I see a ton of like arguments about how Tim and Brian would never really work for the operator they hate that thing and actively try to thwart it and they would never work for it willingly, they would have to be forced which sure is angsty as hell and fun but then you lose the potential of the fun an silly antics they could have with other proxies or creepypasta, especially in Slendermansion type aus.
And I like mean that with all the nostalgia in my heart bc like. Honestly, Masky and Hoodie were never really Tim and Brian, mischaracterization aside.
In the fanfics it was always just Masky and Hoodie. Tim’s name would maybe get mentioned once every hundred fics or for angst stuff but Brian’s was never brought up- (granted this may also be because in 2011-2013 when I was into creepypasta and it was at its peak of fandom creativity, slender mansion fics, crossovers, etc. the identity of hoodie wasnt revealed so he was just hoodie. likewise i understand this is why many made them work for the operator, because up until season 3 or so that was the assumption of most people at the time)
But like og fanon guys gave Masky the gun and Hoodie had a pipe/wrench. Masky was the leader and Hoodie was very much just a support/side character (even though that’s tbh the opposite in Mh, I digress). Old creepypasta fanon Masky and Hoodie weren’t even Tim/Brian in name like 90% of the time and frankly I think making them not them wouldn’t change much at all.
Like, obviously for smth like a Slender Mansion to work in creepypasta you have to give the Operator, Slenderma more agency or at least more humanoid esk features, be that emotions/motovations. There is a reason he’s collecting proxies and having missions, there’s some benefit to him to house these people, and I can and have come up with a million fun ideas for this, not goin bc into it for this post. It having emotions isn’t *unrealistic* fully. i do genuinely think we see the operator get *mad* at some points, or an approximation of mad. We see it with Alex and Tim a few times at least.
Brin and Tim can even still exist and they failed to stop the ark/operator (mb they saved alex/jay/whatever (they can have a happy ending for once)).
But the point stands is that they got out, took one of its greatest accessories/proxies at the time (alex) so. It’s angry, spiteful. They’re out of its range.
So, the no faced creature steals faces. It’s next two proxies get the masks of masky/hoodie (mb they can be altered slightly whatever), something about tainting the idea/memory of them, warping and corrupting their image. (the idea of the no faced creature using the face of others is smth i like a lot, since we know it can use the voice of others)
But yeah, it’s not Tim and Brian it’s two other characters. Hell, people always debate on what the proxy missions might be? This could be one of them, tying up loose ends. It keeps Tim and Brian on their toes even if removed directly from the Slenderman, and it can give like Slenderman some kinda nemesis/opposing force.
Plus the funny moments you can have à la the “Daniel and The Cooler Daniel” meme.
Plus Brian and Hoodie can make out pseudo selfcest style (silly).
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