What's Slender Man like in your AU?
Oohh ty for the question :) I've been thinking about what exactly I have to say about him... but I can't talk about him without talking about the silly guy too
Slenderman, at his core, is the manifestation of human despair; a combination of hatred, cruelty, and hopelessness. As opposed to splendorman, who was created at the same time out of humanity's joy. They've both had many physical changes throughout their history to adapt.
Here's these two vvv
Their most recent forms are spider-like, but slenderman has started to lose some of his arachnid attributes. (Design notes: splendorman is inspired by a happy face spider and a jumping spider, while slenderman is a combo of an ant mimic spider and straight up black mold LOL)
Slenderman is a bit more humanized in my AU, mentally speaking. He's fairly complex and has become suseptible to actually having emotions. He's grown fond for some of his proxies. Splendorman, on the other hand, does not feel that same connection to humanity, experiencing nothing but pure joy and whimsy, and still viewing people as little playthings.
In the past, Slenderman has been known to prey on naive and easily manipulated people to become his proxies, some circumstances even calling for certain persuasion that drives his targets to madness. Despite becoming more "human" in recent times, he has always been a creature of selfish desire to spread that despair and agony onto others.
Splendorman thinks he's going soft. He probably is :P