WELCOME HOME | The Internets New Favorite Indie Horror

[@elizabethratcliffe3859]

what if wally and home are an analogy for an abusive relationship? wally wants out but he can't leave, home takes advantage of him, he has to reach out to others in a coded and cryptic way to try get him free of what happens at 'home'

[@lavendercafe]

YEAH THATS KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING!!!! I RLLY DONT THINK WALLY IS GONNA BE THE VILLAIN

[@elizabethratcliffe3859]

@@lavendercafe I dont want him to be the villain, i love his hair way too much

[@lavendercafe]

@@elizabethratcliffe3859 THATS SO REAL HIS HAIR IS SO CUTE

[@elizabethratcliffe3859]

@@lavendercafe ITS BIG AND POOFY

[@MollyDollyy774]

​@@lavendercafe Same, Exactly~

[@chelseah1202]

Theory: Instead of two versions of Wally in the image png titles of the guestbook, what if one is Wally....and the other is Home???

[@lavendercafe]

ooo that would be super interesting!!

[@tammywhitson4164]

@@lavendercafe My theory is that at one point Wally is taken over. Theres the one pic of Wally with a hand crawling out of his mouth. I think that might have Been Home punishing Wally for telling a "bit too much"

[@lon_223]

I was thinking that photo was a demonstration of the fact that wally knew and understood that he was a puppet. I mostly thought this because of the hand. But your idea of the image is pretty Interesting

[@Artcat932]

Here’s something I don’t see people pointing out. At the bottom of the guestbook, there are signatures from each of the characters. Each character has their own style and colour, except for Wally and Home who have the same handwriting and pen colour.

[@sw33t_t00n]

Omg yeah I noticed that too !!!

[@Sasha_fox314]

Well, since Home has no arms and can probably only communicate in sounds, wouldn't it make sense that Wally writes their signature for them?

[@alcim7791]

probably cus home is a house and can't write! it would probably be weirder if home did have its own handwriting and color lol /nm

[@starburrow]

I took that as Wally signing for Home since Home is... Well, Home hahaha! It seemed sweet to me :']

[@TheGreatArlecchina]

What if the image is Wally being trapped inside home? Perhaps the messages are referring to himself and being trapped inside of home. He’s looking to you to help him get out. the repeating of the words *Open Open Open Open* he wants us to know about the show and eventually Open the door of home and set him free. The comment of wanting the viewer to stay quit is him trying to protect us from home. Home is making him smile. Making him tell everyone that everything’s fine when it’s not and he wants out. he’s begging us to free him.

[@Imperials3nate]

My personal hypothesis for this ARG is that Wally is actually a child trapped inside Home, held there by the house. The insanity of isolation has given him one mission: get more people trapped.

[@Nobody.thatyouknow]

Perhaps! But he's 21 is he really a child?

[@Imperials3nate]

@@Nobody.thatyouknow Didn't know Wally's age; might only be in the show's context. I actually had another theory that it's the other characters who entrap children's souls, and Wally is the demon companion of Home (the Master)

[@BigSHOT_Purge]

Yeah, I cant wait to see some more info about welcome home! Some theory(s): Wally is held captive by his own house (Home) Wally is associated red (despite him having nothing red on him except his pants) is because you can see wallys replies in the geust-thing (forgot) with the color red. He is seen drawn in red. The first letter in Welcome home is red *(letter W)* his initials wally, first name. (and yes the devil costume) In some audio you can hear him sing and its weird because its in pure silence (just his vocals) it seems like hes singing to his house. (Ive also heard the house would respond to wally with creeks bangs, uh- ect) Edit (forgot to add): ALSO if you find a secret code, it the website will show a gif of wally and he will say: *"Hello. You are there. I cant see you. Do you see me? Then stay quiet."* Btw you should share the link to the website for welcome home in the desc!

[@lavendercafe]

just added the link! thank you for pointing it out, i didn’t realize!! 💜

[@CreepypastaKitten105]

Clown has stated all Characters are in their 20's incase anyone wanted to know. Its on Party Coffins' aka Clowns' tumblr. Its old info but relavent. Hope that helps.

[@CRAFTED_PAYDAY]

This ARG's lore is very interesting and all, and this video is very well made too… but GOD DAMN does your drawing of Sally look amazing! So good that I watched every second of the process causetobehonestIreallyneedtotakenotesoIcanlearnhowtodrawbetter…

[@lavendercafe]

omg thank you!!!!!!!! i plan to make lot more art content, and i’d love to make a video on my art process if people would be interested! 💜🦇

[@locktern5041]

Ya know,, there's a character that's a mailman,, who likes arts and crafts, and his envelops are always colorful,,,

[@Newgirl001]

Would explain why he's hiding from Home in the one picture.

[@madsnotbunny]

im so excited to learn more about welcome home! your illustration of sally is super cute btw

[@lavendercafe]

i am too!! and thank you so much! i have an obsession with little sun or moon themed characters (collector, sun/moon from fnaf, and now sally) so i immediately knew i needed to draw her!

[@beeshark222]

One thing I don’t see people bringing up about the FAQ is that it frequently switches between ‘we’ and ‘i’. It also does this once in the news, going from ‘you believe ME’ to ‘you will see as WE do.’

[@beloved_tea]

Theory time! I explored the site earlier and from what I can tell, wally has some connection to religion, as it's possible to see crosses and a baphomet in certain artwork. maybe he has some kind of demon or dub personality that is connected to the house and that portal/void? Idk, it's all i know

[@lavendercafe]

i have seen that!! i’m so excited to see how those themes possibly play out!

[@pumpkinarrie3671]

@@lavendercafe hey! Just wanted to aware you guys those artworks are non canon! Clown made a post stating those were old concepts and do not pertain to the current story anymore

[@lavendercafe]

@@pumpkinarrie3671 oh, alright!! thank you so much!!!

[@kitkat7805]

I hope Matpat does a video on Welcome home as well. His theorist community always pushes as hard as they can to uncover a theory. Maybe we'd get more information on the cite with more and more people working on it together.

[@Artsygacha2020]

Fun Fact: the image file of So Below is called "You're Here".

[@rainbospud4316]

Oh my god why isn't this viral? My sibling just sent me another video about this and that's how I found your video. This is awesome I would love to see more and to have updates on this series!!

[@chi_tea1012]

ITS ME FROM TT. 🎉🎉 This was so well put together! I can see you becoming the next Red Hearing or Night mind! I have a silly maybe surface level therory about how the viewers eyes are the 'sun' because ofc they have a concept of night. Sally is moon themed too. So what happens when the sun goes down? And people stop watching....But anyway! This was good! Great! Wonderful even! Keep it up!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@lavendercafe]

thank you sm!!! and that theory sounds so cool!!! i’m so unbelievably excited to see what this ARG ends up doing!

[@avaperry951]

I can't wait to see more of this, it's so cool!!

[@Frogboy884]

I fr just made a whole discord server dedicated to this-

[@PeachyKeenArtt]

I smell a new hyper fixation....first DHMIS...now this 😭😭😭😅😅😅

[@fandomfollower5247]

Im so glad so many wonderful, talented people are getting sucked into this dark web! Its so exciting being apart of this growing community

[@jester6623]

im so supprised this video only has like 600 likes, this is one of my favorite videos on welcome home and I'm hyperfixating on it so i am scraping the internet for ANYTHING at this point. I feel like I'm going to enjoy your content and definitely enjoy more welcome home videos!! i love your art as well

[@lavendercafe]

thank you so so much!

[@lavendercafe]

and i’m definitely hyperfixating too, i literally made this whole video in less than 2 days because i could NOT hold myself back from talking about this ARG lmao

[@jester6623]

@@lavendercafe youre sososo welcome!!

[@Hazziecho]

It’s 3 in the morning🥲

[@i.m.b4398]

I‘m definetly getting some Cult-vibes from the worshipping image and the House is definetly some sort of eldritch beeing..probabilidade corrupted the production team too

[@El1sL1n]

I looked at all of the little drawings' label things and here are my top 3 favourites: Page 2, Worm says "Wiggle, wiggle wiggle wiggle :)" and Wally drew an image of a worm with squigly lines around it, the text is "idonotknowwhatwiggleis_barnabysaiditwasthis" wich is ADORABLE Basically the same thing a bit further down on the same page Cloudy says "Hello! I love clowns! Show me one!" and wally replies "idonotknowwhatclownis_iaskedfrank_hesaidbarnaby_hereisbarnaby" and its a pisture of barnaby 😂 Another random one(I think it was on the last page?) someone says "I hope the cast knows how to tie their shoes." and wally drew a picture of a shoe that isnt tied labled "itsveryhard" 😭 Wally is so cute in these replies sometimes hes like a literal child it's so cute-

[@breakrisk]

Love your art so much!! This video got me into Welcome Home ^_^

[@annelise5050]

I was hoping to find a good video on Welcome home, thanks!

[@lavendercafe]

of course! i’m so glad you enjoyed!!!

[@furiousgabriel]

I'm new to ARG kinda stuff other than FNAF, this so interesting. I can't wait to learn more! btw what program or/and device are you using to draw,? Thank u!

[@lavendercafe]

hi! i’m using procreate on the iPad pro and screen sharing through the iPad’s built in feature! 💜

[@rakiahbaker5589]

I love Night Mind.

[@vtubermissingno]

Great video! Informative, entertaining, and has me eager for the future of the arg. Cant believe this is your only video as your super talented.

[@emmy8981]

I just found the project like an hour ago, its so exciting to me

[@CanofAnxiety]

just discovered ur channel! love it, the video was very well-done. cannot wait to see more!

[@lavendercafe]

thank you so much!!!! 💜🦇

[@somberjingles]

I was expecting to be rickrolled when the audiofile appeared-

[@chellastation]

Welcome Home is an ARG that definitely deserve love 💛💙

[@annaplayz6714]

I don’t want Wally to be the Villian I love his character way to much-

[@paruf1sh]

Yeesh this isn’t the right thing to have watched at midnight

[@user-loves-you]

Мне слишком нраится тот факт что когда Волли смотрит на нас его зрачки расширяются будто мы ему нравимся или как будто он смотрит в темноту..

[@AnimeAsh2002]

I know I'm 13 days late but, Welcome to KZbin I'm extremely excited to see more content, and I absolutely love your art syle. ❤

[@lavendercafe]

thank you so much! that means so much to me!!! 💜🦇

[@AnimeAsh2002]

@@lavendercafe you are absolutely welcome!

[@mindaer5167]

Amazing video!! This needs more views

[@beataebnerova5745]

oh wow i love your storry and drawing

[@denisrodriguez9463]

One thing i e realized that when home in controlling wally he talks slower like in that in those disc its wally but he's being controled by home

[@4Angel4cross4eyes]

would love to see more!!

[@Parkerodactyl]

I know nothing of this fandom or subject outside of this video and I dont expect anyone to see or review this comment, Wally just made his way onto my KZbin shorts and my TikTok fyp, I was instantly drawn in because I love indie horror and watched this to learn more, but I love making conspiracy theories so... What if Wally has amnesia or DID? And Home is someone or something that he has to follow and please to obtain his lost memories of his past, but in the process his health is deteriorating further because of the lack of progression. Perhaps the "first" Wally is the one who remembers their past and some of their memories, but for some reason they're limiting the "second" Wally's access to these and not bothering to provide information. This just gave me a cool backstory idea for an oc I'm making actually- since this is my conspiracy theory, if it turns out not to be the case, I'm claiming it for myself :D

[@anthonymarziano9984]

I can,t wait, I wonder how they'll tackle it.

[@jadesage09]

Hello, I loved watching your drawing while you talked! The only thing I noticed was that I think you might have Sally's hands backwards? Like the way the thumbs and fingers make the heart is how Sally would see her hands, not how the viewer would see them. I hope that makes sense.

[@lavendercafe]

honestly that would not shock me i make that mistake all the time. thank you for telling me!!

[@jadesage09]

@@lavendercafe not a problem! I don't mean to be critical or anything, it's still a really pretty drawing!

[@lavendercafe]

@@jadesage09 thank you so much!

[@sunnny._.]

THEORY. sorry if someone said this before but what if the audio was the theme song for welcome home sang by wally???

[@SyntheticCharmVA]

👁👁

[@lavendercafe]

aaa it made me so happy seeing you commented! i’m very excited to see your work in welcome home! 💜

[@SyntheticCharmVA]

​@lavendercafe Ahaha, of course! I'm so excited as well aaaa!

[@NightTerrorsScares]

Strange...I like it!

[@meganwelch453]

I have something to say about wally darling he lives with home and he had no parents to.

[@andreagregory470]

I tried going to the website but I'm getting a weird message saying it's not connect to the web.

[@novaaxolotl7899]

if anyone knows where can i find the y? there are too many "your"s in the website

[@syweb2]

As of now, the website is totally down. What happened?

[@ZOnlyTaylor]

I love how you explained & talked about what your thoughts are. I would love to see you do more on this, I'll definitely watch! ( ・∇・)

[@lavendercafe]

thank you so much!

[@Bunni_starz309]

were do you watch it??

[@Yourlocalabandonmentissuefren]

dam it took u 17 minutes just to finish i be making it for about 10 hours

[@bradonbyrd8061]

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[@oknwlz4566]

The creator wants this to be known as a horror project not an ARG

[@lavendercafe]

yeah, i know that now! i made this video before that was officially said.

[@MollyDollyy774]

I really like Welcome Home, Definitely up my Alley, I'm ok with all the Trigger's, Even though I'm awkward with Eye Contact in person, But I was $*!€!dal, And $*lfh@rm£d in the past, Also I'm an Autistic, Asexual, Closet Trans person, That use's Gender Neutral pronoun's {They/Them} To mask it, And it hurt's... My Family is Transphobic and Acephobic, Which is hurtful, But anyway, I really like Welcome Home, It's really Interesting, And I love the Vibe's from Wally Darling, He is so cool, He seem's Self Aware, And he is definitely not the one "Pulling the String's" I feel like that may be Home, I'm really excited to see where Welcome Home goes, And where the G0r£ come's in, I'm ok with G0r£, I can handle it, I really like Welcome Home~

[@bradonbyrd8061]

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[@disarray398]

Why's it being called indie horror though? It's an ARG? Unless it counts too, I'm not sure.

[@Autistic_Sandw1ch.official]

An ARG is the type of game/story it is, and indie horror means that it wasn’t *super* popular

[@gundamgunpla4685]

Yes ARG is a sub genre of Indie Horror :)

[@doctordice2doctordice210]

My sister in Christ, did you just throw a goddamn trigger warning for puppets? Lol

[@holderofdarkness45]

Puppets is a common fear, don't be rude.

[@gundamgunpla4685]

Threw in a Trigger warning for goddamn near everything lol. If ANY of that is a trigger, ARG's might not be the route for you imo

[@doctordice2doctordice210]

@@gundamgunpla4685 ikr lol

[@bradonbyrd8061]

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[@thisisnawl]

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