#arg theory

[wait-thats-illegal]

Okay I'm gonna make a quick post about the only theory I have on the welcome home update while on 15

So I was going through the site last night trying to find stuff (I haven't watched or listened to anything cause late and I was probably gonna scare myself so this is based on only things I saw.) When I found clickable links, the opened in a new tab with a single word title. I have like a theory and a half about the titles alone

Obviously, I think they spell out some sort of message. I'm thinking something along the lines of "get help, I will understand" or some variation. All of them involve someone (presumably wally) speaking to the viewer. However, several tabs were titled "answer." Originally I thought the videos/audio could be an "answer" to whatever wally is talking about but now I think otherwise

I think Wally is speaking directly to the viewer, not asking a question, but askinh for an "answer." He keeps repeating, "answer, answer, answer." I'm not certain on the tone, perhaps either aggressive (demanding answers) or desperate (pleading for answers.)

I'm no certain if this makes any sense or is true but those are my current thoughts

[thesorryboys-updates]

We humbly ask for asks

-Tones who should be sleeping but definitely isn't

[matut1ne]

correction on the last ask because I think I got it wrong: enitutam is Latin for “I was tired”

if I said “best friends”, I was thinking of the other result I found, enitutad

Interesting

Maybe use a mirror?

[cru5h-cascades]

Welcome Home Theory: Cult of the Home?!

Just some random theory that I (and probably others in da WH community) came up with. Since the site's being updated right now (I know I have the worst timing possible I get it) I can't really bring up specific info to support this but anyways here we go.

Since the stuff we have right now from the ARG mainly have to do with Wally and Home, I kind of think that the show itself might've been worked on by members of a cult. So far we've seen a lot of imagery of eyes and houses in the ARG so maybe these are all connected somehow (I'll get to how Wally's involved in a bit!). To start off eyes sybolize the gateway to the soul and omnipresence. Wally is presented with this eye theme a lot in WH and we already know he's the one adding the doodles in the guestbook and the one creating the secret messages and such on the website, showing a sort of omnipresence since even though we don't really know where he's actually at in the ARG itself, he still has a presence in the website. As for the house imagery, houses symbolize a sacred place. With this being said maybe the house serves as a notible symbol for the cult that probably created WH.

As for why Wally is the way he is in the ARG, I feel like perhaps the Wally puppet itself was used in some sort of sacrifice, whether it be of a cult member or someone who wanted nothing to do with the cult's activities. With the Wally puppet now occupied by the soul of a human being, the puppet gained sentience and now has the capapbility to do the stuff we've seen happen in the ARG. As for what the cult might've wanted to do with Wally or WH in general? Well perhaps to draw in viewers into the cult to serve their agenda or something like that. We don't have much to work off of since we only got a little bit of info about the stuff going on in the ARG so that's where that part of the theory stands as of now.

And finally, I wanna go over why the show got cancelled since it sort of has something to do with this lil' theory of mine. I think that after a while, the people in charge of the network WH was being aired on caught onto the going-ons behind the scences and wanted the show to go off the air. As one final hurrah from the WH crew, they most likely did a live show for kids to see, but then something went wrong and caused the show's finale to get cancelled, causing the show to go into obscurity. As for what might've caused the incident? Perhaps the crew finally decided to reveal their true colors to the audience and caused many of the audience memberes to get killed, hurt or missing. IDK. I've probably been watching waaaay too many horror movies lately. But that's my theory about what happened behind the scenes in WH. I know that this might've been poorly put together unlike my Splatoon 3: Side Order theories but that's just because I didn't have access to the website while I was writing this. I might make a polished-up version once the new website update drops in a few weeks (late June/early July), but that's what I have so far. Staaay fresh everyone!

[morganbritton132]

Eddie is just trying to sneakily film a Tiktok of Steve complaining about missing another day of work despite the fact that for the better part of the last fifteen hours, he’s been down for the count with a migraine. Eddie barely gets any of his truly ridiculous rant because Steve’s moved on to talk about the commercial faintly playing on the tv.

The song in the commercial is 1985 by Bowling for Soup and Steve is like, “That was a good year, yeah?”

Eddie: …Weren’t you in a fire in 1985?

Steve: Yeah, but it was still a good year

Eddie: All those people died that summer

Eddie: And that was the year that your dad cut you off because you didn’t get into college and you had to get a job dressed as a sailor.

Eddie: And you got beat up and stuck in an elevator

Eddie: You hit a guy with a car

Steve: And it was still a good year! That’s when I met Robin.

[the-nosy-neighbor]

Cufflinks

This is the picture I noticed:

I may have already mentioned this, but it reminds me of some early art by Clown. Yes, I know this isn't canon, but it is too close to not look at.

The indication is that we have left the religious comparisons behind, for story reasons, but I think we've seen a few christian/biblical references.

[teachyouhowtodothesponge]

Betrayal!

[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

[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?

[aussie-bookworm]

Strange thing I've noticed on the website but the Welcome Home logo is looking... dirtier?

Here's what the home page logo looks like:

And here's what the logo looks like on every other page:

It's easier to notice on the orange, yellow and pink letters.

Probably isn't anything too significant but I figured it was worth pointing out after the mentions about mold

[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!

[thesorryboys-updates]

One thing I’d like to add about the Phil Lawyer Theory is besides him reliving his time. He had to have escaped at some point, before being caught and executed. And having Tommy escape was probably a younger version of Philza.

He must’ve escaped at this point, running out of prison, like what Tommy did here.

Then going into hiding. I can imagine he talking with the rest of the group before he escaped, and one of them telling him how to escape.

Which is how he probably ended up here:

And now, I can see him reliving his life choices when he’s hiding. Example being having visions of what he could’ve done, what happened, etc.

ITS EXPANDING!! This theory is the most popular ARG sorry boys theory!

God I love it so much, do y’all want me to make a post with links to all the other posts about it???

[ukiiyostar]

hey while on the subject of Welcome Home, I'd like to talk about something I found interesting (tl;dr at the bottom)

so the team uncovered a toy telephone, one of those where you can dial the characters and they give you a pre-recorded answer, right?? But the thing about these pre-recorded messages is that they're supposed to reply to the kid, no matter what they're saying or if they're saying anything it at all, y'know? So it is incredibly interesting that the messages shown are that of the characters responding to silence.

the person on the phone says nothing, and the characters, upon hearing nothing, respond with "hello? hello are you there"s like any other person; they start talking as their character and when it becomes clear the person on our line isn't going to respond, they end the call

And here's where it gets more interesting, and it has everything to do with Eddie Dear

So you see, all the characters have different responses to the silent call before leaving: Barnaby tells a joke, Julie invents a game, Poppy thinks she might've broken the phone and tries to fix it (unsuccessfully), and Sally assumes they have stage-fright, just to name a few examples.

But then you hear Eddie's call

He starts off with the post office jingle and when no one answers, he tries singing the jingle again, this time a longer version and he quickly runs out of breath

It is then that he thinks to himself "maybe there's no one there"

He is the ONLY CHARACTER in the cast that even CONSIDERS this; and seconds later he is the ONLY ONE that begins to QUESTION the NATURE OF THIS CALL

LOOK AT HIS DIALOGUE

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE????

The other characters assume it's a prank call or some other excuse, but Eddie is the only one who wonders; the only one who begins to contemplate like "wait, why am in a call anyway?"

add this to other Eddie events like the santa commercial and homewarming...

I think he's actually waking up. hell, who's to say he isn't already awake? and this only makes me scared of what will happen to him.

speaking of which, I read another theory earlier that said that perhaps the reason this is all happening to him is that the Playfellow Workshop was planning on removing him from the show because they felt he was "insignificant" or simply didn't add anything other than being the mailman, and they slowly started removing his presence from the media (the way he's skipped on the santa's toys commercial thing and that other episode when wally and Barnaby go around asking everyone EXCEPT Eddie what homewarming is) until they could get rid of him completely.

what do you guys think?

tl;dr = looking at the toy phone responses, it's weird that they have a line replying to silence seeing as that's not the point of the toy, and also it's weird that Eddie Dear is the only character who, out of all the other responses, is the only one to acknowledge the odd nature of the call. my theory is that Eddie might be the next (assuming Wally and/or Home to be the first ones self-aware) to wake up from the puppet illusion, paired with another theory that the company was trying to remove Eddie from the show

[matut1ne]

I’m pretty sure I decoded the message:

“you can trust us

after all

your reflection is blinking

isn’t it”

I don’t know the last part, I have “enituta” but couldn’t decipher the last letter. my best guess from just trying every letter that wasn’t already used was enitutam, which is Latin for “best friends”, but it’s more likely I’m missing something or it’s a different code.

Now now leave some fun for the rest of us :]

Well done!

-enitutam

[kadextra]

We finished the QSMP arg on qsmp.global and got a lore drop!!!

Binary code translates to: "Leave island, não pararemos no queremos bajas"

In English it's "Leave Island, we will not stop we do not want casualties"

THIS IS THE BINARY CODE ENTITIES TALKING.

Confirmation that their goal is for the players to leave the island. They don't want more victims, which are the eggs, but will not stop attacking.

THEN Quackity Studios' tweet as a response from the Federation, telling players to try not to leave..... they will make sure of it.

[weevmo]

The Rest is under cut! Made this a few weeks ago when I had very little knowledge of WH and thought the neighbors confronting Wally would be neat-o

Might make more, we'll see!

~I don't think he'd handle rejection of his efforts well~