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IonCharge
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StarlitVixen wrote:
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12th wrote:
If I'm going to guess, and to back away from the flaming, it would be that the Ark is something that Jay himself located and then subsequently forgot during the original MH production or investigation. Whatever it is, it was something that allowed him to escape somewhat unscathed until he started up the new investigation. I mention Jay, since episodes of TTA filming Jay (as seen in "Exit") began all the way back in 2006 during the MH production.


I like this idea ^.^ it would explain why such an.... unintelligent person like Jay is so important in this series. Like why doesn't TTA just break into Jay's room and steal all of his footage and get someone else to figure this out? Why is Jay so pertinent to the story? He has to have known something, forgotten something...

I also really like the idea that someone said the "ark" is a "sugar bowl". I really love the series of unfortunate events.

I'm not sure if I can get behind the whole Tim = TTA theory though. I think 41 disproved that. i won't get into that here.


I would really hate if the "ark" was a "sugar bowl" because at the end of A Series of Unfortunate Events, nothing is resolved. Nothing is figured out. Not even a hint. At least, that's what I remembered when I finished it. I was severely disappointed. :/
I want some answers, but I don't want all the mystery gone...


I mentioned this at the end of page 1. Although apparently Handler says that they're are enough clues in the series to know what it is.

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 		This probably has been said before. But ark is latin for container... Maybe a prison?

Pure speculation over here: The ark is where Slendy takes the souls/minds/bodies/whatever of his victims when he slendyfies them. In Entry 22 Alex states almost all of the people working on MH are gone. So maybe Slendy took them or what's left of them to the ark?
Then the reason for TTA to get to the ark would be to save someone he has lost/give the soul of that person rest. Would also explain the: "so much more than times has been taken" from his last video.
Maybe TTA and his (girl)friend where attacked by Slendy but TTA managed to escape during the slendification process... could explain his craziness.

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 		If my theory about The Operator's powers involving water are correct, I believe the ark could be a physical ark, or if you look at the water referances as metaphors, it could just mean that rain (The Operator) is coming, and you need to get inside (the Ark).

Therefore, I believe that the Ark is just something that can keep people safe from The Operator and whatever he does.

What it actually IS, is still up for debate.
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 		Well, lets stay with the obvious for a moment. What we do know:

1) TTA seems to have an odd fascination with water.

2) TTA created a video titled "Deluge"

3) A synonym for "Deluge" is "Flood"

4) The word Ark, unless given a modifier, typically refers to the boat built in the myth of Noah's Ark, designed to be a place of refuge for living beings while the world was being cleansed in a flood.

So, most likely, totheark is likely looking for some sort of place, an ark of sorts, that will provide refuge from some sort of horrible catastrophe that is coming that involves the Operator. Somehow, TTA believes that Jay's investigations will lead to this Ark.

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Capercorn wrote:
Well, lets stay with the obvious for a moment. What we do know:

1) TTA seems to have an odd fascination with water.

2) TTA created a video titled "Deluge"

3) A synonym for "Deluge" is "Flood"

4) The word Ark, unless given a modifier, typically refers to the boat built in the myth of Noah's Ark, designed to be a place of refuge for living beings while the world was being cleansed in a flood.

So, most likely, totheark is likely looking for some sort of place, an ark of sorts, that will provide refuge from some sort of horrible catastrophe that is coming that involves the Operator. Somehow, TTA believes that Jay's investigations will lead to this Ark.


^ This. A million times this.

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Capercorn wrote:
4) The word Ark, unless given a modifier, typically refers to the boat built in the myth of Noah's Ark, designed to be a place of refuge for living beings while the world was being cleansed in a flood.


I agree, but it's also possible that the reference is to the Ark of the Covenant. I know that I personally think immediately of that ark when I hear the word, but it could be either.

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sjhartsfield wrote:
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4) The word Ark, unless given a modifier, typically refers to the boat built in the myth of Noah's Ark, designed to be a place of refuge for living beings while the world was being cleansed in a flood.


I agree, but it's also possible that the reference is to the Ark of the Covenant. I know that I personally think immediately of that ark when I hear the word, but it could be either.


I can see where you're coming from, but given the associations with floods and water, a reference to the Ark of Noah is far more likely than the Ark of the Covenant.

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Besides, that would mean that TTA would have to be a priest from the Trive of Levi, else the raw power of the Ark of the Covenant would kill him dead before he could think of using it as a weapon. Or even poking it. Biblical Studies FTW.


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Capercorn wrote:
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4) The word Ark, unless given a modifier, typically refers to the boat built in the myth of Noah's Ark, designed to be a place of refuge for living beings while the world was being cleansed in a flood.


I agree, but it's also possible that the reference is to the Ark of the Covenant. I know that I personally think immediately of that ark when I hear the word, but it could be either.


I can see where you're coming from, but given the associations with floods and water, a reference to the Ark of Noah is far more likely than the Ark of the Covenant.

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Besides, that would mean that TTA would have to be a priest from the Trive of Levi, else the raw power of the Ark of the Covenant would kill him dead before he could think of using it as a weapon. Or even poking it. Biblical Studies FTW.


Well, I didn't mean that TTA was looking for the actual Ark of the Covenant, more that s/he may be referencing an ark of that type, rather than the boat type. The associations with water do make the Noah-type make more sense, but I doubt that TTA is looking for the actual boat, either. I do see where that type makes more sense in this context, though.

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sjhartsfield wrote:

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Besides, that would mean that TTA would have to be a priest from the Trive of Levi, else the raw power of the Ark of the Covenant would kill him dead before he could think of using it as a weapon. Or even poking it. Biblical Studies FTW.


Or his face would be melted off and defeated by Indiana Jay.
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 		[quote="Randoman96"]
Capercorn wrote:
sjhartsfield wrote:

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Besides, that would mean that TTA would have to be a priest from the Trive of Levi, else the raw power of the Ark of the Covenant would kill him dead before he could think of using it as a weapon. Or even poking it. Biblical Studies FTW.


Or his face would be melted off and defeated by Indiana Jay.


Haha. ^This, ftw.

I thought about the AotC as well, but some research proved it probably wouldn't work, given the current contexts offered. It has -something- to do with water. Maybe it is a boat, just not one big enough to load animals on 2x2.

Someone theorized it could be a prison -- but they said it was where Slendy kept his chosen. Maybe it's a prison for Slendy. Would make more sense as to why TTA wants it -- he wants to end the madness.

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12th wrote:
If I'm going to guess, and to back away from the flaming, it would be that the Ark is something that Jay himself located and then subsequently forgot during the original MH production or investigation. Whatever it is, it was something that allowed him to escape somewhat unscathed until he started up the new investigation. I mention Jay, since episodes of TTA filming Jay (as seen in "Exit") began all the way back in 2006 during the MH production.


This makes sense but leaves at least one question hanging... What's so special about Jay?

After all, it's plausible enough to think he found something out and forgot it... but why would that make him special? If its just a case of re-tracing Jay's steps, why hasn't TTA tried that? Its pretty clear from TTA's last video that he's angry that Jay hasn't achieved what TTA thought he should have acheived - but why is he so convinced Jay can "lead him to the ark" in the first place?

And now Alex (working on the assumption that he's not TTA) is asking Jay for his help, but seemingly keeping him in the dark about everything.

What does everybody know / think is important about Jay?

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 		Ok, this is going to be really spacey, and is unlikely, but it's late here, so w/e.

So, my idea is that the Ark refers to a "repository of memories" as someone else put it on a different thread, as in tapes with missing time (or just the location) from someone. Specifically tapes of Tim's memory lapses.

What if Tim was filming himself as well, but for some reason lost the tapes (or gave them to Jay who forgot about it? would explain "Where is the ark"), and is now looking for the lost footage, like Jay was in the hotel, just to a crazy extent due to slender-sickness?

Re-reading, it doesn't seem likely, but just thought I'd share my idea.

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 		If there was more evidence to support it, I would think that was a pretty neat theory! It would make sense that, having a camera and all that junk, Tim would have tried the self-recording thing as well.

I'm curious if TTA found the ark in the interim, or at least knows enough about it's location that he doesn't need Jay to find it anymore. It would explain why he's no longer prodding Jay; why he's more just taunting him in a leisurely and pretty fuckin' passive aggressive preschool sense. "YOU STINK! YOU'RE A DUMB DUMBY DUMB BUTT! ALSO HAVE MY SECRET CODE BECAUSE I SPENT SO LONG ON THIS! :I"

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 		Sup? First time poster here. I was rewatching some old entries and noticed something that I don't think has gotten a lot of notice. in Entry######, you see a few strange and familiar things. Obviously you see Masky who is obviously Tim. Who cares? But there seems to be another person who appears in the video. At one point, there is a close up of a distorted face with feminine features and at some point after that, you see a figure with a VERY feminine body wearing a mask. I believe that If we found out who this woman is, we would have the identity of Hoody (the second member of TTA) Also, there is something in this video that has been in a few of the newer TTA entries as well. The two lights that stand side-by-side.... What could that mean though? Do the lights have something to do with The Ark? Do they show where The Ark is?

(Also sorry for the length of my post, Hopefully somebody actually reads this)

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 		I firmly believe all of the faces are just distorted Tims.
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