The Slender Man phenomenon is powerful, and it looks like there can be some serious money made from it.
From the depths of the internet to the big screen? They say that the character is a metaphor for “helplessness, power differentials, and anonymous forces” and are unsurprised by how many people are swept up in the story. And, to that end, horror stories take on a specific significance and importance because they function metaphorically - the horror stories that are the best are often metaphors for other issues that affect our lives on both cultural and personal levels. We tell ourselves stories because we (humans) are storytelling animals. Speaking to The Washington Post, a scholar of the Slender Man myth Shira Chess, says that the character is a metaphor for “helplessness, power differentials, and anonymous forces.” There’s plenty of detail out there, from first person fan fiction to detailed artistic depictions, but with so many conflicting accounts the character has almost risen above its fairly tangible roots. As he gained popularity (or at least people became obsessed out of morbid curiosity) a number of indie games and a long-running YouTube series were released with the creature as a central character.īecause so many people contributed to the development of Slender Man’s story, the myth’s finer points are all over the place. Grainy pictures of the character circulated in wider spheres and Slender Man became well known on other sites. The character took off, with other users creating their own Slender Man images and storylines. He’s traced back to a post in a Photoshop contest on a Something Awful forum in 2009. Many would have been introduced to Slender Man in 2014 when two young girls attempted to murder a classmate in Wisconsin in order to impress him, though his origins are much older than that. General depictions of him show a lonely, inhumanly tall and thin male wearing a black suit and tie, often with a blank face and multiple tentacle-like arms. The man behind the myth (if it even is a man) is hard to pin down. A quick Google search will give you a sense of just how much Slender Man content there is online, generated by thousands of users, with conflicting imagery, histories, stories and descriptions of his appearance and behavior. In 2016 it looks like everyone wants a slice of Slender Man. What once lurked in internet forums has been dragged into the mainstream. Spotting the terrifying creature trending again, we decided to look at the myth that has driven people to do horrendous things.īREAKING: Wisconsin appeals court says 2 girls accused in stabbing for `Slender Man' character to be tried in adult court. Slender Man, the subject of foggy internet legend that scares the bejeebers out of teenagers and adults alike, is hot topic but not in the Bieber kind of way.
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