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[DavFlamerock]

[SticktheFigure]

Thanks for that Dav, but he was trying to answer my question. How does a film about coming home get named Marble Hornets?

[JKatkina]

I always thought it must have had something to do with the idea of kids playing marbles for keepsies, as a bit of nostalgia to bring forth the idea of memories of younger days. Do you suppose "marble hornet" might be slang somewhere for some kid who's really into/good at playing marbles?

[Dray]

That's what I thought, as well, but then someone went and mentioned hornet statues that Alex's parents had at some point...? I never had confirmation about that one!

[GnomonRose]

 Possible meaning of the Operator Symbol

[Snippet]

I found this kinda interesting:

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/47/477.html

I don't know if it has been posted already, didn't have the time to go through all the pages.
I think the meaning "child dies" is the most intresting part of it ^^ I still don't know if it fits to the MH - Plot, since there are no children involved. Rather seems to be connected to the "original" Slender Man - Myth.

[GuestanGaems]

Well, now that we know that Slenderman's called [the operator] I've just figured that the Symbol doesn't really mean anything specific, it's just... a symbol representing him. Like, you can use it to represent him in prose ("SEES ME", that sorta thing), or you could scrawl it on the ground as a warning ("Watch out, k, 'cause [the operator] hangs out here and he'll want your 20 dollars"). As for why it represents him, it's obviously a head with the face X'd out, representing someone with no face.

As for other meanings it might have... I suppose it's possible, but for the past while I've been trying to take the most Occam-tastic view of the series in order to cut down to what I really know and can easily conclude. It really cuts out the crazy and tends to present a more coherent experience, though somewhat less puzzle-happy.

[Dray]

Occamtizing Marble Hornets is like taking the sugar out of kool-aid. Suddenly you're left with this strangely-coloured suspension of particles that doesn't make much sense to consume!

Rambling comparisons aside, it's probably the best way to go about it... though we're given so little that without making some leaps, nothing much makes sense about Marble Hornets except that, oh no, the Operator's messing things up for Alex -- he was back then and he is, now! Jay is the helpless (and personality-less) secondary character who accidentally finds himself as the main protagonist!

Agreed about the (X) symbol meaning 'here be no face', by the way. It's the simplest and makes the most sense. Everything else surrounding it is probably a coincidence that can be said to be awesome.

[evilblackbunny]

I have a theory about Masky, but I think what I have is outdated or not possible. Oh well, I would like to see if any of this makes sense.

Masky is Jay, Jay is Masky. Give me a chance to explain, I know that makes no sense.

So, I figure, since teleportation seems kinda big in this ARG, why not time travel? When Jay went on his little teleporting frenzy, didn't it get darker outside with each 'hop'? The house could very well be a source of time travel and such. The symbol, the circle with an X going through it, could be a beacon as to where you go.

Also, didn't Masky suffer a seizure of some sort after his first tackling of Jay? Maybe contacting your past self is bad for your health, which would explain the pills. OR letting your past self know you are, in fact them, is bad in general. [Cue the wormhole, bye bye universe, etc.] After all, Masky lost it when Jay tried to remove his mask. Perhaps Jay's future self is trying to change things... or make sure something does-or does not-happen.

Or I am thinking WAY too hard, and Masky is Tim. ^^

[Graved]

[JKatkina]

Time travel in Marble Hornets is completely unnecessary a concept. It's a MH pet peeve of mine, and drives me crazy. Nothing personal at all, evilblackbunny, I think I've just seen one too many time travel theories lately!

Alright, so what's the MH proof of time travel happening? The light changing as Jay runs around the house and D:'s. That's the biggest one, and the only really defensible one. But here's the thing -- travelling forward in time is not particularly remarkable. As temporal creatures, we do it as a matter of course. You're doing it right now. Wouldn't it be more likely and make more sense if, rather than 'time travel' in the way that implies that backwards travel is as likely as forwards, Jay's sense of time is simply warping oddly or being distorted? The periods of time he's 'travelling' over are not days or weeks, but rather hours at most, and we see absolutely no evidence of backwards travel.

Anyways, if time travel WAS the case, I can't imagine humans would be able to make such keen use of it that people could go meet with their temporally displaced selves. The most supernatural human we see in the series is Masky, and man, what does he do? Drug Jay and distort some already shaky camerawork. A far cry from Back to the Future.

[evilblackbunny]

[SticktheFigure]

I was extremely against time travel as well a bit ago, but every anti one I read makes me think it's more plausible. Let's review some supporting reasons:

1) Slendy teleports. This could be because he is a mystic demon, or he has more time control than we originally thought. Think of it this way. If you could accelerate the time around something, that thing would stay where it was, while everyone else had their chance to move to the latter position.

2) Jay disappeared from his room for three hours. Did he really disappear, or was he accelerated while the world remained in current time.

3) Finally, the camera clock jacking. Perhaps the clocks on cameras are accurate and aren't being jacked by slendy. Maybe he sped up time around everyone again but the people he was after. The camera would keep correct time, while viewers would interpret it as technical difficulties.

Those reasons are the most supporting I can think of. I'm sure that time travel has nothing to do with MH at all. I just want to keep a list of possibilities open.

Oh, and the getting darker theory is not likely. The clouds often dim the light of the sun.

[evilblackbunny]

 

[Dray]