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[The Happy Madman]

The assumption that Jay was hostile towards Tim seems to come from the preceding entry, where Jay frickin' tackled Tim to nab his tape. I think Jay didn't come with the intent to harm Tim, but in self-defence, and to possibly threaten/interrogate him. He did seem pretty loony after Tim restrained him, however.

[adaminator1]

[Sha Noran]

[The Happy Madman]

Perhaps Jay isn't hallucinating; maybe he has obtained heightened Slendy-Senses? After all, he was the first to know that the Øperator was nearby in 72, but Tim disregarded it, stating it was just a hallucination.

[Osttle]

[Marble Hornets]

I still think Jay seeing the operator when he wasn't there is just them saying "Jay is getting so paranoid from being stalked that he is imagining his stalker existing even when he's not around." Not necessarily "Jay is getting sick and is actually seeing the operator but it's not appearing on video"

However this time was the other way around, Jay telling himself he wasn't there, as a psychological defense mechanism to help calm him down, possibly a play on the previously mentioned incidents

[Master of Octopi]

[Lytrigian]

[Wondertje]

So this is what I couldn't shake out of my head last night whilst trying to sleep: is it possible that Alex is in fact The Ark? In my theory now, I will make assumptions, and also in my text Ark = Alex, Hoody = Brian. And Hoody = TTA.

Like this:

We have our main evil entity (TO), however he can't physically hurt people on this planet/in this dimension/where we are currently at. Due to this, TO chooses a person to act as his Proxy pretty much. A person that he has control over, that does all of his physical hurting of the people around him/her. This proxy is also known as The Ark. At first when TO chooses his Proxy, the link is weak and he might not have total control, which is why he first stalks his chosen Proxy to put them at a mental state where it's easier to remain in control. This is where our story sort of starts.

Alex was stalked by TO for a very long time, during which his mental state deteriorated and TO was able to eventually make Alex his Proxy. Alex is now The Ark.

During the events that went down with Brian (this can be changed to Seth, Sarah, or anyone who this most likely happened to but I'm sticking with Brian for now), where Alex tried to get rid of him - Alex somehow revealed this to Brian before attempting to kill him. He might've said something in lines with "I'm sorry Brian, I need to do this. I can't help being the Ark, he made me" - or whatever you see fit. Thinking that Brian was going to die, that wasn't really important to keep secret. However, after all of this takes place, Brian somehow survives and goes underground in hiding. He might possibly also have gained insight on TO and possibly even knowledge of protection. He "becomes"/creates the youtube account TTA, and goes on a quest for Alex - which he now knows is the Ark and has to be taken care of. He disguises himself in the videos (as in, makes no real appearances and doesn't talk) so that Jay won't know who he is at this point, also Alex isn't supposed to know that he survived/escaped slendyverse (where I think he was indeed taken at first).

At some point his videos on TTA channel just aren't good enough to lead his quest forward and he decides to go out and get more involved. This is when Hoody is created to mask his true identity. Hoody goes around and films/takes pictures, picks up cameras, cuts Jay lose and so on - because he knows that he needs the help of Jay to find Alex. It could also have been Hoody who wrote the "Find Alex. Find The Ark." note, but wasn't intending for Jay to find it at that point, or even at all. Either way, it still sounded like Alex = The Ark, something only Hoody at this point would've known.

End of theory.

Note that I have intentionally left Tim/Masky out of this theory, because he complicates things quite a bit. Feel free to shoot a million holes in this theory, it was just a strange idea I couldn't shake last night.

EDIT: This is also suitable for the message towards the end of "Quadrant" which says "They didn't know how to leave." which I think is a reference to the rest of the characters being stuck in slenderverse. Only Brian and Tim (+their alternative personas) have ever gotten out. I believe that Tim/Masky and Brian/Hoody went through the exact same thing, however I think Hoody has control over his alternative persona, that it's more of a literal mask rather than something he'd turn into and not remember later.

[PortalLife]

At least your theory of Alex being The Ark didn't boil down to his initials. It sounds plausible.

[wassupbro]

[thisistheend]

Did anyone notice Tim limping? I think he was Masky in the beginning of the video when he found Jay's laptop.

[The Happy Madman]

[gennerx]

[Wondertje]