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[SilentMedusa]

Well, every other time a link said "entry" and not "Entry" everybody freaked out and started speculating about who really posted it, because entries posted by Hoody/TTA usually aren't capitalized. Which would mean something. Hence, my noticing it. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[Marble Hornets]

If skully was still existant, they would have made an appearance by now.

[ledzepfilm]

Skully was probably something used once to increase the creepy factor of the #26 tape. Nothing else.

[Wondertje]

The issue I have with Jay being Skully is the fact that Skully has held absolutely no relevance to the plot so far, nor has Jay really acted in a way that would imply he has a masky/skully state. To add Jay = Skully would be to add a whole new storyline arc where they'd have to go on explaining why on earth no one has noticed before, what Skully has been doing and why.

So as people mentioned, Skully probably isn't something that will be of any major importance in that sense. But more likely added for visual effect and creepiness.

[TheJoker]

1. It is my belief that Skully may have at one point been intended as plot relevant, but that idea was most likely later scrapped, hence the lack of any reappearances. I doubt they featured that brief clip with the thought "Hey, let's introduce a character who we will intentionally never feature again until the end of the series!"

2. This does not mean they could not choose to make it relevant once again and bring in a character with that mask. I still think it *could* be cool if they did something like that, though I'm not sure they necessarily should.

3. That said, it's not likely that Skully would ever be Jay because even if Jay were to gain a "masky state", most signs right now suggest that he did not already have one back in S1 and certainly not in 2006 (There is an argument that can be made in favor of his having one, but it's not as likely.) If Skully were to prove relevant, it would be someone else, most likely. Which again makes the likelihood of Skully ever reappearing pretty low, since there aren't a lot of options for identity if it's not Jay and not whoever Hoody turns out to be.

My best bet, though, is that it was a plot element scrapped sometime after S1 ended. Perhaps, as some have suggested, the original design for Hoody.

[Sha Noran]

[Marble Hornets]

The problem with that theory is that we've seen Tim go masky when the operator isn't around, in the entry where hoody takes his pills. That entry shows that the sickness builds up to a certain level and then overtakes Tim's body.

[gennerx]

[The Happy Madman]

It's possible that Tim could've gone outside, only to find TØ in his yard. Tim would've then thought, 'Oh crap, I better go get my pills,' but they were stolen when he needed them most.

[Marble Hornets]

[The Happy Madman]

Well, he could've popped some off-camera. It's not too far fetched.

[Marble Hornets]

yes it is

[The Happy Madman]

Could I please have others' opinions on this matter? Mr. Hornets here seems to have lost his Marbles.

[JAL13]

Ladies and gentlemen! My I present to you the time of the month where the recent entry's juices have been squeezed dry. Let the circus continue!

- Circus theme plays as the ring master leaves his post gesturing toward the clowns barreling in from outside the tent and tossing dry pieces of fruit into the crowd.
- Crowd eats it up. Their bellies are never full. They lust for more.
- A new entry is posted center at the center of the ring. Juices pour out all over the crowd. They shower in it and bath each other with it. Juices run dry. - A clown laughs as he digs up an old dry piece of fruit from his burlap sac and tosses it into the crowd. Everyone laughs until someone takes a bite and they realize how hungry they've become.
- The joke goes on.

[SilentMedusa]

Well, I just rewatched #61, and I agree with Marble Hornets.

Plus, when The Operator is around, it's usually made clear (even if we have to stare at still shots for a long time to find him). There was some mild distortion, but only the kind caused by Hoody...and Masky.