Marble Hornets

Yea, I know. I just tend to refer as the whole thing as "Marble Hornets" rather than separating the poster/author from it, since it's nearly impossible to do so for the story anyway.

"Entry #26 will be posted later tonight."

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Holy crap. Freakin' Slender Man. Well, at least we know J isn't going to quit. And that Alex, oddly enough, is alive and well. Or was, at any rate.

edited 19th Apr '10 3:59:31 AM by Vairia

Holy mother of Pearl, I watched this episode in the middle of the day, and yet it freaked me out. Slendy's appearance in the end was good and freaky, methinks, although the camera shaking felt a bit staged , mostly since I couldn't quite identify what sort of action the camera-holder was trying to take. I'm wondering where they're going from here though, it could look like they're winding up into some sort of grand finale.

This entry was excellent. Taken out of context, the typical "Monster jumps out, peeps be gettin' scared" structure might seem cliched. But the way that Entry 26 weaves into the backstory of the series is just magical. The sense of dread that Alex is showing just serves to amplify the emotion that the audience is already feeling. Because ultimately, we've gone through the same experience he has, but from J's perspective. In the beginning, we were curious. Then we were paranoid. Then, at last, we began to calm down. And now it all comes flooding back as, for the first time in seven episodes, Slendy makes his dramatic entrance.

edited 19th Apr '10 11:35:49 AM by tfaal

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...I'm scared now

hold me

Honestly, I had just got over seeing Slender man in my room at night. Now I'm scared again. I nearly shat myself at the fact that his fucking arms extended.

edited 19th Apr '10 8:26:17 PM by Jumpingzombie

Wait, what. Extending arms. Urrrrggggh, this is what I get for scrolling down at the scary bits. -rewatchs-

Some of the dread mystery goes away by actually seeing that Alex is okayish. However, he said he wanted nothing to do with the project anymore, and so why did he sent Jay the tape, and how has he traced him? I believe Jay is being led on by totheark(working in conjunction with Slenderman), since he has become involved with the whole search for Slenderman, using him as a necessary proxy to get to Alex.

Ok from entry 26 I'm willing to post a theory. The true horror of this is the fact that Slenderman only goes after those who know about him. J was safe as long as he didn't actively look for Slendy any more. IN those few weeks of just running he was fine he got better. Alex was fine up until somebody looked at tapes that related to slenderman. Knowing is what damns you. And for us every time we click play or read a twitter we are painting a bigger target over our heads. I love you Marble Hornets guys. Making me afraid to even check my Youtube subscription list.

@Insanity Addict:If it was actually Alex who sent him the tape, it kind of makes since, even if he didn't know J was uploading the entries, he did know that J had some sort of interest in the videos. Alex did after all let J have them in the first place. So he probably figured that J would be his best shot. Though, he might not have even sent the tape to J. It could have been recorded and left somewhere and was found (by totheark, who was probably tracking J) and sent to J.

So let's recap, shall we?

Slendy used to be the "face" of Don't Go in the Woods. Except, oops, he can appear outside your house. And in an Abandoned Playground. And in the city. And, oh, INSIDE you house.

And NOW, he can appear whenever you mess with ANYTHING that has to do with him. Which raises the question as to what that means for us viewers following Marble Hornets? Wouldn't the fact that we've been messing with the Slenderman lead to him appeari

Willing Suspension of Disbelief is broken. Also, Marumi really creeps me out.

I don't see how it breaks believability. You investigate Slendy, Slendy comes after you. You stop searching, and eventually, he stops coming. You start again, and before you know it, he's back. Makes perfect sense. The only real question, besides the central mystery of the Slender Man's origin, is why he chose to appear to Alex so blatantly during the filming of Marble Hornets.

@Raw Power: To be honest, I kind of feel that it's a little too much as well, but I'm willing to forgive it for Rule of Scary.

Also, who is Marumi?

— Oh, Maromi. Haha, yeah I guess he(...?) is rather unnerving.

edited 21st Apr '10 3:22:17 PM by Latia

^^ It break it when applied to oneself.

^ Its popularity and cuteness are Informed Ability. Ugliest thing I ever saw. Never knew it was a dog until told.

^I've always thought that was kind of the point of Maromi. Everyone's going nuts over something that's not really as cute/lovable/fantastic as its supposed to be. Pre-made Informed Ability merchandising.

I bet Maromi and Slender Man know each other. What with Maromi creating cardboard happy worlds and Slendy screwing around with houses and/or teleporting people. Heck, they're probably both Time Lords  ^*

edited 21st Apr '10 3:44:33 PM by Jumpingzombie

Yeah, that's the point. Maromi is a brutal Deconstruction of Kawaiisa, and actually, in the anime, usually is a creepy plushie type thing. In fact, his design is supposed to invoke the look of an atomic bomb cloud. He looks a little cuter than usual here because that's the animated version (as in, Show Within a Show animated version.)

And considering Maromi is techincally Shounen Bat, he's even more like Slendy.

I think J is dead. He hasn't updated his twitter in like FOREVER. This fills me with much sadness.

I dont think he's dead. He's probably trying to figure out what happend to Alex. We'll hear something soon.

It hasn't even been a month yet. Jeez.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzgsNB-LQ1M

It seems we've only just begun...

edited 7th May '10 8:11:30 PM by Latia

...I could have sworn in the thumbnail preview for one of the episodes I saw...Hands. Scores of them, from the ceiling.

I wasn't hallucinating, was I?

...which one? That sounds terrifying.