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[Zebez]

[Star Kindler]

[Yuki]

[The Percolator]

So, first post for a long time lurker! Like, years and years of lurking.

I personally love the idea of The Operator being literal to his name, and taking control of people's bodies whilst making them do things against their will. Alex trying to warn someone to "not follow him" during this entry in a whisper does make a really good point for this argument. Alex's body is being controlled and a hushed whisper is all he can manage to let out while The Operator guides his body to the tunnel.

Now for my expansion to the theory:

The Operator, for reasons still beyond my understanding, has his (lack of eyes) set on Alex's body. If enttry 37 is indication of anything, he's had his eyes set on Alex's body for at least over a decade. Before he can actually take control of it though, Alex has to be broken (TTA's reference to Alex being "broken" comes to mind). He has to submit his body on his own will.

I believe the reason he finally does so is the taking of Amy. The Operator proposes a negotiation. Amy's life for Alex's body. Alex, after much debate, agrees. Entry 43 is the confirmation of the deal, Entry 44 is the beginning of the transformation of Operator-possession. The vomiting of the blood and the such are all a part of this. The full process of taking Alex's body is incomplete as of 49.

Now, to go on from there, I believe that totheark/the maskies believes that the only way to kill The Operator is while he's completely inhabiting someone's body (or "ark"). I also believe that Tim (and perhaps other MH crew) was once an ark to the Operator, but was able to somehow rid himself of The Operator. The reason why he can teleport and exhibits slendersickness are residual effects of being inhabited by it. I also believe that TiMasky is only one portion of totheark, and the rest are composed of other members of the Marble Hornets crew (while most people are in the Brian camp, I am personally a fan of Seth being Hoody, considering his knowledge of camera and film).

The goal of totheark is to rid the world of The Operator, by killing it while it inhabits a vessel, no matter who it is. This explains Tim's attack on Alex in 35, and again in 45. Tim's mask is the only thing protecting him from being inhabited by The Operator, which explains the scream he lets out whenever it's removed. This also explains why he and Hoody bolt in 45 after seeing The Operator and not attempting to finish off Alex: there's no reason to considering Alex isn't inhabited and The Operator would probably just finish them off later anyways. The Operator's goals are selfish; he is only protecting his cattle.

Just my personal theory though, if you took the time to read it, jawsome. If not, a TL;DR is okay too.

EDIT: I forgot to mention in the original post, but I wanted to tack this little nug on too. I also think that whenever Tim shows back up in 33, it might be because Alex is dead after the 7 month period. Therefore, The Operator attempts to latch onto the next closest vessel: Jay. Tim/tta believes enough time has passed for The Operator to finish possessing the next vessel, and Tim teleports Jessica away. He next tries to kill Jay with his mask on preventing The Operator to have anyone to possibly latch onto next.

[Ikekudeyg]

[Sleight]

[GrizzNKev]

[awakeasaurusrex]

[Atgibs]

Want to get my reply in here before I re-watch.

I audibly gasped twice during this entry.

[Karloff Vandergriff]

[Ikekudeyg]

[The Reverend]

Maybe Slendy-O can't kill people directly?

[Blank_Zero]

[The Percolator]

[Karloff Vandergriff]