Talk:Dan Melsner/@comment-7706473-20130923070728

What happens when "The Woodsman" becomes a little more emaciated..?

Dan is interesting from the get go; what we here about him instantly sets him up as a metaphorical stranger in a strange land - adrift from his support network, alone and isolated. Some of that is his own making, and other is bad fortune - but being alone sets up the most wonderfully creepy part of the pasta; the middle.

For me, the fear for the little girl, for Dan whom seems to be trying to live an ordinary life, and the uncertainty of what might happen next is fantastic. At times, I even wondered if Dan was actually experiencing *any* of this; if he was in fact all alone, having tried to get away from society, his medications, and his urges... And without the aid of those medications and his relative lack of survival skills, was slowly losing his mind.

I'm not really a big fan of Slenderman (as something frightening), largely because he just seems so friendly and lonely, ehehehe. The ending was very effective, however - especially the segment describing Dan being pulled in every direction at once, until the pain was so excruciating he lost consciousness. Even taking that into account - I really enjoyed this one. Just one thing -

We need to talk about your TPS reports...