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[lifegospel]

[Droshi]

[Kitsuhime]

 

[Droshi]

Okay guys, get ready for a hilarious MS Paint map I made. Just a forewarning of shittiness.

I think it's actually possible that Alex is the one filming Jay in "Exit". After seeing the 8:10 video on YouTube (where some random guy found the filming location of Entry 13), it becomes clear that the parking lot with the Mustang is very, very close to the round building where Alex sees Slendy. Once you watch the video, the geography becomes more clear. If my half-assed calculations are correct, It would have been physically possible for Alex to record Jay.

Alright, so here is the order in which events fall on my map.

1. Alex tells Jay to go to the car, he agrees and walks off.
2. Alex continues down the trail and arrives at the big round building/staircase/statue area.
3. Alex goes along the treeline to the left when exiting the trail, putting him between the round building and the parking lot. He has a clear shot with the camera from this Vantage point, and films Jay until he walks away from the car.
4. Alex runs back in the other direction to keep from being seen and then makes his way to the crossed-out-circle on the ground, where he briefly explores the immediate area, sees Slendy, and walks around the perimeter of the circular building (and sees Slendy again, all up in his face with his lopsided head all leaning to the side).
5. Sometime around this time, Jay, exits the trail and arrives at the round building where Alex is waiting, possibly back to normal after blacking out his Slendy encounter and they go about their business.

And here is the map illustrating it. As you can see, it's really quite feasible. Keep in mind that the scale is probably all wrong and that the trail is possibly longer. But that is the basic geography of the area. I'm pretty sure the round building is some sort of Rest Area or park that has been shut down (as evidenced by the 3'8" marker on the ground that looks to be the outer edge of an old pool that is now filled in).


EDIT: It's also entirely possible that the Exit footage wasn't sinister at all. Alex could have been filming Jay in case something happened to him while he was out on his own in an attempt to look out for his well-being.

[Badgerconda]

I'm pretty sure Tim said that someone was leaving dead animals on Alex's lawn, not Brian's. If I recall properly, he sort of implies that it's part of the reason Alex moved away.

That's an interesting point about the gazebo scene.... I forgot about the kids and the mention of the dog until now. The dog thing sounds especially odd, though. It kind of came out of left field and seems out of place. Mind you, maybe Alex is upset because of Slendy killing animals, (including Rocky?) and he's worried about Flenderson's (Toby's last name-- he really does look alike, now that you mention it) dog.

I'm not so sure about the entirety of your theory.... I don't think it's necessarily a clean 'mind wipe' type situation. If it is, then proximity probably plays a key role. I also don't know if you can really make things as scientific as 'magnetic fields' causing everything. Slendy is usually portrayed as a Lovecraftian eldritch horror type of monster, so I think it's more a 'so terrible your mind won't let you remember to keep you from going insane' type of a thing. Scary stories are much scarier when they're not quantified and defined within exact scientific terms.

[Badgerconda]

Also, in reply to your map... bear in mind that if indeed the person with the 8:10 video did find the shooting location that Marble Hornets used, there's no guarantee that 'in universe' the dimensions of that area are the same as in reality.

Like, clearly, in that video, the parking lot is not far away, but it seems like they went out of their way to make it seem like Alex had to walk a fair distance from where he left Jay, through the woods, to get to the Slendersymbol. And it also seems like Jay had to run a fair distance to get back to the car. Bear in mind that what the 8:10 video shot (if anything) is just a SET. there's no guarantee that in the MH universe, it's supposed to look the way it does if you actually go there (just like if you walk onto an actual TV set, internal rooms only have three actual walls, but in-universe, they actually have four, etc.) so I don't think that can really conclusively prove anything.

[DavFlamerock]

[Droshi]

Everything you said was a good point, haha.

I'll have to rewatch the Tim interview, I could have sworn they were talking about Brian at that point.

I don't actually know anything about magnetic fields, it was just the best term I could think of, lol. Whatever it would be, I was just trying to imply that its effect on cameras could be related to how it is affecting humans. You made a good point, it could be based on proximity to him.

Also, you're right. It's completely possible that while that might be the actual geography of the area, it wasn't intended to be as such in the MH universe. I'm just basing this on the possibility that they were using the territory just as it is in real life. So I could be completely wrong.

Is it confirmed that Slendy killed Rocky, or just speculated due to his lack of presence in the series?

[Badgerconda]

I don't have time to rewatch the interview right now, so it's entirely possible I'm wrong, just wanted to make that point.

Don't get me wrong, all your speculation is good stuff, none of it is too far out there or tinfoil-hatty, I'm just playing devil's advocate a little. I try to keep people grounded.

Dav, I'm not sure why you think that because it's a 'real location' that they're necessarily using it as-is in the Marble Hornets fiction. Do you also think that there's a real Slenderman? It's still fiction, no matter how raw, and that means that the physical reality of a location doesn't always reflect the fictional reality on film. Again, I'm just trying to keep everyone grounded in the reality that this is a story before anything else, and when telling a story, you're going to make the location fit your story whenever possible, rather than compromising story for the available locations.

You do make a good point about the possible cut, but if it's such a short distance, shouldn't Jay have been able to rejoin Alex much quicker, considering that at the end of 'Exit', he's already on his way to rejoin Alex?

As far as Rocky goes, I believe it's just speculation. Nothing I've seen has talked about Rocky since the one entry where Alex is driving and talking about him, but it would seem to be logical.

[Droshi]

[DavFlamerock]

[CreepyDoll]

[Droshi]

[TaylorPopek]

I know this is going to sound redundant, but im pretty sure Return didnt take place during those three hours. Look at the door and the L shaped hallway. Its Alex's house. The house from 16/18 (which im pretty sure we've all agreed that the original house and the 16/18 house are the same.)

Unless he drove to Alex's house and back in those three hours, i think Return takes place during the time Jay blacked out with Masky the first time.

[kevrock]