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RatheadSyndicate wrote:
Don't be too eager to take what totheark/masked man says literally. Speaking of oneself in the plural is not an uncommon tactic for storytellers to employ to trying to make the speaker seem "other." I take totheark's "we" to be the same sort of pluralism as the famous biblical "We are legion." Not that there are multiple masked men/tothearks running around.

Although the thought did cross my mind that "this has been a game for us," does not refer to TTA/Slendy or MultiTTA, but to TTA and Jay. Sort of like, "You've had your fun playing detective, and I've had my fun leading you around. That ends now. We aren't playing anymore, you and I."

Jay needs to get in touch with Tim and confront him about some of this. Out in the open, in a public place. How cool would an entry in a crowded cafe be? Imagine the quiet tension between those two, the implied threats, the "I know, and you know I know, but I can't come right out and say anything."

DO IT!!!


Agreeing with most of this, especially confronting Tim somewhere big and public. I would love to see an entry like that.

I like your point about writers using inclusive pronouns to signify something "other", but there's still the fact that Masky says "I'm coming for you." instead of "We're coming for you." But I guess we'll find out when we find out.
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Something kind of hinted at and touched on, but not really stated.

Perhaps this video was directed at TTA from Masky(who is no doubt Tim now)

Perhaps warning had been TTA's way of coming out and saying "I know who this masked freak is, don't trust him!" The the possible multiple maskies in the video were from a time in the past when there were two (or more) maskies. But one was corrupted. (I would like to think the circles getting X'd out would be symbolic of the spread of that corruption, the giant white X meaning "Don't let this happen to you.") The slenderman puppet could indicate that the masked man we see today is in fact the puppet. And the "Regards" sign is really just telling us to go back to the beginning, not necessarily the video, perhaps meaning we've missed something, or something fundamental about the Marble Hornets project everyone was a part of (Kind of a stretch).

But this response is Masky's way of saying "This was a game for US" (He wants back in) "You will take ME to the ark/totheark" (He wants to be saved or included whatever...) And he's all kinds of pissed at Totheark. Maybe hanging around J was him trying to cut off TTA or get saved/whatever just by proximity.

So Masky's bitter at Totheark for being alienated out of whatever it is he has to be bitter about, and J is caught between them, and getting attacked for being the chosen one/golden boy/diamond-in-the-rough/whatever. Whoever Totheark is though is beyond me (I vote Sarah, cause TTA vids seem to have a feminine edge... Laughing )

I must also push for a Tim/J confrontation. Makes me think of that Cell-phone scene in the Departed. The silence could speak volumes!!!! Very Happy

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I have a very weird theory. What if Masky is trying to lead J somewhere to hurt him and Slender is the one trying to lead him to safety. Maybe that's what he was trying to do with Alex as TTA might have started to bother him in some way. I don't know really, I'm just bouncing idea's around.

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Could someone upload the video somewhere I could download? YT isn't working for me, for some reason.

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phantom321 wrote:
I have a very weird theory. What if Masky is trying to lead J somewhere to hurt him and Slender is the one trying to lead him to safety. Maybe that's what he was trying to do with Alex as TTA might have started to bother him in some way. I don't know really, I'm just bouncing idea's around.


Err, except for entry #19.
Masky/Tim broke into Jay's room while he was asleep. If he wanted to hurt him, he could've done it then. Or yknow...in #18. Or #16, I believe it was, where Jay went to the house and TTA filmed him from behind while he was having a coughing fit. Or in #13, where TTA filmed him getting things out of Alex's car by himself.

He's made himself vulnerable to Masky many times, and every time he's only been frightened by him-- not hurt.
#19 was saying, "I know where you live, and I could hurt you if I wanted to, but I'm not," in my opinion.

So that theory really doesn't make any sense.

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squidbutt wrote:
phantom321 wrote:
I have a very weird theory. What if Masky is trying to lead J somewhere to hurt him and Slender is the one trying to lead him to safety. Maybe that's what he was trying to do with Alex as TTA might have started to bother him in some way. I don't know really, I'm just bouncing idea's around.


Err, except for entry #19.
Masky/Tim broke into Jay's room while he was asleep. If he wanted to hurt him, he could've done it then. Or yknow...in #18. Or #16, I believe it was, where Jay went to the house and TTA filmed him from behind while he was having a coughing fit. Or in #13, where TTA filmed him getting things out of Alex's car by himself.


Masky did hurt him when he was in the house. He tackled him then stuffed him in a closet. Where he was then teleported to the basement/old rusty house where Alex went and his cameraman got attacked. Eh, I still don't know really. I don't think anyone does.

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phantom321 wrote:

Masky did hurt him when he was in the house. He tackled him then stuffed him in a closet. Where he was then teleported to the basement/old rusty house where Alex went and his cameraman got attacked. Eh, I still don't know really. I don't think anyone does.


Yeah, but Jay had also just stolen Maskys pills. Which apparently I guess he needed to avoid the spazzing that happened shortly thereafter.

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Masky is human people.

Slender-ish human, really Jay should corner his Masked man.

And tim is easily tracked down, he works or studies or something like that, and has a home.

Jay should get a mask and go to his home, and stalk the stalker.

Heck if Tim is TTA, maybe even upload a video from his account being all "Found you."

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My current theory is that "the ark" is a sanctuary/safe house for those who have become involved with Slendy and are now/have been/suspect they will be in a position similar to Alex's and J's.

So, "you will lead me to the ark", could mean that Masky (assuming this is a message from him to J) is under the impression that J knows where the ark is, and is capable of taking him there where he will be safe from Slendy and the Slendysickness, and could potentially recover.

Thus, Masky's previous anticts have been an attempt to keep Slendy away from J, and scare J into keeping himself safe, until J works out where/what the ark is and realises that Masky needs his help, and can go there with Masky. He can't communicate this properly to J, so the best he can do is try to keep him safe and send him messages that are as clear as he can manage, given his current mental state.

Discuss/tear apart/trout as you will, but this is my stance for now. Wink

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Maybe the ark is where J went when he disappeared in Entry 24. Maybe J is the only one allowed to go there and Masky needs his help. Brain frying.

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What I find the most interesting about this entry -- aside from the general mindfuckery, of course -- is the last sentence based simply upon how many ways it can be interpreted:

"And you will lead me to the ark" (i.e. Jay, or for whomever the video is intended, will literally lead Masky to the ark, whatever that may be)
"And you will lead me, totheark" (i.e. Jay, or for whomever the video is intended, is totheark and will lead Masky either literally -- to a destination -- or metaphorically)
"And you will lead me. totheark" (i.e. Jay, or for whomever the video is intended, will lead totheark -- likely to be Masky if this is the valid interpretation -- again either literally or metaphorically)

That said, this also occurs to a minor degree in other phrases and even totheark itself -- is it totheark as in the videos are addressing the ark, or totheark as in "To the ark! Let's go!"?

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totheark on twitter - actually...

squidbutt wrote:
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On a slightly related note, I noticed yesterday that twitter now has an account called totheark. I personally think it's just some person trying to be a part of MH, but you never know, so I'm posting it here.


Probably not related, just someone trying to fuck things up. Youtube, fair enough, but the idea of TTA tweeting is just laughable. I'm going to follow them anyway to see what happens.



actually... if you look, you'll see that the only person allowed access to totheark's tweets is the accountholder of 'marblehornets'. and you have to get permission before seeing them - something which ill bet millions have tried to gain, and have not yet succeded.
there may well be a beautiful twist where totheark's twitter gets un-protected and we see that theyve been having conversations for weeks, or something. i dunno, id find that cool.
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TruthxLiesxMagic wrote:
My current theory is that "the ark" is a sanctuary/safe house for those who have become involved with Slendy and are now/have been/suspect they will be in a position similar to Alex's and J's.

So, "you will lead me to the ark", could mean that Masky (assuming this is a message from him to J) is under the impression that J knows where the ark is, and is capable of taking him there where he will be safe from Slendy and the Slendysickness, and could potentially recover.

Thus, Masky's previous anticts have been an attempt to keep Slendy away from J, and scare J into keeping himself safe, until J works out where/what the ark is and realises that Masky needs his help, and can go there with Masky. He can't communicate this properly to J, so the best he can do is try to keep him safe and send him messages that are as clear as he can manage, given his current mental state.

Discuss/tear apart/trout as you will, but this is my stance for now. Wink


Why would TTA create videos urging Jay to dig deeper and to return to the house, going so far as to set him up right in the line of Slendy's sight (both in Return and in #23)? If he was trying to keep Jay safe, that seems like it's doing a face heel turn.

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Re: totheark on twitter - actually...

liam177lewis wrote:
squidbutt wrote:
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On a slightly related note, I noticed yesterday that twitter now has an account called totheark. I personally think it's just some person trying to be a part of MH, but you never know, so I'm posting it here.


Probably not related, just someone trying to fuck things up. Youtube, fair enough, but the idea of TTA tweeting is just laughable. I'm going to follow them anyway to see what happens.



actually... if you look, you'll see that the only person allowed access to totheark's tweets is the accountholder of 'marblehornets'. and you have to get permission before seeing them - something which ill bet millions have tried to gain, and have not yet succeded.
there may well be a beautiful twist where totheark's twitter gets un-protected and we see that theyve been having conversations for weeks, or something. i dunno, id find that cool.


That's because totheark is following MarbleHornets. This doesn't mean MarbleHornets followed totheark-- totheark has no followers, as you can see. Additionally, if they were having conversations you would see MH's replies on his Twitter page, regardless of whether or not you could see TTA's.

Sorry to burst your bubble.
Although I haven't been allowed to follow TTA. Probably someone just wanted to take the name. Someone said earlier that the account had been up for awhile.

As far as Tim's relationship with Jay, I don't think he's been trying to protect him. Seems more like he's using him.

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I've never heard anyone say this before, so here:

What if everyone is going about this "ark" thing incorrectly? Instead of ARK being Alex's initials, what if TTA is Tim's initials?

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