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[Magyk]

Who is Jay and why did his house burn down?

[GlobalWolf]

I never really had a problem with the idea that Jay has some sort of job that he uses to get the money for hotels, food, gas, etc. It wouldn't take much, and his problems seem to occur mostly when he's either totally alone or with only one or two people. I get the impression that neither Masky nor the Operator are going to come through the McDonald's drive through to bug him.

I don't think that willing suspension of disbelief would be good enough on its own, though. Willing suspension pretty much always comes with the caveat that you can get people to accept the impossible, but not the improbable. That's why people care more when an explosion makes noise in space than when you launch a rocket faster than light. That example doesn't ruin the show, but I do think that having no potential source for money would come out as a plot hole in MH.

[Lithp]

[TheMoldyPudding]

Is Jay a partner on Youtube? Because he might be getting a bit of money from YT too.

[aidansean]

$20 a day? Where's this guy eating, the Ritz? He probably stretches his meagre budget more and more each week. That can't be good. It could be the case that Jay sleeps and runs at some of the places where you pay on checkout. After all, he only seems to stay one night a time for most of the time. ("I don't want to sleep in my car tonight" from Entry #42ish seems like one night in a bed punctuates night after night in his car.) What bugs me the most is his level of personal hygiene. He must be less than fresh most of the time and his clothes must be a biohazard by now.

Slightly less than totally boring: what about a small inheritance from a family death. You know, a slenderdeath.

ETA: "I don't want any hotels that are near to here" is consistent with sleep and run. But they probably have nothing to do with anything, just an amusing thought. And maybe that's what Jessica did. Maybe this whole thing is a frivolous scam to get free hotel rooms.

[DHawk314]

[Toadbert]

[Blank_Zero]

What you folks are forgetting about Jay's Extended Stay: A LOT of Hotels have a sort of "Weekly rate" for single occupancy rooms. It turns an almost $300 a week stay (at $40 a night) to around $170.

[aidansean]

Doesn't Alex live out of his car too in Entry #52? It looks like he tent poles and a sleeping bag in there when Jay rummages around his front seats.

[Starkley]

Knowing Jay he'd probably camp in the middle of Rosswood.

[Zebez]

[GlobalWolf]

[Starkley]

I dunno, it might actually be a good idea. Slendy might be able to get away with appearing in a maintenance tunnel by going horizontal, but I'd like to see him fit inside a small tent.

The best defense since Spongebob's Anti-Sea-Bear Circle.

[Blank_Zero]

[GlobalWolf]