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[iFaux]

[MrHawthorne]

So I really still like the idea of CameraGuy being TTA, but I looked back at the Regards video.

If you overlay the closely part of the regards video over 2:23 of Entry 9, Closely kinda lines up perfectly with Tim...idk...

So I'm thinking TTA is either Tim or Cameraguy....

[iFaux]

CameraGuy?

[MrHawthorne]

In Entry 9 a new character appears out of nowhere. A Camera Operator.

[Sylvine]

Hm, kinda disappointed at that entry (J probably wouldn't agree, heh). The mask - this kind of mask - is a fairly cheap move, but oh well...

I feel like I'm pointing out the obvious, but: EFG is sitting in the room J was investigating prior to finding the doll.

He's either been in the room all the time - unlikely, as J was looking around quite a lot - or just came in in the brief period when J investigates the closet and the doll. Came in just to have a seat, in a very dramatic way?

Let's take a look at the mask. I'm wearing things like that every now and then (don't ask), and they are extremely impractical. If someone just wanted to obscure his face, there are better methods. There was clearly an intention, a desired effect (Meta aside). As such, it does fit TTAs MO, in a way.

Same with the attack: If he could sit there all the time, he could have attacked earlier. He lunges forward only when J takes a step towards him. This whole lunge is rather unnecessarily dramatic, if it was for practical purposes only.

As for the "assilant behind J" theory: The door never opens. There is no sound indicating it, and during The Attack of Epic Fail Guy (would make a cool indie band name, btw), the camera goes in an arc, revealing the staircase (empty as far as I can tell, but there are just a few wobbly frames there =( ) and the closed door.

HOWEVER, there is also a doorway to J's left (or right, after he turns around). It's a bit into the hallway, very dark, he doesn't really look into it because he's distracted by the doll. He never films it again, either. And You could argue that EFG lunges forward and slightly to the right of J - i.e. where the doorway is - after J takes a step forward - getting on level with the doorway and into the reach of a potential attacker. There's also a sort fo sliding, slippery sound right before EFG launches at J. I guess that's enough to support the EFG as Protector theory...

Hm. I really should try watching footage of Alex house again and drawing some kind of map of the house.

Imagination running wild right now. I see the scene nefore me, from the side, p.o.v. towards the dark doorway. EFG lunging at J, J halfway turning away from him, his back to the doorway - and dark, tentacle-like hands reaching out of it for him. Uhhh.

Then again... that doesn't fit the SM as we know him until now. As far as we know, J hasn't caught glimpse of him yet (or he doesn't mention it, but that's doubtful. A comment like "I thought I saw a guy like from that video in front of my house last night, but when I looked more closely to check, he was gone. Probably just my imagination" would be too powerful of a narrative device to let it slip even if it's old and tried), and SM seems to enjoy a healthy dose of stalking in order to pass the time.

Edit: Of course, that was just me jumping into conclusions that SM would be the possible 3rd party. Probably that mental image from before captivating my mind too strongly. Of course, it could have been anyone there.

Edit2: Also, at night -.- oh, come on. That ruins the immersion, now. Only idiots and horror movie protagonists come back into a spooky house by themselves and at night (and Yes, I'm aware of what I'm saying there, but this should not FEEL like a horror movie, that's the whole point). I'm sure there were plenty of ways this could have been staged during daytime to the same, if not better, effect.

~Sylv

[Six]

I'm an idiot. Every time I watch this, I don't see J being dragged backwards, I see EFG skittering back away from J.

[picaroe]

[Sylvine]

Hm. We could just send a note to J asking whether he was struggling with EFG when he dropped the camera or not x) Though he probably won't answer that directly...

Also, anyone took a better look at the second part of the video? WE're all analyzing the happenings in the house. Maybe we should take a closer look at the footage of the woods.

I just spent 10 minutes looking for, ahem, unusual things (wink wink) between the trees. There's a red plaque on the tree right at the beginning of the scene, nothing out of the ordinary, though. Also, reflections in the car windows, but can't really see what it is that is being reflected. Sheet of paper, I believe - white, vaguely square-formed. Maybe someone else has better eyes than me =)

Btw, can't we (and by we, I mean "someone else") try to un-distort the distortion at least a little bit with some sophisticated program? It's not very heavy, so maybe...?

~Sylv

[iFaux]

I just watched the entry.

His knife was missing, as I knew, but I didn't know he didn't know until the end. So..

perhaps my theory is trufax.

EFG still wanted damn SM to die; sees the knife and tries to stab him.

Dunno what's going on after that, obviously

[zygotesix]

[Chief Poirot]

Back for a morning review here. A good dose of sleep helps out my brain.

I like the idea of Slendy being in there, and Epic Fail Guy trying to stop Slendy, but that just doesn't seem like it would work. After all, could Slendy really be stopped by a knife and some guy rushing at him? How would you catch something like that offguard? It's not human, so I doubt that a knife would kill it. Also, I imagine that Slendy would be a more capable fighter than EFG and would have probably dispatched both him and J much easier.

When I first watched the video, and saw EFG out on the couch, I thought he was Slendy himself for a few seconds. I'm glad I was wrong.

Someone else said something that I mentioned last night, that EFG could have attacked J very easily prior to when he did. J was distracted by the Slendy Doll for a good deal of time. EFG can apparently move around that house very stealth-like, so he could have got the drop on J much easier than when he did. So, this leads me to two theories...
1: EFG attacked when he did for the effect, whether intended by EFG or the IRL MarbleHornets makers. They wanted the suspense of EFG being seen first, then having J fight them off (more or less).
2: EFG did not mean to attack J, but something else in the house. This seems to be a popular theory, and I'm still leaning toward it. It ultimately just creates more questions than answers though, just like everything else in this series.

The blood could be a sign of Slendy, but then again it just could be from the activity or any blows that landed on J. After all, if he's been coughing lately for whatever reasons (supernatural or otherwise), it probably wouldn't take just a supernatural source to induce the coughing. The scuffle and rapid breathing could have irritated his respiratory system, and starts coughing.

Also, I have a question: When did Slendy not like water? I missed this.

[OneEyedGod]

[TheNightmareComplex]

So who are you people referring to as EFG? The masked assailant, or J?

Anyway... At least the ending explains why it took J so long to get back home. He was knocked unconscious.

Another thing I thought of, J starts coughing at one point, after the other guy has his fit. It seems plausible that both participants in this battle royale have the same illness.

[Chief Poirot]

[TheNightmareComplex]

Correct, narrowing the amount of suspects down to Alex and Brian, or possibly TTA if he's unrelated to the previous.