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[ViolentViolet]

[Makdee]

[Bingo Zero]

[Makdee]

[Bingo Zero]

When does Jay distort the camera in entry 27? I just rewatched it and I didn't see or hear any distortion. There was a bit of noise towards the end when Jay was sitting on the bed but I think that was ambient noise from the room, as it was present even when Jay wasn't infront of the camera.

[Makdee]

[ViolentViolet]

[Rotation]

I don't know what to think when it comes to TTA, Masky, Tim, etc. What I can tell you are some of my personnel theories on our friend the Operator

First I think he runs on what I call "The Inverted Inverse Ninja Rule" TM and copyright pending. The inverse ninja rules basically states that the more ninjas there are swinging around, the less powerful they are. Thus 1 ninja will utterly destroy you, pulling back flips and bullet time stunts. But a thousand will just kind of dance around waiting for the hero to punch them in the face. Think of it like this then. The Operator seems to only confront/target one individual at a time. Even when presented with multiple targets (The filming crew when they first see him in the field), he picks one, accomplishes his goal (Whatever the heck it is), then moves to the next. But then you have what someone said earlier in the thread. If Jay and Jessica team up, Jay will be significantly less stressed. The less stressed he is, the less scared he is. And whatever his goals are, the Operator operates on fear. This not only explains why he's acting like he's working his way down a list, but also why he doesn't just saunter through Times Square doing ….. Whatever it is he's trying to do. Anyways following this logic, the Operator becomes increasingly weaker with each individual who recognizes him (and admits it) within a range of sight radius.

My second theory comes from that 'admits it' part up there. Let's take a look at Tim. How's Tim been doing? Pretty good as far as anyone can tell. That's why everyone is suspicious of him. When eldritch abominations are chasing you through woods, breaking into your house while you sleep, and teleporting you to god knows where; doing pretty good is as suspicious as wearing a pot t-shirt to the Officers Ball. But what if Tim really is just fine? Not involved in any way? Well then that would make you ask what he did different than everyone else. Here's the answer: He forgot about it. He thoroughly, adamantly, and consistently forgot about the whole thing. Even when asked if he wants to pitch in on the project that Jay is working on now, Tim says no. He's doing just fine thank you very much. I think that in order for the Operator (and maybe even TTA and Masky) to get their hooks into you, you have to recognize them as different from the normal stream of events. Basically Jay would have been fine if he had just ignored that bag.

And my third theory (just for the sake of argument): Why does everyone and their grandmother think that the Operator is malevolent? I can count the number of times I've seen him move more than five feet under his own power with one hand. And I can't think of a single aggressive action that he's made. I will grant you the facts that his creepy something fierce and has no sense of personal space, but that could also be used to describe my gay uncle.

Supporting Evidence:
Theory 1: The Operator very obviously has the capabilities to be a serious hunter/tracker, so why is it that he only hunts one at a time and over such a long period?

2. Alex apparently lived for a good long while without being confronted. (Also he apparently got into a relationship, see theory one maybe?) When asked about the camera he was obviously concerned, but not terrified. He had dulled his receptors to it. If he had been in the same mindset as when he left Jay, he probably wouldn't have said a word. Just ran and jumped out a window or something.

3. Seriously, name one overt or covert act of aggression or malice from the Operator.

[ViolentViolet]

Pretty sure the operator broke into Alex's room (trespassing) and made his face bleed..

It's not very nice.

[McWeird007]

[kenshiro]

[8bitFilk]

[Zarggg]

However, this discounts every other report (and lore) of Slenderman/The Operator as a very overt malicious force: He kills people and puts their organs in bags. He lures and either kills, kidnaps, or drives children to murder their families.

If you wanted to go down this line of thought, though, it would make more sense to think of him as like the Great Old Ones in the Cthulhu mythos: Their mere presence drives us insane.

[8bitFilk]

[Dray]

I think that, guessing that his appearance was based off of the original Slender Man and that MH was posted to the original Create Paranormal Images thread on SA, the creators would keep some of that sense of malevolence in the character. It could wind up being an interesting reveal that he meant no harm, in the end, and that his interference with Alex's (and now Jay's) dilemma's is coincidental to some other force...

but I think that the hints of blood throughout the series suggest that something big is going down that hasn't been put on camera in a way that we can see it, yet. I don't know if we will ever know for sure if the Operator is really intentionally or accidentally, through his mere presence, causing misery and bloodshed... but I think that we can place our bets on the fact that he's causing all of this horror.