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[LOCKED] EverymanHYBRID 2012
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Mattwan
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unreliable narrator galore!! We have edits during the car scene which may indicate Alex said things we are not supposed to hear!!


Not necessarily unreliable narration. The title of the video, "Consensus", suggests that what we get are just the parts all the survivors have agreed on. They may be trying to mislead us, but it's also possible that there are some sensitive things they agree should be kept "in the family".

I love that they went back to the original creepypasta and made the Rake something more than a feral beast. Great work slipping it in there.

A bit of theory: We've seen some things suggesting the three baddies are working together, and other things suggesting they're working at cross purposes to one another. Maybe they're forced into unity by the prophecies but still have their own individual agendas? Anyway, maybe the Rake's whispers to Alex were his own act of rebellion, and Slendy had to kill Alex (or have Alex killed) before the Rake's insubordination threatened completion of the prophecy.

The splatters of slenderbile remind me of the black marks on some of the found photographs from very early on. Anybody else?

Has anyone sent out condolences on behalf of all of us yet?

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SleepingHellion
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And we lose another.

The black blood is troubling, to say the least, and we've only seen it from one person, so we can't really say that there was another person involved without more evidence.

Slenderman looked as if he was waiting for something, very politely. I don't really know Slenderman's intention, but Slenderman has a penchant for kids right? Maybe , because of the beard's sign of maturity, he didn't like it? I don't know, maybe the goo is hair corrosive.

my sympathies go to the boys, especially jeff.

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tijde
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Wow. Ok, a few things that stood out:

- If talking to us is how Vinnie grieves, why don't we have any footage of Vinnie grieving for Lexi?    This isn't exactly a new and surprising development for him. 

- I keep thinking about the connection between Fairmount!Vincent and The Man. After the last video, I'd figured The Rake got Alex, but the signs here point straight to Slenderman--the bags of blood, the distortion and backseat footage, the tarry gunk on the trail and all over the car. (Is this the first time anyone but Vincent has coughed up that crap, or am I forgetting something?) Seems very ominous that the time slip happened right after Vincent's scramble with the camera, when Vinnie obviously didn't want us to hear what Alex was going to say. Remember the story of The Reverend and Fairmount!Vincent? The Man eviscerated him. Maybe the attack on Alex was Slenderman's twisted way of "protecting" Vinnie. I don't mean Vinnie intended or wanted this to happen; more like Slenderman responded to Vincent's panic, interpreting Alex's knowledge as a threat. Hope this makes sense; I'm having a hard time putting the lines my brain is drawing into words. 

- In the same vein, I wonder if the missing beard is a reference to Boy Vincent and the favor Slenderman showed him. 

EDIT: Heh, ninja'd on about half the above points. But I agree with those saying Vince isn't necessarily our unreliable narrator, if there is one. If someone wanted to be sneaky, why keep such obvious evidence of an edit? They could've cut that part off right after the camera fell off the dashboard.
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I'm assuming the missing beard to be a time jump of sorts..? maybe...I'm so confused D:

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(Is this the first time anyone but Vincent has coughed up that crap, or am I forgetting something?)


In Halloween Hangover and Jessie's Back... Vince has coughed up the black substance twice that I can recall.

I hate to ask, but do you think they ever looked into or retrieved the bag? Did they even have the heart to... simply accepting it as a forgone conclusion?

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Retail Zombie Slayer
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I can't believe that they would just write Alex off and assume he was dead and not bother to check the bag out to confirm. But then half the things the guys do lately make little sense.

The goop on the car window looked like someone tried to draw Slendy in Attack Tentacles mode with the black goop. The stuff on the windshield doesn't really look like letters to me.

It didn't seem like Vinnie reacted to seeing Slendy. Or are they just so used to seeing Him that they don't react anymore?

This video was really frustrating. I don't want to think Vinnie is evil, but the fact that he turned the camera off before Alex could say anything coupled with the comment from the hidden camera portion where Alex is saying they took the wrong turn and Vinnie dismisses him makes me think Vinnie drove out to the Woods of Doom on purpose to give Alex to Slendy. Now the question would be if he was possessed at the time or not.

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lunaticfish
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So many good points. Augh.

Zombie: You're right on with the black bile. It does indeed look like Attack Tentacles marks. Also I am not sure he could see Slendy, or maybe he was too focused on where Alex went? Also, also, yeah- the "wrong direction" thing is concerning... I don't want to think Vin had anything to do with it, I don't think he would knowingly, but the way it played out is actually really suspicious... ;__;

mattwan: You make and excellent point about what Alex said possibly compromising him. In the quick flashback shots, notice there is a very short piece of when Alex answered the door with the duct tape over his mouth. EDIT: Also, it's nice to see you around again! :3

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Mattwan
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lunaticfish wrote:
mattwan: You make and excellent point about what Alex said possibly compromising him. In the quick flashback shots, notice there is a very short piece of when Alex answered the door with the duct tape over his mouth. EDIT: Also, it's nice to see you around again! :3


I had completely missed that! Planting a tree, maybe that clip in its original context was meant as a warning? If so, would that have implications for the other hidden inserts?

And thanks! It's good to have something to say for a change. Smile And this is as good a place as any for a belated expression of joy at the return of Didz.

EDIT: While going to look at the Alex Memorial Montage frame-by-frame, I noticed something odd but OOG at 3:14. Is that a fire hydrant in the middle of the woods?

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Retail Zombie Slayer wrote:
I can't believe that they would just write Alex off and assume he was dead and not bother to check the bag out to confirm. But then half the things the guys do lately make little sense.

The goop on the car window looked like someone tried to draw Slendy in Attack Tentacles mode with the black goop. The stuff on the windshield doesn't really look like letters to me.

It didn't seem like Vinnie reacted to seeing Slendy. Or are they just so used to seeing Him that they don't react anymore?

This video was really frustrating. I don't want to think Vinnie is evil, but the fact that he turned the camera off before Alex could say anything coupled with the comment from the hidden camera portion where Alex is saying they took the wrong turn and Vinnie dismisses him makes me think Vinnie drove out to the Woods of Doom on purpose to give Alex to Slendy. Now the question would be if he was possessed at the time or not.

They might have checked the bag and just not taped/shown it. Remember Vince said they were going to discuss how much to show us.

That black stuff on the windshield looked like letters, but only like how a closed laptop looks like a closed book.

Pretty sure he was possessed, since he said "not this again" or whatever. Regardless of what Vinnie may or may not have done, I don't think that he himself is evil.

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Mattwan
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Now here's something interesting. During the reveal of the hanging back, the frame is split. The rightmost 3/4 show the camera moving onto the bag with color distortion, while the leftmost 1/4 alternates between a shot of Alex with tape over his mouth and the attached image. Anybody recognize it? It's probably something totally obvious, but I suck at recognizing things.
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Pretty sure it's a car seat

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Mattwan
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THmanslayr wrote:
Pretty sure it's a car seat


D'oh! Yes, indeed it is. In fact, I think it's a frame from later in the video, around 4:10. I guess it's there to say "Alex's seat is empty forevermore"?

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Note: I don't think Vince saw Slendy. Just because the camera was pointed that way, doesn't mean he was looking through it/in that direction as he was getting up.
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I hope they aren't killing off their characters one by one...

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Screenies for speculation/discussion etc

Vinny takes a swig of water:

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Seconds later:

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Just after that (Who's vantage point?):

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A bit after that--a screen tear appears and then we see a single frame BEFORE it happens:

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Not long after,it happens in real time,Vinny gets up and looks around,dazed and disoriented,scans the scene around him and doesn't seem to notice Slendy,notices the black goo,mumbles and expletive,and then a replay of prior foreshadowing from earlier in the series (just as his eyes scan up to the hanging bag (empty car seat,full bag)


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Prior foreshadowing:


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What's the significance of this,I wonder?Interesting...

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Vinny runs back to the car,notes the horror of the scene and how he's now sans beard and tie,gets in and looks in rearview mirror:

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Seconds later it blurs,Vinny spews more expletives before exiting the car in a panic:

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Poor,poor Alex Crying or Very sad
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