Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Fri Nov 15, 2024 2:00 am
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » Marble Hornets
[SPEC] Marble Hornets, the ending
Moderators: Giskard, JKatkina, Zarggg
View previous topicView next topic
Page 23 of 30 [446 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, ..., 28, 29, 30  Next
Author Message
Luno
Decorated

Joined: 20 Aug 2011
Posts: 154
Location: Behind the lens
Zebez wrote:
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
celticsfan87 wrote:
redherring wrote:

My only big issue - that note better have Jay's fucking last name. That's one loose end that (in this ending) would be unforgivable to omit. Razz


Sincerely,
Jay Kralie

Blown=Mind


THIS.


He's a relative of Alex's? He's taken on Alex's identity? He is Alex? Feel like I'm missing some kind of extra significance here.

Much as I'd love that just for the sheer mind-bendingness of it, it's pretty clear when Jay tells Jessica his full name that it begins with an M, and possibly "Mc" (McKenna? McLeod?). Unless he gave Jessica a fake name. [/spoilsport]

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:30 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Luno
Decorated

Joined: 20 Aug 2011
Posts: 154
Location: Behind the lens
mag3ba wrote:
I was thinking about the potential endings of Marble Hornets the other day. It occurred to me that, given the narrative structure, the most likely possible endings require a victory or at least survival. Of course, with other characters in play, such as totheark, a final entry could be uploaded even if Jay meets his demise. However, I am not a huge fan of that idea, because I don't think it makes sense for totheark to have the final victory.


In terms of narrative structure (and assuming for the moment that Troseph are traditionalists in terms of storytelling) Alex pretty much has to die at the end. Entry #49 was the point of no return for him, and unless he had a really good reason for killing Beardy (for example, Beardy is one of the masked clan) there's no going back. You can't live happily ever after when you've needlessly and deliberately committed a murder. In fact, you can't really redeem yourself after killing an innocent apart from through your own death - preferably one where you sacrifice yourself for someone else.

In most stories, the narrator doesn't die (because who would finish the story if they did?). But Marble Hornets is a little more offbeat than most stories, and as you mentioned, totheark could always be used to upload the final footage of Jay's death. So I guess it's always a possibility.

Personally, I'd prefer an ambiguous ending, where you see our protagonists heading off into the woods for one final epic confrontation with the Slendoperator. With maybe one final totheark video hinting at what might have happened to them, but no definite answers. Because I'm perverse like that.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:14 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
ThinSuit
Unfettered


Joined: 29 Apr 2011
Posts: 521
Location: Rosswood Park
Luno wrote:
Zebez wrote:
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
celticsfan87 wrote:
redherring wrote:

My only big issue - that note better have Jay's fucking last name. That's one loose end that (in this ending) would be unforgivable to omit. Razz


Sincerely,
Jay Kralie

Blown=Mind


THIS.


He's a relative of Alex's? He's taken on Alex's identity? He is Alex? Feel like I'm missing some kind of extra significance here.
Much as I'd love that just for the sheer mind-bendingness of it, it's pretty clear when Jay tells Jessica his full name that it begins with an M, and possibly "Mc" (McKenna? McLeod?). Unless he gave Jessica a fake name. [/spoilsport]



Fun fact:
When people are in the same family, they usually have the same name
_________________
From the start it's been a game for us. Not anymore. I'm coming for you.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:21 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Luno
Decorated

Joined: 20 Aug 2011
Posts: 154
Location: Behind the lens
ThinSuit wrote:
Luno wrote:
Zebez wrote:
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
celticsfan87 wrote:
redherring wrote:

My only big issue - that note better have Jay's fucking last name. That's one loose end that (in this ending) would be unforgivable to omit. Razz


Sincerely,
Jay Kralie

Blown=Mind


THIS.


He's a relative of Alex's? He's taken on Alex's identity? He is Alex? Feel like I'm missing some kind of extra significance here.
Much as I'd love that just for the sheer mind-bendingness of it, it's pretty clear when Jay tells Jessica his full name that it begins with an M, and possibly "Mc" (McKenna? McLeod?). Unless he gave Jessica a fake name. [/spoilsport]



Fun fact:
When people are in the same family, they usually have the same name


Hence why I wrote "He's a relative of Alex's?" It was my first thought, but the reactions made me think I was missing something (I blame the Slendy paranoia). I suppose, as twist endings go, it would be an interesting one, if a bit out of left field. Though there would be no need for Jay to keep that a secret from the start.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:46 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
AngryDeepground
Entrenched

Joined: 25 Jun 2011
Posts: 764
Luno wrote:
ThinSuit wrote:
Luno wrote:
Zebez wrote:
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
celticsfan87 wrote:
redherring wrote:

My only big issue - that note better have Jay's fucking last name. That's one loose end that (in this ending) would be unforgivable to omit. Razz


Sincerely,
Jay Kralie

Blown=Mind


THIS.


He's a relative of Alex's? He's taken on Alex's identity? He is Alex? Feel like I'm missing some kind of extra significance here.
Much as I'd love that just for the sheer mind-bendingness of it, it's pretty clear when Jay tells Jessica his full name that it begins with an M, and possibly "Mc" (McKenna? McLeod?). Unless he gave Jessica a fake name. [/spoilsport]



Fun fact:
When people are in the same family, they usually have the same name


Hence why I wrote "He's a relative of Alex's?" It was my first thought, but the reactions made me think I was missing something (I blame the Slendy paranoia). I suppose, as twist endings go, it would be an interesting one, if a bit out of left field. Though there would be no need for Jay to keep that a secret from the start.


I hope they are not related. I mean, there argument in entry 47 made them seem to close to a couple for my comfort.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:27 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Luno
Decorated

Joined: 20 Aug 2011
Posts: 154
Location: Behind the lens
AngryDeepground wrote:
I hope they are not related. I mean, there argument in entry 47 made them seem to close to a couple for my comfort.


I know what you mean about that entry. I'm sure it spawned a ton of slash fiction... Maybe Jay is Jay Kralie because he and Alex got married during the lost 7 months. And then promptly forgot. That's the big end-of-season reveal.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:35 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Xman
Decorated


Joined: 15 Mar 2011
Posts: 280
Rorschachian wrote:
I think it'd be strange to see this in season three, but not primarily the ending:

Alex walking away
Jay behind him
J: "Alex!"
Alex pauses, turns around
J pauses
"What's the key go to?"
Alex stares at J
"It goes to the ark"
and then he walks away

Rolling Eyes

Read through that again, and then queue this music right after your done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJBLO6_hG3g (Moby - Extreme Ways)

If you've ever seen the ending of the Bourne Supremacy, you'd see why it fits so perfectly.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:26 pm
Last edited by Xman on Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:10 am; edited 1 time in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
badluckshadow13
Decorated


Joined: 21 Jan 2010
Posts: 259
Location: PA

 		I'd like to see death. The Operator's destruction and the peaceful triumphant end to Jay and the good guys. No idea why, I just think it's a lot better than either "oh, we fixed the stuff with the scary monster, post-traumatic stress doesn't exist, life goes on" or "yay the good guys w- oooh look, it's ambiguously alive, roll credits!"

PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:23 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Zebez
Unfettered


Joined: 17 Jul 2011
Posts: 618
badluckshadow13 wrote:
I'd like to see death. The Operator's destruction and the peaceful triumphant end to Jay and the good guys. No idea why, I just think it's a lot better than either "oh, we fixed the stuff with the scary monster, post-traumatic stress doesn't exist, life goes on" or "yay the good guys w- oooh look, it's ambiguously alive, roll credits!"


Or Jay and TTA don't make it at all. Sometimes I like to root for people, but I'm a sucker for tragedies.

PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:40 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Xman
Decorated


Joined: 15 Mar 2011
Posts: 280
badluckshadow13 wrote:
or "yay the good guys w- oooh look, it's ambiguously alive, roll credits!"

Exactly. This is the ending to about 95% of horror movies. It'd be nice to see something different for once.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:17 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Cactus Wren
Boot


Joined: 16 Mar 2011
Posts: 60

 		Jay and Jessica go to visit Alex. He's in an institution.

He sits quietly. He eats if food is put before him. He does not seem to hear anything said to him.

But if he sees -- either in life or in a picture -- a man in a dark business suit and tie, he screams in uncontrollable terror.

And every day -- at the same time, for precisely one hour by the clock -- he scrawls, on blank paper or books or newspapers or the walls if necessary, OPERATOR and SEES ME and the Op symbol.



(I haven't figured out what to do with Timasky yet. Probably he kacks it.)

PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:13 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 02 Oct 2011
Posts: 4805
Location: Muncie, Indiana

 		The video goes black and hear Journey playing in the background.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:59 pm
 View user's profile Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
The Slender Man
Unfettered

Joined: 22 Apr 2011
Posts: 381
Location: Behind you

 		Someone better die, is all I have to say.

references ftw

PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:07 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
arthurfellill
Greenhorn

Joined: 11 Mar 2012
Posts: 7

 		Here's what I wrote in another thread:

At least one person will have to be alive in the end to upload the final video.

I'm sort of hoping it will be a bittersweet ending. My theory is that Jay will be able to stop the Operator, at least temporarily, but will come with huge costs. Alex, Tim and probably all the other characters will die in the process. It would be silly to think the ending will be totally happy, but I do want Jay to succeed in the end. He's a likable protagonist, even if he's constantly doing dumb stuff.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:45 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
The Slender Man
Unfettered

Joined: 22 Apr 2011
Posts: 381
Location: Behind you

 		Mr. Fisher's ending was the best thing ever.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:06 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 23 of 30 [446 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, ..., 28, 29, 30  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » Marble Hornets
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group