Trivia / Go to Sleep (A Jeff the Killer Rewrite)

• What Could Have Been: A different ending idea had Jeff running into Slender Man after he kills his family, but the idea was discarded for being too "proxy-esque".
• Word of God: The author's podcast where she revisits the rewrite in 2020 has clarifications regarding events in the story:
  • Most of the rumors about Randy's broken home life are false. Even Randy lies about having Abusive Parents when he claims his father poured bleach on him, but it's possible that his parents are neglectful. It is true that Randy harms animals for fun, however, and he has gotten into trouble with cops several times before, presumably for that reason. He just happens to be a manipulative jerkass with an underlying case of Antisocial Personality Disorder, possibly psychopathy.
  • What happened to Ben in the time Jeff ran back to the cabin before finding him? Randy was causing a commotion at the docks by picking on a kid. Ben stands up to Randy to protect the kid, and Randy pushes Ben into the water. Others either presume that he's faking his drowning or didn't care enough to help him, and by the time a counsellor rescues him, the damage had been done.
  • Although the timeframe or location isn't explicitly mentioned in the story, the events occur in 2010 in a New Jersey suburb.

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