I don’t think it’s Dark. Obviously, the person behind this is hiding their identity. Why would Dark need to do that? He’s, as the fans have concluded, a demon. He isn’t human at the very least. So why would he go through the effort of trying to cover his tracks, especially when we already know who he is and what he wants?
The youtube icon changing (still hasn’t for me rip). It’s the old Mark. The Mark from the original markiplier channel. But he does look more like the Author in that picture. He did comment about that picture awhile back about how it was when he was trying to be edgy/cool, I believe…?
So… back to the ransom letters and crypticness. Why so convoluted? Why so orchestrated like a horror story….? A story…? It sounds like something an author would write, doesn’t it? Throw us through a loop. Deep puzzles and whatnot…
Revenge…? Who killed Markiplier…? Was it the Host as revenge for his current state…? The Author did write horror stories afterall… But why would it be revenge…? Unless it’s not revenge.
He’s leaving us clues. This is a puzzle and I’m pretty sure he wants us to figure it out. Why hint at the old channel…? Why the time stamps…? Why the photographs…? Why the total blackout, except for the picture on Youtube…?
Is it the Host? Is Mark actually dead in this…?