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[msheadwound]

[kevrock]

[fyo]

Posted this on SA and figured I'd crosspost here:

I didn't pick up on this myself at first, but it's been brought up a couple times either here or on unfiction that Alex may have actually noticed SM in the window.

It is weird how he suddenly cuts Tim off and asks where Brian is. Also, it doesn't make sense to me why he'd keep the camera running while they're talking. It'd take a second to press the record button a couple times and you'd think that'd make things a lot easier for when he goes through the footage later on--it'd be a pain to have to skip through the irrelevant parts later on.

Maybe people who know a thing or two about film school could chime in.

In any case, here's my film-school naive analysis:

A) J stepping into the frame and facing the window seems to be intended to suggest that he is not being seen by the naked eye.

*However we know that people saw him with their own eyes in entry 12, so this is variable. It seems that
the subjectivity of human perception can be exploited by whatever it is that SM does.

B) The fact that Alex cuts Tim short so quickly could be telling us that Alex has seen SM. If A is true, it would mean that he had looked into the camera and seen SM, and also looked with his own eyes and didn't see him.

C) If B is true, then the fact that Alex doesn't freak out means he's somewhat familiar with the phenomenon. This seems like a pretty solid conclusion if B is true.

D) The first thing Alex asks is 'where's Brian?' There are two reasons for this that I can see:
1 - Alex suspects Brian is playing a prank, although this seems unlikely given A
2 - Alex and Brian are both aware of SM, so he wants to show Brian that SM is showing up on the camera.

(Another explenation for J stepping into the frame may be that they're just trying to show that he's there. Although I don't think it's that simple, since the creators would've been aware of how telling it could be having J face SM directly--they would have probably just had him keep his back to the window if this were the case. My suggesting (A) seems like a better conclusion.)

[The World Ends With You]

[Mafkees]

Do you all notice that the shadow of Tim is messed up, it has the exact same effect that the S has in a video from Totheark (Can't remember wich one a.t.m.) and the S is the exact same S that Tim has on his t shirt in one of the earlyer entries.

[fhbfda]

Does Alex do a double take when he looks out the window after handing Tim the water?

If so, he didn't seem at all bothered.

[TheAtroxious]

Hm. The "S" on Tim's shirt in Entry 9 seems more a part of the abstract design to me, but I don't know.

And the stigma in the TTA video was just kind of wavery. Tim's shadow was full out noise-enhanced. I'd need a bit more evidence before concluding something from that.

[K]

hmm

[TNC]

[Future Sith]

I'd say this is probably the creepiest entry yet, right up there with 6, 7 and 14. The way he's just staring the whole time gives me chills.

totheark's going to have a field day with this, no doubt. I wouldn't be shocked if his response was like the last one, where he's just watching them all.

[BaronVonCakeman]

Re: hmm

[chaos]

[eggopm3]

Re: hmm

[msheadwound]

I'm not a big fan of the totheark is SlenderMan theory, but the discovery of J's memory loss does make "remember me" in the info for Exit slightly more ominous.

[rawr1234]

sorry if it was mentioned in one of the previous seven pages, but i got an exam soon and cant read 102 posts right now.
anyone else notice that at about 0:24-0:38, the shadow of his head seems to go really fuzzy?
might just be nothing, but would fit in with whole video sabotage means Slenderman is near