Wednesday, May 4, 2011

MarbleHornets: Entry 40

Sorry about the lack of post-age around here lately. No no, Slenderman hasn't eaten my soul. College has.

Just as bad.

Anywho. There's a new MarbleHornets video up and it's veeeerrrra eeeeenteeerresssting.
Unlike the last post, which I neglected to mention: Entry 39, which was simultaneously dull and slightly obvious. After 2 minutes of watching Jay sit around, and then fall asleep inside his car we finally see a vague figure and Jay enlightens us with his particular brand of wisdom.
"The Footage was too blurry to see who was outside my car."

I wonder who it was? durpa durpa.
 But I, despite my blackened and cynical soul, actually rather liked Entry 40.

As has been established in the last few videos Alex is a flake. A flake who clearly never answers his cell phone; highlighted by Jay pulling the needy girlfriend routine and calling his number at least twice a video.

Alex and Jay had agreed to meet at a park surrounded by woods (Lordy, do these guys never learn?) at a certian time. Jay, being the trusting wall-eyed-pike he is, shows up despite Alex's recent incommunicado status. After waiting for what is presumably a whole five minutes, Jay decides to kill time exploring the forest around him.

Yes. That's right.

I'm not sure how I'd react to being repeatedly and violently bitch-slapped by Slenderman and all his little cronies over the course of two years, but I don't think I'd react by diving into the first woods I saw on a whim.

Irregardless. We must remember that Jay is a film student and thusly not the brightest flash bulb in the world. Besides, those trees have some primo stock-footage potential. So. Jay. Alone. In the woods.

For a while he just pokes around, crosses a steam, and finds an admittedly cool clearing where a large tree has grown out of what must be an absolutely ancient brick fireplace. He explores this area for a while. If his breathing can be judged, he starts getting a little nervious, perhaps realizing that he's alone in the friggin woods and it's getting dark. He sits down and gives Alex another call, alerting him to his alone-in-the-woods status and naively hoping that Alex is in the parking lot wondering where Jay went.

Jay returns to the fireplace, leaning in with his camera and examining it closer. After which, a certian familiar figure shows up in the background. After some struggle Jay drops the camera and goes fleeing into the woods like a scared rabbit. (The fleeting moment of which made this blogger snort what's left of her Lucky Charms)

Also, now Slendy has a camera! (maybe that's all he ever wanted). So now we at least know where the tall guy got his video-editting skills in TribeTwelve.

So lets BREAK THIS DOWN shall we?

Perhaps the reason that I liked this video so much is that it gives some real credible evidence of what I've been saying all along.

It all comes back to Alex. Alex hasn't been answering his phone and he hasn't been seen since Jay and his little excursion into the woods; during which Alex was acting strangely calm, detached and, well, strange.

Now, Alex has summoned Jay into the woods, the same woods where, conviently enough, Slenderman is lurking. Jay is alone, in an abandoned area, and stupid enough to get curious about the local wild-life. Furthermore, Slenderman didn't show up until after we see Jay alerting Alex of his whereabouts.
Seems awfully convenient, doesn't it? *strokes goatee*


Alex is hallowed. He has to be. Furthermore, I don't think this is the first time he's been a Slender-puppet either. I think Alex was starting to become hallowed before Jay even started looking for him. I think we watched Alex go from a Blind, to a Fighter, to a Runner, to a Sleeper, all over the course of the initial Alex-Survelliance videos. Then he went missing. Isn't possible that he didn't just escape over those three years? Maybe he didn't turn full Hallowed, but I don't know of anyone who can just escape Slender clutches by moving away.

My theory is that Alex was Totheark. Whether or not he was aware of it, I think Alex has been Totheark for a long time. Totheark is frequently in possession of video/audio/and knowledge that only Alex could presumably have.

Also, after keeping up a rigorous video-then-response schedual from Entry 9 all the way to Entry 24; suddenly Totheark goes missing ten videos: A length of time that amounts to just a little under a year.

Anyone else remember what Alex was doing during that time?

Moreover. I Masky/Tim is a good guy, whose been a little slender-screwed. And Totheark is bad. Everything Totheark tells him to do ends badly for Jay, doesn't it? If not for Totheark, Jay probably wouldn't have gotten this far. He would've dropped the issue ages ago and would have never gotten as entrenched in Slenderman as he is now. But everytime Jay throws in the gauntlet, who shows up to dangle just one more carrot under his nose? Totheark.

What do I mean by Masky being good though? I think Masky and Totheark have been at odds for a long time. Sure, masky is intimidating, but he's clearly more than a little messed up anyway.

- Entry 18 Jay returns to Brian's house, encouraged to do so by Totheark. Jay starts getting very sick, and he finds a Slenderdoll. That's when Masky first shows up. True, Masky attacks Jay, and I know there's been a lot of speculation on this point already, but, isn't it possible that the third party that was know was present thanks to Totheark's response video; was right being Jay? Or Jay was in danger?

- How about Entry 35? Masky is right next to Jay, surprising him. However Masky totally bypasses Jay and goes after Alex with a knife. After which Alex attempts to break the guy's head open with a ton of concrete. (good thing his aim is rather off)

Morever, Totheark and Masky's competing messages.

Totheark's message from the Messages video: Smile for the Camera
Masky's present from Entry 23: A mask.
Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree, but it seems to be that one of them is saying "Stay hidden" and the other says "Keep Filming". Didn't Alex himself discover the ill effects of staying on film?



Just a thought.

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