Some Things I Noticed re: Sally and Howdy

1. When the other characters are mentioned in the guest book, Wally is happy to say they are his friends or that he likes them as well:

Westbrook: how lovely!!! poppy is so darling!!
Wally: poppy is big i love her too

bittern: i love frank B)
Wally: i love frank too, he frowns, i think he is funny

Eli: Julie is my friend now. :)
Wally: julie is my friend too

Cloudy: Hello! I love clowns! Show me one!
Wally: i do not know what clown is, i asked frank, he said barnaby, here is barnaby.

Tobijam: Eddie is a friend, and I like em : - )
Wally: eddie is a friend i like him too, he runs too much

Mr. Teddy: Barnaby!!! Oh I just LOVED him when I was a little kid!!!! Thank you for bringing back such fond childhood memories!!! \(⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)/

Wally: Love him. You remember

With regard to Sally in particular, Wally only says he "knows" her.

Bird: Sally my beloved <3 <3 <3
Wally: i know Sally

And with Howdy:

Mocha: Howdy-ho neighbor! Didn't see yeah there
Wally: do you see howdy now

hal: omw to tell howdy a joke and then ask for his heart in return
Wally: do he sell his heart

Wally does not say whether he likes them, or if they are his friends, which strikes me as somewhat odd. Wally comments on liking Julie, Eddie, Frank and Barnaby, and there are many depictions of the friendly relationship all five of them have, in the case of Julie, Eddie and Frank it is not only with Wally, but with each other. Even Poppy, who is depicted the least out of the main cast, is shown having a friendly relationship with Wally in one of the concept sketches and Wally says he loves her. But neither Howdy or Sally is ever shown interacting with Wally at all.

2. Sally is also rarely shown directly interacting with the others. The only times Sally ever appears next to anyone else are:

• In the photo where (possibly) Wally is holding up a record, where a cutout of her is stood next to a cutout of Eddie, but neither are actually looking at each other or directly interacting.
• In the group picture where everyone is dressed up in Halloween costumes.

3. Howdy, on the other hand, appears to have no interaction with the others whatsoever. In the particular case of the Halloween picture, Howdy is wearing a sheet ghost costume that largely obscures him, making it hard to even tell he is in the picture at all.

4. Sally and Wally appear to be connected in some way:

• They have similar names (both are spelled with -ally)
• Both have heart motifs on the soles of their shoes

This may be a red herring, so take it with a grain of salt.

5. Howdy and Wally also have an interesting possible connection:

Howdy's full name is Howdy Pillar. Which of course, seems to taken from "Caterpillar", but can also be interpreted as a "Pillar" of a house. Supporting this significance is the fact that everything in Welcome Home centers around structures and concepts of home -- The setting of a small neighborhood, Home being a sentient character, etc. -- as well as Wally's name containing the word "Wall".

There is not much to go off on, so again, this could also be a red herring. But I found it interesting nonetheless that both characters have names that reference housing structures, set in a neighborhood surrounding a sentient house named Home.

6. This is more of an interesting thing that I'm fairly certain doesn't mean anything, but I found it interesting that Sally wears a Cat costume in the Halloween picture, next to a character whose last name is Pillar. Get it? A Cat-and-Pillar? Cat-er-pillar? I just thought it was a fun coincidence. (Or is it?)

Conclusion:

Sally is my favourite, so I was looking into her a little bit more because I wanted to know more about her. I more or less unexpectedly stumbled into the fact that she shares much in common with Howdy in their lack of interaction with Wally and their possible connections in terms of naming convention.

None of this could be very important and all of it could be just coincidences or red herrings. Not a whole lot has been revealed so far after all, but it felt significant enough to me that I just wanted to make a post to point them out :) Let me know what you guys' thoughts are!