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[TheSupremeFace]

[TheJoker]

[Grumplestiltskin]

[Lithp]

[TheJoker]

[Zarggg]

@Lithp: The important part is that it was never referenced by the characters since then. We literally have no basis to form a theory about it other than it was an echo that we heard.

[TheSupremeFace]

[Ztakk]

[Camero]

I should say, when I said "mimic human speech", I was just looking for the fastest way to refer to the event. I figure a thread like this should have speculation section with some weird stuff that we're not sure what to make of.

If it were to go in, probably better to just describe what happened. That's actually likely the best way to do speculation: i.e. instead of saying "Can transform into a manatee", we'd just say "In Entry 98, Operator is offscreen for a moment, and moments later, a manatee is seen in his place."

Also, perhaps it's too obvious, but should we mention that we know the limbs can and do move, or that he's capable of walking? I do recall some theory way back that suggested the only way the thing could move was through teleportation...but perhaps it's too out there.

We've also seen him turn his head more than once to "look at" someone--whether he's actually got something resembling "eyes" or some sort of sensory organ in his head could be something to put in speculation.

[ToTheFading]

Just wanted to throw in my two cents here, with regards to "can create slight facial features" and "can change own height". I understand this is speculation, but I wanted to put forward my opinion on these, that they are just OOG things that are unavoidable depending on how they created TO in that particular entry. I think we would have known way sooner than 70+ entries into this that TO could give himself a bit of a face if he wanted to, which also seems like an ability that would be almost completely irrelevant to the story in any way. I think it much more likely that due to the lighting and shadows, and positioning of that particular scene, there wasn't much the guys could do to completely blank it out.

[ADD] On a similar tangent, I feel there's a certain need to suspend disbelief with some parts of this, that some ideas from S1 were scrapped or not written back in, and might not appear again. That's not to say don't speculate on them, as they are clearly trying to include as many as they can and are doing a pretty good job of it too, but I'd be wary of trying to build whole theories on them. That, and, as has been discussed by people in this and other threads & myself here already, some things are OOG things that were unavoidable during production.

[TheSupremeFace]

[ToTheFading]

I see what you're saying and understand why they're included, I hope I didn't come across as too critical of the thread or idea behind it. I just wanted to offer an alternative to what I felt were the weakest speculations listed.

[Ztakk]

[Toadbert]

I'd be willing to believe the hello's were distortion too. The audio the whole time Jay's in the basement sounds off, and he doesn't respond to the hello's at all.

[Lithp]