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Kjax8
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 		Correct me if I'm wrong...but aren't seizures storms of abnormal electrical activity in the brain? (my brother's epileptic, I should know this)

Haven't we seen someone with seizures or at least seizure meds? Am I way off base?

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Slendy fails basic English, and TTA is avoiding him by being a very skilled artfag
Makes me laugh so hard. But convincingly true...fits very nicely...although, then we have to ask what power made SM? Should we worry about it next? Or are the Four Chaos Gods to blame?

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cissmiace wrote:
Yeah, I totally agree. Also, I'm sure it's been mentioned before (I'm presuming here) but I wouldn't be supprisef if those pills were to keep him awake.
If he was being attacked in his sleep, or being controlled in his sleep, then I'm sure he would want to stay awake as long as possible.

Reminds me of nightmare on elm street where they were taking pills to stay awake.


QFT...I also love the thought of Slendy as an approxiamation of a person. It could explain the "Hello"s we heard in Entry 23 as Slendy's approximation of human interaction.

Good to see some constructive spec going on again around here.

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Kjax8 wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong...but aren't seizures storms of abnormal electrical activity in the brain? (my brother's epileptic, I should know this)

Haven't we seen someone with seizures or at least seizure meds? Am I way off base?

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Slendy fails basic English, and TTA is avoiding him by being a very skilled artfag
Makes me laugh so hard. But convincingly true...fits very nicely...although, then we have to ask what power made SM? Should we worry about it next? Or are the Four Chaos Gods to blame?


The seizure meds idea has been discussed before, though I don't recall in which thread. Tim was taking pills; we later see Tim/Masky having what appears to be a seizure after those pills have been taken away for a time. Seizure meds work by "reducing excessive neuron activity in the brain", so yes, unusual electrical impulses. Hence seizure meds might be preventing both seizures AND slendy brainfuckery. (I subscribe to this theory, as it would explain why Tim of all people seems to be conscious of Slendy years later.)

Anyways, my theory on Slendy is that our tall friend created himself -- or rather created his humanoid body, using an imperfect understanding of humanity as reference. I think he's a scary enough force unto himself that he doesn't need backing by cheesy gods. XD

cissmiace wrote:
[Spec] Is there any possibility, (ignoring the SA backstory of slenderman) that The tall skinny one, may be protecting the people he follows? Hes never attacked them.


lol, if he's playing nanny he's doing a really shitty job. XD I mean, we have now witnessed two people goin' crazy under his attentions. Slendy, I would never hire you as a babysitter.

nyc_jester wrote:
It could explain the "Hello"s we heard in Entry 23 as Slendy's approximation of human interaction.


Yeah, that fits in too! Very Happy If he's stealing audio, or recording and re-playing audio, he might be experimenting with ways of communicating with humans.

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 		So, I was just re-watching the whole series, and something stuck me from Introduction. He's driving by a lot of down stepping stations. Which makes me wonder.......could that large amount of power stations have something to do with Mr. Thin? Could they be a draw to him?

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Megarain wrote:
So, I was just re-watching the whole series, and something stuck me from Introduction. He's driving by a lot of down stepping stations. Which makes me wonder.......could that large amount of power stations have something to do with Mr. Thin? Could they be a draw to him?



If this ends up to be true I will be extremely impressed because that sounds awesome

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 		Re: a less sh*t idea about time travel.
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liam177lewis wrote:
had a thought last night. i think we all agree that the time travel idea is a bit of a cop-out as it seems ot be coming out of no where, and makes as little sense as aliens, dreaming, or "a magician did it". but i think i may have sussed it...

[theorytheorytheory]

...bring on the flaws.


How can you honestly say it makes as little sense as aliens when SLENDER MAN IS AN ABNORMALLY TALL HUMANOID CREATURE WITH TENTACLE ARMS AND NO FACE?

That's all.


not a believer then?

first off dude, the combination of caps lock and bold font doesn't make you right. nor does it look cool. second, what i mean is that when you go to a theatre or watch tv, or get into an ARG like this one you suspend your disbelief. you allow yourself to be swept up in the fantasy of whatever it is the authors are telling you is going on. the problem here is that if you put too many far-fetched things in the same pot it becomes more difficult to believe. it'd be like a bunch of kids playing superheroes, and one of them says "i can control fire... and see through walls... oh, also, i can fly. and i have a gun..." it just ruins everone else's fun, becuase while the entire thing may be fictional, it pretty much takes the piss. so, im saying unless the time travel / teleportation thing is done tastefully, (if indeed thats what it is), then people are just gonna switch off becuase their disbelief has kicked in again, and they stop being creeped out.

by your logic we should give all the MH crew guns and the ability to fly through cryptonite.

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Wait, I'm confused...how do you account for the physical tapes if people are traveling back in time?


what i mean here man, is that while the events have taken place in our time, (ie, real time), the MH crew weren't around then. so the tapes themselves are there, but the guys have no recolection because they havent been taken back to actually do it themselves yet.

the problem i just thought of which i dont think anyone else has, is if people are being taken back to do the things that have already happened, (just not to them), then where were they when they were originally happening? this is still a crazy theory, but im just trying to tie everything in together, and other than alex's whereabouts and tta / maskys ID, i think these are 2 of MH's most interesting twists.

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 		Re: a less sh*t idea about time travel.
liam177lewis wrote:
squidbutt wrote:
liam177lewis wrote:

[theorytheorytheory]


How can you honestly say it makes as little sense as aliens when SLENDER MAN IS AN ABNORMALLY TALL HUMANOID CREATURE WITH TENTACLE ARMS AND NO FACE?

That's all.


not a believer then?

by your logic we should give all the MH crew guns and the ability to fly through cryptonite.

M3thod wrote:

Wait, I'm confused...how do you account for the physical tapes if people are traveling back in time?


what i mean here man, is that while the events have taken place in our time, (ie, real time), the MH crew weren't around then. so the tapes themselves are there, but the guys have no recolection because they havent been taken back to actually do it themselves yet.

the problem i just thought of which i dont think anyone else has, is if people are being taken back to do the things that have already happened, (just not to them), then where were they when they were originally happening? this is still a crazy theory, but im just trying to tie everything in together, and other than alex's whereabouts and tta / maskys ID, i think these are 2 of MH's most interesting twists.
This all just sounds like...one big mindfuck @___@
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JKatkina wrote:

The seizure meds idea has been discussed before, though I don't recall in which thread. Tim was taking pills; we later see Tim/Masky having what appears to be a seizure after those pills have been taken away for a time. Seizure meds work by "reducing excessive neuron activity in the brain", so yes, unusual electrical impulses. Hence seizure meds might be preventing both seizures AND slendy brainfuckery. (I subscribe to this theory, as it would explain why Tim of all people seems to be conscious of Slendy years later.)


I like that idea. Following this theory, Tim's epileptic (before, without any Slenderitis) and taking meds. When Slendy comes along he figures out that the meds somehow save him from being Slenderized? That combined with being stalked by Slendy and getting a case of Slenderitis regardless probably sent him into going very slightly nuts and holing up in Brians house and vandalizing all his playboy magazines.

...For three years.

JKatkina wrote:
Yeah, that fits in too! Very Happy If he's stealing audio, or recording and re-playing audio, he might be experimenting with ways of communicating with humans.


Oh man, anyone else reminded less of a parrot and more of the vines from 'The Ruins'?

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Mops wrote:
JKatkina wrote:

The seizure meds idea has been discussed before, though I don't recall in which thread. Tim was taking pills; we later see Tim/Masky having what appears to be a seizure after those pills have been taken away for a time. Seizure meds work by "reducing excessive neuron activity in the brain", so yes, unusual electrical impulses. Hence seizure meds might be preventing both seizures AND slendy brainfuckery. (I subscribe to this theory, as it would explain why Tim of all people seems to be conscious of Slendy years later.)


I like that idea. Following this theory, Tim's epileptic (before, without any Slenderitis) and taking meds. When Slendy comes along he figures out that the meds somehow save him from being Slenderized? That combined with being stalked by Slendy and getting a case of Slenderitis regardless probably sent him into going very slightly nuts and holing up in Brians house and vandalizing all his playboy magazines.

...For three years.


Bah, I don't think Tim's been living next door to his own house for three years. I'm certain that Alex abandoned his own house at some point on his timeline and moved exclusively into Brian's house. He was already tearing up magazines in #3, a habit or behavior that could have carried on after the move. We see him sleeping at Brian's place in #14 and #11. (Also, that red shelf-like thing that you see when Jay visits Brian's house in #16 seems to be in the hall in #11 as well! Neat, I'd missed that!)

Could be that Alex had messed the house up three years prior and that Jay was stumbling over that old mess when he first visited in #16.

I still presume that Tim could have investigated the place (or rather, Masky and/or TTA) around the same time, given that the back door is open!

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 		So I'm on another forum with a MH thread, and I made a big speculation post about TTA there that I thought it wouldn't hurt to dump here. A lot of this stuff has probably been mentioned on this board before though.

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This doesn't really have mountains of evidence to back it up or anything, but I think it's a possibility that totheark is Seth, who like Jay is looking for Alex ("WHEREIS THEARK?").

Regardless of who TTA is, there are a few things that I believe about him:

1. If he is indeed someone Jay knows, he's been mentally disturbed, probably through dealing with Slendy. We know TTA has to know a thing or two that's particularly important to this whole situation, so he probably has to be pretty familiar with Slendy - and that's why my two biggest candidates for TTA are Alex and Seth. Alex for obvious reasons; Seth because we know he's been to Slenderland, and it can at least be assumed that Slendy attacked him while he was there. We've seen Slender Man's effect on people through Alex, but maybe it doesn't effect everyone in the same way. Maybe Alex rips up paper and draws strange pictures, and Seth makes weird-ass videos?

2. He's in the house somewhere. Evidenced by the "COME BACK / find me" in Signal (although that's also evidence that TTA == Masky which I'm really starting to not like much), the multiple sleeping bags on the floor, and so on. In entry 23 when you see that weird blip of an image that looks like a hand reaching out, that's probably TTA.

3. He's most likely working with Masky somehow. At the very least, he knows about Masky.

4. It's been assumed by a lot of people for a long time that "OPERATOR" is something directly related to TTA, but considering both the word and the symbol appeared in Alex's drawings three years earlier I'm not so sure that's the case.

I know the "wtf did Alex mean by 'gone'" thing has been done to death, but it's possible that Seth and Alex got separated after their venture into Slenderland (supported by "I just woke up in this house with the tape" with no mention of Seth besides that he's 'gone'). This could possibly support my theory above that Seth is TTA and is looking for Alex.

It's hard to gauge what exactly Masky and TTA's motives are at this point, but I do think that Jay is being used by at least one of them, and that considering he keeps getting his memory of things like Return happening wiped it's probably not something he'd go along with willingly. If Masky and TTA are indeed people who Jay used to consider friends or at least acquaintences, they've gotten pretty desperate at this point.

eta: The main thing that keeps me from thinking that TTA is Alex is that if 'ARK' are indeed Alex's initials, it feels too silly that Alex would make his screenname "to [alex]" and ask questions like "where is [alex]". Everything else seems like it could add up, though.

tl;dr I think TTA is Seth but I wouldn't be surprised if it were Alex. I would be surprised if it were anyone else.


So there are my bad ideas. Pick them apart. :v

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 		You know... I'd never considered before that TTA might be looking for Alex rather than actually being Alex. That would actually make MH that much more epic, I think. And it makes sense, if TTA and Masky are working together. Alex and Tim seemed to snark at each other not infrequently, but... we never really see Tim and Seth interact, do we? For all we know, they're best buds.

This is the first set of arguments I've heard that sells me on the idea of TTA being Seth (at least in part; I'm not ruling out multi-TTAs), who I had before considered to be not all that important. Surprised Wicked!

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Bah, I don't think Tim's been living next door to his own house for three years. I'm certain that Alex abandoned his own house at some point on his timeline and moved exclusively into Brian's house. He was already tearing up magazines in #3, a habit or behavior that could have carried on after the move. We see him sleeping at Brian's place in #14 and #11. (Also, that red shelf-like thing that you see when Jay visits Brian's house in #16 seems to be in the hall in #11 as well! Neat, I'd missed that!)

Could be that Alex had messed the house up three years prior and that Jay was stumbling over that old mess when he first visited in #16.

I still presume that Tim could have investigated the place (or rather, Masky and/or TTA) around the same time, given that the back door is open!


Yeah, that makes a lot more sense than what I said. xD Perhaps sometime while poking around Brians house after the interview with Jay, Tim found Alex with a serious case of the crazies, Alex figures "hey, Sideburns McAwesome never got Slendermindfucked!" and they form the wonderful Slenderinvestigating duo of TTA/MM? Assuming they aren't the same person, of course.

spaekle wrote:

3. He's most likely working with Masky somehow. At the very least, he knows about Masky.
...
eta: The main thing that keeps me from thinking that TTA is Alex is that if 'ARK' are indeed Alex's initials, it feels too silly that Alex would make his screenname "to [alex]" and ask questions like "where is [alex]". Everything else seems like it could add up, though.

tl;dr I think TTA is Seth but I wouldn't be surprised if it were Alex. I would be surprised if it were anyone else.


3. I think the latest TTA video confirms the HELL out of this. xD

Regarding the initials, it's possible that if Alex is TTA he's giving Jay clues how to find him/is just helping him because they're buddies without revealing who he is for some reason. He goes from being almost purposefully scary-as-hell to scare Jay away to "fine, if you're gonna do this I might as well help."

I like the idea that Seth is TTA and looking for Alex after he got Slenderttacked in the basment. Although it's a little hard for me to think that Seth DIDN'T meet the same awful end Brian and/or Sarah probably did, but it is possible he got away.

Silly theory tiem: I forget, and again I don't have sound so I can't check, but when we first see Seth when Alex is being a bitch to all of them, didn't it sorta seem like Seth wasn't really friends with any of them? Alex was talking to him as though Seth was hired/asked to do it himself. So, is it possible that Seth is a bit of a Slendernut and wormed his way into the production of Marble Hornets with the intention of luring Slendy out and got Alex and Tim all into it? (Probably shot down due to the fact that in the basement/Slenderland place Seth seemed a lot more scared/hesitant than Alex.)

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Mops wrote:
So, is it possible that Seth is a bit of a Slendernut and wormed his way into the production of Marble Hornets with the intention of luring Slendy out and got Alex and Tim all into it? (Probably shot down due to the fact that in the basement/Slenderland place Seth seemed a lot more scared/hesitant than Alex.)

You could look at it the other way: Alex could have thought it was just some cool abandoned building's basement. Seth could have been certain that they'd just stepped into Slendyworld. I'd be laying some bricks around the place (and I don't mean doing construction) if I'd been in that situation.

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 		I'm pretty sure that Alex didn't just think that the place was a basement. He seems pretty nervous wandering around, and they're definitely looking for something, or someone...

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 		I didn't include it in that post, but I do think that Alex and/or Seth had figured out the trick to getting to Slendy's basement. From the way they were acting, it just felt to me like they had a set goal in mind going there. That knowledge could be part of the "something important" that TTA claims to have.

I was toying with the idea that maybe they went in there to investigate knowing that something had happened to Brian (or somebody), but iirc Brian was alive around the time Alex moved away and also moved away around that time, so I don't think that theory really works. I guess it could be Sarah or someone else, but it also feels like the Slender-stalking was something rather isolated to Alex.

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