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[Kraehtot]

[SPEC ] About the hospital

[evanx275h]

I can't disagree, I actually think the story started in the hospital, too.

I want to think that the time between Entries #55 and #56 was a long gap. And between those entries were all of the first few tapes, where Alex slowly gets more paranoid as the Operator follows him. The reason that I believe Entry #55 is one of the first is because, in that entry, Tim is the one to bring up the hospital. Which would mean that, before the events of Entry #51, Tim already knew about the hospital.

I think that, chronologically, Tim and Alex were both marked by the Operator when they were young (based on Tim's medical records and enttry #37), but Tim moreso than Alex. Tim was likely a mental patient at the hospital after the symptoms shown in the medical records worsened, and he likely burned it down to escape the Operator, who probably followed him throughout his life to the hospital.

The constant stalking of the Operator might have caused Tim's mental deterioration, and development of his Masky persona. After the hospital incident, Tim was likely attempting to get better, and to forget about what happened previously in his life. The medicine he took probably helped him for a while, and he may have even seen less of the Operator now that his memory of it started to dissipate. Especially after all that time.

Then... in comes Marble Hornets, Alex's student film. Being exposed to all of these outdoor areas, as well as Alex himself, who (according loosely to enttry #37) has experience with the Operator, brought up old memories, bringing back his paranoia and sickness (as Tim described in Entry #55), and made him remember the hospital, a place that he only saw as a good place to shoot for the movie. As the condition worsened, Masky was likely "re-awakened" in Tim, specifically after Jay's interview with Tim in Entry #15.

As of right now, Jay might be doing exactly what Alex did; Tim even said that Jay was responsible for bringing up old memories in Entry #59, so perhaps the cycle that began in Season 1 started over in Season 3.

Point being, the hospital seemed to be Tim's origin grounds, where all of the problems started for him. His horrified reactions in Entry #65 make me think that he's tied to the place, and his suggestion of the place to Alex in #55 makes me think that he's the reason for many of the events that transpired; He may have been the start of all these problems, and ToTheArk might know it, hence the whole "HE IS A LIAR" etch in the wall.

There's some holes in this theory, but it's among my favorites, being that Tim is the most interesting character to me.

[TheOperator]

I take totheark's use of water imagery as references to how the Operator drowns his victims. We didn't see anything related to fire while the Operator was torturing Tim in Entry #65. I get the feeling it was Masked Tim who started the fire in the abandoned hospital, as well as the flat as a warning against Jay trying to quit.

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[Omberto]

You know, I just had a weird thought...

Tim has an obvious connection to the hospital from his childhood, and we all know TO can wipe memories... is it possible other people involved in this and simply don't remember the hospital?

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[LBfly]

If Tim burned the hospital down and didnt like the place because of the Operator, why would he suggest shooting there?

[Oscar Langley]

Maybe he didn't know exactly what happened at the time? Like he knew something happened there, but no specifics due to memory wiping. And it'd been so long that he'd chalked it up to trivial childhood fears. I guess.

[TheOperator]

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[toclafane212]

I think that there is something behind the wall that says he is a liar, becuase tim keeps hitting it and then tells jay that he found something there!

[BranRainey]

Not really a theory but OOG:

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[missingnocchi]

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