![]() The writing project found its humble beginnings in the primordial soup of the 4chan /x/ board, alongside other horror posts. Protect” and “Special Containment Procedures”), an international shadow-governmental group that maintains normalcy by keeping anomalous entities and phenomenon secret from the general population. The SCP project is an online collaborative writing project centered around the clandestine SCP Foundation (SCP standing for “Secure. The greatest example of the evolution of creepypasta’s legacy is its sister project: SCP. #CREEPYPASTA SLENDER THE EIGHT PAGES SERIES#On the internet, one can see how tropes created by creepypasta have been readapted and improved, such as the “haunted game” cliché that evolved from subpar short stories to creepy and complex video series like Petscop. #CREEPYPASTA SLENDER THE EIGHT PAGES MOVIE#Its popularity was even enough to garner mainstream attention, with movie studios adapting the popular Slender Man creepypasta for a wider audience. Regardless of the opinion one holds, creepypasta profoundly shaped how horror would be experienced in the internet age and has birthed numerous pieces of derivative media that can be found anywhere you look. With all of these connections in mind, it’s no wonder the three are so tightly knit.ĭespite creepypastas decline in relevancy in the mid 2010s, its legacy lives on in many places. This is also similar to parents’ relationships with video games. The internet used to be for a predominantly mature audience, but due to parent’s negligence of their children, many problems have occured, ones that the parents blame on the internet. With a history of tragedy that proceeded the growth of a child audience, I think that the history of creepypasta is much like the internet’s. While there are still many enthusiasts out there, it’s widely agreed upon that creepypastas are no longer what they once were in terms of popularity. It was because of this lack of quality control that caused the general perception of creepypastas to be seen as generally childish, and silly.Īnd of course, my final theory being that just like many things, creepypastas were merely a fad. The older members of the community noticed this, and content creators began to make videos highlighting their best of the worst creepypastas for laughs. This resulted in a plethora of ill written stories, with little to no literary understanding. Over the past decade, children have become increasingly prominent on the internet, and thusly upon seeing creepypastas decided to try and make their own. Not only that, but while originally intended for a mature audience, I believe that a good portion of the creepypasta community’s fanbase was children, and it could be that after the incident, parents began to pay more attention to what their children were doing online. However, I believe that may have implemented a negative idea of the community in peoples minds, which may have caused the growth of the community to stagnate. I don’t think that it’s a coincidence that the same year that the Slender Man stabbing occurred, the search term hit its peak. (However, it does appear that in July of 2020, it hit another peak in terms of YouTube searches.) So what happened? While there is no concrete answer, I have a few theories. Google Trends shows us that the term “creepypasta” hit it’s peak in terms of searches in June of 2014, and ever since then has hit a steep decline. The early 2010’s were prime time for creepypastas, but the popularity didn’t last long. However, there are always a slight few who take it too far. As he is a fictional character, you can make him into anything you want him to be. Now, I mean absolutely no harm to those who simply like the character romantically. They see the character as a sad and broken teen who they could fix, a bad boy if you will. The reason why I believe this is, is that the characters’ sad and dark past makes him attractive. Jeff the Killer has an insurmountable amount of fangirls, who wish to go out with the character and even be like the character. You heard me correctly, although it may not be too surprising to you. It was not Jeff the Killers literary prowess that got him to the level of fame that he is at now, but rather young teen girls’ attraction to the fictional character. The story is not realistic enough to be frightening, there is little to no suspense to the story, and most of the characters’ objectives aren’t very clear. While the most popular creepypasta, Jeff the Killer is regarded as a fairly awful creepypasta in terms of literature. The original image, which looking back on it… is just very badly photoshopped. ![]()
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