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Character Speculation: Tim
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N7oler101MC
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Randoman96 wrote:
Thread successfully derailed. Cool

And that's my cue Smile

Tim is obviously the modern embodiment of the Greek spirit Pothos.

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Karloff Vandergriff
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 		Been lurking but this has been bugging me...
I was just wondering about the theory that Tim's Mask is somehow mystical ie it somehow inhibits The Operator's powers or possibly channels them. Sorta been in the back of my head for a while, figured I'd bump this thread. It feels like its a lot more important to Tim than a simple disguise. Also sorry if I search failed when looking for similar topics.

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 		I don't think that anything has been settled on, regarding whether the mask has any significance beyond the mundane. It is played like it should, but on the other hand, Tim could just be messed up enough to think that putting himself in a mask makes him invincible. Pretty sure he's at least half-ways crazy or something.

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Karloff Vandergriff
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Dray wrote:
I don't think that anything has been settled on, regarding whether the mask has any significance beyond the mundane. It is played like it should, but on the other hand, Tim could just be messed up enough to think that putting himself in a mask makes him invincible. Pretty sure he's at least half-ways crazy or something.


I'd agree that its possible its only a normal mask and Tim is just plain crazy. It somewhat subscribe to the "Masky is working against TO" camp so I've always wondered if the mask could somehow inhibit The Operator's powers when worn. If it has no special connection to the story beside being his mask then Tim is basically at least somewhat crazy for continuing to wear it at this point.

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 		haven't read all six pages yet, but a lot of people were talking about the pills.

the pills tim takes are ibuprofen pills, which are used for headaches and nothing more, especially not seizures

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pravado wrote:
haven't read all six pages yet, but a lot of people were talking about the pills.

the pills tim takes are ibuprofen pills, which are used for headaches and nothing more, especially not seizures


Do you have any evidence to back this up?

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Skittles wrote:
pravado wrote:
haven't read all six pages yet, but a lot of people were talking about the pills.

the pills tim takes are ibuprofen pills, which are used for headaches and nothing more, especially not seizures


Do you have any evidence to back this up?


the pills in jays bag in season 2 are labled ibuprofen

highly doubtful that they'd be using two different types of pills

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Karloff Vandergriff wrote:
Dray wrote:
I don't think that anything has been settled on, regarding whether the mask has any significance beyond the mundane. It is played like it should, but on the other hand, Tim could just be messed up enough to think that putting himself in a mask makes him invincible. Pretty sure he's at least half-ways crazy or something.


I'd agree that its possible its only a normal mask and Tim is just plain crazy. It somewhat subscribe to the "Masky is working against TO" camp so I've always wondered if the mask could somehow inhibit The Operator's powers when worn. If it has no special connection to the story beside being his mask then Tim is basically at least somewhat crazy for continuing to wear it at this point.


I imagine that even if it doesn't possess any special warding or channelling powers against the Operator, they would wear the mask to dodge any pesky 24/7 videotaping, given that both Alex and Jay seem to have a knack for that.

Given that the Operator seems to cause Alex to go into a thrall, it could be that the mask is useful in the event that Tim (or anyone else) is caught under the Operator's sway as well. They would be trying to hide their identities more from Alex or Jay than from the Operator, maybe?

They'd still have to be pretty crazy to wear things like that all the time, but it's another possibility.

pravado wrote:
the pills in jays bag in season 2 are labled ibuprofen

highly doubtful that they'd be using two different types of pills


I don't think that this follows; in season 1, we see Alex questioning Tim over the pills and Tim explains that they're medication -- if they were pain pills of some kind, he'd probably have mentioned that rather than the more ambiguous statement he gave. I believe that in addition to that, Jay's pills were red, and Tim's were white and bigger than any ibuprofen that I've ever seen.

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 		You wanna talk about speculation? Here's some: Masky. Yeah, I follow the (strangely) unpopular theory that Jay is Masky. Not some nebulous aspect, not being a Masky, but literally the same one in 18.

No one seems to follow it for some reason, or my theories about Amy being Alex, OR The Operator being Alex's dad.
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SideWaysThinker
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Rorschachian wrote:
You wanna talk about speculation? Here's some: Masky. Yeah, I follow the (strangely) unpopular theory that Jay is Masky. Not some nebulous aspect, not being a Masky, but literally the same one in 18.


Just throwing this out here, maybe its because we have video proof that Tim is Masky? Again just throwing that out there.

EDIT: Curse a shitty sleeping pattern, I fear I've just taken a blatant joke as real...gugh.

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SideWaysThinker wrote:
Rorschachian wrote:
You wanna talk about speculation? Here's some: Masky. Yeah, I follow the (strangely) unpopular theory that Jay is Masky. Not some nebulous aspect, not being a Masky, but literally the same one in 18.


Just throwing this out here, maybe its because we have video proof that Tim is Masky? Again just throwing that out there.

EDIT: Curse a shitty sleeping pattern, I fear I've just taken a blatant joke as real...gugh.
I hope to god it's a joke, because that doesn't seem physically possible.
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Rorschachian
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Randoman96 wrote:
SideWaysThinker wrote:
Rorschachian wrote:
You wanna talk about speculation? Here's some: Masky. Yeah, I follow the (strangely) unpopular theory that Jay is Masky. Not some nebulous aspect, not being a Masky, but literally the same one in 18.


Just throwing this out here, maybe its because we have video proof that Tim is Masky? Again just throwing that out there.

EDIT: Curse a shitty sleeping pattern, I fear I've just taken a blatant joke as real...gugh.
I hope to god it's a joke, because that doesn't seem physically possible.


Yeah, it be a joke. I brought it up in SynchTube, along with the "theory" of "Amy being Alex" which people found pretty funny the idea of Alex dating himself.
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 		Alex dating himself doesn't seem that farfetched... Razz
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punxtr wrote:
Alex dating himself doesn't seem that farfetched... Razz


OMG!

Alex is the rock!

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 		I'd say that Masky would HAVE to be an alternate personality of Tim's. Let's review the evidence:

-Despite the fact that he has "become" Masky by this point, Tim is able to participate in an interview with Jay in entry 15(number may be wrong). This suggests that he is able to act like a rational and coherent person at times.

-Tim needs to be able to go to the grocery store to buy food. You can't do that in a mask, they'll think you're holding up the joint. Thus, in order for Tim to be alive, he needs to be able to go into a grocery store without his mask and without acting like a raving lunatic.

-Even after Masky has been revealed to be Tim, he continues to wear his mask. This suggests that it is not worn out of concealment, but perhaps because his "Masky" personality sees it as his "face"

-When Jay tries to unmask him in an earlier entry, and when Alex succeeds, watch Tim's reaction. The amount of rage he expresses doesn't seem to make sense if all he's angry about is his identity being revealed. Again, this suggests that the Mask is the "face" of his second personality.

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