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[Gante]

So the question is, how did kindly, laughing Brian become raging, manipulative Totheark? My theory is that Brian had a rather sheltered upbringing. In his experience, the world was a safe and predictable place. Everything had an explanation, every problem had a solution. Then comes a Thing that should not exist, a Thing so wrong that its very presence damages body and mind, which attacks and tortures him for no reason he can understand. It blows his entire worldview out of the water. Suddenly the world is an ugly, evil place. Unlike Tim, he has no defences. He tries to imitate Tim's mechanism of withdrawing into a masky state, and apparently succeeds. But what he does in this state is play bizarre head games that give him a feeling of being in control. And he savagely hates Alex, whom he blames for the loss of his innocence.

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[paladin181]

[TheJoker]

Red herrings have to be well executed, though. Unless they justify why a character other than Brian would ever bother carrying this tape on their person, among other things, making this a well-executed red herring is pretty much impossible.

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[The Happy Madman]

Alright, so this is what I don't quite get: some people here aren't convinced that this was the Hoody reveal. Let's think about this, shall we? The most likely candidate since Entry 51 has been Brian. Entry 51 gives him a motive. We also know that Alex did the same thing to Tim in Entry 56 as he did Brian in 51, which may have helped develop their Masky and Hoody personas. During Entry 45, we see that Hoody is working with Masky to take down Alex (for revenge, perhaps?) We also know that Brian and Tim have been buddies from before Alex started filming. All of this coupled with the most recent entry is all the evidence that we need. After all, with being so very near to the end, there aren't any other reasonable candidates. Brian = Hoody confirmed. Goodnight guys. I'll hear what you have to say tomorrow.

[twistedpuppet]

I would also like to point out that we know it's confirmed because Tim points out the hoody Brian is wearing is the same as the one worn by the character we call Hoody. The last time we had a confirmation like this was when Jay had to confirm that it was, indeed, a pipe that Alex beat the shit out of Tim with; and he did it by pointing out it was a pipe.

If the current main protagonist points it out, you can bet it's supposed to be meant as beyond a shadow of doubt confirmation.

We shouldn't even be arguing over this. The narrative is very clear in its intent.

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[The Happy Madman]

There are others who hold the same views as me. Settle it with them; I'm sleepy.

[drseussicide]

Pretty sure you were being mocked.

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[The Happy Madman]

Couldn't tell; too sleepy.

[TheManPF]

I always thought Brian was hoody since I saw him running with a hoodie in the Marble Hornets trailer, it's kind of a hint to me

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[Pawn]

What I'd like to know is what was Tim staring at through the door-window.

Also, I hope we receive a few videos from Brian that document his transformation into the persona known as Hoody. Right now all we know is Alex lured Brian into a trap, Brian somehow survived it, something happened to his mind and then he became the being known as Hoody, plotting revenge against Alex while keeping his identity unknown for reasons that are also unknown.