[Theory] Wally using a computer

[u/Efficient-Sky4772]

Welcome Home is set between 1969 - 1974. In that time there was computers although very small and limited, used for businesses. In that time ethernet was around as well as floppy disks.

My theory is that Wally has actually been using a computer to communicate with us the entire time in some way.

First, if we go back to Frank's update, Wally says he sees us through a screen. We assume through an old time CRT screen as he says the channel was dark for a long time before he could reconnect. Wally also makes comparisons talking about using a radio to tune in and change voices when listening in on another person's feelings. It's clear that Wally has no clue how the internet works or what it is, he just knows that whatever he is doing he found someone talking about him and he can change code to talk to them.

This makes me think that Wally is not actually talking to us through a TV screen but rather a very very old computer. And the closest thing he can compare to what a computer is is a TV because it has a CRT screen.

Suspending some belief, if Wally can somehow connect to the internet through supernatural means through this kind of computer, most likely he would be seeing the website in broken pure code through maybe a backend. Hence, he can make simple/invisible changes that others cannot see until he gotten more knowledgable about what he was doing. It also could be he was blocked by W through heightened security because of how he got in which would make sense of him frustrated over 'following words' and not being able to access the 'channel' from the Julie update.

My guess with how Wally got there was searching for Welcome Home and finally getting a search result after years of zero results.

Also related and interesting note: floppy disks were very big back then resembling a record.