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Barney really sounds like he's controlling Wally throughout the audio. It's creepy how subtly it's done. Like it's one thing if the horror is felt by the people reacting to a character that's "not right" but it's a whole different thing when the horror is the experience of the one that is "not right".
Why do i feel like this show will go down the path of that scp with the mutated humans being turned into knock off sesame Street characters
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Just wanted to expand on this analogy
Still…if theres not enough of that fat, it can end up kinda flat. There does need to be that extra bit that gives it flavor. Preferably if it's marbled into the rest of the meat. 🙂
Your voice is so soothing, and your impressions of Wally are so spot-on!
The realization that my coworker is real life Barnaby makes me suddenly want to strangle him.
(almost at the beginning of the video, like the first 20 mins of the video) The records of wally talking, the background sounds like heartbeats and it freaks me out…
Edit: yeah… The third record literally has heartbeats
I have nothing of value to add to this video. I'd just like to say I think it would be fitting if Night Mind is the Welcome to Night Vale of unfiction universes. The auditory resemblance is uncanny. As well as the vaguely threatening air of something old, grand, and malevolent
I ran into someone that had one of the characters name in her screenname, and i started talking to her.
She hadn't seen these videos, and i realized quickly that she doesn't know it's an arg.
I didn't tell her, because apparently she just enjoys it at face value, and that's one of the sweetest, most innocent thing ever.
I started looking, and i found Wally Darling cosplays.
anyone else notice that they keep bringing up butterflies? they mention it in audio 6-7 times and then mention them in writing a handful of more times.
so we all agree that Wally is autistic, but…he could also have amnesis, like in the guestbook when someone asks what Wally's favorite memory is, and he replies with "no memory"…and now he's even forgetting who he is! it's getting worse.
I think Barnaby is like a parent to Wally that he never had, he teached him things, he notices him more, he buys him things, all that, and I absolutely love that Barnaby calls Wally 'kid', it's adorable for some reason, I think Wally was raised by himself and without anyone to teach him as he "grew", and thats why he's a little slow with things, I think he always spectates to observe how everyone else is like, and Clown said Barnaby teached Wally how to laugh I think!
Barnaby is suspicious as all get out if you ask me. Has some real "socially acceptable antagonism" vibes in every single interaction.
nick getting psyched about the merch was my same reaction once i checked out the update on launch day
needless to say i am throwing my wallet at clown gently
I am in love with how disturbing Wally sounds. The voice actor did an incredible job
It feels like Barnaby is Wally's "keeper", teaching Wally to act normal, accompanying him to the interview, and even talking directly to "Home". If anyone has an idea of what's going on I think it would be Barnaby.
Anyone notice in the little character icons you can see at 1:28:47 that all the characters are seperated by little hearts except Wally and Home, implying that they're one character
my dude sounds like a holder of many offences
neat
Thank you Nick. I hope this becomes the structure for live-type videos going forwards, chat can be a bit distracting and the redeems outright interfere with what you're trying to do.
Clown and their team have truly accomplished something special here. this is spectacular so far, and I'm sure it will continue to be. thanks for covering this project!
LET ME IN. LET ME IIIIIIIIN!!!
Thank you, anodyne-voiced narrator, for braving hunger and uncomfortable temperatures to bring us this amazing video! It's interesting that from the puppets' point of view, the puppet show sets look just as real to them as the real world does to us. I wonder, though, why Wally looking down in each video clip, instead of at the other characters. The audio clips sound more scripted, which means Wally could have been the first big neurodivergent character on children's television, and how cool would that be?
The VAs are killing it like every scene is felt like a sesame street episode
Barbary’s constant puns and voice reminds me of sans
Something I've personally noticed taking this all in is that in both the secret bug scenes & the audio files, there's an almost connecting pattern of Wally being ignored. In fact, that seems to be a general theme with everything so far; The concept of non-existence. Alongside how it's suggested the show never existed at all, it seems to be that Wally might be aware of the fact that he has/had a passive presence in the neighbourhood, like he's often expected to be someone who only speaks when spoken to.
Another thing I noticed is that with the black goo making the exhibit staff mad, with it coming from the house and with Wally living inside- Who'd go on to call said staff- It makes me think the goo might cause victims to enter a state of maddening comprehension, ala Lovecraftian horrors. Maybe through the goo, Wally is now painfully self aware that he's a character on… Something and is now desperately trying to reach out to somebody, anybody, who'll finally acknowledge him as a human being that exists.
Smaller theories I'm a fan of is that Poppy's actually Barnaby's mom, and that Barnaby's Wally's caretaker dog- I saw that last one in the comments here, was too lovely not to believe haha
This might be obvious to everyone, but I'm pretty sure that the "merch," specifically the Wally Telaphone and the letter set, is just stuff Wally took from around his house to send to the research team.
Does anyone else think Eddy Dear sounds like Troy Baker?
I know that this isn't relevant to the video above, but I think you will enjoy Emesis Blue. For a first time SFM project/movie, you wouldn't be able to tell that this was the creation teams first try.
I can’t wait to see the DIY phones people are gonna make
I think Wally is hiding something with his monotone. I do this all the time when I am upset. When someone is being angry or abusive towards me I purposefully make myself more and more calm. And talk about other things. Wally is repressing something. There are times when Wally slips and you hear some distress in his voice. To me people want to pacify Wally. Is why they talk patronizing him it has hints of malicious intentions.
I just noticed that all of the audio recordings don’t sound like record players, but they all sound like they’re coming from the telephone.
I noticed a discrepancy between the transcript of the "just so" song demo and the audio recording. When Wally says " I dont mind that you reorder my crayons." in the transcript it says "I dont mind that you steal my crayons". I wonder if that was just a typo or if it was intentional and if intentional does it mean anything and if there are any more "accidents."
I’m scared
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Keep in mind all of the bugs we are finding. Is Home infested? Is that why things are taking a turn?