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[Smoking_Gnu]

[gennerx]

[TheJoker]

[RedHotRubberDucky]

Disregard this if I'm jumping the gun, but I think we will have to see Brian as hoody unmasked to get his motif. If they are going to let us know the motif unless Alex or Tim tells us.

[ledzepfilm]

I want to know how the hell Brian is behind all of this. Even though it's logical that he's Hoody, why Brian?

[lonsumtravlr]

[TheOperator]

So this means they did go with the most obvious candidate and still acted like it was worth treating like a big mystery with all the teases. Fine.

And it also means Brian, who at no point was ever implied to have knowledge of hacking, high-end video editing skills or a good enough knowledge of Jessica to know she'd use 1102 as a password/combination, just conveniently has all those skills or apparently being attacked by The Operator means he is therefore so good at stalking he can just flawlessly follow everyone everywhere and hear everything they ever say. Fine as well.

I've always held to that there was a very interesting thing they could do with the reveal of Brian being Hoody. Tim's reaction. His best friend from those days, turning out to be the one to have done all of Hoody's cruel actions? What kind of feelings of anger and betrayal would Tim show? What would he say to Brian, face-to-face, learning everything he did?

But no. All he we get is outro text from Tim's indirect "unmasking" of Brian and he pretty much instantly acknowledges it as a tragedy that his friend is dead because of Alex. Yes because that's a human thing to do in regards to a guy who after supposedly being your friend, stole your pills and revealed your secrets in order to manipulate you and indirectly caused the possible deaths of Jay and Jessica through his arrogant and manipulative behaviour.

And that is my problem with this entry. Far more than just the fact that Brian is Hoody. Because if at least we got an interesting reaction from Tim, that would be the one advantage to Brian being Hoody. They somehow managed to squander that and now this entry is the worst in the series.

I'm not angry though. Not even really disappointed, since I did acknowledge the strong possibility of Brian being Hoody and they've shown they're good at squandering great opportunities before with entries like #74 and #76. I was just kind of... "okay, so they did fuck it up. Time to go do something else." It's gotten to the point I don't care that much any more, it is looking like they want to fuck up as much as possible in the final entries and that's just the way it's going to be.

On a lighter note, there are little good points about this entry. Brian was entertaining as always. Alex's mannerisms were amusing as well (tragic in hindsight too). And that Operator appearance... one of the best in the series. Subtle yet with huge implications. He was there, unclear but at the same time clearly there and watching creepily. The way The Operator is meant to be, instead of just "BLARGH LOOK AT ME I'M IN YOUR FACE."

[Smoking_Gnu]

[TheOperator]

[Lithp]

In fairness, we might see Tim's reactions in subsequent entries. It IS pretty realistic that he wouldn't want to tape his initial reaction & put it out for all of the world to see. And he would say as little about it in text as possible.

I have nothing to say about all of the Brian stuff. You are completely right. Even if we don't talk about quality, & just purely analyze the facts, there's no explanation for how he learned to do any of the stuff that he does.

[Monkah]

[TheOperator]

[Lithp]

I was clearly speaking in the present tense.

I think that watching Tim's facade slowly crack could be more interesting than if he just went, "BRIAN!? IT CAN'T BE! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! NOOOOOOOO!" but that depends on whether or not they even go that route.

[HallowedHollow]

Watching this entry makes me sad. Seeing Alex so young, carefree, and naive. The only worry in his little world is people not showing up to audition for your student film (which totally happens XD). He's trying to be cool. He walks like a dork. He's red faced and lacks facial hair. Full of life.

Fast forward a few years and he's killed a man with a rock, his another with a lead pipe, lead numbers to their demise, and shot his friend. Just thinking of the trauma that had to happen to a human being to get him from point A to point B kind of reignites the shivers of the operator. I think everyone agrees he's no longer as scary (as much) now that we're "desensitized". But seeing what he did to Alex, Tim, Jay, and Hoody is very sobering and a little frightening.

Enough of that. My theory regarding all of this. Tim is the only one with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder or what people are calling a "masky state"), that he developed as a child to cope with The Operator (Masky is his big brother of sorts. Is strong against TO when he can't be). Oppy used Tim (not Masky) to do a number of things (remember a certain fire in a certain hospital?), but after a while, Tim started "getting better". Friends, pills, counseling, and even Masky were effective in keeping TO influence at bay. TO needed someone new. This Entry was TO finding that someone. Someone fresh. Someone "untainted". Alex shoots MH. Things go downhill. Alex is still TO's pawn. Every time we were seeing Masky, he wasn't under Oppy's influence, but just suffering the side effects of everything he'd been through.

By the time Jay rolled around, Alex had already hit Tim with a lead pipe, and Tim had seen TO a number of times via Alex. Now, Tim is the only one able to stand up against TO, in part because he's dealt with him for so long. Whereas Masky was his "big brother protector" against the horror before, now (as evidenced when he stood up to him for Jay), Tim can do it on his own. He doesn't need Masky anymore. Hoodie (assuming he's Brian), can more or less control Masky using his anti-Operator sentiments (the reason he was born) to do things via slight manipulation. Getting him to do the leg work for kidnapping Jessica, etc. He wanted Tim to go back. Masky is more of a fighter than Tim, or at least Hoody thought so. Not anymore. Tim is a fighter. It's showdown time. He's waiting for Alex. Tim is the only one that can stand against the operator.

TL;DR: Alex fell, Jay fell, and even Brian fell. Tim fell for a time, but he was the only one who picked himself up in this battle against TO. He can do this. GO TIM! ^__^

[lonsumtravlr]