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What is Dark up to?

(In case you didn’t know, some Darky shit happened in Mark’s video Don’t Play This Game)

2:49- The first shifty thing that happens in Mark’s video. Mark says “What happens if I quit the game?” Reality bends, and we hear that creaking that we heard when we first saw Dark again back in February.

4:43- Mark wrote down what the game was saying and is saying it along with it. Again, we hear the creaking and we see as the facecam zooms in, loses its color, flips, and multiplies. Mark’s voice layers and distorts, eventually becoming so distorted we can’t understand it. There is no center voice that sounds like Mark at all. It’s all Dark.

6:04- Mark says “Bye, bye” as he always does, and he waves at the camera. But as he’s smiling, that 3D effect shows up again. The black and white background with blue and red. Even though it’s Mark, Dark is still there distorting reality, because that’s what he does.

But this shit right here is what got me:

Every time Mark says this, he looks straight at the camera, as if talking to us. But it’s not Mark, is it? That’s not how Mark speaks. He isn’t monotone like that. Distorted reality, layered voice, and that piercing ringing sound are all Dark. So do we understand Dark?

Let’s be honest, Dark knows we don’t understand. He knows that we have no clue what’s going on and that we’re scrambling to make sense of it. And maybe he wants us to understand. Or maybe he doesn’t. Maybe our confusion makes us easier to control. The more confused we are, the more we theorize, and the more attention he gets.

So, my dear Dark, what are you up to?

(and let’s not forget that Mark was a little shit when he tweeted this)

(Screenshot via booperplier)

His game. Thanks, Mark, for breaking the fandom again.

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It just hit me that we don’t hear Dark gasp when he takes control.

In fact, it doesn’t seem like he has to take control.

Dark is there early on, distorting reality. That’s what he does. He manipulates us, and he manipulates realities. When Mark tries to quit the game, the screen and Mark’s face cam literally bend. That’s Dark.

But here’s what I think. In February, we heard Dark audibly gasp. He was constantly shifting, getting comfortable, but he had to take control first. We heard him take control.

This time, though, Dark pops up multiple times throughout a single video, and he is ominously still. He doesn’t shift around like he did in A Date With Markiplier. He’s still, calm, and present.

Because Mark already let him in. Mark has accepted Dark as a character. He’s mentioned him in videos, he’s made shirts with Dark’s face.

Dark doesn’t have to take control because Mark has already let him in.

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