Thursday, November 25, 2010

Slenderproxies

Well. I thought my life had gotten interesting recently, and yet it seems that I have been outdone by practically every single Slenderblog out there. There has been a pretty large scale coordinated attack on many of the bloggers who are going to participate in the Solstice. Robert (Guardian) was captured, but so far it seems that all other bloggers were able to survive/escape their attacks. Which would be something to be thankful for today, though I believe most would be more thankful had it not happened at all. On the bright side, you’ve all done a wonderful job of putting my problems in perspective, and I no longer feel I have the right to complain about coughing up blood (nothing supernatural, I just cut the inside of my mouth open when I fell during a run) or any of the other insane things going on with me. Compared to what you’re all going through right now, it’s all just minor inconveniences. For the full story of what happened, you need to check out….. A lot of blogs. A Hint of Serendipity, Enter Light, Road to the Heavens, and White Elephants seem to have been focal points of attacks, with other stuff going on at Vivere Disce, Para-Not-So-Normal, Paranormal Log, etc. Stay safe, guys.

Two things before we begin. First off, Marble Hornets has started season 2. Here’s a link to the new video, though by now I expect most of you have already seen it. Secondly, check out the Slenderblog. With it, Golem Tulpa Anima, and Slenderia, that brings us up to three informative blogs. Three seems to be becoming a reoccurring number here.

Onto business.

Slenderproxies

(Sorry about the short post; not really able to make something as long as I usually do right now. Things getting a bit hectic on my end of things.)

Aka Hallowed, aka Agents, aka Husks, aka Indoctrinated, aka Maskies, aka deadheads, aka etc. Slenderproxy is the overarching term I use to describe all the various kinds of humans who follow Slender Man, willingly or unwillingly. Within the category of proxy are a variety of other subcategories, with the two most common being Hallowed (people whose minds are completely controlled by Slender Man) and Agents (people who make a conscious choice to willingly follow Slender Man). Originally, I had a pretty long post planned out here, explaining what the different types of proxies that have appeared are, their behavior, etc. But then Reach posted a comment on White Elephants which did that all for me, so I’ll be stealing his work and claiming it as my own (Just like Thomas Edison!)

“1 - The Hallowed, those who have been totally dominated by him and act only upon his will. Brainless, emotionless drones. Useful for attacking but otherwise useless. From my limited interactions, they just sit around in a catatonic state when he's not leading them like puppets. Standard mooks.

2 - The Berserkers, those who are under his control but can act on their own when he can't be arsed commanding them. These are far more dangerous than the Hallowed, because they can work their way into positions of trust to further his agenda. They often think they're Agents, but they're not really….

3 - The Sleepers, who are under his control but not aware…. Often Runners, they come under his control when they're mind is at its weakest, during blackouts or sleep. He then uses them to attack other Runners. They are, for this reason, considerably more dangerous than Berserkers; Berserkers act like they're not under his control, but Sleepers don't know.

4 - The Agents, who act for him despite not being under his control. Whatever their motivations, if they act on his behalf, then they are Agents…. One of their biggest assets is that they're totally sane and retain all of their mental faculties which means they can target Runner in ways far more creative than anything that the Tall One himself can think up. Albert Conaghan is the reference.

5 - The Revenants, who I am too wary to speak of right now. Suffice to say... we (Revenants) are far and away the most dangerous. And that's not a boast, it is a statement of fact. It's a good thing for you that we're few in number and an even better thing that none of us are currently in the field.” EDIT: On March 20, 2011, Reach removed Revenants from the Mythos, retconning them into a hallucination caused by Slender Man. Because Slendy likes to screw with us like that.

On his own blog, Reach made the claim that “Sometimes, in order to empower his minions, the Tall One turns them into a vessel of "Slenderpower", allowing them to channel the energy from the Other Side.”, though I haven’t seen any in-story examples of that.

So that I can feel like I have contributed at least somewhat, I’ll talk a bit about the codification of proxies. Followers of Slender Man did appear in the original stories, but it was, of course, Marble Hornets which made the proxy that most people remember (Masky/totheark). Masky was the inspiration for the Hallowed type of proxy, and it’s a mark of the Hallowed to often wear masks. The Agent type of proxy was codified by Seeking Truth, with Albert Conaghan (as Reach mentioned). Hallowed and Agents are the only two “confirmed” types of proxies; they have appeared in multiple stories, whereas the remaining three on Reach’s list have only been confirmed by Reach.

On Anomalous Data, Jay was able to rescue a Hallowed through use of drugs which induced amnesia. After interviewing her, he discovered that Hallowed are linked in a hive mind to Slender Man.

Again, sorry for the shortness of the post, but Reach had already gone over most of my main points (and in a much more concise way than is my usual style).

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22 comments:

  1. Sorry for the self-plug, but which of the categories do you think the guys that are after me fit?

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  2. Omega you have been targeted. That is all.

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  3. @Peter: Sounds like some sort of temporary mind control. Possibly Hallowed, or Berserker. Have you seen any of those people since the party?

    @Xavier: Oh, hey, it's the magical hands blog guy. Do you enjoy gamejacking? It seems to be a bit of a hobby for you.

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  4. Sorry for being a n00b (new internet vocabulary, woohoo!) but when is the Solstice? I've heard something is going on then, not sure what the hell it is (finding it hard to keep up what with work and Chester and Christmas coming up AUGH) and I'd feel a lot better if I actually knew what's happening.

    I went to Robert (Sage)'s blog to see if I could glean anything but it all seems to have gone completely insane. I was already confused enough, what with the title business and all...

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  5. You're a Revenant? Why on earth would you provide this much info or feel for us? Would Slenderman keep so many not truly loyal to HIm by his side? Both you and Reach seem like you want Him to lose.

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  6. I'm not a revenant. I was quoting Reach, who is one. I'm just a guy who has a blog.

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  7. Sorry to nitpick, but in your first paragraph in the post, *serendipity.

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  8. Woot, I got plug'd! Thanks, Omega!

    Looking over this, I'd personally say that Albert Conahagen struck me more as a Berserker than an Agent. Seemed to me that he only had about half of his own mind.

    Anyway, this Solstice thing sounds big. Most of what I know, admittedly, is off of TV Tropes, and I've pretty much finished with everything they've got there. The Solstice was not part of that. Where do you recommend going next? White Elephants, I know, and I'm going to start working my way through that when it's a bit less "middle of the night" outside, but where else should I be going? I need...I need information. I need to know what the hell's going on right now. Help us help you help us all, y'know?

    Andy

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  9. White Elephants you need to read for an understanding of Core Theory. After that, if you're just looking for information for your blog, you should read Anomalous Data and Testing 1,2,3. Then if you want more Core Theory stuff, you can read the new Sages' blogs.
    If you want more story kind o' deal, In My Head is decently written (and actually finished). Make It Count, Scared, and H(a)unting are all currently ongoing, but have strong followings, so you might want to look at those sometime.

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  10. @Omega: Yes, they're actively following me. Seems like they can slowly home in on any new place I'm in for longer than a day. It's become quite a pain, really.

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  11. Unless you can figure out how much free will they've retained, it would be difficult to classify them. They seem a bit too sane for Hallowed, so it's likely something higher leveled. Possibly berserkers or agents.

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  12. I'm not looking so much for information at this point, though I'm going to read those blogs anyway. I pretty much know my theories, and not too much is going to get me to change them at this point. I need to know what's going on now. Like...really need to know by this point.

    I've read White Elephants now (and it looks like I arrived just a few days late...just my luck), so I'm going to be working on the blogs of everyone given a title (excluding the Mystic and Hermit, as I've already read their blogs). Anything I won't get there that's really necessary reading?

    Andy

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  13. You're trying to catch up with all the Core Theory blogs? Hoo boy, that'll be a tough task. There's currently around 10+ of them. The only reason I can stay up with them is because I started following them early on instead of archive binging, and now even I'm losing track of stuff within them.

    I can pull up links to all the blogs related to it, or I can just point out to you the main ones. The latter would be much easier to go through without having to dedicate an entire weekend to reading, but you may miss out on some minor details.

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  14. Doesn't seem too bad. Most of the Core Theory blogs are fairly short, yesno? As in, under 30 entries? I've gone through some that have up to 20 entries just in one month. I dunno, at this point, It's not big. I'm starting to get a bit...desperate.

    Anyway, finding the main Core Theory blogs shouldn't be too hard. Most of them are commenter in the sections. Although it looks like that "Nessa" girl's blog is, well, going to be impossible to read, as it's no longer there. No, what I need at this point are the important blogs outside the Core Theory.

    Andy

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  15. It's not the entries you need worry about, it's the comments. Some of those posts have over 100 comments of back and forth interaction going on between them.

    Right now, the biggest stories outside of Core Theory are Scared, H(a)unting, Make it Count, Lost Within Green Sky/It's Your Very Own...!, and Finding the Darkness (though that hasn't updated in several weeks).
    If you haven't already seen it, there's a more updated list of Slender Man stories/ARGs on page 15 of Unfiction's list.
    http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29732&start=210

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  16. What an intriguing concept this all is. I must delve further into it, for it reminds me of something I can't quite place.

    I confess to admiring your backdrop, I feel I should acquire a camera to graft a similar image upon my journal. Thank you for your time.

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  17. Omega, I recommend deleting every piece of data you've gotten from Robert. It's all compromised. Might lead people down a bad path. or maybe at least put a warning before it or something.

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  18. At risk of going down a bad path, I would really like to read all of Robert's previous posts before his mind and his blog were wiped. Does anyone have an archive of the posts and comments?

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  19. you won't get it from me Isaak. Trust me, don't bother.

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  20. @Zero: It's my goal to gather all the information related to Slender Man that I can, and leave it up to the readers to decide what is and isn't credible. As such, I don't plan on editing my old information (also, doing so would require time I don't have....)

    @Isaak: When I get time, I was planning to find archived versions of the blog. It's well written, but the theory it presents has fallen out of favor lately due to many of the people who claimed to be following it grossly exaggerating and distorting it, to the point where we had people claiming they had superpowers and such. It's a nice read, but I would recommend against deciding to give yourself a (title) and talking about finding the (hero) when your done.

    (On that note, I have no intention of dropping my title (Scribe). Because I think it sounds pretty cool. And I really don't use it much, anyways.)

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  21. look what does he do to runners im a berserker but i cant do this anymore im scared! HELP ME

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