User blog:Dorkpool/Slender Mansion

I do and I don't hate the concept of the Slender Mansion. For those few of you who don't know, the Slender Mansion is supposed to be the place where Slender Man lives, along with other well known Creepypasta characters. It's an interesting concept, but it's mostly used to justify certain ships (OMG!!1! SLENDYXJEFF!). Many accuse it of "ruining" Creepypasta.

See, I kind of like it because it can allow itself to comedy, and I do like comedy. And, granted, Creepypasta isn't supposed to be about comedy, but it's a good way to make some of the characters less scary so you can sleep (Creepypasta, I like. Insomnia, however, I don't.). However, I have to stress one thing about it:

SLENDER MANSION IS NOT CANON.

Got that, everybody?

SLENDER MANSION IS NOT CANON.

This just bothers me. In-fandom, it's fine, but it's not canon and I personally feel it shouldn't be. Creepypasta is about fear, and the idea of these characters goofing around and having that be canon makes them quite a bit less scary. And let's not even get started on the ships. I could do a whole rant on the ships, and probably will at some point.

Yet quite a few people think the Mansion is canon. Remember those twits who stabbed their friends a couple of months ago? Yeah, they wanted to live in the Slender Mansion. In fact, they were found trying to get there. Which reminds me...

'SLENDER. MASNION. IS. NOT. CANON.'

(In case you didn't get it the first time)

Another thing about the concept that bothers me is how they ignore canon elements or make shit up. For example:

CANON: Jane the Killer despises Jeff and wants him dead.

MANSION: Aren't Jane and Jeff a cute couple?

CANON: What in God's name is Eyeless Jack?

MANSION: Jack is totally a cannibal

CANON: BEN (from BEN Drowned) is a ghost in a game cartridge.

MANSION: Ben can just walk around.

CANON: Slender Man is a being with very little known about him, but is known to drive people insane. He seems to hate people.

MANSION: Aren't Jeff and Slendy great friends?

CANON: These characters would never have romantic relations with one another.

MANSION: OMG!!!1! SLENDYXJEFF BENXJEFF JANEXJEFF AND ISN'T JEFF CUTE?!?1?

See my point?

Listen, in-fandom, this is fine, but remember, it's not canon, and don't you fucking think for a second it is.