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[VIDEO] Entry #23
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Serenity
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Quote:

...I think I'm letting MH take over my life.

It's okay. Welcome to the club.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:06 pm

raelyn
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Location: AWWW MAN TERRENCE, OH GOD DON'T CRY C'MON

We have decals! And I'm making myself a tshirt soon! 8D

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:10 pm

Cheshire01
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We have decals! And I'm making myself a tshirt soon! 8D

I reeaally want a decal.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:17 pm

Tyran
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Serenity wrote:

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...I think I'm letting MH take over my life.

It's okay. Welcome to the club.

Just make sure your not wifin.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:26 pm

Serenity
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No wifin' whatsoever.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:28 pm

Tyran
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You may have to pay up.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:29 pm

Mithost
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Now it's official. Just when I thought I couldn't be any nerdier.

And don't worry, every time my phone rings, I am reminded that there is to be no wifin' in the club. Whatsoever.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:39 pm

Serenity
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That's good.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:51 pm

JKatkina
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Mithost wrote:

TL;DR: Slendy makes you forget, Masky protects Jay, facepaint saves the day.

Just saying, that theory makes a lot of sense. I too believe that Masky is neutral, maybe benevolent, and is at the very least not working for Slendy! The face paint idea is what I initially thought when I watched the entry, too -- maybe whoever's filming, Masky or TTA or both, is behind the camera without a mask so to show that Slendy goes for people with faces... No evidence for that one except Slendy walking towards the camera, though.

And the idea of Brian disappearing is a damned creepy one, especially if the rest of the crew's memories just, like, gloss over the whole thing and forget that hey, their friend's gone missing.... Actually, the idea of Brian disappearing kind of ties in to another theory.

If it's true that Tim was the only one from the MH filming days who J can find/get ahold of these days, that has interesting implications.

Using the idea that the entire cast of MH got a good Slendy-stalkin': The rest of the cast/crew, or at least the missing ones, could have all disappeared -- or gone into hiding of their own volition, having found some way to elude SM but that has the unfortunate side effect of also hiding them from the rest of the world (or just Jay, who knows).

I mean, maybe the rest of the cast/crew of Marble Hornets -- or even just a portion of the cast/crew that were stalked and escaped -- are ALL totheark and they've all gone to the "ark", whatever or wherever that might be. And Tim is their go-boy now, and they're trying to help Jay survive his own SM experience, or trying to bring him into the fold, or god knows what.

If that were true, perhaps Tim could have avoided having to go into hiding himself (as evidenced by still being around to get an interview with) by wearing the mask so Slendy doesn't know who he really is. It could also be the reason that he was so uncomfortable and evasive when Jay questioned him about where Brian and Alex had gone. It could be that he knows where they are but can't tell -- it could be that he is their link between them and the normal world. Maybe he only wears the mask when he's dealing with Slendy-related business. Or maybe (using the multiple Maskies theory) the mask is the only way that the ark crew can actually go out and do stuff themselves.

Or maybe everyone's just hanging out at Tim's house having a larf at Jay's expense as he stumbles around Brian's.

In any case, Jay probably should have hunted Tim down again. Maybe there's still time. Surprised

TL;DR Everyone missing is totheark, Tim buys their groceries, and Jay needs him a mask.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:14 pm

Mithost
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JKatkina wrote:

TL;DR Everyone missing is totheark, Tim buys their groceries, and Jay needs him a mask.

Yeah, I'm still mulling it all over, because the Tim interview thing doesn't quite click yet for me. I definitely think Tim is a prime Masky/TTA candidate for a bunch of reasons, but I don't know why he would be just hanging around campus without his mask, unless Slendy just kind of gave up on him after all this time.

But I do think that there are multiple Maskies, which seems to be the prevalent theory at the moment, and that that's how they evade Slendy. Also I think that the mask on the door was a gift for Jay, not intended to creep him out but hoping he would take and use it.

It makes sense that a few of the cast went missing, but I'm honestly not sure on how much. Alex does list them all off and say that they're all gone, but given the recent potential time traveling/teleportation, I think it's very difficult to judge. That, and if his memory is all messed up from being around Slendy, and from total paranoia, it's very likely that he's delusional.

Also, one other thing, I think the reason that Jay ran into Slendy in the underground place, whatever it is, is because that's pretty much Slendy's stomping ground; somehow Alex and Seth tracked him there, then maybe Seth went missing, or maybe not, either way. But then those portals were there (something I really haven't quite wrapped my head around yet), and he just showed up in Slendy's house and Slendy was like what are you doing in my house get out.

Edit: Also, I think that if we can figure out WHY faces are so important (why Slendy doesn't have one, why he can't see you without a mask, the operator symbol), a lot of things would start falling into place. But I really don't know, just wanted to throw that out there.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:26 pm

JKatkina
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Mithost wrote:

Yeah, I'm not really sure about that part of it... My first thought is that Tim somehow donned the mask early enough or in such a way that Slendy doesn't actually have a target on him in normal life. But that doesn't really make sense if we take the idea that Tim had Slendy-sickness because Slendy was stalking him.

Whatever. Just kickin' around ideas here. Smile

It could be that Slendy sickness is something else entirely, or maybe whatever medication Tim was taking had some crazy anti-Slendy effect. I'm not sure we've been given enough information to really know what's going on yet.

Mithost wrote:

Alex does list them all off and say that they're all gone, but given the recent potential time traveling/teleportation, I think it's very difficult to judge. That, and if his memory is all messed up from being around Slendy, and from total paranoia, it's very likely that he's delusional.

Oh jeez, this is the part that I really don't know how to factor in yet. It's a big fucking clue for something, but I have no idea what. It seems to make more sense that Slendy memoryfucks people in the same way he messes with electronics -- at least, more sense than "video from the futar!" But what's the significance of the list of missing persons, especially with Jay being on that list? Maybe Jay WAS one of the ones who was gone but for some reason came back? If so, why him? Why doesn't he remember? And where is everyone else?

Considering the level of memory loss he's discovering he's had, I don't feel like it'd be surprising to find that he actually had been missing for a while but forgot it and the significance of it in the same way that everyone's all "lol yeah Brian's missing I wasn't paying attention whatever" in 20. Maybe the other missing peoples are still missing. Let's see...

He says 'everyone' is missing, and, yeah, goes on to list pretty much everyone we see during the filming of MH -- Seth, Brian, Tim, Jay and Sarah.

But it connects to the chronology in that he says he's going home to burn the tapes, and we know that he interacts with Jay soon enough after that that Jay hears that Alex is planning to burn the tapes, and stops him, before he actually gets to it.

Maybe a) 'gone' means something less dire than 'missing', more along the lines of "we were hanging out earlier and now they're not here anymore", which, if true, would probably mean that we're chasing trouts assuming that Brian not being in his house in 20 is significant in any way, or, b) 'gone' means mentally gone in some capacity, perhaps meaning that they have been memoryfucked by Slendy to the extent that Alex is the only one who still realizes that there's something more serious going on here than the canceling of a student film.

If that last is true, than Alex may have canceled Marble Hornets and moved away to protect his friends and himself from future brainfuckery, using "unworkable conditions" as a convenient excuse.

Summed up, yeah I have no idea.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:52 pm

Serenity
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b) 'gone' means mentally gone in some capacity, perhaps meaning that they have been memoryfucked by Slendy to the extent that Alex is the only one who still realizes that there's something more serious going on here than the canceling of a student film.

If that last is true, than Alex may have canceled Marble Hornets and moved away to protect his friends and himself from future brainfuckery, using "unworkable conditions" as a convenient excuse.

I agree with you there. That's what I thought 'gone' meant since Entry 22, really.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:08 pm

Mithost
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JKatkina wrote:

Slendy-sickness

This is another thing I haven't wrapped my head around well enough to explain anything. Tim definitely has the Slendy sickness at some point in time. Whether this was due to Slendy exposure (which may make sense if it was shortly after Entry 17, since Slendy was like right behind him for a few minutes), or Slendy stalking him, I'm not suite sure. Also, I'm not really sure why he says he doesn't remember seeing Slendy in his interview. Whether it's because he really doesn't remember (Slendy effect), because he managed to escape it all and doesn't want to get involved again, or doesn't want Jay to get involved, or what. I'm also entertaining the idea that Slendy may have gotten Tim, though I find that extremely unlikely, as it would mean there's a Tim-doppleganger walking about, or that Slendy didn't really do anything to him.

JKatkina wrote:

I'm not sure we've been given enough information to really know what's going on yet.

Whatever's happening, I think we've probably been given enough information on the sickness to figure at least some of it out, I'm just hitting a wall on it personally.

JKatkina wrote:

Maybe Jay WAS one of the ones who was gone but for some reason came back? If so, why him? Why doesn't he remember? And where is everyone else?

This is something I hadn't considered! Maybe there's a JAY-doppleganger running around, as a result of ~*~TIME TRAVEL~*~. . . Yeah, I don't really buy that either. But, that is an interesting thought; that Jay was involved in it at the time, and somehow forgot it all or something. Maybe like a Doctor Who weeping angels thing + memory loss. Or just memory loss. If this is the case, then maybe Tim is in the same boat as him, but hasn't gotten back involved in it because he doesn't really care, or doesn't have the information Jay does that would make him get involved in it.

JKatkina wrote:

But it connects to the chronology in that he says he's going home to burn the tapes, and we know that he interacts with Jay soon enough after that that Jay hears that Alex is planning to burn the tapes, and stops him, before he actually gets to it.

This is something I hadn't put together for some reason, but that is extremely helpful.

JKatkina wrote:

If that last is true, than Alex may have canceled Marble Hornets and moved away to protect his friends and himself from future brainfuckery, using "unworkable conditions" as a convenient excuse.

This I think is the more likely scenario.

Thinking about those scenes in Brian's house also made me think of the painting that Alex was insistent on taking down. They focus on it too much for it to be insignificant, and I don't think it's just a red herring. I've seen the posts on the forum about it possibly drawing a parallel between Slendy and fire, or water, or whatever, but something just doesn't click for me there. Something is seriously bothering Alex. So much so that he takes down a painting in someone else's house. Whether it's because of the painting itself, or whether it just indicates that Alex is just going nuts. Maybe the trees freak him out because Slendy's always hanging out in the woods? I don't really know. But I think the painting is somehow relevant, at least to Alex.

Also, yeah, just kicking around ideas, but that's the best way to get to the bottom of things!

-BRAINSTORMING!-

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:22 pm

AKLY
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I think that if we can figure out WHY faces are so important (why Slendy doesn't have one, why he can't see you without a mask, the operator symbol), a lot of things would start falling into place.

If you think about it, your face is essentially the window to you. Biologically, your face (well, head area in general) is the location of four out of your five senses: taste, smell, sight, and hearing. Socially, it's usually how people recognize you as a human being and an individual, and it's how you show your emotions. Your personality tends to come out through your face. If you hide your face, you're hiding yourself, or something about yourself.

So, yeah, faces are definitely important. Doesn't explain anything, but maybe my babble might jog someone's thoughts.

JKatkina wrote:

It could be that Slendy sickness is something else entirely, or maybe whatever medication Tim was taking had some crazy anti-Slendy effect.

I don't know, I can't see pills providing a defense against Slendy. Maybe Slendy's presence gave Tim a headache and he was trying to get rid of it with ibuprofen or aspirin or whatever those pills were. Considering the amount of brainscrambling Slendy does, it would make sense. XD

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:33 pm

Mithost
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AKLY wrote:

Also I wonder why the labels were torn off.

I can see someone maybe tearing them off if they were taking meds from the bottle around friends and were embarassed about what they were taking, but that doesn't seem as likely. Also, they were all torn off in the ransacked house.

So, yeah. Sorry about all the posting, just trying to throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:42 pm

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