emerphish Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 GREETINGS, FLESHLING So, as you may or may not know, WX-78 is my favorite character (see profile picture). However, it seems that we (or at least I) know frustratingly little about him. This thread serves as a place to theorize and discuss about the lore of WX-78. Also, I have read in another thread quite some time ago that a handful of lines of WX's are references to various things, but that shouldn't discredit the line. I would assume Klei wouldn't put something in the game that goes against the "canon" lore. I'll start with a question: If the empathy module is not responding, why does our robot appear to hate everything that isn't very obviously evil? He would just as likely be emotionless. Empathy is the ability to understand another's emotions, and lack of empathy would, at its worst, simply come off as rude. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quyzbuk Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Clearly the robot is lying about his empathy module. He's not above that. He's also lying about being a robot, as demonstrated with that skeleton you can see when striking a Goose/Moose egg, getting hit by lightning, or after death. At worst, he's pulling a Fry after being in the robot insane asylum with Bender from Futurama (with the addition of also being dressed up as a robot as well). At best, he's some kind of cyborg / augmented human a la Deus Ex. End of line. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-676441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaumicParrot Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Why I think Wx could be a robot:-Can eat gears, which are indigestible by humans-When struck by lightning he get overclocked begins to glow-He can still break down spoiled food just as well as fresh food, which indicates he has an advanced biomatter engine Why Wx most likely isn't a human:-Wx78 is based on the human figure, so his skeleton is most likely an internal frame-Although he has a soul, that's arguable because do humans really have souls? Or is it a concept of our perception?-Although he can be revived with a telltale heart, that could be because hearts have enough raw nutrient to rejuvenate him (her? it?) What I think is that Wx78 is a human brain being fueled and by a robotic body. This would explain his skull, because a brain would need an artificial skull to fit comfortable in a cold metal shell. It would also explain why he says he has no responding empathy module when in truth he has emotion towards evil and other robotic things. EDIT: If he was a human brain in a robo-bod that would also explain his hatred towards humans for putting him into an endless suffering of eternal robot life. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-676517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MycoLogical Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I personally believe he is an enthusiast of automaton creation in the 1920's who, like Wigfrid, just got a little bit carried away. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-676519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derpime Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 He is basically Darth Vader in my opinion...stuck inside a suit. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-676527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Matt Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 He's simply the most fit to survival in orwellian 1984 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-676543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobbstar Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 He is whispering beautiful lies... I am always shocked to find how inconsistent/specific his hatred and cooperational orientation are. Maybe his "empathy module" isn't literally empathy, but for stabilizing his opinion on others? I can imagine some lazy mechanic making a late-night-decision and sticking something rather unrelated where it doesn't belong because why not as long as it works. (As for why not, it's because... well the thing stopped working, didn't it?) Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-676549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerphish Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Interesting, I hadn't considered that she/he/it (if boats, and most inanimate objects in English are "she's", maybe WX should be too) may not actually be a robot. I am open to accepting that he ("he" seems the fitting pronoun since our robot is self-aware, and does not portray himself in any feminine manner) is not fully a robot, but he is most definitely not fully human either. Humans don't usually insta-heal themselves and glow when struck with lightning, they die. Same goes for eating gears; that would be very dangerous if you weren't mechanically equipped to use them. So, going on the assumption it ( if "it" is a cyborg, it is human enough to be categorized by human terms, and lacks both any sexual reproductive function and desire to belong to a gender) is a cyborg: where did it come from?who made it?when?why?how?bacon? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-676923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Matt Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Rogue Clockwork AI? I think I read someone mention something like this some time ago. Also, about the gender, I'd treat WX as "it". Yes, it doesn't portray itself in any feminine manner, but neither does it portray itself with masculinity. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-676924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerphish Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Rogue Clockwork AI? I think I read someone mention something like this some time ago.If WX is indeed a rouge clockwork, that answers a lot of the messier questions that aren't otherwise answered with an "i think" or a "maybe" at the beginning. Is there any further evidence of this? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/58171-decoding-wx-78/#findComment-677097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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