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[runner19x1]

So because the first few seconds is a frame of Alex and has the words another failure does this mean Hoody has failed to kill or contain Alex?

[Marble Hornets]

So it's pretty obvious that time moves extremely slow, or not at all, in this slenderverse, as bruce's body was not decomposed what.. over a year or two later?

If that's true, surely if any of the original MH crew are there (and have been there for the past 7 years) they would have killed each other off by now. At some point they would have to come to the conclusion that death is more satisfying than living a life in a timeless void with nothing to do but walk around the trees. Even if 7 years didn't pass in real time (given that there is no time progression in the slenderverse) their minds would still experience the 7 years of time, no?

Then again they could have not thought about decomposition when bringing bruce back, or were just doing so to make a point that he is going somewhere not just vanishing. But still... if hoody somehow got out of there alive, he's a huge fucking dick for not just telling jay how he can help get his friends out

[Amethyst.64]

Does anyone have any thoughts on what "file" could mean?

[Marble Hornets]

[LJonesy]

For the most part this thread seems to say the "Two head Tim", but I feel that we need also to say TTA is showing the "Two face Tim", I know it's only semantics but if it's anything that TTA is saying about Tim lately it's that he's a two-faced liar.

[SilentMedusa]

I think you're right about that.

[SheWhoSlaysMonsters]

Hey, everybody! SheWhoSlays is back after a LOOOOONG hiatus!

But, anyway. Figured I'd put in my two cents.

My belief on the "You are untrusted" thing? Hoody does not in any way feel like he's been lied to. Why would he? As far as we've seen and Tim's explained, he's never been able to remember his Masky shenanigans before, and he's never interacted with Hoody before this outside of his Masky state, due to Tim not having any idea who the guy in the brown hoodie is. Hoody is simply stating a fact. Tim is now not trusted by Jay. And Hoody is NOT happy about this.

Jay was part of Hoody's master plan. The specifics of it are irrelevant compared to the fact that he NEEDS Jay's participation. He needed Jay to keep investigating. He even gave Jay his most prized tool against the Operator, Tim. But, Tim went and screwed it up. Jessica was the one thing keeping Jay going at that point. Jay was falling deeper and deeper into insanity and was growing more despondent. Saving Jessica was the only thing he wanted. By Tim discovering the tape, and poorly keeping it from Jay, regardless of whether or not Jessica CAN be saved, Jay thinks it's hopeless. Now that Jay no longer trusts Tim, Hoody has to think out his next move before the moron gets himself killed without Tim. Hoody is not pleased with Tim's performance. But, what can you expect when you keep your partner entirely in the dark?

It's a little late so my thoughts may be a tad scrambled.

[Ztakk]

I'd like to reiterate my point from earlier. There is no way Hoodie has Alex captive. We've seen Alex be tied to a chair and threatened by Hoodie, only to have TO show up, and we've seen TO protect Alex multiple times. I honestly don't think that Hoodie would be able to kidnap Alex without TO showing up and stopping it. I also don't see Alex having Hoodie captive. Unless Alex jacked the TTA channel or something, Hoodie is probably the one that made the video, and if he's captive, he wouldn't be able to do that. Neither seems possible.

I think it may be more along the lines of Hoodie observing Alex secretly and the "I have him" is more of "I know where he is, and we could get him but I'll need help" or that type of thing.

[Jordan]

[_Snuffles]

It's already been mentioned on the IG twitter thread but I thought I would post it here too.

Jay (I assume) has tweeted the "File" TTA video, which is the first TTA video he has tweeted in a LONG time.

[EntityX]

Hello, I just thought I'd pop by and point out something for everyone to ponder.

This was mentioned briefly on tumblr, but I noticed this much before that, shortly after the video was posted. I looked through the comments here and didn't find any similar screenshots, so I'll just drop them here and explain.

There has been discussion of the code at the top right-hand corner of the screen with Alex's distorted image along with the line "He is distorted", but I haven't seen any mention of the distorted characters on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. (See 'Screen')

It appears around the same time of the other code, but it's there longer. At first I thought it was just distortion, but it didn't move with the rest of the distortion and seemed to get distorted itself. Alex shifts too, and those characters stay the same. Sort of.

Upon closer inspection, I noticed that a few definite letters can be distinguished. The problem is, the letters change constantly. For example, a character that appears to be close to the end of the message changes a few times. At one point, it is seen as 'E' (see Code1), then 'L' (see Code2), then 'P' (see Code3). Around it, I think I can occasionally see a 'W' and perhaps an 'R'.

Anyone can see it if they go through the video frame-by-frame. The code is there as soon as the image appears, approximately 0:18.

Also, at first it looks like the code ends in "END". I didn't post pictures because you sort of have to figure it out by going frame-by-frame and watching parts of the letters disappear and come back.

So... I thought this might be something worth looking at? Anyway, I hoped that someone who is better equipped to look at this could do so. Due to lack of software, my technological ability is limited basically to cropping. I couldn't even draw a crude arrow pointing the this supposed code on the screen.

Perhaps you can try un-distorting the picture? As in, TTA was talking in double (as per usual) by saying Alex is distorted symbolically and "This picture of Alex is distorted, there is a message. You should make sense of it!"

Good luck!
~X

[amrith777]

[Beidah]

The Operator seems to only show up when Alex's life is endangered. Otherwise, Hoody couldn't have tied him up back in #66 or #67, I forget which.

[Sha Noran]

[CenturyChild]

Just thought of something relating to character roles. Unlike many of the other TTAs, this one is directly addressing Tim ("you are not trusted"). TTA just kind of disregards Jay, mentioning him in the third person but never actually speaking to him.

This is kind of unusual for TTA, but not necessarily unexpected. It just reinforces my idea that Tim, good guy or bad guy, will end up being the main player. (Though, while I'm at it, I personally believe Tim's just a tragic character who, like many humans, tries but fails to do what he believes is the right thing).

Meanwhile, not addressing Jay points to the idea that Jay has outlived his usefulness for TTA. As we suspected, TTA was never on Jay's side, or Tim's, or anyone's, to begin with. TTA/Hoody is working for himself and himself only, and with Jay circling the drain, Jessica dead or taken, and Alex likely in captivity, the only real threat left is Tim.

(Let me interject here that I would LOVE it if Tim was actually doing something, like trying to find Hoody/Alex, this whole time, taped it, and left tapes behind for Jay or something like that. I just love how this story sometimes veers in different directions and follows different characters for a set period of time.)

And finally, I would advise against getting TOO fixated on the code. As MarbleHornets said, Troy is a clever little bug and really enjoys coming up with super complicated problems we can't solve. In addition, I think it's very plausible that he would even try to DISTRACT us from something more obvious and general in the video (such as character role shifts) with a tiny code. If we pull back and look at the big picture, we might actually find an even bigger clue.

Or maybe we won't. But it's always worth a try in Marble Hornets.