#I think Wally is home’s puppet tbh

[neon-danger]

he’s got his snuggie

[ineedmycoffeerightnow]

So okay there's some arguments i hear from people why Home x Wally is not valid ship, so i decided to explain these and try to counterargument them! If you have an argument of your own feel free to write it in the comments :3

1)"This is incest! They like father and son to each other"

Canon of the show is that Wally didn't know Home before the he moved into him and also he like. A Building. If we're going to build on the show's lore Its would be just popular headcanon. Just because you see them as parent and child doesn't meen everyone does く⁠コ⁠:⁠彡

Some people are like to thing that Home is a creator of the show/his soul in there. I get it too, this theory KINDA makes sense, but still... We didn't see Wally acting like Home is his creator/getting revenge on Home for make their life hell (you can count worshiping as a sight but evidence is too weak), they are pretty chill with each other! Plus, it doesn't explain why Home is doesn't like humans, and from new update we learn that Welcome home is another world, so this theory is 99,99% is false i think

2) "Home is a building!"

Eah. LIVING building. With emotions and fears. Home is fully aware and sentient, it just so happened to have a different body then the rest of the puppets

3)"Home is abusive/evil!"

I understand why some people see them having Dynamic like this, but honestly I never saw it as inherently abusive? Maybe Wally is actually obsessed with Home, or maybe it’s the opposite, or they’re both crazy about each other, but it could also just that they act the way they do because of their self awareness. I do also think they’re overprotective of each other as well.

I just can’t see them *not* having any kind of close relationship, I mean Wally literally takes care of her, serenades him, and even blows them kisses and Home does similar gestures back at him! The feeling is mutual here.

3)"Wally is worshiping Home! Its unhealthy"

The only evidence of Home being worshiped by Wally is "so bellow" page.

I know technically it could’ve been used as evidence as Wally worshiping Home as a god but I think there are many other ways to interpret that drawing on the site… Like, I don’t think Wally is viewing her as some powerful entity, I think Wally is just obsessed with he. Not in a worshipping way but more like in a “you mean everything to me and I wouldn’t let anyone come between us” way. Also because of how Home’s eye’s are, the drawing could’ve easily been outside just as it could’ve been inside (we can’t really tell since it’s all black). And even if it was inside, I don’t think that means Wally can’t leave Home, honestly I don’t even think he’d want to anyway. They’re both mutually bonded to each other

3)"Wally/Barnaby is canon, so you can't ship Wally with Home"

First. Wally/Barnaby isn't confirmed canon. Yes, there have been many, and I mean MANY, hints at this ship. I personally think that in fact in near future it is going to be canon. Second. Im still allowed to do whatever i want with them. They are my comfort ship, they make me happy and it doesn't hurt anyone.

So, what's conclusion?

People like to think that their personal disliking of the ship is a valid point to bully shippers. They would make TONS AND TONS of excuses just to make others dislike it too. "They like son and father!", "They are abusive!", "This is proship, its gross!' despite not having evidence at all. Idk why ppl so scared to say "I don't personally like Home/Wally, its not for me" and go with their lifes. It much easier then to digging internet searching for art of them two and then show it to others saying: " LOOK HOW GROSS IT IS!!! SHIPPERS OF THIS SHIP IS TOTALLY UNHINGED!!!! How lucky we are not to be this stupid 😉😉😉"

It hurts. A little.

Life is so much better when you just not interact with things you don’t like, wish more people realised that tbh. Especially in fandom, because people get so mad over ships and headcanons when they could just…. Not interact? The more you seek out the content, the more it’ll appear in your feed because it’s how a for you page works. The algorithm shows you things it thinks you will like based off previous posts you’ve viewed……

Like I’m just shipping these silly little puppets together and making headcanons I’m not hurting anyone 😭

Thanks to @serillian for helping me with this one -⁠ᄒ⁠ᴥ⁠ᄒ⁠-

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

So in your most recent ramble on Theories technically isn't Frank being atheist slightly concious of what's going on cannon since artwork of him being aware of other puppet parts was in the recent update? What if some neighbors really know nothing but others actually do know of a little bit of what's happening but Wally doesn't realize they do so he tries to keep face?

Though I'll admit with your idea of that not being the "Real" Barnaby in the Interview may explain why Wally went really quiet during the interview even when being directly asked things once Barnaby showed up

Kind like he was so focused on the "That's not Barnaby. Why do they Look like him? Who are They??" That the Interviewers questions got completely ignored as "Barnaby" answered the question instead until Wally snapped out of it.

Just thoughts on your thoughts of many thoughts- Thoughts!

sorry i Did Not See This!

for a moment i was very confused as to what you meant by "athiest" but i see - you meant "at least!" yes, i've been tentatively believing in Frank being a bit aware because of your stated reason, and also purely based on vibes and how he's been shown to be more, ah, cynical than the others. or... knowledge seeking? nosy but in a technical way. mild example is when he mused on how he's never seen a blue dog before in his bug audio w/ Barnaby.

and i do believe in the idea that everyone - or almost everyone knows somethings up, but they're not sure what / it's an easy feeling to ignore. like how i've talked about Howdy potentially knowing that he's selling props / inedible objects as food, but everyone can eat it anyway. so he's just like "fuck it yeah sure, i'll sell soap as mashed potatoes", yk? then of course in the Halloween update - which i know this ask was sent before it, apologies again - Sally knows there's somethin' the fuck up in the neighborhood at night. i wouldn't be surprised if everyone has a little Something they've noticed that bothers them deep down...

and Wally... honestly i'm starting to suspect that - again! If there's a time discrepancy between "official" audios and the secret ones or at least all audios vs his interactions with the whrp/qa/You - Wally in the official audios isn't quiiiite up to speed? like, he probably knows what he is and the like, but he's still figuring out everyone's places and the nature of his existence. like how in the Halloween "secret" audio 00, where he eats part of Barnaby's candy apple - it seemed like it took a great effort, like Wally was just trying it out. like a "i think i can do this... i'm trying..." it strikes me as a "new" thing for him there. he's not accustomed to it? idk... but whatever the case Wally certainly knows that he has to keep Secrets! can't tell the others about literally anything!

as for the interview - tbh i don't think Wally was quiet because he noticed that Barnaby was (potentially) just a person in a suit. several reasons! i have a feeling that Wally being Aware means that he understands, at least on some level, what a puppet is and the nature of it, so it wouldn't really disturb him? or maybe it would... apple pie and all... SO! another piece of reasoning! it's possible that Wally had no idea that that Barnaby "wasn't" Barnaby. After all, how could he tell?

personally, i think Wally was just quiet because, well, he's not much of a talker - at least not around Company it seems! in all of the audios where he's with other neighbors, he fades into the background and defers to them, only chiming in occasionally. and the Interview appears to be set in the early days of Welcome Home the tv show, so Wally would still be uh. for lack of a better word, fresh outta the box. if Barnaby starts talking, naturally Wally would sit back and let him lead. Wally takes a beat too long formulating a response and Barnaby barrels on - well what would Wally do? interrupt? that would be rude...

[swoonbots]

Welcome Home Ideas & Prompts Based On Songs

CW: Suggestive but not explicit talk

A/N: Again, more ideas I may not get to, so I'm writing them down to document them. Would be willing to write if requested. You can use them but tag me so I can read it :eyes:

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Christmas Kids by Roar

Story about a trans!male!reader and a well loved Wally plush that takes them to his world. (willingly)

Inspired by these specific lyrics and nothing else lmaoo: "Change your name, change your mind, and leave this fucked up place behind. But I'll Know, I'll Know."

Sex With A Ghost by Teddy Hyde

Real World Reader that "hallucinates" and has relations with their fake childhood best friend, Wally. They both yearn to be with each other, but can't figure out how to get to each other.

Honey, I'm Home by GHOST

Wally has the worst time of his life lmaooo. But seriously, while I don't have a solid idea -> this song has sooo much potential for a wally fic. I just know it.

The Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer

A head over heels puppet (could be anyone tbh) who falls for villain!reader.

A worshipping puppet who is so in love with reader they're willing to let them hurt them

The Whole World and You by Tally Hall

Wally Darling gets jealous of the new human neighbor's popularity. ( He gets over it)

OR.

A new puppet joins the show and is so popular that Wally fears getting replaced. So he desperately tries to please this new puppet and make it so they're a duo

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy by Queen

Head over heels puppet pal. (Thinking maybe howdy or Eddie) who's in love in a really goofy cartoon way. Think tripping over feet, hearts in eyes, getting reduced to stutters whenever they see you.

Meanwhile the rest of the cast cheers them on.

Let's Face It, I'm Cute! by 11 Acorn Lane

Wally Darling is cute and gets whatever he wants

Puppy Princess by Hot Freaks

Inspired by the main chorus

A Barnaby X Reader for once. Barnaby loves the reader, but fears he is only the 'funny friend's to them and can't be seen as a love interest

Body Terror Song by AJJ

Any comforting a human reader who feels body dysphoria. Might be led on by them not being a puppet

Mirror Man by Jack Stauber

Inspired by the lyrics, "Crafting the world it's next new savior."

Wally understands that his time in welcome home is coming to an end. So he begins to create new puppet pals to be the next generation.

[brown-sensation]

Appleblossom headcanons because I'm delusional~💕:

(These are for my human AU but most can apply for their puppet versions)

•Julie was a cheerleader in high school and was very popular, unfortunately, most people only thought of her as a bimbo :(((

•Wally on the other hand wasn't that popular but was well-liked by everyone. A lot of people had a crush on him~

•Julie's siblings don't like Wally very much 😭 not because they have something against him or anything, they're just super overprotective of Julie! They tolerate him though

•Wally picked up gardening from Julie! Occasionally his plants die though he's gotten so much better at taking care of them. He's patiently waiting for his apple tree to grow

•Julie speaks Spanish fluently. She wanted to learn Spanish when she started dating him. It was a bit hard for her but with the help of Wally she got the hang of it~

•Wally works as an art teacher at an elementary school. He's really good with kids, all the moms love him ;) (not that he cares, he only has eyes for his beloved Julie)

•Julie has a thing for high-heeled shoes!!! She really enjoys the ‘clacking’ sound they make

•Wally sleep talks, boy was Julie not thrilled to be awoken up by Wally's “I'm sleeping” the first time they shared a bed. She's gotten used to it by now~

•Julie is really flirty! She's loud and confident when she flirts with Wally but she also turns into a hot mess whenever he flirts back! He sure knows how to make a girl swoon

•Wally has an ungodly amount of paintings in his home of Julie he painted way before they started dating, he only ever gave her his best work

•Julie is not good at baking, she either tends to spill the batter or burn them. However it's appreciated whenever they DO turn out good, the house smells delightful

•Julie owns a hair salon and works as a hairdresser. She's the one to cut Wally's hair because he doesn't trust anyone else to do it

•Wally is very good at playing baseball, he's usually the pitcher since he has an incredibly good aim. Julie finds it attractive~

•Wally has painted Julie while drunk (hard apple cider), tbh it turned out awful but it's the intention that counts…🫶🏽💕

•Julie stims whenever Wally kisses her, especially on her hand, she's overcome with joy!

•#1 wife guy. You cannot tell me Wally isn't a Malewife

•When Wally first met Julie he was really disappointed to see how close she was with Frank and assumed they were dating. Turns out that was just a front and that she was single (the horrors of comphet)

•I hc their normal or puppet versions to be married! Their human versions are not (currently just dating)

•They occasionally call each other ‘Walliford’ and ‘Juliet’ as a joke

•Wally keeps small lamps inside his home on at all times because he knows Julie is afraid of the dark

•Julie thinks Wally is totally eye candy (she's right 🙏🏽), he knows this but it means so much more when it comes from her. She flatters him too much!

•Wally likes to kiss Julie from her hand all the way up to her shoulder like Morticia and Gomez, with a loud ‘muah’ ofc

•Julie's hair isn't actually her hair (well not all of it), she wears wigs/extensions and copious amounts of hairspray. Her actual hair is less big

[ancient-lemonade-lich]

aight I guess I'm a Welcome Home blog now, so. MORE THEORIES. WOO. It's also 1 am so if this makes no sense I apologize, I'm very eepy.

This one is also going to tie into the As Above, So Below phrase.

Going back to the excerpt I pulled: "This Principle embodies the truth that there is always a Correspondence between the laws and phenomena of the various planes of Being and Life."

So it's made pretty clear that Wally has some kind of extra sentience and/or self awareness (because I do believe there is a difference) that the other characters don't, aside from Home. Tbh I feel like if he does, he got it from Home but I have no evidence for that... yet.

So what if, because the show is "lost" and forgotten, basically non existent- it doesn't exist in our plane of Being, so for Wally and the others they don't exist on their plane of Life? Meaning that if Wally does have some kind of extra sentience or self awareness, he's currently the only puppet active? The others are either basically dead, or stuck in some kind of perma-sleep. (Also the show ending at the end of the day, not being allowed outside at night which I feel implies night as the studio being closed for the day- so the studio being shut down would put the others in a weird perma-sleep)

What if Wally is the one behind the WHRP? I've seen this bit tossed around a little, given that we can see the actual Wally puppet hands in some photos, he interacts with people in the guestbook, and other various hidden bits of text and imagery across the News and FAQ pages. It seems as though Wally is the one writing, or he is using someone to write for him. So what if he, somehow through self awareness of some kind (my gut says demonic but alas, no evidence. Yet), reached into our plane of existence to try and bring the show back to a state of Being, so he and his friends could reenter a state of Life?

tl;dr I think Wally is trying to bring the show and his friends back from a weird purgatory state through any means necessary

[the1trueanon]

hey guys what if 👀

hehehe human Wally gives me slight Howl vibes and I've been thinking of this for ages, so here it is!! tbh at this point it's practically becoming an au 😅 help me lmao (please click for better quality!)

It's pretty much the same as the original Howl's Moving Castle, just with character switches! However, there are a couple slight twists: - Instead of becoming an old woman, Rosemary becomes a puppet (Sage)! And since Sage's hair is pink, Rosemary's turns pink instead of white!! - The castle is alive, cause it's Home!! Sally acts as Calcifer and has Wally's heart, but Home requires the two of them to be able to power itself. - I haven't quite worked out who's who in this au yet, but I'm thinking either Julie or Frank will be Markel. If Frank is Markel, then Julie might be Sophie's sister or something. Not sure who the Witch of the Wastes is yet either, but if you guys have ideas, let me know!!

I plan on doing full drawings of them all in their outfits and stuff soon! I just had the ideas for these and needed to get them down somehow, and screenshot edits is what happened to work hehe -w-

(also, please note that these are just image edits, so most of them are straight from the original movie, i just edited the characters) (original images:)

[sketchquill]

HIHIHIHI HEHEHE GIGGLES I HOPE YOU'RE DOING ALRIGHT <3333 MWA MWA /P

It's almost 5 am and I'm now thinking about Corpse Puppet and how close we are to seeing it completed. Im currently quietly crying because I really don't want this lovely AU to come to a close, but I also can't help but cry at the fact that we'll see Wally turn into butterflies ;;

I KNOW ITS SILLY BUT AAKSKEKDKD I'VE GROWN REALLY ATTACHED TO CORPSE!WALLY AND I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO SEE HIM GO, NOT YET ;; He deserved so much better, the way my heart is aching.. </333

YOU'RE DOING AMAZING BUT AAAA I CANT STOP CRYING AUZYDHSJS

HI LATTEEE (＾▽＾)／

AAAAAA I KNOW!! THE CORPSE PUPPET AU IS SO CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED! 😭💕

It’s kind of insane to me because tbh I didn’t think i’d get this far with the AU since it pretty much started because all I wanted to do was draw Wally as if he was Emily for fun and I had absolutely no plans for it ((still don’t I’m making shit up as I go along lmao)) and it just spiralled on from there!

He’s gotta turn into butterflies bro it’s a canon event 😔✋ plus I love seeing you guys suffer mwuahahaha >:3c

IM SORRYYYYY (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)

BTW!

I’m thinking about how since I’m close to finishing the AU I could maaaaybe 🤏 try adding peoples Welcome Home OCs as background characters for when the Dead go upstairs for the wedding and also maybe some as the Living as well as a way to thank you guys for all the love and support for the AU.

However I don’t want to get your hopes up but that’s mainly because I’m not 100% sure on whether or not I want to do that since there’ll probably be a lot of people who’d want their OCs included and that’s a bit nerve wracking to me and also because I dunno how many scenes I’ll be able to do to include them (ʘᗩʘ;)

[4ddi3addie2005]

are you ever planning to update where the heart is? it’s fine if not ofc i just wondered what the situation was

I’m so glad you asked! Sorry for the absolute radio silence. I really did drop off.

WTHI was super fun to write and it was definitely my awakening to how much I LOVE writing horror.

I do have to admit that I was in a REALLY dark place during development. It was escapism 100% but there were definitely Things Happening In My Brain that got weaved into the story. (I won’t bore you with the details, but if someone had peeked into my head at the time and told me I was possessed, I would have believed them!)

And you know what? I’m good now!! I’m alive now!! So it’s hard to get back into the mindset of someone living with a critter in their brain. Every draft I make of chapter four just feels less authentic…?

I was going to follow the theme of Reader That Has Lost Their Zest For Life Merges With The Puppet World, but that just doesn’t seem so appealing to me anymore. I want to live.

Aside from that, I went to Uni! I’m just now finishing up freshman year! I didn’t have enough brain energy to really cook something up. Also, if I think too hard about a fic I want to write, I start feeling shameful for applying myself to something without many prospects haha!! The pressure to make something that matters paralyzes me.

On a lighter note I’m just not violently crushing on Wally as bad as I was before the chemicals in my brain settled. This is probably the most prominent reason. He was cool and mysterious before things hit the fan but now he’s just this weird little guy… this little kid fella… this single-celled organism… Like I felt my infatuation dying as soon as I heard his voice in a script. I was like Oh. That’s what he sounds like. (TBH I’ve been more inclined to Barnaby and Howdy and Eddie lately…)

Speaking of other characters, I kind of want to start writing for them too? No reader included, just pure character studies. I want to branch out. I thought of opening GENERAL writing requests involving just the neighbors, but I couldn’t imagine much interest and I wouldn’t want anyone to be left unanswered. I’m not very quick with writing. It might be better for me to come up with my own ideas anyway.

That said, I want you guys to have some closure? I’m very grateful for the support of so many kind people. I feel pretty bad for just Stopping, but I can’t quite follow my original vision.

TLDR: I haven’t completely cancelled the story but a lot of the feelings I started with have died. I also want to write less XReaders. More Welcome Home is on the way, but I can’t promise it’ll be a WTHI update. Indefinitely discontinued? That feels too heavy…

[maximilliansblog]

tbh im rlly tired of AU content. it was fun like last year but 75% of it doesnt even do anything creative with the original concept and just dresses everyone up in new outfits and makes wally some tall dominant guy like ugh

this rlly wouldnt make me so irritated if over half of welcome homes fandom content wasnt au’s

but i really like actor au and puppeteer au, along with a few others i cant think of at this very moment. they actually like, do something with the source material wow!

[butter-biskit]

So, I had an idea.

With Welcome Home becoming extremely popular and tons of aus being made like the opposite au, greyscale, etc. I just wanna pitch an idea I had because i can’t. I can’t really draw. Not good anyways,,

There’s the rainbow factory au, right? Well what if there was a Cupcakes au as well? But instead of our darling Wally, it’s Julie !! I think she’d fit more in pinkies role tbh. They’re both such silly little things. Like, imagine if Julie became self-aware instead of Wally, and the shock of her world being fake and her and their friends being puppets drove her mad. I haven’t thought out all the details for this idea but imagine Julie wearing a dress made of all the felt and stuffing of the cast-

I just thought it’d be interesting considering there’s not many aus featuring the rest of the cast in the spotlight other than Wally. If I get better at drawing maybe I’ll actually draw something for this !! Idk, just a thought 💭

[cupidsintern]

Idk if anyone else is on the Welcome Home grind rn but tbh I don’t think Wally did anything wrong. Like I get the vibe that he’s just having a category five puppet moment and I’m ready to forgive him for whatever yk

[ashethewitch]

K so I’m gonna do some welcome home theories based off the theory that this show was made to recruit people (mostly kids) into a cult which has its own proofs but now I’m gonna try to understand the cult more what are they? What do they stand for?

• in my theory this cult didn’t have a meetplace but everyone who watched the show joined it so like if they knew eachother they knew.. maybe they formed some groups in some places

• there seems to be a lot of themes of belonging and happiness and understanding the world (which is themes a lot of cults in the 70s had and in general) the show treated you as one of the neighbours and I think thats the thing that made the viewers of the show a cult

• the ones who made the cult are obviously the people who made the show but I think in some way the puppets at some point gained awerness too probably because witchcraft and dark magic were also involved plus they probably hypnotised the viewer in some way

• I think home was the one who gained consciousness first and is the one ruling the other puppets Wally seems to be kinda worship home and maybe kinda scared so I think home is the main bad guy here (tho there are hints in the website that it’s Wally so he’s probably not a saint either)

• the other puppets? I think theyr like other cult members tbh

That’s all I could think about for now

[whispertree-coll]

HI HAY

I LVOE your drawing of wally, although sadly, I have no clue who this particular bbg is

Could you pretty pretty please tell me how to figure out who this funny little dude is and his source material?

Thank you sm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hello!!! <3 im honored u enjoy my drawing enough to ask me tbh

wally darling is from an arg called welcome home !! its one of my fixations rn... teehee

i personally wouldnt like to give you too many details on it, because the way i learned about it and started fixating on these silly little puppets is by visiting the website! it has all of the info on the characters and stuff!! and i think half of the fun of the website is learning about the whole cast :]

heres the website :]

(and for total clarification, none of it belongs to me. its just something i really enjoy!!)

[https-lawrenceslittleone]

Dude, I had a very different idea.... Imagine the reader together with Alastor (yes, from Hazbin Hotel) going to the welcome home world... Alastor teasing the reader in front of Wally and Wally trying to get attention... Or anything honestly I just want to see what happens

This made me giggle. It is a very different idea but tbh I love crossovers they make me giggle. Crack fics/ideas are literally the best, dude.

Honestly I’m not sure how I could turn this into a fic or headcanons so I’m just gonna hope you sent this in as a little ramble instead of as a request.

I think it would be really funny to see. It would be such a shell shock for someone from literal hell to go to the Welcome Home world, a children’s show with silly little puppets. It would be like TADC where every cuss word you said was censored irl. Also this would take place before…everything in Welcome Home falls apart.

Alastor would be an absolute menace…gotta keep HIS ass on a leash. Those poor puppets. 😭😭 But I don’t think he’d actually hurt anybody unprompted, surprisingly. He would still terrorize everyone, though. Wally would be unaffected I think. He’s pretty neutral about literally everything. Alastor could go full demon form and Wally would be like…👍 okay. Wally would latch onto you, though, I think. Especially if you’re an age regressor. He (unintentionally) tries to become your caregiver and it makes Alastor jealous.

Alastor and Wally would be beefing over who gets to take care of you except Wally wouldn’t actually be beefing he’d just be trying his best to take care of you and Alastor would be trying to embarrass him and out do him.

Thank you for this anon this was really silly and fun to play around with.