I apologize for my absence. Graduation was just last night, and the past few weeks have been me simply unwinding. My last trimester was just as stressful as any, and I rarely found any motivation or time to write a true entry in this blog. But something has happened.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/03/slenderman-wisconsin-stabbing/9934337/
Two Wisconsin girls brutally stabbed their friend nineteen times, just barely missing a vital artery that could have sent her straight to Death’s arms. One disturbing element is that they are only twelve years old. But the next part is far more horrific: they did it simply to impress the first great myth of the internet, Slender Man.
The Slender Man has become a popular face in modern internet horror, appearing in varying bodies of work, such as Creepypastas (which inspired the girls to take on this action). He is typically described as a tall, faceless, pale man wearing a simple black suit. Incarnations of the creature vary, but he is typically portrayed in a villainous manner with various “Proxies”. These are just the little monsters who partake in work for him, as the legend goes. But these girls did not just take it for a fun legend. They attempted to kill their best friend to BECOME A PROXY FOR SLENDER MAN.
Mass stupidity and obsession with a specific media irritates me. The sites that host Creepypasta are in danger of being taken down. But this is just one incident. These girls are mentally unstable. Slender Man is a great character with a terrifying back story, but he is most definitely not real. These girls are absoultely fucking stupid. I do not apologize for my language. They are braindead beyond belief. If you believe for even a second that Slender Man is real and you are not the age of my five year old sister, you are unwell.
Creativity leads to a lot of things, and inspiration is one of them. And inspiration has definitely stemmed in this inciident. Slender Man is not the leader of a ‘cult’, as various sites have reported. He is a mere character that has been called “the internet’s first great myth”. It’s not that hard to look into the creature a bit more to see if it is a true monstrosity.
I just… I’m frustrated. The entire incident is one that can send me to the depths of anger. It frustrates me that a great legend is now the source of a ridiculous incident. It is ridiculous that the character is now viewed in a cult-like manner. Art cannot simply be art any longer it seems these days. It must be something that gives intentions and desire that force the source material to be viewed in a negative light.
Nonetheless, my thoughts do go out the the girl who was stabbed. She is lucky to be alive, the blade just missing a vital artery that would have meant certain death for her.
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