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GnomonRose
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It is almost excessively ... subtle ... but I can kind of see it a bitty bitty bit.

Also, for the record, I do not myself believe that that was SM standing behind or near the gate that one time when we see SM later standing near the wall of a strange building outside. SM's BIG; that one was shorter than the gate--about 3 or 4 feet tall! I am all for spotting Slendy but that is a bit of wishful thinking , IMHO.
Could be wrong, naturally, but. . .it just ain't happenin' for me.

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It's more likely that they wanted to let us know that they weren't going to allow the series to fade off while they were busy. Smile


I guess I didn't quite mean "shut up" so much as "stop champing at the bit or bitching that there isn't any new content for a span of time:" kind of like a parent who tells his kid "Yes, you can have some candy. . .after dinner." so that the kid will quit yammering about candy for a few hours.

Addio, bon eco!

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 		Something else just occurred to me: In #22, Alex said of him and Seth: "We were the only two left," before mentioning Brian, Tim, Jay and Sarah being "all gone."

Assuming we interpret "gone" as simply meaning "forgotten so much that they're not themselves anymore," I wonder why Alex said, "we were the only two left." And Seth was looking through Slenderland with Alex, until he got mind-wiped and/or abducted.

Was Alex not the only one who was getting paranoid? Had they all started investigating, and just gotten their memories erased one by one?
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 		Oh, wow, that would be kind of awesome. Makes me think Scooby Doo gone horribly wrong, for some reason. It could be possible. I mean... we get Brian going missing relatively early on. Tim seems to have a lung parasite of doom right from the beginning. Alex gets twitchy, Seth appears to be in on the hunt with him near the end. Sarah... kind of gets shunned or something, Jay gets some of the same problems as Tim. O_o' They all seem a little light-headed at parts, like they're not all there.

It could be that, even if they didn't all go investigating, they got investigated in turn by Slendy. Could have been a matter of SM winnowing out the weaker of them and chomping down, then leaving the rest for later! Now... I don't know, I guess that Jay or Tim are coming up on their expiration date or something, so there's a rush to get things done before they go bad? (Har har har. I shouldn't make jokes in the morning. >_>)

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 		Long. So long.
Why is the waiting time for any communication from J since the last tweet so long? Gah, what's it been, a week?

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 		Jay's busy not existing right now, I think. D:

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 		I still don't think that's him in the window. To me, it looks more like the "I like turtles" zombie kid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y). Maybe that's who Masky is supposed to be disguised as?

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 		True, and the same shape is still there after Jay seems to have disappeared, so it could be NOT a face. But it wasn't there during the first segment of the entry, so that's got to mean something! Also, if you look at the segment where Masky is perched with his arms spread out on Jay's dresser, the masks (and the hair that pokes out over the top) are pretty much identical!

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Dray wrote:
Oh, wow, that would be kind of awesome. Makes me think Scooby Doo gone horribly wrong, for some reason. It could be possible. I mean... we get Brian going missing relatively early on. Tim seems to have a lung parasite of doom right from the beginning. Alex gets twitchy, Seth appears to be in on the hunt with him near the end. Sarah... kind of gets shunned or something, Jay gets some of the same problems as Tim. O_o' They all seem a little light-headed at parts, like they're not all there.

Now that Tim has become Masky, things have sort of reversed... he still spasms when Slendy is near, but he's also become tough enough to present an obstacle that isn't as easy for Slendy to remove as he probably should be.

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It could be that, even if they didn't all go investigating, they got investigated in turn by Slendy. Could have been a matter of SM winnowing out the weaker of them and chomping down, then leaving the rest for later!

Hmm, that brings me to the question of what exactly Slendy would erase from their memories, if it wasn't him? From what I know of the mythos, they're a little old to be Slendy's prey... so what did they do to first piss him off?
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 		I love Marble Hornets, but it's losing me.
The long waiting periods for sub-par Entries are causing the series to lose its immersive qualities.
You know, I gotta say, I love Marble Hornets, and I remember thinking to myself back around Entry #12 or so, "I hope this series goes on forever". But now, it seems as though it's passed its prime. I think if the reason they're spreading the entries out so far is to keep it going as long as possible, then they need to stop right now, because it's ruining the immersion factor, for me at least.

I remember coming home, and desperately searching Twitter and Youtube for an update or a totheark response, and wondering what Jay could possibly be doing, but now it's just something I check up on once every week or so. Now if there's an update, it's like "oh cool", instead of the old "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMFGOGMOGMGOMG WATCH NAO". Waiting for an update has become much less exciting for me, whereas I used to be reeling for days after the update/response, wondering what will happen next. Now I think, as long as it's not super disappointing, the end of Marble Hornets wouldn't be so bad. I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure that in anything, when "no more" is okay with the fans before the end has been reached, it means you're doing it wrong.

I think it's really creepy that Jay's being hunted now, and the whole threat from totheark/Masky that he's coming for him and that he burned Jay's house down and now he's on the run thing is cool and all, but the waits are becoming so long, and with such little payout nowadays, that I just find myself caring less and less. If they have a cool ending planned out and they're just dragging it on for "effect" or whatever, they need to fire out the last few videos soon, because it's becoming lost on me now, and I know I'm not the only one who feels disappointed by the direction they're taking.

We haven't seen Slender Man since Entry #23, and even then, that was a brief cameo at best. (If that doesn't sound bad to you, keep in mind that that was 2 months ago.) I thought this series was supposed to be about Slender Man. He hasn't been the focus of a video since Return. Where did he go? I thought he was supposed to have 'returned'. You've got people desperately searching for him in places and videos we all know he isn't in. Isn't that a clue to get him back in the storyline?

I really don't mean to sound ungrateful to the creators (because I'm really not; you guys have been providing me with some bitchin' entertainment, along with a reason to be afraid of the dark again, for a long time), but from where I'm standing, it looks like you only have two options: I think it needs to either come to a close, or pick up the pace. It's losing its effect when you only release one or two videos per month. If you want us to be immersed in this world (like I was for quite some time), you need to keep a realistic timetable. What's Jay doing right now? Sitting in a hotel somewhere with his thumb up his ass, paying out his life savings so he can afford to stay there for months? I don't think so. At least with the going-spooky-places-always-at-night thing, you had the excuse that in his busy schedule, that's the only time Jay could go, but this is getting a tad retarded. He's a student. Even if he's a rich boy (judging from his apartment, he's not), he'd be running low on money by now. Realistically, something would have happened by now.

I know we have to keep in mind that the creators have a life outside of Marble Hornets, and there are things like school, work, social lives, and other unpredictable occurrences that can cause delays, but you guys have devoted a lot of time and work to this, and it'd be a shame if you were to let it die. Especially with the large fan base you have acquired waiting on you. It just feels like you've become lazy, or don't care as much anymore. These time gaps are acceptable in books and such because they don't take place in real time; but Marble Hornets does, and therefore, they aren't.

Each Entry in itself is exciting and all that, and I think for new fans watching them all for the first time, one after the other, they'd be great for them, but then they miss an entire side of it; the fact that it takes place in real time. That's one of the things that sets this series apart from any other video series. The time gaps are losing long-time fans like me.

Thankfully, we now have a date set (April 18th, 2010) for when something will happen now, but I think unless it either ends or picks up the pace after that, Marble Hornets isn't going to keep the attention of many people for much longer, or at least won't be as exciting anymore.

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 		Well said, and I agree completely. I still love Marble Hornets though.

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 		Excellently said BVCakeman. The focus shifted very quickly from Slendy to TTA/Masky as the main antagonist. Slendy hasn't done anything except lurk, he lurked behind the MH crew, he lurked around Alex, he lurked in slendyhouse. Lurklurklurkylurk. Its scary!

And I suppose if they had Slendy jumping out and tearing Jay a new blowhole it might ruin a bit of the mysticism. But I think they switched to Masky cus at least he can tackle Jay, perch on his dresser and tuck him in and it still feels freaky! Hes more of an active character - but its a shame they can't bring back the big guy a little bit more.

SM is the reason I came to MH. I saw a slendy thread on /x/ (i know, my shame is deep) - found my way to the SA thread about him and read up, it chilled my bones. That pointed me towards the MH wikia, and then onto the Entries. Honestly, when I first saw slendy in E#1. Christ.

Hopefully I should have the net at home by Sunday, so I'll be able to enjoy the festivities of Slenday. But I hope over the next week we have some more fuel to stoke my fear - I want to be quivering in my little slendyboots but the 18th.


[edit] Btw, if you want to see Masky in the window its easier to make him out if you compare the window when hes inside to when he is said to be outside. There is a marked difference.

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Sylocat wrote:
Now that Tim has become Masky, things have sort of reversed... he still spasms when Slendy is near, but he's also become tough enough to present an obstacle that isn't as easy for Slendy to remove as he probably should be.


I don't know about that -- he was standing right beside Slendy in #17 and he only seemed to get a minor headache. If anything, he seems to be a little worse off (what with the crazy), or else he hasn't really changed at all!

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Hmm, that brings me to the question of what exactly Slendy would erase from their memories, if it wasn't him? From what I know of the mythos, they're a little old to be Slendy's prey... so what did they do to first piss him off?


Maybe their filming in his feeding ground with cameras was enough? Maybe he sees electronic equipment differently from us so it was like bringing a dog whistle into his territory and not shutting up? I'm not sure. I don't know if he needs a motivation besides he's the mother fucking Slender Man.

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I remember coming home, and desperately searching Twitter and Youtube for an update or a totheark response, and wondering what Jay could possibly be doing, but now it's just something I check up on once every week or so. Now if there's an update, it's like "oh cool", instead of the old "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMFGOGMOGMGOMG WATCH NAO". Waiting for an update has become much less exciting for me, whereas I used to be reeling for days after the update/response, wondering what will happen next. Now I think, as long as it's not super disappointing, the end of Marble Hornets wouldn't be so bad. I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure that in anything, when "no more" is okay with the fans before the end has been reached, it means you're doing it wrong.


Moderation is perfectly okay. If you were immersed that deeply for this long it would be kind of worrisome; it IS a low budget series made on the fly for fun, right?

I understand where you're coming from, though. I was one of the latecomers (I think that I came in just after #22 was posted?) so I haven't had the same experience of seeing videos coming out once or twice a week. I call -- at least partially -- burnout on their parts. They're still making an effort to stay accountable, but the hugely successful start followed by a gap of very little production is totally par for the course when you're working that hard. It's good to be encouraging during those times. They're making an effort to let us know that they're still going to keep going (or at least, that they're planning on ending it! (noooooooo) ) but I don't think that messages of 'hurry up!' are going to hold a lot of weight.

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 		Smack me with a trout if you want, but something just clicked for me right now and I need to get it out.

Alex is the only character with a last name. He doesn't have a middle name AFAIK... but is it possible that the ARK is just his name (initials), and not some supernatural place or artifact?

Alex R Kralie? If this is a big DUH moment for anyone else reading, I'm sorry.

Does Tim/Mask/Slendy want Jay to lead him to Alex? Maybe by burning/getting rid of the tapes, Alex freed himself. By putting Slendy out of his head, does that take his power away? Just pondering while we wait for finals to be over...

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 		The ARK = Alex thing has been done before. We don't know. It was brought up to Jay but he replied that he didn't know, either (this was WAY back towards the beginning!)

We don't know if the ark is Alex, that's what we're waiting to find out!

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I don't know about that -- he was standing right beside Slendy in #17 and he only seemed to get a minor headache. If anything, he seems to be a little worse off (what with the crazy), or else he hasn't really changed at all!

That's true, although the others in #17 didn't seem that much worse off than Tim... maybe Slendy was still just stalking at that point, and he didn't start really messing with their heads until later?

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Hmm, that brings me to the question of what exactly Slendy would erase from their memories, if it wasn't him? From what I know of the mythos, they're a little old to be Slendy's prey... so what did they do to first piss him off?


Maybe their filming in his feeding ground with cameras was enough? Maybe he sees electronic equipment differently from us so it was like bringing a dog whistle into his territory and not shutting up? I'm not sure. I don't know if he needs a motivation besides he's the mother fucking Slender Man.

He IS the motherfucking Slender Man, so you're probably right. Still, given how long he was stalking Alex before moving in for the kill (if that's what he did), I can't help but wonder if there really is something special about this group...

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