his shadow. It is an incredibly humble beginning. Starting from the bottom of the food chain, climbing to the top.
The fastest growth period for a Kin is infact the first century of their lives. Their growth rate being slower then a typical human's, but not overly so. This also shows in gestation. A human gestates anywhere from 8 to 10 months, a kin will gestate anywhere from 10 to 13 months. These offspring stay within the confines of their sire's territory at all cost, because the moment they leave is the moment true adulthood begins.
Kin pups are born with a full set of teeth and will eat anything that doesn't eat them first. They often start out hunting small things that can't run away easily. Insects, amphibians, small reptiles and. If they can. Fish and birds. Despite the species being famous for their specialization in hunting humans, this is simply a preference. They must get as big as possible, as quickly as they can manage it.
The mortality rate for these small opportunists is high, which is often why bands start in the first place. Young that run in bands or courts typically have higher success rates then those who don't. These bonds last for lifetimes.
○ While proxies are not obligated to watch puppies, often times they do anyways. Young Kin are impulsive, fueled by their instincts alone, personality comes later. When a pup is nearby proxies are on high alert. While they have their family's mark, that doesn’t deem them safe from predation. A good father will not scold their young for killing successfully.
○ Kin names are often descriptions of the limited behaviors that shine through during their youth, for the majority of their adolescents they are nameless. Recognized only by vibration and scent rather then individuality.
Slender - Was a Runt.
Splendor - very happy go lucky, regardless of circumstances.
Trender- showed curious interest in colors, patterns and human clothes.
Debatchery- Often ate things he shouldn't have, disobedient and thrill seeking.
Twins often mirror each other. Slender is more stoic, while Splendor is outgoing. Trender enjoys modesty while Debatchery can be rude and grotesque.
○ Twins aren't uncommon in Kin.
While they are born realitivly small for what they eventually mature into. They're ushally born in doubles. Which can be dangerous for momma.
It's pretty widely accepted that in the event that a pregnancy occurs. They'll pass due to some unforseen complication. Which is why males default to taking care of their pups. This isn't the desired outcome, just the socially accepted one.
An individual like Slenderman who has access to medical aid such as EJ, Dr Smiley, or Nurse Ann. May be inclined to ask for their help.
This is against his better instincts however. Again, young are precious things. Rarely conceived and already have odds stacked against them with their impending coming of age. The last thing he'd want to deal with is a lesser being such as a pasta trying to get one over on him by dispatching his young.
In a perfect world, his children are kept seperate from the majority of his "business".
It is a strange contradiction. The rarity of conceiving, the value they hold for their offspring... only to leave them high and dry to fend for themselves.
It is apart of their culture. The idea that the strong and intelligent will survive. They live for centuries after all.
Some, like Splendorman might consider this barbaric and an outdated custom.
As much as I ADORE slenderman/the operator as this father figure i must admit I love seeing people make him this eldritch horror
My personal take is that he feeds off the anguish of his victims and is as old as the forest he dwells in, you cant communicate with him on any real level, it mostly feel like seeing a predator in the woods and knowing you are very disadvantaged in that moment.
He keeps proxies around so that they carry his illness and bring more anguish his way! Happened with Jay, happened with Lauren, could happen to you!
Husband!slender who doesn’t let you get too close to his proxies or anyone at all. He prefers you all to himself and if it means killing a few people he’ll do it.
Husband!Slender who despite being married to you still stalks you from afar like he used to.
Husband!slender who quiets down the static sound he emits whenever you are around. He’s hoping he doesn’t hurt your pretty ears too much, he doesn’t want you deaf.
Husband!slender who doesn’t like public affection but will still wear his ring proudly out in public, even occasionally showing it off to his brothers.
Husband!slender who gets angry when you don’t wear your ring in public, nor does he care if you simply forgot it, he will teleport it straight onto your finger as his tentacles writhe behind me angrily.
Husband!slender who seems to not be angry at you for long once you start getting angry back and throwing things. Now he’s just trying to calm his beloved down.
Husband!slender who once asked if you’d ever let him immortalize you.. he never mentioned it again but you start noticing Jason the toymaker around more.
Husband!slender who enjoys the aroma of coffee (which he can’t even drink) while you lay in his lap like a little dolly. He’ll pat your head and compliment your every feature.
Husband!slender, who despite not having a mouth, still leans into your mouth when you kiss his blank face.
Husband!slender who will sometimes pretend to be asleep but is actually watching you while you sleep.
Husband!slender who has complete control over your mind, and yet he doesn’t do anything with it—that you know of.
Husband!slender who calls you pet names such as: love, darling, beloved. His vocabulary for pet names isn’t very wide so he normally sticks to calling you his beloved.
A/N: Oh yeahh, first post finished… idk what to put here so uhh yeah enjoy these deer gifs, buh bye.. oh and do feel free to request headcanon posts like this, i won’t post much though since i have a art and rant account to keep up with.
I feel like slenderman gives off the same feeling as being near teargas. So like just his presence just burns your skin if any is revealed, burns your throat if he’s too close. Which would explain a few symptoms of slender sickness like the coughing, throwing up, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.
Info under cut including the inspirations, and how this concept would work with the popular slender mythos, and the AU explanation (Long post)
Inspirations :
Dyer's polypore and fungus in general.
Fungi tend to be used as a basis for a lot of ecological horror, and that makes sense because it isn't a plant nor an animal, it mimics how plants function, the ingestion of fungi have a diverse range of effects and fungus reproduction can be extremely complex and eerily simple all at the same time.
I used dyer's polypore as the fungi of inspiration because it's a pathogenic fungus that causes rot in the roots of other plants that it shares a system with. The dyer's polyore is also a bright yellow when it's younger and turns a dark purple/brownish colour at the tops as the fruiting body age.
The main part of a fungus is its roots, the fruiting body is a very small part of the actual organism.
This is why in this design the mushroom part is small and really just to add some colour to the design.
Everything that isn't a mushroom is part of the root system, the idea is that Slender itself is an elongated skeleton, wrapped in roots, wrapped in a suit wrapped in another thin layer of roots.
Based off this post by @/fluffycreepynectarine.
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How the sickness would work with this version of slender :
(Very similar to my addition to the linked post)
The sickness itself is spore inhalation from either a spore cloud from the Spawn Slender's Polypore or a person who has undergone late term metamorphosis into a Slender's Polypore.
Once a spore is inhaled, it takes root in the lungs and grows from there throughout the cardiovascular system.
For the first three months of infection there isn't a noticeable change in biology or psychology of the infected individual.
After about four months the psychological changes start, mainly being a form of psychosis, or other hallucinatory conditions.
These start off as a mild compulsion to isolate from society and head into forestry.
By the six month mark, these will develop into full scale paranoia that the infected individual is being stalked by the Spawn Slender's Polypore unless in dense forest, in which the individual will try to seek it out.
At seven months the internal roots start pushing outwards towards the skin, the process is extremely painful, however the roots induce a strong sedative that make the entire body numb, this can severely effect the individuals mental health.
At eight months the metamorphosis begins to make the individual a suitable host for the next Spawn Slender's Polypore. This begins by the roots covering the majority of the external skin, next the fruiting bodies start to grow.
The fungus take nutrients from the body and redistributes only enough to keep the host alive while the fungus itself takes the rest.
The individuals body will start lengthening, the roots start to replace bones by breaking them and filling in the gaps, it will do this slowly enough that muscle and sinew is able to heal and reattach to the new length.
If at nine months the individual has not been selected at the next host for the next Spawn Slender's Polypore. Then the metamorphosis stops, but doesn't reseed from it's current state, an individual may be anywhere from a centimeter to ten taller at this point.
The fruiting bodies start producing spores, so if the individual has not isolated themselves this is the earliest they become contagious.
At ten months a non spawn infected individual starts releasing spore clouds, that will infect other people.
It is likely they have still retained full sentience at this point and if they have this is when the hallucinations stop, however the compulsion to enter dense forest hasn't.
It is at this point that the fungus has entered the brain and they become part of the Spawn's system, this mean the Spawn can contact them at any point.
At the year mark, the roots have settled into the brain and the Spawn may be able to compel the infected to do actions and have thoughts that are not there own. It depends on their proximity to the Spawn.
At two years the Spawn can have full control over the individual regardless of where they are.
If the individual has survived the process up until this point, life expectancy depends on the individual and their ability to survive in such a state.
After the body dies, the fungus remains and turns all remaining energy into creating spores.
The spores themselves can remain fertile for approximately two months after release.
The spores are unable to pass through standard medical masks, but due to their fertile period if infected clothing isn't removed extremely carefully inhalation is still a large risk.
The Spawn.
If an individual is chosen to be a host of the next spawn they will be captured at the nine month mark by the current spawn.
They will be kept in a neglected building for several weeks as the metamorphosis takes place.
The roots will stop supplying the sedative unless they are in some way touching the Spawn's roots, then slowly will once again stop supplying the sedative until the roots are attached or entwined with the Spawn's.
This process can take up to several months depending on how resistant the individual is.
At some point the Spawn and the host are no longer considered separate entities as the minds and bodies mesh together. It is unclear whether the Spawn devours host, or the host devours spawn.
At the end of the process the single Spawn then emerges once more.
This transference only happens if the Spawn has been injured to an extent to justify the process.
The Spawn is able to continuously produce spores and spore clouds, anyone in direct contact with a spore cloud can fall under the Spawn's influence and is from that point infected.
There is no known anti-fungus, as it seems the fungus changes characteristics in each infected individual, this shows in how varied the fruiting bodies are once they sprout.
However the Spawn's fruiting bodies are always the same.
If a Spawn is killed and a host has not been selected, all infected individuals will start rapid metamorphosis and the first person to survive the pain and complete the transformation will become the next Spawn, but may need to find a new host quickly.
The Horror 1#: An Unstoppable Fungus :
The simple ecological horror of having a natural pathogen that can and will destroy everything in it's path.
It can be functionally immortal, you can't kill it in a way that matters.
It stalks through communities and leaves nothing but corpses in it's wake, loved ones go missing never to be seen again.
Infected individuals are compelled to stay in places their corpses will be found by many people.
The Horror 2#: A Sentient Rot :
This is if the Spawn itself is a fully sentient being in of itself, everything they touch is doomed to slowly rot and hollow out.
They might try to sooth the infected, help them survive, do the best they can to help those who seek them out, but there will always be that eternal guilt.
I imagine this version of the Spawn only selects a new host if the person has expressed they can't live with the infection any longer.
The Horror 3#: The Obvious Body Horror Metaphor :
This focuses on the individual, and the fungus can on it's own be the body horror at the forefront, but it's also extremely easy to use this concept as a launching point for something deeper.
(Abusive relationships, unwanted pregnancy, dysphoria, and many other those were just the ones I though of while writing this)
Do I plan on doing anything further with this?
No not really, this has just been an idea rotating in my head, however this version of Slender may cameo in a much larger project I'm doing in the background.
However if other people want to use this idea as a basis for an au or anything go ahead, that's the reason I've fleshed it out.
What is this AU called?
If I was doing anything further with it I would've just called it the Slender's Polypore AU because I'm bad at names, if someone has a better name use that.
Just wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about Part 2 of the Creepypasta ask. I'm working on it (and other asks) as we speak. Inspiration just hit with the "Love-Struck" post and I didn't want you to have to wait for me to finish a specific post before getting new content.
My asks are still open and I'm always grateful to receive questions and comments, even if it takes a bit for me to respond to all of them.
Anyways, hope you enjoy the new post and don't mind waiting a bit for Where Are the Other Creepypasta in the Slenderman AU? Part 2 : Cryptid Creepypasta.
