Welcome home theory, Barnaby is Wally’s service dog?
Hear me out: I heard this claim from AlleyDreamer on YouTube, she did a great character analysis video, I suddgest you check it out. At one point, she had mentioned a theory, well, more of a headcannon on Barnaby serving as a service dog for Wally Darling and how it ties to his autism. while she claimed to have no evidence of this, I think there is.
Barnaby and Wally are an inseparable pair, it’s often depicted in the artwork that Barnaby is always by Wally’s side. In many of the welcome home video tapes, Barnaby is almost always with him, the only time I can recall him not being there was with Poppy and Sally while making a show stopping cake, and one other time I believe
While Eddie and Wally were talking in one of the tapes, the one where Barnaby chases the mailman, Barnaby had appeared seemingly out of know where, as if looking for something or someone and this isn’t the first time such interactions have happened. Barnaby is confirmed to be a comic relief character, many of his jokes are made at his neighbors expense but we often see a kind and even more affectionate attitude when it comes to Wally Darling. In another tape, While Barnaby had been speaking to home, recalling the days events, He seemed to quickly pick up on Wally’s dissociation, noticing he hasn’t been painting while other neighbors tend to be indifferent to these episodes of his
It’s also cannon that Barnaby had taught Wally how to laugh, express affection, and even how to tell jokes. Barnaby seems more sensitive to Wally’s emotions, able to sense distress or discomfort right away, and I don’t think it’s subtle shipping that ties the two together
It would make sense for Barnaby to be a service dog character to Wally, considering how inseparable they seem and how in tune Barnaby is to Wally’s emotions. Wally is heavily implied to be an autistic character, if he is the star of a show, it would also make sense for him to have a kind of guard dog that keeps him from getting overstimulated from time to time
On another note: cannonly, Barnaby, can in-fact, understand Home, so it’s possible that he gets a lot of his information about Wally from Home, this might be why when Wally seems more tired one day Barnaby will opt for less stimulating actives like letting Wally paint his paws, or when Wally is curious about something Barnaby will try to explain it the best he can’t without judgement, because he knows Wally is a great adapter and understands if Wally doesn’t know something he’ll probably pick up the concept a lot quicker than the others neighbors would expect.
Also, another cannon fact confirmed by clown, if Wally falls over, he will just lay there until someone picks him up him, and more often then not it seems to be Barnaby.
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