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[iFaux]

[THEORY] The Pills

[NoMoreGaems]

Wow. While I don't think the pills will actually turn out to be a real prescription or anything, that's pretty much a perfect fit.

I think it's more likely that they're something custom that Tim somehow whipped up.

[distilled]

That does fit in nicely, and those side effects would be useful. But I don't think it would be wise for the MH crew to introduce the idea that the pills were mislabeled. It would unnecessarily complicate the concept of the pills in the story.

It may seem narrow minded but I believe the pills are what they are labelled to be: ibuprofen.

[Stevie D]

I doubt that this pill is involved in the story even though it would be a wonderful part of it. It's almost too perfect a fit.

[FallenTraveler]

Distilled, I dont think he is referring to the ibuprofen, I think he is referring to the pills in season 1 that they had, and jay had found. Not the ones in season 2

but this is an awesome idea, for some reason I don't think they will use it though, maybe something with "similar effects" but I doubt they will ever name them

[iFaux]

Well, I didn't exactly mean that these are exactly what the pills are, but they could be based upon them; etc.

But yeah, it's definitely a perfect fit.

[JKatkina]

For the record, I think that the pills that Jay has ARE ibuprofen. There's just too much evidence that they are for me to suspect a red herring.

As for the pills we encounter in Season I, we know Tim is taking pills, that he seems sick, and that we've seen him apparently have a seizure. I suggest that the pills that Tim takes are anti-seizure meds, and that these anti-seizure meds have the side effect of mitigating whatever effect the Operator has on human brains that leads to memory loss and thought interruption. I did some research into some common seizure meds, and apparently many of them also have anti-psychotic qualities to them as well. I'm'a quote a few posts I made several months ago:

[iFaux]

1-upped in my own thread :b Anyways, yours seems more likely. Good job.
~embarrassed~

[TheBioGuy]

I could've sworn that at some point the word "piracetam" was thrown around in regards to the pills, possibly by one of the creators?

It has some interesting effects, it "increases cognitive function" and has been tested on people who have had seizures.

Its side effects include- "anxiety, insomnia, irritability, headache, agitation, nervousness, and tremor."

Above is according to Wikipedia. And don't I love it.

I liked this idea, for the same reasons as JKat mentioned. Perhaps Tim was taking it because of his seizures (assumed), but then he realized that when it boosted his mental faculties, he remembered things from being around the Operator that other people didn't. So he took it as a way to keep investigating when other people were having their memory erased.

But all of this prolonged contact made him start to go crazy, and the side effects of the drug weren't helping, and so he turned into masky as we know him- insane.

But he's still investigating, and so he needs the pills. That, and possibly want of the tapes, caused him to break into Jay's house. And explains why the pill bottle there was empty.

So yeah, it's a thought. And the pills in the bag are probably ibuprofen.

[distilled]

Apologies for my drug-related misunderstanding. Carry on!

[ViolentViolet]

viagralol.



Yeah, ibuprofen.

[Bingo Zero]

[Undertheark]

[TheBioGuy]

I think you're supposed to see a doctor after 4 hours, right? I wouldn't want Jay to risk his health. He's got to do important, healthy things like wander into abandoned houses and murder scenes, you know?

[Undertheark]