This blog is to catalogue all kinds of Welcome Home theories, to start discussion and help any newcomers in the community.
I will ONLY be putting stuff about Welcome Home here, to keep the entire blog clean and neat. Also keep in mind that any theories shown here on this blog are just that - unless confirmed outright, do not take it 100% seriously.
I will also follow Party Coffin's rules for this, so there will be NO NSFW stuff here. Go look elsewhere for that, thank you! <3
Howdy-do! Say hello to the deal of the century… Again!
In partnership with Makeship, we are happy to announce the return of Welcome Home’s very first genuine, one-of-a-kind, top-of-the-line, never to be imitated, never to be replicated, official Wally Darling plush toy 2.0! With You by his side, there’s nothing Wally can’t do… 2!
For folks who missed out the first time, head on over to https://www.makeship.com/products/wally-darling-2-0-plushie to order one for yourself for $29.99!
Come back next week to see Wally's exciting advertisement adventure conclusion ending spectacular!
Special thanks and credits are below! Thank you to Huck, Frankie, Rocky, Synth, and Puzz! Check them out below! You must!!
Thank you to Synth for his bodacious voice work as Barnaby and Howdy!
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Thank you to Frankie for his phenomenal voice work for Wally!
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Thank you to Puzz for helping to organize and film!
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Thank you to Rocky for his help filming!
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Thank you to Huck for building props, filming, and co-writing with me!
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And thank you to all you too! With your continued to support, I hope we can keep moving forward!
Last night I dressed Wally for something (Wally's Puppet, you know?) And him gazing down at me while I miserably Tie a Tie incorrectly for thirty Minutes was so funny. I'm so Sorry Wally
As Promised... What's coming next? Makeship and otherwise? We'll have to see in Springtime!
But you have a question, I bet! 'Springtime? Is it a place? Is it a time? Where time is it?' Yes! And I'll wake you when we get there!
Now that the update has gone through, We Wanted to share some of our work for the months of March and April created by myself and all the wonderful folks involved! For folks who have supported us, we have 4 new items on Ko-fi! Thank you so much!
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Please take care to peruse our credits page to know who did what More thoroughly and support all of us in what we do!
We bet our beagle that you weren’t expecting this! In partnership with Makeship, we are happy to bring you Welcome Home’s brand new, never before seen except in your dreams, the funniest fella this side’a the neighborhood; the official Barnaby B. Beagle Makeship plush toy! With a loyal friend like Barnaby by your side, you’ll never have another lonely day again! But now that you’ve got a Wally and Barnaby of your very own… What’s next? You’ve got to dress them up with something nice! Or maybe something to match with your very own best buddy! Grab the official Prized Pals enamel pin set and be the talk of the neighborhood! Hot dog!
Just like last time, we can’t do this without you, neighbor! To get this fully-funded, we’ll need to sell 200 of these hilariously happy and humorous hounds! Head on over to https://www.makeship.com/products/barnaby-jumbo-plush to order one for yourself for $37.99! Then, skedaddle on down to https://www.makeship.com/products/welcome-home-enamel-pin-collection and grab the enamel pin set for $19.99!
If you purchase both at the same time, you can get 10% off your entire order! For folks who’ve already purchased Wally, keep an eye out in your inbox for additional savings from Makeship!
Don’t delay, this boisterous beagle and these prized pins are a limited-time offer, so order now!
This Showcase wouldn’t have been possible without folks in our crew! Please read below!!! Everyone worked so hard!
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Thank you to Huck for his astoundingly beautiful work designing both the pins and the plush!
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Of course, thank you to Makeship for this opportunity! They put so much love and care into his final product! They have gone out of their way to make him fuzzy, huggable, and accurately spotted! I couldn’t be happier and I hope you will love him as much as I do!
Lastly, thank you all for supporting and loving this home! Without your attention on the update and our work, this opportunity would not have been possible! Even if we do not make it this time, I’m so thankful for your gaze! Have a wonderful day, don’t forget to wave up high!
I know I haven't posted any new theories or news for Welcome Home, but I've been busy with a lot of stuff the past 2(+) months or so. To make up for it, here is a MEGA POST on MatPat's newest video concerning the update (plus some theories in the comments and my responses to a coupe of them).
ALL OF IT IS UNDER THE CUT, JUST CLICK 'KEEP READING' TO SEE IT ALL!
(( If y'all have an of your own theories, PLEASE reblog this or tag me in your post so I can reblog it here! ))
THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR MY PERSONAL THEORY ABOUT EDDIE AND FRANK
PLEASE CLICK 'KEEP READING' TO SEE IT
I feel like my Vampire Wally AU may have some merit in the canon now. But instead of Wally being the 'vampire', Eddie Dear is.
I had talked about this with others on that video, but I forgot to grab screenshots so just go to the comments on that video and you may come across my responses to a few people (my username on there is PoisonViceMaster).
Here is my evidence for my theory:
Frank is basically confirmed to be a human in disguise at this point. We have the evidence from Clown's old art, showing Frank with real hands and many 'replacement' heads around them while they hold a letter. Whether this is actual evidence or not is up for debate, but the focus on Frank is increasing a lot so it's highly possible the others suspect they're a fake.
The costumes of Frank and Eddie could possibly parallel one another - Frank is the 'frankenstein monster' because they cover up their body with puppet parts (an allegory for them trying to hide their identity as a human), and Eddie would be the 'vampire'. It could be solely symbolic of whatever Eddie could really be (puppet, monster, or both), but the point is the parallels between the two's costumes.
Eddie would fit as the vampire because of pure convenience. He is the town's mailman, so he could just go to someone's house and say he has a 'package' then attack them. He also has poor memory, and he's the only character who has no confirmed place of origin like the others. Whether he is lying or not about his poor memory is up for debate, personally I don't think he is because it is consistent enough for him that if he were lying he'd have to be much smarter than Frank.
In vampire lore, they are ALWAYS attracted to humans in some shape or form. And we know Frank and Eddie are (or will be?) in a relationship so it would make perfect sense for the 'vampire' to be attracted to the only human in the entire town. There is also the lore of Lillith from the bible - she was Adam's first wife (before Eve), and she was kicked out of the garden for 'disobeying god'. She then became the queen of vampires (though in this context she was also a succubus but they are both parasitic type monsters so eh), and started preying on children.
I'm not in any way saying Eddie is attacking kids...but it is VERY ironic that the 'vampire' puppet is on a show for kids. Even if it's symbolic for something and he's not really a vampire, keep in mind we are dealing with a puppet show for kids that supposedly deals with a satanic cult of some kind. And the ARG has a ton of religious symbolism, so vampires would fit right in.
So, my theory is...Eddie and Frank will have a 'Romeo and Juliet' type situation. While Frank tries to communicate through us with the bugs on the site, Eddie is in the background attacking/feeding on the other puppets (and possible staff of the show if there's any left). And at some point, Frank will have to make a choice - do they try to save Eddie and risk getting caught, or will they continue with their little bugs/clues and risk their lover's safety?
I know I haven't posted any new theories or news for Welcome Home, but I've been busy with a lot of stuff the past 2(+) months or so. To make up for it, here is a MEGA POST on MatPat's newest video concerning the update (plus some theories in the comments and my responses to a coupe of them).
ALL OF IT IS UNDER THE CUT, JUST CLICK 'KEEP READING' TO SEE IT ALL!
(( If y'all have an of your own theories, PLEASE reblog this or tag me in your post so I can reblog it here! ))
The Halloween update gave us some insight on Playfellow Workshop AND the Restoration Team. And as always, I'm here to theorize on that.
Firstly, Sally's "Macabre Menagerie of Monstrous Mischief Making". A menagerie is a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition. Sally tells a story about "visitors" these unknown creatures which wander around the forest at night, hungry and unsatisfied but that's a rare instance.
I feel like Sally's Halloween idea and her story go hand in hand.
The story sounds like a subtle hint towards Playfellow Workshop being power hungry, thus the menagerie. Let's be hypothetical: Pretend the animals are actually the neighbors being KEPT and TRAINED (like a puppeteer working a puppet) for the exhibition or rather the show.
But also, an exhibition is a public display of art. Just like the rooms that the Restoration Team uses to place remnants of the show upon the walls and floors.
What I'm saying is, besides Playfellow Workshop being the antagonists, I heavily believe that the Restoration Team aren't saints either. Only that ONE member I keep referencing, that Wally tries to talk to. Like I said, the black sheep of the team.
The updates (News page) on the website, do you ever notice how odd the WHRP sounds sometimes? They talk as if they're Playfellow Workshop. They are merely the founders of the project, not the company itself but why do they talk like they are? (They're not, but it's still weird)
On February 25th, there was an update as we all know but did you notice this at the end?
So this definitely comes full circle to Sally's Halloween idea. I did make a theory stating if Sally knew she was in a show, she would want the show to go on (even though it didn't) as a puppet, she's powerless in this situation. But that doesn't mean she can't have an opinion on it...
And yes, this makes the question-answerer suspicious.
Because who's spending all their money to invest in a whole museum just for some old children's show remnants that hardly anybody knows of to this day? Opening up a museum, according to research, costs 100k-500k. The question-answerer is rich. I wonder what their previous job was...
In fact, as the question-answerer, why do they have an exhibition role instead of simply working on the website?
And then the narrator telling the story is able to interact with the neighbors AND THE NEIGHBORS CAN HEAR. I was under the impression that it was a silly thing of "creator interacts with the creation" but hearing the way the narrator laughed like that at the end? That was...TOO scary?
Sally also said in her story that you can hear the monster outside but you can't see it. So some of the neighbors can hear beyond their reality, they just can't see what's going on (except Wally to an extent because he has reality-eating eyes)
So, "Sally's Macabre Menagerie of Monstrous Mischief Making"? Nah, how about "Sally's Monster Allegory". Gee thanks for the hints, Sally!
No, Wally ain't wearing a devil costume because he's evil (he has in fact, been brought to slight insanity given his circumstances though)
He's wearing it because it represents how he is quietly defying the authority. And who's the authority? The company and/or puppeteers of Playfellow Workshop. I mean that's what I THINK his costume means.
So at the time of the Halloween video, you see Wally eat with his eyes by biting an apple. Of course in religious context, that as we all know, symbolizes gaining knowledge. So was it on that VERY Halloween that he's gained his eye eating ability? And all other audios and videos we see of him are months AFTER this incident?
We should start thinking about the timelines but that's another topic.
Point is, he's always had an extra sense. And he doesn't eat apples. He just likes to hold them. So the fact he took a bite compliments the "gaining forbidden knowledge" theory. Even though most of the old art with religious themes were taken away, it seems like Clown has decided to incorporate bits and pieces into the new canonical plot.
In the words of Willy Wonka,
"So you're the little devil that cracked the system?" -Probably Playfellow Workshop to Wally before the show abruptly ended.
The revolution cannot be televised after all. But it will be in this current era! No more silencing!
The true devil is the narrator who was cackling like a demon at the end of the narration. A Playfellow Workshop member. I'm rooting for Wally and the WHRP to absolutely annihilate everything Playfellow Workshop stands for once the story is like, 90% completed.
What's hidden in the darkness shall be exposed in the light. Don't forget to wave down below from hell.
The Enigmatic Nature of Wally's Eating Habit: A Deeper Meaning
\Wally eats with his eyes, we know this. That slice of cake Poppy gave him? Yeah, she just handed it to him but it's already gone. Or what about the roasted potatoes Eddie shared with him? He took 7 minutes to eat, but Wally took 0.02 seconds.
I REALLY do not think this is a mere fascinating aspect of his character for us to marvel at. There's something else to it especially since he's the main puppet character with knowledge...or rather the lack thereof.
We're also aware that he likes to stare; to make sure there's a mutual understanding. My theory is, aside from it being literal, it's also a metaphor for his desire to consume and absorb knowledge and discernment.
And that folks, is why he's so determined to communicate with that one special restoration team member, via eyes. Remember what he said about having many eyes, and even drawing them? Wally uses an eye-staring tactic; a psychological warfare strategy to get the apple of his eye to "answer him" which is why it's so intense.
That is the connection. His staring and otherworldly (literally at that) ability to eat with his eyes. These two traits are the key components of his overall desire to receive "answers".
This makes perfect sense, especially when Wally says he can see but cannot *SEE*. He is looking for answers, but hasn't found them yet despite all the eyes he has now.
It's kind of sad, but also part of his character as the stand-in for the (supposedly very young) audience of his show.
I know what you’re thinking! Now that I purchased the Wally Darling Makeship plush, I can’t get him out of my mind! What do I do now? Well worry no more, neighbor! Check back every week to gander at a playful assortment of photographs showing all the places he can go! Imagine all the fun you’ll be having with the new Wally Darling plush toy!
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The person Wally is talking to is from the Restoration Team, which the rest of the members seem to be against- the person who Wally is communicating with- is the black sheep of the team. You will see that in the hidden page where the passcode is needed. BSPJW is the password by the way.
That is also who Wally is referring to when he says in his new "prank call" audio "Keep working" because this person is the main one working to combine all the clues together while feeling left out by the rest of the Restoration Team.
This one is the apple of Wally's eye, which is why he says he loves them.
This person also seems to be experiencing some illusions, maybe they have sort of an unstable mental state, as you will see in the hidden page, they have spirals drawn on post cards, there are eyes, they're either dreaming or having illusions (caused by Wally?) of Wally sitting on the foot of their bed with a phone because he wants to communicate with them.
That's why all of the audios when you click each bug says "Answer" because Wally wants this person to answer his calls.
All of this is why I don't believe Wally is naive like we think he is. Maybe he was before his awakening, but his current self isn't at all. He's learned to code on computers, he's seemingly casting illusions as a way of communication, he's the only one that's aware his life is fictional which is why all of the audios (when you click on the bugs) ends with each character saying Wally's name in a distorted way.
-Because that's what his predicament is; distortion of life. Unreality if you will, like Clown tags each time he posts about Wally.
On that note, I'd like to end this observation with a small theory. Considering this ONE person from the RT is the one Wally is communicating with, I assume something is wrong with both the team AND Playfellow Workshop.
Wally and Home are crying out for help- for answers. None of them are the villain. I do believe Wally has been driven to slight insanity because of his situation, so he's questionable at best- but these two aren't the villains.
Playfellow Workshop is the problem and the Restoration Team (excluding the person Wally has chosen to talk with) doesn't exactly seem like a reliable source.
So Red is Wally. Then who're the other two red numbers? Home and "You"? The one person in the Restoration Team who communicates with Wally is the one called "You"...or us I guess, since we're the fans analyzing everything.
But there's just one issue.
Home and Wally live together. Err, Wally lives in Home, why would Home even have their own phone number? So now we know the two reds are: Wally and "You".
