ADDITION 4/13/23: I'm sorry, but I'm going to start deleting comments that create theories using non-canon art, as well as anything else that goes against Clown's requests. Clown has stated anything made before January 1, 2021, (another post saying 2022) including the stuff on his portfolio site, are non-canon, and thus should not be used to make theories. Thank you for understanding, I apologize to anyone who may be upset by this news. Hey, a quick note while I have your attention: Please respect Clown's boundaries. A lot of people have been doing things expressly against Clown's wishes, such as theorizing using old concept art Clown declared non-canon, selling unofficial merch, impersonating Clown, and making and selling NSFW of the characters. Clown recently posted that he was suffering mentally because of this. One of Clown's posts asking fans not to repost old, non-canon artwork here: www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/712987736604327936/this-has-been-ooh-not-even-a-week-but-what-an?source=share Other post directly talking about the non-canon art on his portfolio: www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/712647736485380096/hey-so-i-noticed-smth-wallys-cufflinks-are?source=share Clown's post about fanart can be found here: www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/712519493403934720/apologies-if-this-has-already-been-asked-but-how?source=share Clown's post regarding merch can be found here: www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/713964670058463232/merchandise-guide?source=share
Ok, I decided to unprivate the test audio and add lots of notes reminding everyone it's non-canon. Mainly because I usually use UA-cam on older accounts, and want to be able to listen to the audio on those accounts.
One point I'd seen another youtuber make is that Wally CAN'T frown. He literally can't, he's always smiling. This was pointed out to us through one of the comic images, where he was talking to the frowny one. So, the only way we can tell what Wally might be feeling is...through his eyes. It's also been pointed out that Wally is the ONLY puppet that ALWAYS looks directly at us, in all the official art. I also find it interesting that he says he doesn't see us, then asks if we see him, telling us to stay quiet if we do. It feels very protective, but there might be a slightly nuanced second meaning to it. He's telling us not to LET him see us, is how I interpret it. He's a puppet, so by definition, he isn't in control of himself. He was calling that person in the comments a liar because he wanted to convince that which is controlling him, whether it's Home or another puppeteer, that there's no one to victimize, protecting the commenter. So, that's my theory. He's the victim, and an unwilling villain. Mostly victim. After all, can a puppet be blamed for the actions of it's puppeteer?
Going off of the permanent smile thing, Wally is also pretty much the only puppet with no distinctive eyebrows. Everyone else either has bushy eyebrows which are very visible, or smaller lines for eyebrows, more subtle, but still visible. Wally has none and, while we like to joke about it, there might be more there. The lack of eyebrows makes it harder to tell what exactly he might be feeling, given how important eyebrows are for easy expression. So it really does come down to watching his eyes and/or tone to tell what emotion he’s going through The eyes are the windows to the soul, after all. (Idk tho, just my thoughts)
Another thing to add to the not being able to stop smiling thing is in the "you dont like me neighbour" doodle. the crying face he drew still had a big yellow smile.
=D I may be wrong, but because sometimes I forget a lot, so I heard that Wally cannot frown. He cannot convey emotions without needing to smile because he’s a puppet. He cannot frown at all I think. Hopefully the research is right, because as you see in the art gallery Wallys, talking to Frank and Frank says: see it’s easy to frown. Wally responds with. It’s easy for you, but not for me I think. And his eyebrow curls that means he probably wants to frown. Sorry if there’s typos though.
Yeah. I really truly hope Welcome Home won't end up being your typical "puppets getting possessed by victims' spirits and demonic bs happens" because not only has it been done many times before, but having a character you believe to be a bad guy turning out to be a victim all along would teach people not to make blind assumptions and to look deeper into why someone looks or acts the way they do. And also inform peeps about the dangers of isolation and unhealthy relationships. I mean it's obvious Wally is a very sheltered individual as his handwriting is childlike compared to others and he lacks basic knowledge. (He doesn't understand that apple pies contain apples, something the creator confirmed, and never seems to understand any of Barnaby's jokes)
1:49 my interpretation was that Wally was like “Why are you fibbing?” Because the person who wrote the comment was actually fibbing - anyone can write a comment on a forum, and when it is approved it is shown. What the person was doing was trying to add hidden lore from the outside; tampering with the lore itself and being extra, by lying and putting on theatrics. Wally probably crossed it out and said “why are you fibbing please don’t lie” because it ruins the actual lore, because someone who is reading isn’t actually trapped, the only things that are trapped so far is the characters, we are just observers.
Why do people think this? The comments have to be approved so if it was someone trying to "hijack" the ARG, then the comment would not have been posted.
To me, it's a way to tell people not to try to join the lore once again. "I cannot see you, stop lying" is a way to show publicly that Clown doesn't want people to join the arg
@@Lu_Tsuki Yeah that’s what I think too, because I bet a bunch of people tried to add something like “Help me” and they have to set up an example to the viewers that stops that type of behaviour.
Another piece of evidence I think supports Wally being the victim is a few of the other responses in the Guest Book. There are two comments where Wally admits he doesn't know what worms and clowns are and had to ask others for context. Worms and clowns are common knowledge to most. This leads me to believe Wally has been locked away by Home for so long there are many basic things in the world he is unaware of.
I think him not knowing about clowns is more a inside joke for the creator who goes by clown. Like a "haha creators creation doesn't know they exist" kinda thing but the worm thing makes me think you are right
You are right, also, it got kinda confirmed Wally is the white text guy because on the 8th page of the "comunity coments" he secretly speaks to us throug that medium
I get strong Monika vibes from Wally. Like only he’s aware he’s not real and the others aren’t so he’s pleading for help but can’t do anything because the house is always watching. When one of the letters said someone loved him he was smiling and crying at the same time. He’s definitely powerless right now. What a miserable situation. The world you thought was real is fake, your friends are puppets and you’re a puppet but aware you are one. What a miserable existence. He needs a hug.
Personally, I prefer to go along with the theory that he is a victim. The way he carries himself looks like a victim of stalkome syndrome (at least that's how I interpreted it) He seems to try to please Home by singing the song, and being held inside them, as if Home wants to "protect" him from something but just keeps him trapped. but that's just my interpretation really, it could very well be something else, this project is psychological horror after all.
One thing about Wally (if I'm remembering right) is that his name is 80's slang for someone who is waiting for something without really knowing what for (eg:"what are you standing around like a wally for?) Or for someone who's considered unintelligent, usually in a specific area instead of overall (eg:"yeah don't mind Jim,he's a bit of a wally when it comes to this stuff) Might not mean anything,but it's a neat observation when combined with how he's hinted at not really knowing what is happening in the grand scheme of this ARG
Maybe he's half-conscious ? Like he knows that he's stuck in something but he doesn't know what. I mean, he clearly says that he knows that we can see him but he can't see us nor reach us (I saw it in the guestbook where he said he couldn't reach a comment's cookie or smth)
i feel like this ARG could be symbolic of familial abuse and how hard it can be to escape, follow the falling stars for more ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ its just me most likely, but everyones listed as was except for wally and house, remember? i personally think of this as house making wally cut all ties with them if they're not dead, or atleast isolating him from his friends to the point where he thinks they are dead. this is a really common abuse tactic. also remember that wally literally cannot frown, he's calling out for help with his eyes. his abuser has shut him down on his emotions and his validation for feeling them. theres also stockholm syndrome which could match that of the image of wally praising house with blood on house's eyes, he's manipulated by house to think that house is his only supporter, AKA another abuse tactic. to add onto this we have wally's message when its just his eyes and he tells us to be quiet. we're his only friend he is aware of and has to hide us from house or else he'll lose his last tie to the outside world most of my explanation is what i can piece together from survivors of abusive environments and their testimonies on other videos as i dont even know if the environment im in is abusive or not, too many loose ties and clues that i cant piece to anything either that or im tripping out on non-existent weed tldr: house is hella abusive frfr
The abuse theme is supported further by comments Clown has made on his tumblr!! He's explicitly talked about how part of WH's story is the deterioration of what 'home' is to you, and what happens when it's no longer a comfort. Plus, they've said that they're taking inspiration from their own fears, and from what i've heard, Clown sadly isn't in the safest enviornment himself as of now (or at least, wasn't in the past).. so it makes sense. I hope Clown is alright, and I'm excited for where these characters take us, regardless of how right or wrong I am
@@pearlyp9898 i hope Clown is safe ☹️ edit: I guess this ARG really reflects on their past life and sharing it with others on their experience with abuse and how unfortunately common it is.
As some people have pointed out in other discussions, it currently seems like only Wally and 'Home' (The building) exist within Home, with something having occured to the other residents, which is possibly why Wally is so attached to the viewers in his current state. But I haven't seen anyone take this the logical step further. We know from the QA that the team behind the 'restoration project' all recieved these colored letters, ones presumably being the same that Eddie carries around with him, and apon receiving them, an invasive thought invaded their minds telling them to open the envelopes, and when doing so, they were 'reminded' of the show, and compelled to start this restoration project 'unexpectedly'. Another QA says 'Many of our guest book signatures have talked about seeing this show before, so this is a good sign. It mean it is inside of you too, then', which seems to indicate that this controlling force and 'remembering' the show are somehow tied together. My prevailing theory is that the antagonist, whether it be Wally, 'Home', or a force even higher up, is trying to rebuild Home, either by recreating the characters, or creating new ones. And clearly, it requires people to 'remember' the show in order to work. In other words, the more attention this show gets, the closer they come to fufilling their goal. The end result is most likely people ending up drawn into and trapped within Home (The Town), either as themselves, or the characters. This is alluded to in a couple responses from Wally in the guestbook Something I realised while looking at said guestbook to double check is... Wally seems to not be allowed outside of 'Home' (The House), or at the very least, is kept in the dark about the outside world. When asked 'What happens in this village' he responds 'I don't know either', and on the same page someone mentions they like rats, and Wally draws a 'Rat' in response, which looks nothing like one. He also doesn't know what a 'Father' is. When asked 'whats your favourite memory with your friends' he responds with 'No Memory', another mentioning the neighbours he says 'I can't reach them, I'm sorry', and many, many many others. It's very strange to say, but 'This' Wally, the one responding to the messages, can't be the same one that was on the show, because we know 'that' Wally at least had some interactions with the other cast. There is a chance that somehow, there is just one Wally who is trapped within Home, and just spoke with the other characters via his Telephone (Which was confirmed to be their only method of Two Way Communication. The other two methods are the website, and speaking 1 way to 'You' the viewer). But, given the person doing the QA/Running the Website stated their favourite character IS Wally (Who is the only other person who comments on said website), it's likely that person has become the Wally we communicate with on the Website. This is just my personal 'alternative' theory though. We'll have to wait and see, as the ARG was discovered prematurely, and all the details and plans are not actually set in stone yet. I do have some confidence in this being somewhat correct though
Adding to the “I can’t see you can you see me?” part of the site, if he were the main villain why wouldn’t he do anything to us? Putting aside the technical incapabilities that a website can’t control minds or have a puppet jump out to harm us, if Wally was the villain why would he (what seems to me) seek out the user of the site? Why wouldn’t he just hide from the user of the site so he could continue his evil deeds? It seems to me that there’s a dangerous being on the site that Wally is hiding from, and then came out of hiding to warn us about the monster on the site with us. Awww the skrunkle risked his safety to warn us!
Same thought here. Definitely developing a soft spot for Wally and the whole project, really, because it is so clear how much love Clown and the others in the project have put into it, and it's hard not to appreciate that and start to love it, too. Simping, however....Yeah, my asexual self ain't on that train.
I JUST REALIZED THAT THE HOUSE ON THE WEBSITE VS THE HOUSE FROM THE OPEN GIF HAS SUBTLE DIFFERENCES INCLUDING THE LACK OF BUSHES AND DETAILS ON THE CHIMNEY AND LACK OF PATH WAY. Also in the so below gif, the windows are slightly different as well. Could Wally be trapped underneath the map? Perhaps in another home? Also when he’s singing he responds to the house with “that’s good, I think” shouldn’t Wally know how the HIS house talks to him. The author did say in a tumblr post that this story is about the Idea of a home and what it means to people under different circumstances. I would love to know what everyone else thinks
Wally asking the person who was wondering if he was evil "you don't like me?" Set off a lot of red flags immediately, because if someone accused you of being evil the normal response is to deny it or embrace it, not to ask if the accuser likes you. This implies that Wally is indeed a victim, as one tactic used by people who are emotionally abusive is to blame every problem on the victim, and to demean them at every turn (one common example being in children, to call them an Evil Child). Wally tries so hard to be the perfect neighbour. Always smiling, always friendly, but you can see that he never actually smiles with his eyes. There's always a sense of misery behind them, like he's afraid if what might happen if he lets people get close to him. It would also explain his love for art and painting. It's a method of escapism, being able to just ignore the problems of the real world and retreat into his own little fantasy
I also think that's the case. It just doesn't feel like that comment actually fits in the story of the universe. It's a bit too cliche, and a little out of place.
Personally until more info comes out I do believe that Wally is a victim, I believe that him being a puppet is maybe playing into the possibility that in some was he’s under Homes control. I believe that while Wally is the main source and the face of all of this evil, I think Home is the root of it.
I think Wally could be both a victim and villain. He wants to have a full happy neighborhood and more friends but; Welcome Home is a small place many people don't even know where to look. So Wally could be suffering from loneliness and possible paranoia. This he turns to kidnapping; bringing the viewers and guests he knows are out there to Welcome Home so he can feel less alone and have his paranoia about knowing of the outside world at ease.
I don’t really know if this means anything but one of the guests said “I am in pain but this is cool to see” and Wally drew a bandaid and said “you’ll be okay!” which just reminded me of the picture of him holding a seemingly unconscious Eddie on his back where all he says in that picture is “you’ll be okay!”
One thing no one has pointed out yet is the way Wally speaks. And I’m not talking about his laughter. the way he speaks is slow, like he’s thinking of words to say OR how to say them. In the restored images Wally speaks normally, I know there’s no audio but even if you play it in your head there’s a rhythm. (Frowning is easy you see? Maybe for you but not for me) so i see a few reasons as to why > memory loss : forgetting how to speak and has relearned it. > tired : I think Wally doesn’t get much sleep, he has what I’d call sleepy eyes and the way he speaks adds to the tiredness. > isolation : being isolated for a long time can mess with your ability to speak (if I remember right). > gaining awareness + independence : we know Wally is a puppet. If he gained awareness then he just might as well had just gotten independence from his old puppeteer, he speaks slowly because he’s still getting used to doing things (in this case talking) on his own, and without a hand helping him he’s fairly slow. These are just my thoughts as to why he talks the way he does and if we go outside of the website everyone else talk’s normally but that’s not cannon so that’s why I added the comics and the rhythm.
I always interpreted the fibbing comment as Clown shutting down a game jacker (someone who tries to force an ARG narrative to their own liking, so "hijacking the game") in a natural and fun way via Wally's doodles. So I dunno if it could be used to argue Wally's morality either way, really.
But then again clown didn’t have to respond at all to it could have just ignored the game jacker and not posted the comment since all comments are review before being approved to join the gust book
@@CirqueDuSomni true, but there's always the idea that Clown might have wanted to have some fun, People who are really into ARGs really like dunking on gamejackers in harmless ways for their rude behavior. In the human pet (another, really old arg) the gamemaster actually parodied a gamejacker to mess with actual gamejackers and poke fun at them. I think the game master of that tape arg from a year or so back did something similar, or at the very least called gamejackers out in character like wally seemingly has done here.
@Just A Lil Star wtf? That makes no sense, if the comment is really from someone trying to "hijack" the ARG like u think, then it would not have been posted cus it just makes it confusing. The comment is part of the actual ARG, it makes more sense than someone "hijacking" like u think.
@@billblaski9523 you have to remember Clown didn't expect so many people to see this, so at the time they didn't see it as confusing for a potential audience. And there's also no real logic to having fun. Not every game master works in super serious mysterious ways. Some of them like to be a bit silly!
something i wanna point out with the guestbook drawing is that one is titled "idonotknowwhatclownis_iaskedfrank_hesaidbarnaby_hereisbarnaby" implying he was able to reach and ask frank a question and get an answer to draw in the book, but later when asked to give gifts to the neighbors he responds "icantreachthem" i'm not sure why it changed but it seems like something happened to wally/the neighbors while the guestbook was up (edit: actually the "icantreachthem" was referring to the gifts the comment was trying to send! wally can still reach and talk to the neighbors but can't receive items from people in the guestbook!)
@@billblaski9523 i don't think it's used for everyone but here are some i found! "Julie was a rainbow monster" (does that mean she is no longer a rainbow monster?) "Eddie was a mail carrier who moved into Home" (he is no longer a mail carrier?) "Barnaby B. Beagle was the resident jokester" (not a jokester anymore or not in town?) again i don't think past tense is used in every sentence mostly the starting ones edit is a typo fix lol
The recording of him singing is what caused me to believe he’s quite literally stuck in some purgatory or realm within Home, reminds me of the back rooms in a way but with puppets- but the way he’s singing, talking, and sounds extremely hesitant with what he sang, almost as if he knew he doesn’t know the entire song and that not knowing it may upset Home. He genuinely sounds trapped. Also pay attention to how echoy the recording is, like where he’s stuck at is completely empty and the drawing of him “worshipping” Home makes me thing that is literally what it looks like inside, dark and empty. Nothing around him. And in order to get out he has to be “good” and do as Home wants
great video! it's so fun theorizing about wally because there's so little concrete canon material to reference! personally, i think it's a mix of both. i love an evil tumblr sexyman as much as the next person but i just don't feel like that's where clown is going to take the character. at least not anymore, cause older art of him definitely has that vibe lol. he strikes me more as a victim of circumstance, probably forced or possessed to do harmful things by home or whatever malevolent force is in this story. the symbolism of being a puppet is not lost on me! but i'm suuuper excited to see where this arg goes!!
okay so i literally just saw a tiktok where somebody managed to dissect the audio of the tv static video and figured out what wally (and possibly another voice) is saying! wally/maybe someone else, hard to tell: on the stage, right there (pause) wally: i know you're out there, did you think you could hide from me? (pause) wally: our first (distorted- possibly victim or visitor) (laughter) wake up 😭😭😭 he may still be an evil sexyman yet!
I'm sure everyone saw the picture of Wally using a cake for a pillow, hasn't anyone thought that the reason he sleeps on a cake is so he can have "sweet dreams"?
I believe he's an anti hero who is more dangerous to humans than he is to the puppets, he could be using his abilities to protect his friends for all we know.
Another good piece of evidence is the Screenplay they uncovered. In the script Wally repeatedly reminds the veiwer that e's happy, and says that e paints when e's happy AND to make eself happy-- implying in an under-the-radar way that e also paints when distressed as a coping mechanism. Even when e points out that e has a problem, e apparently is so afraid of being percieved as unhappy that e reminds the veiwer again "Even though I'm happy,..." before pointing out the problem. This really came off as someone who's afraid to express unpleasant emotions, which is actually really common for people growing up under toxic positivity where they're punished or fear abandonment for expressing negative emotion or suggesting they're ungrateful. Or just from lacking representation/modeling for how to communicate such feelings. I know I often had a hard time interpreting other people's positive expressions bc I myself used to hide behind smiles. So there was always some uncertainty or doubt behind what someone really thought when they expressed positivity. One thing I'm wondering is about the "beating" gif on the website's front page. It's a low res image with a pink and green wash, and in one of the "restored images" in the slideshow, wally and Barnaby are holding cups with pink and green fluid. And Wally doesn't seem to like what e'd looking at-- despite having no eyebrows.
This is all very intriguing! I kinda have my own theory as to what's going on regarding the idea of Wally being a victim. There are subtle hints that Wally desperately wants to leave the constraints of his world and be a "real boy" so to speak, specifically in the one artwork with him not being able to frown like Frank. My conjecture is that he wished to see the outside world, which got the attention of Home. One way or another, Home promised to help Wally as long as he did everything it said, which he agreed to. In reality though, Home is actually a demonic entity that wants to use the puppet show in order to gather more followers, hence why the show was so popular. However, something went wrong. Maybe Wally figured out Home's true intentions/what Home actually is using his 4th wall breaking powers and tried to resist its control. He most likely did this to protect his friends as well, who may have been treated as more disposable, while he was created as a figure head/ missionary for the demonic cult, due to his abilities. Home caught wind of this, and in retaliation, killed off Wally's friends, both to erase further opposition, and to take away any reason for Wally to want to fight its control. As a final goodbye, Barnaby, his best friend, managed to teach Wally part of the "Beautiful Dreamer" song, either as a form of comfort for whenever Wally felt alone, or as a way to keep some memory of his friends when Home started to erase them from his mind. Now scared and alone, Wally sings the song to himself every now and then (maybe) as a form of comfort, while being trapped under Home's control. Now obviously there are holes in this theory, but this is just a guess. I also find the idea of Home representing an abuser separating Wally from his friends to keep its control on him to be fitting. Time will tell if the idea of Wally being a victim in this situation is true however.
Part of the reason I am on team victim is because Wally being the villain feels repetitive, like literally every other arg in this style has a similar plot, although they could make him the villain and make it original, I just feel as though him being the victim would make for a more interesting story
I think the page with Wally looking afraid might have something to do with the kidnapped guest. He said he couldn't see them and said please don't lie to me. This might be a continuation of that. Perhaps, Home has kidnapped Unnamed Guest, but Home is hiding them from Wally to mess with him or maybe a guest who accidentally got in can not be seen or something and Wally legitimately can not see them. Also with it being so dark inside what is presumably Home, I headcanon that this darkness happens if Wally stops smiling. OR Wally is outside of Home at night and the Unnamed Guest is also lost in the neighborhood and Wally cannot see them because it's night time. Maybe Wally is terrified for the guest. If the guest stays trapped, they might get turned into a puppet and Home will force Wally to do the dirty work. Someone should lighten up a screenshot of the scared Wally page.
I think “stay quiet” is supposed to mean that he wants to keep the viewer safe. His best friend. The only one still alive. A la Monika, he probably feels like sacrificing his friends is fine because they’re just puppets. Plus, this is a TV show! The status quo comes back every episode! …right? My main theory is that he thought they’d come back, and keeping Home happy. Maybe having “nomemory” implies he was possessed or manipulated to feed Home. Maybe he was only just given consciousness.
I feel the hidden page with wally's eyes and text is a pretty strong indicator of some form of villainy as if he was hiding and wanted us safe why be so harsh? Wally doesn't strike me as the type to just normally say stay quiet (stand alone) when he needs silence/is trying to stay hidden. It sounds like we aren't "supposed" to know wally is lurking on the website and if he was trying to hide from someone why would he turn away his friend (in a viewer/consumer of the show sense)?
I disagree. In a dangerous situation, the last thing on most people's minds is, "Now be nice and gentle, don't be too harsh." We'll see what happens, though.
Try covering up Wally's mouth. At this point, it's practically canon that Wally is physically unable to stop smiling. If you just see the eyes, and read the text without assuming undertones, it's most reasonable to assume innocence in this scenario.
“I can’t see you, if you can see me then stay quiet”. That’s not something a creature out to get you would say. Wally can’t see you, and he’s telling you not to make noise, so he’s effectively telling you to stay hidden, meaning he’s afraid of what will happen if you don’t.
@@jareddixon9108 He is aware of your presence though as before that he says "you're there." That combined with the full image of wally's eye twitching thing having his hand on his face indicates no real attempt to hide from something in my perspective. Why put your self in a position that would introduce unnecessary variables when even speaking is a risk?
Another piece of evidence for either side of the argument I find interesting is that on page five of the guestbook Wally has completely scribbled over a message from someone called Alex. You can just about see that Alex has said that the website has secrets and they know it. Wally also didn’t leave any kind of response to Alex. Why was Wally trying to keep us from seeing that message? To keep his secrets safe? To keep us safe?
I (partially) believe that Wally is a villain and a victim at the same time. So he did what House wanted, and although Wally didn’t want to do it, he just did the acts and lost it a bit. Basically I’m saying Wally (could’ve) lost it and did what House wanted while knowing it would do harm to himself and others.
If Wally really is the victim, could Home be an allegory for an abusive family? Think about it: while not stated, Wally's overall personality and vibe makes you think of him as childish, and easily manipulative, and home is presenteted as welcoming, warm but with a dark side that can be overlooked. This could be atributed to the time, when harsher rules and punishments were the norms. Another thing is that the bio'z of the neighborn are all in past tense, exept Wally who is in present tense. Could this be because, at the end of the show in 1974, Home locked Wally's friends away ftom him, because he became self aware of their (Home) abusive tendencies and the fact he is a pupoep trapoed in a show. Could it be that whatever demonic force Home is made of also makes up Wally, while his neighbors are made from something else. This demonic force may be what is hurting the people restoring the show, who came in contact with the mercandize. The 11th of October could also mean something: Clown said Edfie and Frank are actually a gay couple, but this couldn't be show for obvious reasons, so maybe the last straw for Home was when they found out that their "child"'s friends were gay, it was the last straw, similar to parents at the time. Wally could just be a lonely lost child, who is seeking a way to break free from Home's toxicity.
Maybe Home is using Wally in some way or can see through Wally. I don't think he's fully innocent, it seems he may know more then he's letting on in hints and is hiding because of home or something.
I just want to mention as someone who is at least somewhat musically inclined that, it sounds like Wally hits a few notes flat that don’t seem to be a stylistic choice, the main times where you see things like that are when the singer is tired and/or sad or if they don’t care, you see it in times where it’s hard for the person to put the effort in, do what you will with this but it’s something to consider
I don't know much for evidence since both sides take the same evidence and just interpret them differently, but I just like a silly evil puppet so I'm on the villain side.
There is a theory that *wally is not the only entity that responds back* to comments in the guest book Reasons as follows: 1. If you go to the last page and highlight everything there will be two messages •Wally: your trying to find me. Silly . Silly and • *WaLLy* :You wont write back 2. Moreover home *is considered as a neighbour* as his signature is present where all the puppets have signed and guess what *Homes signature (font style) is same/largely similar to Wallys* 3. Some of the hidden messages when you click on the drawings are •Comment: wally is my favourite •The other entity ( *WaLLy* ) may have replied with: I’m your favourite too since he is also named *Wally* (This is very confusing but to conclude *Wally is may or may not be the villian*, and even if he isnt who is?? People are considering house as it is the only other living member in the neighbourhood and hence giving a foundation that Wally is innocent)
I think Wally is the victim. One picture says he has a hard time not smiling, maybe he cannot change his facade... So he has to smile, in eternal struggle, only his eyes to show his real emotions. About Hosue being the oppresor, I dunno. In his song it says duet, I think house joined in on the song, so rather than making Wally scared of it, maybe he is scared of something yet to be revealed. Whatever it is, I hope it's not gonna be like: Oh no, Wally WAS the Villain, like this trope hasn't been done so many times before
People my think my opinion is gonna be a stretch but I'm the place where the house and the paths, it looks like there's a head, body, and arms, making me think the house itself is some sort of entity, and going with everything you have said it seemed like wally was more afraid and sounded scared as well as not having any memories made me suspicious, I feel like the house is like playing with them in some way and since its like they can "communicate" with it definitely makes me thinks it could be either home forcing them to do things or just trying to play it as sally being the villain
There are some implications that wally is evil, as in the, as above image, but I think house is the source of the corruption and wally just got caught up in everything without realizing how bad it was gonna get.
Every one of these i see talking about welcome home miss one secret, on page 8 of the guest book if you highlight the text (mind you, you have to be careful where you click or youll just drag the frames.) down a bit far someone says in a guest book frame "you were looking for me? silly silly" its in the void of unfilled spots.
I seriously feel he's the victim, while he has some things in his lore that could be construded as villianous the ammount that add's up to victim is much greater. Heres what I think is happening, either A. wally gained setenace and was locked away, home being the case he is sealed inside to keep him from being free. Or B. Home is an otherwordly entity and Wally is actually the puppeter for the original wally, being transformed into the puppet he once controlled and left stuck in the world of home. The picture from SO below feels almost as he's begging reaching out for someone to help him, this can hold credance to either theory. If he is locked inside a chest or "home" it could be him reaching towards the keyhole, his only source of light trying to be free. and if he's turned into a puppet this could be the person he used to be within reaching to try and remember who he once was, to break free from homes control. The eyes of home could very well be someone looking into the world of home, seeing him from the inside. He is a puppet under homes control no matter what, and only us the viewer could save him, but he doesnt want us to. Because if we try to save him, we could be hurt ourselves. He genuinely loves the viewer and wants to protect them at all costs, at least thats what I believe.
Is it known who is writing the website? Because one thing that another UA-cam creator RemGames pointed out that bugs me is. If you read each of the characters bio pages THEY ALL use past tense verbs to describe them. Sally WAS, Barnaby USED TO BE things like that FOR ALL the cast....Well all but ONE Yup you guessed it! If you read Wally's character bio page it says WALLY IS, and uses present tense verbs for his page. Does this mean Wally is wring these bios or has even more influence over the site than we think? Or is someone under Wally's influence or some other influence that is seemly negative is writing these bios? Its hard to say. However judging from the feel and tone of this series this show has something evil or at the least BAD about it. Something HAD to have happened that made a seemingly popular and successful show get almost 100% WIPED from reality. We also know that the main person behind this restoration project seemingly is possessed in the literal bad possibly demonic way to get the show back out into the public conciseness no matter the cost by something that is also likely bad. The only two culprits we have at the moment are the characters Home and Wally. Any ones guess who is the bad guy one the other or both. My money at this point in time is on Home. Why? Because of not only of "Looks like you wandered too far from home" Screen if you start putting random letters at the end of the Welcome Home site URL. But because of the "As above" Screen which IS SUPER SUSPICIOUS as ALL HELL! Does this mean Wally is Innocent or a victim? I Don't Know, but I think the are far worse forces than Wally at play here. My theory is that I think that Welcome Home was possibly sealed way by powerful forces/means, or at they very least disappeared and was INTENTIONALLY destroyed on PURPOSE for a GOOD reason. Which is why almost nothing is left from the show and why what is left from it is is in such bad shape that needs restoration. I think it is because of something along the lines of "The puppetry was so good Wally/Home became alive via some bad occult means and had to be sealed away because of that" or " The show became popular because the creators of it used bad occult means to make the puppets or more specifically Wall or Home to be more 'life like' for ratings/fame but this came at a negative cost as all occult things tend to leading the show needing to be sealed away/intentionally and deliberately being destroyed". Ether way it is VERY clear to me that Welcome Home somehow created or became influenced by some "great unknown evil" leading to its destruction or sealing away.
in reddit there are some very cool theories! mine is also that Home is the villain, and Wally has maybe done, though without bad intentions, some bad stuff. he doesn't seem aware of what he's done or what has happened - not entirely, at least. my interpretation of Home, using the poem right above the button that takes you to the Welcome Home website in Clown's site and the fact that he's staring right at Wally in the homepage art And is looking around the whole neighborhood, is that it's obsessed with Wally. a home isn't a home without someone that lives there and loves it, right? maybe it started as something sweet, but it ended up being completly obssesive to the point of controlling the whole neighborhood (I have quite a lot of theories regarding Frank and a lot of suspicion regarging Eddie...). that, or Home was completly evil from the start, who knows, we'll have to wait and see! in any case, my theory for their motivations just comes down to loneliness. Wally might only have Home as company after the show's cancelation (though I don't really think this is true since he refers to his friends in present tense in the filenames), and Home can barely communicate beeing just able to make noises and stuff (my interpretation of Wally's "I think" in the singing audio is that even he doesn't understand Home fully). there's still a ton of stuff yet to come, so this might all be wrong, but still! it's Very fun, this is actually the first project I'm in time to make theories of. @:D!
also just because I'm still very proud I found this on my own, regarding what I said about Frank - if you see his profile art's filename, his name is the only one in all caps of the whole neighborhood. you know what other filename is in all caps? the drawing of Wally and Home in the homepage, which is named "HELLO". you know what That spells out?? hello Frank! and if we accept that Wally has acces to the website, he might be trying to communicate with Frank!! also also, in the page's decorations on the sides, it's pretty obvious there's eyes /especially/ around Home, but those aren't the only ones. did you see the butterflies? or one of the envelopes?? or maybe even the balls??? circular eyes! and who draws their eyes as circles? Wally!! and oh, how curious it is that Wally's eyes are on Frank's butterflies, camouflaging with everything else, sure it can't mean anything else!! (I hope it's clear enough how much this descovery excites me, I am for once very proud of what I did!)
Wally on the guestbook says "no, a puppet" (when being called such a doll) but he also stares at us in almost every photo the only time he doesn't or other characters do is on the redraws for the page and recreations of the designs, Wally is fully aware he's just some arts and crafts based on what he says and does, and so he prolly depressed because that sucks. But basically I think he wants to get out. So far Home is probably the mastermind from what i've seen and heard, but also I think he's not just a house (obviously) since he's the only SENTIENT house there, I think Home is some other entity, perhaps a demonic one at best. And that that house it's possessing is just something like it's prison, it's chains preventing it from fully getting what it may want. Which is why it uses Wally, I think because of the 70's slang someone posted about "Wally wally blood and dally " (Which means being so wild for someone you don't see their faults), Home lied to Wally about a way to get out, by killing his friends for some sort of ritual because it's horror, rituals are a big horror thing, but I think it's for a sort of ceremony for Home to escape its chains, Wally is so obsessive and appreciative of Home that he doesn't see this, he's blinded by lies and his own hopes. I did point out more on a discord server but there's so much I'm not retyping but maybe I can retype in the replies later.
soo i think wally has some problems with the names Sally in the guestbook with sally he's curious wondering if their the same person... do you think the character sally went missing? just a theory but what if it is
first: yes ill admit it, i have fallen for a puppet, second: i think wally is the victim but potrayed as the villain to hide homes actions, like think about it he is a puppet right? he has to be puppeteerd by someone, maybe from his point of view he is not a puppet but has the nature of one, so home is kinda manipulating him in to doing stuff he normaly wouldn't, on clown's tumblr was written that welcome home is a psycological horror site, and wally could be experiencing that type of presure and manipulation from home. it's one of my theories. im not saying it's true, but it could be. and a HUGE thanks to clown for making the site and game theory for bringing my interest to it. P.S. maybe wally is the villain, but i think home is the biger villain here. (sorry if i misspeld words, my first language is not english)
i dont know how relevant this could even be to the topic but the moment i saw the title i thought so immediately to a song lyric and i just apologize in advance for the reference but sjfjej 'am i villain or victim, why cant i be neither or both?' i like to believe that wally is just a scared little guy who maybe has a staring problem lol but even if he is somehow the villain, well i still love him anyway
I like how you point out that both sides of this argument have a tendency to judge a book by its cover. Rather than condemning only one side, you first say that being creepy doesn't mean he's evil, then that being cute doesn't mean he's good. I appreciate that.
i was looking at the web the other day, and i found a comment wally replied to, i dont remember the comment but wallys reply was "i like home, home is my friend" so in response to the theories of home being the abuser, i think not, but maybe home forced him to make that reply? idk man, also wally is most definitely a victim
Has anyone ever been inside of home that isn't Wally? Home's insides might look nice and crap, but if the audio of Wally singing is inside of home, then what is that static noise in the background? Or is that just the recorder quality?
Out of curiosity when you go back to the home page after receiving the error message. Was anyone elses screen freaking out? The image of Wally sitting in front of Home. The bushes, flowers, basically the entire background minus Home was shaking. Was just wondering.
If I’m being honest I’m still leaning toward him being the villain but I’m not fully sure either. The message can be taken both ways and if you look closely at the eyes shaking gif you can see him smiling. And not in the normal nice way, not even in a scared way either. Facial expressions do a lot in telling you the true meaning behind something. But with the more evidence on page 8, (the hidden words) he says “You’re looking for me. Silly silly” and something else. So it’s contradicting at the moment. Even with the so below pic. We aren’t sure if he is begging, worshipping, or even trapped.
On the home page, there is an image indicating Wally CAN'T frown. Frank: Frowning is easy, see? Wally: Maybe for you, but not for me Puppets can't show a lot of facial expressions. We can only determine what Wally's feeling through his eyes.
I like the theory that Wally is in fact the villian, but he's making the signs point to Home instead of him so that we'll get off of his back. After all, Home would make a good villian. He is a sentient house after all!
Whether Wally is or is not the villain is to be seen, but there is defiantly something wrong. It would be interesting to see where the creators take the story they are trying to make.
It's really hard to tell right now. On one hand, I can absolutely see Wally being the antagonist but on the other hand I can see him being the protagonist/deuteragonist. I'd be really interested in a antagonist to protagonist route for him. It would be an interesting change to the typical arg formula, ya'know?
i honestly think that home is controlling wally-i think he is literally and figuratively a puppet... it makes sense in my brain and especially if you consider the drawing of him "worshipping" home.. it could be like a cult
i think that the world that wally is living in is actually real , and that he is capable to comunicate with us through the website , and people is being traped in that place , that would explain the message asking for help inthe guest book , maybe people are being traped inside the void that is under the hause or throught the tv , and wally wants us to help him ,maybe he is the one who is sending all the cards to the restauration project
These are all valid opinions. The way i see it my guess is that Home might be the villain in this story. The whole project seems to center around the concept of a home, how ‘home is where the heart is’ and such.. But what happens when a home isn’t safe anymore? Heck, this project is even called Welcome HOME. Further nods to this is the ‘So below’ picture where we see Wally reaching out to a bleeding Home. If Home is removed on the website we see the dark stuff as well as the spiral Wally is obsessed with.. It all comes from HOME.
My interpretation of Wally hits both sides of this debate: Wally was once a child who got transported into Welcome Home and has been trapped since by the House. After years of mental deterioration, he's now looking for more people to be trapped with him.
maybe we have two different idolize sides of wally, because one seems a control manipulative freak who is behind a cult or something, and other seems pretty much scared and lonely. My guess is they tried to obtain fame or something like that behind the show and after it’s stared, probably offering someone or something to be a vessel. Wally was the protagonist, so they chooses him, and he just receive a kind of life, but he is almost like a child in the sense of discovering the world around, but when he was in that way, probably they gave up on him and take out the other puppets with them, leaving he alone, probably just with home, and now he is a scary guy with a obsessed living house who didn’t want to see the last of them go
I found on another UA-cam channel that if you read the Bios of all the characters they are all in past tense except Wally's, suggesting all the others are gone now. 😢
The only problem with that theory is Wally saus he's been talking to the characters in the guest book, such as asking Frank what a clown is. It's a bit confusing, but I'm sure the past vs present tense stuff is going to be very important
@Master Hallmark nah, a friend showed me, someone was talking bout it in a vid either on tiktok or yt shorts can't remember. I'll see if they still have it, but from what I know people were asking and they put out a post on one of their socials
ADDITION 4/13/23: I'm sorry, but I'm going to start deleting comments that create theories using non-canon art, as well as anything else that goes against Clown's requests. Clown has stated anything made before January 1, 2021, (another post saying 2022) including the stuff on his portfolio site, are non-canon, and thus should not be used to make theories. Thank you for understanding, I apologize to anyone who may be upset by this news.
Hey, a quick note while I have your attention: Please respect Clown's boundaries. A lot of people have been doing things expressly against Clown's wishes, such as theorizing using old concept art Clown declared non-canon, selling unofficial merch, impersonating Clown, and making and selling NSFW of the characters. Clown recently posted that he was suffering mentally because of this.
One of Clown's posts asking fans not to repost old, non-canon artwork here: www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/712987736604327936/this-has-been-ooh-not-even-a-week-but-what-an?source=share
Other post directly talking about the non-canon art on his portfolio: www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/712647736485380096/hey-so-i-noticed-smth-wallys-cufflinks-are?source=share
Clown's post about fanart can be found here: www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/712519493403934720/apologies-if-this-has-already-been-asked-but-how?source=share
Clown's post regarding merch can be found here: www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/713964670058463232/merchandise-guide?source=share
God dammit I hate people sometimes! I hope Clown gets the rest and support he needs.
I understand Clown. I guess this is what happens when something gets big on the internet.
Not to excuse them, but still. It's a shame.
I also went ahead and made that "test audio with captions" video private, because I don't want to unintentionally be a part of the problem.
Ok, I decided to unprivate the test audio and add lots of notes reminding everyone it's non-canon. Mainly because I usually use UA-cam on older accounts, and want to be able to listen to the audio on those accounts.
Yeah that's what I thought while watching theorys
One point I'd seen another youtuber make is that Wally CAN'T frown. He literally can't, he's always smiling. This was pointed out to us through one of the comic images, where he was talking to the frowny one. So, the only way we can tell what Wally might be feeling is...through his eyes.
It's also been pointed out that Wally is the ONLY puppet that ALWAYS looks directly at us, in all the official art. I also find it interesting that he says he doesn't see us, then asks if we see him, telling us to stay quiet if we do.
It feels very protective, but there might be a slightly nuanced second meaning to it. He's telling us not to LET him see us, is how I interpret it. He's a puppet, so by definition, he isn't in control of himself. He was calling that person in the comments a liar because he wanted to convince that which is controlling him, whether it's Home or another puppeteer, that there's no one to victimize, protecting the commenter.
So, that's my theory. He's the victim, and an unwilling villain. Mostly victim. After all, can a puppet be blamed for the actions of it's puppeteer?
Going off of the permanent smile thing, Wally is also pretty much the only puppet with no distinctive eyebrows. Everyone else either has bushy eyebrows which are very visible, or smaller lines for eyebrows, more subtle, but still visible. Wally has none and, while we like to joke about it, there might be more there.
The lack of eyebrows makes it harder to tell what exactly he might be feeling, given how important eyebrows are for easy expression. So it really does come down to watching his eyes and/or tone to tell what emotion he’s going through
The eyes are the windows to the soul, after all.
(Idk tho, just my thoughts)
Actually, it's canon that wally eats through his eyeballs. He can take bites out of you by just looking at you. So that might be it.
Another thing to add to the not being able to stop smiling thing is in the "you dont like me neighbour" doodle. the crying face he drew still had a big yellow smile.
I’m on the “unwilling villain” train. Like The Other Father in Coraline…someone has to be pulling the strings😢
=D I may be wrong, but because sometimes I forget a lot, so I heard that Wally cannot frown. He cannot convey emotions without needing to smile because he’s a puppet. He cannot frown at all I think. Hopefully the research is right, because as you see in the art gallery Wallys, talking to Frank and Frank says: see it’s easy to frown. Wally responds with. It’s easy for you, but not for me I think. And his eyebrow curls that means he probably wants to frown. Sorry if there’s typos though.
I like the idea of the “you’re fibbing” response being the creator’s way of saying “THIS ISN’T CANNON! HE’S A RANDO!”.
Ha
I knew that from the start at it's so funny
The way Wally writes the notes seems like a sheltered child
Mhm
Idk why but knowing that makes me wanna cry
It's cool
Sheltered by an over protective shelter that he can't fully understand one could say
@@capncaviar exactly
Tbh,it would be a nice breath of fresh air to have the main character in an analog horror to not be the villian of the story.
It really would.
What if he is just set up to be the villain
Yeah. I really truly hope Welcome Home won't end up being your typical "puppets getting possessed by victims' spirits and demonic bs happens" because not only has it been done many times before, but having a character you believe to be a bad guy turning out to be a victim all along would teach people not to make blind assumptions and to look deeper into why someone looks or acts the way they do. And also inform peeps about the dangers of isolation and unhealthy relationships.
I mean it's obvious Wally is a very sheltered individual as his handwriting is childlike compared to others and he lacks basic knowledge. (He doesn't understand that apple pies contain apples, something the creator confirmed, and never seems to understand any of Barnaby's jokes)
Yes
1:49 my interpretation was that Wally was like “Why are you fibbing?” Because the person who wrote the comment was actually fibbing - anyone can write a comment on a forum, and when it is approved it is shown. What the person was doing was trying to add hidden lore from the outside; tampering with the lore itself and being extra, by lying and putting on theatrics. Wally probably crossed it out and said “why are you fibbing please don’t lie” because it ruins the actual lore, because someone who is reading isn’t actually trapped, the only things that are trapped so far is the characters, we are just observers.
Why do people think this? The comments have to be approved so if it was someone trying to "hijack" the ARG, then the comment would not have been posted.
Yeah, I was wondering that, too, hence the brief "Maybe Wally was confused by some edgelords" comment.
To me, it's a way to tell people not to try to join the lore once again.
"I cannot see you, stop lying" is a way to show publicly that Clown doesn't want people to join the arg
It's published so that we are warned not to try this again
@@Lu_Tsuki Yeah that’s what I think too, because I bet a bunch of people tried to add something like “Help me” and they have to set up an example to the viewers that stops that type of behaviour.
Another piece of evidence I think supports Wally being the victim is a few of the other responses in the Guest Book. There are two comments where Wally admits he doesn't know what worms and clowns are and had to ask others for context. Worms and clowns are common knowledge to most. This leads me to believe Wally has been locked away by Home for so long there are many basic things in the world he is unaware of.
I think him not knowing about clowns is more a inside joke for the creator who goes by clown. Like a "haha creators creation doesn't know they exist" kinda thing but the worm thing makes me think you are right
You are right, also, it got kinda confirmed Wally is the white text guy because on the 8th page of the "comunity coments" he secretly speaks to us throug that medium
I get strong Monika vibes from Wally. Like only he’s aware he’s not real and the others aren’t so he’s pleading for help but can’t do anything because the house is always watching. When one of the letters said someone loved him he was smiling and crying at the same time. He’s definitely powerless right now.
What a miserable situation. The world you thought was real is fake, your friends are puppets and you’re a puppet but aware you are one. What a miserable existence. He needs a hug.
Also Monika does also stare at us directly
omg yeah
oh my god so many upvotes, did not expect this, thanks guys. XD
@@DabiTodoroki Yeah, you deserve them, you brought out a very reasonable point
Wally's the next Monika
I don't think that Wally is the bad guy, nor his House (Home) but a much larger force is at play, and is behind all of this
Like a pawn of some sort?
@@paperbag8790 Yes.
nice pfp ! it's really colorful ! ^^
house is menecing
it watches
it watches everything though
Same tbh, after investigating about Welcome Home, my first guess was that there's a cult behind all this
Personally, I prefer to go along with the theory that he is a victim. The way he carries himself looks like a victim of stalkome syndrome (at least that's how I interpreted it)
He seems to try to please Home by singing the song, and being held inside them, as if Home wants to "protect" him from something but just keeps him trapped. but that's just my interpretation really, it could very well be something else, this project is psychological horror after all.
One thing about Wally (if I'm remembering right) is that his name is 80's slang for someone who is waiting for something without really knowing what for (eg:"what are you standing around like a wally for?) Or for someone who's considered unintelligent, usually in a specific area instead of overall (eg:"yeah don't mind Jim,he's a bit of a wally when it comes to this stuff)
Might not mean anything,but it's a neat observation when combined with how he's hinted at not really knowing what is happening in the grand scheme of this ARG
Maybe he's half-conscious ?
Like he knows that he's stuck in something but he doesn't know what.
I mean, he clearly says that he knows that we can see him but he can't see us nor reach us (I saw it in the guestbook where he said he couldn't reach a comment's cookie or smth)
i feel like this ARG could be symbolic of familial abuse and how hard it can be to escape, follow the falling stars for more
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its just me most likely, but everyones listed as was except for wally and house, remember? i personally think of this as house making wally cut all ties with them if they're not dead, or atleast isolating him from his friends to the point where he thinks they are dead. this is a really common abuse tactic. also remember that wally literally cannot frown, he's calling out for help with his eyes. his abuser has shut him down on his emotions and his validation for feeling them. theres also stockholm syndrome which could match that of the image of wally praising house with blood on house's eyes, he's manipulated by house to think that house is his only supporter, AKA another abuse tactic. to add onto this we have wally's message when its just his eyes and he tells us to be quiet. we're his only friend he is aware of and has to hide us from house or else he'll lose his last tie to the outside world
most of my explanation is what i can piece together from survivors of abusive environments and their testimonies on other videos as i dont even know if the environment im in is abusive or not, too many loose ties and clues that i cant piece to anything
either that or im tripping out on non-existent weed
tldr: house is hella abusive frfr
they legit took "abusive household" WAY too literally lmao
@@elfilin-to6dh HELP💀
@@elfilin-to6dh I JUST GOT IT AMD IM CRYING IT TOOK ME A MOMSNF BUT OH MY LORD
The abuse theme is supported further by comments Clown has made on his tumblr!! He's explicitly talked about how part of WH's story is the deterioration of what 'home' is to you, and what happens when it's no longer a comfort. Plus, they've said that they're taking inspiration from their own fears, and from what i've heard, Clown sadly isn't in the safest enviornment himself as of now (or at least, wasn't in the past).. so it makes sense. I hope Clown is alright, and I'm excited for where these characters take us, regardless of how right or wrong I am
@@pearlyp9898 i hope Clown is safe ☹️
edit: I guess this ARG really reflects on their past life and sharing it with others on their experience with abuse and how unfortunately common it is.
As some people have pointed out in other discussions, it currently seems like only Wally and 'Home' (The building) exist within Home, with something having occured to the other residents, which is possibly why Wally is so attached to the viewers in his current state. But I haven't seen anyone take this the logical step further. We know from the QA that the team behind the 'restoration project' all recieved these colored letters, ones presumably being the same that Eddie carries around with him, and apon receiving them, an invasive thought invaded their minds telling them to open the envelopes, and when doing so, they were 'reminded' of the show, and compelled to start this restoration project 'unexpectedly'. Another QA says 'Many of our guest book signatures have talked about seeing this show before, so this is a good sign. It mean it is inside of you too, then', which seems to indicate that this controlling force and 'remembering' the show are somehow tied together.
My prevailing theory is that the antagonist, whether it be Wally, 'Home', or a force even higher up, is trying to rebuild Home, either by recreating the characters, or creating new ones. And clearly, it requires people to 'remember' the show in order to work. In other words, the more attention this show gets, the closer they come to fufilling their goal. The end result is most likely people ending up drawn into and trapped within Home (The Town), either as themselves, or the characters. This is alluded to in a couple responses from Wally in the guestbook
Something I realised while looking at said guestbook to double check is... Wally seems to not be allowed outside of 'Home' (The House), or at the very least, is kept in the dark about the outside world. When asked 'What happens in this village' he responds 'I don't know either', and on the same page someone mentions they like rats, and Wally draws a 'Rat' in response, which looks nothing like one. He also doesn't know what a 'Father' is. When asked 'whats your favourite memory with your friends' he responds with 'No Memory', another mentioning the neighbours he says 'I can't reach them, I'm sorry', and many, many many others. It's very strange to say, but 'This' Wally, the one responding to the messages, can't be the same one that was on the show, because we know 'that' Wally at least had some interactions with the other cast. There is a chance that somehow, there is just one Wally who is trapped within Home, and just spoke with the other characters via his Telephone (Which was confirmed to be their only method of Two Way Communication. The other two methods are the website, and speaking 1 way to 'You' the viewer). But, given the person doing the QA/Running the Website stated their favourite character IS Wally (Who is the only other person who comments on said website), it's likely that person has become the Wally we communicate with on the Website.
This is just my personal 'alternative' theory though. We'll have to wait and see, as the ARG was discovered prematurely, and all the details and plans are not actually set in stone yet. I do have some confidence in this being somewhat correct though
Adding to the “I can’t see you can you see me?” part of the site, if he were the main villain why wouldn’t he do anything to us? Putting aside the technical incapabilities that a website can’t control minds or have a puppet jump out to harm us, if Wally was the villain why would he (what seems to me) seek out the user of the site? Why wouldn’t he just hide from the user of the site so he could continue his evil deeds? It seems to me that there’s a dangerous being on the site that Wally is hiding from, and then came out of hiding to warn us about the monster on the site with us. Awww the skrunkle risked his safety to warn us!
I personally find the simping uncomfy but this whole thing is absolutely amazing and Clown did an absolute amazing job so far.
smile
Idk about simping but Wally seems to be made of comfort character material he bring great joy to many
Same thought here. Definitely developing a soft spot for Wally and the whole project, really, because it is so clear how much love Clown and the others in the project have put into it, and it's hard not to appreciate that and start to love it, too.
Simping, however....Yeah, my asexual self ain't on that train.
People are down bad I swear 😂
I’m assuming Wally is about to decrown sans from the tumblr sexyman role
@@CirqueDuSomni I gree with this :)
I JUST REALIZED THAT THE HOUSE ON THE WEBSITE VS THE HOUSE FROM THE OPEN GIF HAS SUBTLE DIFFERENCES INCLUDING THE LACK OF BUSHES AND DETAILS ON THE CHIMNEY AND LACK OF PATH WAY. Also in the so below gif, the windows are slightly different as well. Could Wally be trapped underneath the map? Perhaps in another home? Also when he’s singing he responds to the house with “that’s good, I think” shouldn’t Wally know how the HIS house talks to him. The author did say in a tumblr post that this story is about the Idea of a home and what it means to people under different circumstances. I would love to know what everyone else thinks
"went down the rabbit hole and 24 hours later found yourself simping for a puppet" is one of the most relatable things i've ever heard
Wally asking the person who was wondering if he was evil "you don't like me?" Set off a lot of red flags immediately, because if someone accused you of being evil the normal response is to deny it or embrace it, not to ask if the accuser likes you.
This implies that Wally is indeed a victim, as one tactic used by people who are emotionally abusive is to blame every problem on the victim, and to demean them at every turn (one common example being in children, to call them an Evil Child).
Wally tries so hard to be the perfect neighbour. Always smiling, always friendly, but you can see that he never actually smiles with his eyes. There's always a sense of misery behind them, like he's afraid if what might happen if he lets people get close to him.
It would also explain his love for art and painting. It's a method of escapism, being able to just ignore the problems of the real world and retreat into his own little fantasy
2:04 alternate theory, this was an actual person, a gamer jacker maybe, trying to manipulate the arg, and clown shut them down via Wally
I also think that's the case. It just doesn't feel like that comment actually fits in the story of the universe. It's a bit too cliche, and a little out of place.
Yeah
@@sudonim7552 yeah me too
That seems pretty likely
That's what I'm thinking too.
Personally until more info comes out I do believe that Wally is a victim, I believe that him being a puppet is maybe playing into the possibility that in some was he’s under Homes control. I believe that while Wally is the main source and the face of all of this evil, I think Home is the root of it.
Personally, I think it’s a bit of both. While I don’t think Wally’s the big bad in all this, I don’t think he’s completely innocent, either.
Mh interesting
I love all of Wally’s little messages on the guestbook, most of them are so cute. My favorite being “YIPPEEE YIPPEEE YAHOO!!”
I think Wally could be both a victim and villain. He wants to have a full happy neighborhood and more friends but; Welcome Home is a small place many people don't even know where to look. So Wally could be suffering from loneliness and possible paranoia. This he turns to kidnapping; bringing the viewers and guests he knows are out there to Welcome Home so he can feel less alone and have his paranoia about knowing of the outside world at ease.
Oooh I kinda like that one
Plus look up the lyrics to beautiful dreamer and think of what he is asking
One thing I’ve haven’t seen people discuss is if Wally knows what he’s doing, if it’s bad or good, he is a PUPPET who knows if he’s in control
you:Found yourself simping a puppet
Me: same here
I've simped for worse.
I don’t really know if this means anything but one of the guests said “I am in pain but this is cool to see” and Wally drew a bandaid and said “you’ll be okay!” which just reminded me of the picture of him holding a seemingly unconscious Eddie on his back where all he says in that picture is “you’ll be okay!”
That image with Eddie is one of Clown's no longer canon works, if I recall correctly
@@masterhallmark3785 yeah I heard that too but still thought I’d mention it
One thing no one has pointed out yet is the way Wally speaks. And I’m not talking about his laughter.
the way he speaks is slow, like he’s thinking of words to say OR how to say them. In the restored images Wally speaks normally, I know there’s no audio but even if you play it in your head there’s a rhythm. (Frowning is easy you see? Maybe for you but not for me) so i see a few reasons as to why
> memory loss : forgetting how to speak and has relearned it.
> tired : I think Wally doesn’t get much sleep, he has what I’d call sleepy eyes and the way he speaks adds to the tiredness.
> isolation : being isolated for a long time can mess with your ability to speak (if I remember right).
> gaining awareness + independence : we know Wally is a puppet. If he gained awareness then he just might as well had just gotten independence from his old puppeteer, he speaks slowly because he’s still getting used to doing things (in this case talking) on his own, and without a hand helping him he’s fairly slow.
These are just my thoughts as to why he talks the way he does and if we go outside of the website everyone else talk’s normally but that’s not cannon so that’s why I added the comics and the rhythm.
I always interpreted the fibbing comment as Clown shutting down a game jacker (someone who tries to force an ARG narrative to their own liking, so "hijacking the game") in a natural and fun way via Wally's doodles. So I dunno if it could be used to argue Wally's morality either way, really.
But then again clown didn’t have to respond at all to it could have just ignored the game jacker and not posted the comment since all comments are review before being approved to join the gust book
@@CirqueDuSomni true, but there's always the idea that Clown might have wanted to have some fun, People who are really into ARGs really like dunking on gamejackers in harmless ways for their rude behavior. In the human pet (another, really old arg) the gamemaster actually parodied a gamejacker to mess with actual gamejackers and poke fun at them. I think the game master of that tape arg from a year or so back did something similar, or at the very least called gamejackers out in character like wally seemingly has done here.
@Just A Lil Star wtf? That makes no sense, if the comment is really from someone trying to "hijack" the ARG like u think, then it would not have been posted cus it just makes it confusing. The comment is part of the actual ARG, it makes more sense than someone "hijacking" like u think.
@@billblaski9523 you have to remember Clown didn't expect so many people to see this, so at the time they didn't see it as confusing for a potential audience. And there's also no real logic to having fun. Not every game master works in super serious mysterious ways. Some of them like to be a bit silly!
@Just A Lil Star nah, the comment is supposed to be part of the ARG, it's not a game jacket. I don't see how that is so hard to comprehend
something i wanna point out with the guestbook drawing is that one is titled "idonotknowwhatclownis_iaskedfrank_hesaidbarnaby_hereisbarnaby" implying he was able to reach and ask frank a question and get an answer to draw in the book, but later when asked to give gifts to the neighbors he responds "icantreachthem" i'm not sure why it changed but it seems like something happened to wally/the neighbors while the guestbook was up (edit: actually the "icantreachthem" was referring to the gifts the comment was trying to send! wally can still reach and talk to the neighbors but can't receive items from people in the guestbook!)
If you look at the characters descriptions Wally's the only character whose described with present tense
@@Cloverbed yes that too!! as well as the text at the bottom saying "goodbye" instead of "go back"
@Takona that's not true, why are people saying this? All the characters have present tense in their bios, too
@@billblaski9523 What are you talking about. Wally sentence says "Wally is" Everybody else's uses was
@@billblaski9523 i don't think it's used for everyone but here are some i found! "Julie was a rainbow monster" (does that mean she is no longer a rainbow monster?) "Eddie was a mail carrier who moved into Home" (he is no longer a mail carrier?) "Barnaby B. Beagle was the resident jokester" (not a jokester anymore or not in town?) again i don't think past tense is used in every sentence mostly the starting ones edit is a typo fix lol
The recording of him singing is what caused me to believe he’s quite literally stuck in some purgatory or realm within Home, reminds me of the back rooms in a way but with puppets- but the way he’s singing, talking, and sounds extremely hesitant with what he sang, almost as if he knew he doesn’t know the entire song and that not knowing it may upset Home. He genuinely sounds trapped. Also pay attention to how echoy the recording is, like where he’s stuck at is completely empty and the drawing of him “worshipping” Home makes me thing that is literally what it looks like inside, dark and empty. Nothing around him. And in order to get out he has to be “good” and do as Home wants
great video! it's so fun theorizing about wally because there's so little concrete canon material to reference! personally, i think it's a mix of both. i love an evil tumblr sexyman as much as the next person but i just don't feel like that's where clown is going to take the character. at least not anymore, cause older art of him definitely has that vibe lol. he strikes me more as a victim of circumstance, probably forced or possessed to do harmful things by home or whatever malevolent force is in this story. the symbolism of being a puppet is not lost on me! but i'm suuuper excited to see where this arg goes!!
okay so i literally just saw a tiktok where somebody managed to dissect the audio of the tv static video and figured out what wally (and possibly another voice) is saying!
wally/maybe someone else, hard to tell: on the stage, right there
(pause)
wally: i know you're out there, did you think you could hide from me?
(pause)
wally: our first (distorted- possibly victim or visitor) (laughter) wake up
😭😭😭 he may still be an evil sexyman yet!
@@WerewolfCat890 I hope not because that’s kind of a cliche at this point.
I swear there is so much to be explained in this fandom yet I am super excited and amazed about Welcome Home and I cant wait for more!
I'm sure everyone saw the picture of Wally using a cake for a pillow, hasn't anyone thought that the reason he sleeps on a cake is so he can have "sweet dreams"?
I always feel like Wally's a victim, or at least, an unwilling villain. If it's not Home, then who is it?
I believe he's an anti hero who is more dangerous to humans than he is to the puppets, he could be using his abilities to protect his friends for all we know.
Yeah me too
Home is utterly terrifying ITS HOME, EVEN IF HOME ISNT EVIL IM SCARED OF IT
Another good piece of evidence is the Screenplay they uncovered. In the script Wally repeatedly reminds the veiwer that e's happy, and says that e paints when e's happy AND to make eself happy-- implying in an under-the-radar way that e also paints when distressed as a coping mechanism. Even when e points out that e has a problem, e apparently is so afraid of being percieved as unhappy that e reminds the veiwer again "Even though I'm happy,..." before pointing out the problem.
This really came off as someone who's afraid to express unpleasant emotions, which is actually really common for people growing up under toxic positivity where they're punished or fear abandonment for expressing negative emotion or suggesting they're ungrateful. Or just from lacking representation/modeling for how to communicate such feelings.
I know I often had a hard time interpreting other people's positive expressions bc I myself used to hide behind smiles. So there was always some uncertainty or doubt behind what someone really thought when they expressed positivity.
One thing I'm wondering is about the "beating" gif on the website's front page. It's a low res image with a pink and green wash, and in one of the "restored images" in the slideshow, wally and Barnaby are holding cups with pink and green fluid. And Wally doesn't seem to like what e'd looking at-- despite having no eyebrows.
I can't believe I didn't think of that!
This is all very intriguing! I kinda have my own theory as to what's going on regarding the idea of Wally being a victim. There are subtle hints that Wally desperately wants to leave the constraints of his world and be a "real boy" so to speak, specifically in the one artwork with him not being able to frown like Frank. My conjecture is that he wished to see the outside world, which got the attention of Home. One way or another, Home promised to help Wally as long as he did everything it said, which he agreed to. In reality though, Home is actually a demonic entity that wants to use the puppet show in order to gather more followers, hence why the show was so popular. However, something went wrong. Maybe Wally figured out Home's true intentions/what Home actually is using his 4th wall breaking powers and tried to resist its control. He most likely did this to protect his friends as well, who may have been treated as more disposable, while he was created as a figure head/ missionary for the demonic cult, due to his abilities. Home caught wind of this, and in retaliation, killed off Wally's friends, both to erase further opposition, and to take away any reason for Wally to want to fight its control. As a final goodbye, Barnaby, his best friend, managed to teach Wally part of the "Beautiful Dreamer" song, either as a form of comfort for whenever Wally felt alone, or as a way to keep some memory of his friends when Home started to erase them from his mind. Now scared and alone, Wally sings the song to himself every now and then (maybe) as a form of comfort, while being trapped under Home's control.
Now obviously there are holes in this theory, but this is just a guess. I also find the idea of Home representing an abuser separating Wally from his friends to keep its control on him to be fitting. Time will tell if the idea of Wally being a victim in this situation is true however.
The intro is real and hella relatable- like… HES A FREAKIN PUPPET WHY DO I FEEL THIS WAY TF
Part of the reason I am on team victim is because Wally being the villain feels repetitive, like literally every other arg in this style has a similar plot, although they could make him the villain and make it original, I just feel as though him being the victim would make for a more interesting story
Hearing Wally singing beautiful dreamer I'm like he's clearly sad and lonely
I think the page with Wally looking afraid might have something to do with the kidnapped guest. He said he couldn't see them and said please don't lie to me. This might be a continuation of that. Perhaps, Home has kidnapped Unnamed Guest, but Home is hiding them from Wally to mess with him or maybe a guest who accidentally got in can not be seen or something and Wally legitimately can not see them.
Also with it being so dark inside what is presumably Home, I headcanon that this darkness happens if Wally stops smiling. OR Wally is outside of Home at night and the Unnamed Guest is also lost in the neighborhood and Wally cannot see them because it's night time.
Maybe Wally is terrified for the guest. If the guest stays trapped, they might get turned into a puppet and Home will force Wally to do the dirty work.
Someone should lighten up a screenshot of the scared Wally page.
I think “stay quiet” is supposed to mean that he wants to keep the viewer safe. His best friend. The only one still alive. A la Monika, he probably feels like sacrificing his friends is fine because they’re just puppets. Plus, this is a TV show! The status quo comes back every episode! …right? My main theory is that he thought they’d come back, and keeping Home happy. Maybe having “nomemory” implies he was possessed or manipulated to feed Home. Maybe he was only just given consciousness.
I feel the hidden page with wally's eyes and text is a pretty strong indicator of some form of villainy as if he was hiding and wanted us safe why be so harsh? Wally doesn't strike me as the type to just normally say stay quiet (stand alone) when he needs silence/is trying to stay hidden. It sounds like we aren't "supposed" to know wally is lurking on the website and if he was trying to hide from someone why would he turn away his friend (in a viewer/consumer of the show sense)?
I disagree. In a dangerous situation, the last thing on most people's minds is, "Now be nice and gentle, don't be too harsh." We'll see what happens, though.
Try covering up Wally's mouth. At this point, it's practically canon that Wally is physically unable to stop smiling.
If you just see the eyes, and read the text without assuming undertones, it's most reasonable to assume innocence in this scenario.
“I can’t see you, if you can see me then stay quiet”.
That’s not something a creature out to get you would say. Wally can’t see you, and he’s telling you not to make noise, so he’s effectively telling you to stay hidden, meaning he’s afraid of what will happen if you don’t.
@@jareddixon9108 He is aware of your presence though as before that he says "you're there." That combined with the full image of wally's eye twitching thing having his hand on his face indicates no real attempt to hide from something in my perspective. Why put your self in a position that would introduce unnecessary variables when even speaking is a risk?
@@aliangel5007I think you're stretching, tbh.
Another piece of evidence for either side of the argument I find interesting is that on page five of the guestbook Wally has completely scribbled over a message from someone called Alex. You can just about see that Alex has said that the website has secrets and they know it. Wally also didn’t leave any kind of response to Alex. Why was Wally trying to keep us from seeing that message? To keep his secrets safe? To keep us safe?
I (partially) believe that Wally is a villain and a victim at the same time. So he did what House wanted, and although Wally didn’t want to do it, he just did the acts and lost it a bit. Basically I’m saying Wally (could’ve) lost it and did what House wanted while knowing it would do harm to himself and others.
If Wally really is the victim, could Home be an allegory for an abusive family? Think about it: while not stated, Wally's overall personality and vibe makes you think of him as childish, and easily manipulative, and home is presenteted as welcoming, warm but with a dark side that can be overlooked. This could be atributed to the time, when harsher rules and punishments were the norms. Another thing is that the bio'z of the neighborn are all in past tense, exept Wally who is in present tense. Could this be because, at the end of the show in 1974, Home locked Wally's friends away ftom him, because he became self aware of their (Home) abusive tendencies and the fact he is a pupoep trapoed in a show. Could it be that whatever demonic force Home is made of also makes up Wally, while his neighbors are made from something else. This demonic force may be what is hurting the people restoring the show, who came in contact with the mercandize. The 11th of October could also mean something: Clown said Edfie and Frank are actually a gay couple, but this couldn't be show for obvious reasons, so maybe the last straw for Home was when they found out that their "child"'s friends were gay, it was the last straw, similar to parents at the time. Wally could just be a lonely lost child, who is seeking a way to break free from Home's toxicity.
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@@masterhallmark3785 I'm Part of it hahaha
HE'S A LITTLE SILLY!!! NOT EVIL!!
i’m glad i wasn’t the only one wondering if he was the villain or victim
Maybe Home is using Wally in some way or can see through Wally. I don't think he's fully innocent, it seems he may know more then he's letting on in hints and is hiding because of home or something.
0:00 - 0:10 woah dude chill out, no need to call me out like that
ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
I just want to mention as someone who is at least somewhat musically inclined that, it sounds like Wally hits a few notes flat that don’t seem to be a stylistic choice, the main times where you see things like that are when the singer is tired and/or sad or if they don’t care, you see it in times where it’s hard for the person to put the effort in, do what you will with this but it’s something to consider
I don't know much for evidence since both sides take the same evidence and just interpret them differently, but I just like a silly evil puppet so I'm on the villain side.
There is a theory that *wally is not the only entity that responds back* to comments in the guest book
Reasons as follows:
1. If you go to the last page and highlight everything there will be two messages
•Wally: your trying to find me. Silly . Silly and
• *WaLLy* :You wont write back
2. Moreover home *is considered as a neighbour* as his signature is present where all the puppets have signed and guess what *Homes signature (font style) is same/largely similar to Wallys*
3. Some of the hidden messages when you click on the drawings are
•Comment: wally is my favourite
•The other entity ( *WaLLy* ) may have replied with: I’m your favourite too since he is also named *Wally*
(This is very confusing but to conclude *Wally is may or may not be the villian*, and even if he isnt who is?? People are considering house as it is the only other living member in the neighbourhood and hence giving a foundation that Wally is innocent)
Every time I hear the audio of Wally singing I wonder if the background noise is Home breathing. Does he have to listen to that all the time? :(
I think Wally is the victim. One picture says he has a hard time not smiling, maybe he cannot change his facade... So he has to smile, in eternal struggle, only his eyes to show his real emotions. About Hosue being the oppresor, I dunno. In his song it says duet, I think house joined in on the song, so rather than making Wally scared of it, maybe he is scared of something yet to be revealed. Whatever it is, I hope it's not gonna be like: Oh no, Wally WAS the Villain, like this trope hasn't been done so many times before
"found yourself, simping for a puppet"
bro just casually exposed the whole community
ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
@@masterhallmark3785 @:D)
People my think my opinion is gonna be a stretch but I'm the place where the house and the paths, it looks like there's a head, body, and arms, making me think the house itself is some sort of entity, and going with everything you have said it seemed like wally was more afraid and sounded scared as well as not having any memories made me suspicious, I feel like the house is like playing with them in some way and since its like they can "communicate" with it definitely makes me thinks it could be either home forcing them to do things or just trying to play it as sally being the villain
There are some implications that wally is evil, as in the, as above image, but I think house is the source of the corruption and wally just got caught up in everything without realizing how bad it was gonna get.
Every one of these i see talking about welcome home miss one secret, on page 8 of the guest book if you highlight the text (mind you, you have to be careful where you click or youll just drag the frames.) down a bit far someone says in a guest book frame "you were looking for me? silly silly" its in the void of unfilled spots.
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@@masterhallmark3785 no problem
I seriously feel he's the victim, while he has some things in his lore that could be construded as villianous the ammount that add's up to victim is much greater. Heres what I think is happening, either A. wally gained setenace and was locked away, home being the case he is sealed inside to keep him from being free. Or B. Home is an otherwordly entity and Wally is actually the puppeter for the original wally, being transformed into the puppet he once controlled and left stuck in the world of home. The picture from SO below feels almost as he's begging reaching out for someone to help him, this can hold credance to either theory. If he is locked inside a chest or "home" it could be him reaching towards the keyhole, his only source of light trying to be free. and if he's turned into a puppet this could be the person he used to be within reaching to try and remember who he once was, to break free from homes control. The eyes of home could very well be someone looking into the world of home, seeing him from the inside. He is a puppet under homes control no matter what, and only us the viewer could save him, but he doesnt want us to. Because if we try to save him, we could be hurt ourselves. He genuinely loves the viewer and wants to protect them at all costs, at least thats what I believe.
I feel like Wally might be a villain but wasn't originally and was somehow corrupted
Is it known who is writing the website? Because one thing that another UA-cam creator RemGames pointed out that bugs me is. If you read each of the characters bio pages THEY ALL use past tense verbs to describe them. Sally WAS, Barnaby USED TO BE things like that FOR ALL the cast....Well all but ONE Yup you guessed it! If you read Wally's character bio page it says WALLY IS, and uses present tense verbs for his page. Does this mean Wally is wring these bios or has even more influence over the site than we think? Or is someone under Wally's influence or some other influence that is seemly negative is writing these bios? Its hard to say.
However judging from the feel and tone of this series this show has something evil or at the least BAD about it. Something HAD to have happened that made a seemingly popular and successful show get almost 100% WIPED from reality. We also know that the main person behind this restoration project seemingly is possessed in the literal bad possibly demonic way to get the show back out into the public conciseness no matter the cost by something that is also likely bad.
The only two culprits we have at the moment are the characters Home and Wally. Any ones guess who is the bad guy one the other or both. My money at this point in time is on Home. Why? Because of not only of "Looks like you wandered too far from home" Screen if you start putting random letters at the end of the Welcome Home site URL. But because of the "As above" Screen which IS SUPER SUSPICIOUS as ALL HELL! Does this mean Wally is Innocent or a victim? I Don't Know, but I think the are far worse forces than Wally at play here.
My theory is that I think that Welcome Home was possibly sealed way by powerful forces/means, or at they very least disappeared and was INTENTIONALLY destroyed on PURPOSE for a GOOD reason. Which is why almost nothing is left from the show and why what is left from it is is in such bad shape that needs restoration. I think it is because of something along the lines of "The puppetry was so good Wally/Home became alive via some bad occult means and had to be sealed away because of that" or " The show became popular because the creators of it used bad occult means to make the puppets or more specifically Wall or Home to be more 'life like' for ratings/fame but this came at a negative cost as all occult things tend to leading the show needing to be sealed away/intentionally and deliberately being destroyed". Ether way it is VERY clear to me that Welcome Home somehow created or became influenced by some "great unknown evil" leading to its destruction or sealing away.
in reddit there are some very cool theories! mine is also that Home is the villain, and Wally has maybe done, though without bad intentions, some bad stuff. he doesn't seem aware of what he's done or what has happened - not entirely, at least.
my interpretation of Home, using the poem right above the button that takes you to the Welcome Home website in Clown's site and the fact that he's staring right at Wally in the homepage art And is looking around the whole neighborhood, is that it's obsessed with Wally. a home isn't a home without someone that lives there and loves it, right? maybe it started as something sweet, but it ended up being completly obssesive to the point of controlling the whole neighborhood (I have quite a lot of theories regarding Frank and a lot of suspicion regarging Eddie...). that, or Home was completly evil from the start, who knows, we'll have to wait and see!
in any case, my theory for their motivations just comes down to loneliness. Wally might only have Home as company after the show's cancelation (though I don't really think this is true since he refers to his friends in present tense in the filenames), and Home can barely communicate beeing just able to make noises and stuff (my interpretation of Wally's "I think" in the singing audio is that even he doesn't understand Home fully).
there's still a ton of stuff yet to come, so this might all be wrong, but still! it's Very fun, this is actually the first project I'm in time to make theories of. @:D!
also just because I'm still very proud I found this on my own, regarding what I said about Frank - if you see his profile art's filename, his name is the only one in all caps of the whole neighborhood. you know what other filename is in all caps? the drawing of Wally and Home in the homepage, which is named "HELLO". you know what That spells out?? hello Frank! and if we accept that Wally has acces to the website, he might be trying to communicate with Frank!!
also also, in the page's decorations on the sides, it's pretty obvious there's eyes /especially/ around Home, but those aren't the only ones. did you see the butterflies? or one of the envelopes?? or maybe even the balls??? circular eyes! and who draws their eyes as circles? Wally!! and oh, how curious it is that Wally's eyes are on Frank's butterflies, camouflaging with everything else, sure it can't mean anything else!! (I hope it's clear enough how much this descovery excites me, I am for once very proud of what I did!)
Wally on the guestbook says "no, a puppet" (when being called such a doll) but he also stares at us in almost every photo the only time he doesn't or other characters do is on the redraws for the page and recreations of the designs, Wally is fully aware he's just some arts and crafts based on what he says and does, and so he prolly depressed because that sucks. But basically I think he wants to get out. So far Home is probably the mastermind from what i've seen and heard, but also I think he's not just a house (obviously) since he's the only SENTIENT house there, I think Home is some other entity, perhaps a demonic one at best. And that that house it's possessing is just something like it's prison, it's chains preventing it from fully getting what it may want. Which is why it uses Wally, I think because of the 70's slang someone posted about "Wally wally blood and dally " (Which means being so wild for someone you don't see their faults), Home lied to Wally about a way to get out, by killing his friends for some sort of ritual because it's horror, rituals are a big horror thing, but I think it's for a sort of ceremony for Home to escape its chains, Wally is so obsessive and appreciative of Home that he doesn't see this, he's blinded by lies and his own hopes. I did point out more on a discord server but there's so much I'm not retyping but maybe I can retype in the replies later.
It’s giving very “I did something very bad to save my show, but now I’ve lost control and can’t stop it”
soo i think wally has some problems with the names Sally in the guestbook with sally he's curious wondering if their the same person... do you think the character sally went missing? just a theory but what if it is
You know, we've never actually seen the inside of House, well we have but it's always a deep dark void.
I have a feeling this will be like walten files
Nice job on the video! You did great
Thank you
first: yes ill admit it, i have fallen for a puppet, second: i think wally is the victim but potrayed as the villain to hide homes actions, like think about it he is a puppet right? he has to be puppeteerd by someone, maybe from his point of view he is not a puppet but has the nature of one, so home is kinda manipulating him in to doing stuff he normaly wouldn't, on clown's tumblr was written that welcome home is a psycological horror site, and wally could be experiencing that type of presure and manipulation from home. it's one of my theories. im not saying it's true, but it could be. and a HUGE thanks to clown for making the site and game theory for bringing my interest to it. P.S. maybe wally is the villain, but i think home is the biger villain here. (sorry if i misspeld words, my first language is not english)
i dont know how relevant this could even be to the topic but the moment i saw the title i thought so immediately to a song lyric and i just apologize in advance for the reference but sjfjej
'am i villain or victim, why cant i be neither or both?'
i like to believe that wally is just a scared little guy who maybe has a staring problem lol but even if he is somehow the villain, well i still love him anyway
I like how you point out that both sides of this argument have a tendency to judge a book by its cover. Rather than condemning only one side, you first say that being creepy doesn't mean he's evil, then that being cute doesn't mean he's good. I appreciate that.
i was looking at the web the other day, and i found a comment wally replied to, i dont remember the comment but wallys reply was "i like home, home is my friend" so in response to the theories of home being the abuser, i think not, but maybe home forced him to make that reply? idk man, also wally is most definitely a victim
It is possible that the two are both victims, as well. It's still pretty early in the story, so we may get introduced to a new character.
@@masterhallmark3785 yeah
Has anyone ever been inside of home that isn't Wally? Home's insides might look nice and crap, but if the audio of Wally singing is inside of home, then what is that static noise in the background? Or is that just the recorder quality?
Out of curiosity when you go back to the home page after receiving the error message. Was anyone elses screen freaking out? The image of Wally sitting in front of Home. The bushes, flowers, basically the entire background minus Home was shaking. Was just wondering.
Yo, I'll have to check that out, later
@@masterhallmark3785 I should probably mention that I was using a android but it was the only time that happened while flipping through the website.
If I’m being honest I’m still leaning toward him being the villain but I’m not fully sure either. The message can be taken both ways and if you look closely at the eyes shaking gif you can see him smiling. And not in the normal nice way, not even in a scared way either. Facial expressions do a lot in telling you the true meaning behind something. But with the more evidence on page 8, (the hidden words) he says “You’re looking for me. Silly silly” and something else. So it’s contradicting at the moment. Even with the so below pic. We aren’t sure if he is begging, worshipping, or even trapped.
On the home page, there is an image indicating Wally CAN'T frown.
Frank: Frowning is easy, see?
Wally: Maybe for you, but not for me
Puppets can't show a lot of facial expressions. We can only determine what Wally's feeling through his eyes.
I like the theory that Wally is in fact the villian, but he's making the signs point to Home instead of him so that we'll get off of his back. After all, Home would make a good villian. He is a sentient house after all!
I hate it when people use concept art as evidence he's evil that's concept art he could've changed through out concept
Clown also SPECIFICALLY said not to use the concept art for theorizing.
Whether Wally is or is not the villain is to be seen, but there is defiantly something wrong. It would be interesting to see where the creators take the story they are trying to make.
This is so cool
both, he's probably both
It's really hard to tell right now. On one hand, I can absolutely see Wally being the antagonist but on the other hand I can see him being the protagonist/deuteragonist.
I'd be really interested in a antagonist to protagonist route for him. It would be an interesting change to the typical arg formula, ya'know?
Is anyone going to talk about the eyes in the wallpaper?
I might at some point. IDK. Doesn't seem like a "full video" topic, but it could come up at some point.
If not, oh well.
i honestly think that home is controlling wally-i think he is literally and figuratively a puppet... it makes sense in my brain and especially if you consider the drawing of him "worshipping" home.. it could be like a cult
i think that the world that wally is living in is actually real , and that he is capable to comunicate with us through the website , and people is being traped in that place , that would explain the message asking for help inthe guest book , maybe people are being traped inside the void that is under the hause or throught the tv , and wally wants us to help him ,maybe he is the one who is sending all the cards to the restauration project
These are all valid opinions. The way i see it my guess is that Home might be the villain in this story. The whole project seems to center around the concept of a home, how ‘home is where the heart is’ and such.. But what happens when a home isn’t safe anymore? Heck, this project is even called Welcome HOME. Further nods to this is the ‘So below’ picture where we see Wally reaching out to a bleeding Home. If Home is removed on the website we see the dark stuff as well as the spiral Wally is obsessed with.. It all comes from HOME.
"Everyone's a feminist until there is a spider around"
My interpretation of Wally hits both sides of this debate: Wally was once a child who got transported into Welcome Home and has been trapped since by the House. After years of mental deterioration, he's now looking for more people to be trapped with him.
The first bit of the video is myself.
Sally, my beloved💛
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maybe we have two different idolize sides of wally, because one seems a control manipulative freak who is behind a cult or something, and other seems pretty much scared and lonely. My guess is they tried to obtain fame or something like that behind the show and after it’s stared, probably offering someone or something to be a vessel. Wally was the protagonist, so they chooses him, and he just receive a kind of life, but he is almost like a child in the sense of discovering the world around, but when he was in that way, probably they gave up on him and take out the other puppets with them, leaving he alone, probably just with home, and now he is a scary guy with a obsessed living house who didn’t want to see the last of them go
I found on another UA-cam channel that if you read the Bios of all the characters they are all in past tense except Wally's, suggesting all the others are gone now. 😢
The only problem with that theory is Wally saus he's been talking to the characters in the guest book, such as asking Frank what a clown is. It's a bit confusing, but I'm sure the past vs present tense stuff is going to be very important
........clown said Wally Darling isn't the antagonist..... (•v•')
WHERE SHOW ME NOW
........I may have wasted several hours making this video, then, lol. Do you have a link?
@Master Hallmark nah, a friend showed me, someone was talking bout it in a vid either on tiktok or yt shorts can't remember. I'll see if they still have it, but from what I know people were asking and they put out a post on one of their socials
@@gildedheart OK, thank you!
why did i get IMMEDIATELY called out😭
" and have found yourself... Simping for a puppet. " OML SO TRUE literally me-
ONE OF US!. ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
@@masterhallmark3785 YES ONE OF US.
I love your videos!
Thank you