The Tutorial
Known as M’s Tutorial, The Tutorial, or simply Get Up High, this blog is reminisce of the early days in the Slenderman mythos, starting with its first post by M on June 24th of 2010, this series is one of the few remembered by those who recognize the blogosphere world of the Slenderman. What is important to note about The Tutorial, is that it was created early in the Slenderman mythos, when the creature was still being tossed around and spread. M’s Tutorial is one of the many blogs that helped spread the Slenderman, but it is fairly different from the rest. Most other stories regarding the Slenderman back in this time of story creation were heavy on story telling and developing stories involving the Slenderman, if not revolving around him. M’s Tutorial unlike the other stories was much like Marble Hornets in the sense that it helped set bases for the mythos to be used in other stories of blogs. Even if most of these are now forgotten, in the time it helped keep the Slenderman alive and strong, helping it to spread more around the internet.
M’s Tutorial isn’t exactly a story. Because of the time period, a number of things about Slender were still unexplained. Many of which the Tutorial attempted to explain were things like the Operator Symbol, surviving and outsmarting the Slenderman, origin theory, and more.
In addition to explanation, M’s Tutorial was another element that connected the blogs and mythos together, as other blogs or stories used the authors explanations, or included M such as in the White Elephants blog story. Ideas and rules made by M were commonly put into other stories.
The actual three rules that M brought to the mythos were to stay up high (as in altitude), keep moving as in don’t stay in one place, and to stay alert and notice surroundings in response to complications or proxies.
While the idea was out there during the time, M’s tutorial supported the ‘runner’ genre of Slenderman stories. Rather than staying in one place to deal with Slender, M was always on the move to run away. So this inspired a great set of stories to be put in this genre.
M’s Tutorial isn’t exactly a story. Because of the time period, a number of things about Slender were still unexplained. Many of which the Tutorial attempted to explain were things like the Operator Symbol, surviving and outsmarting the Slenderman, origin theory, and more.
In addition to explanation, M’s Tutorial was another element that connected the blogs and mythos together, as other blogs or stories used the authors explanations, or included M such as in the White Elephants blog story. Ideas and rules made by M were commonly put into other stories.
The actual three rules that M brought to the mythos were to stay up high (as in altitude), keep moving as in don’t stay in one place, and to stay alert and notice surroundings in response to complications or proxies.
While the idea was out there during the time, M’s tutorial supported the ‘runner’ genre of Slenderman stories. Rather than staying in one place to deal with Slender, M was always on the move to run away. So this inspired a great set of stories to be put in this genre.