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[M3thod]

[Dray]

I keep imagining the technical stuff that went into making Return and now all I can see is someone standing in the hall flicking the lights on and off, and the editors adding in some contrast jitter. XD It makes it kind of hilarious.

It also seems like Alex was trying a lot of different things, if his scribbling was any indication -- maybe he tried turning the lights off one night and found out that that wasn't a successful way to deal with the faceless fiend?

[thewood]

MH meta theory

[Dray]

That would be amazing. o_o

We'd speculated in the past that they were in some 'other' place and that TTA was trying to bring him in, or that he was trying to bring him out of this 'other' place, but hadn't made that sort of connection.

Very cool, if it turns out to be that!

[thewood]

things like the painting of the forest fire he insists on putting in the featurette ... may have informed his writing and become the fire at sarahs camp he mentions ... if alex has become totheark in a way he is still writing the story alongside j as they negotiate the narrative between them

[Dray]

Man, a fictional character trapped within the fictional world's fiction. You have gone and imploded my brain, TW. Thank you for that. XD

I had always supposed that TTA was guiding Jay (either to his doom or to his salvation, could never figure that out) but if TTA is guiding Jay to his conclusion... then I guess it could be both at once. o_o

Does this mean that TTA is a 4th wall breaker in more than one sense? And that Jay has flashes of 4th-wall breaking when he interacts with us players?

(I freaking love this series. XD)

[baka.vaka]

Has anyone had any contact with Jay or TTA recently? I feel like there's some new direction we've got to be missing.

[AshleySix]

[thewood]

[liam177lewis]

a less sh*t idea about time travel.

[squidbutt]

Re: a less sh*t idea about time travel.

[M3thod]

Re: a less sh*t idea about time travel.

[Dray]

Yeah, having a tape from the future (or even more tapes) mixed in with ones that had been filmed in the past seems really odd to me. I think I like the idea that Slenderman fucks with their memory recall better than that the events that Jay or even Alex don't remember simply haven't happened yet.

And again, so far as we've seen there's not really decent evidence of time travel. Just because TTA is bringing forward imagery and sounds from the past does not necessarily means that he's outside of the timeline. Just because people are not remembering certain things does not mean that they're going outside of the timeline in the way that you're suggesting.

I am willing to give teleportation a go what with the last two entries seeming to be quite blatant in trying to demonstrate such a thing. But there are time gaps where Jay is unaware of his actions or location in the meantime, and to me if there was indication of actual time travel, we would see that he showed up from point A to point B, having done all of his awkward blank-out stuff within a relatively short period of time. Aka he would be gone for two minutes instead of two hours, though he would have been able to do two-hours-worth of bullshit due to the time travel element. And we're not seeing that!

Unless I'm getting the idea of time travel all wrong... but I would think that the MH crew would leave us some more obvious indicators that time's being warped and not space, like they seem to be doing now. o_o

Though... I am still rather fond of the idea that the teleportation is an elaborate ruse to scare Jay into action again. TTA messing with his head seems more likely to me, that he/they are willing to go to such lengths to scare bricks out of him in order to get him back onto the trail! The way that TTA works -- with subliminal messages and hints and clues and even direct commands -- I can see him thinking, "okay, let's put into his head the idea that he can't even trust fundamental rules governing space and time. If I put him that on edge, he'll be like silly putty because he'll so desperately need to hear SOME voice of reason, even if it does seem crazy."

If TTA really does act like this, I think that we'll soon see him pounding in the final stake; a confirmation that he's the last thing that Jay can 'trust'. If this doesn't happen, I'll probably be more willing to trust that teleportation and even time travel have been happening. It just seems like TTA is in too much control for us to be introducing other elements, and that he's quite consciously building the web.

[M3thod]

[ptlundholm]

Speculation: Electricity