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Post by stantheman on Sept 6, 2006 23:12:29 GMT -5
Re: Mental-Trauma causes Bree's personality to split into two...
Well, she did use Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" in her very first blog.
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Post by hookedonmonics on Sept 6, 2006 23:25:15 GMT -5
I definitely think that if they run with the split personality thing, Daniel knows about it. I took his denial of knowing about Cassie to be him playing dumb.
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Post by wixy15 on Sept 7, 2006 3:30:23 GMT -5
I think the whole spilt perconality thing is possible, although am tempted to say that you guys are going far to deep in to. I can't see this all being about dark spitual rituals and the revelation Bree has been sexualy assulted.
Why are we assuming she did 'do things' with her teacher? It is appartently only what the other kids said.
Just seems to me that this is getting far to dark, it's suppose to be teenage entertainment, no?
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Post by waffle on Sept 7, 2006 7:47:11 GMT -5
I'm not 100% certain where I stand with the whole split-personality/abuse line..... Although it obviously fits with the story, I think I'd prefer it if it turned out to be Crowley/religion based. However, if we assume that Bree IS Casse, and Cassie IS Bree, and they are two distinct personalities - do they know of eachother? If they do, wouldn't Bree have told us - she tells us pretty much everything else. Wouldn't we have spotted a schism in her character already in the X amount of videos she has posted? Also - what if they don't know about eachother? Would they have the same tastes, desires, etc... maybe religion? No offence intended to anyone who practices Thelema - but in the big picture, it's a minority interest. What are the chances of two different teenage girls, under the same roof, both sharing those beliefs. Does the Crowley pic belong to Bree or Cassie? Wouldn't the personality not into that sort of thing find it a little odd and take it down? Personally, I think that we might be getting ahead of ourselves with this idea. That's not to say we should disregard it though. Maybe more evidence will arise in the next couple of days. Just thoughts really, but I find it best to get them out there - because our grand LG collective consciousness sorts it all out quicker than if I was to just sit here pondering on my own.
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Post by wixy15 on Sept 7, 2006 8:13:19 GMT -5
I'm not 100% certain where I stand with the whole split-personality/abuse line..... Although it obviously fits with the story, I think I'd prefer it if it turned out to be Crowley/religion based. However, if we assume that Bree IS Casse, and Cassie IS Bree, and they are two distinct personalities - do they know of eachother? If they do, wouldn't Bree have told us - she tells us pretty much everything else. Wouldn't we have spotted a schism in her character already in the X amount of videos she has posted? Also - what if they don't know about eachother? Would they have the same tastes, desires, etc... maybe religion? No offence intended to anyone who practices Thelema - but in the big picture, it's a minority interest. What are the chances of two different teenage girls, under the same roof, both sharing those beliefs. Does the Crowley pic belong to Bree or Cassie? Wouldn't the personality not into that sort of thing find it a little odd and take it down? Personally, I think that we might be getting ahead of ourselves with this idea. That's not to say we should disregard it though. Maybe more evidence will arise in the next couple of days. Just thoughts really, but I find it best to get them out there - because our grand LG collective consciousness sorts it all out quicker than if I was to just sit here pondering on my own. If the Crowley pic is Cassie's, then why does Bree leave it up? And why did she stop Daniel lighting _those_ candles? The picture is clearly something to do with Bree.
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Post by socalgrl on Sept 7, 2006 8:21:23 GMT -5
I tend to aggree with Wixy about this getting to dark and we should probably not jump to the conclusion that anything went on between her and and her teacher. I remember some of the rumors about me in high school...total fabrications and I would have been upset (with similar emotions in my voice) just talking about those rumors back then.
But I also think that the split personality theory is interesting and should not be dropped unless we find out more information.
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Post by bizzle on Sept 7, 2006 9:58:27 GMT -5
Saw this somewhere mentioned as 'Bree's a Schizo'
Split personality is NOT schizophrenia, schizophrenia is a completely different mental disorder, Split personality is categorised as Dissociative Identity Disorder and needs at least 2 personalities to repeatedly vie for control of the person. If this was the case Daniel would know of it. PTSD is more likely, if 'Cassie' was invented as a coping mechanism then she may be in the past or surface far more sporadically. I dont think Bree (real or fake) has a mental disorder
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Post by ka on Sept 7, 2006 12:55:37 GMT -5
Does anybody really believe that this is anything other than fiction?
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Post by Alissa Brooke on Sept 7, 2006 12:56:26 GMT -5
Ka: There is always a chance.
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Post by ka on Sept 7, 2006 13:08:07 GMT -5
Ka: There is always a chance. A very, very small chance in my view. If the plot really does go into very dark territory, without coming to any crass moralistic conclusions, I will be very impressed. That will be brave and should be applauded because it will achieve something that mainstream cinema consistently fails to do. I haven't been convinced by anything the authors have presented us with yet that this will be the case however EDIT: One thing I'm interested to see is how they will handle any plot development in this direction within the conceit that this is a blog. And if, as we are speculating, Cassie is indeed within Bree, why hasn't such a forceful character taken a chance to get herself in front of the webcam already?
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Post by crackityjonesjr on Sept 7, 2006 13:12:16 GMT -5
f the plot really does go into very dark territory, without coming to any crass moralistic conclusions, I will be very impressed. That will be brave and should be applauded because it will achieve something that mainstream cinema consistently fails to do. Personally, I would love to see things take a surreal, David Lynchian turn, but I doubt the creators of the series are that clever. As for it being real: that would be cool, too. I'd be VERY impressed to find out that the whole enterprise was run by a small group of college (or high school!) kids.
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Post by Alissa Brooke on Sept 7, 2006 13:14:26 GMT -5
ka: Cassie might not be forceful, or may not like the camera.
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Post by ka on Sept 7, 2006 13:28:06 GMT -5
ka: Cassie might not be forceful, or may not like the camera. Possible, but this is what makes it impossible for me to believe that this could be anything other than a fabrication, a fiction. The whole structure creaks... I have a lot of experience with schizophrenics - not professionally, I've just known an awful lot as friends (well, a few really... it just seems like a disproportionate number!). I know this is not the same as the kind of personality disorder we're speculating about, but my point is that mental illness always shows itself if you know someone well. If Bree was in any way disordered I think Daniel would have mentioned something in his rant about Bree's dad. You know, something along the lines of, "Bree can be a pain, a bit weird sometimes, and her dad's bullshit doesn't really help..." However, it serves the plot that this kind of thing doesn't leak out until the right moment...
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Post by Alissa Brooke on Sept 7, 2006 13:31:28 GMT -5
Or maybe Daniel keeps it secret along with her Parents. or, or, or.
But-- of course this is a fabrication? You didnt think I meant she REALLY was, did you?
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Post by suri on Sept 7, 2006 13:33:16 GMT -5
Well, the really funny thing about all this is . . . the idea that it's real makes the most sense!
Now, I don't necessarily think this is so, but, well, the "official explanation" of everything does make complete sense if you let yourself buy into it. Things like an ARG or a movie/TV promo or a viral add or a secret religion, while all potentially feasible, are all a lot more complicated and ridiculously complex to pull off than it just being two kids actually living their lives and making some YouTube vids.
Perhaps I'm not expressing myself as well as I could hear, since I'm not attempting to act as a proponent of the "it's real" camp, I'm just saying that nothing I've seen or read has caused that possibility to leave my mind.
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