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[lifegospel]

During the filming of Marblehornets, Brian seems to disappear at inopportune times, and has not been on screen at the same time as slenderman as of this WMG (Note: Referring to entries 17 and 12 specifically.)

[DavFlamerock]

Thanks guys! I'm not going to tell you to stop discussing, but collectively you have been quite helpful getting those last bits of info that no one person could efficiently find.

And since we're talking about basementland... am I the only one that thinks of that place as being some kind of "Slender Dimension" that the Operator warped J (and earlier Alex & Seth) to?

[Salty]

I always thought it was in that building Alex was walking around in Entry #13, but I don't know for sure. I also thought that it definitely WASN'T the basement of Brian's house due to the way Jay seems to teleport there in #23. Plus, it seems way too big and weird to be in a normal house.

[Dray]

For what it's worth, from #3 and Tim's interview, I had figured that Alex's house was far removed from other neighborhoods -- enough to be in the middle of the woods, cabin-style. That could be why he had moved into Brian's place at some point, in hopes of getting away from the Operator.

As far as Brian's disappearance goes, I think that having blood-splatters all over the damned place is about as close as we're going to get to an answer, unless they actually go and grab actor!Brian, film him lying quietly for a few minutes in the basement and cough up a missing tape to show us that he's died. XD Which... is about as likely as them dropping the entire plot on us in the next two episodes. (And about as desirable!)

In terms of the location of the abandoned basement in relation to the location of Brian's house, I don't think that that is necessarily relevant, so long as we understand that there is a door and one side is Brian's place, the other is a low-budget Hellscape.

I don't think we can assume that the Operator has a subconscious luring influence upon people, though it seems likely that with the way that Jay seemed to dance like a puppet to TTA's whims for many videos, there is something going on with regards to mind-control. Maybe not a Would You Kindly sort of deal, but I'm guessing there is something going on.

[Pathomer]

[PortableMuskrat]

[fezzik]

[Dray]

My first thought was that the sink full of blood was coughed up, too, though there isn't much evidence of that being likely, unfortunately! We'll have to see if physical wounds really come up again in MH; the creators didn't seem too keen on making them!

[NoMoreGaems]

I'm certain the Slenderdimension isn't actually Brian's basement. I actually missed the fact Alex moved in with him, also, I thought J just assumed there'd be a clue as to his whereabouts there.

[Mr.Beyond]

Another little tidbit of information that I haven't seen so far- according to Tim as of the interview entry, "dead animals" had been showing up on Brian's lawn over the course of filming. Jay questioned if he meant pets or what, but I think there was never a clear answer to this.

Whether or not this was related, I can't tell you. But it would be useful in the wiki, maybe >w>

[Undertheark]

So lets get this straight, Brian had problems with the Operator but never knew it and then disappeared for NO reason to our knowledge leaving no clues.
Very vague.

[The Illest Villen]

[TheAtroxious]

[BranRainey]

[LisaEvermore]

Something speculative, that I have nothing to back it up with but, I think that Brian was probably the one staying in the closet. Within the house, we see a mattress, blanket and bottle of water. At first I thought it was a place in which Alex was hiding, but whenever he filmed himself sleeping (or trying to anyway) he was always in a bedroom, not a closet. So it could've been that he was hiding in the closet during the experiences between Alex and The Operator, then after Alex left, Brian moved to behind one of the other locked doors choosing, or moving away after the dead animals started piling up in his yard while Alex was there.

He probably simply moved. That would explain why no one seemed to really note his "disappearance" as strange. He just left.

Afterwards though, maybe he was recruited to be TTA. I don't know.