The last short of this series, at last! And I feel like this is a pretty direct reference of SlenderMan. Hope neither sneaks up on me tonight. My house reeks of paint because the renter in the basement decided to do a little paint job without telling us! Uggh! I spent the entire time either holding my breath or simply breathing into my blankets. Right now I'm on the front porch just for the sake of being able to friggin breathe. Though it is a bit dark tonight. Hope nothing happens. If I get sick anytime soon, you'll know why. Damn you neighbor.
Anyways, this is probably the best of the shorts so far. Probably cuz of the horror movie theme and I am seeing the new Carrie movie later tonight (probably while still in a plaid skirt and twilight hoodie since by average it takes me half an hour to change and the smell is already making me crazy). But yeah, we know I like the horror themed stuff.
I also like the documentary theme to this short. With the name tag or "bug" as we call it in video editing class for whatever reason that I'm honestly not going to question being just a piece of cardboard Dipper is obviously holding up. I feel bad for his noodle arms. A camera and a piece of cardboard. I'm getting the impression that he doesn't have access to decent video editing software. Stan probably refuses to get them a decent laptop too; since Windows Movie Maker and iMovie are pretty much free and only vary between Apple and PC. Que the Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs Rap Battle! B-)
Anyways, raise your hand if you knew that Manly Dan would be featured in this short *raises hand*. I swear, if you merely hear the word "lumberjack" in this series, he's guarantee to be there. No questions asked. I still though would like the relation between him and Wendy to be addressed directly at some point in the series. I think we all want that at some point. As for his sons who practically destroyed a house in the background, I think Dan may have heard this line somewhere: The show must go on. I don't however get why Lazy Susan was in here. Now that I think about it though who else would the twins interview. It's not like very many lumberjacks have been canonly announced in the show. But still, what relevance would she have with this creature? I'm drawing a blank. I think Wendy would've been more appropriate. She is Manly Dan's daughter. Plus, the girl friggin rode a tree. If that doesn't credit her as worthy for a documentary about some creature in the woods, I don't know what would. I think she may have had her share of misadventures in there. Maybe not exactly supernatural like the twins since she is oblivious as f**k, but still. Plus, the bug would be kinda funny. "Wendy Corduroy Lumberjack's Daughter/My Future Wife" lol. Sorry, couldn't resist
I'm not gonna question Stan's appearance here. I mean, it would be fair to have a long winded denial to balance out the "Hide-Behind is Real" claims. Plus he probably bribed them so he could advertise the Shack. Sounds like him. Also sounds just like Dipper to ditch the interview to pursue the monster. Yep, everyone's in character.
I practically bursted out laughing and almost choked on paint fumes when we found the owl with a maraca. Haha. Nice one Alex. What is it with the occasional animal with an object? There was the Beaver with a Chainsaw. Hmmm, horror writers, get your pens. Copy the following: Beaver Chainsaw Massacre. Now please turn that into a fic. I'd do it myself, but I'm too scared to watch the Texas version. Wait what! *few moments later* phew, I thought I saw the Hide-Behind in the darkness. Minds playing tricks again. Why do you think I get Pinkamena nightmares here and there? Eeeee! I don't wanna think about her! Moving on!
Why was Dipper walking away from the camera when the recording was done? Shouldn't he just have grab it and call it quits or something? I dunno. And before a million complaints flood the internet about how ooc this Dipper was, I'm going to object that statement. Ya see, Dipper CAN give up time to time. He gave in during Legend of the Gobblewonker. It's not common, but it seems to happen. And it looks like animals carrying objects are the usual trigger. No. Don't think about Beaver Chainsaw Massacre. Don't think about leather face. Don't think about Pinkamena. Ahhhhhh!
Clearly I am getting paranoid. Sorry. The dark sometimes does that to me. While I've never been afraid of the dark, time to time my imagination gets wild and for a few brief seconds I think I see so-and-so. Some sort of fear. Happens alot. I usually just tell myself it's nothing and that works, but it happens. Anyways, remember in my earlier rant when I was wondering about what Mabel was hanging from? Yeah, she got some Pinkie Pie DNA that her brother didn't catch for whatever reason. She got the Pinkie gene! That's my explanation