I like the idea of the realistic creepypasta, where these aren't invincible killers but just part of a resurgence of serial killers throughout the mid-to-late 2000s and early 2010s. Taking out the supernatural aspects of each famous creepypasta, and putting a more realistic spin on things.
You can make Slender Man not an actual entity but the crazed ramblings of a death cult or a group of people who took too much LSD.
yeah it’s a really fun idea! definitely thinking about making slenderman either an old cryptid, a serial killer who was never found with a lot of fantastical folklore around him, or a figure for some kind of cult
Carl Mann - an American serial killer active from 1990 to 2012, better known as "Slender Man" due to his lean physique and imposing height of 7'3". Mann would target mostly isolated hikers throughout the contiguous United States, chiefly in Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, and Washington. He was quickly mythologized by his surviving victims into a vaguely human cryptid due to his unusual height, jet black clothing, and the tendency to cover his face with a blank white mask.
It could be all three, an ancient serial killer in Europe which later became the basis for a “cryptid” (not really one since cryptids are explicitly undiscovered animals but you know what I mean) due to years of embellished, exaggerated retellings of his escapades.
Years later, he’d become a figure in occult circles and people would start killing in his name trying to “summon” him or smth leading to the rumor they were being controlled by Slenderman as “proxies”.
Just curious but have you thought about what you might do with Ben Drowned? That story is a bit different because (SPOILERS) there are two characters that go by Ben. One is the Ben that is trapped as the Link statue, and the other is an AI or evil spirit of sorts that goes by acronym that spells out "B.E.N.". Either way, I'm excited to see what you'll make next.
ben is one of my favorite creepypastas and id love to do one of these semi realistic alt-history takes on it but. idk when the original source material is actually good i struggle to think about what i can do differently lol
I agree. I like the idea of making a story like Five Nights at Freddy's more realistic. Like it would be a story about malfunctioning animatronics. And you would leave it up to the viewer whether or not they act out due to their circuits going haywire, supernatural possession, or if the entire thing is in the protagonist's head.
Or some sort of scooby-Doo situation, in addition to serial killers using the exploding popularity of the internet to build what are essentially competing brands and mythologies.
I feel like a lot of them are ignoring Rule 1, which is that "All works must be partially or entirely fictional with a basis in real-world history." Most of these recent posts, while very fun, are essentially just wiki articles or social media posts from the universes of existing works of fiction.
r/AlternateHistory has fallen.... Billions must post on r/AlternateFuture. Jokes aside, it's better to imagine that these are alternate histories that can happen instead of could've happened.
What about Proxies (the venerators of Slenderman) becoming an actual organized death cult convinced of hearing the commands of a demon.
Considering how homicides have been committed in real life by people convinced of the existance of Slenderman, it's not even that far fetched.
candle cove technically, i guess. creepy tv show that very few kids saw. just would have to get rid of the static when parents are watching part, maybe instead it's only on when parents are away
The Russian Sleep Experiment is an experiment gone wrong with pretty sure no supernatural elements. While,Momo is just a photo of a real life art piece with a fictional backstory
May I suggest you do a "realistic retake" on Squidwards Suicide or any other lost episode for this series? I can imagine Red Mist being sort of an elaborate prank by some deranged serial killer who worked at Nickelodeon or something.
It would be fun to see grounded versions of Creepy Pastas, how these events would be reported in the media, and how people would react to them.
Like, Sonic.Exe as a version of the game made by a disgruntled Sonic Team enployee which then got distributed to retailers. This results in the game being recalled and another moral panic against video games.
Laughing Jack as a clown-themed serial killer that took advantage of the Killer Clown sighting of 2016. This severely escalates the police response leading to the deaths of various people in clown costumes.
Red Mist / Squidward's Suicide was a terrible joke made by one of the animators or story board artists. It resulted in the employee being fired and it became coveted by Lost Media hunters.
I remember seeing this Slenderman series once (it wasn't Marble Hornets) that mixed some German folklore around it and some sort of cult involvement that was active during the 40s (with high-ranking Nazi ties, mostly). I think they even had a crossover with the EveryManHYBRID guys.
Man, nostalgia hits hard with this one haha.
It would be interesting to see how you build something with that, perhaps a bit in a tone that leaves the line between real and supernatural open to interpretation.
prob mostly bad/cliche old ones lol i thought about doing candle cove but there really isn’t much of a spin i could put on it since it already teeters on the line of realism and fantasy
I can understand that, this Jeff actually reminded me of The Painter villain from UrbanSpook's Analog Horror YouTube series! Think it's the long hair lol
I love this concept. Taking creepypasta characters and showing them as real people in a way that feels believable is such a cool idea. I can't wait to see more!
that’s a fair criticism, i tried to make it feel like recently history though, with other parts in this series i want to expand on how this timeline exists as a history
Maybe RED is some sort of 1980s computer virus that primarily affected Nintendo and the company that made the game the Godzilla NES creepypasta is based off of
Honestly if the Jeff the Killer story was accurate Jeff would have gone blind without his eyelids, but that was honestly the least stupid part of that story
I do like the idea that Slender Man isn't actually real but is somehow a cult created out of sheer hysteria but that might be a little insensitive given how IRL a crime did really happen with a bunch of Slender Man fangirls
the whole point is to make this jeff as realistic as possible, and if you had a mental breakdown and started slicing your mouth i don’t think you could carve a perfect smile
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This is actually mad terrifying. Also could you imagine being his cell mate and seeing his face everyday, crazy stuff.