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[VIDEO] Entry #49
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Owlish
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King_Taco wrote:
JackOfBlades72 wrote:
Did anyone else notice the white flailing shit at about 3:30 on the right side of the tunnel? Or is that just a bush and entirely insignificant? Thought it was odd.


yea dude thats just a bush. watching marble hornets makes you think that everythng in the background is TO hahaha.


Glad to hear I'm not the only one peering weirdly at trees.

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 		Been thinking about something. Maybe Alex learned how to get away from the Operator by leaving these 'offerings.' Initially, it could have been Seth. Then Amy. Now 'Bruce'...

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stringbeanman
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 		hate to say it.. but i dont like how The Operators arms looked.
paper towel roll style.

but thats just me being annoying. loving all the ideas on here. it was a good entry, and is moving the story along well.

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 		I'm not buying the "Operator sees faces only" theory. Don't get me wrong: I LIKE that theory.. but something about it just feels.. like.. it isn't right. Confused

I think I'm going to go with the dumbed down, simplistic theory that Slendy is an evil guy, and he's using Alex to do his dirty work. Namely bat-shit crazy, rock bashing murders. Might be kind of lame, but I don't think the plot is going to amount to much more than this. (But I hope it does)

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Camero
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sweetgums wrote:
Okay, so I asked a doctor friend of mine about blood coagulation. While she's no criminology expert, she told me that in the case of a "pool" of blood, it'll likely stay fresh for a few hours and then dry up. In other words, assuming that entry #29 occured one day after #49, it's impossible that the fresh blood in the tunnel is Bruce's, unless of course:

1. At some point between those two days it rained, and the blood got mixed with water, keeping it 'fresh'/liquid enough by the time Jay gets to the tunnel.
2. Troy and Joseph didn't get their facts right before filming.


The more likely scenario isn't that it's someone else's blood, but that 29 takes place a few hours after 49. Think about it; Jay was following Alex but gets scared away when he thinks Alex sees him. A few hours later, he returns to see if he can figure out what he missed.

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Owlish
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Magyk wrote:
I'm not buying the "Operator sees faces only" theory. Don't get me wrong: I LIKE that theory.. but something about it just feels.. like.. it isn't right. Confused

I think I'm going to go with the dumbed down, simplistic theory that Slendy is an evil guy, and he's using Alex to do his dirty work. Namely bat-shit crazy, rock bashing murders. Might be kind of lame, but I don't think the plot is going to amount to much more than this. (But I hope it does)


I really hope it does. I enjoy nerding out on the philosophical implications of Slenderman and Marble Hornets way too much be satisfied with "The Operator is bad because he just is" theory. But there's a good chance you're right.

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stringbeanman
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 		stupid question, since i think he was just an innocent victim..

but besides #48 where he is outside his car, would we be able to fit Bruce the White into any other scenario?
ToTheWoods? the TTA video where he says" You are you, but who are you" or any other ..
(sorry im at work and dont have the time to look up the exact Entry #'s)

Just for the sake of "not leaving any theory unturned"

since more than half this board wrote Bruce the White off as random woman smoking by her car who did not even realise she was in the video.

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Camero
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Owlish wrote:
Magyk wrote:
I'm not buying the "Operator sees faces only" theory. Don't get me wrong: I LIKE that theory.. but something about it just feels.. like.. it isn't right. Confused

I think I'm going to go with the dumbed down, simplistic theory that Slendy is an evil guy, and he's using Alex to do his dirty work. Namely bat-shit crazy, rock bashing murders. Might be kind of lame, but I don't think the plot is going to amount to much more than this. (But I hope it does)


I really hope it does. I enjoy nerding out on the philosophical implications of Slenderman and Marble Hornets way too much be satisfied with "The Operator is bad because he just is" theory. But there's a good chance you're right.


I'm thinking that the nature of the Operator will probably never really be explained at any point in the series. One of those things that's much better if you leave it to the audience's imagination.

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redherring wrote:
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Not sure if this has been said, but Alex smashes Bruce's face with a rock. Could this be to remove his face for the operator?


Good point - admittedly I haven't read through all 20+ pages yet, but this came to mind immediately after watching the video through the first time. The guy was already dead, so the face smashing had to have some sort of 'point'.

I'm also curious here too - unless Slendy returns the bloody shirt, maybe Alex kills more than once in this spot? [/just a thought]


Well, to kill someone by choking them to death, (unless you really injure the esophagus) you'd have to keep them from breathing even after they pass out. As soon as some one passes out, they start breathing again. Have you ever watched UFC? People get choked out all the time and then continue to breathe moments later. The ref has to get the other man off quickly so the knocked out opponent can start breathing again. Alex just choked him until he passed out and then finished him off with a rock. At least that's how I see it anyway. I don't have a PhD so I my facts might not be exact.

EDIT: Fixed a few grammatical errors

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 		If the events of Entry #38 come next, I wonder how Alex loses his glasses? In #38, he isn't wearing glasses. It would've made perfect sense if he didn't pick them up off the floor of the tunnel after murdering the poor hiker. I guess we will see soon.

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sweetgums wrote:
Okay, so I asked a doctor friend of mine about blood coagulation. While she's no criminology expert, she told me that in the case of a "pool" of blood, it'll likely stay fresh for a few hours and then dry up. In other words, assuming that entry #29 occured one day after #49, it's impossible that the fresh blood in the tunnel is Bruce's, unless of course:

1. At some point between those two days it rained, and the blood got mixed with water, keeping it 'fresh'/liquid enough by the time Jay gets to the tunnel.
2. Troy and Joseph didn't get their facts right before filming.


Did you/she take high humidity into account? They *are* in the steamy south in a warm season. And it was raining at least some of the time. 

On another note, am I the only one who thinks calling Jay and Alex "best friends" isn't entirely accurate? I know they're friends, but Alex turned to Seth and possibly Brian over Jay in Season 1. And Jay didn't seem all that bothered about Alex disappearing until he remembered the tapes and got sucked into the mess. I get the feeling they're more like guys who used to hang out. Now they're working together because either (a) they each have no one else to turn to, (b) they don't *want* to pull anyone else in, or (c) Jay thinks Alex has answers/needs help, but really Alex is just trying to get rid of Jay or sacrifice him for Amy.

This might sound nitpicky but I'm not being anal for the hell of it; the distinction could be important. If they weren't ever closer than buddies, it raises the likelihood that Alex has had ulterior motives or nefarious plans for Jay since Amy vanished. Whether they were BFFs or not also changes the tone for *this* video, if you buy the theory that Alex thought he was attacking Jay.            
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Foood wrote:
If the events of Entry #38 come next, I wonder how Alex loses his glasses? In #38, he isn't wearing glasses. It would've made perfect sense if he didn't pick them up off the floor of the tunnel after murdering the poor hiker. I guess we will see soon.


Maybe Alex takes them off preemptively in anticipation of having to struggle with Jay. Or maybe he misplaced them after Alex went wherever he went after rocking Bruce.

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stringbeanman wrote:
hate to say it.. but i dont like how The Operators arms looked.
paper towel roll style.

but thats just me being annoying. loving all the ideas on here. it was a good entry, and is moving the story along well.


yea that kinda bugged me too, like he didnt have any hands and his arms seemed longer than normal

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Owlish
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King_Taco wrote:
stringbeanman wrote:
hate to say it.. but i dont like how The Operators arms looked.
paper towel roll style.

but thats just me being annoying. loving all the ideas on here. it was a good entry, and is moving the story along well.


yea that kinda bugged me too, like he didnt have any hands and his arms seemed longer than normal


I've kind of noticed that the length of his arms seems to change from entry to entry. Not sure if this is deliberate (he's supposed to be kind of stretchy, right?) but it can be distracting. I'm thinking it might be a technical issue?

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Owlish wrote:
King_Taco wrote:
stringbeanman wrote:
hate to say it.. but i dont like how The Operators arms looked.
paper towel roll style.

but thats just me being annoying. loving all the ideas on here. it was a good entry, and is moving the story along well.


yea that kinda bugged me too, like he didnt have any hands and his arms seemed longer than normal


I've kind of noticed that the length of his arms seems to change from entry to entry. Not sure if this is deliberate (he's supposed to be kind of stretchy, right?) but it can be distracting. I'm thinking it might be a technical issue?


It probably is a technical issue. They always have to set him up again and since it isn't a mannequin it's virtually impossible to always make him look the same way.

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