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[dearestdarlingg]

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Howdy, this is a sideblog dedicated to my Welcome Home ramblings, theories and anything else i see fit!

Call me Eva.

She/Her, 21+

My favorites are Wally Darling (specially him) and Sally Starlet :^) but i love all of the cast!

[saltminerising]

I want a breed that you can't actually breed at all.

The only way to have one is just from breed changes, but they'll be listed as a common breed so the scrolls would be cheap– actually no. Gem breed. No bio sex but still has different poses you can change via the dragon details page like silhouette scrolls. 4000 gems.

Actually actually no- when hatching an egg you have a very low chance of it being The Special Breed. No breed changes. No specific egg for the breed. Only luck. The breed is only announced after someone hatches it for the first time, and then the genes for the breed will be added to the site (they weren't at first to prevent spoiling the surprise((ignore scrying workshop))).

This went from a serious suggestion to a bullshit one real fast. This will not fix the g1 imp problem.

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[saltminerising]

‘average flight rising user is salty’ actually statistical error. average flight rising user is very sweet and enhances the gameplay experience for those around them. Saltmines Georg, who lives on tumblr and aggregates 122483856 petty anonymous complaints per day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[saltminerising]

Not to overstep and like. make. assumptions. but i think anyone who brings a notorious predator on the level of Epstein down to a joke by making them into a dragon on a video game is not someone you should be friends with. even if it's a protest or to insult who he was it's like, no different than making a dragon based on hitler and all it does is glorify and iconograph their image into our lexicon further instead of uplifting the voices of those they hurt and subsequently keep these characters from being glamorized.

Someone is going to for sure eventually see the epstein dragon and think it's a glorification and not a joke and that's a real consequence that can have a lot of social negatives outside of getting banned from a video game. i also think the fact someone is driven to making jokes about him to the point where they have a character based off him in their video game for fun is really questionable and aside from the fact it's weird and inappropriate to glorify him, it also says a lot about your friends moral compass. please tell them this and if they don't like what you have to say about it or don't reconsider their choices as a result, I would reconsider friendship with this person as to me this signals them as unsafe.

PLEASE report them for this if they do not rectify their choice, as a victim this kind of stuff is incredibly disgusting and triggering to us and flight rising was never the place for "political statements" (which this is not, it's just glamorizing a serial abuser who ruined hundreds of lives forever) this is ultimately a game that caters towards children inherently despite the large adult userbase and it's far from the place for it. attach whatever proof you have and just never tell your friend it was you. staff will keep it anonymous. this kind of stuff should not ever be seen as acceptable for people to do with these kinds of figures. it's dangerous for people who might stumble upon it and recognize it, it's dangerous for your friend to be doing if it gets misconstrued, it's dangerous in that it normalizes acceptance of this kind of thing and might even be seen or used as a dog whistle in the future (if it isn't one already) it's a negative for literally everyone.

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[discoasphodel13]

Hey so it's come to my attention that the Creators of Disco Elysium want you to share the game and not give the company who took over and fired them (illegally)?) any profits off of their ideas and work, and I originally joined tumblr 2 weeks ago when that post was going around about the Steam sale and how you should [Skull and Crossbones flag] it instead.

So.

in light of that.

Check the replies/notes of this post :)

I was informed that posts containing links in them aren't findable in the search so i'll just.... drop a link in a seperate reboot :)

first things first though, copy this key:

q4-EJ9G2DV7MYYI-Vs0KdQ

[discoasphodel13]

here's the edited version with the captal YY in the key above!

2326 files and 29 subfolders

and also the Google drive link :

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[paper-starz]

WELCOME HOME THEORIES AND ANALYSIS! FRIDAY THE 13th EDITION!

HUH?? A surprise Welcome Home Update???

WITH LORE AND SECRETS?!?!?!

Ohohohoho! You know yours truly loves lore! And oh boy... Theres a lot to unpack here.... So buckle your seatbelts folks! I might've discovered something BIG

WARNING! THIS WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE HALLOWEEN UPDATE! OH AND THIS IS GONNA BE VERY VERY LONG!

Ok, first things first, THE THEORY

I might've figured out who the main antagonist could be, and it's not Wally or Home. In fact, it has been staring at us the entire time, we've just never realized it.

I think the main villain of Welcome Home could be the spooky swirly void living inside of Home.

"WHAT?!?! This early on in story??" I hear you say! "This couldn't be possible!"

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE DEAR VIEWER! And truth be told, there could be multiple antagonists in Welcome Home, but all evidence points to this swirly guy being the source of everything wrong thats happening. Also, from now on, I'll be calling it the Entity. (Spooky swirly man sounds so silly!)

EVIDENCE 1: It makes people sick.

It seems like the Entity emits some kind of black "ink" that makes people sick once you touch it. It also seems like the WHRT knows about this too! Going into great lengths to order everyone to wear gloves.

Writing on sticky note atop vinyl glove box reads: Put on gloves before handling ANY art. Call me if we run out!

Not to mention that think ink also seems to effect anyone psychologically, making them want to discover more about Welcome Home, even if it harms their own health.

In the ABOUT US page:

When I unwrapped the first letter, I felt it. I heard it. Open. Open. Open. I want it out. I’m going to get it out.

In the STAFF ONLY page:

Everything is so disgusting to touch. Sometimes the mail doesn't come for weeks. I want to rip into everything I have. My head feels so muddled too. Ever since I opened the envelope.

I keep getting phone calls, now. Or at least, I assume that's what's happening. I keep hearing it ringing. All day, sometimes. I check my phone and there's no new messages. I thought maybe some of the site staff were pranking me, but I tore up the workspace and couldn't find another phone that might be ringing. All that was there were the toys for the exhibit, and obviously those couldn't be ringing. But I kept hearing it anyway. The phone ringing and ringing... ...I keep digging and digging. I've poured over every recovery the WHRP has given me access to, every inch of their website, and the things I find make less and less sense. If I didn't know better I'd say everyone was coming together to pull an elaborate prank on me. I can still hear the phone ringing now. I don't know how to answer the phone. I need to answer the phone.

The NEWS PAGE also mentions ringing! (This could be the same person who has been affected by the ringing)

So many guest signatures… So many of them are trying to communicate. What are you telling me for? Do you think I can answer? What are you trying to do to me? I’m closing that guest book, I’m not playing this game anymore. The ringing is enough.

And even affecting them physically as well!

NEWS PAGE

What is it, I hear you pleading! Clawing at your screens just as we have! Coughing, headaches, nausea- I know. I know. It will take a lot of cleaning, preparation, and polishing on our part, but it is a worthwhile labor of love.

Coughing, headaches, nausea.... The Restoration Team is growing sick, yet they are completely obsessed with restoring more evidence for Welcome Home.

They even know that they are growing sick, they wear gloves, they clean, they prepare, they polish the artwork over and over and warn anyone NOT to touch the ink, but it's not enough. They need to restore Welcome Home, even at the cost of their own health.

Heck, the entire page (and studio) is literally dowsed with black ink!

And it seems to be growing too...

Theres more stuff on the walls I keep hearing phones ring.

"More stuff" as if he's surprised, as if there were less ink on the walls than before. And he keeps hearing phones ringing... Its growing...

And it made its way into the real world....

EVIDENCE 2: SALLY'S HORROR STORY!

Ah yes! Some evidence from the Halloween Update! This time, from Sally Starlet’s Macabre Menagerie of Monstrous Mischief Making! Specifically, I want to analyze the "noticeable gap" in the audio, the only part where the WHRT did NOT transcript. (This was written by yours truly btw!)

SALLY: What?! No, no, and no! …It is because this town is rumored to have visitors at night… Something from deep within the forest, far beyond the hills and mountains… No one knows what it wants or where it’s going, just that it is persistent… Just that it arrives here. So many stories have risen about their origins… But I know what it is searching for. It is looking for neighbors who have stayed past the daytime, to gobble them up whole. That is why so few live here. It moved through the streets at night, but it doesn't break into homes. However, on rare instances, it will find itself with an appetite left…. unsatisfied by its aimless wandering. Even the occasional unfortunate insect that has crossed its path is not enough… Those who have lived through the night say it isn't quiet about it either. They always say you can hear when it gets closer to you. Do you know what sound it makes? I hear it. Every. Night. You can hear it too, if you listen. Especially if you wait next to your window. First, theres rustling in the bushes. Then, A scratching on the pavement and the walls as it crawls up. Finally, if you're quiet, you can hear its guttural sound…

Now, I know what you're asking. Why even bring up this little story at all? What does this story have to do with the Entity?

Context, my dear viewer. If you listen closely, the audio is too clear. No static, no nothing. This segment is also the only part where it didn't get transcripted because it was "inaudible". Which is strange, because you and me and you and that guy and me can hear it just fine! And THAT is why it got me theory senses tingling.

Plus, the story is about a monster too! Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

So let's analyze!

"…It is because this town is rumored to have visitors at night… Something from deep within the forest, far beyond the hills and mountains… No one knows what it wants or where it’s going, just that it is persistent… Just that it arrives here."

This could be talking about the Entity. We don't know what exactly the Entity wants, just that it looks like it's determined to reach a goal that we don't know much about.

"It is looking for neighbors who have stayed past the daytime, to gobble them up whole. That is why so few live here."

It feels like this is talking about the portal-like properties the Entity has. "Gobbling" up neighbors whole and sending them to another dimension, ours.

Sally also states "That is why so few live here", which makes me question how many neighbors used to live here before. Perhaps Julie's siblings, Howdy's family, Barnaby's mom? Were they sent to another dimension? Where are they now????

Not only that, but Sally makes it clear that it goes after neighbors at nighttime. And what time does Welcome Home usually update? 7 PM (*Now, this time could be different because of timezones, but the updates usually happen during the night)

"It moved through the streets at night, but it doesn't break into homes. However, on rare instances, it will find itself with an appetite left…. unsatisfied by its aimless wandering..."

"First, theres rustling in the bushes. Then, A scratching on the pavement and the walls as it crawls up. Finally, if you're quiet, you can hear its guttural sound…"

I think Sally is giving us an EXACT description on how the Entity managed to break into Home.

1st, theres rustling in the bushes. Home does have bushes surrounding him.

Then, a scratching on the pavement and walls as it crawls up. The Entity could've broken into Home by either climbing through the window or through the roof.

Finally, a guttural sound. Now... where did I hear a guttural sound in Welcome Home before.... Oh yeah! Wally. <- Click this handy-dandy clip and you can hear something quite monstrous right below Wally's voice!

"Wait a minute.... Did you say Wally has a guttural voice???"

I did, dear reader. I did.... Which brings me to my next point:

EVIDENCE 3: POSSESSION AND PUPPETEERING!

Throughout our inspection of the Welcome Home website, we've seen countless times of Wally becoming more and more distressed as each update comes out.

But we've also seen a lot of inconsistencies regarding our lil' Darling! In fact, I even compiled these into a theory in which there could be 2 people hacking into the website!

And while that I still do believe there are more than 2 people hacking into the website... I don't think the Question Answerer is the one doodling. He's still hacking onto the website, but unlike Wally, he writes it out.

The last piece of evidence just proves its the same guy writing this! The Question Answerer!

I want to rip into everything I have. My head feels so muddled too. Ever since I opened the envelope. (see above)

Ok but if the Question Answerer isn't the other guy doodling... then who is making all of the inconsistent doodles??

Why, the ENTITY!

Not only are the doodles inconsistent, but even the sound of Wally's voice sound... quite off if you compare enough audios.

For example! Compare the interview audio with the newest Happy Haunting audio, do you notice anything peculiar about Wally's voice? Especially in the Happy Haunting audio? (If you have trouble finding it, compare these few timestamps below)

4:08

4:51

8:45

13:39-15:29

It sounds... off. Robotic even! It's slow, and the articulation is way different from the interview audio. In the interview audio, you can hear how happy Wally sounds! Even in this audio (and this one too), you can hear Wally growing increasingly frustrated. Yes, its still monotone, but you could hear emotion!

But the Happy Haunting audio, it's neutral. Yes, it IS monotone, but it feels like someone doing an impersonation of Wally rather than Wally actually speaking himself. In fact, the audio reminds me of the phone audio right here. It has the same pauses and neutral tone, save for the very audible growl right underneath Wally's voice.

But speaking of the phone audio.... Did you catch that?

...Do you know who I am? [The heart beat and ambience resume.] [Gasp.] Oh no. Well that’s not neighborly at all. We’ve never met before. But don’t worry. Even though you and I haven’t spoken before, I’ve seen you... Every time you have looked into my eyes. I want to know… What did you see? [Silence.] I hope you saw a friend, but I’m not sure you saw a name... Stand still. Let’s start over. Ring ring ring. Click. Hi, I’m Wally. I’m so happy to finally meet you, I think you’re the absolute most.

...That's strange, isn't it? We definitely HAVE met Wally, not formally, but we do know about him (this fandom is proof of that!) So how come Wally is saying that we haven't?

Especially when in another audio, he says that we DO 'know him'.

…Why won’t you answer me, neighbor. Why can’t I hear you. You know me. You do. Please open. Let me in.

Contradictory, isn't it? We can't both know Wally and NOT know Wally at the same time. That's impossible....

Unless the phone audio Wally isn't our Wally... its the Entity.

Technically, we DON'T know about the Entity. It's not a character in Welcome Home and the things that we do know about it are just mere theories and speculations. It is our 'first' formal meeting with it.

Then why did it introduce itself as Wally? WELL BECAUSE ITS POSSESSING HIM! It's trying to convince us that it is Wally, using his signature catchphrase and even saying 'I hope you saw a friend'. Besides, if you were a weird portal monster, I doubt you would introduce yourself as one if you wanted to trick someone.

And if this possession theory does turn out to be true, it does explain the major inconsistencies happening in the website! Such as the doodles!

The Hearts!

THE HANDWRITING

THATS NOT WALLY'S HANDWRITING! He writes in CAPITAL LETTERS and in RED (not all lowercase and in blue!).

WALLY CAN'T DRAW HEARTS SO WHO'S DRAWING EM???

AND BOTH OF THOSE BARNABY DRAWINGS SURE DO LOOK INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. ALMOST AS IF SOMEONE WITH LITTLE DRAWING EXPERIENCE DID IT.

But if you still need a bit more proof to convince ya, here's some more!

W a L L y: You won't write back Wally: You're looking for me. Silly. Silly.

I think W a L L y is our Wally! He's getting desperate, but he knows that we won't be able to write back. Wally on the other hand is the Entity, it knows that we are looking for the main big bad antagonist, and it knows. It even mocks us.

And I think we've seen evidence of these possessions before. Look at none other than the bug audios!

In every single one of these bug audios, we are in the perspective of Wally himself. But in these bug audios, Wally doesn't say anything at all. Rather, he sits unmoving, listening into the conversation whether he has been invited there or not!

In this bug audio, Wally has been listening in on Sally and Howdy's conversation the entire time!

But thats not all! All of these bug audios are connected according to the conversation between Barnaby and Home! Which means that all of these bug audios are happening on the same day at a very short period of time, which is concerning on just how frequent Wally appears to be disassociating. Or if that's even Wally at all!

If that is the Entity controlling Wally, it feels like he's observing them, studying them. Perhaps that's why the audios always cut out whenever a neighbor says Wally's name, it snaps him out of that trance and reminds him that he is in fact the real Wally!

Which brings us to our latest bug audio (and by far the most worrying one), the Candy Spider! The Halloween Bug?? Idk it's this one <-

We've just gotten proof of Wally munching on an apple. This would've been fine and dandy in any other situation, but remember viewer! Context matters! Especially if we put into consideration that that is not Wally.

BARNABY: ‘Ey, how’s my little devil doin’ over ‘ere? You guardin’ my apple for me, pal? [There is a brief pause. What is he doing.] BARNABY: Oh— heh, I guess ya didn’t do a very good job at it. [Barnaby calls out to the room] Hey! Who took a bite outta my apple? I think I see some fang marks, Frank!

Yeah that SURE is definitely not worrying. Nope, none whatsoever!

Oh boy... I think that's everything. Well, not everything everything. I still don't think the Entity is the only bad guy, just the main one! The Playfellow Workshop is very suspicious, and while I do believe Wally and Home are most likely victims of everything that is going on, I don't think I should say that they are quite innocent yet.

In the banner, they are the only two NOT separated by hearts! It seems to me that they are working together to give out more evidence to the WHRT.

And Marlo... another company that is VERY suspicious. What did their logo look like again?

A house logo with an eye in the middle.... Why does that look so familiar?

AH.

Well that's clearly not suspicious!

[rebelcracker-s]

WELCOME HOME THEORY :D

i've been swinging back and forth between "this is genius" and "i am spitballing" in debating whether to publicize this theory. i have decided to put it out there. i hope i'm somewhat right! (long post ahead)

so user @thecolourfulkingdom pointed out the importance of this tic-tac-toe image from the guestbook page:

i know a one-person game of tic-tac-toe doesn't seem like much, but op then placed this image on top of the neighborhood map (credits to them for figuring that out!), this image becomes very interesting.

it's suspicious how nicely the two line up.

i know this could be a random detail, but in somewhere as detailed as welcome home, i think that every detail counts, especially one like this. if it is a coincidence, it's a very strange one.

the circles in the board call attention to four (or five, depending on how you look at it) characters: wally/home, sally, frank, and howdy. we already know wally and home are two very important characters in the lore, but what connection do the remaining three three have? and why is wally pointing them out specifically?

this trio made me think of a certain image from the conceptual days of welcome home: concept art of the telephone that was revealed in the july update. (i'm not going to repost it due to clown's wishes about spreading conceptual art, but you can find it on their portfolio!)

in this image, the phone has eight buttons for eight neighbors, like the current one on the website. however, this one has three buttons scribbled out. based on colors, the three characters missing are sally (orange), howdy (teal), and eddie (purple).

i know it's not exact, but the fact that two out of the three "scratched-out" characters match the ones circled on this map has me thinking that i'm onto something.

here's what i think is going on. something happened in the neighborhood that divided the neighbors in half. something happened to the four uncircled ones--julie, barnaby, eddie, and poppy. it's really not clear what's happened to them right now, but wally has mentioned that he cannot talk to his neighbors right now. i think they at the very least lack the awareness to the strange things happening in the neighborhood. at the worst, they are dead.

again, i'm not sure what happened to them, so all we can do right now is speculate.

our remaining four--frank, sally, howdy, and wally--are the ones who have retained awareness. they know what is happening in home. they know about the whrp. and they know about the audience welcome home is gaining.

we know wally and home know about us because they have both spoken to us through the "i will find a way soon" audios. but what about the remaining three?

the july website update not only included the drawings that led to wally's messages, but also bugs leading to videos of interactions between the members. while the whrp insisted that there was nothing important about the bugs, the audience could click on these bugs and find secret videos depicting a conversation between the neighbors.

the latest game theory video on welcome home points out that like how drawing is related to wally and the drawings lead to messages from him, bugs are connected to frank, from his character description to his hidden audio with eddie. i believe those messages could be from frank. the video goes into more depth about this, but for the sake of the length of this theory, i'll stop here.

in the october 13th halloween update, we got the "happy haunting to boo and yours" record. the website staff insist multiple times that there is a gap in the audio during sally's story where they can't make out what sally is saying, but we can. (if you need a transcript for the skipped-over part, i have one reblogged!)

sally's story is a very menacing one about a monster that she cannot see or hear that prowls the neighborhood at night, devouring anything it passes, confining the neighbors to their homes at night. this would seem like a normal scary story if not for how the audio changes. at every other part, the audio has a crackly, vinyl sound; however, sally's story is perfectly clear.

it seems to me like sally is directly talking to the website's audience here: she's trying to warn us about the strange things going on in home. i think frank's messages were trying to do the same thing too. these are glimpses into the sides of welcome home that the whrp, wally, and home have not shown us: the lives of the neighbors, and the unsettling danger lurking beneath it all. notice how subtle both of their warnings were, and how they were careful to make sure that whrp could not discover them while the audience could.

also, remember how the title of the video tabs in the july update--"answer"--led us to the staff only page? i think the title of the newest hidden video--"listen"--is telling us not only to listen to the audios for a true glimpse of what life in the neighborhood was like, but to listen to their warnings.

i don't think wally is aware that frank and sally have been contacting us in secret, but i do believe he knows that they stand apart from the other neighbors, hence the tic-tac-toe board and the map.

but there's still one loose end: howdy hasn't yet talked to the audience. i think that during the big holiday update, we will see the final member of the "survivor trio" (as i like to call them) contact us. and i'm hoping this update tells us more about what's happening in welcome home's world and what role we as the viewers play in it.

:)

[rebelcracker-s]

OKAY UPDATE: thank you everyone who has been chiming in in the tags! I HAVE A NEW THEORY.

we already know just how each of the survivor trio can communicate with us: in a way already associated with them. frank, the neighborhood's butterfly expert, communicates with his bugs. sally, the drama queen, communicates via her plays and soliloquies—like the speech she gives in the "boo to you" audio. and howdy communicates via selling products to us, AKA the wally plushie (and hopefully more plushies in the future!)

[rebelcracker-s]

WELCOME HOME THEORY :D

i've been swinging back and forth between "this is genius" and "i am spitballing" in debating whether to publicize this theory. i have decided to put it out there. i hope i'm somewhat right! (long post ahead)

so user @thecolourfulkingdom pointed out the importance of this tic-tac-toe image from the guestbook page:

i know a one-person game of tic-tac-toe doesn't seem like much, but op then placed this image on top of the neighborhood map (credits to them for figuring that out!), this image becomes very interesting.

it's suspicious how nicely the two line up.

i know this could be a random detail, but in somewhere as detailed as welcome home, i think that every detail counts, especially one like this. if it is a coincidence, it's a very strange one.

the circles in the board call attention to four (or five, depending on how you look at it) characters: wally/home, sally, frank, and howdy. we already know wally and home are two very important characters in the lore, but what connection do the remaining three three have? and why is wally pointing them out specifically?

this trio made me think of a certain image from the conceptual days of welcome home: concept art of the telephone that was revealed in the july update. (i'm not going to repost it due to clown's wishes about spreading conceptual art, but you can find it on their portfolio!)

in this image, the phone has eight buttons for eight neighbors, like the current one on the website. however, this one has three buttons scribbled out. based on colors, the three characters missing are sally (orange), howdy (teal), and eddie (purple).

i know it's not exact, but the fact that two out of the three "scratched-out" characters match the ones circled on this map has me thinking that i'm onto something.

here's what i think is going on. something happened in the neighborhood that divided the neighbors in half. something happened to the four uncircled ones--julie, barnaby, eddie, and poppy. it's really not clear what's happened to them right now, but wally has mentioned that he cannot talk to his neighbors right now. i think they at the very least lack the awareness to the strange things happening in the neighborhood. at the worst, they are dead.

again, i'm not sure what happened to them, so all we can do right now is speculate.

our remaining four--frank, sally, howdy, and wally--are the ones who have retained awareness. they know what is happening in home. they know about the whrp. and they know about the audience welcome home is gaining.

we know wally and home know about us because they have both spoken to us through the "i will find a way soon" audios. but what about the remaining three?

the july website update not only included the drawings that led to wally's messages, but also bugs leading to videos of interactions between the members. while the whrp insisted that there was nothing important about the bugs, the audience could click on these bugs and find secret videos depicting a conversation between the neighbors.

the latest game theory video on welcome home points out that like how drawing is related to wally and the drawings lead to messages from him, bugs are connected to frank, from his character description to his hidden audio with eddie. i believe those messages could be from frank. the video goes into more depth about this, but for the sake of the length of this theory, i'll stop here.

in the october 13th halloween update, we got the "happy haunting to boo and yours" record. the website staff insist multiple times that there is a gap in the audio during sally's story where they can't make out what sally is saying, but we can. (if you need a transcript for the skipped-over part, i have one reblogged!)

sally's story is a very menacing one about a monster that she cannot see or hear that prowls the neighborhood at night, devouring anything it passes, confining the neighbors to their homes at night. this would seem like a normal scary story if not for how the audio changes. at every other part, the audio has a crackly, vinyl sound; however, sally's story is perfectly clear.

it seems to me like sally is directly talking to the website's audience here: she's trying to warn us about the strange things going on in home. i think frank's messages were trying to do the same thing too. these are glimpses into the sides of welcome home that the whrp, wally, and home have not shown us: the lives of the neighbors, and the unsettling danger lurking beneath it all. notice how subtle both of their warnings were, and how they were careful to make sure that whrp could not discover them while the audience could.

also, remember how the title of the video tabs in the july update--"answer"--led us to the staff only page? i think the title of the newest hidden video--"listen"--is telling us not only to listen to the audios for a true glimpse of what life in the neighborhood was like, but to listen to their warnings.

i don't think wally is aware that frank and sally have been contacting us in secret, but i do believe he knows that they stand apart from the other neighbors, hence the tic-tac-toe board and the map.

but there's still one loose end: howdy hasn't yet talked to the audience. i think that during the big holiday update, we will see the final member of the "survivor trio" (as i like to call them) contact us. and i'm hoping this update tells us more about what's happening in welcome home's world and what role we as the viewers play in it.

:)

[gachagon]

Some interesting things to note about the Halloween Update:

The News Section talking to the Staffer openly. It seems the Staffer has been ripping pages out of the cookbook and they're still dealing with having to clean all of that weird black goo off of the items they recover.

They have something big planned for Christmas it seems which I'm personally excited for! I guess they found something really cool for the holiday season associated with Welcome Home.

They said "Don't forget to wave down below" instead of "Don't forget to wave up high". We also now know from the storybook audio that the phrase "Don't forget to wave up high" is a catchphrase for the storybook audio's or tv show itself. So it makes you wonder why they said this instead of the usual catchphrase. Was it a mistake, were they being a little goofy because it's Halloween? Who knows.

Sally's Story is a little suspicious and strange. The Audio is clear on OUR end, but the WHRP couldn't make out what she was talking about apparently. Also the phrase "Searching for" is repeated multiple times.

[dearestdarlingg]

Has anyone transcribed the audio from Sally's Story? English isn't my first language and I had a bit of a hard time understanding everything

[partycoffin]

We Did it!!! How exciting!!! I never thought this opportunity would be given, and I Definitely did not know if we would Succeed! But we've Really done it!! We not only made it well-over the 200 Plush mark, but we hit the 20,000 plush mark! (Which was a Mark I did not know could be achieved! But here we are!!) But I'm very happy, I'm so relieved! A very big thank you to all of you for Supporting this project and Helping to fund its continued progression Through supporting the Plush! Thank you for spreading it around and the Kindness left on the commercials! Thank you to too everyone who helped to boost and create it alongside me too! To @friendlyfrankenstein and @syntheticcharmva for their performances, To @anonymouspuzzler and @rockabillybun for helping to Write it, and @kmodoposts for creating the Charming composition! Everyone who helps to put Welcome Home together, too, for boosting the numbers!

And Makeship of course for the opportunity at All! (The irony is very Funny! If you know, you know!) They are wonderful to work with! I will say, if we are Lucky again, please Keep your eyes Peeled! (Or however that saying goes!)

Sorry I drop this Big lengthy post now, but this means a lot! (Also, I was so busy, I never got time to write More Personally!) I will keep Working forward for you! Thank you!!

[partycoffin]

Happy Friday the Thirteenth! You know what they say, it's the Luckiest day of Halloween!

Here is the Treat! But... Hm... I wonder where I put the Trick...

[partycoffin]

The Home-Shaped Candy is out of the Metaphorical Trick-or-Treat bag! We dropped a Bite-sized update yesterday! I hope it was fun to peruse! I hope Welcome Home is just as good as... Candy Corn! Maybe even better... No one tell Candy Corn... I wanna say this more often, but it is not Enough to Emphasize how much everyone has given to make Welcome Home what it is! I could not do this Alone and Everyone has been Wonderful to work With! Could I gush about it? Yes, yes! Of course, you can find Everyone credited here, but I Want to fawn over it! https://www.clownillustration.com/from-me-to-you

Of course, @rockabillybun and @anonymouspuzzler Helped to write this most recent script! But they do so much! Rocky staged much of our photographs and crafted the wonderful pumpkin buckets found on the Cook Book's front page! Puzz also assisted in staging these photographs while ALSO organizing, contacting, writing, scheduling, and illustrating for Welcome Home! (Puzz does Streaming too! https://www.twitch.tv/puzzlegamingnerd !) @downydig Is an incredible illustrator who has Created all of the illustrations within this Update! (The past one too, of Course!) Did you see the Vinyl Cover for "Happy Hauntings to Boo and Yours"? Isn't it lovely!!! The drawings on the cook book Pages too- They're so Darling!! He has helped so much! @rudeboimonster Created the Wally Darling costume (Yes! The one The Envy of all Halloween Costumes ever!) The craftsmanship that went into Recreating those Loverly 'Budget' Halloween costumes is incredible! I was so Delighted when I saw it! I hope you Will go support him in his Artistic Endeavors and Overall Well-being! https://ko-fi.com/rudeboimonster0675 ! @hollowtones Was our first ever Narrator!! Can you believe that!! She did such a Phenomenal Job acting alongside the Characters! (Did you Hear the Scream at the End too?) I am So Sad we don't have a constant need for Evil Cackling... I am so happy She could be apart of our First ever Halloween recording! Please go support Holly too! https://www.twitch.tv/hollow_tones

@kmodoposts Composed our first Ever Storybook Record track! Kmodo did such a wonderful job adding Haunting ambient music and sound Effects to really add to the spirit of the festivities. Not to mention helping in building on the final cut of it before it was published on the website! Just wonderful work! Please support Kmodo! https://www.youtube.com/@KMODO/videos ! @kindestegg Returned to dress up they're charming Welcome Home sprites in their Halloween apparel! It's such a lovely addition to the website and I genuinely loved fawning over them whenever They sent me a new one!! Their sprite work is just wonderful and I hope you will support them! (Imagine a small guy on Your home Page...) THE VOICE ACTORS!!! EVERY TIME!!! Thank you to @friendlyfrankenstein , @syntheticcharmva , @cyberscraps, @/GinaM9816 (Twitter!), @tunnelva , and @modmad for coming back to voice the Characters!!! Every time, the recordings come out so well and Everyone is very kind during our recording sessions! I am still very appreciative of the character they all give to them! Please support them as well in their respective work! (Like I said!! It's all here!! -> https://www.clownillustration.com/from-me-to-you !!!)

Everyone here too who lets us be able to do this work! Will I make a post like this with every update? I want to say yes, Because work is not Possible without everyone here! Thank you for supporting me, I hope this small update was a treat! I will see you in the next One! Have a good day today! I hope you get Eight hours of Sleep tonight and a tall cup of water!

[newtotheneighborhood-wh]

Does anyone else notice that Eddie seems to be deliberately made an "outsider" to the rest of the neighborhood? It seems like when the other characters aren't taking advantage of his helpful nature, they seem almost dismissive of him. Sally is especially dismissive of Eddie. I don't think she's even said his name yet, it's always "Mailman". I wonder if Eddie is supposed to be new to the neighborhood. It would explain why the others don't seem to interact with him very much outside of his job.

[mintydeluxes-blog]

I'm pretty sure it's been stated to be that he didn't come from home

But it makes you wonder if there was a previous mailman before Eddie. After all, someone has been delivering mail beforehand, right? A post office can't appear in one day.

There's also a fact that Eddie can't seem to keep up like how Julie had him playing office or mayor, I guess. Or the fact In his own words, says that hes being tossed around by his own parcels.

There's also the fact that the characters would say. He'll talk your ear off. Though I'm pretty sure he spoke like 4. Maybe 5 sentences at a time. Pretty sure he took a breath before speaking again.