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SilentMedusa
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 		Pretty much everything that's been listed here, and one other thing that just occurred to me: if Alex was telling the truth in Entry #22 when he said he was going to burn all the tapes, why did he bother taping his little "confession" in the first place? He actually said "I'm going to burn all these tapes" which would imply he was including the one he was currently filming. Then why film it? If I decided for some reason I needed to burn my journal, I wouldn't bother writing one last entry in it stating my intention to destroy it; what for? No one would ever read that part... That kind of inconsistency bothers me.

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Sha Noran
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 		Well, he could theoretically be telling the truth about not knowing what happened, not knowing where everyone went, and not knowing why he can't contact them. If you like, put "remembering" instead of "knowing". He is scared, alone, no one to talk to, so he talks to his camera. Like a journal for himself. Which especially makes sense if he suspects that at any time he might A) wake up somewhere with no recollection of how he got there, why he is there, or how much time has passed or B) disappear/die. I've seen a lot of people in MH claim they will take an action (kill Alex, move far away, burn all the tapes, go to confront someone immediately) and then not do it. Basic human emotion: fear. You are scared to do something, but instead of admitting so, you conveniently find reasons not to be so hasty. Pretty normal to me really. Everyone has claimed in an angry moment, "I could kill him/her!" But if you really had a gun to a bound prisoner's head, would you pull the trigger? You'd probably try to think of reasons not to do it (perhaps the person is innocent? perhaps you will be punished for your actions? killing people is wrong?), and thus hesitate. I can imagine Alex deciding not to burn the tapes for selfish reasons (perhaps I wake up and have no idea this happened, but then get slendyraped again anyway? perhaps I continue my violence anyway with no memory or record... wouldn't it be better for me if there was some record of me being victimized to use as my defense?). I imagine there were probably nights he decided to burn the tapes, possibly dousing them in lighter fluid even (damaging them?), but at the last moment changing his mind and instead deciding to draw himself additional messages in case he wakes up with no memory of his situation and how to handle it.

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Hunter_Rose1218
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 		@ Sha Noran
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I think Alex filmed his statement to burn the tapes as a way to remember the intention in case his memory was slender-wiped (similar to the Polaroid/Tattoo method Guy Pierce's character used to remember important facts in the movie "Memento").

I would also like to know why Alex kept some of the tapes and why Alex kept the camcorder that was used in the "Marble Hornets" shoot instead of destroying both. I also want to know why there is a slender portal in Brian's house that leads to the creepy basement and if the creepy basement is in operator land or just another earth bound location in the Marble Hornets universe (for the longest time I was convinced that the creepy basement was the basement of the burnt down annex but there has been no evidence in the entries that support this hunch).

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Sha Noran
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 		Re: @ Sha Noran
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Hunter_Rose1218 wrote:
I think Alex filmed his statement to burn the tapes as a way to remember the intention in case his memory was slender-wiped (similar to the Polaroid/Tattoo method Guy Pierce's character used to remember important facts in the movie "Memento").

I would also like to know why Alex kept some of the tapes and why Alex kept the camcorder that was used in the "Marble Hornets" shoot instead of destroying both. I also want to know why there is a slender portal in Brian's house that leads to the creepy basement and if the creepy basement is in operator land or just another earth bound location in the Marble Hornets universe (for the longest time I was convinced that the creepy basement was the basement of the burnt down annex but there has been no evidence in the entries that support this hunch).


OOG:
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The basement has been confirmed OOG as being in the burned down hospital, but yeah not IG. Odd.


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geekgirlinthefedora
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 		Re: @ Sha Noran
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Sha Noran wrote:
Hunter_Rose1218 wrote:
I think Alex filmed his statement to burn the tapes as a way to remember the intention in case his memory was slender-wiped (similar to the Polaroid/Tattoo method Guy Pierce's character used to remember important facts in the movie "Memento").

I would also like to know why Alex kept some of the tapes and why Alex kept the camcorder that was used in the "Marble Hornets" shoot instead of destroying both. I also want to know why there is a slender portal in Brian's house that leads to the creepy basement and if the creepy basement is in operator land or just another earth bound location in the Marble Hornets universe (for the longest time I was convinced that the creepy basement was the basement of the burnt down annex but there has been no evidence in the entries that support this hunch).


OOG:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The basement has been confirmed OOG as being in the burned down hospital, but yeah not IG. Odd.


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But do you think the fact that Alex told Brian that Seth would be meeting up with them later that day the day that they were filming at the hospital to be an indication that the basement is actually at the hospital? Or am I reading too much into that?


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Sha Noran
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 		Re: @ Sha Noran
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geekgirlinthefedora wrote:
Sha Noran wrote:
Hunter_Rose1218 wrote:
I think Alex filmed his statement to burn the tapes as a way to remember the intention in case his memory was slender-wiped (similar to the Polaroid/Tattoo method Guy Pierce's character used to remember important facts in the movie "Memento").

I would also like to know why Alex kept some of the tapes and why Alex kept the camcorder that was used in the "Marble Hornets" shoot instead of destroying both. I also want to know why there is a slender portal in Brian's house that leads to the creepy basement and if the creepy basement is in operator land or just another earth bound location in the Marble Hornets universe (for the longest time I was convinced that the creepy basement was the basement of the burnt down annex but there has been no evidence in the entries that support this hunch).


OOG:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The basement has been confirmed OOG as being in the burned down hospital, but yeah not IG. Odd.


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
But do you think the fact that Alex told Brian that Seth would be meeting up with them later that day the day that they were filming at the hospital to be an indication that the basement is actually at the hospital? Or am I reading too much into that?


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Hmm, I think that could go either way. There are a lot of lines that say something clarifying the reasons behind other characters absence from a scene (such as the infamous declaration that Brian was off "getting snacks" haha), and I get the feeling this is a writer's loophole to help make the character's absense sensible to the viewer. In this PARTICULAR instance, it might go either way, as I said... But I'm leaning toward Alex was either telling the truth, or lied to get him alone, and it that it doesn't really relate to Seth getting taken in... Um... 22 right?


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searchanddestroy
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 		Hoody can't be Brian
I realized something. If you think TTA is hoody (which is probable) then hoody can't be brian. TTA's Exit was filmed way before brian was involved in all this. And even if he was being slender stalked around the same time, he seemed pretty normal up until he disappeared.

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TheJoker
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 		Re: Hoody can't be Brian
searchanddestroy wrote:
I realized something. If you think TTA is hoody (which is probable) then hoody can't be brian. TTA's Exit was filmed way before brian was involved in all this. And even if he was being slender stalked around the same time, he seemed pretty normal up until he disappeared.

That really doesn't mean he "can't" be, but yes, it's worth keeping in mind that whoever TTA is was already watching people even before Alex started leading people to TO. That applies for everyone, not just Brian. And it's entirely possible that he was better at "seeming normal" than Alex was.

Considering Brian tended to be absent in MH shoots in 2006 and Alex at least once mentioned that he wasn't sure where he was, I always thought that if it's Brian, he was probably up to something even before Alex led him to the hospital. Maybe he had started to suspect something was going on but hadn't yet figured out what. Maybe he had known about TO but mistakenly believed that Jay was the one TO was targeting rather than Alex, hence why he was filming Jay in Exit and why he didn't seem to realize what Alex was doing in 51.

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searchanddestroy
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 		Re: Hoody can't be Brian
TheJoker wrote:
searchanddestroy wrote:
I realized something. If you think TTA is hoody (which is probable) then hoody can't be brian. TTA's Exit was filmed way before brian was involved in all this. And even if he was being slender stalked around the same time, he seemed pretty normal up until he disappeared.

That really doesn't mean he "can't" be, but yes, it's worth keeping in mind that whoever TTA is was already watching people even before Alex started leading people to TO. That applies for everyone, not just Brian. And it's entirely possible that he was better at "seeming normal" than Alex was.

Considering Brian tended to be absent in MH shoots in 2006 and Alex at least once mentioned that he wasn't sure where he was, I always thought that if it's Brian, he was probably up to something even before Alex led him to the hospital. Maybe he had started to suspect something was going on but hadn't yet figured out what. Maybe he had known about TO but mistakenly believed that Jay was the one TO was targeting rather than Alex, hence why he was filming Jay in Exit and why he didn't seem to realize what Alex was doing in 51.
I don't think Brian would think jay was being targeted by TO when Alex was acting all paranoid.

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MistrPibb
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 		Did Tim finally get his lunch?

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Ztakk
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MistrPibb wrote:
Did Tim finally get his lunch?


Yes, he and Serum ended up getting grilled cheese and curly fries. Didn't you see that entry?

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Dacad
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 		We don't know exactly when Exit was filmed. Sometime during the Marble Hornets film shooting, yes. But we don't know if Alex had been attacking people yet. For that matter, its possible the cast had been attacked by the Operator even before Alex was feeding them to it. In one entry, I think 54, the Operator attacks the group in the house at the end. Brian looks like he sees it before the camera cuts off. Although, I do like Joker's theory too.

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TheJoker
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 		Which begs the question, what did TO do to them if it attacked them? Though I agree that it looked like TO was attacking in 54- rather than his usual standing-around-in-the-background, he's charging into the room fullspeed in a way that the cast would probably have noticed (until TO almost certainly wiped their memory, of course). But we know all of the people in that room survived that particular incident, so what did TO actually do?

I suppose most likely, it just knocked out Brian and Tim or something and/or wiped their memory of the encounter and was mainly there for Alex, but still.

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SilentMedusa
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 		You know what question's been gnawing at my brain meat lately? What are Jay, Tim, and Brian's last names? I know it's not a big deal, but I hope we get an answer to that someday, even if it's in an interview after the fact.

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Sha Noran
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 		Who is your daddy, and what does he do?

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