The speaker discusses their love for Slender Man, a popular internet character, and how it helped kick-start their YouTube career. They mention their first viral video featuring Slender Man, which gained them 10,000 subscribers and inspired them to pursue YouTube as a full-time job. The speaker also talks about their personal connection to Slender Man, using it as a lucid dream symbol and expressing their desire to create a scripted series featuring the character.
The main topic of discussion is the new Slender Man movie by Sony, which the speaker believes misrepresents the character's original spirit. They criticize the movie's plot, which is based on a real-life stabbing incident, and argue that it would have been better to focus on the character's original concept of stalking and mystery.
The speaker also shares their idea for a new Slender Man prank series, where they would be stalked by the character, and asks their audience for feedback. They express their enthusiasm for creating content around Slender Man and invite their viewers to suggest topics for future videos.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Slender Man originated as an old folklore story.
2. Slender Man became an extremely popular character all over the Internet.
3. The peak hype of Slender Man was between 2010 and 2013.
4. The narrator posted his first Slender Man video on December 3rd, 2012.
5. The narrator had only 4000 subscribers before posting the Slender Man video.
6. The Slender Man video pushed the narrator's subscriber count far past 10,000.
7. The narrator's Slender Man video was his most viral video ever.
8. The narrator got a tattoo of Slender Man a couple of months before the video was recorded.
9. The narrator wants to make a scripted series featuring Slender Man.
10. The narrator thinks the new Slender Man movie by Sony does not represent what Slenderman is.
11. The movie is based on the stabbing incident that happened between three teenage girls.
12. The narrator thinks the movie would have been better if it was based on someone being stalked by Slenderman.
13. The narrator wants to watch the entire Marble Hornets series with his audience.
14. The narrator is an avid lucid dreamer and uses the Slenderman X as his lucid dream symbol.
15. The narrator has a whiteboard with Slenderman artwork from a long time ago.
16. The narrator is planning to write a script for a Slenderman stalker series.
17. The narrator wants to film a new Slenderman prank in 2018.