What affinity path would be canon for each character?

[hoppin mandrake]

Based on the lore, what affinity path, shadow or lunar, would each character canonically choose? I'm not very up to speed on all the lore, especially with the shadow and lunar stuff, so I thought this would be an interesting discussion.

[chirsg]

Every and all. Everything that happens in game is cannon.

[Alexx7]

wormwood and maxwell both have to choose lunar and shadow respectively but everyone else is kinda up for debate

wilson would probably choose lunar because it aligns much better with his motives, more knowledge, and also i feel he'd kinda just not like shadows considering he did get trapped on the shadow throne for a while

willow would probably choose shadow, she worked under maxwell before the constant she's known about nightmare creatures all her life and she hates the cold

wolfgang would absolutely choose lunar, he's scared of the dark

wendy i feel could honestly go both ways, shadow makes sense for her since she is Maxwell's niece and she's already fine with dark and sad things, but also lunar makes sense as well since she's fine with the cold and horrific qualities of the moon and it'd be interesting for her to kinda do the same thing maxwell did but with the moon instead of the shadows

wickerbottom lunar because knowledge

wx shadow because they hate wagstaff

woodie shadow because he's against moon magic

wes would die before he ever reaches the point where he could choose

webber could go either way i feel he'd probably go for shadow route because wagstaff kinda was the reason he got turned into a spider

wigfrid would probably go for lunar route idk why she just feels like kt

winona can honestly go either because she is Charlie's sister but she also worked under wagstaff for a while, hopefully she joins charlie because i hate wagstaff

wortox idk i don't play him so idk his story or personality so maybe shadow because he can get through the shadow route way easier

wurt would honestly probably just be neutral and stay in her swamp but if she had to be one she'd go for lunar route because knowledge

wanda would go shadow route because she already has an inclination for all shadow weapons and she'd be all for learning ancient shadow magic

warly would go for lunar route because idk maybe new recipes are included in alter's knowledge and i think he's been a sailor before so sailing around wouldn't be that big of an issue for him

walter would go for shadows because he's not really scared of anything and so he'd have no fear going against ancient deities and joing the side of the weird shadow lady

idk i couldn't really think of something for some of these characters ToT

[Dr.Webber]

I think for Webber the two halves will choose different sides here’s my evidence:

human:Wagstaff is a family friend and color association he would think the side with the white spirits over the one with the black spirits would be the good one (in a white knight vs. black knight way not in a racist way) 

spider:Wagstaff trapped him in a cage shadow side created most of the life in the constant and even if they didn’t spiders are Dennisons of the constant which shadows rule over so either way don’t you think they would be loyal to there queen  either way (spider queen is a the mother type of queen like queen ants/bees so she doesn’t count)

[Evelo]

What is cannon is what the Skillsets state.

So Presumably everyone except Wormwood and Maxwell (if he gets lunar affinity I will be mad) will be both or neither.

It is a cop out yes but I think Klei wants that ambiguity there for a reason and won't actually choose one. I expect in future shorts down like... 2 years from now? We will see Willow use both Shadow and Lunar fire skills in different shorts just to demonstrate this dichotomy of choice. Or, alternatively we will never see their skillsets reflected in shorts (like how we didn't see it in the Wormwood, Wolfgang, Woodie short but that is a unique thing and less of a major story beat so idk will have to see in the future).

[Cassielu]

Here's what I think:

• Maxwell-Shadow: For Charlie, obviously.
• Wilson-Lunar: For Wagstaff and his science
• Wanda-Shadow: because her clocks are objectively incompatible with lunar magic
• Wormwood-Lunar: because his body is objectively incompatible with shadow magic.

Maxwell and Wilson make choices based on their personal experiences, so the player still gets two affinity path. Wanda and Wormwood just objectively lack the ability to make choices, so they likely get only one affinity path in game.

[GhostyToasty]

 

9 hours ago, Alexx7 said:

wanda would go shadow route because she already has an inclination for all shadow weapons and she'd be all for learning ancient shadow magic

I think Wanda would be a shadow-only survivor. As in she won't get any lunar affinities 

 

Her clocks are the only thing keeping her alive, and they're all made using nightmare fuel. She physically can't betray the shadows or else she dies. 

[Antynomity]

As much as others might think otherwise I think Wanda would canonically at least try out the lunar side in one of the timelines, she clearly is kind of interested in lunar magic.

[BalkanCockroach]

38 minutes ago, Cassielu said:

Maxwell and Wilson make choices based on their personal experiences, so the player still gets two affinity path. Wanda and Wormwood just objectively lack the ability to make choices, so they likely get only one affinity path in game.

You're right. Maybe Max learnt his lesson about siding with shadows. I know in his rework animation that he contemplates siding with charlie but he doubts himself. We can never know until we know. He might pull a not this sh!@ again and help alter.

[Frashaw27]

6 hours ago, Evelo said:

if he gets lunar affinity I will be mad

if he doesn't get a lunar affinity, I will be mad

[arubaro]

2 hours ago, Cassielu said:

Wormwood-Lunar: because his body is objectively incompatible with shadow magic.

green staff is made with wormwood's gem and nightmare fuel 

[MadMatt]

13 hours ago, Alexx7 said:

woodie shadow because he's against moon magic

If we're to believe that the in-game effects of affinities reflect their potential lore effects, I feel Woodie would jump at the chance to go with Lunar even if he's against "moon magic." I mean c'mon, he only hates the moon because it transforms him. Being able to have that just... NOT happen is like exactly what he wants!

[EthanTheMime]

13 hours ago, Alexx7 said:

wes would die before he ever reaches the point where he could choose

nuh uh! nuh uh!!

[GimplyGoose]

In every case besides Wormwood, the affinities are (thematically) gained by either working with Wagstaff or Charlie. Neither Wagstaff* nor Charlie may see Wes as capable of helping them, so I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't get affinities or didn't get them the same way.

Also, I think Maxwell is going to have the option to pick Lunar affinities because he has a moonbound skin.

[Masked Koopa]

7 hours ago, GhostyToasty said:

 

I think Wanda would be a shadow-only survivor. As in she won't get any lunar affinities 

 

Her clocks are the only thing keeping her alive, and they're all made using nightmare fuel. She physically can't betray the shadows or else she dies. 

 

Idk, Wanda makes use of the shadows, she doesn't help them, and they don't (willingly) help her. Plus she clearly wants to use moon magic to power her clocks, I could totally see a lunar affinity of some sort.

[grm9]

37 minutes ago, GimplyGoose said:

Maxwell is going to have the option to pick Lunar affinities because he has a moonbound skin

wormwood has a triumphant skin too 

[GimplyGoose]

34 minutes ago, grm9 said:

wormwood has a triumphant skin too 

Fair point. Skins probably won't factor into what affinities will be available.

[Dr.Webber]

9 hours ago, GimplyGoose said:

Fair point. Skins probably won't factor into what affinities will be available.

Probably but I do think canonically that’s what they look like if they chose that side but for Maxwell and wormwood I’d say alternate universe maybe even turned by force for wormwood maybe for Maxwell too but I doubt it  

[CuteC]

I don't see wx joining either side, they hate Wagstaff and Charlie is part human therefore she is inferior.

Wigfrid 100% is lunar, she loves Alter (or "Mani" as she calls them) given they "challenge" her and stuff, also she thinks Charlie is a coward.

[GimplyGoose]

5 hours ago, Dr.Webber said:

Probably but do think canonically that’s what they look like if they chose that side but for Maxwell and wormwood I’d say alternate universe maybe even turned by force for wormwood maybe for Maxwell too but I doubt it  

I think the theme of the triumphant skin sets show off what the character would look like if they were the ones on the nightmare throne and not Maxwell. Also the "untriumphant" Maxwell skin is one of my favorites because of how dweeby he looks.
 

[gamehun20]

1 hour ago, CuteC said:

I don't see wx joining either side, they hate Wagstaff

But wx loves the moon, no? They would probably do anything to get the moons powers even if it's to help their old pal a little

[Dr.Webber]

1 hour ago, GimplyGoose said:

I think the theme of the triumphant skin sets show off what the character would look like if they were the ones on the nightmare throne and not Maxwell. Also the "untriumphant" Maxwell skin is one of my favorites because of how dweeby he looks.
 

Ya I think maybe that was the original idea but I think it shifted 

also I think his base skin is his triumphant skin wale his untriumphant skin is supposed to be his “normal” skin

and ya that dweebiness  is pretty cute if I’m being honest I kinda feel cheated out of a badass skin

[arubaro]

16 hours ago, GimplyGoose said:

Also, I think Maxwell is going to have the option to pick Lunar affinities because he has a moonbound skin.

wormwood has triumphant skin