something i've been thinking about:
Wally is set up as a sort of "main character" by the whrp. he's said in the site's description of the show to have introduced the main theme/lesson of the day's episode, and then the rest of the neighbors join him on his escapades. but then we have our first glimpses of everyone's actual dynamics and characters through the audios and you look at Wally and its like
first of all, thats an npc. second, nearly everybody else has severe main character syndrome
but its fascinating how Wally is just kind of... There. he doesnt talk much. he doesnt contribute beyond a couple of lines. its more like he joins the others on their shenanigans. he fades into the background. he's off to the side while everyone else holds conversations & leads the moment
Wally, despite being described as Thee character, is borderline background.
& whats even more interesting, within his individual secret audio files and interactions - he's almost chatty. not only that but the way he talks is more confident and faster paced. he's taking initiative. he can be kinda pushy. when talking to the qa/whrp/Us, he acts more like the character his descriptions portray. he acts more like a person instead of a puppet waiting for his next cue
I cant tell if - when around the neighbors - his tepid milk behavior is a purposeful act or if he's masking. and if he's masking, is it deliberate or involuntary? and in regards to both, why is he acting so different? It could be tied to what he's trying to accomplish. if he's trying to "restore" Welcome Home, it would make sense for him to act as he does around the neighbors - he wouldnt want to clue them in that he knows so much more than he's letting on, would he?
but then that begs another train of thought - what if he isn't acting or masking? if there is a time discrepancy between Wally's interactions with the qa/whrp/Us & the more 'official' audios, that could explain the difference in behavior. we could be getting glimpses into "future" (read: current) Wally, who's had much more time to figure himself out since we can safely assume he started out as a blank slate. we could be seeing a more experienced Wally than the one seen with his friends.
of course that line of thinking loses some merit when considering the 14 "bug" audios. or it could lend to it... if we're seeing a more experienced Wally but his friends are only seeing what he allows them to. it's still him, just... a carefully curated version.
in general it could really tie into the themes of identity and change and being other, to me. when you're so different - or you feel so different - that you can't bring yourself to be your most authentic you around your friends. when you feel like you have to hold back and be who you think they expect you to be, or what would be most palatable. most normal. will they accept you as you really are? there's always the fear and terror that the people you consider closest to you won't. or when you're so scared of change that you'll shove down & lock away parts of yourself so that you can keep things as you are. because once they know you've changed, so will they. and really, do you want to even accept that you've changed? what if that's what scares you most of all - that you're different, you've metamorphosized, you can't go back to the way things were because you yourself are no longer the person you were before. there is no reversing this no matter how much you try or pretend
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I was making a bag for my friend's stuffed toy to carry today, and thought it might be good to leave a message in the bag; just in case the plush got lost. We decided to make a button pin instead, so here's the design:
I made this myself in canva; please feel free to use for your own plushies! Please share around with anyone you know with a plush friend or toy they take everywhere. Nothing sucks like losing one.
Edit: Added description on image (thank you @starberry-skies for the reminder) and in the tags. Lemme know if that I need to add it elsewhere. /gen
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A fun thing about trying to figure out if you're neurodiverse is when you want to compare your experiences to see if they are "normal," and you suddenly realize you're actually not sure ANY of your friends or family are neurotypical
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knowing how to say hello and thank you in most languages is a good thing except when its stressful border control situations and people believe your abilities to understand them, im sorry heavily tattooed gelled up gay german man i only know vielen dank, bitte sehr, and wo kann ich rauchen, thats it!!!
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i redid my lockscreen and now its good omens/space themed and i am very happy about it (i cant use discord anymore so get ready for more random posts abt my special interest)
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One of the things I do that I only recently learned is a neurodivergent things is I do a little dance and have some sort of exclamation every time I hang up a call.
When a phone call ends successfully I usually shake my fists around excitedly and say something like “Yes!” or a big sigh of relief, like, “Ahhhhhhhhhhh…”
After hanging up from a work meeting, I triumphantly rip my headset off and put it on my desk in one continuous motion, say something like, “Meeting done!”, or “Meeting over!” (choreographed so the first word is as I grab my headset and the second one is as it hits my desk), do a single really exaggerated, loud clap, and then do a double fist pump with a sharp exhale.
And then I become self-aware.
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“Why do young people hate phone calls so much these days?”
I was just forced to schedule an appointment while sitting on the toilet, Suzan.
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