What does a thin person mean? Could Slenderman be real? (8 photos)

What does subtle mental organization mean? We often come across this term, but we rarely can explain what meaning we put into it. A beautiful phrase, behind which lies an unclear meaning. Do we know people with a subtle mental organization? Perhaps we ourselves consider ourselves one of those? How does a vulnerable, sensitive person live today in our cruel and merciless world?

At the same time, it is tacitly understood that such people are, by definition, intellectually developed and always have a lot of creative talents. But is it really so? Let's look at the qualities that most often reveal a subtle mental organization:

excessive emotionality and touchiness;
inability to withstand psychological pressure;
constant depressed or enthusiastic state;
severe anxiety and the desire to isolate oneself from others;
excessive shyness, timidity and similar emotional manifestations.

After studying the list, a sensitive person, who is credited with a subtle mental organization, appears in a slightly different light. One gets the impression that behind the beautiful phrase there is hidden excessive emotionality, mental instability, timidity, sociopathy - all those qualities that are usually ashamed. As a result, this beautiful, shiny label does not just hide shortcomings from others - it elevates them to the rank of advantages that you can be proud of.

What kind of subtle soul is she? Consequences of substitution of concepts

What could such a substitution of concepts lead to? First of all, a person with a subtle soul who puts such a label on himself begins to consider his shortcomings as advantages. He no longer has the need to correct them, fight with himself and strive for self-improvement. He is no longer a whiner, not a hysteric and not a coward - he is a nature with a subtle mental organization. Such euphemisms cut off any desire to change, develop your inner strength, overcome weakness and fears.

A similar picture can be observed when comparing people who have achieved significant financial well-being:

Some of them achieved success after overcoming many obstacles, paying with their time, health and strength.
Others received everything at once - from their parents, won the lottery or entered into a successful marriage.

Both categories of successful people achieved the same thing - financial well-being, opportunities, a certain amount of power. On the covers of Forbes magazine they all look exactly the same. But with personal communication, the true traits of their character will begin to reveal themselves. And most likely, those people who have achieved everything themselves will be more pleasant to us.

When a person instantly gets what he strives for, he loses the incentive to develop himself.

As soon as self-doubt and mental instability become signs of a subtle mental organization, there is no need to change.

Throughout our lives we continue to evolve. We sacrifice a lot to achieve success - but at the same time we strengthen ourselves, become stronger and more resistant to problems. People with a fine mental organization, who prefer to avoid the difficulties of self-development, hiding behind beautiful terms, remain children inside for the rest of their lives. A subtle mental organization is just a screen for fearful and unconfident people. It is impossible to toughen up, gain stability and strength, learn something new, hiding behind beautiful images. Let's call a spade a spade - and avoid such mistakes.

What should we do if we begin to notice decadent behavior, uncertainty and inability to overcome ourselves? What to do if you are a vulnerable, sensitive person? How to force yourself to develop?

Forget about imitating your favorite characters from movies and books.

You are you. Independent person. Unique personality. You don't need to imitate anyone - it's better to let others imitate you if they want. Everything that is written in books and shown in films is overblown pathetic techniques that serve to provoke a reaction from the viewer. Moreover, the more sophisticated the viewer becomes, the more subtle and powerful techniques are used. But this does not change their essence: characters from films and books remain only characters. We ourselves must.
Don't label yourself.

The label is a reason to give up. As soon as you agree that you are weak, the desire to become stronger disappears completely. There is one very dangerous and popular phrase: “I am who I am. If you don’t like it, leave.” This phrase appears every now and then on the Internet in various variations and is received with delight by most readers. But is it worth following? Perhaps the person you are is not as good as you seem? Maybe you can improve? Stop reassuring yourself, pull yourself together - make up your mind in life and finally take care of the real you, not the mythical one.

Self-development is a natural human desire

We are often frightened by the horrors of big cities. The darkness lurking in city slums, in dark basements, attics and underground utility tunnels. Maniacs and murderers, brownies and modern versions of sorcerers and shamans. But what about the darkness beyond the city? In the depths of the dark forests, where no one will hear your calls for help. And no one will have time to come to the rescue, even if you call (and often mobile phones do not work at all in some remote areas). That's where Slenderman lives. Where you can’t get away from him, you can only hide and hope to somehow outwit your pursuer. It is impossible to fight him. And this is exactly the fear that you don’t need to face. Don't look - not even because you're afraid of it. Just because you want to live.

Network horror

Initially, Slender appeared as an “Internet legend” - a modernized version of “urban legends”, usually born in the tales of students and simply young residents of big cities. Well, with the development of the World Wide Web, it is quite logical that a good part of modern folklore has moved to the Internet, moreover, now very interesting new stories are emerging here. As for Slender, it is known that he was invented by Eric Knudsen, a visitor to the Something Awful forum, in 2009. Moreover, the character was originally created precisely as a kind of “stylization” of well-known and popular urban legends. However, Slender turned out to be an unusually tenacious guy: having burst into the vastness of the World Wide Web, he turned into a real Internet meme, and now he is becoming a cosplay character, stories are written about him, videos are made (both scary and quite funny) and even computer games are created .

Slenderman was brought to life by the Create Paranormal Images competition, held on Something Awful. The competition involved creating supernatural and even scary things from ordinary photographs using a graphic editor - in essence, a competition for the skill of photomontage. The first two black-and-white photographs of Slenderman, taken by Erik Knudsen and posted on the forum, showed the character chasing several children. According to legend, the photographs were found in the Stirling city library, which suffered a fire, but these photographs survived. They were made in 1983, on the day of the disappearance of 14 children. Moreover, the photographer, Mary Thomas, went missing in 1986. Who would have thought that, based on just two black and white photos, an entire horror universe would emerge in the style of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” or “Friday the 13th,” with a very stylish and memorable central villain?

Slender immediately attracted the attention of visitors to the Something Awful forum, and the appearance of a photo with him caused an unprecedented stir. So its creator continued to post new materials about the “disappearing children case.” Children's drawings, a police report, and new photographs were added - the character became more voluminous, and visitors were greeted with interest by new facts about Slenderman. And after the publication of new materials, the character finally broke out of the forum that gave birth to him and began to rapidly gain popularity on the World Wide Web.

Even now, stories and tales are written about Slevder, in which various versions of the history of its origin are expressed and rather terrible events are described. Some fans, who are well aware that the Thin Man is a fiction, still believe in the possibility of his existence. There are even testimonies of people who allegedly encountered Slenderman in dark forests.

Who are you, Mr. Slender?

Slenderman’s appearance can hardly be called ordinary, despite the fact that there are noticeable attempts to convey the “ordinariness” of the character. So, this villain wears a formal suit, tie, jacket and trousers - it seems like most ordinary people. What is unusual is the appearance of the character himself. This is a very tall, skinny creature with long arms and legs that can bend almost arbitrarily. It has pale skin, it is also often depicted as “faceless”, and sometimes certain “appendages” of unknown purpose grow from Slenderman’s back (in some stories he is also armed with long claws on his fingers). The Thin Man hunts people. He usually does not kill, but kidnaps people, most often children (although murders are also known to be committed by Slender). Usually, those who were taken by the Thin Man are never found again. Because what he does with them is still a mystery.

Nothing is known about the origin of Slender. Despite the large number of hypotheses that are expressed in various projects dedicated to this character, it is worth knowing that not a single hypothesis is official - and there is no official version. Where he came from and what he needs is unknown, this makes him even more interesting.

Slender is very persistent. Like Jason Voorhees, he pursues his chosen victim for a long time, without being distracted or swerving - and usually he does not walk or run, but moves using teleportation over short distances. And it is impossible to fight him, he cannot be taken with any weapon known to people. All that the one whom Slender has chosen as a victim can do is run and hope to escape persecution. Some even succeeded. And sometimes missing people, presumably abducted earlier by Stender, were found impaled on trees in the forest. It is quite possible that they died this way as a result of attempts to escape from Slender - for example, people tripped, fell and were pierced by tree branches.

Among the abilities of the Thin Man are “lengthening” one’s own limbs at will, teleportation over short distances, the ability to erase human memory (many of those who encountered it subsequently forget about it), as well as strong capabilities in the field of telepathy. Slender Man also senses when someone is looking at him, and anyone who looks at him or even thinks about him too often thereby attracts the attention of the Thin Man. Slender loves to look into the windows of houses, and it does not matter on what floor these windows are located.

By the way, Eric Knudsen claims that Slender and the original story about him were invented by Eric himself, from beginning to end. However, in the folklore of some countries there are descriptions of monsters similar to Slenderman who also kidnap children. In addition, a certain similarity can be traced with the character of the Stephen King story “The Man in the Black Suit” and with the Tall Man, the main antagonist of the Phantasm series of horror films. However, these characters still do not have enough in common to allow us to talk about plagiarism.

Nightmare show

The rise in popularity of the character continued with the appearance of the web series “Marble Hornets”, which also tells about the world of Slender. The show, which aired on YouTube on June 20, 2009, quickly gained popularity and acquired a huge number of fans. To date, there are already more than 90 episodes of the series about the Thin Man. But it seems that the project has now been completed - the last episodes date back to mid-2014.

As you might guess, the series was filmed in a pseudo-documentary style and showed us the adventures of ordinary people who encountered Slenderman. It is based on the film “Marble Hornets”, which schoolboy Alex Krali filmed to get a test at his educational institution. However, filming was quickly stopped - according to Krali, “it became impossible to work.” While looking through Alex's notes, his friend Jay begins to notice some very strange phenomena on them. After Jay begins his investigation, he encounters a strange and dangerous creature - Slenderman (in the series he is also called the “Operator”). In addition, in “Marble Hornets” it is stated that when the Thin Man appears, video cameras begin to behave very strangely, and sometimes even refuse to work in the usual mode, rather working in the style of a “photo camera”.

The series frightens with classic moves: sharp scary sounds, the appearance of Slender as a vague silhouette, scenes of violence in which the main characters fight each other (it was in the series that the concept of “proxy” was introduced - this term refers to people who have become weak-willed servants of Slender) . Hot on the heels of “Marble Hornets,” other series appeared, copying the style of the first web show. They were also filmed in the style of web diaries, and some of them offered different versions of the origin of Slender Man.

“Marble Hornets” looks quite interesting both thanks to the main antagonist and thanks to the interesting atmosphere. The entire series is posted in English on YouTube; in addition, there is already a Russian version with a “single-voice” translation. True, at the moment only fifty episodes have been translated - about half of the web series.

In addition to “Marble Hornets,” there are several other web series about Slender. There are also short films, and the first full-length film about the Thin Man has already been announced.

Survival Horror

Probably, Slender is one of the very few Internet memes that were able to make their way into the world of computer games. In 2012, Parsec Productions studio released the project Slender: The Eight Pages, intended for free distribution on the Internet.

The main character of this game is the girl Kate, who had to escape into the forest after Slenderman appeared in her house. The game, like Marble Hornets, is stylized as amateur filming: Kate has a video camera with which she films what is happening to her. The forest is surrounded by a fence, but inside the play space Kate walks quite freely, studying the objects she encounters along the way. As she travels, the girl collects notes left by kidnapped children and avoids meeting with Slenderman, whom it is better not to look at, because he senses it and notices the victim.

The second project about Slender - the game Slender: The Arrival - was released in 2014. Released by the same studio and a sequel to Slender: The Eight Pages, The Arrival is already a commercial project for which players have to pay. In return, they receive new “bonuses”, such as significantly improved graphics and a rather interesting story.

The game is both a prequel and a continuation of the previous project. We again see the house where the girl Kate lived from Slender: The Eight Pages. We learn that Slender has previously attacked the inhabitants of this house, who lived there even before Kate bought the house. But this time the main character is the girl Lauren, who comes to the house in search of her friend Kate (the latter, as we remember, ran away from Slender into the forest in the first game). In style, the game is very similar to the previous one: Laurel is also armed with a video camera and also collects Notes of missing children. But besides her and Slenderman, there are many other characters here, and the Thin Man is far from the only villain. In general, the game has a completely recognizable atmosphere, an interesting soundtrack, but the story campaign is too short. It also introduces some new elements to the world of Slender - we learn, in particular, that this character likes to “play” with his victims, as well as a little about the past of Slender and the future of some of those he catches. I must say, the future is completely bleak.

Nothing is known yet about whether “Slender 3” will ever appear in the gaming world. Also, nothing is known about a possible full-length film - but if it ever appears, we would still like to see a good expensive horror, and not another stylization of an amateur video. Slender has an excellent video heritage, even if it develops independently, but cinema is still a slightly different art.

As we see, even simple online folklore can be quite viable. Erik Knudsen created an original universe, an interesting villain and a powerful brand, without Kicksiarter or other similar services. All he needed was to simply make the correct montage of several photographs and ultimately offer the public exactly what they might like. This is how a new interesting villain was born - Slender. We still hope that the creator will not abandon his brainchild and Slenderman will definitely appear in many other new works of art.

Slenderman (Thin Man, Slender Man, SlenderMan, Operator)- the figure of an unnaturally tall, thin man with very long arms and legs. The character's pale face has no eyes, nose or mouth. Slenderman is a child abductor, he was invented by Internet users, but the hero has become so popular that a full-length film is being made about him.

Origin

In 2009, a paranormal image contest was held on the Something Awful forum. A user with the nickname Victor Surge (Erik Knudsen) published two black and white photos with children and a strange man without a face. He called his character Slender Man.

“We didn’t want to go, we didn’t want to kill them, but his stubborn silence and outstretched arms both frightened and reassured us... / 1983, photographer unknown, presumed dead.”

“One of two photographs that survived the Stirling City Library fire. Notable for the date - the day of the disappearance of fourteen children - and the object, called the “Thin Man”. Officials explain the distorted proportions as defects in the film. A fire in the library occurred a week later. The photographs themselves were confiscated as evidence. / 1986, photographer: Mary Thomas, missing June 13, 1986.”

The story created by Victor Surge was liked by site users. He himself began to post other photographs, and other people began to draw Slenderman. The character then appeared on 4chan and DeviantART.

In June 2009, the first episode of the Internet series “Marble Hornets,” dedicated to Slenderman, appeared on YouTube. Three seasons and 90 episodes were filmed; the series stopped airing in 2014. According to the plot, the hero Alex was filming the film “Marble Hornets”, but suddenly stopped filming and gave the recordings to his friend from film school Jay. Three years later, Jay watched the tape and began his investigation.

In the series, Slenderman was given a middle name - The Operator. It is believed that this is the character's real name, and Slender Man is a nickname given by those who saw him.

Operator Symbol

In 2012, Parsec Productions studio released the game Slender: The Eight Pages, and a year later - Slender: The Arrival. Several films have been made about Slenderman. In 2015, the full-length film “Slender” was released, directed by James Moran, based on the Internet series.

Sony Pictures is working on the full-length film “Slender Man,” which is due to be released in Russia in May 2018. The film is directed by Sylvain White, and based on the trailer, the monster stalks teenagers, enters the minds and kills.

Meaning

Slenderman is not just a meme, but also one of the most successful internet myths created collectively. There is no canon about where he came from and why he kidnaps children. Slenderman enters the minds of his victims and causes hallucinations. It is believed that he is fluent in telepathy - he has no other senses at all.

Most often, Slenderman is depicted in a black suit with a white shirt. He can extend his arms endlessly, sometimes turning into tentacles. The hero is very recognizable and is often found in videos and comics; his image is often joked about - compared to other villains from horror films, and ridiculed by his appearance and clothes.

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The Thin Man, or in English Slender Man, is a monster that kidnaps people. He is tall and very thin, and always wears a black suit with a white shirt and tie. His arms bend anywhere, have no joints and can be extended. He has no face. This character is especially good because it fits perfectly into any photo if the background is poorly lit or there are trees in it.

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Appearance

The difference between the Thin Man and other horror stories is that no one has ever tried to pass it off as reality. On June 8, 2009, a thread was started on the Something Awfull forum, whose participants created fake photographs of ghosts and other mystical creatures in Photoshop. Two days later, a user under the nickname Victor Surge created the Thin Man and even came up with a story about him.

Child abduction

“We didn’t want to go, we didn’t want to kill, but this insistent silence and these open arms frightened and attracted us at the same time...”

The photos were allegedly taken in Stirling City in 1983 by two photographers who then went missing, on the day fourteen children disappeared. They were restored after a fire at the local library a week after the incident. Authorities explained the deformation of the man's limbs in the background as a defect in the film.