Line #7 Blog/SevenshotKid


1	Eric is a teenager that started a blog a while ago in which he reviewed comic books. It wasn't popular at all so he gave up on it very quickly. But in April, 2011 he found something in a local park. You see, Eric had a friend named Marc(us) that moved away a couple months ago in August, 2010 without any hint that he was leaving. Marc had been working on a blog for a blog/documentary contest about himself and the town he lived in. As it turns out, what Eric found at the park was a hidden collection of discs containing the entries for Marc's unpublished blog. Eric hasn't had any contact with Marc since he moved away and he hasn't been able to find him online.
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3	Now he has an idea. Eric has re-purposed his blog as a means to reach out to his old friend. He's even using his Website/{{Youtube}} account to post the videos Marc made in the hope that they find their way back to him.
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5	So Eric has been posting the videos for a bit but he's noticed something odd. Like a certain [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos well dressed gentleman]] in the background of the videos. Now Eric isn't actually too sure about what was going on with his friend during his last days in town so he starts blogging about it and trying to find out what really happened.
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7	He does.
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9	The blog starts [[http://comicbooklimbo.blogspot.com/2011/04/slight-change-of-plans.html here]]. The Youtube channel is [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SevenshotKid?feature=mhum right here]]. And there is also a [[http://twitter.com/#!/SevenshotKid Twitter account]].
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11	It may be of note that this project places just as much importance on the blog side of things as it does on the videos. Since there are two protagonists the story seems to be divvied up between the two according to the medium. Whereas Marc has the most importance in the videos, Eric has (most of) the spotlight in the blogs.
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13	And now it appears to have come to an end. The [=YouTube=] channel was taken down by the creators, as was the blog.
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16	!!This series provides examples of:
17	%%* AbhorrentAdmirer: Eric considers himself one.
18	%%* ActionSurvivor: Both Marc and Eric.
19	%%* AlienGeometries: Par for the course when it comes to Slenderblogs these days.
20	%%* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent
21	%%* ApocalypticLog: Marc's blog might be turning this way.
22	* AudienceParticipation: Eric has no problem interacting with people that follow his blog online. And Marc doesn't either. In fact, several plot developments have been spurred along by commenters.
23	%%* {{Backstory}}: Given on the blog and in the Intro video.
24	%%* BadassInANiceSuit: Three guesses. The first two don't count. And no prizes.
25	%%* BehindTheBlack
26	%%* BeingWatched: Marc never says he feels like he's being watched but it's implied when he starts [[spoiler: taping himself at night]] and then it is [[spoiler: immediately confirmed]].
27	%%* TheBlank: Subverted. This Slender Man only appears this way [[spoiler: in person]] but looks [[spoiler: human]] on video.
28	%%* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive
29	%%* CharacterBlog: The whole thing.
30	%%* ChekhovsGun: Marc showcasing his stereo in his first video doesn't seem so pointless now, does it?
31	%%* {{Crossover}}: Roy from That Tall Stalker Dude posts regularly. [[spoiler: Even from beyond the grave.]]
32	%%** But not to the point that one needs to follow other blogs in order to keep up.
33	%%** [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd Soy Sauce]](?).
34	%%* CuriosityKilledTheCast: Marc starts off really interested in these weird, almost-but-not-quite posters from around town.
35	* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Marc and Eric seem to have fallen into a cycle of deals with the Slender Man where they keep giving themselves over to him for possession in order to save the other.]] Marc has taken measures to try and break this cycle.
36	%%* DemonicPossession
37	%%* {{Determinator}}
38	%%* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: That's Marc's plan. But it's up to [[spoiler: Eric]] to see it through.
39	%%* DoNotGoGentle
40	%%* EnRouteSumUp: Marc seems to be attempting it.
41	%%* FailedASpotCheck: C'mon Marc, make sure to look completely around the corner next time!
42	%%* FakeMemories
43	%%* FreezeFrameBonus: Attempted.
44	%%* {{Geek}}: Marc mentions a fairly substantial comic book collection. And Eric's blog was originally a comic book review site.
45	%%* HalfwayPlotSwitch: As of May 14th, this appears to have occurred.
46	%%* {{Homage}}: The whole thing appears to be one for WebVideo/MarbleHornets.
47	* HopeSpot: Eric has stopped looking into Marc's disappearance for the time being and is enjoying a break free of his prior coughing and cold spells. But it's only a matter of time before he looks at that [[SchmuckBait last video...]] [[spoiler: He did.]]
48	%%* IdiotHero
49	%%* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler: Eric complains about it in his blog...]]
50	%%* TheInsomniac: Marc seems to have some slight trouble sleeping. [[spoiler: Eric, too.]]
51	%%* ItsPersonal: It's been that way from the beginning for Eric.
52	%%* JewishAndNerdy: Marc.
53	%%* JigsawPuzzlePlot
54	%%* JumpCut: Used occasionally.
55	%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia
56	%%* LateToTheTragedy: Much like [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets Jay]], Eric got his hands on these videos a while after they were made.
57	%%* {{Leitmotif}}: The usual audio and visual distortion.
58	%%* MindScrew: Is starting to enter this territory.
59	%%* {{Minimalism}}: The people making this are teenagers. So this is as much a design choice as it is a necessity.
60	%%* NoPeripheralVision
61	%%* NonActionGuy
62	%%* NothingIsScarier: Attempted in [[spoiler: Video Blog Entry# 14]].
63	%%* OffscreenTeleportation: [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos You know who.]]
64	%%* OhCrap: Happens in Video Blog Entry #12.
65	%%* PuppeteerParasite
66	%%%%* RightBehindMe: This tends to happen.
67	%%* RoomFullOfCrazy: Marc's room is a bit of a mess.
68	%%* RuleOfScary: It's attempted.
69	%%* ScrapbookStory
70	%%* SeekerArchetype: Marc and Eric.
71	* ShoutOut: A worn down copy of a ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' comic becomes a plot point. It's not surprising considering the two leads are comic book fans but there are certain parallels between the plot of the series and ''Ghost Rider'' that Eric points out.
72	%%* StalkerWithoutACrush: Eric thinks Marc had one thanks to what he see in the videos and Marc's complete disappearance. [[spoiler: He's half right.]]
73	%%* StealthHiBye
74	%%* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat
75	* TookALevelInBadass: Eric takes a couple when he [[spoiler: tears his Slender Man to pieces with his bare hands]].
76	%%* TroubledProduction: The video blog.
77	%%* VoiceOfTheLegion:[[spoiler: Marc]]
78	%%* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Video Blog Entry #12]]
79	%%* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "I haven't seen anyone in a couple of weeks."]] Doesn't even begin to hold a candle to [[spoiler: "Who the hell is Eric?"]]

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