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[pravado]

But we do know the pills control Tim's masky state. Entry 61 flat out proved that. When Tim starts to have a seizure he looks frantically for his pills. When he can't find them, he goes masky (his leg injury comes back and he grabs the mask and runs off to rosswood)

The fact that he reached for his pills implies they cure w/e was going to happen to him. And what happened to him? He went masky


When Jay goes to the house, he takes the pills. A day or two later he goes back and finds masky waiting for him, who takes his pills back. I don't think we need to analyze why Tim was there, as we will most assuredly never get an answer for it so it's all going to be guesses at best anyway. The important thing is that we know the pills help his condition, and when his condition gets really bad he goes masky.


As far as that theory censura, that's a huge stretch. It makes more sense to just conclude that masky was working with hoody and led Jay there. You're making it too complicated for what it actually is.

[elford]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo

Negative effects
Similar to the placebo effect, inert substances have the potential to cause negative effects via the "nocebo effect" (Latin nocebo = "I will harm"). In this effect, giving an inert substance has negative consequences.

Another negative consequence is that placebos can cause side-effects associated with real treatment. One example of this is with those that have already taken an opiate, can then show respiratory depression when given it again in the form of a placebo.



This is taken from the Wikipedia page on the placebo effect. Read this if you are not familiar with what I'm referring to. The brain can condition itself to THINK their needs are being met with a drug. Anyway, I found the above part interesting, in relation to Marble Hornets.

[pravado]

Do you really think they're going to reveal that Tim's pills were all placebo? It might be possible but you have to question if they'd want to deteriorate the quality of their built up story by giving a reveal like that.

Also I don't know how accurate that placebo thing may be in this case. The pills stop his coughing and throwing up blood entirely as masky. With a placebo he'd still have those side effects.

[TheOperator]

[Geneaux486]

[twistedpuppet]

Or he would have yelled at Alex for yelling at his girl, like a boyfriend should. :V

[Geneaux486]

[jackofnotrades]

Honestly I think the placebo idea would be more satisfying - look at the options:

A supernaturally fueled entity/fugue state that can take over a person can be controlled or supressed by prescription medication. I'd be really dissapointed if science and medicine had a direct way to mitigate the supernatural elements, even if the pills are demonstrated to have a large negative impact on his body.

An individual has a belief that the medication is helping him ward off this supernatural state, but really its a lot more about willpower and the fortification that his mind gets from his prescription "security blanket".

I personally like the ambiguity at the moment and hope we don't get a concrete answer on the pills.

[twistedpuppet]

[Geneaux486]

[jackofnotrades]

[Geneaux486]

[censura_umbra]

This page is why I love this website...

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