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[twistedpuppet]

[Ascalondion]

Alex: "Full name?"
Brian: "That is my full name."

Is that joke by Brian the prototype of the TTA style? Not saying things, just because. Staying mysterious?

[knightmare]

[Osttle]

ALSO IN 73 PEOPLE WERE WONDERING WHAT THE LUMP IN HOODYS BACKPOCKET. IT WAS THE TAPE. HE KEPT IT ON HIM AT ALL TIMES

[lonsumtravlr]

[Mr. J]

Other evidence proving it to really be Brian is the stock footage before Alex encounters TO:

The car lights/street lights are recorded long enough that Hoody used this footage to create the glowing eye effects in a few of his TTA postings.

As for Tim bringing TO to everyone, didn't Alex's birthday footage as a kid show TO hanging out with him already?

[maddielyne]

[gazza]

[evanx275h]

This ties in well with the whole "this is Tim's fault entirely" theory.

IF this is the first Operator encounter chronologically by Alex, and IF this is technically the earliest Entry chronologically as well, then it does fit.

Tim looks like such a shut-in kind of dude in this Entry; he's so withdrawn, denying wanting to partake in the audition and looking pained when he finally succumbed to Brian's pestering. He actually sounded freakin' timid! Like he had no idea what he was supposed to do or say to this otherwise harmless Alex. Hell, he even said that Brian was one of his only friends.

That said, it almost seems to make sense; he distances himself from people for the most part because, according to his medical history and his own word-of-mouth, he experienced hallucinations in the past, hallucinations that Jay and Alex would possibly experience in the future... and also aren't hallucinations. This Entry possibly shows Alex's first encounter with the Operator, triggered by him first meeting Tim.

Sidenote:
Alex seems almost pathetic in this Entry, trying to do this movie and having no luck at finding people that care enough; he sort of acts detached when people ask him to hang out, and likely has a list that now has 2 names on it for the film. So, in steps the Operator, and he finds himself a fucking creepy little friend. They almost seem to work together after that... There's not enough evidence to back it up, but I love the idea that the reason why he constantly sought after the Operator in the early portions of MH shooting (Entry #70, Entry #2, Entry #11, possibly) was because he was a messed up dude that wanted companionship.

It's a bit of a stretch, but whatever, we theorize here.

[Ascalondion]

[ziggazern]

Several opinions;
1) Whether Tim remembers the events of 83 or not, especially unmasking Hoody/Brian, he would have still had some sort of a reaction in that moment. He still unmasked him and saw his face. Therefore Tim is either lying or Brian's face is/was completely messed up.
2) Yeah Tim was definitely more timid and shy, but I did not get a different personality vibe at all. As he said, he smokes anyways and he has always been kind of awkward in my opinion. The only missing link is the side-burns and I still believe that he lost his memory after growing his side-burns and he just assumed that was a part of his look and kept them.
3) As to why Hoody has this tape, well, it does seem to be the only tape/footage out there that shows him with the hoody, therefore being the only loose end regarding his secret identity. On the other hand not sure why he can't just get another outfit or even just a different color hoody -_-

[aidansean]

If this is so early in the chronology, why is Alex constantly filming nothing happening?! Does he seriously want to waste his precious tapes and batteries keeping the camera rolling for eight hours while nobody comes for an audition? Something's not quite right here...

[SilentMedusa]

In entry #20 Tim comes in commenting on how cold it is, wearing the infamous tan jacket. In #84 Brian comes in commenting on the cold, wearing the infamous yellow hoodie. Nice callback. And interesting in that Tim was not wearing the tan jacket this time.

[FalloutGhoul]

[yamam]

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