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[Starkley]

Re: Rosswood Park and the MH filming areas

[P. Kate]

[Ithilwen22]

[twistedpuppet]

Oh, so now everyone jumps on the "they might have been kids together" theory. I've only been going off on tangents about this for 2 months and getting shut down by those who think they know more because they've been around longer. :V

[Zarggg]

Well, it is kind of odd, since the series' introduction implies that they met at film school.

[twistedpuppet]

[jimi060]

Don't be all "God moves in mysterious ways". They could have done plenty of things together and not remembered about it. Them growing up together is a plot point that the audience has constructed.

[FalloutGhoul]

[twistedpuppet]

[Starkley]

There's a difference between a theory and blind speculation. There's isn't anything in the videos to say that the whole Marble Hornets cast knows each other from childhood.

Even if they did, and had their memories wiped, you'd think connections like that would lead to awkward conversations with family, awkward encounters in schools, and so on, practically weekly. Furthermore, the evidence that does exist points to them all not knowing each other from childhood. Jay calls Alex a friend from film school and Tim states that he didn't know Alex until Brian introduced Tim to him.

From the medical documents, there's also an apparent age difference, with Tim being around 2-3 years younger than Alex. But to fit this theory, people have gone and speculated that Tim has been left back or something (but this is okay, because the "2 ___" could in fact be years), which is kind of twisting the story to suit the theories. Still, I find it hard to believe that the antisocial kid who possibly goes on year-long camping trips would have an easy time making friends. Then again, people say that Tim was antisocial in 1995, not necessarily 1991, which is also a fair point.

Nonetheless, I think the only reason the "they knew each other since childhood" theory exists is because of enttry #37. Which isn't exactly the clearest entry. And if you start taking what Totheark says too seriously, you might start to assume that Jay has had such terrible lungs that he too has had super bypass surgery and has had his lung replaced by steel and dog meat.

Them being friends as children is way too close to being Candle Cove-material for me to take it seriously. Furthermore, it wouldn't really affect the plot that much as far as a revelation go. It wouldn't really explain anything that was going on. People say it might explain The Operator's origins, such as its existence being created from their imaginations. But that's speculation about a plot point that doesn't even exist, and definitely has no evidence. Also, I don't really want to believe that The Operator and Jack Frost hang out on Saturday nights.

Even if they had been friends from childhood, they would still be in the same predicament they are now with no known way to stop what was going on. It would be kind of a cheap plot point to throw in some drama/ faces and to create some kind of half-explanation for TO's origins.

Sorry if this sounded harsh, I just want it to be clear why I dislike that "theory." It's fun to come up with random stories I guess.

*Edited to make some concessions.

[DHawk314]

To be completely honest, it just seems kinda far fetched to me. They all grow up together and then after having their memories wiped, they all coincidentally move to the exact same town, fairly far away from the town they grew up in, and then all happen to meet each other there. Also, I can't help but shake the feeling it's kind of a horror movie cliche.

Although, I do think it could have some merit when you consider enttry #37. Both Tim and Alex were stalked as a child. I know some people think it's doctored, but if it was what would even be the point of the video? I tend to go with what I think the narrative is trying to imply. Plus, the reason the Operator physically isn't there

[Starkley]

To all this stuff about coincidences, I will say that Marble Hornets does unfortunately rely on a certain amount of suspension of disbelief, which is a problem because of how attentive its audience is.

And, about the dates, I always thought that they had to have some kind of randomness to them, because if whoever edited them together (Totheark presumably) had spliced those dates in, how does he/she know all of this? Since we seem to agree that Totheark is run at the very least by "someone(s)" of the original MH cast, they would have needed to do some hardcore research to find dates dating back to as far as (I think I remember an 1800s date) that were relevant to The Operator.

But again, Hoody can pull age-old medical documents out of nowhere, so who knows what Totheark is capable of.

Still, this is where more suspension of disbelief comes in. It's still somewhat implausible from a reasonable standpoint. Masky had ninja skills, so why not Hoody?

It's likely that Tim and Alex grew up in at least approximately the same neighborhood, because of Tim's proximity to Rosswood Park and Alex's later visits. That much I can buy, and if someone told me that Tim and Alex could have some childhood connection, I would give a nod to that. Entry #37 implies some early connection to TO for Alex, and Tim's medical documents show Slendysymptoms. I just don't buy all these left-field theories about imagination and the perfect Operator-themed MH cast of a forgotten childhood crew.

[Blank_Zero]

I have a feeling the next entry or three are going to either have a ton of revelations or are going to make Pravado very unlikeable.

[DHawk314]

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