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[distilled]

My theory is as following:

Whilst there can't really be any universal "canon" when it comes to Slenderman stories; there are traits which tend to be common.

My theory is that Slenderman is an expression of a human emotion or dysfunction, whether that be hate, fear, envy, guilt, averice, madness, loneliness etc etc. This can be seen in EMH with Evan's seeming madness and the boys' troubles as children (or whatever is going on there...), it can be seeing in "I'll see you in Hell" blog's writers murderous intent, it's evident in Zeke Strahm's loneliness and detachment, in Noah Maxwell's guilt over losing contact with Milo, in Just Another Fool it was the guilt the character felt about his experiences at war. The Slenderman acts and appears differently to all of these people because he is a personal perception/projection of their damaged psyche.

I believe that Alex is not just running away from Slenderman; he's running away from a secret which he's been hiding, something which predates Marble Hornets (the student movie). Something he feels cripplingly guilty about. Something which is so horrific he has had to hide the evidence and leave town.

Masky is someone who knows this secret, I believe he is Tim, but he doesn't need to be for the theory to work. This person knows what Alex did and knows that he has hidden the evidence - this is the Ark.

I think as we discover more about Masky over this season we will discover more about the boys' past, more about what the significance of certain elements (ie, the red tower, the pills, the mystery house, skelly - have we forgotten about skelly?).

Thats my theory, such as it is.

[icetailgreg]

... So Distilled, with your first theory, my Dead Space related theory holds up more. I think this because in DS2, Issac is haunted by Nicole's death (Secret) and she wont stop going nuts until he confesses. Masky could be the necromorph infection, not really related to the secret, but something related to Nicole (Slendy) and trying to stop or even kill Issac (J). But, for DS2, there is a connection to both (Marker), is there a connection to them in MH? The Red Tower, perhaps? I'm not making stuff up like last time, I think that my theory is totally plausible. Anybody agree? Also, do you mean the skelly in entry 26?

[onetruepurple]

The slenderdoll from #18 and #23 is more significant than the skull mask from #26, tbh..

[Megarain]

I always thought it was because they were skipped over as children.

[TheBioGuy]

[TheRelicRetard.]

Maybe Totheark is J's dad?

[distilled]

[TheBioGuy]

For the record, I'm sorry, my tendency to rant rarely takes any regard to the source of the rant, in this case, a forum-goer (distilled) that I generally respect quite a lot.

On to other business- believe me, the forum has not forgotten. At just the right times, "Skully"-related theories pop up like crazy, making me want to throw my computer out the window. Most of them point to him as evidence of the masky disease or masky organization, which has caused me to associate the one with the others.

And I believe that the scene in the scary-jumble of #26 of Alex(?) walking down a hallway with a light appearing at the end was terrifying and intriguing, much more so than some image of a generically scary skull passing by.

If it were definitively a mask, I'd be more scared of it.

[distilled]

No worries Bio! Thick skinned!

Also - the fact that I haven't noticed the mentions of Skelly might sprout from that I gave up on reading the #33 thread at about page 25 and I can't tolerate the Masky threads any further; for the reasons both you and I have mentioned above.

To be honest, I think we need #34 and #35 to pop up fairly soon to diffuse some of the tension around here. Hopefully, we'll see some content next week.


[edit] just realised I'd been referring to it as Skelly. Skully, Will, SKULLY.

[Undertheark]