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The niche of "almost made it out of folklore." https://twitter.com/still_gre/status/1391484976978448387">https://twitter.com/still_gre...
In less glib terms, this; https://twitter.com/IuRgayLoLI/status/1391486645418053636">https://twitter.com/IuRgayLoL...
"The Malevolent, Faceless Entity of the Woods" is ubiquitous, ancient and a particularly powerful symbol within the human psyche. Speaks directly to the Lizard Brain. Slenderman was a particularly viral and modern representation of it. It is in the symbol& #39;s nature to fade quickly
Slenderman is an interesting case.
It& #39;s crude. Plainly derivative of the symbols it invokes. It& #39;s one of the less interesting of these nu-folk entites for that reason... and yet the weight of that history gave it a rare distinction; it actually inspired ritual violence.
It& #39;s crude. Plainly derivative of the symbols it invokes. It& #39;s one of the less interesting of these nu-folk entites for that reason... and yet the weight of that history gave it a rare distinction; it actually inspired ritual violence.
This speaks to something important.
Nuance and depth is lost with time. Simplicity and legibility is immortal. We& #39;ll never know the particular nightmares the ancients feared but we *know* they feared fuzzy, everyman Faceless Men in the dark.
Slenderman was always real.
Nuance and depth is lost with time. Simplicity and legibility is immortal. We& #39;ll never know the particular nightmares the ancients feared but we *know* they feared fuzzy, everyman Faceless Men in the dark.
Slenderman was always real.
