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[12th]

Okay, not to make this Braceletgate all over again, but I want to call attention back to the changes in Alex's appearance:

1. Wearing pink/orange wristwatch in #44 when he was wearing a black-banded watch in #43
2. Dark blue shirt with no other visible decoration in #44, while wearing a lighter blue shirt with a bright stripe at the end of #43

I'll make three concessions here: 1) The only good look we get at his shirt, he's wearing the chest cam at roughly the level of where the stripe would have been. 2) The color of light in the apartment would probably tint alex's shirt to look a different shade of blue than it would look in natural sunlight. 3) It's possible that alex changed his shirt after getting home from his Rosswood adventure.

However, what we can't concede is that he changed watches. We have a fairly unbroken shot from when he arrived at the apartment through to his call to Jessica. Immediately following this, we get a short, stable shot of Alex's hands and wrists - showing the new watch band, and the extra woven bracelet (I'm iffy on whether or not Alex was wearing that other white bracelet at the end of #43).

I'm thinking that we might be compelled to make a connection to "I got in touch with Amy", and the short, meaningful shot of Alex's new wrist-wear.

[NewInTown2]

[StarlitVixen]

[Zebez]

So this is the first time I've posted on this forum. But I've been stalking it for weeks.

Anyway, I felt compelled to comment on the idea that the symbols summon Slim Slendy. As a general part of the Slender Man mythos, it is believed that once you know about him, he will come and get you. That's part of the paranoia because you can't just erase him from your memory as you would like. And we can all agree that there is something really unsettling about a really tall business man without a face. Then the fact that he could be anywhere, show up at anytime just heightens that fear.

And this leads to what I have read about the operator symbol. When you see it, it makes you think of him. The more you think of him, the more present in your life he is, and the more he takes over. Having someone stalk you, and cause physical harm to you (as judging from previous entries, we can guess is true) can cause extreme trauma. Especially if the cause of that trauma is a paranormal entity that people won't believe exists, and thus is harder to convince people about (on top of the fact that if someone wre to be convinced of this, then the person who just informed a naive person may feel guilt because they may have caused someone to be slenderstalked.) But those who often go through trauma often try to relive that trauma, so maybe that's what the symbol drawing is really about. Maybe Alex is drawing those symbols as a fixation on what has happened in his life, and when you draw those symbols, you're thinking of him intensely, so the operator's like "Oh hai someone's thinking of me." and he goes to them and Alex's get his "fix" as some other people would say.

[Mr_Magpie]

[Randoman96]

Welcome to the forums, and great first post!

However, Alex does seem to be clearly afraid of The Operator. The way he reacted in 42 doesn't sound like he really wants to hear about it.

And if the symbol is a call, then why did he draw it on the tape in 26, and why in many helpful TTA videos is the symbol there?

[Yuki]

Am I the only one that doesn't think the bracelets/watches are of any importance?

[Zebez]

[NewInTown2]

[onetruepurple]

MH is a story, not an ARG.

[Randoman96]

I doubt the bracelets are significant beyond an identifier for who is behind the camera. There are specific visual character traits that you'll notice, such as Alex's glasses, shorts and bracelet. Jay wears hoodies, hats and full pants.

Since we're switching to full on chest-cam now, it's possible people other than Alex (e.g. Jay) may be using it. This way, we know if there is a bracelet - it's Alex. If not - it's Jay.

See?

[pravado]

[Randoman96]

Yes, because Troseph are so well known for mocking the viewers. Shut up.

[NewInTown2]

So MH isn't an ARG? Well goodbye then!

[Randoman96]