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Yuki
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 		Why would this make TTA into The Operator? Jay clearly knew The Operator was there, as they ran into each other, but we never saw TTA.

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Olmstead wrote:
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That sounds great, but this is all still very early in the 7 months. Jay had to have lost his memory much later on, probably right before he "woke up" in the hotel. So what about the other 6 1/2 months?


Were we ever informed of when this all takes place during the 7 months? Forgive me if I sound like I am sarcastic, I don't mean to be, but I don't think it was every implicitly hinted at. We do know J had found Alex at this point (or vice versa), but when did they meet at the abandoned house?

In Entry #35, J seemed frustrated, almost as if he has been there before in search of clues, hence his vocalized frustrations before Alex appears. So it could have been quite a bit of time before J and Alex began cryptic communications. But I will concede, you are right, this may be to early for time to catch up.


No, you're right. It's never explicitly stated how long it is between #34 and #35. But I think most people have assumed it was pretty close; likely within a couple of days if not the very next day. I remember this was discussed at length back in the #35 thread, and the best evidence for this theory is Tim's leg. We can assume it was badly broken in #35, judging by Jay's outrage in #36. And Tim is definitely limping in #33, so that seems to point to a significant amount of healing time between those two events. So #35 and #36 happen, and then Jay tells us that #39 happens about a week after finding Alex in the abandoned house.

So Jay got the package in #26 on April 18, then left right away for the return address. My guess is that #39-40 is probably happening in early May 2010. That's a lot of catch-up still to do. All of the 7 months blackout tapes have seemed like one huge intermission to me.

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 		this creeped the hell out of me. for some reason crazy drawings are scarier to me than that distorted pumping heart.

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very glad someone brought up wizard of oz. all i could think about after i read the decoded base64 (i was the wizard in a musical a couple years back. "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" is the only line i really remember).

the intermission in the wizard of oz is right after they escape the poppy field. i'd argue there could probably be a connection made to jay's situation. isn't the slenderman known to put his victims in some sort of a trance? just like the poppies put dorothy asleep? they both escaped.

SO OBVIOUSLY JESSICA=SCARECROW ALEX=TINMAN AND TIM=LION

obviously grasping for straws here. i just see it being possible that TTA, knowing what events jay is going to uncover, sees a parallel between the wizard of oz and jay's predicament.

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holy effing shit. wicked witch of the wests' weakness? water. and water has certainly been a reoccurring theme (like in entry 17 (i think) where the distortion starts going crazy when tim's drinking water) in MH.

did i just win the game?


yeah, i just spoilered a movie made 72 years ago (or a book written 120 years ago). so what?

i'm very much likely way off on all this. the phrase "behind the curtain" is just so connected to wizard of oz it's hard to not try to draw comparisons.

just a heads up, the scene after the intermission in the wizard of oz is when dorothy and co try to enter emerald city, and the guard's like "NO" but then the guard's like "YES". so if any variation of that occurs soon... yeah.

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Something seemed a little strange when I watched, and then I noticed it again going through the frames. When the drawing shows the Operator, it's an entirely different piece of paper that has been cut out and stuck on top of the original drawing. Any speculation as to this was something done on purpose? Or did they just not want to wreck their lovely little drawing?



(Frames 404 and 530)

WHOAWHOAWHOAWHOAWHOA wait. Did you refer to the character in the drawing as the Operator despite it clearly having eyes? Please, enlighten me as to how you reached that conclusion.

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YamaKami wrote:
Olmstead wrote:
YamaKami wrote:
That sounds great, but this is all still very early in the 7 months. Jay had to have lost his memory much later on, probably right before he "woke up" in the hotel. So what about the other 6 1/2 months?


Were we ever informed of when this all takes place during the 7 months? Forgive me if I sound like I am sarcastic, I don't mean to be, but I don't think it was every implicitly hinted at. We do know J had found Alex at this point (or vice versa), but when did they meet at the abandoned house?

In Entry #35, J seemed frustrated, almost as if he has been there before in search of clues, hence his vocalized frustrations before Alex appears. So it could have been quite a bit of time before J and Alex began cryptic communications. But I will concede, you are right, this may be to early for time to catch up.


No, you're right. It's never explicitly stated how long it is between #34 and #35. But I think most people have assumed it was pretty close; likely within a couple of days if not the very next day. I remember this was discussed at length back in the #35 thread, and the best evidence for this theory is Tim's leg. We can assume it was badly broken in #35, judging by Jay's outrage in #36. And Tim is definitely limping in #33, so that seems to point to a significant amount of healing time between those two events. So #35 and #36 happen, and then Jay tells us that #39 happens about a week after finding Alex in the abandoned house.

So Jay got the package in #26 on April 18, then left right away for the return address. My guess is that #39-40 is probably happening in early May 2010. That's a lot of catch-up still to do. All of the 7 months blackout tapes have seemed like one huge intermission to me.


The way I see it is that we know #26 happened on 18th of April and that #34 happened on 21st of April.

From there it is likely about 2 to 3 days between #34 and #35 (23rd-25th April), but this is purely speculation and the only uncertainty. #36 happened on the same day as #35.

It was then one week before #39 placing it about the 30th of April to the 2nd of May. #40 happens the day after, so it's on the first few days of May.
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 		I can't be the only one who got a serious Eversion vibe from the 'DID YOU SEE ME'/'I SAW YOU' screens.

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 		Actually, I find the song in this video somewhat soothing and relaxing, reversed and unreversed.

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HunterEris wrote:
The way I see it is that we know #26 happened on 18th of April and that #34 happened on 21st of April.

From there it is likely about 2 to 3 days between #34 and #35 (23rd-25th April), but this is purely speculation and the only uncertainty. #36 happened on the same day as #35.

It was then one week before #39 placing it about the 30th of April to the 2nd of May. #40 happens the day after, so it's on the first few days of May.


Yup! That all sounds perfect.

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 		I wish I had anything to contribute this time. I've been dry a while. Maybe that the tree drawings reminded me of an oversimplified Stephen Gammell-type of thing.

I did have all my hair stand on end when my timer in the kitchen went off and I had to round a corner to enter the area after watching it though. "That's way too soon to be going off now." I thought. "Something is going to just be standing next to the washing machine when I get in there."

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 		6am and I just read through all 9 pages.

My two cents:

Looks like long hair coming off of the figure. Alex has long hair, but not that long. Know who else has long hair? Jessica has long hair.

To the man behind the curtain thing, maybe it's showing that the Operator...well, is the operator. He is controling things to his whim. He's just toying with these people.

Or if my theory (in the Slender Man Weakness thread) is correct that he is an elemental based creature (with water being his M.O.), he could be using the characters to finish his own plans?

In which case, totheark just wants to go...to the ark...to escape the coming destruction that the Operator is going to bring (promise of floods, Deluge, desire for arks, it makes sense).

Maybe the Operator is the end of the world?

If any of this sounds stupid as hell, just ignore me. It's six in the damn morning.
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Randoman96 wrote:
6am and I just read through all 9 pages.

My two cents:

Looks like long hair coming off of the figure. Alex has long hair, but not that long. Know who else has long hair? Jessica has long hair.

To the man behind the curtain thing, maybe it's showing that the Operator...well, is the operator. He is controling things to his whim. He's just toying with these people.

Or if my theory (in the Slender Man Weakness thread) is correct that he is an elemental based creature (with water being his M.O.), he could be using the characters to finish his own plans?

In which case, totheark just wants to go...to the ark...to escape the coming destruction that the Operator is going to bring (promise of floods, Deluge, desire for arks, it makes sense).

Maybe the Operator is the end of the world?

If any of this sounds stupid as hell, just ignore me. It's six in the damn morning.


All of that made good sense! I see what you mean. I guess being that the Operator is the end of the world is a little bit over the top, but it is plausible, i mean technically anything could happen at this point. The fact that in this video we see someone who appears to be ToTheArk leaning on a tree, sort of makes me wonder why they are trying to scare the crap outta Jay and yet still have him lead him/her to the ark

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Looks like long hair coming off of the figure.


This yes, but it also looks a lot like cobwebs to me. Like whoever is slumped against that tree has been there for a very, very long time.

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 		Actually, I take it back.

I haven't verified it myself, but a poster did mention that the drawing seems to match the trail in terms of the way the trees look, instead of the clearing Jay was at.

And it pretty obviously does portray the Operator, but the human figure is TTA. I know other people have already stated that, but I guess it's easy enough to infer from the fact that the human figure is taped on there. Representing the fact that TTA wasn't seen, but was there. And the human figure does seem to be in a bit of fright. I think that's significant- TTA admitting that he's scared? If anyone can show me how I'm wrong, I'd love to see it.

And maybe TTA's not a he, but that's another topic entirely.

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 		When I first watched it I didn't think of the tree as having an operator symbol. But more of a Slender figure with an x over his face. I honestly can see a thin body below the symbol. Going back to Alex's art, Slenderman always had an x over his face.

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 		Only read through the first few pages here so forgive me if this has already been said, but if with the references to "Intermission" and "behind the curtain," perhaps this is a reference to the events of Entry #40 being what actually caused Jay to lose his memory - being in such close proximity to The Operator.

Just shot in the dark there but that's certainly what I thought at first inspection.

Also
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Today (May 17th) is Troy's birthday, so even with the references to the date, perhaps they're just coincidental?


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