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TheCrimsonKnight
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 		Alex and Slenderman
(Not a fanfic you sickos...)
So, last entry showed us Slendy might have been stalking Alex since childhood. Why? If Slendy wanted Alex dead, he could have done it a long time ago? Was Alex aware of this? Discuss.

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...Let's discuss the reply button, my friend.

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TheCrimsonKnight
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 		Umm, should all discussion about our thin friend and Alex should go there? Ok. Embarassed

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Magyk wrote:
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...Let's discuss the reply button, my friend.


let's discuss the fact that we have an entire forum and every single thread that's not vague as shit gets harped on as not belonging.

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 		Well seriously, there's already an entire thread devoted to talking about everything related to Alex's birthday, and why he's (supposedly) been following him since he was young. Do we need another?

PS: In my opinion, Slendy didn't kill Alex because he needs him to lead him to the ark. I talked about it in the Enttry 37 thread.

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bobthecrusher wrote:
Magyk wrote:
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...Let's discuss the reply button, my friend.


let's discuss the fact that we have an entire forum and every single thread that's not vague as shit gets harped on as not belonging.


I've gotta admit, as much as I'm a proponent of minimalism and keeping things organized, the knocking of new members over threads has kinda put a sour taste in my mouth lately. -__-

To TheCrimsonKnight - Generally, with things that deal with general musings about the plot, there is the Official Discussion Thread, which strangely enough is almost off of the first page of the forum... hmm, interesting that.

Anyways! If you're thinking of posting something you feel should be a new thread in and of itself, check real quick to see if there's already a thread for it (sometimes there is, like the multiple 'Which is scarier' type threads going on concurrently right now) and post it there if it seems appropriate.

That said, if you do decide it's worthy of a new thread after that quick search, go for it. You'll probably get heat on page one, but if it's a good enough thread, it'll evolve from there and by pages 2-3 people will realize 'Oh hai, thread is good'.

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So back to the thread in question!

There's been some musing on this over in the enttry #37 thread, but there really isn't anything concrete for it yet.

Personally, I feel like we're seeing that the Operator has limitations or weaknesses (if you can find my post on this among the crazy of that thread, there's a long explanation of 'why' that I'll try to summarize here). He clearly has the history and motivation to stalk and either eat/kill children, but he's been stalking Alex (allegedly) for almost twenty years at this point. It's a bit absurd that an eldritch Lovecraftian horror beast wouldn't be able to get him.

So what does this mean? The Operator has limitations, such as not being able to stay in one place/time, or not being able to cross certain boundaries (remember, water is a possible theme to bring up at this point as it shows up countless times in relation to Slendy). It could also mean he has weaknesses, in the same vein as above with the water, or possibly that he can't affect everybody in the same way. Alex could be 'different' or 'special', a patient zero against the Operator's influence. He obviously went a bit batshit crazy some time ago, but he also didn't die. Neither did Jessica. Or TTA/Timmasky for that matter.

Something about Alex changes things for the Operator. It could be that he controls him. It could be that he's immune to him. It could be that he knows how to stall or stop him, or (possibly) destroy him. Was the in-game MH movie a ruse to get victims for Slendy? Or did Alex honestly not remember his stalker from so many years ago?

More questions, which is why Marble Hornets is so damn good. You get answers, but it only leads to you wanting more.
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redherring wrote:
but if it's a good enough thread, it'll evolve from there and by pages 2-3 people will realize 'Oh hai, thread is good'.


or it'll devolve into memes and tom foolery.

redherring wrote:
So back to the thread in question!

There's been some musing on this over in the enttry #37 thread, but there really isn't anything concrete for it yet.

Personally, I feel like we're seeing that the Operator has limitations or weaknesses (if you can find my post on this among the crazy of that thread, there's a long explanation of 'why' that I'll try to summarize here). He clearly has the history and motivation to stalk and either eat/kill children, but he's been stalking Alex (allegedly) for almost twenty years at this point. It's a bit absurd that an eldritch Lovecraftian horror beast wouldn't be able to get him.

So what does this mean? The Operator has limitations, such as not being able to stay in one place/time, or not being able to cross certain boundaries (remember, water is a possible theme to bring up at this point as it shows up countless times in relation to Slendy). It could also mean he has weaknesses, in the same vein as above with the water, or possibly that he can't affect everybody in the same way. Alex could be 'different' or 'special', a patient zero against the Operator's influence. He obviously went a bit batshit crazy some time ago, but he also didn't die. Neither did Jessica. Or TTA/Timmasky for that matter.

Something about Alex changes things for the Operator. It could be that he controls him. It could be that he's immune to him. It could be that he knows how to stall or stop him, or (possibly) destroy him. Was the in-game MH movie a ruse to get victims for Slendy? Or did Alex honestly not remember his stalker from so many years ago?


Who says slendy HASN'T been able to get him? Cats play with their food before killing it
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Deimos wrote:
or it'll devolve into memes and tom foolery.


Sometimes, yes. But not always. That's why I qualified it by saying 'if it's a good enough thread'.

Deimos wrote:
Who says slendy HASN'T been able to get him? Cats play with their food before killing it


But they generally don't play with it for twenty years. Razz True, the Operator does seem to exist outside of normal time/space, so it might not be that long a time for him, but the mythos generally seems to point to the Operator abducting children, not young adults.

It's free to interpretation by the MH crew, of course, but like some have asked, why wouldn't the Operator have made his move? He spent a lot more time, it seems, standing outside Alex's house and running away from Alex than he did actively pursuing him (save the one entry when he WAS in Alex's house... and possibly did/didn't make him bleed).
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 		I was under the impression that Tim was the first to be stalked since he's so f'ed up nowadays. But it makes much more sense that Alex was the first... I used to think that, but for some reason something told me it was more likely Tim.

I'm just confused as dick now.

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I was under the impression that Tim was the first to be stalked since he's so f'ed up nowadays. But it makes much more sense that Alex was the first... I used to think that, but for some reason something told me it was more likely Tim.

I'm just confused as dick now.


We all are. Laughing That's why I wasn't getting why some people thought this enttry wasn't significant. So many of my previous theories and musings are now totally flipped on their respective heads!
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Magyk wrote:
*Sigh*

...Let's discuss the reply button, my friend.


As someone who has been lurking for years now, I'm going to go on record as saying that I absolutely love it when a newb with a few posts under his/her belt finds the stones to berate someone for trying to start a new discussion, as if they have some clout.

Leave them alone, this is a legitimate topic, and if it had been posted in enttry #37 it would have been lost in the epic length of the thread.

You are not your post count.

MOVING ON!

redherring wrote:
So back to the thread in question!

There's been some musing on this over in the enttry #37 thread, but there really isn't anything concrete for it yet.

Personally, I feel like we're seeing that the Operator has limitations or weaknesses (if you can find my post on this among the crazy of that thread, there's a long explanation of 'why' that I'll try to summarize here). He clearly has the history and motivation to stalk and either eat/kill children, but he's been stalking Alex (allegedly) for almost twenty years at this point. It's a bit absurd that an eldritch Lovecraftian horror beast wouldn't be able to get him.

So what does this mean? The Operator has limitations, such as not being able to stay in one place/time, or not being able to cross certain boundaries (remember, water is a possible theme to bring up at this point as it shows up countless times in relation to Slendy). It could also mean he has weaknesses, in the same vein as above with the water, or possibly that he can't affect everybody in the same way. Alex could be 'different' or 'special', a patient zero against the Operator's influence. He obviously went a bit batshit crazy some time ago, but he also didn't die. Neither did Jessica. Or TTA/Timmasky for that matter.

Something about Alex changes things for the Operator. It could be that he controls him. It could be that he's immune to him. It could be that he knows how to stall or stop him, or (possibly) destroy him. Was the in-game MH movie a ruse to get victims for Slendy? Or did Alex honestly not remember his stalker from so many years ago?

More questions, which is why Marble Hornets is so damn good. You get answers, but it only leads to you wanting more.


Truth is, will we ever understand the physics of Slendy? Probably not. When Marble Hornets does end (which I hope is no time soon), there will probably be a lot of unanswered questions.

I think one of the things we need to ask ourselves is - why does anyone pursue anyone? Something is needed by the pursuer of the pursuee. What does Slendy want from Alex? His soul, his yummy organs, twenty dollars? It's impossible for us to tell, but the interesting thing that's been pointed out in the most recent entry is that Alex has somehow evaded Slenderman at least a couple times - once as a child and again after he quit the MH project.

Maybe Slendy hasn't really been stalking Alex all this time. The timestamps seem to greatly suggest Slendy's ability to travel through time, or maybe, just maybe this video is the exact moment that Slendy travelled through time and met Alex. Maybe we're witnessing his arrival.

Again, who knows... but keep speculating. There is no certainty, only opportunity.
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 		I'm still not entirely sure where my thoughts are on this issue, as my mind is still reeling from such a major bombshell event.

It may be totally possible that Alex doesn't remember the previous events as a child, or that he had previously brushed it off as being some childhood fantasy about boogymen and such and it just started coming back to him during the filming of MH.

Perhaps his idea of filming himself all the time was a way to keep a check on reality, knowing that if he had footage of Slendy then he must exist rather than being some figment of his imagination. I know I would certainly do something like that.

That could explain his calm manner in the video from 26, being able to think rationally because he realizes the situation at that time and knows how to handle it.

If he was stalked by Slendy in his childhood then I'm curious about the role his parents had at the time, whether they were supportive or thought he was just crazy

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RockLobster wrote:
Magyk wrote:
*Sigh*

...Let's discuss the reply button, my friend.


As someone who has been lurking for years now, I'm going to go on record as saying that I absolutely love it when a newb with a few posts under his/her belt finds the stones to berate someone for trying to start a new discussion, as if they have some clout.

Leave them alone, this is a legitimate topic, and if it had been posted in enttry #37 it would have been lost in the epic length of the thread.

You are not your post count.

MOVING ON!


33 posts? really? Rolling Eyes

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shoeler wrote:
RockLobster wrote:
Magyk wrote:
*Sigh*

...Let's discuss the reply button, my friend.


As someone who has been lurking for years now, I'm going to go on record as saying that I absolutely love it when a newb with a few posts under his/her belt finds the stones to berate someone for trying to start a new discussion, as if they have some clout.

Leave them alone, this is a legitimate topic, and if it had been posted in enttry #37 it would have been lost in the epic length of the thread.

You are not your post count.

MOVING ON!


33 posts? really? Rolling Eyes


Not to be an ass, but you aren't the only person in the history of unfiction to lurk..

The point I was trying to make was that there is no reason for this topic when it fits in fine with the Enttry #37 post. And personally, I don't think I was being all that rude about it, it's not like I said "hey asshole, post in the right place or gtfo!" or anything like that.

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Please give some consideration to the placement of your post. Chances are that the appropriate thread for your post already exists – just browse the boards' thread titles. Posting your speculation as a new thread should usually be reserved for topics that have not been discussed...


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bobthecrusher wrote:
Magyk wrote:
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...Let's discuss the reply button, my friend.


let's discuss the fact that we have an entire forum and every single thread that's not vague as shit gets harped on as not belonging.

Let's discuss the fact that while at times people are Rule Nazis when they shouldn't be towards certain threads, but at the same time, this clearly belongs in the enttry 37 speculation thread.

Edit: Plus he has 50-sumthin posts, so it should be clear by now that these type o threads are made alot and people always say 'belongs in teh spec thread', so he has no real excuse other then that he thought it deserved its own topic.
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