Do you mind if I share some speculations on our favorite bug man?
I think you're right in that Howdy has caught onto something being off about their world. But he can't just jump up and tell everyone that they are living in a simulation. So he has to watch and wait for everyone else to realize it in their own time.
But
In his heart, he is a lovable asshole. And an asshole he will be!
Sally got close to figuring out that the food are props, but it hasn't clicked yet. Until then, the lable on the "mashed potatoes" is just a marketing ploy.
And sure, Howdy knows the blowing balls are made of foam, but Eddie doesn't know that! So Howdy sends him off, watching him struggle to carry something that weighs next to nothing.
Maybe if they interact with enough props, they'll catch on, too? In the meantime, Howdy is gonna have fun messing with everyone.
ohhhh i Do like this interpretation! where he's actually trying to clue them in, not just going "well. this might as well happen". and doing it his own... uh... Special way....
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Ok FOR REAL Theory Time!!!
Gonna be massive spoilers plus mention of bugs/fungus!
So I'm calling this the Mold Theory
And what is the Mold?
It's the black stuff under Home!
(Mold under a house is very suiting, right?)
The Mold has contaminated Every single thing that the Restoration team has found! The team talks about the envelopes, the antiques, and the artwork found for Welcome Home and how it is alwasys Wet and covered in Grime.
The stuff that is "Growing" all over the found items... Staff must wear gloves or they will get covered in it
You can see it all over the gloves, the Walls, and even the Website Itself! It's also been shown on the restored art prior to the update.
But one unfortunate person seems to have touched it.
and that is.. The Question Answerer!
(The head person of the Restoration team is also most likely infected)
Now what this Mold does is, It seems to have an effect of the person's mental state. Causing them to see and hear things, as well as having lucid nightmares and an overwhelming urge to draw spirals.
From the very moment of contact, it seems to have effect
"When I Unwrapped the first letter, I felt it. I heard it. Open Open Open. I want it out, I'm Going to get it Out"
Instant Hallucinations and Obsession!
Now I'm going to be Comparing this Mold to a Real fungus called Cordyceps, or the Zombie-Ant Fungus. It is a fungus that can control BUGS (familar themes right?) and take over their minds, forcing them to act unnaturally and wander far in order to spread itself!
~Similarily~ this Mold can take control of the Host's mind as well.
The "Spores" that it is trying to spread are the drawings of the spirals/eyes.
And the more eyes are Drawn, the more Wally can SEE.
Wally has made it truly apparent that he can see us through any rendition of his eyes.
"I've seen you every time you've looked into my eyes"
"I have more eyes than I did before, you know how to draw eyes
You draw mine, many times. I know it is thanks to you, Neighbor.. That I can see.. but it is still.. I can't see"
He is giving us instructions..
"You have work to do"
-Giving us instrustions on how to draw an eye...
"Please Open, Let me In"
Now I find this last instruction very funny
He doesn't say "Let me Out"
No... He says "Let me IN"
Into What? What are we Opening?
Our doors?Our EYES? our Mind? our Heart??
I think that could be exactly it!!!
Letting him.... into You!!! (The collective You)
Isn't that Funny? A Funny little thought?!
The Puppet becoming the Puppeteer!
ooh hee hee hoo hoo
I think I'm very clever about that!
But there are so many themes of Strings/Control/Scripts
That I simply couldn't help myself!
Now does that mean I think Wally is Evil? Absolutely NOT
I LOVE Wally, and hey, what's a bit of mind control between Neighbors? <333 I'll borrow a cup of sugar and you can borrow my sanity! That's what Neighbors are for! <3
Jokes aside, No I Do NOT think Wally is Evil!!
No, he might become a Puppeteer over the Real world...
(and It might be for good reason, to save his friends and himself)
but he is still very much a Puppet himself. Literally and Figuratively,
And the Real Mastermind behind the strings is... Home!
Afterall? Isn't that where the Mold is coming from?
From Down Below? Below Home?
This image gives me BIG TIME Obediance vibes
Reporting/Worship/Subjugation
I very much see Wally as the Lure of a very big Angler Fish..
The bait, the perfect little puppet that has captured our hearts and led us by the hand into Welcome Home.
Isn't that very much how it has gone in real life?
(Oh I KNOW I got the Mold BAD!!! ahahaha)
(I can't stop drawing himmm!!! :3c )
But this is where my rambling stops, Until Next Time!
I will just say that:
The Relationship between Home and Wally (And by extension, YOU)
Is a Strange one for sure! And I cant wait to see it further!
And Just one more extra note on this whole Fungus thing..
Did you know that the BIGGEST Organism on the entire Earth..
Is a Mushroom?
It is because they are connected through their Roots... (Down Below)
and Houses kinda are shaped like musrooms...
I will Leave it at That! Ahahahaha!
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I don't think I've ever really cared about shipping in my life. I'm generally just cool to go with the flow. If something is written well or drawn well then I'm for it.
But I will say. The DC writers trying to push Jon/Irey and Damian/Irey tire me. I am not impressed with the dynamics going on there and the idea of Irey being in the middle of a love triangle is contrived and upsetting.
I felt safe before because Irey is 9, Jon is an adult with a boyfriend and Damian is a teenager. DC wouldn't let that happen. I knew the shipping going on behind the scenes but everything was fine. It couldn't happen.
But then we got alt universe Supersons. The same age as Irey. And Irey blushing at them.
Suddenly everything was very much not okay.
Again, I'm generally cool with whatever but I'm putting my fucking foot down at this one.
No.
I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD.
NO.
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I found this little gem when I went to get a key replicated for the new place. It's not exactly Wally Darlings home but it does look a bit similar and it just felt right after I purchased it. 🥰
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Jade could move like smoke, shape herself into whatever she needed to survive and leave people with nothing but a smile. ‘Like a Cheshire Cat’. Not Artemis. Something in her refused to bend that way, refused to form a smooth mask over what she felt. Too much like Alice - unable to believe impossible things. She’d made herself a stone instead.
On this week's Work In Progress Wednesday Deathly Weapons excerpt: 3WD has read Lewis Carroll and is going to make it the Crock-Nguyen sisters' problem.
(Banner from @purpleyin's regency set)
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