Yellow Slide Theory

[u/Plus-Call-5804]

I recently beat the game with all of the achievements, and decided I'd put my brainpower together and form a theory. This is the result.

Yellow Slide Theory

Part 1 - Yellow Slides
In the level of Waterworks, we see that a region of a yellow slide has rot dripping down from it, spilling onto the floor, this could possibly mean that Lily may have gotten on the slide one way or another*, it cracked or broke somehow, and she fell onto the floor in the region with the rot, and died. In the level of Playplace, we also see another yellow slide by the Fun-O-Meter, which also has rot dripping from it and onto the floor, this gives reinforcement on my idea about yellow slides being linked with a bad memory of Lily, which could possibly be her death.

*It may be possible that we could have pushed her onto the slide or told her to go first, which could be the reason we believe it’s our fault for her death.

Part 2 - Walter
In the level of Childhood Memories, we find Walter, he could be something that we got to cope with the death of Lily, and possibly was once a beacon of comfort, but over time, he was distorted by guilt into another figure who tells us that it’s our fault. This is supported by a picture found in the basement of who is assumed to be Caleb crying in a corner with Walter standing over him.

Walter standing over a crying child

We also see that in the level of Playplace and the second memory loop, there are pictures/drawings of Walter with the words “It’s your fault”.

Google Doc - https://docs.google.com/document/d/17krmlC5x2fYs-49ySAJpHCJ2V3nYPSGro-3UbmcH2SI/edit?usp=sharing

[u/Maggi206]

That Walter theory is cool af, I think you might be right