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[theneighborhoodwatch]

so we back in the mine

...sort of.

i haven't quit the WH team, which means i obviously can't resume posting WH speculation, but i have been given the go-ahead to resume updating the welcome home restoration project observation document, so expect the 2025 updates to be added shortly. any future activity on this blog will probably be restricted solely to updates on the doc itself.

additionally, due to IRL obligations, @buggle-404 has returned custody of welcome to welcome home back to me, and i will be looking for a new host once more. i plan on dming some old candidates to see if they're still interested, but if that sounds like a task you'd be interested in taking on, please don't hesitate to DM me.

happy thursday y'all, it's good to see you again. 🏡

[theneighborhoodwatch]

Question: will this blog be abandoned as it slowly dies Hours to days, days to weeks, weeks to months and months to years. 1 year to 14. 14 to 26 years abandoned as it slowly rots away, living longer than anybody reading this at this moment.

Or will so you just give the blog to someone else idk I'm bored so I wrote that as a question lmaoo

i'm keeping the blog (and this will probably be my last post here) but please, don't think of this as abandonment! i'm well aware of the threat of link rot and plan to make a backup of this blog in case something should happen to tumblr as a whole, but for now, think of this place as an archive. something you can come back to when you feel like taking a trip down memory lane :]

finally, i want to say: thank you all so much for your congratulations! i couldn't respond due to just How many there were, but rest assured that i read all of them and they are near and dear to my heart.

[theneighborhoodwatch]

an important announcement

hello everyone! in light of yesterday's update, i have some bad news and some good news.

first, the bad news: i will no longer be able to update the welcome home restoration project observation document OR welcome to welcome home. the future of this blog is similarly uncertain, and there's a non-zero chance it will end up becoming an archive.

next, the good news: this isn't because of any fandom drama or personal tragedy, but instead because i am now a welcome home staff member! i maintain our beautiful website(s) alongside some other lovely folks you can read about here. you can also keep up with me on my website or my bluesky (and/or my art tumblr but i barely use it tbh U_U)

finally, the too-nuanced-to-be-classified-as-good-or-bad news: in light of my "retirement," i am looking for someone to take my place as overseer of the observation document and webmaster of welcome to welcome home. ideally, these would both go to the same person, but i'm totally willing to hand them off to separate people if there aren't a whole lot of folks who think they'd be able to take on the both of them! either way, i know people still use these resources, so i'd hate for either of them to become defunct. if you think you'd be up to the task, please DM me either here or on discord as dididido and we can hash out the gritty details. i will reblog this post again once the right people have been found and everything is in its place!

P.S. to any friends i've made through this blog: hello! thank you for making my time here worthwhile, and i'd love to keep talking with you elsewhere (but do not ask me for spoilers on future updates bc all you will receive is a small but knowing clown jpeg.)

P.P.S. on a related note, do not take any of the speculation i've posted on this blog as hints towards the content of future updates! i did Not have the knowledge i have now when i wrote them. without saying too much, this story Goes Places.

thank you, and in case i don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight!

[theneighborhoodwatch]

an important announcement part 2

hello! you might be wondering what took me so goddamn long to get to updating you all on this. i will tell you: job applications. for all my intellectual blustering, i am woefully inexperienced with them, and it doesn't help that the actual job market is in shambles right now.

but enough about that: i am proud to announce that @maximilliansblog has been chosen as the new overseer of both welcome to welcome home and the observation document. this was decided a while ago, but we both agreed that it would be best to wait until at least a new domain for W2WH was found to post a formal announcement. good luck to him, and good luck to all of you! it was an honor being your local know-it-all.

[theneighborhoodwatch]

. so. i might’ve been in the Traffic School Vortex these past few days and forgotten to check my messages re: the passing down of the doc/W2WH.

apologies for the delay everyone, i should be finalizing things Shortly.

[theneighborhoodwatch]

since youre leaving us theorizing peasants for Big Welcome Home, what are your recommendations for analysis/theory blogs for those of us looking for a new place to get our wh fix? Also, would you consider keeping this blog as just a place to reblog fanart or wh-core posts?

shucks, you guys ain't peasants! i wouldn't be where i am now without all of you being willing to soak up my mad ravings. i actually gave some recommendations for other blogs posting WH analysis/speculation in a previous ask, but i will quickly tack @candy-heart-brew's welcome home posting onto the list as well. as for whether or not i'd keep this blog as a place to RB fanart/posts that remind me of welcome home: i'm honestly not sure! if this wasn't created as a fan blog first and foremost, i might consider keeping it around to reblog fanart, but the things i consider reminiscent of welcome home are now influenced by material that is Not public information. i don't want anyone catching on too quickly just yet.... if i really can't stay away, i think i might just rb any fanart that catches my eye to my main from now on.

[theneighborhoodwatch]

i don't wanna ask u for spoilers but i just wanna see the small but knowing clown jpeg cuz it sounds rlly funny lol

[theneighborhoodwatch]

what are the basic requirements for maintaining the website? like. aside from a basic understanding of how to format and code it

(context)

welcome to welcome home started as a pretty scrappy personal project, and tbh it still is. there's not a whole lot you'll need, but off the top of my head the base requirements would be:

as you've said, at least a Basic understanding of html/css. i did Not have this when i first started welcome to welcome home and It Shows; i learned in real time by playing with the parameters of the template i used. (side note: if whoever ends up getting the site wants to give it a makeover and has the skills to do so, i will Not be opposed to it. bonus points if they find a way to make it more mobile-friendly.)

ability to update all relevant pages within a few days of a given update alongside adding new pages for characters, locations, secrets/walkthroughs, etc.

an email address

access to some kind of external file host (i use filegarden, but any will do.) alternatively, neocities gives you a much larger storage space if you have 5 dollars a month to spare.

[theneighborhoodwatch]

an important announcement

hello everyone! in light of yesterday's update, i have some bad news and some good news.

first, the bad news: i will no longer be able to update the welcome home restoration project observation document OR welcome to welcome home. the future of this blog is similarly uncertain, and there's a non-zero chance it will end up becoming an archive.

next, the good news: this isn't because of any fandom drama or personal tragedy, but instead because i am now a welcome home staff member! i maintain our beautiful website(s) alongside some other lovely folks you can read about here. you can also keep up with me on my website or my bluesky (and/or my art tumblr but i barely use it tbh U_U)

finally, the too-nuanced-to-be-classified-as-good-or-bad news: in light of my "retirement," i am looking for someone to take my place as overseer of the observation document and webmaster of welcome to welcome home. ideally, these would both go to the same person, but i'm totally willing to hand them off to separate people if there aren't a whole lot of folks who think they'd be able to take on the both of them! either way, i know people still use these resources, so i'd hate for either of them to become defunct. if you think you'd be up to the task, please DM me either here or on discord as dididido and we can hash out the gritty details. i will reblog this post again once the right people have been found and everything is in its place!

P.S. to any friends i've made through this blog: hello! thank you for making my time here worthwhile, and i'd love to keep talking with you elsewhere (but do not ask me for spoilers on future updates bc all you will receive is a small but knowing clown jpeg.)

P.P.S. on a related note, do not take any of the speculation i've posted on this blog as hints towards the content of future updates! i did Not have the knowledge i have now when i wrote them. without saying too much, this story Goes Places.

thank you, and in case i don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight!

[partycoffin]

We are also so Happy to announce we are working in partnership with Juniper to bring you all new Welcome Home merch! Own a Darling, Joyful, Frankly, and Beagle-shaped beauty of your very own to your home today! Or even enjoy them in a form of a decorative pin! The possibilities are endless! Of course, stay tuned for later this month as we bring you sweet photographs and a beauteous commercials!

[partycoffin]

Going back to that place called Home.

[koharu0402]

🍎 🌸 🌟 🪶

[partycoffin]

Springtime is coming on April 11... See you soon, neighbor!

[partycoffin]

I apologize to everyone! Unfortunately, our website is still down and the drop has been gingerly postponed to tomorrow, April 12 at 5 PM, PST! Thank you for your patience! I am so sorry this has happened! I hope you will still revisit this home tomorrow!

[theneighborhoodwatch]

for reasons im not disclosing rn i had a LONG ass day so i will be turning in now. if the update drops while i am asleep i will NOT!!!!!!!!!!!! be checking my inbox before i post Da Observations. thank you

[partycoffin]

Springtime is coming on April 11... See you soon, neighbor!

[partycoffin]

I dropped paint on the website! We’re coming, but we’re coming late! ⏰ I’m sorry about the wait, and thank you for the waiting too!

[sillymanzy]

Beta once again!

[mellimellow]

I know Welcome Home is not as popular as before but hey ! I have free will and those are some sick chara-designs.

Also here's a tiny Sally :

[lykangutz]

Totally normal day in the neighborhood. Very normal.