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[WhyYouBawwing]

[freyathedark]

[xcqThieves]

A random thought.

The figure in the drawing gives a "man, I'm fucked" vibe. Only if the figure in the drawing is more than TTA saying "someone was there", though.

[Boreamor]

^ Agreed. That picture definitely gives off the "I'm dead but I just popped up to say hello" other than the vibe of "Lol I was behind the tree the whole time!"

[Randoman96]

Since we're discussiong Occam's Razor, I thought to bring this up again.

OOG

[Deimos]

[YamaKami]

[sjhartsfield]

I guess I just don't understand all the animosity toward the Tim = TTA theory. It was established early on that Jay assumed Masky and TTA to be the same entity; it's not like it would come out of left field.

The only thing that kinda makes me think they're not the same entity is that, as someone mentioned before, the reveal of Masky wasn't followed immediately by some sort of acknowledgement of Tim being TTA.

But there's not a whole lot of solid evidence against Tim being TTA either. People keep bringing up the leg thing, but just because Jay said that Alex broke his leg doesn't mean that it was really broken. I doubt they stuck around to examine him to make sure.

Anyway, like I said, I'm kind of unclear about why the idea of Tim being TTA rankles so many people so badly. Why would that be the "easy way out"?

[Spades Slick]

Since we're discussing TTA's identity, i'd like to point out a theory i read once and wouldnt be entirely shocked to find to be true.

If you review TTA's videos, you'll notice they take a very large, very sudden shift in style several times throughout the course of the series. This leads me to believe that TTA could be not just one person, but several people fighting for control of the account, or perhaps sharing it. Not to say that there's multiple maskies or anything, but i think the idea of several people fighting for control over what messages Jay gets makes a good bit of sense to me.

[YamaKami]

@sjhartsfield:

Hm. Well for me, the idea of Tim being TTA doesn't rankle me per se... And I don't feel any animosity toward that theory. I guess it's a matter of the plot becoming almost too simple if that turns out to be the case. Marble Hornets started out with a lot of different characters introduced to us in the tapes, and most of them dropped out never to be heard from again. Except for Tim - he's the only person involved with MH that Jay was able to talk to face to face. It was great, a huge step forward plotwise! We'd already been introduced to TTA, and that was super exciting! Then Jay got Masky-tackled, and bricks were shat! So we had three elements added into the story beyond just Jay, Alex, and the Operator. I was in the camp who suspected Masky was Tim from the start, so for me, there were two distinct personas driving the story and moving Jay along. For them BOTH to be the same individual is simply not as cool to me. I want there to be more going on than just one crazed individual creeping around and making cryptic videos. Also, as I've said before and you even mentioned, there are certain things pointing toward Tim not being TTA, such as the broken leg (which we're pretty sure was actually broken due to Masky's limp in #33) and Jay failing to conclude that Tim is TTA after the Masky reveal. None of it is conclusive, sure - but it's just enough that I was never fully convinced they were one and the same.

So yeah, it's not that I would find Tim being TTA to be offensive or illogical or wrong. It's just a matter of what would be most interesting to me personally. I hope that helps explain the Tim =/= TTA position a little, at least my take on it!

[Cougar Draven]

The way I see it, Tim is likely to be TTA. Look at it this way:

Almost immediately after both Tim and Masky showed up in the series, there were clues, numerous clues, that they were the same person. A lot of people didn't really believe it, but in the end, there you go.

At the same time, Jay has speculated that TTA is Tim, and a lot of people don't like it, or don't believe it. But here's the thing. Tim appears in a TTA video, and that video uses the phrase "come find /me/". It clearly implies that Masky /is/ TTA.

We'll just have to wait to see for the reveal.

[GameGodOfAll]

Random Thought: Jay should invest in night vision goggles.

[Tao]

[Randoman96]

Just as a prevention system, before we get too far into this TTA discussion, keep in mind there is a Who is totheark thread.

[flyinhigh26]