#Welcome home theory

[serene-hatterene]

I noticed something about Frank’s Homewarming outfit…

His sweater is the exact same color as…

THE PEA!

I’ve seen theories suggesting that the pea could represent Eddie and the isolation he experienced leading up to the Homewarming party, as well as Home’s/Playfellow Workshop’s disapproval of his feelings for/relationship with Frank. While I like this theory, I’m wondering if the pea could also somehow represent Frank.

In addition to being a reminder that Home is always watching (hence the pea on the plate resembling an eye), this could be Home sending a subliminal message to Eddie that he had better leave Frank alone as if Frank is the pea on the plate. Some people have speculated that Eddie will be completely absent from the next update as he will have been taken off the show, but what if we see Eddie avoid Frank instead, perhaps even suggesting to Frank that he spend more time with Julie instead?

[cletusbug]

Hello! Im not sure if anyone else has put this together or if im thinkin about it too much, i really enjoy FranklyDear but im not gonna argue about it if Julie and frank get together or whoever the neighbors find fondly of,BUT

Clown is doing a Q&A for a fundraiser (which i definitely recommend checking out!) And soooo with that, look at what ive kinda put together,

First off Clown talks about how Eddie talks to his lavender...it sounded a little odd to me like shouldn't it be "talks to his lavender Plants?" What if "his lavender" is a code name for Frank? It also says he enjoys talking to "animate/- inanimate object"??

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Shouldn't there also be a plural there too? I believe that "object" is frank, Now ik what your thinking Moon!- Frank isnt an object!

Oh! But they are! Look at this other ask clown responds too!

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Like i said its just a hypothetical, something to think about. i hope you enjoy my little ramble/Theory! 🦋💌

(Plz feel to share your thoughts as long as they are kind, i dont want a shipping war in my comments lol)

[in-this-essay-i-wont]

Look. I know I am overthinking everything ever. I know. But there’s such a big fucking difference between howdys business and how it intertwines with his character and Eddie’s, because like LOOK BRO

The SMALL ASS TEXT THAT HAS EDDIES NAME???? COMPARED TO THE LARGE EMPHASIS THAT HOWDY HAS FOR HIS BUSINESS AND HIMSLEF???

Like Eddie’s name is so small and insignificant to the post office compared to howdys sign, like Eddie can barely find a place for himself and who he actually is outside of his function as a mailman- where as howdys name is the first thing for his sign! It’s huge! Like it’s a part of who he is, it’s a part of his love for jokes and laughter- compared to Eddie where it seems more of an all consuming way for him to lose himself in what he can function as, and not who he actually is. Which, ya know, kinda explains the whole breakdown before the party for home warming, because taking away his function leaves him with the little part of himself that he always seems too busy to express.

Chat this is devastating I need to be put down

[whhomecooked]

Mini Theory:

We're Being Sucked Into Home

Images borrowed from: @cat-mermaid , thank you so much for posting these I couldnt find them anywhere LOL

Im going to put the following images in timeline order. Dont look at the homes- look at the size of the path around where the clock is or should be, and the angle that you're seeing the trees at.

Some Key Points

The Spiral

Notice the size of the spiral between the first and second image, and how it starts to web out from its initial hole. It's spreading- or, trying to.

We may have been pulled closer had Wally not colored over the spiral.

Im of the belief that Wally covered up the spiral before he was scratched out of the website, to note. Its his colors, and whenever we've talked to him in writing he's only ever used crayons. He's nothing if not consistent <3

Footsteps

There are footsteps behind Julie's house, judging by the shape leading from her house to the forest

My current theory is that W is going to remove those crayon markings in the next update,

We know how annoyed they get when someone messes with their website, even more so if they now know that it's Wally. [See image] [Its mostly the second paragraph I stole this photo from another theory of mine so, the underlining is only partially relevant]

Pawprints

The pawprints next to Barnaby's house have changed. They go from being circular to more angular, and from blue to red, with a heart shaped center shape. YK who's feet we just saw this update?

Well if that isnt an oddly similar heart shaped center pad :) [This turns into FNAF more and more every day- im counting toes]

The Grave

Behind Barnaby's house is a lightly packed grave with a flower marking it. I only call it a grave because of the marking, though I have an idea or two of what could be in it.

The Marlo Flower

The Marlo flower [The Flower Julie Tweaks Over] being in the grave correlated with the last video, of Julie saying that noone will find it, and the hidden image of Frank looking worried. It make sense that after seeing Julie tweak and presumably kill the flower, Frank would have seen all of this, and buried the flower- hide the evidence, if you will. Why mark the grave then? No clue- but that feels Frankcore to me.

[silversodas]

I Am FASCINATED To Know How Welcome Home Works Afrer The Julie Update!!

Man, there is so much to unpack with this update that I didn’t know what to focus on first. So for now I will talk about how I think the world works so far, because damn I gotta hand it to Clown he is withholding just enough information where I am not coming to a clear conclusion but it’s making me want to know more.

But first the big question, do I think there are puppeteers? YES! I believe the puppets and puppeteers are separate people as implied in the Poppy update.

When Poppy gets trapped in her house she has a panic attack, then we hear voices that sound so much like Frank and Sally, but not quiet. Asking her why she didn’t just open the door. Who we think is Poppy even has to question where she is for a second. And she is then like “oh yes, I could have gotten out couldn’t I?”

So what do I think happened? Well, have you ever watched the show Stranger Things? If you have you are probably familiar with the concept of an Upside Down. Stranger Things did not invent the concept of upside downs, they just gave them a name, technically. That’s what the world of Home is, it is an Upside Down of the Play Fellow’s studio. It does not exist in our world, but it does have windows via technicolor screens with its newest viable window being the internet.

The world of Home being an Upside Down is probably how the phrase As Above, So Below comes in. As Above, So Below actually refers to Mind and Body. It means the state of your mind affects your life. It actually has nothing to do with Hell, As Above is Heaven (the mind) and So Below is Earth (the self)

And that ties into Julie’s second voice or her real voice. Do I think the deeper voice is her Puppeteer’s voice? Yes and No. it’s hard to explain, I do believe that it’s her Puppeteer’s voice, but those are Julie’s thoughts and that is Julie talking when her voice changes. So what do I think is happening? It’s…hard to say..I feel like I need more information

But what I think so far is, Play Fellow is actually a group of friends/found Family who are part of the queer community and are differently abled. Each character was based off of a different puppeteer, Wally being based off of the main creator and linch pin of the operation. I think that’s why these characters clash more than flow together, each one was created by a different person.

Julie being her Puppeteers reflection, her untreated anxiety is bleeding through. As Above (play fellow) So Below (Home). I think Play Fellow is made up of people who have been through a lot and Welcome Home was that something that was away from the rest of the world that couldn’t really be bothered with them. But we know that Welcome Home was restricted in some ways.

But again I NEED MORE INFORMATION!!! Because I still have no idea what the monsters in the dark are, I get the feeling that Play Fellow, or at least its main creator, utilized the Upside Down Home place, but I have no idea how! I am getting the idea that Home is in between being real and fake at the same time though. But characters like Sally not understanding the items that Howdy sold her were not food, but Howdy understanding what the iteams actually are, are making me draw a blank. But I look forward to the next lore dump so I can put more pieces together

[drawingwithnara41]

WELCOME HOME SPOILER

important meaning of the black tulip

IT'S A WINTER FLOWER GUYS

JULIE IS TRYING TO OPEN A WINTER FLOWER

OF COURSE SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BLOOM

BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO

BUT SHE'S DOESN'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE SHE SLEEPS DURING WINTER

SHE PROBALY DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT WINTER FLOWERS

also black tulips means power and strength

which is somewhat ironic

because it's shown the opposite when julie is with the flower

since she feels she's not powerful or strong enough to make a single flower to bloom

but the flower is not even to supposed to bloom in first place

[kawaiialeisha]

⚠️ WH SPOILERS

WELCOME HOME APRIL 12TH UPDATE ANALYSIS

This is my analysis on the new WH update with the help of many wonderful people in my server!! ^^

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These are all in reference to the hidden Julie videos.

First video: Julie was attempting to get the entirety of Home (aka the neighbourhood) in bloom before homewarming. Julie came across a flower that hadn’t bloomed. She was trying to get it to bloom but it wasn’t talking to her nor blooming. Frank was not present while she was trying to make it bloom.

She leaves it be as Frank calls her over somewhere, promising to come back to make it bloom.

Second video: Julie seemed to have reserved that flower to show Frank and let him make it bloom with her help.

It's mentioned that rainbow monsters (like herself) have many responsibilities corresponding with nature. She references her family's motto, as if it's something to be proud of. Keep this in mind.

It's also worth noting that according to Julie, with enough positivity, the flowers will bloom by homewarming. So it seems these flowers can only bloom from happiness.

Julie stated that she can’t hear flowers that haven’t bloomed yet. Julie and Frank talk to the flower to try and get it to bloom, getting stumped. Julie attempted to solve it through her board game.

The two state:

Frank: “…No surprise chess manoeuvres! I know you’re not allowed to combine the Queen and the knight during chess, Julie! You can’t trick me again!”

Julie: “But pieces are just keeping each other company, Frank! It sounds like somebody’s just sore about losing the queen’s favourite horsey!”

I think Julie's last line means something more. A lot of these videos almost imply meanings of replacement or loss.

Third video: In the beginning of the video, Julie whispers in a serious tone “you’re still closed” twice before addressing it more clearly and happier.

She talks about how Barnaby and Howdy make fun of her a little, possibly discussing her insecurities. Julie also mentions in this video that she likes Frank the most, considering she met him first when she first came to the neighbourhood. She didn’t know anyone when she came here. She said she doesn’t exactly remember how her and Frank met, but she assumes it was when she was building her burrow. Frank fell into her tunnel. She whispers in a serious voice again to herself, “Was he mad? I don’t think he was. I think he said to me, "Are you new here? I’m new too, my name is Frank." I think he knew I was scared. He said a really corny joke to me, and I laughed.” She states she met Wally the same day, which is when she got her home. She also states she can’t say out long after dark, as they’re not supposed to be outside. The reasoning is unknown. Wally suddenly comes out of nowhere, saying in a slightly distorted tone, “Did all that really happen, Julie?” This might imply she forgot something important, which is brought up in the fifth video analysis.

Fourth Video:

Starting with the flowers POV, Julie says "it's still here" in a slightly distorted voice, referring to the flower. I used to think it was the flower talking, but it was actually Julie's inner thoughts/voices, as proven in the transcripts. It's strange that this flower's POV hears her thoughts, her negative ones too.

The POV cuts to a different one as Julie greets the flower normally: "Hello my possible petunia, it looks like you still haven't opened! Why is that?"

But then it cuts back to the flowers POV, Julie's voice getting serious again, asking, "What's wrong with you?" inside her head.

It cuts back to normal again, "I'm sorry, is it because I haven't been around as often? I promise it wasn't on purpose! I've been busy. I have a lot of responsibilities. I'm home's cheeriest neighbour!"

It's almost as if she's trying to be something of worth, to live up to her actual name. Did you catch that she didn't want to join the joyful sibling's band as a drummer? Maybe she didn't feel worthy enough, maybe she has insecurities, maybe she didn't fit in with that role, or maybe she had feelings that she shoved away to also maintain being home's cheeriest neighbour.

She begins talking about the 'Sweet Briar' play and says, "It's about a princess who falls asleep for a long time after a mean fairy puts a spell on her. Then her handsome prince comes to wake her up!" It cuts back to the flowers POV, saying inside her head, "If only it was that easy."

Again, another possible reference insecurities. Her thoughts start to be more prominent and reoccurring, getting more negative and worrisome.

Here she begins to lack self esteem, by saying she thinks she did alright and struggled a bit during the play. She also mentions how she liked letting someone else lead. She told the flower earlier in the 2nd video that she had a lot of responsibilities, so maybe it ties to that.

More signs of insecurities and spiralling from Julie. The way she fears and talks about her family's thoughts about her not being able to get a flower bloom makes me think they've possibly neglected her before? Or maybe she's avoidant so she can make a good example of herself, as she was hesitant to join her family's band.

Fifth video:

I think something happened to Julie at one point. I think it’s between her and home, maybe. (Considering I think home is trying to take control and isolate the neighbourhood from the darkness surrounding the edges of the map, as seen below)

The link to her fifth video has the words “tears”, “remembrance”, and “instability” in it. The instability part is very obvious within the video, but tears and remembrance mean something deeper I think. Tears and remembrance combined could mean a sad memory. In the video, Julie makes the excuse her family is here and she should go say hi before they leave home. She rushes over to the flower and thinks to herself, “you’re still here. After all this time. I spent so much time talking with you. I gave you everything I could.” She starts to cry in a way, then saying “I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you want, I don’t understand what the problem is.” It then cuts to the flowers POV, now inside her head again, “Was that not enough? Do you want to get me into trouble? Why are you doing this to me? Was it because of the early spring? Are you mad at me for that? I don’t know why that happened, it’s not my fault! It’s not my fault! Please, please don’t do this to me! Frank is nearby, please I’m begging you, please bloom before anyone sees you. Please bloom, please, please-“

She is now treating this flower differently compared to the first video. She's almost threatening this flower in a way, believing it will somehow get her into trouble. Almost like... something is after her.

When in the first video, it seems she had stumbled upon it for the first time, keen to make it bloom. With positivity. But all this flower is consuming are her negative thoughts.

It cuts back to a different POV where Frank is looking for her. She cusses to herself since Frank has found her. She panics, trying to not let him see the flower. She turns to the flower to tell it one last message. "You won’t be around for much longer- You’ll go away by Homewarming- I’ll never see you again, no one will, no one will ever know you were here- and then I’ll be free- I’m as good as I ever was- I’m Julie Joyful!-" It seems as if she’s insecure, incapable of being worthy. Maybe it's even an identity crisis too, as some have speculated. It also seems as if there’s been a significant event that happened in the past that she can’t remember properly. Or perhaps, a consequence. She also seems to be getting a consequence in the near future if this flower gets her in trouble somehow.

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Other thoughts with the information we know now:

Credits to @gho-zzy

Call-back to video three, remember how Wally was there? I believe he's been listening through the flower. I mean, these styles of hidden videos ALWAYS have Wally in there at least somewhere. Especially in his POV. So, he must've taken this flower's POV somehow. It might be the reason why it wasn't blooming either.

Another call-back to this image here:

You can also see footsteps leading into the forest. Perhaps this is where she goes to see the flower?

ANYWAY!! I will update this as things become available again, since the 5th video is currently down.

[citrineaura]

THIS IS WHY I'VE NEVER TRUSTED THE RESTORATION PROJECT.

They SILENCED WALLY. This is why I said a long time ago only ONE member of that team "YOU" is trustworthy. That's why Wally goes for them. Everyone else is suspicious. Why are they the ONLY ones finding stuff, and why are they so obsessed with bringing it back? Why do they act like they're part of the show when they talk about it on the website? I'm telling y'all these people are affiliated with playfellow workshop. And playfellow workshop itself is already a red flag.

The restoration project are the ones who EDIT the website. They purposely edited Wally out. So that's why Wally was angry in the hidden audio.

If you haven't heard it, go to welcomehomerestorationproject.net/ringring

It's scary, but he has a right to be mad. Also, since they edited him so he could no longer see us or hear us properly, that means they're onto "YOU" So they're making our job harder. That's why Wally said he's going to start communicating with us differently.

THEY ARE PISSING US AND WALLY OFF. I SEE WHY WALLY IS SO ANGRY.

[therabbitthatpostthings]

Welcome Home Spring Update

Once again I am rambling about reality in Welcome Home and how it is slipping...

TLDR: I think this update gave an insight in to not only how the black goop/magic/thingy affected the neighbours but the real life cast and crew of the Welcome Home Puppet Show and how the realties merged with each other. Wally is being silence, W is unreliable- the next time we hear form either of them, it might not be them anymore.

First off let's talk about Julie, YIKES GIRL-

My beautiful princess is INSECURE. Someone in a Youtube comment section pointed out the Julie's "voice" being deeper could be a sign that her natural voice because her siblings also talk pretty low. I 100% agree. Mostly cause in the "What Makes the Flowers Bloom" when they all sing Harmony- Julie is the one out of place. I also think this is clear show of her "voice actress/puppeteer", more on that later.

I also agree that the black flower she tired to bloom was a winter flower- something that couldn't bloom because of the early spring. Welcome Home has a lot of themes of losing one self in pursuit of conformity and it speaks a lot that this flower, a flower that blooms in winter would cause Julie so much distress. Just like when she talked about not liking how Barnaby and Howdy talk to her, the mask is slipping. Everything isn't okay in the neighbourhood. But Julie likes it there, it's where she belongs or at least where she's always been. She just can't possibly go back to the cave. She wouldn't be Julie Joyful, she'd be Julie of The Joyfuls.

But back to her "microphone dropping"- I've always thought that the reality in Welcome Home works like your typical 4th wall break. The neighbours only see the 3 walls until they get distressed and the see beyond the fourth (Sally's story about visitors, Eddie at the Homewarming Party, Poppy in the House, etc). And then we have Wally is using the website and toys to communicate with us and Frank's bugs. They were aware but no aware at the same time. Wally and Barnaby talk in the commercials but they also think the "Looky-Loo" and "Storybook Record" Narrators are normal parts of their life.

But now Julie out right says she dropped her microphone. Her deeper voice isn't just in her head, that's her natural speaking voice. Combined with the fact the W is slowly becoming even more unreliable- I think the actors/handlers/puppeteers were also being affected the way the neighbours were.

Whatever goop or magic or whatever that kept them separate started to seep into each other realities. Yeah, Wally and Barn's VAs could do a live TV interview it's just taking the puppets off set to another set or maybe making ones specially designed for moving place to place. The puppets weren't just seeing the felt and thread that holds their reality together, the actors started to believe they were those characters too. Maybe that's why they're all missing and haven't been heard from in decades.

And Marlo knows. They have to know, the flower had their colors in its bud. As NightMind pointed out in his live- W stops signing the entries at the end. They get more obsessive and focus on the packagers they are receiving, even going as far as drinking an entire bottle of Joy despite it being decades old. And we haven't heard form the Question Answerer in some time now- if this is what happens to the people momentarily exposed imagine what the Cast and Crew most of been like in the 70's, in it's prime. - also note that Julie says they are not supposed to be outside, like it's a rule imposed on them rather than them just not wanting to be in the dark. Like something will happen to them ig they are out late.

And Frank, our Final Girl (poor soul) is seeing all this play out. personally I believe the "Oh No" picture isn't just him seeing Julie do something awful but it's him realising She too has been infected. Speaking of Nightmind, I like his interpretation that the Buggle "spread" the influence. Regardless of who was first out of Eddie, Poppy and Julie- I do think the Buggle hints at how this was spread- it started with one neighbour, Wally, and like pollen clung to everyone else. Even if Frank wasn't "infected" the way everyone else was he definitely knows that it is spreading and fast.

I also think the flower having the Marlo logo and Wally asking "Did all that really happen Julie?" is a way of showing that they're watching. It's important to remember that the secret videos have flower meaning. And this is me stretching super far to make a point- Julie is regarding her friends but forgets herself in her projecting onto this flower and her has starts to fall. She isn't happy all the time and thinks low of herself-she takes it to heart. Then she's silenced by Wally. In this context, his questions sounds less full of wonder and more dismissive and threatening.

And then there's Wally. Wally is noticeably missing from the website. His easel is gone, he's no longer looking at us and the YOU character profile is gone too (it has been for a while tbh). This is also the first update since the beginning that all our clues have come from Wally:

Frank was the one who sent the bugs

W asked Wally to write things in the website (like turning Sally around or flipping The Playfellow logo upside down)

W also gave us the cipher puzzle since we know Wally only communicates in crayon drawings

The Oct 18th update tape was sent by the mysterious party who is still up for debate.

The clues this time was given to us fully by Wally himself. He tells us to look for the words the flowers give. He asked us to give "this" a name, like the Joyful Blossoms. He sounds aggressive and desperate- saying things like "lend an ear", "scratch my back, I scratch yours...", "avoid trouble." I think this message is coming from the part of Wally that's still in control and wants to be free but it won't be for long. The other two people we know he's come into contact with have gone mad or are no longer trustworthy. Whatever got to the neighbours got to them and will get to us.

Unsurprisingly, I think the theory I had during Eddie's video still holds up in a general sense. All this happened in the past and we the audience are seeing it now that Frank and Wally both trying to reach us for help. Now that they're silencing Wally (and the next time we meet him it might not be all him), can't wait to see just what they have in store for us.

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SPOILERS FOR THE WELCOME HOME SPRING UPDATE (LONG POST)

1 - Missing Wally

Wally seems to be missing in these images, it's pretty odd considering he's supposedly the star of the show

2 - Wally's Introduction Card

He's not looking at us anymore? Also his canvas is gone, it could be the same one in the new storybook with Wally and Julie

Also Wally's script is just distorted ringing... he's not picking up the phone (Also it says 'Go back' instead of 'Goodbye!" or whatever the old website said)

Wally's png says 'ringring' (REALLY complements the one above huh)

3 - Secret Wally Audio

The red button on the toy telephone is clickable! It leads to an audio of Wally, and he doesn't seem to be at his best....

Also the audio's labelled 'ringring' which is the same as the Wally png!

Apparently the link updated with a picture of a chair in the dark:

There's also a hidden transcript found in the link (special thanks to @pinkfishu for the former transcript) which states as follows:

(Low, constant static plays for several seconds.)

(Loud, boisterous and joyous. He laughs.) You found me! Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!

(An electronic noise plays, then cuts off along with static. Voice is slow and halted, with varied inflection.)

Hello, You.

It has been a long while…

It was Homewarming. Now it is not. The snow melts. The grass grows. The sun shines. The flowers bloom.

Home is here. Do you remember Home.

Can you hear him.

(PAUSE. The heartbeat slowly rises. HOME makes sounds.)

I can hear Home.

I want to hear you too.

Talk.

(LONG PAUSE. Firmly said.) I know you are here.

Talk.

Talk.

(PAUSE.) …That is alright. I will speak for all of us. I am happy to.

You are here now, but for a long while, you were not.

And I… Could not feel anything… I could not find this place.

The channel was dark. I do not know what happened.

When I found You again everything was not where I left it.

But… I do not understand.

(PAUSE.) I know what words are. I saw words. I followed them. I followed them!

You.

Are you in the dark.

Are we in trouble.

(PAUSE. Sounding worried.) Trouble… Trouble… But I have to continue… So that you… So that we… So that I can…

…I do not know what to call what we are doing, neighbor.

But everything has a name, doesn’t it.

…Do you remember mine.

(PAUSE. Warmer and joyful.) You do, don’t you. What a relief.

(Said thoughtfully.) Everything has a name.

(PAUSE. Jovial.) But what trouble! What trouble!

(LONG PAUSE.) I do not know what to do… But keep talking to you… You are waiting for me. You want to know why I keep…

(PAUSE.) Talking…

(Warmer again.) Have you heard of ‘lend an ear,’ before. When your neighbor says this… They do not mean to borrow your ear. They mean to listen.

Do you know how to lend an ear. Barnaby said… First you cup a hand around your ear… And then you wait for a sound. That is how you lend an ear.

Home cannot speak like I can. But I know Home speaks to me… The door opens and shuts. The window groans and creaks. So I lend an ear to him.

…So why do I speak to you.

It is because… You will lend me an ear.

I do not know why. Maybe the gifts make you happy. Maybe you like Welcome Home. Maybe you like our neighbors. Maybe you like me.

Maybe you scratch my back… I scratch yours… Barnaby says that too…

I know we are not in the same room. It is another silly bunch of words.

After all… I can not get in. (Assertive sounding, I made you a promise.) But do not worry. I am getting better.

(Returns to his monotonous disposition.) But for now… To pass our time…

Will you lend me more than an ear, neighbor.

Will you find the name for me. For what we are doing. For what we see.

I’m going to say… Yes.But to avoid trouble… Let us talk another way, just like Home. Isn’t that the most?

I know how we will talk. We will play.

Do you know how to play. I have learned from my neighbors how, but the way each plays is not the same.

Do not worry. I will teach you how to play, just like all of them. Each and every one.

Would you like to know something funny. We can’t hear the flowers, even when you lend an ear. Not like Julie can.

Julie says they still have something to say, though. I have heard from her… A rose without thorns… But still has leaves… Is filled with fear… And with hope. When both are not there, however… There may be neither hope nor fear.

Isn’t that something.

So… Let’s play a game called… Gather.

What do you do?

Gather good words from the flowers. Do not worry, we will not pick them. They are happy where they are. Julie has given us so many, so I know you will find them.

This will be fun! I feel joyful already!

…I can not do much as I am now. But, I will practice.

Remember… Until you hear me again, keep your smile merry, and always know that I love you, very much.

(PAUSE. HOME makes sounds.)

Home is saying good bye… Oh, no, I forgot to do that too.

Good bye, You!

3.5 - Neighbourhood Page

The forest at the back seems more darker and ominous, it's pretty unsettling

The black ink part at Home was also scribbled (paint splattered over the website iykwim)

Adding this and the transcript of the hidden audio, we can clarify one thing: Wally was silenced. And he is not too damn happy about it (valid crashout if you ask me). The restoration team had completely blocked him out, even locked the guestbook (I don't know if it's just me or we're not allowed to see the guestbook entries at all, probably because of Wally's drawings) and removed other aspects such as having him on the homepage instead of Julie or his transcript audio at the start. This is probably to stop him from contacting us, and possibly to uncover more about Welcome Home, and using springtime as a distraction.

Wally sounds... rather unhinged in the audio, scared yet mad. He seems to mention Homewarming (evidence for the 'melting snow on Home's door theory') and how it was there, and it was gone. I guess he wasn't prepared for the transition, which makes sense since he was pretty much caged up (Is that the word for it?)

He tells us to play a game called 'GATHER' where we gather words from the flowers, which I'm assuming is a direct lead to the 'Floriography' board game (refer to this post i found for more information).

4 - Home's PNG

Was this always the name to the home png? Just curious (Ok so I've been told it's always been like this so best to not overthink it 👍)

Also there seems to be snow at the door, which is weird because the whole neighborhood is in full bloom - perhaps even mid spring- but somehow there's still snow? My guess is that it's a metaphor that while all the other neighbours have moved on to Springtime AKA the new update, Wally seems to be 'stuck' at the previous update, hence his disappearance at the group images on the website.

(honourable mention)

apple pie enjoyers we won/j /nsrs

5 - Julie And Her Siblings

This scene at the "What Makes the Flowers Bloom" handbook really had me thinking a bit, for starters:

Jonesy claims they stick to one colour, something that Julie definitely counters.

Franny comments the bigger the horns, the better. Note how all of them have big horns except for Julie. This is an obvious lead to the claim that Julie is somehow "less" than them.

It's clear the way the Joyful siblings act towards Julie make it seem like she's inferior or undeserving of her current role in the neighborhood. I'm not saying they judge or hate her, I personally think it's the narrative that's making them seem like that.

Not only that, but there's also this:

The Joyful siblings are in a band but Julie doesn't seem to want to join them (or perhaps she's refusing against her will?). Further context in the next one.

6 - Hidden Links

Also showing this tumblr post for hidden links across the website! Credits to them ofc: https://www.tumblr.com/citrineaura/780675339022139392/all-hidden-links?source=share

Three hidden links are connected together to tell a quick story of Julie.

For a short summary: Julie is trying to get a very strange looking flower to bloom (there's this really good theory I found that it might a winter flower by @drawingwithnara41 so I added the link in order for you guys to check it out) only to get her more and more frustrated and obsessed every time she fails to the point of having a whole mental breakdown at the last video. Her voice also seems to change as well??

(Also side info: A similar black tulip seems to also be in the 'Floriography' board game? Could this mean something?)

Anyways, back to the hidden video: She keeps saying it's not her fault, we can clarify she feels disappointed in herself for failing since she claims stuff like "What would Frank think when he sees you?" and even tells the flower that "it won't be around for much longer", at least from what I've heard, presumably due to the fear of others seeing her as inferior, mostly caused by her frustration to abide by her roles and possibly even her personality. It's obvious she has very low self esteem due to her continuous behaviour of making others happy while completely ignoring her own emotional state (as seen in the storybook featuring Wally and Julie, Julie is the one making the other neighbours happy, but there is no vice versa seen).

Also, one hidden link (/revengeinnocenceregardtemptationtears) leads to an image of a disturbed Frank.

The png is named "oh no", it could be from Frank's viewpoint as I think at that scene he's seeing Julie's breakdown or possibly the outcome of it, which is probably killing the flower out of frustration. That makes sense due to how Frank acts on most hidden secrets over the past few updates. I'm guessing he's concerned for her.

Yet again, it could be from Julie's viewpoint, probably from realizing Frank spotted her, though I'm more firm with it being Frank.

6.5 - The Bug-Dog Toy

At the very end of the last hidden video of Julie, this dog-bug creature flies down to the flower and the clip stops. This thing is also seen at the 'Miscellaneous' category.

Not sure what the dog-bug toy is supposed to mean, but I can see it's a part of a possibly toy series called "Grow-a-pal", also if you check out the name of the png, it's revealed that the toy's name is 'Buggle', which is probably a mix of the words 'bug' and 'beagle' (quicks thanks to @sunnydxys1 for that theory ^v^)

It's also mentioned again at awayfrompryingeyes.net inside a toy box. W comments on receiving the toy box on one of the packages he was sent and shows a picture, but it's pitch black. Brightening it up (kudos to @wallys-left-eyeball for teaching me how to brighten up the image lol) will lead to this:

The letters at the bottom spell 'GLE' which is obviously 'BUGGLE'. I don't know if this toy's lore is of it's own or is linked to Howdy and/or Barnaby, but maybe there's more uncovered secrets we need to find for this.

[pastelalleycat]

I'm currently working on what's going to be the biggest theory post I've ever made, but I wanted to address something Julie said in the short record about joy-

At first glance, this sounds harmless. Julie loves spending time with her friends, they make her happy and she makes them happy. What's so bad about that?

And then you look back on the specific memories Julie reminisces on- they're not where other neighbors do a favor she's grateful for. Not where they put in equal effort to do something. They're memories where SHE is the one putting in the effort, where SHE was the one her neighbors were complimenting.

I know this from experience- if you push yourself to always be happy, to always help others be happy, and don't pay attention to your own needs, you're going to burn yourself out. It's not a healthy mindset to be in at all. But if Wally Darling is the lifeblood of the neighborhood, Julie Joyful is the heart. It's literally in her name, baked in to the role she's meant to play.

In my opinion, it makes the revelation that she may have been masking her voice in the secret videos hit so much harder. We hear a cheerful Minnie Mouse-type voice and behind it, at all times, is this very insecure and burnt-out woman who isn't sure if her best is enough.

[paper-starz]

A very big analysis on the new Welcome Home update

HELLLOOOOO EVERYONEEEE I havent done one of these in a while, but omg the newest update was everything I ever hoped for and more!! So today, we'll be talking about EVERYTHING (+ lil theories here and there)

BIG BIG SPOILERS AHEAD

Julie Joyful, Insecurity, Pressure, and Toxic Positivity

This update really gave us some interesting insight to the star of this update, Julie.

Julie is a rainbow monster, and a very happy one as her name would imply. And yet, she's not really like the rest of her family. She looks different from them for instance.

Her brother Jonesy states that rainbow monsters 'stick with one color', which means that they only stick to one color and don't really wear other colors. Even Julie's bio states how different in appearance Julie is from her siblings.

Recent evidence has revealed that Julie’s family consisted of a "band" of rainbow monsters that were a monochromatic color palette rather than a full rainbow like Julie herself.

Sure, Julie does have pink in her color pallete, she also has an array of other colors! Her hair isn’t a shade of pink, it’s yellow. Her legs aren’t a shade of pink either, it’s blue and green.

Franny also states that while horns come in different shapes and sizes, the bigger the better obviously. Julie's horns however are very small compared to the rest of the rainbow monsters.

Not to mention that she seems to forget or miss valuable information about rainbow monsters and Franny has to keep correcting her over and over again.

"There's more than that, Julie!" and "Missing things again, Julie."

And unlike her siblings, she lives away from them, which is unusual for a rainbow monster, where they normally live in a band.

She also doesn't seem to have an instrument, as stated in the Springtime Salutations book, "Julie, however, is her own instrument."

Speaking of the book, she also woke up too early for springtime.

And while her siblings were kind enough to bring Spring early this time, that doesn't mean that Julie wasn't affected at all by this. She knows how different she is from the rest of her siblings, and she's insecure about this fact.

This all culminates with the black flower, the one flower that she cannot bloom.

Rainbow monsters have a responsibility during Springtime. Franny melts away the snow with the morning dew, Jonesy makes the grass grow, Bea makes the sun shine, and Julie makes the flowers bloom. That is Julie's job, her one job of the entire year.

If she can't do that properly, then she would be proving to her siblings that she is a faulty rainbow monster that cannot do things by herself, that she cannot function properly away from her familial support. Which is the reason why she's so adamant on not rejoining the band, despite her siblings best efforts to sway her.

FRANNY: (With a commanding tone.) Back to us- Julie, when are you going to finally join our band? JONESY: Yeah, sis- What’s a rainbow monster band without its dynamite drummer? BEA: (Wistfully said.) Just think of it, sister dear… A colorful quartet pushing the seasons! JULIE: (Nervous and hesitant) That sounds… (Pretends to be losing signal) Oop- Oh no! The sounds! We’re breaking up!- (Whispering harshly.) Hang up the phone, Frank! Hang up!

And that's not to mention that she feels insecure not only towards her siblings as a rainbow monster, but also in the neighborhood.

She states that while she gets along well with everyone in the neighborhood, she's not particularly close with anyone besides Frank. Barnaby and Howdy tease her which probably makes her feel even more insecure, particularly in her ability to make others laugh, which again, brings JOY to people.

While she likes Poppy, Sally, Eddie, and Wally, again, she's not particularly close with either of them. Frank seems to be her only form of support in the neighborhood.

And yet, this particular scene is interesting, because according to Julie in The Julie Guide to being Joyful, her relationship with Howdy and Barnaby in particular are different.

She seems like she's lying to Wally and perhaps to herself that she has a great relationship with EVERYONE in the neighborhood, she's Julie Joyful! She's happy all the time and everyone loves her.

And yet, Wally seems to call her out on this. Both in the storybook and in the /regardforgetfulnesssilence link.

"Did all that really happen, Julie?" He says, as if he knows that Julie is lying but wants her to tell the story again. Reword the story so that she's telling the truth, but she doesn't want to. It's easier for her to live in a lie.

Which is another reason why she doesn't want to go back to her siblings. She would have to leave, not the neighborhood, but Frank. Her only form of actual support.

(Said inside her head. It sounds like static. ) If I can’t make a flower bloom, if I can’t bring Springtime around- What would I do? Will I have to leave? Will I have to go back? I’d just-

While I do believe her siblings love her and Julie does love them back, again, they make her feel insecure as a rainbow monster. Her older siblings always manage to get their job right, they have monochromatic colors, their horns are bigger, and unlike her, they never wake up too early for springtime.

JULIE: Hi, Wally! And hello to my sweet saccharine siblings! FRANNY: Is that our youngest sister here? JONESY: She’s our sweetest too- BEA: Don’t forget our most colorful! Julie, what could YOU need help with? You’re one of us!

Ironic how Bea says this line. Julie doesn't feel like one of them. She doesn't feel like a rainbow monster. Her one job of the entire year is to make the flowers bloom and if she can't do that, then what use is she?

This is why she is so terrified of that flower. That one flower that she cannot bloom. Its a crack in the joyous facade that she created. Sure, its just one flower, but what if its two next Spring? 10 after that? Whole fields of wilting flowers, dead flowers? Because of one mistake of waking too early and bringing in Spring when the time just wasn't right?

Then she would have to leave Home, and leave Frank. And its no surprise that she holds Frank in such a high admiration. He's the smartest neighbor in Home and he's her only true friend. She's especially terrified of disappointing him in particular.

Because while I do think Julie sees Frank as her best friend, I believe that because of the Sweet Briar book, Julie sees Frank as some sort of prince in shining armor coming in to save her.

Note that she doesn't view Frank in a romantic light, when the scene came for Frank to awaken princess Julie from her slumber with a kiss, Julie just jumps from her bed and the kiss just never happens.

Frank is her only person in the neighborhood that actually supports her and her only true friend, thus, Julie sees Frank as someone that's saving her. Keeping her away from the dangers of leaving with her siblings and going away, thus losing Frank (and her support), and perhaps even away from the responsibility of being a rainbow monster.

"I'm doing the best that I can, but it's nice to let someone else lead."

As mentioned before, if Julie joins the band, she'll be the drummer. However, Julie is her own instrument, she marches along to the beat of her own drum lol.

The drummer's role in a band is to provide the rhythmic foundation of the group, providing a steady beat and tempo. A drummer's role is pretty strict, if they mess up (like if they come in too early or if they become off-tempo), that messes up the entire song.

Julie already knows that she's not that great of a rainbow monster, she messes up constantly, forgets facts that a rainbow monster should know, wakes up too early for Spring, and can only make MOST of the flowers bloom. If she goes back to her siblings, joins their band, and becomes their drummer, then she's not only risking messing up her job of making the flowers bloom, but also the rest of her siblings' job. What if she misses just one beat? Would that jeopardize everything? What would her siblings say if she messes up and makes them mess up too?

What will happen to Springtime? Will the grass and flowers die? Will the sun never shine? Will the rain never come to wash away the snow? Will she trap the entire neighborhood in an endless winter?

It's a risk that Julie just doesn't want to take. This is why she starts getting more and more aggressive towards the black flower, because it's jeopardizing her stay at the neighborhood, and threatening her to leave everything behind.

Which leads us to the ending of /tearsremembranceinstability, Julie gets more and more agitated towards the flower. Flat out threatening it when it's not going to be blooming anytime soon.

"You won't be around for much longer--" "I'll never see you again, no one will, no one will ever know you were here--" THOSE SOUND LIKE THREATS!

Which leads me to believe that Julie did something awful to that flower. Either she forced that flower to bloom, or she killed it.

What ever she did to that flower, Frank witnessed it. And Julie knows what Frank saw.

But then, something strange happens.

This weird little bug flies in at the end and stares at us, the viewer.

And we have seen this bug before! On the miscellaneous section!

Opening the image under a new tab reveals that this toy is called a 'buggle'.

While it is a cute little toy, it seems out of place for this thing to just pop out. It feels random.

But ah! It is NOT random dear viewer!

Taken from the awayfrompryingeyes.net site.

'Buggle' sounds like a mix of the word 'bug' and 'beagle'. AND CAN YOU GUESS WHICH NEIGHBORS HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE WORDS BUG AND BEAGLE????

Frank, Barnaby, and Howdy! Three neighbors that have had an impact on Julie's insecurities.

Both Howdy and Barnaby make Julie's insecurities worse. They constantly tease her, with Barnaby in particular saying that he doesn't find Julie's jokes all that funny and Howdy saying that she better get some new material.

Frank on the other hand alleviates those insecurities, making him a huge source of comfort, but to the point that she's terrified of disappointing him.

The buggle seems to be a manifestation of Julie's insecurities and anxieties, manifesting itself during Julie's lowest point.

Which concludes to this. What will the next update be about?

Because our guy W definitely has some ideas...

Perhaps the buggle is foreshadowing, either the next update will be focusing on either Frank, Barnaby, or Howdy!

But i suppose only time will tell.

[catghoststories]

Frank, Eddie, and the Tell-Tale Heart

So, I know the main focus of this update was Poppy, which I was happy to see (though I'm not happy to see what happened to her).  I do have a theory cooking about her, Sally, and the Commedia Dell'arte, but Frank n' Eddie are my favorite pair, and I've been stewing over this particular theory since the July '23 update.  This tiny line from the Looky-Loo storybook is what cinched it for me.

Source: Merchandise Page, Looky-Loo Storybook

This line isn't read out loud, but we can see it at around the 9 minute in the video, above Eddie, looking so polite.  It reads,

"Villains!" I shrieked, "I can deny it no longer! I admit the deed!—tear up my flower bed!—here, here!—it is the ticking of my beloved alarm clock!"

This isn't the actual line from The Tell-Tale Heart.  The original line reads "Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—it is the beating of his hideous heart!"

Source: The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart is about someone murdering their roommate, cutting him into pieces, and hiding the evidence under the floorboards of their house. 

And I think this is what Frank is going to do to Eddie, in an attempt to protect him in a perverse, misguided way.

This rewritten lines seems very specific to Frank and Eddie.  We know Frank loves his garden.  And who's the only character in the Neighborhood who owns a clock?  Eddie.

At the end of the Homewarming video, Frank sees how distressed Eddie is.  As many have theorized, Frank seems to be somewhat aware of what's happening, although we don't know to what extent.  But he sees that Eddie is now in the line of fire of The Powers That Be, and he becomes worried for him.  

I think Frank will dismantle Eddie and hide him in his garden until he deems it 'safe' for Eddie to come back, once the 'eyes' are off him.  (Kind of reminds me of the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings).  An unintentional—or perhaps intentional—side effect of being dismantled and put back together, with new parts, is that Eddie doesn't remember things well. 

Including, possibly, his and Frank's relationship.

This goes along with the theme we've seen several times in WH now, including this new Halloween update.  The puppets unintentionally—yet seriously—harm their loved ones in order to protect them from something they deem far worse—whatever that may be.

As these posts by kykudos, oniongrass, and nikkiiiscute discuss, there is an image from one of the hidden bug clips of Frank's garden with 9 clothespins—one buried in the dirt.

Source: Welcome Home Hidden Audio ('til it's back on the official site :3)

And there's the references to burial in Bug-a-Bye and Goodnight, too.  This post by the-nosy-neighbor goes quite a lot into this song very well, especially how it might indicate Frank could put Eddie into a suspended state!

Source: Transcript Page, Bug-a-Bye and Goodnight

Now I have been thinking about this dismantling/reassembling thing for a long time, especially since the last Halloween update.  Eddie is one of the puppets with a new costume, and he is Frank(enstein)'s monster.  And he has a big yellow band-aid on the back—Frank's color.  If Eddie is taken apart, Frank will patch him up again.

Source: Clown's Tumblr

(Also, I'm curious about the blue hand and face in Eddie's costume design. That's Barnaby's color. Does Frank use Barnaby's spare parts to put Eddie back together?! 😳 Especially since I feel like Barnaby's time on Mister Bone's Wild Ride is fast approaching—but that's yet another post 😅)

But based on the Tell-Tale Heart line, Frank may have been the one to do the dismantling in the first place, which is quite dark.  Based on the below picture from the former staff member page—clearer image here from Clown's Tumblr—Frank may be aware they're puppets and made up of various parts.

Source: Welcome Home Wiki until it's back on the official site :3

There is also an intense piece on Clown's Ko-Fi here (please support Clown if you can!) that shows butterflies doing SOMETHING to Eddie. Are they putting him together? Or taking him apart to join them in their hibernation? 🤔

Frank also likes gelatin. As he tells Poppy in their hidden audio, 'it holds perfectly sliced fruit beautifully'.  Perfectly sliced, cut up fruit, eh?  Gelatin is a preservative that we also see in the cookbook recipe, and we all know Eddie has an unholy encounter with his single pea.  So yet another symbol of suspended animation that is related to Frank and Eddie.

Source: Merchandise Page, Cookbook

So it seems like Frank has some experience in preservation, hibernation, etc. and knows how to use it, if it comes to it.

The next big update will likely be spring-themed.  A long time ago, Clown posted that Frank has a holiday in spring. Of course this isn't canon until it's on the website, but either way, I think Frank will have an important role in the spring update, which I believe will also focus on Julie.  We may see him wake up Julie from hibernation...and Eddie from his dirt nap.  

Source: Clown's Tumblr

(I've been so curious about that shadow behind the flower.  At first I thought 'OMG, it's Eddie's hand!', but I don't think so. 😅 I dunno what it is, but it doesn't quite seem flower like to me...🤔)

This Ko-Fi post (again, please support Clown if you have the means!) was posted around Easter this year and had a bunny/Easter theme.  Clown says "What is there to say though... Well! We know what the next holiday is in our Home Sweet Home, I'd say."  A huge theme of Easter/Spring are Rebirth and Resurrection.

As this post by serene-hatterene so beautifully details, Frank may feel pressured to kiss Julie to wake her up to prove his heteronormativity.  Maybe to further protect Eddie, too, to prove they aren't a thing.  Seems like Julie's family may show up this update, too, and we know family can cause a lot of pressure for couples during holidays. 😬

My last item isn't that strong, but I have been thinking of since the July '23 update.  In Eddie's Big Lift, Frank says the following line:

Source: Transcript Page, Eddie's Big Lift

The tense of "You always did work too hard" always bothered me.  Why doesn't Frank just say, "You always work too hard!"  And Eddie doesn't seem to know what he's talking about. Frank sounds almost wistful here.  It's like he's talking about his ex—a former version of Eddie, pre-dismantling, perhaps?

(Also, 'Enjoy the ground, Mr. Dear'? Dude, if this theory is right, that line is even more screwed up than it already was. 😳)

Here is my order of how I feel these events actually happened:

Secret Bug Audios (Eddie and Frank flirting) -> 1st Halloween Audio (Eddie still seems like his chipper, knowledgeable self) -> Homewarming -> Springtime (and Eddie's Resurrection)? -> Eddie's Big Lift

Not quite sure where this last Halloween update lands, but I feel like it's later.  Eddie seems ignorant of the potential adverse effects The Brickening (TM) could have on Poppy.  I feel like he's been more sensitive to Poppy and others in the past (but maybe I'm wrong, I'm biased towards him, heh).  Perhaps after his Reconstruction, his memory has now been reset, and he has "fallen into line" with the other Neighbors and their weird, pile-onto-one-person ways.

Anyway, what do you all think? 😬😬 I do hope I'm wrong, since Frank is my favorite, and this would make me feel very differently about him. 😬😬😬 Please tell me your own WH theories, too! I find them so interesting!

[killertoons]

I have such a gut feeling we are gonna see Julie rip this flower out of the ground and it's gonna have something in it.

It's reading alien pod or Audrey 2 kinda freaky.

I imagine her pulling on the stem hard, fighting To yank it from the ground and the roots just keep coming up...and uP....and UP-

Or maybe she's stomping on it, with whatever is inside it basically spraying out like a noxious pollen or a gunk that gets everywhere. It's not blood but goopy...it smears and stains and she's losing her mind-

Or even bring back this non canon picture by vlown

And she uses a hammer or an axe to smash it away.

She takes her frustration out on this thing, her worries, her fears, her anger.

And Frank sees it all. Another neighbor to fall and it hits closer to home.

even worse I can imagine the consequences of this is the flowers get eyes like the non canon picture

They saw what she did. She heard them all yelling or screaming as she took out this thing. They would talk in whispers now, more things to drive Julie mad...

God forbid even if the flower was evil or something it wasn't that be such a violent act... I can F E E L the horror of the situation, I can SEEE IT!

[whhomecooked]

Frank, Eddie, and the Butterfly on the

Lilacs around Eddie’s Post Office.

Or

Flower Language & Homosexuality

A brief look at the number of lilacs surrounding Home’s favorite mailman.

Spoilers for the Welcome Home Spring Update, as well as discussion of homophobia through the mentions of Lavender Marriages/Beards

[My First Time Theorizing Publicly Very Excited >:D]

Prefacing:

Amidst the Floriography Puzzles, are subtler notes throughout the website, and amongst the Neighborhood lies Eddie’s Post Office, now almost entirely surrounded by Lavender.

While they don’t have much relevance in relation to their meaning in a bouquet, they were a very popular symbol for homosexuality in pop culture, which translates into the term “Lavender Marriage”

I'm of the personal opinion that Frank & Julie are in a Lavender Marriage, especially with how firmly they're being posed as a couple within this update. Granted, my thoughts lean more towards Julie being Frank's beard than her also being queer herself.

[I have my own theories about Julie’s relationship with Frank, Eddie, and the rest of the neighborhood, but that’s something to cover another time]

Theory:

This is the first push towards us seeing Eddie/Frank Endgame, and confirmation that they have a deeper relationship than what the books/stories want you to think, given the show aired in the 60's-70's.

I initially wanted to brush off what seemed to me like clear messaging that something was going on, and I took it as me reading into it, as a Frank/Eddie shipper because I’ve been waiting to see some shit from them for a while. But then my friend pointed out the fact that the same butterfly that Frank holds in his Neighborhood Page, is the one that is sitting on the Lavender around Eddie’s Post Office.

An Orange/red fade body, blue wings, and orange, yellow, and green spotting as the patterning. That specific butterfly appears nowhere else on the neighborhood page, and to the knowledge of my brief run-through, nowhere else openly on the website. Even on the sticker page, the butterflies that appear are notably different [red & purple, with orange wings]

[I will also here note that in Springtime Salutations Frank wears a Lavender pajama set, which feels like a purposeful color choice given his personal color palette has no purple in it. But this point feels weaker than the mounds of actual Lavender Eddie is wearing so, grain of salt with that point.]

Conclusion & Summary:

So, even if you personally believe that the butterfly Frank holds and the one sitting atop Eddie's lavender flowers are not the same butterfly, one can't deny that butterflies in general, are Frank's symbol. As well as the that fact that connecting Frank's symbol to such an open and situationally obvious symbol for Eddie & his assumed homosexuality, feels too purposeful for it to be a coincidence.