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| “ | Thank you, everybody. But I think this monster's had enough. Bye. | „ |
| ~ Evan in "WAKE UP" |
Evan Myers is one of the main characters of EverymanHYBRID. He was originally the nutritional expert and co-creator of the EverymanHYBRID fitness series along with his best friends Vince and Jeff.
He later unwillingly became the main host of the entity known as HABIT.
History[]
2010[]
The Fitness Videos[]
Evan, along with his friends Vincent and Jeff decide to create a fitness channel on YouTube under the name EverymanHYBRID. Evan's role was to to be the "nutrition expert", leading the viewers through informative pieces on topics such as jogging, hiking, upper body work, and self defense. The crew, being fans of horror and internet pop culture, as well as wanting some more clicks, decided to include a friend dressed as Slenderman in their videos as an easter egg.
During "Episode 6 - Healthy Eating", the crew enter Evan's house where they find their friend Daniel getting ready for the next Slenderman appearance. The crew is confused, as they had seen someone dressed as Slenderman earlier and assumed it was Daniel. Out of nowhere the boys see the other Slenderman at the end of the hallway, inside Evan's parents' room. The door to the room closes shut on it's own and the boys break it down, though the Slenderman is nowhere to be seen. In the video "..." the crew is seen visibly confused, they believe that the other Slenderman was their friend Nick pulling a prank on them.
The crew later put up "Public Service Announcement", a video admitting where they admit their own prankery of including a fake Slenderman in the videos, but ask whoever is pranking them now to stop, and there will be no repercussions. They announce a short break from the fitness videos, during which they film "A Day in the Life", a rather long and uneventful video of the HYBRIDs hanging out with Alex, Jeff's brother, Jessa, Jeff's girlfriend, and Ryan, a mutual friend, at Baldpate Mountain, a local park, all day.
The HYBRIDs then restart the series with a two part special on Sleeping and Dreams. Jeff and Vince try sleep deprivation on Livestream and come across a disturbing shrine with defaced photos from their "A Day in the Life" video, with writing asking them if they can "See The Words", and Evan is shown focused on the computer, reading a Tumblr blog called CanYouSeeTheWords. The blog turned out to be written by a young woman who made strange posts of writings and photos that have flood and water imagery. Eventually, EMH viewers were able to find she was an art student living not that far from where the HYBRIDs were living. Viewers eventually gave her the nickname Damsel, as she refused to give out her real name. Her posts alluded to her parents dying, and she hints Slenderman has been following her for a long time. Viewers asked about her connection with the EverymanHYBRID crew, but she claimed she didn't know them.
A video with the title "---" is posted showing the crew discussing whether to stop the fitness video series. Jeff and Vinny argue, with Jeff wanting to stop as it could get worse whilst Vinny wants to continue as they are just "two little accidents", and that they should pretend it was just "a bad dream". Evan expresses his thoughts on whether it really is just a mere prank or if something supernatural is actually going on.
"Slushpops and Suprises" is a non-fitness related video which shows the gang hanging out. At the end they find a card with coordinates on it, A viewer known as TheGreenFeathers went to the coordinates and found a box containing cryptic phrases and defaced photographs of the HYBRIDs.
The last video in the fitness series is "Self Defense", which featured numerous instances of the non planned Slenderman, Vinny also announced a fan contest of who could make the best EverymanHYBRID promo.
Jessa's Disappearance[]
The video "Joke's Over" is uploaded, which begins with a foreword from Vinny where he explains that the night before filming someone kept sending him videos of dead animals in bags. The video proceeds to show the footage of what was supposed to be the next fitness video, featuring the gang hiking. The Slenderman appears behind them, and Evan chases after him. Slenderman disappears, and they find trash bags full of blood hanging in the trees. After Vince cuts one of them open, Evan laughs maniacally. That night, Evan and Vince find out that Jeff had left to find his girlfriend, Jessa, who has gone missing. They announce their intention to document what has been happening to them. A second box with cryptic messages is found by a viewer, through coordinates sent to Damsel.
While searching for Jeff, Vinny and Evan find a USB drive in his room. In the USB they discover a video called "78of76.avi" , which shows them knocking down the door from the building they find in the "A Day in the Life" video and inexplicably transporting to a beach at night. Evan and Vinny say they don't remember this happening at all.
Jeff uploads a video of him in the ruins of his old elementary school retelling a horrific memory of him being forgotten when a fire broke out. A new hidden video is discovered with disturbing imagery cut with Jeff visiting the wife of someone named Dr. Corenthal, asking about a patient of his called nicknamed "HABIT". The woman tells him the Doctor has died. Again, this strange video is not acknowledged by the HYBRIDs. Jeff then uploads a new video checking in with the viewers, explaining he got arrested for punching a security guard, and that he's looking for a name that keeps showing up on papers he got from his old school, Dr. Corenthal.
Jeff finally reunites in the video "Reunion." with the rest of the gang, and they all search the abandoned school together. They find a mysterious document from someone called Linnie describing an inhuman creature. Slenderman appears with none of them noticing. When the footage from the school ends, Evan re-expresses his belief that what is happening to them is supernatural, and that whoever is stalking them is not just a guy in a suit, but the real Slenderman. Vinny remains the most stoic member of the crew, unwilling to show fear or weakness.
Land of Ashen Waste[]
Jeff is sent a postcard which gives the hint of a "Land of Ashen Waste" as where they might find answers. In "Cops Checked, No Body", the crew along with their friend Jessie decide to visit Lambertville, a burned down high school. On the way there they reveal that they can't see the strange videos with the morse code titles that were uploaded to their channel, and they also find out Jessie is Dr. Corenthal's niece. When they arrive, they find a body on the ground. They find a note in her hand, and Vinny spots a creature crawling around. They called the cops, but when they arrived the body was gone. Damsel is put in a psychiatric hospital by the police after they were tipped by Jeff, who believed she had a hand in Jessa's disappearance.
A video is leaked of the gang congratulating a viewer named Magus for winning the contest they announced in their "Self Defense" video. The video is cut with footage of Jeff and Vinny walking around at night. Jeff sees Jessa, but Vince tackles him because he saw Slenderman.
In the video "Ashen Waste", Vince reads the note they found, in which someone named Linnie writes of her search to find a group (Presumably the HYBRIDs). Coordinates are revealed for the third box. Vince then shows footage for their search for the Ashen Waste, this time at the location of a fire in Brooklyn, NY, in a place actually called an Ashen Waste in a news article. While there, they run into Slenderman, who Evan attempts to attack with a bat. Evan is injured in the attack, spitting blood. While looking for a hospital, they find Slenderman in the middle of the road and attempt to run him over. Instead, they are transported back home in their basement, confused.
After coordinates were discovered in one of Alex's videos. A bag was found, the contents of which included a bottle of Powerade, a letter addressed from a "William" to Linnie that tells her to find the EverymanHYBRID crew, and a second 1970's report from Corenthal. The letter discusses his disturbed child patients named Vincent, Evan, Jeff, and a redacted girl's name, and reveals they are from a mining town "of ash".
The gang thinks they have solved the riddle of Ashen Waste and head to Centralia, a former mining town where the coal mines under it were accidentally set on fire and forced the residents to leave, making the town abandoned. Jeff finds Jessa's necklace and gives up on her, accepting that she is most likely dead. They promise to find Damsel, and end this.
Evan receives a USB drive in the mail. One of the files shows footage of the Rake in Jeff's house. Evan investigates, and discovers Alex's wounds. They search in Alex's closet, where there is a crawlspace and find Vinny's cell phone. They then hear growling noises and lock the closet door up with a chain.
The Seven Trials of HABIT[]
The crew announce a fan meetup, TheGreenFeathers (the viewer who found the first box) is the only fan who shows up. The HYBRIDs, along with Jessie and TheGreenFeathers hang out in Princeton as seen in "A Day with Green Feathers". After TheGreenFeathers leaves, Vince gets a frantic phone call from their friend Ryan, who appeared in the "A Day in the Life" video, during the call Ryan gets in a car accident.
In "Ryan & the SEVENTRIALSOFHABIT", the crew are at a small makeshift memorial for Ryan who has died in what is officially called a car accident, and Jeff says when he saw the body it seemed like Ryan was pulled from his car and torn at by something. They explain that they received an email from Ryan saying how someone emailed him asking him to fill out an application. The person, who claims to be known as HABIT, then asked Ryan for a pint of blood, and Ryan refused. The HYBRIDs put up the email application and say they're going to register.
231 rabbits (viewers) sign up for what is called The Seven Trials Of HABIT, including the crew and Alex. Vince was designated as Rabbit #004. The tournament was split up into three groups: The Angoras, The English Lops, and The Netherland Dwarfs (All rabbit breed names). It involved 7 trials that mostly involved the theme of personal sacrifice, tearing apart bonds to people and items. Evan was designated Rabbit #003. Though his video is private Evan revealed in the January 20th, 2011 UStream that he buried the "prettiest little knife you ever saw." When HABIT tasked the eliminated leader of the Netherland Dwarfs with eliminating a further 15 Rabbits, Evan volunteered for removal alongside Jeff, Vince, and Alex.
2011[]
After a few weeks of no updates, the HYBRIDs post "December & early January" as a brief summary of all that has happened. Vince and Evan attempt to change Steph's voicemail as a prank and hear a disturbing message from Jessa being chased by Slenderman and screaming, confirming her death. They ask Steph for advice, but she says she knows just as much as they do about Slenderman. Later on, Vinny receives a call about "keeping Mittens warm". They check the burial spot of his long-deceased cat named Mittens to find blood on the snow, and then have a run-in with Slenderman.
In "The Hidden Videos", the crew and Steph record a video of themselves watching the "Hidden" Morse Code Videos (The videos viewers can see but the HYBRIDs can't) on a burned DVD sent to them by a fan. The videos quickly turn to static, and the crew space out and speak in the voices of the Mining Town Four, children Dr. Corenthal had adopted in the 1970s. They apologize to Dr. Corenthal for "playing a game", involving Slenderman transporting them somewhere. They directly quote a letter from Corenthal written in 1975. They wake up 8 minutes later passed out, bleeding from their noses and ears.
Vince posts "Rose" informing the viewers of the suspected murder of Jessie's grandmother, which greatly irritates Evan, but Vinny retaliates stating how the viewers deserve to know.
Jessie shares information she found about Dr. Corenthal among her grandmother's items with the HYBRIDs, including information about a storage locker and a key. They go to the storage locker, as seen in "The Corenthal Connection (Jessie's back)" and find bullets and knives, a rocking horse, and a strange device which looks like a radio. The door to the unit shuts on them and they are unable to get out. While in there, Vince starts bleeding from the mouth and Slenderman appears. The door then opens to reveal daylight, and Dr. Corenthal brings the rocking horse in, taking no notice of the boys in there, and apologizing to the the kids for failing them again.
Around the same time, a post appears and is quickly deleted on the EMH Twitter. The post was coordinates that led to Memory Town, PA, a place mentioned previously in one of the Corenthal letters. There, the fifth box was found by a viewer known as "Lookbehindyou." In the box was a copy of the 15th-century morality play Everyman. Written inside the copy of the play, were hand-written lines that seemed to be a prophecy. It talked of characters known only as the FIREBRAND, the GUARDIAN, and the VOYEUR, who will in a series of events kill each other. Many saw this as the events the EMH crew must keep repeating in their lives in what fans called the Iteration Theory, where the Vinny, Evan, Jeff and Steph are stuck in some sort of loop of reincarnation, doomed to repeat this prophecy over and over again. This would explain the similarities to the Mining Town Four.
Following a clue from the storage locker, Vinny and Jeff go to a library as seen in "One step forward, two steps back" and find information regarding Dr. Corenthal, taking notes regarding his rather roller-coaster life after he adopted The Mining Town Four. He had been honored by his town, and also wanted for murder. Following this, they try to contact Officer Matten who's name had came up in notes, but it is discovered that he had committed suicide the year before. While at the library, Vinny talked to a librarian and took her phone number. Later that night, the Rake captures Sparky, Alex's dog, in the shed and uses her as a "lure" to attract Alex. Evan tries to get Sparky back but is attacked, and Sparky is killed.
HABIT releases the seventh and final trial: "TRIAL SEVEN: KEEP YOUR BODY BREATHING." 7 Rabbits remain in the trials.
The Period of Prophecy[]
HABIT releases two electronic files, one of which is a Minecraft level that reveals the password to the boys' Mediafire account. Contained there was an unburned copy of the letter sent to Noah Maxwell of TribeTwelve, another YouTube channel. Noah's deceased cousin Milo had once been a patient of Dr. Corenthal's.
Another strange hidden video (Titled "-.-.", Morse code for "C", making all the hidden morse codes video titles spell out "Chaos" backwards) is posted that shows Vinny, Evan and Jeff in a candlelit shack discussing aspects of the series in a detached way, as if the events of the series were happening to someone else, or to some other version of themselves as they watched from "The Candleverse" as viewers nicknamed it. This video became the prime evidence for the Iteration Theory. The video was filmed by an unseen fourth person, which Vinny refers to as a thing. The video ends with Evan getting angry and attacking Jeff.
In "May & June", Evan and Alex investigate the Black Box Device, the strange radio-like device found in the storage unit among Dr. Corenthal's things. Evan uses it in a manner similar to a Geiger Counter to detect the presence of Sigma Radiation in his and Alex's blood. The device only reacted to Evan's blood. Off camera, they test the rest of the cast, and they all test positive for the radiation, including Vinny. The radiation seems to come from supernatural entities like Slenderman. Noah Maxwell of TribeTwelve later comes to visit and they all sit down to discuss Slenderman and their possible connections through Dr. Corenthal.
HABIT releases two new videos, "HALLOWEEN HANGOVER" and "OUTSIDE HELP", seemingly to punish the boys for seeking outside help from Noah. In "HALLOWEEN HANGOVER" a series of events are shown revealing Jeff spiraling into sadness again, and potentially attempting suicide. Vinny reveals he had been dating the librarian whose phone number he took, named Lexi, and is shown along with Evan discovering her body. In "OUTSIDE HELP" Evan is shown fighting with, and eventually killing Nick, their friend who they had initially suspected of pranking them by dressing up as Slenderman in "Healthy Eating" all the way in the beginning. Evan calls Vinny on the phone to tell him what happened.
Jeff begins to withdraw from the group, and from the fans, admitting in "Hidden Cameras and Emails" that he has been deleting mail from the fans without sharing it with Vince and Evan. Vince finds and seemingly removes several hidden cameras he has found in their homes, like the ones that had been used to record Evan killing Nick.
In "A Vinny/HYBRID Christmas" the gang try to have a normal Christmas celebration, though it is revealed that Stephanie is pregnant with Evan's child. Vinny has become somewhat determined to keep the camera on at all times–to the slight chagrin of Jeff and Evan–musingly citing it as his "way of grieving".
2012[]
The boys go to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania to visit Jessie and discover that she is under attack by The Rake. Evan goes in to try and save her and ends up fighting with the Rake himself. Evan throws the Rake out from the second story, the creature then proceeds to attack Vinny whilst Jeff runs away. Jeff eventually returns, scaring the Rake off using an airhorn. Evan comes out of Jessie's house covered in blood, stating that the Rake had torn her apart. Vinny convinces Jeff that that they should still upload the video.
After Alex dies in Consensus, Jeff withdraws even more and he asks Vince to stop filming. In what appears to be a minor crossover with the series Seeking Truth a video on YouTube, Left Behind.m4v was posted by someone called TheMysticisDead. The video seems to show the last moments of Zeke Strahm, star of that series. In one part of it, he has this message for the boys:
"You Hybrid boys, keep your eyes and ears open okay? Your buddy Evan... however bad he is now, it's going to get so much worse before it gets better. It's funny... she'll talk about what happened to her parents, but not about what happened to that group she was traveling with. Just a thought."
Vince eventually draws Jeff back out by going over their old production notes with him, ostensibly looking for clues to their situation. They remember that Maryann Corenthal is still alive, and Jeff makes a connection between her and the house at Baldpate Mountain they first encountered in "A Day in the Life". Jeff goes to get Evan at his house so that they can go to Baldpate, but when he arrives "Evan" attacks him.
After hearing nothing from Jeff, Vince goes to investigate Evan's house as seen in "Not dead yet" but finds only a bloody sheet in the basement, and evidence that Jeff had been chained to a post. Slenderman appears and scares off Vince.
HABIT releases a photo of Jeff on Twitter, bound and bloodied, Vince attempts to find Jeff, but ends up being transported mysteriously in between rooms in Evan's, Jeff's and his own home, being chased by Slenderman. He is eventually rescued by Dr. Corenthal and pulled into a wooded area that Corenthal describes as a sanctuary from monsters. Corenthal sends Vinny home with the advice that he should avoid the monsters, and stop trying to find Jeff. The video seems to take place in the Candleverse, and Corenthal is somehow still alive in it.
In the next two videos, it is finally confirmed that HABIT has been possessing Evan's body for a long time now. Using him at will for his goals. We see HABIT brutally torture Jeff, while being filmed by an unseen cameraman. In "Next", the video starts with a foreword from Vinny addressing the viewers, saying he is now the only one left now and isn't sure how much time he has. He then shows a video that HABIT sent him. We see HABIT kill their friend Daniel. HABIT cradling Evan and Steph's baby with Steph laying down in front of the camera, barely alive, as he says he's going to kill them both horribly. And we finally see HABIT light Jeff on fire and presenting him to Slenderman in a forest.
2013[]
The Final Act[]
After HABIT releases Evan from his control, Evan is horrified of the acts he did under HABIT's control and decides to commit suicide via the Rake. In "Isolation", Vinny receives a hard drive with a video of Evan preparing to fight the Rake, which he posts. The video ends with Evan surrounded by his knives in the woods, and the sounds of the Rake. Soon after in "L'esprit de l'escalier", Vince is confronted with Evan seeking help. Evan, manic, details to Vince how he beheaded the Rake but it still didn't die. Evan cannot die unless HABIT wants him to.
In the video "March 21st" and a couple weeks of nothing, Vince theorizes that the only way to move forward is to summon HABIT to try to find answers.
Months later, in "A proposal", Vince finds an old book in a store full of new books that tells him how to summon any specific entity. Vince explains how odd it is that he found the book given that he was sent down the wrong aisle by someone at the bookstore. He also mentions that the instructions for summoning have additions and deletions made to them by hand.
In "A summoning", Vinny and Evan demonstrate the summoning ritual found in the book, Evan reluctantly dons ridiculous clothing as dictated by the book and standing in an unexplained pose for a specific amount of time. The ritual works. HABIT, upon returning, laughs and suggests that he doctored the instructions himself. After detailing how he'd like to kill Vince, HABIT decides to spare him under the reasoning that Vince's determination could be useful.
Now having formed a team, Vinny and HABIT search the apartment of the now deceased Lexi in search for clues. They come to the conclusion that Lexi was hunted by the Slenderman, which started presumably after she started dating Vinny. HABIT tells Vinny all of his loved ones will probably die because of him.
2014[]
In "Le premier cours", HABIT allows Evan control of his body for a while. Evan is visibly damaged and believes himself to be hallucinating when he sees Vince, counting and telling him to go away. At first, Vince believes Evan to be HABIT, but they soon realize what's going on and embrace. Evan gives Vince a letter HABIT left for him, which tells him to check his "comrade's back". On Evan's back, HABIT has written "Vin, Grandfather's nickname?" This leads to Vince's realization that he can't remember his grandparents' names at all, and that, even though he knows there's a memory there, he can't remember their faces. Nor can he remember the faces or names of his parents. Vince questions Evan on what Vince's dad's name and occupation was, and Evan can't remember either—or his own dad, or his own sister. None of them can remember their families. Evan freaks out, believing HABIT has taken their memories from them. Vince, calm and trying to resolve the confusion, asks Evan to consider the details of his own house. Evan unknowingly confuses his house and Vince's house, and Vince concludes that they're the same house. From here, 'something clicks' and Vince jumps to the conclusion that the EMH crew "don't exist" and that they're "fiction", and their "lives were written for" them.
In "Amuse-Bouche" and "Three's company", HABIT makes Vince lure people selected by him so that he can capture, torture and finally, murder them.
Next, in "Breaking the lease", Vinny expresses guilt for the people that he helped HABIT to torture and kill. He abandons the partnership they've formed and attempts to leave the house HABIT trapped him in. HABIT opens the door so Vinny can be free, but Vinny hesitates, giving time to HABIT knock him out and drag him back in.
In "Christmas." Vinny and Evan (free of HABIT's possession once again) have a conversation about their "not so good" situation while Vinny edits video footage (possibly of what happened when he left Jeff's room). Evan realizes their gaming console works, and they play together.
2015[]
Apt 3103[]
After seven months without posting anything on YouTube, Twitter, or Damsel's blog, HABIT posts a message directly to the fans on the Canyouseethewords blog about Vince. He provides a cryptic list of strange names, words and numbers pertaining to the apartment in which Vince is apparently locked in. HABIT stresses that someone should get this list to Vince, and included the hashtag "Callh1im" on the end of the post. The next day, an Unfiction user called Vince, and gives him the cryptic list from HABIT. The number was allegedly deactivated or unavailable when users attempted later calls.
After a long time without updating the YouTube account, Vince finally posts three videos. These videos reveal that after the door opened in "Blue room" back in October 2014, something happened and Vince filmed it (though he hadn't yet edited the footage or shown anyone at this point, yet), and then he passed out and woke up outside in a field with his camera and a set of keys. We are shown footage of him being chased inside to an apartment by three hooded figures. He reveals that Evan was there for a few weeks (during which the December 2014 video "Christmas." was filmed), but left (most likely becoming inHABITed again).
2016[]
In "two thousand three hundred ninety-five" HABIT is filming himself and Vince walking through a forest, after apparently catching him after some sort of chase. HABIT commends Vince for his intelligence and determination and even going so far as watching where he is putting his feet down. Vince, however, is done with all that is happening. Clips similar to those filmed by the hidden cameras in Evan’s basement are interspersed throughout this interaction, with HABIT and Vince's conversation serving as a voice-over. Clips include footage of HABIT with a gun, secretly following Vince, who is running through the forest, trying to escape. Vince pauses in a clearing upon seeing a setup of a mirror, two chairs, a clock, and the child's rocking horse from his basement. He approaches after some hesitation and begins to inspect the objects before turning to see HABIT and running once more. The video cuts to show someone in the snow who has been shot and killed before cutting to a view of the forest as it passes by a car window. Clips also show Vince’s basement and the rocking horse from the storage unit on the floor moving by itself. Vinny appears and looks around for a few moments before the lights flicker and go out and several dolls appear hanging from the ceiling by their necks. When the camera passes over the pictures that Vince has displayed, several are shown to have gone blank. Vince touches one of the dolls and seems to have a sort of vision before running up the stairs and attempting to exit the house from the front door which refuses to open. Vince runs up to the second floor and attempts to open the doors there at which point the camera shifts to one that appears to be mounted on the wall above Vince's head. He tries the doors multiple times before one finally opens and he exits the house only to enter the forest again.
The conversation played over the video is HABIT telling Vinny that he knows the way to stop Slenderman, bringing the whole ordeal to an end for Vinny. Vinny is in disbelief, saying Slenderman is a "god." HABIT claims he has a "plan" that involves the "North Star," the star that helped humans travel for thousands of years. HABIT says that his "plan" isn't ready yet, but will be soon. Vinny is a special part of this plan, and HABIT tells him the reason he was locked in an apartment for two years was so that Vinny will be ready. HABIT refuses to tell the Vinny the plan just yet. But HABIT reveals that the reason he is talking to Vinny now is to punish him for "not showing them" (presumably the events after "Blue room"), Vinny begs HABIT to stop.
The video finally cuts to show HABIT holding a gun to Vince's head before changing to show a house on a darkened street. The video changes once more to show various streets and roads before switching to a projection screen. The screen shows what seems to be a continuation of "Blue room" from 2014. Vince walks into the basement and is obviously infuriated before spotting a gun on a nearby table and a note reading "No matter how much you scream and shout there will only be one way out." Vince denies this and searches for another way out even though he still picks up the gun. After a few moments Vince accepts what the note says and paces for a bit more before cocking the gun. Vince stands and breathes heavily for a few seconds before shooting himself in the head and the video ends.
The next video, "Tradition." is uploaded on the 25th of December 2016. HABIT had asked Vinny to create another Christmas video stating that it was "Tradition." Vinny goes on to state that he knows what was seen in the previous video and that he can almost remember it. He then states that the next thing that he can remember is waking up in the apartment. Vince then explains that HABIT has been giving him limited access to the internet and encourages viewers to be safe if they insist on helping him. The video cuts out for a few seconds before returning and Vince says that after all these years he can finally see the Hidden Videos, but that it doesn't really matter anymore. The video ends with Vince wishing the viewers a "Merry Christmas."
2018[]
Finding Fairmount[]
In early 2018 a fan received audio tapes. The tapes contained audio from the late 1980's which seems to have been recorded by a previous iteration of Vinny and span the course of about a year. 80's Vinny seems to have had many of the same problems that the current Vinny is having. 80's Vinny had multiple encounters with the Rake and eventually died from a violent seizure during his search for answers at the Fairmount Children's Home, where Dr. Corenthal used to work at and met The Mining Town Four.
On April 13, 2018, the video "Sleeping dogs lie." is uploaded. It starts with Vinny viewing the tapes. Vinny is astonished to hear how similar this Vinny from the 1980's is to him. Vinny decides to leave to find answers. He tells HABIT, who refuses to open the door at first. Vinny asks him to open the door, but HABIT tells him they had a "plan." Vinny tries to tell HABIT that the tapes might help both of them, but HABIT reacts in anger and chokes Vinny. HABIT stops, and Vinny says HABIT could come with him. HABIT tells Vinny that he doesn't understand that there's a "formula," and that Vinny still doesn't understand that this isn't just about him. Vinny is only alive for HABIT's benefit. But in the end, HABIT decides to let Vinny go, saying if he isn't going to be "useful" he'll at least be "entertaining," and gives Vinny a camera to record himself. HABIT wants "everyone" to see Vinny fail and die, and reminds him before he leaves that Vinny will have "no protection or direction." The video ends with Vinny picking up a car key and finally opening the apartment door, where he then gets on the ground and kisses the grass, happy to finally be free.
Vinny eventually arrives at the Fairmount Children's Home, now abandoned whilst encountering "ghosts" of what seem to be previous iterations of Jeff, Evan, and even himself who also traveled to Fairmount. Vinny also encounters Slenderman, but manages to get away from him. While all of this goes on, never before heard Princeton Tapes continues to play.
Current Vinny eventually finds a lockbox and manages to open it, finding a hand drawn map of the Fairmount grounds and a paper covered in weird symbols inside. With the map, Vinny finds a small, dark room that has a symbol drawn on its wall. Vinny looks at the paper he found, and realizes it is the "North Star" that HABIT said would defeat Slenderman. Vinny finds more weird papers on the ground. As this happens, the recorder begins to play again, and we hear how 80's Vinny died, being shot by the possessed Dr. Peters. The recording ends, and current Vinny realizes he is in the room where 80's Vinny died. Vinny decides to leave Fairmount, having found the "North Star," what HABIT said would help them fight Slenderman.
On October 30, 2018, the video "Half-acre of ash" is uploaded. The video begins right after Finding Fairmount, as Vinny went through a doorway and realizes he's somewhere different now. He goes outside and realizes he is no longer on the Fairmount grounds, and all he sees is a burnt up house. He checks his GPS on his phone, and he realizes he is in Alabama, presumably at Stephanie's old house. He checks his car keys, and realizes his car is very near. Vinny starts to return to New Jersey, noticing that things seem quiet since he has gained the "North Star" symbol speculating it somehow makes him invisible to Slenderman. Vinny then gets a text from an unknown number that contains coordinates, telling him to come if he's still alive.
All Good Things[]
The next day, the video "The day the world ended" is uploaded on Halloween 2018. Vinny finds himself in a cabin in a forest, with HABIT out front with a shotgun. Vinny asks what their next move is, and HABIT tells him he's dying. Vinny doesn't believe HABIT is going to kill him because of his "plan." HABIT then tells him he did have a plan, but Vinny messed it up because he didn't find what HABIT needed, so he's going to kill him now. But Vinny says he did find the North Star, but HABIT doesn't believe him. But HABIT does believe him when Vinny shows him the drawing of the North Star he found. HABIT tells Vinny they're about to have "a lot of fun."
Vinny comes out of a bathroom, having shaved his head. He and HABIT are also being filmed by one the things, HABIT says that he will be filming everything while HABIT & Vinny prepare, and HABIT says everything has to be documented. They are interrupted by someone calling Vinny's phone, who turns out to be Corenthal. Corenthal warns Vinny to stop what he is doing, that it's the wrong course of action. Vinny doesn't understand, and believes this is the only way to stop Slenderman. Corenthal begs him to not to do it, that it will "wipe out everything." Vinny refuses and hangs up.
Vinny then starts talking to HABIT again, asking him where they are. HABIT reveals they're in Corenthal's old cabin, which is in a weird "state of flux" (Not unlike the property at Baldpate). HABIT then says they need to get ready. Vinny then asks about photos he finds of him and his friends, HABIT explains how the "lie" that is Vinny's life is "alive" and creates "evidence" of the lie. HABIT tells Vinny he might have an actual life if all goes according to plan. HABIT proceeds to train Vinny in a montage set to the old EverymanHYBRID theme. HABIT then shows Vinny an iron brand of the North Star symbol. HABIT says they will heat the iron up in a fire and then brand a knife HABIT has.
HABIT and Vinny sit around a fire as the North Star brand heats up. We hear strange sounds that come from the woods. HABIT tells Vinny they need two things for the symbol, fire and suffering. HABIT says Vinny has brought the suffering for it, as he has suffered so much. HABIT tells Vinny "nothing in this Universe" wants him to make this weapon to kill Slenderman, and to ignore everything around him. HABIT tells Vinny to channel all of the horrific things he has experienced into the North Star as he brands the knife with it. Vinny and HABIT are then inside again at a table. HABIT explains to Vinny how powerful the knife is now that it's been infused with the power of the North Star. HABIT says it can now bring "mortality to immortality." HABIT says if he was cut with the knife, it would be very painful for him. If Vinny were to get cut, it would be certain death.
A few days later, the penultimate video is uploaded, "All good things". An unseen cameraman films Vinny holding a shotgun, prepared for battle. HABIT then tells Vinny that he was never going to kill Slenderman. Instead, HABIT takes the branded knife and throws it into the forest, before also taking Vinny's glasses, making it so he can barely see. HABIT tells Vinny he actually wants him to kill Evan with the knife (As that is the only thing that can kill him now), and Vinny will probably die as a result. This was all to start a new cycle, but only Vinny can do that himself by killing Evan.
HABIT leaves Evan's body, and proceeds to attack Vinny. Evan then reveals that he has found out what Vinny has "done." Vinny has actually been under the influence of Slenderman all along. Vinny put the hidden cameras inside their houses, and led Alex to his death. All under the orders of Slenderman. He was also (presumably) the one who came up with the idea to put the fake Slenderman in their original fitness videos. This is why Vinny continued to push Evan and Jeff earlier in the series to keep making videos. This was all presumably to help Slenderman spread to more people, which HABIT didn't want for unknown reasons. This confirms the prophecy written in the Everyman play, as Vinny fulfilled the role of the VOYEUR, with Evan as the FIREBRAND and Jeff as the GUARDIAN.
Vinny and Evan continue to brawl, as old footage is interspersed into the video. Vinny tries to apologize to Evan, but nothing stops him. Evan says he doesn't want to kill Vinny, but he has do it for betraying them. Evan is almost finished with Vinny, but Vinny eventually gets the upper hand by finding the North Star knife and stabbing Evan in the side. Evan at first thinks he won't die, but eventually realizes he will as he begins to collapse. Vinny grabs the shotgun, and calls Evan the true monster for the things he has done while under the control of HABIT. Vinny then shoots him. As his last act, Evan grabs the knife, and throws it at Vinny. While he seemingly misses at first, Vinny realizes the knife nicked his head. Vinny starts to die, and crawls towards Evan, laying down next to his body.
Vinny's last words are "I don't know if we're monsters, or just a couple of unlucky bastards. Sorry." The video ends.
On December 30th, Rabbit #61 (aka DixieWolf) wakes up to find the seventh and final box in her closet (Making her the winner of the Seven Trials of HABIT). It contained a few items, including the third Princeton Tape. The third Princeton Tape seemed to be more recordings of the 1980's Vinny as he continues to search for answers before his death. He gains help from a man named Roger. But Vinny eventually finds out that the Iteration Theory is true, and that he is doomed to be responsible for his friends death many times over, even if he can't remember it. But he does find out that Dr. Corenthal is in fact a previous version of himself that somehow survived his own Iteration cycle, and he might eventually change things and break the cycle.
On New Year's Eve 2018, "Introductions" is uploaded. Present Vinny wakes up after his death, in the Candleverse version of the tree in Baldpate. Dr. Corenthal, Jeff, and Evan greet him and help him up. They are being filmed by another unseen cameraman. "We'll Meet Again" by Johnny Cash plays over the video. Vinny tearfully apologizes to Dr. Corenthal for not heeding his advice to stop listening to HABIT, calling him dad. Dr. Corenthal forgives him, and takes the camera from the unseen cameraman, and asks Vinny what they should do with it. Vinny tells him "We don't need it." Dr. Corenthal puts down the camera, and we see him and the HYBRIDs walk off into the distance, awaiting the next cycle.
Alternate Iterations[]
Fairmount Evan[]
A photo of Fairmount Evan with Dr. Corenthal that the HYBRID crew found inside the black box from the storage unit.
In the first report that we became aware of from Dr. James Corenthal he describes a patient named Evan who had been accepted to Fairmount Children's Home after great controversy. Referred to by fans as Fairmount Evan or HabitEvan, Corenthal describes the boy as distant and moody, only willing to respond to the name “Habit” which had been what his dead mother called him.
Fairmount Evan was involved in several bloody incidents at Fairmount, including the murder of a young nurse and the killing of a warren of rabbits kept at the school. After that he was forbidden writing implements, but was allowed a Polaroid camera as a means of keeping a diary.
Fairmount Evan and three other children were adopted by Dr. Corenthal and his wife Maryann, and away from the children’s home. He referred to them collectively as “The Mining Town Four.” He described the four children as being haunted by personal demons.
Evan’s relationship to Fairmount Evan is unclear at this time. Either person's relationship to the entity known as HABIT is also unclear. The events of The Hidden Videos, wherein Steph, Evan, Vince and Jeff seem to speak in a trance as the young Corenthal children, confirms that there is a connection between Fairmount Evan and Evan. This connection is part of the basis of the Iteration Theory.
Princeton Evan[]
To be added.
Sub-Iterations[]
For more information see: Sub-Iteration Theory.
"Le premier cours" Evan[]
In "Le premier cours" clips of Jeff and Evan walking in a field are shown. Jeff reveals to Evan how the other week in Princetown he got a 20 dollar ticket. Jeff went to pay for it at the police station, only to find no one there. The clips is then cut off abruptly, before picking up once again at the end of the video, though at a later point. Jeff reveals to Evan how he woke up with his brother in the bedroom next to him, the dog fine and all the utilities paid for, but states that it "doesn't matter". He then questions Evan what color Jessa's hair was, to which Evan hesitates to respond, implying neither of them remember.
It is believed this is another alternate iteration of Evan, as these events fit nowhere in the main timeline and Jeff is seen for the first and last time wearing optical glasses.
Personality[]
Evan is the more outgoing and expressive member of the crew, often humorous and witty, though he can be short tempered and make rash decisions. He often exhibits traits of mental instability: paranoia, obsession, the aforementioned erratic temper, and moments when his attention seems to be elsewhere.
He has a love for pop culture and horror movies, often wearing slasher genre and horror-based video game t-shirts.
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Trivia[]
- Evan turned 20 in November 2010. He would currently be 35 years old.
- Evan frequently exhibited a love or fascination with large knives.
- Evan had a sister who had been referred to, but never appeared on camera.
- Evan's canonical last name, "Myers", was determined and revealed via a poll set-up by the actor after the series ended.
- Other potential last names were, Gergich, Habson, and Sandler.
- The cast frequently joked about Evan’s technophobia and general inability to use modern technology.
- Vince had privately mentioned that he sometimes had nightmares of Evan "murdering [him] with an eggbeater and some perseverance".