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Docjowles posted:We don't know. Popular theories include Alex, Tim, blackout Jay trying to communicate with regular Jay, Slenderman, Jessica, Amy, the collective consciousness of everyone Slenderman has ever taken communicating from the dimension of insanity he comes from, or even us, the audience. At one point Jay even said on Twitter that "Those videos are so inconsistent. It's like they're being made by different people. No way I can prove that, though." I've felt the exact same thing since season 1, that some videos kinda goad Jay into action while others just say "LOL UR GONNA DIE MIGHT AS WELL JUST END IT NOW LOSER". Marble Hornets hasn't been big on red herrings so I take the tweet as strong confirmation that TTA is at least two people and they're not necessarily working together. The threat videos are from Alex and the "helpful" videos are from blackout Masky Tim. That's just my pet theory of course. Didn't it get proven that at least some of them have to be Skimasky since they have at least one watching Tim outside his house (and thus couldn't be Alex, as he would kill him, and are probably not Jay, as he hasn't mentioned blackout periods around the time that video came out).
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Well skimasky has a bit of a feminine walk sometimes. Could be Jessica. Isn't she like the only other major character?
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I still don't like the idea of Jessica being Skiimasky because I just don't like that idea that every character has to fit in to the story in a greater way than they initially appear to. I mean if Jessica is Skiimasky that means she's been in this since Jay started putting up the videos if not longer which just leads to a whole bunch of needed, convoluted backstory. The last video seems to kidn of go agianst it being Jessica in that Skiimasky seems to have a masculine build but it also works for it being Jessica in the way Skiimasky really seemed to enjoy pointing a gun at Alex.
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Docjowles posted:"Those videos are so inconsistent. It's like they're being made by different people. No way I can prove that, though." I've felt the exact same thing since season 1, that some videos kinda goad Jay into action while others just say "LOL UR GONNA DIE MIGHT AS WELL JUST END IT NOW LOSER". Marble Hornets hasn't been big on red herrings so I take the tweet as strong confirmation that TTA is at least two people and they're not necessarily working together. One of them should really change the account password from "slender420" then.
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axleblaze posted:I still don't like the idea of Jessica being Skiimasky because I just don't like that idea that every character has to fit in to the story in a greater way than they initially appear to. I mean if Jessica is Skiimasky that means she's been in this since Jay started putting up the videos if not longer which just leads to a whole bunch of needed, convoluted backstory. It would be nice for SM to be one of the production crew members like Brian, making this all one big conflict over Director vs Set.
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axleblaze posted:I still don't like the idea of Jessica being Skiimasky because I just don't like that idea that every character has to fit in to the story in a greater way than they initially appear to. I mean if Jessica is Skiimasky that means she's been in this since Jay started putting up the videos if not longer which just leads to a whole bunch of needed, convoluted backstory. Skimasky wasn't seen until Entry 40 or 41 though, so they could definitely be a newer player in the game. Jessica disappeared after Entry 33, so (although I don't particularly think Skimasky = Jessica) the timing makes sense at least. Zelmel posted:Didn't it get proven that at least some of them have to be Skimasky since they have at least one watching Tim outside his house (and thus couldn't be Alex, as he would kill him, and are probably not Jay, as he hasn't mentioned blackout periods around the time that video came out). We know for certain* that Skimasky isn't J, Alex, or Tim, as they've all been in the same video as Skimasky at the same time. *Assuming multiple characters aren't wearing the same costume and J isn't lying about being behind the camera when he posts entries.
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fullroundaction posted:Skimasky wasn't seen until Entry 40 or 41 though, so they could definitely be a newer player in the game. Jessica disappeared after Entry 33, so (although I don't particularly think Skimasky = Jessica) the timing makes sense at least. But it's also been revealed that Skiimasky is probably TTA, who has been around since the beginning, if not earlier. Someone mentioned earlier that there's a chance that TTA is more than one person but I also think that would be kinda lame.
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axleblaze posted:But it's also been revealed that Skiimasky is probably TTA, who has been around since the beginning, if not earlier. Someone mentioned earlier that there's a chance that TTA is more than one person but I also think that would be kinda lame. Jay commented on his twitter that they're so different with each one. One pushing him on, another telling him to stop, yet another chastising him for what he's caused simply through his meddling. It is entirely possible, and plausible that TTA is multiple people. Hell, it could be a Multiple Personality thing, weirder mental problems have occurred with S&M involved.
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fullroundaction posted:Skimasky wasn't seen until Entry 40 or 41 though, so they could definitely be a newer player in the game. Jessica disappeared after Entry 33, so (although I don't particularly think Skimasky = Jessica) the timing makes sense at least. We also saw Skimasky sneak up on Jay when he was asleep in his car, so whether Jay's lying or not, he's not Skimasky. Or at least, not the only Skimasky, you make a good point that there might be more than one.
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Rambowjo posted:The look on Alex's face, when Skimasky is pointing the gun at him. It's almost like pity, as if he knows exactly what's going to happen. I thought it looked more like "I am bad at acting," myself. The stomping around is indistinguishable from the way he moves in Troy Moves Out. I feel bad for Tim because he seems to put a bunch of effort in.
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IrvingWashington posted:I thought it looked more like "I am bad at acting," myself. Looked more like pure unadulterated rage to me. Rage that says "You better kill me, because if I get free I am going to tear you apart limb from loving limb."
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E-Tank posted:Looked more like pure unadulterated rage to me. Rage that says "You better kill me, because if I get free I am going to tear you apart limb from loving limb." I got: "I know something you don't know", as in "i'm beat up, you're pointing a gun at me, so you think you're in control..except that a friend of mine is right over there.."
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E-Tank posted:Looked more like pure unadulterated rage to me. Rage that says "You better kill me, because if I get free I am going to I think I must have been watching something different v  v
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E-Tank posted:Jay commented on his twitter that they're so different with each one. One pushing him on, another telling him to stop, yet another chastising him for what he's caused simply through his meddling. Since Tim seems to have been suffering mental issues since he was a kid, it is quite possible that other children suffered similar problems. Alex and Tim may both have been connected to the slender man since childhood, and if there are 2, why not more? It is quite possible that many children were treated in the same hospital as Tim. There could be many children affected by the slender man, and it may not have affected them all the same way. Jessica didn't go to the same college as the guys, but she still could have been connected to Slendy since childhood. Jessica was Amy's roommate, right? Amy found a camera, and Alex said it wasn't his. Jessica, as one of the slendy gang, could easily have planted the camera. We've seen the story from the POV of a few individuals. Maybe the M. Night Shyamalan twist is that the same thing is happening to thousands (or millions) of kids.
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IrvingWashington posted:I thought it looked more like "I am bad at acting," myself. Can you people ever shut up about the loving acting in free amateur internet fiction videos? With time and experience maybe the people in MH, EMH, TT et al will bloom into decent actors or maybe they won't. What the gently caress do you expect from these videos that they make mostly because it's a hobby and they like making them. God drat it I remember the hotel videos where people kept going on about the poor 'blocking' from Jay and Jessica. Blocking. POOR BLOCKING, in my free youtube videos! Everything is poo poo!
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For what it's worth, Tim has always been a really great actor, especially with physical stuff. Troy and Joseph have their ups and downs - but again, for what it's worth, I thought the particular moment in question was very well done, and his expression was chilling and implied all those things that people said above.
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Regarde Aduck posted:Can you people ever shut up about the loving acting in free amateur internet fiction videos? With time and experience maybe the people in MH, EMH, TT et al will bloom into decent actors or maybe they won't. What the gently caress do you expect from these videos that they make mostly because it's a hobby and they like making them. God drat it I remember the hotel videos where people kept going on about the poor 'blocking' from Jay and Jessica. Blocking. POOR BLOCKING, in my free youtube videos! Everything is poo poo! I appreciate you are doing a great job tearing down the Hyperbolic Slenderstrawman, but he's only haunting you, sweetcheeks. I think it is less useful to rage at people who comment on the actual thing that we are here to talk about than it is to point out things like perceived quality of acting of an actor - or do you think that because they are doing it for free they don't want to hear any feedback (unless it is positive)? I appreciate people who have a different opinion of the scene - I'm guessing that I was watching it a bit too cynically so I'll be checking it out again with a fresh perspective, so thanks for that, people who didn't just go mental. (And yes, Tim is rad; as time has gone on he's seemed better and better.)
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Regarde Aduck posted:Everything is poo poo! For instance: your posting. Calm yourself.
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I can only hear Mike Nelson making wimpy noises ala MST3k or Rifftrax when Tim is punching Alex.
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I think complaining about blocking is acceptable since it's something that costs no money and that even high school drama clubs (usually) get right.
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precision posted:I think complaining about blocking is acceptable since it's something that costs no money and that even high school drama clubs (usually) get right. If its supposed to be in a documentary style though, wouldn't it not being blocked perfectly 100% of the time add legitimacy to it?
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E-Tank posted:If its supposed to be in a documentary style though, wouldn't it not being blocked perfectly 100% of the time add legitimacy to it? I'm going to assume the blocking complaint was misread sarcasm.
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IrvingWashington posted:I thought it looked more like "I am bad at acting," myself. YMMV, I thought it was pretty drat good stuff from Joseph. He's always been good at playing the pissed off bitchy rear end in a top hat though...
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fullroundaction posted:See: Cloverfield. Suspension of disbelief that it is "found footage" is broken within seconds. Yeah I don't actually remember that subject coming up, just saying that of all the things to go "IT'S FREE DON'T COMPLAIN" about, "blocking" should be really low on the list because frankly it's piss easy.
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The only thing that breaks my immersion with MH is that no one talks about Slenderman. That they're acknowledging Tim's crazy sexy mask parties directly now is a pretty big change from the usual deflecting and dancing around subjects. Alex has always been pretty bad but these guys aren't professionals, so I don't let it take me out of the world they've created here.
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Bobnumerotres posted:The only thing that breaks my immersion with MH is that no one talks about Slenderman. That they're acknowledging Tim's crazy sexy mask parties directly now is a pretty big change from the usual deflecting and dancing around subjects. I'm having a hard time imagining what they'd call Slenderman in-universe without it sounding terrible. You can't call him Slenderman. "The Operator" sounds, I don't know, just kind of wrong to be actually spoken.
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Pham Nuwen posted:I'm having a hard time imagining what they'd call Slenderman in-universe without it sounding terrible. You can't call him Slenderman. "The Operator" sounds, I don't know, just kind of wrong to be actually spoken. Well yeah, but "What is that thing that keeps appearing when we go nose around Rosswood?" is a valid question that doesn't sound dumb. Nobody's talking about it. I mean, Jay must have seen slendy in the tunnel when Tim collapsed, but all they talked about was him blacking out, not what actually caused that blackout. It's getting kind of weird that it just never comes up.
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I'm reasonably certain that Jay has talked about "that guy" or "that thing" several times this season. Still silly that it hasn't been a point of discussion from the beginning, but there you go.
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This has actually been one of my main problems with the series from the beginning. The guys said in an interview that it was a conscious choice for a long time, because they were worried the audience would feel talked-down-to if they were shown something only for the characters to immediately repeat it (I think that was the reason - either way, they definitely said it was a decision), but I feel it detracts from the realism something fierce. Who knows, maybe we'd be complaining about the opposite too - but it has always irked me. Still pretty psyched for more, though
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Mitthrawnuruodo posted:I feel it detracts from the realism something fierce. Maybe The Operator has the power to make you not want to talk about him. Also to never carry a gun or call the police.
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FoglyOgly posted:Maybe The Operator has the power to make you not want to talk about him. Also to never carry a gun or call the police. I dunno, I always thought that trying to shoot the Operator is a  BAD IDEA
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LobsterTick posted:I dunno, I always thought that trying to shoot the Operator is a Eh, it just does gently caress all. I mean, you're trying to apply physics to something that can break the laws of physics just by existing. That poo poo don't fly.
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LobsterTick posted:I dunno, I always thought that trying to shoot the Operator is a That's one thing I always thought was great about EverymanHYBRID. Evan tries to beat the poo poo out of Slenderman with a bat, and at another point they try to run him over with a car. They end up getting hosed up but at least they tried! To Jay's credit, at least he tried to tackle him or something at the end of S2.
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For me it is kinda like someone getting mad at a tornado, it is just silly and pointless. All you can really do about Slenderman is trying not to get noticed and run the other way If you see him.
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Oasx posted:For me it is kinda like someone getting mad at a tornado, it is just silly and pointless. The sun shines, grass grows, bird sing, and the Slenderman Slenders things. Seems logical. Though I want to know where he keeps getting those plastic bags he stuffs those organs into. That was the one thing of the entire thing that made me just sort of go 'really?' I mean its not like S&M can walk into the local grocery store and just buy a pack of Hefty garbage bags.
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E-Tank posted:The sun shines, grass grows, bird sing, and the Slenderman Slenders things. Seems logical. Though I want to know where he keeps getting those plastic bags he stuffs those organs into. That was the one thing of the entire thing that made me just sort of go 'really?' Slenderman uses paper. 
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E-Tank posted:The sun shines, grass grows, bird sing, and the Slenderman Slenders things. Seems logical. Though I want to know where he keeps getting those plastic bags he stuffs those organs into. That was the one thing of the entire thing that made me just sort of go 'really?' I think it was more of a homage/reference to the original Viktor Surge posts.
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E-Tank posted:The sun shines, grass grows, bird sing, and the Slenderman Slenders things. Seems logical. Though I want to know where he keeps getting those plastic bags he stuffs those organs into. That was the one thing of the entire thing that made me just sort of go 'really?' They aren't really plastic. They just look like plastic. He extrudes them from his butt, kind of like a spider.
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Angela Christine posted:They aren't really plastic. They just look like plastic. He extrudes them from his butt, kind of like a spider. And now I can never find Slenderman scary ever again. 
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E-Tank posted:And now I can never find Slenderman scary ever again. Are you kidding me? Do you not realize how much scarier Slenderman just got. He could poo poo a bag around your face and suffocate you to death. Can you imagine your final pitiful breathes being that of Slenderass?
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