MARBLE HORNETS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS RIGHT NOW. I GOT INTO IT SEPTEMBER 2021, WHEN A FRIEND OF MINE ASKED ME AND A COUPLE OTHER FRIENDS TO REWATCH IT WITH THEM. I FOUND IT VERY GOOD AT THE MOMENT AND MANY OF THE TWISTS IN THE STORY GENUINELY SURPRISED ME, BUT I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AFTER WE FINISHED IT. THAT IS UNTIL ABOUT MARCH 2022 WHEN I RANDOMLY REMEMBERED IT EXISTED AND GOT REALLY SAD ABOUT THE CHARACTERS. I REWATCHED IT, MADE SOME ART, AND THEN I GOT FULL ON HYPERFIXATED.

SO WHAT IS MARBLE HORNETS EXACTLY? IT'S A HORROR UNFICTION WEBSERIES FROM 2009. IT GOES LIKE THIS: IN THE SUMMER OF 2006, ALEX KRALIE WAS PREPARING TO SHOOT HIS STUDENT FILM, ALSO TITLED MARBLE HORNETS. HIS CAST AND CREW INCLUDED ACTORS BRIAN THOMAS, TIM WRIGHT AND SARAH REID; CAMERAMAN SETH WILSON AND SCRIPT SUPERVISOR JAY MERRICK. FILMING STARTED OUT WELL, BUT ALEX INCREASINGLY BECAME MORE IRRITABLE AND HARD TO WORK WITH, EVENTUALLY ABANDONING THE PROJECT AND PLANNING TO MOVE AWAY. BEFORE MOVING, JAY ASKS ALEX WHAT HE'S GONNA DO WITH ALL THE TAPES FROM THE FILM, TO WHICH ALEX REPLIES:
"BURN THEM."

NOT WANTING TO SEE ALEX'S WORK GO TO WASTE, JAY CONVINCES HIM TO GIVE HIM THE TAPES, WITH THE CONDITION THAT JAY BURNS THEM AND NEVER SPEAKS OF THEM AGAIN. ALEX MOVES AWAY, AND JAY DOESN'T THINK OF THE TAPES FOR THREE YEARS, UNTIL A POST ON THE SOMETHINGAWFUL FORUMS REMINDS HIM OF THEM, AND AFTER GOING THROUGH THEM HE FINDS A COUPLE THINGS: ALEX WAS BEING STALKED BY A TALL, FACELESS SUPERNATURAL ENTITY KNOWN AS "THE OPERATOR". NOT ONLY THAT, JAY STARTS REALIZING HE HAS LITTLE TO NO MEMORY OF THE EVENTS ON THE TAPES HE'S PRESENT IN. JAY DECIDES TO UPLOAD THE TAPES TO YOUTUBE. SHORTLY AFTER, ANOTHER CHANNEL TITLED "TOTHEARK" BEGINS UPLOADING CRYPTIC VIDEO RESPONSES TO JAY'S VIDEOS, ADDING TO THE MYSTERY AND JAY'S DRIVE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HIS OLD FRIEND GROUP FROM COLLEGE. BUT IN DOING SO, HE FINDS HIMSELF UNKNOWINGLY REAWAKENING THIS ENTITY AND ROPING EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE SHOOTING OF THE FILM BACK INTO THIS MESS THEY'D BEEN TRYING TO MOVE ON FROM.

IT'S A STORY ABOUT TRUST, MEMORY, MENTAL HEALTH AND TRAUMA. THE TRAGIC DOWNFALL OF A GUY AND HIS FRIEND GROUP. ABOUT TRYING TO STOP THE UNSTOPPABLE, AND HOW TO COPE WITH IT. IT'S A REAL GOOD SERIES. A BIT CHEESY AND SLOW-PACED AT TIMES, BUT IT'S DAMN GOOD. I RECOMMEND IT.