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[VIDEO] Entry #44
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theonewhoquestions
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Queserasera wrote:

theonewhoquestions wrote:

mjdolorico wrote:

theonewhoquestions wrote:

Queserasera wrote:

To put my two cents in, someone (I'm tired and can't remember where I read it, sorry) asked why Slendy would bother lurking around in-and-out-of-frame for so long if he can just take them, my guess would be that he enjoys stalking.

It seems to me that the creators intended to create a being who is the embodiment of unidentifiable paranoia. Total helplessness. And the hunt and stalk, for him, would be satisfying the very purpose of his existence.

My point was that he has Alex in a trance, if that shadow was him, why bother letting Alex out of the trance so he could start getting ready for bed, and THEN take him? Seems to me that with the trance, there is a lot less chance of trouble.

Imagine you're a burglar and your target's house is empty. Why wait for your target to return to where, even asleep, he has partial sensory awareness of his environment?

Maybe because Slendy was waiting for Alex to take his chestcam off? So that when Slendy takes Alex away, Alex wouldn't have a record of the place where Slendy's teleporting him into?

EDIT: Clarification.

I dunno, the quality of the shot of him looks pretty similar to the one with the chest cam. And you can't really tell if he's wearing it in all the trance-shots of him post-scribbling.

Personally, I guess I have a different view on the nature of the trance. Operator encounters seem to cause a massive amount of mental trauma. The "trance" seems, at times, quite similar to massive shock. Perhaps some of the things we see and call a "trance" are more residual than direct and willful on the part of the Operator?

This seems kind of backwards. He leaves the "trance" as the Operator arrives (or so we seem to be assuming he leaves the "trance"). If it were residual, would Alex not be experiencing heightened symptoms closer to the Operator's arrival?

Edit: Actually, I read that wrong, hang on.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:02 am
Last edited by theonewhoquestions on Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:05 am; edited 1 time in total

Mr_Magpie
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Osiris wrote:

This is true. Wouldn't this mean, however, that someone else already did this and suffered worse judging from the blood in 16? Who would that be, if Alex didn't do this until now?

I wouldn't say there was any 'judging' going on, only that the symptoms we've been seeing may very well be an effect of the Operator - not something the Operator intentionally causes to happen, but simply an effect his presence or influence has on the fragile little bodies of human beings. If the person who coughed up the blood in the sink at Brian's house had been staying there for a prolonged period of time (and judging by the sleeping bag and Mattress Closet, there is every reason to suspect this is true) and Brian's house seems to be some sort of focal point for the Operator's influence (and judging by the crazy time warps and Basement of No Return...) then this might have eventually had a cumulative effect much worse than one single, violent meeting with the Operator would have.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:04 am

Milkdudds92
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That Crazy Viking wrote:

ToxicityLevel wrote:

Obviously Alex has been lost. Amy's lost. Seth's lost. SO MUCH more than time has OBVIOUSLY been lost, but I feel like TTA is partially to blame. I feel like J needs to get a little crankypants with TTA if their next video isn't more enlightening.

^This so hard. It looks like Slendy is taking them away, one by one. And if J doesn't grow a pair soon and force TTA to help him, J will be gone soon.

Why is TTA cryptic in the first place, and why does he/she/they think that Jay is able to figure out the videos on his own?

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:05 am

That Crazy Viking
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Milkdudds92 wrote:

That Crazy Viking wrote:

ToxicityLevel wrote:

^This so hard. It looks like Slendy is taking them away, one by one. And if J doesn't grow a pair soon and force TTA to help him, J will be gone soon.

Why is TTA cryptic in the first place, and why does he/she/they think that Jay is able to figure out the videos on his own?

Well, it may be like a riddle you haven't heard. You may know the feeling. The answer is so obvious for those who know, but if you don't, then you have no idea.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:08 am

Mr_Magpie
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Milkdudds92 wrote:

That Crazy Viking wrote:

ToxicityLevel wrote:

^This so hard. It looks like Slendy is taking them away, one by one. And if J doesn't grow a pair soon and force TTA to help him, J will be gone soon.

Why is TTA cryptic in the first place, and why does he/she/they think that Jay is able to figure out the videos on his own?

I think we're going with the A Wizard Did It defense.

Except in this case the Wizard is Insanity. And insanity makes you think that you're being perfectly clear and sensible to others when in fact you're mostly creeping them out with old stock footage and weird music.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:08 am

Yuki
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Osiris wrote:

mokie wrote:

Osiris wrote:

There wouldn't be blood anywhere else if the person bandaged the wound over the sink.

There would be blood where they were shot. There would be blood between where they were shot and the bathroom, all over that nice beige carpet. There would be blood not just in the sink but on it. Even if the person were shot directly over the sink and the shooter dropped the gun to step in and help them bandage up, there would still be blood spatter, not just a few drops on the tile from the doorway to the sink.

That's not as much blood as you'd see from an inconvenient cutting board accident, much less a gunshot.

If you get shot, the first thing you do is grasp the wound. The blood would be flowing but wouldn't be all over yet. When you can't ebb the flow any longer, it'll drip. Then, at the sink, you start working on the wound and the blood can fall and move more freely, covering the sink.

If you get shot, the first thing that happens is that your blood spatters out of the exit wound and all over whatever is facing it. We don't see a lot of spatters, just some drips.

McGregor wrote:

I just had a thought. At 3:02 Alex puts his glasses down on the table and then not too long after, he is teleported/kidnapped/whatever. Is it possible that entry 38 takes place not too long after this entry since Alex didn't have his glasses in that one?

This could also account for his even stranger attitude in 38 and why Alex doesn't have the chest cam then as well.

I really like this theory, but how would this account for Jay having the chest cam later...?

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:11 am

t3hkender
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To those claiming this video is proof that Alex is TTA or is part of TTA, why would he leave this kind of evidence? TTA's been pretty damned careful to protect his/her/their identity so far. Why would Alex leave this for Jay to find and connect the dots?

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:13 am

theonewhoquestions
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theonewhoquestions wrote:

Queserasera wrote:

Edit: Actually, I read that wrong, hang on.

So you're saying that the diminishing quantity of "Operator-juice" is putting him into a state of mental shock? I don't know why the definition of Residual is so impenetrable to me at midnight. Also, I can't think of what word I read residual as earlier (radiating? Radial?).

I'm starting to wonder just what Alex does with all those extra drawings after he's through. Packing material? Scrapbook?

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:14 am

Mr_Magpie
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theonewhoquestions wrote:

Queserasera wrote:

Edit: Actually, I read that wrong, hang on.

I believe that what they're saying is that the 'trance' that we sometimes see in Marble Hornets is actually severe shock, which is itself an after effect (residual effect or side effect) of having an encounter with the Operator, not something the Operator intentionally and specifically causes to happen.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:18 am
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Osiris
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Yuki wrote:

Osiris wrote:

mokie wrote:

Osiris wrote:

There wouldn't be blood anywhere else if the person bandaged the wound over the sink.

If you get shot, the first thing that happens is that your blood spatters out of the exit wound and all over whatever is facing it. We don't see a lot of spatters, just some drips.

No exit wound in a grazing shot to the arm. I'm being liberal with the term "grazing" but the victim didn't need to get shot flush to bleed.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:21 am

theonewhoquestions
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Mr_Magpie wrote:

I believe that what they're saying is that the 'trance' that we sometimes see in Marble Hornets is actually an after effect (residual effect or side effect) of having an encounter with the Operator, not something the Operator intentionally and specifically causes to happen.

Alright, which doesn't specifically address it "ending" when he arrives.

For some reason I've got the image in my head now of Alex saying, "Oh, Operator, dial me a dream" and giving a big smile as he lays in his bed, hands under his chin. Did someone draw that or did I pull that out of my delinquent imagination?

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:22 am

That Crazy Viking
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theonewhoquestions wrote:

For some reason I've got the image in my head now of Alex saying, "Oh, Operator, dial me a dream" and giving a big smile as he lays in his bed, hands under his chin. Did someone draw that or did I pull that out of my delinquent imagination?

"Mister Slendy, bring me a dream. Make it the scariest that I've ever seen. Please turn on your magic beam! Mister Slendy bring me a dream!"

Sorry, that popped into my head when I read that. If wany of you know what I'm parodying, you get one free internet.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:26 am

Mr_Magpie
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That Crazy Viking wrote:

theonewhoquestions wrote:

What, The Chordettes?

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:28 am

Mr_Magpie
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theonewhoquestions wrote:

Mr_Magpie wrote:

Alright, which doesn't specifically address it "ending" when he arrives.

At what point do we see the 'trance' ending with the arrival of the Operator?

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:29 am

That Crazy Viking
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Mr_Magpie wrote:

That Crazy Viking wrote:

theonewhoquestions wrote:

What, The Chordettes?

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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:30 am

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