#anyway ive had these thoughts simmering for a lil while

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excuse me i need to Muse on something for a moment

so in Wally's secret 'vinyl' audios, specifically the last few (if we're listening to em in chronological order), obviously he starts to sound more strained/distressed. his breathing is more labored, like it's taking all of his energy to make contact.

but the audio that really caught my attention was the "But i still can't see" one. cause he just said he has more eyes than he did before. he knows We draw them a lot, and it's thanks to that that he can see. but he still can't see?

so my question is: where is Wally physically? cause although he can (assumedly) see the WHRP goings on, he can see through the eyes We draw, that could all be on a, uh... more Intangible level of sight. like the spiral pit is forming an eye, and then there's the eye on the ceiling in the secret Staff Only section - could Wally be in the pit, that space between his reality and Ours, "watching" through the eyes? but unable to actually see with due to the pit being pitch black nothingness? is he somewhere else? is he stuck? he can see, but he can't... see.

(or is he trying to explain an abstract concept - he's not actually viewing anything, but he can sense it. like how he knows We're there, even if he can't see or hear Us. but he just doesn't have the words to describe it other than using physical senses - see, hear, look.)

and him saying "...that I can see. But it is still... I can't..." but it's still what, Wally? dark? something else that he doesn't have the words to describe, so he just says that he can't see?

i know that in the Livestream Trivia Document (compiled by @/the neighborhoodwatch) there was something said about Wally being in a box. my first thought reading that was "oh, so he's in storage? the physical puppet, i mean?" which would make sense - show's over, there's no more use for him. pack 'em up and put him away. but that paired with the "can't see" audio makes both seem a lil... connected.

Wally can't see > he's likely somewhere dark > the inside of closed boxes are dark > Wally's in a box. (or maybe the Neighborhood is the box? it's a stretch, i know, but the map is a box. television sets are often set up in "boxes". maybe it's less of a physical storage box and more of a 'boxed in' sort of thing...)

one question i've had since the Start of my interest in this incredible project is: how is Wally communicating? how has he connected to the site? how does he connect to our reality? the pit almost definitely has something to do with it - most likely acting as a bridge, or the deteriorating of the barrier between our two 'worlds' - but if Wally is in a box and Not the pit or even just in the puppet's reality... how is he reaching us beyond just seeing through the eyes he's given?

or is he in their reality, and he can contact through the pit or something, but he can't actually see the other side? Our side? he knows it's there - that We're there - but none of it is visible to him. maybe his apparent disassociation in the 14 bug audios is a demonstration of him contacting Us. we can see through him, but it's a one way street.

and speaking of the pit - i just had a thought. his whole thing with Us letting him in, opening... the pit on the neighborhood map is getting bigger and clearer. but the presumed Other Side, the one on the Staff Only ceiling, is small. it's the size of a ceiling panel. it seems to me that Wally is chipping away at his side of the pit or 'portal', trying to reach Our reality, but he needs Us to do the same thing on the other side. the QA can hear him calling, but there's no phone on their (Our) side of the pit. how do We call back???

there's a fundamental barrier & lack of understanding between Wally and the QA/Us. he's trying. he wants to be let in, but what does that mean, really? let him in where? open what? he's desperate. he wants us to understand. he's trying so so hard Without the right tools to clearly communicate what he wants. he can't see Us, We can see him, both know the other is there, but there's no way to connect. and the attempts are hurting all parties involved, however unintentionally

#and its very ah. Autistic/Neurodivergent Horror i think? #the Wanting To Explain but Being Unable To because the people you're trying to communicate with #function differently than you. they don't understand. they Can't understand. their brains are wired differently. #no matter how hard you try there will never be understanding. your attempts to connect are somehow Incorrect. #and often - in my experiences at least - being that Different gets you hurt. people perceive your actions/behavior as a slight. #or as intentionally malicious! and then they get mad and you just.. dont get Why? you didn't Want to hurt anyone. you wanted to Explain. #you wanted someone to look at you and Understand. say 'oh. i see you! i get it now!' and have that Connection. #but you will never be understood. never Seen nor Heard. left in the dark. you're accidentally hurting them. they're hurting you. #it takes all of your strength to try to reach them and yet you still. fall. short. because they don't reach back. #anyway ive had these thoughts simmering for a lil while #Knowing whether or not the bug audios are present day or not would cross some theories off and write up new ones i think #that confirmation seems Important imo.... #homebogging #welcome home speculation #welcome home theory #then of course there's the question of how Home fits into all of this... in the early days i was a 'home is evil' believer but now?? #nah. home's not outright Evil i think. there's something complicated going on between them and wally and its role in all of this #im just... unsure of what. i think confirmation of whether his morse code says 'help me' or 'hello' would massively help clear up the sitch #is home an accomplice? a victim? a perpetrator? a secret fourth option? who's to say (yet) #i have many Thoughts about it based on a couple different things - the distorted voice under wallys. the waLLy guestbook entry. etc #but this post has gotten long enough and its Not on that particular subject #*grips the bug audios & home's morse code* you two motherfuckers would clear so much up i stg- #the bug audio's timeline placement could tell us whether or not wally is with his neighbors or if the neighborhood is intact (in some way!) #home's morse code would give Major insight into their place in all of this!!! #AGH THIS FUCKING PROJECT MAKES ME INSANE. IT'S SO GODDAMN GOOD WHO AUTHORIZED THIS- #as always take my words with a Hefty grain of salt & i hope it's coherent! #anyway there's nothing more dangerous & all-consuming than the need/desire to be understood <3

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is it just me or has the level of complicity between Jimmy and Bam significantly cooled compared to like last season (when were the gentle head to head touches? last season?) i wonder what happened... (maybe you have a theory (theories?) lol)

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look at lowry's little ass in the background lmao

ANYWAYS THO. .... that IS an interesting and rlly good observation! ive kinda thought it myself, but i just scratched it off as not having enough heat moots who keep updated on that kinda stuff ... perhaps it needs more looking into..

i think the lil gentle (n very sweet) headbutts were the bubble season? Or at least it gave bubble season vibes lol BUT if it was bubble season then like? 2 years ago right?? i'm not real solid on numbers 😭 but STILL that's like! A while! It's a lil worryin .. the latest jimmy bam thing i can think of is the 'jimmy touches bam in a place he doesn't like' LMAO.. so like they're still PLAYFUL, of course, just a lil.. less so 🙁?

when kyle first came to the team, i kinda joked that bam would tire of his constant cheeky responses since that's kinda bam's thing? And now the heat is just a team composed of cheeky assholes? With jimmy as their aggravating assholic leader? So now you've got this team of constant quips that there's just a lot going on always.. someone had to take a breather i guess ..

And with all these new assholes for jimmy to play with (interpretate this however you wish... i won't stop u 🤭) , one of the easier ones to set aside kinda gets.. set aside? Tbh, tho this might be because im not big on Tyler, i haven't seen many new, at least BIG, interactions between him and jimmy anymore. Insta is kinda different. It's all Jimmy and Kyle now, that's the new 'funny jimmy pair'.. jimmy seems to love seeking new people to explore, lope into a seemingly unbreakable duo with them, keep them as a friend, then move onto a new person to keep him intrigued. That doesn't mean he doesn't love the other person LESS.... it's all just.. Interest? HMM the best way i can describe it is... jimmy is that person you meet at school who is really nice to you, jokes around, and you think 'this is gonna be my new best friend!' BUT the few days of friendship, you're just sitting in what u thought was comfortable silence with him until you turn to say something and he's gone off to talk to people you don't know with the same enthusiasm he talked to you with. Perhaps even more. And there's nothing BAD about that, being able to have multiple friends with anyone you want. I just can see how it clashes with more introverted people who prefer quarters over pennies, u know what i mean?

This can fit even into the bubble where it was jimmy and bam basically stuck together! Jimmy couldn't even go out to his famous fancy breakfast brunch places to judge their insignificant coffee! And ty was drafted in 2019 so that newness was simmered a bit. PERFECT time for bam and jimmy to duo dance their way in interviews! No parties no other people to be distracted by... jimmy bam all the way !

now that's over (we think) .. and there's more people now more space.. n more times for players to branch out and do their own things. Which jimmy LOVES! and that's good! That's okay! People can go be people!! As long as... u know.. they don't forget about other people.. i guess

#i think the whole 'social butterfly' and the 'person who just wants 1 or 2 close friends' dynamic is chefs KISS #and needs more exploration! bcs it's more complicated than just 'one is controlling one is careless' #some ppl dont even realize the dynamic when it's happening to them rn ! #ABT BAM THO... #dealing with jimmys obsession of taunting demar via kyle has got to be an eyerolling experience #smthin u cant intrude upon bcs thats their own separate history... itd be like ruining someone elses inside joke with an old friend #all bcs YOU didnt get it #so u just gotta take a step back and watch.. #even in bams playstyle he had to take a step back for jimmy to do his thing sometimes #it's definitely smthin to note! maybe not as big of a deal but smthin to think abt.. #IDK tho.. if yall find any new bam jimmy things POST IT!! i love seeing them ! #the tumbunity (me) MUST know how theyre doing !!!! #maybe bams just tired of being the only braincell in the group and hes taking a vacation lol #and HMM the reporters do like to interview kyle jimmy more now.. bam bein pushed out by the public too? #very inch resting... #but this is just a THEORY a GAY theory #ok i apologize for that one even i hated saying that lmao #ted asks #bam #jimmy #klow #VERY inch resting ask def drew attention quick! good observation !! #bam and deebo need to make an alliance and make out #just to see what happens 🤭...