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[Clairabel]

[Beidah]

Habit is a control freak. He loves being able to get everyone around him to do exactly what he wants, whether he's inhabiting them or not. This is why what Vinny did angered him so much.

[Smoking_Gnu]

[SilentMedusa]

Okay. I'm going to ask a few questions. I'm sorry if they've already been addressed, but I'm really not up to reading through god-knows how many pages of bickering over the crossovers again to find them. So:

1) Have we confirmed that it was Shawn in the bathroom during "Severance"?

2) Has HABIT repossessed Evan, or did these latest videos take place before he departed?

3) How long after the previous video did this one happen? I ask because when the door is open the weather looks pretty nice, but in the previous one it was cold enough in the attic to make their (HABIT and Shawn's) breath frost in the air. And when Shawn first shows up (before Vinny drugs him) he's dressed for cold weather. Did HABIT keep him prisoner for a long time before interrogating and killing him?

This made me think of something I found interesting: in the video with Shawn, HABIT is wearing a big jacket. Was that just for his comfort, or does he actually need protection from the cold (like we do)? Is this a clue that HABIT isn't as powerful as he would have us believe?

[knifebladepresents]

[device]

I think what everyone is forgetting is that Habit may now be able to not only mess with space/distance but, within a limited way, time as well.

I don't know how many people have seen the recent crossover videos, but I do know that Habit delivered a freshly-dead Stormy into the back of Shaun's car nearly a year after she originally died. When he kicked Noah out of his house, the date was September 29, when, for Noah, it was actually December.

And earlier in the series Habit put up lots of videos showing events that haven't happened yet or at all...I guess originally people thought Slenderman was doing that, but maybe Habit had a hand in it as well. Maybe the only reason Habit was working for/with Slenderman in the beginning was to learn his tricks, so to speak.

[Cyan507]

[RevDickJenkins]

It seems HABIT really doesn't like the idea of people offing themselves. Vinny suggests offing himself, HABIT goes nuts, Noah says something similar in TT's Bridge to Nowhere, HABIT goes nuts.

Is it just a case of HABIT not wanting people ruining his fun or..?

[drseussicide]

Well if Iteration theory is correct maybe HABIT also goes through iterations, and possibly his plans are disrupted with every new iteration?

[SilentMedusa]

So, I've been kind of rewatching the series, and reading the threads here for the first time. First off, holy shit, folks be crazy. Like, seriously.

Now. In "The Property" what did Dr. C tell Vinny about the 'monsters'? "Don't trust them, don't help them, don't try to fight them." (bolding mine) He recommended Vinny duck his head and run the other way. What's Vinny been doing for months? Exactly the opposite. And he might have just broken the third rule when he finally took a stand.

Another point. I don't know what all the talk of Firebrands, Voyeurs, and Guardians was all about. I do know that this forum was hell-bent on Vinny being the Voyeur. But in the video "Lexi", HABIT says explicitly that Vinny is the Guardian. And tells him "just keep Guardianing". But then he put Vinny in a position, for months, where he was doing the exact opposite of that. Why? Plus, when Vinny does finally say "no more", I suspect we may be wrong about why he's so pissed about it. It might not be the idea that Vinny might kill himself; HABIT's angry about Vinny's Guardian nature finally reasserting itself and fucking up whatever HABIT's plan was. That might be why he was ranting something about being "so close".

My final point. SlenderMan seemed to have a special interest in Vinny. Why? And since the events of "The Property" and spending so much time in HABIT's company, has Vinny had any contact with Slendy at all?

[SignerJ]

[Lithp]

I don't think it's the suicide itself that sets Habit off. I think it's the self-sacrificing aspect. Habit is "humanity's bad habit." Everything that it does is to serve itself. Not only that, the people that he doesn't outright kill, he pushes to become more selfish & ruthless.

"But haven't we already seen the boys being selfless?" you might ask. Well, have we really? They've been focused on survival. Sure, they didn't WANT people to get hurt & they didn't ENJOY it, but they've known for a while that people around them were being targeted & they didn't so much as try to cut themselves off from society. And many of the past entries have been pointing out that surrounding yourself with other targets helps you survive Slenderman longer.

Remember, Vince didn't exactly tell Habit that he wanted to kill himself, what he technically said was that he cared more for the safety of others than his own.

Last but certainly not least, if this is true, it wouldn't matter whether or not Habit can control Vince or Noah or anyone else. It's the mere principle that offends him so.

Also, I can't resist pointing out that we know that the bolding wasn't part of the doctor's speech, because you can't bold sounds.

[Cyan507]

[Lithp]

[Cyan507]