#puppet horror

[eddieentertainment]

To see the sky.

[mio-the-clown]

TW: slight gore, puppet horror?

I had a nightmare

So naturally I drew Wally experiencing it

Sorry lil bud <\3

[earlgraytay]

I'm having a certain amount of weird cognitive dissonance about partycoffin's Welcome Home (not tagging them because this is kinda speculation...)

I normally absolutely loathe the "the cute thing was EVIL ALL ALONG" genre, especially with Muppety puppets. I have a very strong squick about it. The Henson Workshop was one of baby's first hyperfixations, and The Dark Crystal is so important to me that it's hard to describe how without invoking religion.

... It's important to me, for these reasons, that the Muppets, especially the Sesame Street crew, are... innocent. Not in a Calvinist way, in an ... autistic hippie way. They're joyfully weird. They're not cruel for cruelty's sake. Some of the Muppets are grumpy and mean because it's what they were made to be, but they're not...

Look, it's hard to explain, but there's a very specific kind of Mean Comedy that, before Henson's death, the Muppets just did not do. Even Statler and Waldorf's heckling doesn't push that button for me. The Muppets shouldn't be capable of that kind of interpersonal cruelty. And that's important enough to me that I can't watch something like Avenue Q (much less Actual Puppet Horror) without getting sick to my stomach.

But *thus far*, the horror elements of Welcome Home haven't gotten to me in the same way. And I think it's because... Clown respects that aspect of the children's puppet genre?

Like, I know we're still in early days, and That One Fucking Picture Of Maisie freaks me the fuck out (for, uh, different reasons). But so far, it seems like at least part of the horror aspect... Is that innocence, and how it can't survive contact with humanity.

So far, at least in the newest version of WH, we've seen very little to indicate that the Home crew's joy and innocence aren't genuine. Everyone has Depths to their character, obviously, that can't be plumbed without going into the Gruesome Shit. But like.... with the possible exception of Wally, they don't seem Cruel. Fuck, even Wally seems Oblivious and Earnest, just... willing to do horrible things for the sake of Keeping Home Intact.

And that LACK of malice is ironically where the horror comes in! Because the sunny days of a kids' puppet show can't survive contact with a reality where people are cruel and ableist and homophobic, and once the show ends, there's nothing left but that reality... and everything falls apart.

Agh, I don't know. I might have to drop this fandom if I get that button pushed too many times. But for now, it's interesting to see an adult take on the genre that isn't gleefully mean and disrespectful towards one of the things I love about puppets.

[pastel-sorrow]

you know what my favorite genre of horror is? children’s show mascot horror

and i don’t mean “lost episode of real children’s show” i mean “i created an entire children’s show and corrupted it”

Amanda the Adventurer, Welcome Home Puppet Show, My Friendly Neighborhood, also the toys made by Playtime Co., sometimes Dont Hug Me I’m Scared(it tends to feel a little too complicated for me)

they’re all seemingly normal children’s show and then slowly it reveals it’s evolving darkness, it also tends to make their main character’s sympathetic

i want Amanda as a character to be ok, i want to help the puppets at the MFN studio, i want to know the characters/puppets of Home are ok, i want to put what is tormented children’s souls in toys to rest(i also want a life size huggy wuggy but that’s beside the point)

it genuinely makes me want to make a Sesame Street esc horror show where it is just lovable characters who have been corrupted by society

[marty-maple]

Happy (late) Halloween everyone 🎃🦇

Since the welcome home website had an halloween update, I thought I would do the same :>

⚠️The 3rd and 4th images are Clown's drawing, not mine! I just added my character in it⚠️

[seawatercandy]

puppet horror is best horror.

[infectedhome]

Heyo!!

A quick question Wally if ya don't mind :3

Can home control Wally like how some others do? If so, how would the infection work for Wally if he was infected? Would it effect home too?

Okiee!! Hope you have a great rest of your day/Night ^w^ Byee

good question! although this would be a really interesting concept, no, it can't!

Infected's Home is different from others in the sense that he isn't a separate character, instead just being something infected by the parasite. it's more animalistic in nature rather than a sapient being, since what's infecting is a —although fictional— natural parasite.

however, to entertain the idea—the closest thing in canon, would be if Wally got infected with the parasite, too. it's a hive mind, after all; all things infected with it share the same conscience, thus ensuring its survival and growth. I wouldn't want to spoil how the story goes, but I will give you a drawing related to this.

What if Wally got infected, too?

TW // body horror, scopophobia, puppet gore. viewer discretion is adviced.

this was originally made for the grimace shake challenge, thus the purple liquid coming out of his mouth.

that designed was based off of this concept sketch I did a while ago, when this idea wasn't even canon:

[lilivshtupp]

It’s been a while since an ARG has clotheslined me right in the nostalgia. Well played @partycoffin well played

[chokingonunluckyclovers]

One of my mutuals made a puppet horror called Maxwell's Magical madhouse. I like childish things with themes of horror so I gravitated towards it. So I made an Oc once I learned it was okay. too bad she is a complete downer.

The characters other than Dew belong to @licoricecookie1

[totallyottie99]

Cloud gazing through the trees

[eddieentertainment]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!

I know this years had its ups and downs, but I hope the ups were so so wonderful!! And that you’ve all learned something about the downs that can carry you into this new year!

I couldn’t have asked for more this year.. the people I’ve met, and friends I’ve made, I would not trade that for anything, so thank you💖✨

Thank you to everyone who as supported me, in any sort of way!! I appreciate you all! And I hope this year to put my all into the content and art I create for you, Making this Teddy’s big year!

Thank you

🌈☁️⭐️

[craftnkittn]

I just noticed something on the Welcome Home Restoration Project Website's Merchandise page. The Marlo Company's name means or rather translates to 'remnants of a lake' or 'drop of the sea'; Interestingly it also means 'Optimistic' and...'Vivacious'... I wonder what that could mean? HHHhhhmmmm...

[dokubabu]

If i had a nickel for everytime i ended up liking an armless antagonistic creature from a game, i would have two nickels, which is weird because its happened twice.

Anyway they silly

[yeetdasweet]

I uh.... I might of done something to the boy warning for body horror and stuff

[marty-maple]

Frank saving Marty from a ferocious bug! 🐞 (7/8)

Song: Moonlight serenade by Glenn Miller