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[ReverendJ]

Re: THEORY ON #22

[veronica2199]

Re: THEORY ON #22

[Ascalondion]

Re: THEORY ON #22

[veronica2199]

Re: THEORY ON #22

[ReverendJ]

Re: THEORY ON #22

[veronica2199]

Re: THEORY ON #22

[JAL13]

I won't be an ass like most and flat out bash this because I don't like it, but although the theory is a bit out there it is very creative. I think it was your word choice that kind of made it less credible and less favorable toward some.

If it were my word choice I would have said the camera itself was cursed and that TO was somehow connected the camera. Meaning: Every time someone uses the cursed camera TO can potentially find them. A cursed camera to me makes a hell of a lot more sense than the camera being his eyes (although symbolically with TO having no face, using technology for his eyes, and causing distortion is very cool and does have significant part to the story).

Also, it would shed light on how we were able to see a third person view of Tim and Hoody fighting in Entry #83.

Whether I like this theory or not is not up to me, but hey, if no one proves it wrong then I guess it COULD be right in some way shape or form. I have my own theories, but I keep them to myself because of a certain few people who refute without evidence.

[evanx275h]

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Other than the fact that this should have probably been placed in the Entry #22 thread, I actually want to see if I can fully understand the theory you have - because I actually not only like it, I think it can work.

So the Operator using cameras as his "eyes" makes a lot of sense, honestly. The biggest moments that seem to happen regarding the Operator happen on-camera, as the characters only seem to encounter him when they are recording. I can't fully prove this, but then again, can you think of a time that Jay or anyone has mentioned seeing the Operator off-camera? I do recall Entry #2, so that can be a hole in that portion of the theory, but I digress.

Now, assuming this is true, if the camera is the Operator's way of seeing into the world, that would explain how he is able to teleport with ease and knows his lay of the land so well; he can insert himself into wherever he can see, follow anyone, and pursue anyone as long as they're recording. And, the more people record, the more "sets of eyes" he has to control. That would be beautiful IRONY too, because of Jay and Alex's constant need to film all the time - because they want to document Oppy - when, meanwhile, it's the recording itself that attracts him.

The best example of this would be Entry #26; Alex has moved on with life and seems to be doing well with Amy. Then Amy snaps on a camera and, poof, Oppy's back! It could be because the Operator actually lost him, after he moved away, and only rediscovered him after Amy decided to turn it back on. That would also explain how, at the beginning of Entry #26, Jay was baffled that someone knew where he was the whole time - because the dude's been documenting his entire trip at the beginning of that entry! Lastly, Tim's line from Entry #59, "...and then YOU show up, pointing a camera in my face...!", while not being any form of proof, fits beautifully with the irony of that theory; Tim was getting better until Jay stuck a camera up to him and started up his hallucinations and memory revisits, etc.

So, given all that here-say:

In Entry #22, when Alex goes on his rambling bullshit speech about how people are "gone" when they aren't, and if the Operator does use the cameras to watch people, maybe that would be his way of setting the stage for his escape. The Operator believes that Alex has done his work, and then after he burns the tapes he would forfeit the camera and escape the Operator, once he stops filming for good. Then, after the Amy mishap in 26, the Operator does to Alex what he did to Jay in Entry #82, and now he's a puppet.

Honestly, I really like the theory. It holds a lot of water, in my opinion. I wouldn't even say it's "out there", especially if there's still strong discussion about whether Hoody is Sarah.

EDIT:
I found a bunch of "honorable mentions" or points that work well with the theory. I just thought I'd share them:

1: The Operator allegedly starts following Alex and some members of the crew (maybe) during the shoot of Marble Hornets. Obviously them using cameras to shoot the film makes it seem plausible that, their commencing in recording has caught his attention.
2: Alex left the camera sitting on the ground in Entry #49, and possibly left it running, prolonged, in #51 ("Just...bear with me."). Both times it could be argued that, Alex prolonged picking up the camera as a way of showing the Operator "Hey, he's here. Take him." with both Bruce and Brian.
3: In Entry #54, the Operator only appeared when the lights were on, as the camera wasn't picking up anything. He then attacked (or whatever he did at the end) when the flashlight was turned on.
4: In Entry #57, Tim was doing his best to stay quiet, but the camera was recording his face. That would, in turn, tell the Operator where he was, so he was able to catch him.
5: Jay in the tunnels in Entry #60. I doubt the Operator goes crawling around those tunnels on patrol every day, so it would make sense that he knew where Jay was. And, in that case, how could he know? Well, him having a camera down there makes the most sense in relation to the theory.
6: This one, I like: The Operator moves closer and closer whenever the camera is ON HIM in Entry #64, but remains still once it's looking at him. It's almost like, he's clumsily using the camera to plan each step. Obviously that could just be brushed off as n editing trick, but I just want to see how much I can make it fit with the theory.
7: The Operator saved Alex from Hoody in Entry #67. Hoody had a camera. There you have it.
8: Jay trapped himself in the room when Alex shot him in Entry #80. Oppy pops in like, "Oh, so that's where you were!" and takes him.

I know a lot of my specifics up there are a little bit much - like I'm forcing it to work - but the whole point of me naming them is to give some substance to something that is otherwise overlooked; we see the Operator as this all-knowing, completely capable being that can just teleport and bend time at will and whatever. This theory suggests that, unlike these common brush-offs, he might actually need help to do what he does. He "teleports" maybe because the cameras help him see his destination. He is able to find people easily maybe because he can see where they are as they record.

I dunno, I just like the theory.

[lonsumtravlr]

[evanx275h]

[BlankSlate]

I like this theory, Alex does seemed pretty bothered in 26 when Amy starts recording and tells her to stop. The camera or tapes may very well be connected to the Operator showing up. Maybe during the filming of Marble Hornets, Alex accidentally caught whatever was plaguing Tim as a child on camera, and it was able to use that to spread to others and gain power.

[lonsumtravlr]

[lonsumtravlr]

I'm not sure I quite articulated what I'd wanted to say about detective stories, etc. I think that the show's much more complex than it's given credit for being, and that the complexity gets overshadowed by an audience (which includes me) that tries to put the pieces together in a way that it deems fits. It fucks around with our expectations and the preconceptions we form at particular stages of the series's progress by tweaking our theories.

To counter the objection that may be raised that this might be giving Trosephim too much credit, well, yeah, what of that? They may have originally intended only one season and then developed certain aspects of the story in progress, and they may also write the dialogue and flesh out the scripts on the fly at times, but that doesn't mean they don't have a clear enough basic arc in mind.

I'm not meaning to pick a quarrel or to brush aside the original poster's theory. I don't buy it, but I don't think it's invalid.

[evanx275h]

I feel the need to clarify again that I'm just trying to make all this work with the theory, because up until now, I never considered it. It doesn't necessarily mean I believe it all, but I'm just using what I see and what's happened to relate it to the theory itself. Ya know - to show how it could potentially "work".