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S0… th3 0ld creepypasta fand0m, huh?

i’v3 b33n thinking a l0t ab0ut h0w diff3r3nt things f33l n0w c0mpar3d t0 th3 cha0s an cr3ativity 0f th0s3 3arly fand0m days. Back th3n, y0u c0uld tak3 a charact3r's lik3 masky, toby, eyeless jack, who3v3r and just d0 what3v3r y0u want3d with th3m. Mak3 th3m s0ft, 3dgy, r0mantic, silly, tragic. Ship wars happ3n3d, sur3, but p3opl3 m0stly just vib3d. If y0u had a c00l id3a? y0u mad3 it. N0 0n3 was in y0ur fac3 ab0ut can0n this, cr3at0r int3nt that.

n0w, it f33ls lik3 th3 fand0m’s l0st its whimsy. P30pl3 hat3 0n th3 “cweepypasta” c0mics, 0r drag any0n3 wh0 3v3n m3nti0ns th3 slender mansi0n. Th3r3’s this vib3 that if y0u lik3 th3 0ld fand0m stuff, y0u’r3 cring3, 0r disr3sp3ctful, 0r juat stuck in th3 past. But lik3… what’s wr0ng with liking th3 past?

sur3, i g3t that  s0m3 cr3at0rs hav3 updat3d th3ir charact3rs. Th3 n3w v3rsi0n 0f ticci toby, f0r 3xampl3, waz r3d3sign3d an distanc3d fr0m th3 slenderverse. That’s fair—it’s th3ir w0rk. But l3t’s b3 r3as: th0s3 0ld v3rsi0ns still 3xist, and th3y m3ant a l0t t0 a wh0l3 g3n3ration 0f fans. Toby, masky, hoodie—th3y w3r3 part 0f this wisd shar3d univ3rs3 that w3 built. Ev3n if th0s3 v3rsi0ns ar3n’t can0n n0w, th3y’r3 still a hug3 part 0f wat  mad3 th3 fand0m fun.

an h0n3ztly? th3 0ld fand0m was just m0r3 acc3ssibl3. Y0u didn’t n33d t0 m3m0ris3 17 disclaim3rs b3for3 drawing fanart. Y0u didn’t n33d t0 k33p up with l0r3 updat3s 0r av0id “pr0bl3matic” j0k3s lik3 Toby l0ving waffl3s (which, y3s, was a thing , and it was dumb and fun and harml3ss). Pe0pl3 just mad3 stuff. An y3ah, n0t all 0f it was gr3at, but it was cr3ativ3. It was aliv3.

n0w? it f33ls lik3 y0u n33d a p3rmissi0n slip t0 3nj0y anything. Y0u g3t sid3-3y3d f0r drawing slender mansion AU's 0r making OC's that int3ract with th3 0ld cr3w. But lik3… n0n3 0f this was 3v3r can0n. W3 all kn3w it wasn’t. That’s what  mad3 it fr33ing.

s0 y3ah, i’ll say it: i lik3 th3 0ld fand0m m0r3. It was cha0tic an silly an full 0f w3ird fanc0mics and cring3y s3lf-ins3rts and it was awes0m3. L3t pe0pl3 3nj0y what  th3y 3nj0y. L3t us k33p th3 cr3ativity aliv3, 3v3n if it’s n0t “can0n-appr0v3d.”

l0ng liv3 th3 sl3nd3r manzi0n w3ird0s. L0ng liv3 th3 waffl3 j0k3s. L0ng liv3 th3 3ra wher3 b3ing cring3 just m3ant y0u w3r3 having fun.