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[SPEC] Oddball theory on Alex
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Lytrigian wrote:
pravado wrote:
*facepalm* please stick theories we both know won't turn out to be true in the season 2 thread, not one theory topic has done anything but dissapoint me

We both know it? Do tell.

I express myself in uncertain terms because I'm honest, not because I think my ideas are any more unlikely than anyone else's.

Zarggg wrote:
The problem with that statement is that we not yet been told what the ark means in the context of MH.

You're right; we haven't. We have only the word itself to go on. Trouble is, it's ambiguous - which makes it great for something like this.

The ambiguity is thanks to the translators of the Latin Vulgate Old Testament, who chose to translate two different Hebrew words as "arca", meaning box or container. It's the Latin "arca" that gives us "ark" in English.

The one word, tebhath, is used on only two occasions: the first is Noah's Ark, the other is the chest in which Moses was set afloat on the Nile as an infant. It seems to mean "chest" -- which is how the Septaguint translates it in the latter case -- but specifically one that floats? Maybe? Or perhaps it relates to things made of wicker. No one really knows.

The other word, aron, is used for the Ark of the Covenant and other similar objects that are clearly chests. In the modern day, you can still find such arks. One example is in Jewish synagogues: the Ark is the cabinet in which the Torah scrolls are stored. The other is in Eastern Orthodox (e.g. Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox) churches, where the Ark is a small receptacle for the reserved sacrament. It sits inside the tabernacles kept upon the altars.

No, it's not clear which sense is meant in this context. However, the only thing properly called an "ark" that you can find nowadays in any other context is not a ship of any kind, but a container. Specifically, a container found within a sanctuary for the purpose of safeguarding something sacred or holy. That was also the purpose of the Ark of the Covenant: it contained the Tablets of the Law, and perhaps Aaron's rod that budded and a jar of mana, and it was kept in the Holy of Holies in the original Tabernacle, and then the Temple.

Even though there hasn't been a whiff of religion in this so far, I can't help but think that the main meaning of "ark" in MH is at least as likely to be related to this as anything else.


Well spoken. If anything, the ark is a place where troubled Tim wanted to be in season one. He may still desire it, or he realized it never existed to begin with. Jay may have seemed to know where the ark was, because Jay may have forgotten what happened to him and came out unscathed.

Then again, I remember back when TTA accused Jay of keeping things from us. Jay revealed it was the 24/7 recording, but it may have been just one lie of many. Jay could have ulterior motives. Problem is, I doubt it. Jay asks way too many questions to be so sure of himself.
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 		The similarity between the name Alex Kralie and Aleister Crowley is pretty cool and something I definitely hadn't noticed. I reckon it's probably just a coincidence, though I guess it's vaguely possible Troy was inspired by Crowley when naming the character. I do find it strange that Alex is the only character to be given a surname inthe series (especially such an unusual one) and that Jay's surname was even removed in one entry.

Something I noticed on similar lines: the main character in the film version of A Clockwork Orange is a young, violent, sociopathic man called Alex DeLarge. Alex in Marble Hornets is played by Joseph DeLage. Again, probably just a coincidence, but I just thought it was a cool one. You never know what kind of things inspire people when coming up with names for characters.

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 		Liking the name threads if the creators made it close on purpose.

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