History Blog / ObserveAndTerminate

** Wanna fight Slender Man? Invent a gun that will work against? [[spoiler: Hell no. Let's make an [[DropTheHammer electrified melee weapon]] instead.]]

* CaptainErsatz: To the Wiki/SCPFoundation.

* ShoutOut: Specter's orders for Nightcrawler to stop killing runners is accompanied by a line about him being a "[[Machinima/RedVsBlue Teamkilling Fucktard]]."

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Nightcrawler believes that the Slender Man is a "tulpa", an entity made manifest by people's collective fear. So his plan? [[spoiler: Kill every single person that knows about The Slender Man, thus destroying it when no one is left to believe in it. Mind you, that's not only every character in every blog, but if the subscription size of WebVideo/{{Marble Hornets}} means anything, that's [[KillEmAll over 50,000 people]].]]

The [[CaptainErsatz Paranormal Termination Consortium]] - a [[NGOSuperpower secret organization]] that suppresses and protects against paranormal threats on all levels around the world. Observe and Terminate focuses on the Slender Man division of the organization and its efforts to research and destroy the creature. Notable amongst Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos for being [[GenreShift not so much a horror story as an action film]], at least at first. The PTC has been [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover mentioned and featured in numerous other works in the mythos]] and has grown into one of the better known blogs.

* ForScience: Part of the overall goals of the PTC. Not only do they try and figure out new scientific principals for use in their line of work, but anything with useful real world applications makes a nice extra return on investment for the corporations that secretly back it.

* FrickinLaserBeams: They have these, and portable too. The "Laser Carbines" actually proved effective against the Slender Man the first time. Maybe a little too sci-fi for the mythos, but {{Rule of Cool}} is in effect.

** [[spoiler:I've been hearing about a disturbing practice in the Military Department that's spread to the Science Department. The PTC has no official funeral proceedings or protocol, as you know. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny So, why the hell have you people been laying corpses out in the gunship docking bay and throwing active hand grenades at them to the tune of Taps?!]] I mean, Jesus fucking Christ, people! That's just fucked up! [[http://nightcrawler-observeandterminate.blogspot.com/2011/04/falsehoods.html No more PTC funerals!]]]]

* OneOfUs: Specter has made several links to TV Tropes and even name dropped a few particularly tropes.

* GenreShift: It's the action movie of the Slender Man Mythos, [[LoveItOrHateIt something not everyone likes.]]

** [[spoiler: The repeated use of names from the ComicBook/{{X-Men}} was completely unintentional.]]

The [[CaptainErsatz Paranormal Termination Consortium]] - a [[NGOSuperpower secret organization]] that suppresses and protects against paranormal threats on all levels around the world. Observe and Terminate focuses on the Slender Man division of the organization and its efforts to research and destroy the creature. Notable amongst the {{Slender Man Mythos}} for being [[GenreShift not so much a horror story as an action film]], at least at first. The PTC has been [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover mentioned and featured in numerous other works in the mythos]] and has grown into one of the better known blogs.

* {{Badass}}: Nightcrawler. And Basroil 2, who made a point of dispatching an entire squad sent after him.

* ShoutOut: Specter's orders for Nightcrawler to stop killing runners is accompanied by a line about him being a "[[RedVsBlue Teamkilling Fucktard]]."

* WordofGod: [[spoiler:McDonalds [[FrontOrganization provides a large portion of the funds for the PTC.]]]]

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Nightcrawler believes that the Slender Man is a "tulpa", an entity made manifest by people's collective fear. So his plan? [[spoiler: Kill every single person that knows about The Slender Man, thus destroying it when no one is left to believe in it. Mind you, that's not only every character in every blog, but if the subscription size of {{Marble Hornets}} means anything, that's [[KillEmAll over 50,000 people]].]]

** [[spoiler: The repeated use of names from the {{X-Men}} was completely unintentional.]]

** [[spoiler: ItGotWorse. The entire PTC is at risk of collapsing financially because of their division.]] [[http://nightcrawler-observeandterminate.blogspot.com/2011/06/inconsistent.html]]

->''The target hasn't been eliminated yet, which leads me to believe it may very well be indestructible, but the fact remains that good people are dying. A single option is slowly becoming clear. If this creature exists solely because of human belief, then maybe removing that little factor will remove the creature.''
->--'''Nightcrawler'''

* HeroicSociopath: Nightcrawler started out as one and went downhill.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Observe and Terminate is generally considered a well-written blog by many for bringing something new to the Mythos, and is absolutely hated by others for the [[GenreShift change in writing style]] that makes it so different from other stories in the Mythos.

* FriendlySniper: B2 is a great sniper. And he'll crack jokes and post about now much he's enjoying {{Fallout New Vegas}}.

* CaptainErsatz: To the WebOriginal/SCPFoundation.