#otherwise; i absolutely LOVE this

[celestialvexation-arch]

Really?? OK then: so, the basic premise was that it was to be a horror comedy.

It was written back in the day when some remnants of the Slenderverse community were still around, so, naturally, the idea was to make a sort of parody of most Slenderverse series, be it the Platonic ideal of all Slenderverse creations that is Marble Hornets, or one of the subsequent series like Everyman Hybrid or Tribe Twelve.

This basic idea was mixed with all those viral posts about how Gen Z wants to die and how they wouldn't even notice anything freaky happening, etc. As you can guess from that, the main characters were a bunch of Gen Z, with exactly one exception - the token millennial character, exactly one year older than the rest. He was also the straight man of the whole thing, because every horror and every comedy need a genre savvy straight man.

The actual plot of this thing (named Maximum Homiecide) revolved around the main character, Paul Jake, going on a trip with his friends to film an ARG (called Horny And Dying for reasons I literally cannot remember right now) - all the friends (except for Daniel the millennial) were exaggerated stereotypes surrounding Gen Z: There was Skye, the valley girl e-girl; Aiden, whose personality I cannot remember right now; and one more guy whose name I've forgotten but whose only personality trait was that he films vertically (this was before Tiktok), which is why he had to die first (for his vertical sins but also because he was the first character to film and the vertical orientation would make people stop watching. Presumably.)

and there was, of course, Daniel: the genre savvy straight man with an interest in the occult.

And there was Paul Jake himself - the prototypical stereotype of Gen Z, without a care in the world, the kind of guy who makes prank videos and the shittiest rap music you've ever had the displeasure of hearing.

Of course, there were a few other characters as well: notably, Slenderman. Who was supposed to be played by someone on circus-level stilts. Other notable character was Diogenes. As in the philosopher Diogenes. This character was literally just the soul of the Greek philosopher. He got trapped in an Old And Evil-unleashing Book™ that the characters were supposed to find in an abandoned cabin. I don't remember how this happens in the script, but he becomes Slenderman's minion in exchange for a body. His task is essentially to sabotage the main characters. The problem is that they just don't care and honestly don't remember that this guy with black eyes and claws wasn't a part of their friend group to begin with. The only one who protests is Daniel. Daniel and Diogenes get really weird and vaguely homoerotic later in the script.

At one point, Skye tries to get a date with Slenderman. She keeps referring to him as "Tall daddy."

At least two separate people become disciples, but I'm unsure which ones. I think that it kept changing in the script. At one point the plan was to actually have EVERYONE be a disciple but wear the same mask, for comedic effect.

Oh yeah, at the end it turns out that Paul Jake is actually not a human at all but some kind of weird insanely powerful being masquerading as a human (think the Shaggy memes that were popular a few years back). This is foreshadowed by off-handed remarks that are brushed off as Gen Z humour.

[0fps]

JANE DOE ❖ undercover r&b

The big bad daddy who cussed you out every day is gone and yet you still miss him. What are you, a bunch of daddy's boys?

[satanicdollx]

@ people I see regularly in my notes, even if we're not moots I see you and I appreciate you so fucking much

[the-simple-creature]

I'm not going to say anything...

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NOTHING!

(Thank you @tacktheyak buttonblossom is amazing!)

(DO YOU SEE POMNI'S EYES.)

700 NOTES! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[existwound-moved]

they are extremely normal about each other

[somegrumpynerd]

Cross has trouble getting to sleep alone in his room and goes looking for a distraction, but ends up finding a solution for both of them

[meepcries]

ACD really went from this to this in the span of one closet apology 😭😭😭

[scalierpepper]

Gave my pfp a bit of a glow up!!

Neat to see the one year improvement

[homkamiro]

Scoutling so cute 🥺

As much as I love lesbian Pauling headcanon, something about Scout being attentive and genuinely supportive to her gives me giggles. They are cute cmon

Both? Both is good. I'm a Scout multishipper

[clownsuu]

Small detour of what I usually post, but I absolutely wish (other) clown the best of luck during these confusing and almost hopeless times- nobody knows how to deal with such amount of attention in such short amount of time- a blessing and a curse to behold

[thekittyokat]

you ever just have a lot, a LOT of feelings all at once about a character and not even remotely enough words or brainpower to FORM the words to describe everything you're feeling. so it feels like you may explode. yeah

[beatriceportinari]

The manticore, origami, one square sheet of paper

[sunshine-zenith]

Henry is a Boyfriend Hoodie Thief your honor

[musicalgifs]

the thing about local theatre is that it is great and supporting it is always a good thing to do but you ARE always at risk of being jumpscared by your high school drama teacher

[destielwarmsthecocklesofmyheart]

[borgialucrezia]

machiavelli should've written a wholeass book about the borgia siblings trio and what has been going on between them because mf was a cabinet full of unspilled teas