#like. as far as we saw in MH - Tim was NOT actually protected from the influence of The Operator; time and time again he falls victim to it | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

brittlebutch · 1 year

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the only thing i don't like about 'Alex should have asked for help' AUs/theories is that they all seem to have the base assumption that we actually Know Anything about The Operator, and the fact of the matter is that we simply Don't.

#N posts stuff #we have Assumptions about how TO works but. we don't KNOW shit about it - that's The Horror of the thing #we can GUESS as much as Tim&Brian guessed that the medication makes a difference but we don't Know that it does shit #(as much as ALEX guessed that killing everyone was the best way to protect them from it)#like. as far as we saw in MH - Tim was NOT actually protected from the influence of The Operator; time and time again he falls victim to it #just like everyone else did; he attacks Jay. he attacks Alex. he even KILLED Alex under the influence of the operator #<- that's WHY he switches so violently from trying to talk Alex out of everything to suddenly stabbing him to death -#because All of A Sudden The Operator was in the room with them and that's what made the difference #(Jay's e73 catatonia had been going on for Weeks before Tim started splitting pills; time could have been Just as much a factor as the meds #i could be proven wrong but it Does feel at least a little significant to me that we haven't seen Jessica taking Anything in the new comics #even SKULLY doesn't know how it works - why it affects some more than others; even They're guessing #if a thing Has Rules that automatically makes it less scary. Every character/audience member Wants there to be rules #but the honest fact is that as far as anyone KNOWS - the Operator doesn't have any <- THAT's why the story plays out as it does #and that's exactly why it could never have played out any different - everyone is doing their best with what little information they have #and no matter who they are or what decisions they made it was Never going to be enough to save any of them.#mh lb

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