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[SilentMedusa]

There was also Entry #45, where Hoody lured Alex into being tackle-ambushed by Masky.

[FalloutGhoul]

[wassupbro]

[SilentMedusa]

You're right, I apologize. I didn't read the original question closely enough. That'll teach me.

[searchanddestroy]

Just realized something while writing another post. Hoody was probally trying to take Jessica to the hut from entry 61.

[geekgirlinthefedora]

I think that the past couple of entries have finally made one thing official for me at least: Alex is now far more frightening than the Operator. Here's why:

The Operator is creepy, always has and always will be. An unknown entity with unknown motivations who can possibly do horrible things to people that we can't see. He's our fear of the unknown, a Jason Vorhees for the internet age. He's faceless, he's evil and completely an impossibility. You sleep with the lights on for a night or two and you're better in the morning. It's a good scare, the kind of scare that horror fans want.

And then there's Alex. Again, we're not sure of his motivations, but at this point, I'm not sure that that will even matter. He's manipulative and psychotic but can also be charming in his own way when he needs to be. He's an average guy when he's not being completely batshit insane. If the Operator is Jason or Mike Myers, Alex is your next door neighbor or the guy who rings you up for your morning coffee and pack of smokes at the gas station down the street. He's a possibility. He's the reason that you walk a little faster across a dark parking lot with your keys between your fingers and why you glance behind you when you hear a noise in the night. He can be real, people like him are real. This is a thing that really happens and you hear about it all the time on the news.

Entry #72, with the Operator being all big and bad again, scared me. I slept with the light on that night but I was okay by morning, whatever. This entry, with the implication that Alex could have been waiting around for Jessica to show up with the express purpose of killing her? Gave me nightmares, actual terrifying nightmares. And that's why, for right now, Alex has far surpassed the Operator as the scariest thing that MH has going for it. At least, until #77 comes out.

[TheJoker]

Oh, most definitely. TO may be the creepiest part of MH and its true villain, but Alex is downright scary for different reasons.

It's the same reason why, when I watched a few scenes from the Shining out of context, I found it in some ways more chilling than when I saw the whole thing- without knowing that there was a haunted hotel as a factor, it seemed to me like a film about an ordinary guy who goes insane and tries to kill his family. And that's in some ways far scarier than a guy who's driven insane by evil ghosts, because it's more real.

[Marble Hornets]

I think that puts it into better context. The operator is less scary than Alex because while Alex is immediately life threatening, the operator is not. He can cause you much duress, but he won't kill you like Alex will.

And I mean... if Alex is killing people against his free will, how many people has Tim killed? Given that Tim shows no signs of wanting to kill anyone other than Alex, can we assume all of Alex's motives are his own doing? Even during filming when the operator was clearly more focused on tim (such as in entry 20) he shows no desire to want to harm anyone.

[UnQuantifiable]

@geekgirl

I'm not sure why you slept with the light on. The Operator has been shown to appear during the daytime (and indoors with lights on) on many, many occasions. He doesn't care about light levels. If anything, sleeping with the lights off would be better. You wouldn't know if he's there and if he was, you'd know about it. And if it looks like he's not there, you've clearly lost some memory anyways .

I know I said The Operator wasn't all that scary anymore (in the beginning he was, but now Alex is much scarier), but I just love it when people make entities like that appear in the daytime. It makes you fear the day JUST as much as night.

[TheJoker]

Although the nighttime entries tend to have a cooler atmosphere.

[SilentMedusa]

I've noticed when I have MH- related nightmares I'm always fleeing Alex; The Operator hasn't made any appearances yet. I think it's because being stalked by a human psychopath is a real-life possibility, therefore more scary than a supernatural monster. To me, anyhow.

[geekgirlinthefedora]

[Animal]

They worked together season 2 mostly, but there were a couple instances in season 3 where they did as well, just not willingly by Tim. The two examples linked were the ones I was referring too.

The only difference is that hoody manipulated masky to come out, but heavily blamed Jay for it...claiming it was all his fault. The second time it seems they were just working together to beat up alex.

My point is that tim and hoody have different intentions, but masky and hoody dont, how much of it is being manipulated by hoody can be argued, but there at least in alliance.

This begs the question like I said before why did hoody want Jay to figure out tim was lying about this.

[Amethyst.64]

Is it odd that I'm far more terrified of Masky, Hoody and TTA than TO or Alex?

My only MH nightmare to date starred hoody stalking and filming me, and I still find it hard to sleep after re-watching a TTA for the tenth time.

Having said that, I did hit a tree the other night, when biking through some woods near my house, cos I was distracted looking for TO


tl;dr I agree, TO's affect on people is far more haunting than his embodiment.

[Katsatitagain]

For sure Masky/Hoody for me. The Masked Man, Masky carts Jessica off, was he told to or did he just do it, and if so why? I was under the impression Masky was animalistic, and our hooded friend just led him to places where what could hurt his "Tim" side, is currently a threat, and so he would attack.
(I.E way back at the abandoned house when Jay is yelling towards him and just like animal would attacked him, or when he attacked Alex in the more recent entry when Alex was all tied up, or when Alex brought Jessica and Jay to the old barn, had a gun-a threat- and attacked him.)

But now even though Masky seems to be a reverted state, but he appears to be obedient. Or is Hoody just following him and playing along. Knowing that Alex is just beside himself crazy, while scary, is less nightmarish for me. Not knowing whats going on between Hoody and Masky terrifies me. I mean, we know who Masky is, but what IS he? I was totally one hundred precent behind saying Alex, but this entry is what changed that for me. Just from Jays standpoint alone, I would not want to hang out with Tim, even though I trust Tim, but not Masky. If he turns again, I think It'll be for good.

And yeah, jump scares always get me so Operator is damn right awesome.