Other Characters' Back Stories?

[Donke60]

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this is what i read it could be faked as a image

but the wiki does say Before being transported into the Don't Starve world, Wilson was living alone in the woods of New England; it is unknown if he is of North American origins though. Given with the image his personality I assumed he was English His quotes don't hint at him being American either.

As my theory for how how the characters get there is That maxwell gets tired of being king as he made the world sends people to stop himself and free him when you unlock him he is last However he is the first person besides charlie to be in the world.

Now my theory goes that everybody is still in there worlds alive even just you don't because everyone has there world just for them.Except Wes. Now when you go into adventure mode that when you prompted that when you die you you are returned at the entrance but you have to start over from the beginning. Everyone at the exact same time is doing adventure mode and dying or stopped and now live in the world forever But Wilson ends the Cycle because thanks to don't starve together trailer Wilson beets adventure mode is thrown out by charlie and returned to his world. However Maxwell did die and so did Wes but when you die in adventure mode you are returned to your world at the entrance of the door. This is proven by the comic strip that shows Maxwell after being freed is killed and following the same rule is brought back but because of charlie he is not sent to his own world like the others but is sent to Wilson's world instead Then Maxwell finds Wilson and they  build the portal to get everyone out of there own individual worlds to help each other in one world to escape charlie. This is also shown in the comics.

Now you might say well if they gave up or kept trying wouldn't they eventually die of old well not exactly because one of the lines is when you talk to him in the Nightmare throne room is How Long Has it Been Time Moves differently here so it is easy and safe to assume that the world or shadow magic stops the characters from ageing and that is why the day cycle and days can be in 8 minutes and why you get hungry so fast. For the shadows want you to survive and die from yourself and  not from something as unavoidable as aging This also explains why Maxwell looks the way he does when he first arrives even though it has been years.

Now why are these characters chosen and why do they have what they this will only explain normal and maybe RoG (though that part i'm less sound on) Now after the portait of maxwell there is the potrait of Wes and I was pointed out in the background of one of Maxwell promotional posters there is Wes so they offically worked together. So when Maxwell wants to leave he thinks of the first person he can and that is Wes. However Wes fails over and over again Maxwell gets angry so what does he do he punishes him making sense of the set piece and why he is in adventure mode. Now you might ask then why is wes so weak Well what if nothing happened to him what if when you free him he wasn't hurt he was just as weak as when he first came to the world and that is why he failed. Then you might say well why can't he talk if nothings wrong with him. Well what if Wes was just born mute it is a real life thing. So that is why he is a mine because he couldn't talk in the first place so he chose a job where he didn't have to talk and uses miming as his sign langueu. Well then you might say well why is it when you ask him to examine items he doesn't do anything spefic and there all random. Well have you ever tried using motions and not words to commuicate with someone and make them understand you its really hard. His mimes are genaric because they can mean anything that doesn't mean he doesn't know what the items do or that he is stupid but if you couldn't talk and you were in high pressure situation it would be really heard to show someone with motions what something does without using it and showing them in the first place so thats why he mimes the way he does he's trying to show you but its hard and he doesn't have time to show you step by step. What he means and he can't talk just to tell you.

Ok this post is long if you want me to explain more just ask I do have a theory for shipwrecked and why it is they way it is

and also if you say then why doesn't wes reacted the same to hounds and world things he does its just most of the time your moving and to do his motions you have to stop doing things he reacts like every character does.

[Arlesienne]

18 minutes ago, CaptainChaotica said:

Wolfgang is...Russian (the way he talks in general sounds like a stereotype Russian accent)...German (the name Wolfgang)...French (frog legs:  "Is delicacy in my country!")...Italian...he's European, let's just go with that. : P

...Notorious

Wolfgang is not Russian. Wolfgang is not German. Wolfgang is not French. Wolfgang is not Italian.

WOLFGANG IS ONE OF A KIIIND!

Sorry. Could not resist :cheekychris:.

[Donke60]

forgot to quote and wolfgang could be added at the same time as Wes but it would be unlikely because Maxwell was so angry I doubt that for for his second choice he would pick a character from the same area he is in but as desperation grew Maxwell could of decided that he had very few more options so he went back and got wolfgang to see if pure fighting power could beat his world as a choice of desperation as Wigfrid and Wes had already failed. Until he finds out about the Wilson and lures him in with his own knowledge

[CaptainChaotica]

Well, like I said, European.  In general.  He's like one of those sitcom characters from a totally made-up country so you don't actually _quite_ offend any one particular group, you know?  : P

...Notorious

 

[Arlesienne]

50 minutes ago, CaptainChaotica said:

Well, like I said, European.  In general.  He's like one of those sitcom characters from a totally made-up country so you don't actually _quite_ offend any one particular group, you know?  : P

...Notorious

 

Joking here, Madam, but I know what you're getting at ;).

To me, Wolfgang has a long list of countries he has links to and a colourful lineage. That's all.

[Zhuzha]

8 hours ago, CaptainChaotica said:

Although Wendy (and Abigail) would've been raised in America, so no British accents there

I've said somewhere before, but I think it would be possible for Wendy and Abigail to have English accents, even if they were raised in the US, if Jack Carter's wife was also English and the family led an isolated life or had contacts mostly with other English immigrants.

8 hours ago, CaptainChaotica said:

Webber, however, definitely speaks _some_ kind of non-American English dialect, 'cos look at the slang he uses!  I especially point you to "stale like Mum's leftovers".  My personal guess is some kind of British accent, because not only "Mum" and a few other examples, but he also specifically quotes/references songs from British bands sometimes.  Or he could be another "LOOK HOW DIFFERENT HE TALKS!" deal like Woodie--a Canadian where they play up the non-American phrases some Canadians use sometimes up to 11.  But I personally say English.

Well, he does say Tam o' Shanter reminds him of grandpa, so he has some Scottish ancestry.

8 hours ago, CaptainChaotica said:

Wolfgang is...Russian (the way he talks in general sounds like a stereotype Russian accent)...German (the name Wolfgang)...French (frog legs:  "Is delicacy in my country!")...Italian...he's European, let's just go with that. : P
 

German-French - definitely. (Also, I'm not sure if alternative DST skins count as "canon", but in one of the leaked portraits he's wearing pickelhaube, so there's that)

Italian -  where did that come from?

Russian - eh, I dunno. From what I remember from middle-school English classes, your typical russian with a poor grasp of English would make slightly different mistakes, like, for example, forget auxiliary verbs rather than pronouns (say "It beautiful" instead of "Is beautiful") or mess up irregular verb forms (does Wolfgang do that?). I don't think Klei tried to mimic speech patterns of a russian English speaker specifically, they were probably just going for the generic "foreigner no speak English good, make mistakes".

Another bit of trivia that often gets cited as beeing proof that Wolfgang is Russian is his communism joke. But the thing is he's joking about hammer and sickle - a well-known symbol, and not something that someone, who didn't live in late Russian Empire or early USSR, would not have even heard about back then.

[Arlesienne]

1 hour ago, Zhuzha said:

I've said somewhere before, but I think it would be possible for Wendy and Abigail to have English accents, even if they were raised in the US, if Jack Carter's wife was also English and the family led an isolated life or had contacts mostly with other English immigrants.

Well, he does say Tam o' Shanter reminds him of grandpa, so he has some Scottish ancestry.

German-French - definitely. (Also, I'm not sure if alternative DST skins count as "canon", but in one of the leaked portraits he's wearing pickelhaube, so there's that)

Italian -  where did that come from?

Russian - eh, I dunno. From what I remember from middle-school English classes, your typical russian with a poor grasp of English would make slightly different mistakes, like, for example, forget auxiliary verbs rather than pronouns (say "It beautiful" instead of "Is beautiful") or mess up irregular verb forms (does Wolfgang do that?). I don't think Klei tried to mimic speech patterns of a russian English speaker specifically, they were probably just going for the generic "foreigner no speak English good, make mistakes".

Another bit of trivia that often gets cited as beeing proof that Wolfgang is Russian is his communism joke. But the thing is he's joking about hammer and sickle - a well-known symbol, and not something that someone, who didn't live in late Russian Empire or early USSR, would not have even heard about back then.

Wise words. They most likely wanted a person whose mother tongue is not English.

[Doggy_Davis]

Woodlegs doesn't seem to be an especially popular character, but I do have a theory for him. I think that, like how Wigfrid isn't actually a viking, Woodlegs isn't an actual pirate, but rather an old man who always wanted to be one, which is how he was tempted into the Don't Starve world. 

[DVGMedia]

On 7/28/2016 at 3:07 AM, CaptainChaotica said:

-Not that this is actually genetic--in the real world--but notice that some of the time, Maxwell and Wendy actually kind of TALK like each other.  Have them both on the same server and you'll see it even more clearly.  "I am empty inside"/"I am filled with emptiness" is just one example.  I like to think of this as another bit of "evidence" that they're related.  Because by Don't Starve logic, WHY NOT.

there are things they do share which is really strange in how quotes were  1 i knew for sure was originally in shipwrecked wendys quote for the viney bush was "unruly life" and now that is the quote for maxwell if he examines the frayed yarn.... i think.. so that is just 1 instance they shared  monologue. im sure there may be more or not but that is 1 I remember

[ExtollerOfTrolls]

Wow, you guys brought this thread back from the dead.

LONG POST AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmm, while we're on theories, here are some of mine. (Some of these are inspired from DST skins.) Keep in mind, that, though these are my theories, I don't hold fast to them. Honestly, whatever Klei chooses to reveal will make me happy, and I will readily accept it. I like to see other people's ideas, as well.

I agree with the Wolfgang and Wes being circus performers, though I don't necessarily know if they were in the same circus. Wolfgang definitely seems like he's a foreigner. He doesn't necessarily have to be Russian, and Klei probably was going for just, "European foreigner." Maybe it was intended to be Russian, maybe not.

Wes could just not be talking to stay in character, similar to Wigfrid, who probably can eat things besides meat, but refuses it because of her act. (It would be interesting if you could eat fruit when you were in complete darkness, as she does say, "And the curtain falls.") But he could be mute. *Shrugs*

Willow was an orphan. Seems to be the popular theory, and there is a skin for it, though we know she was in Girl Scouts, too. Hmmm. I really, really doubt Willow is Wilson's niece, due to the fact Wilson used to just call her "the pyromaniac". Besides, though DS is not really a game for direct interaction, doesn't Wilson just say to her, "Greetings, Willow!" That would be a really weird way to greet your niece. He's only roughly ten years older than her, anyway.

I like to imagine Woodie was some sort of experiment, judging by this upcoming skin design. It could just be me reading into it too much, though, and just be something one of the designers made for fun, or a reference I'm completely missing. (Just remembered, he doesn't seem to like science very much. He could just be a simple man with simple values, or it could be something a bit darker.)

Whether this was what resulted in him becoming a werebeaver, or he was experimented on because of it, who knows? And where would Lucy come from? Was she a person? Was she always an ax? Is Woodie just crazy? Well, Maxwell seems to know something's up with her, so probably not.

Wilson is not necessarily British. I don't know where that assumption comes from... What's wrong with him being American? I mean, there's nothing wrong with him being British, either, but Klei seems to enjoy making the cultural differences evident in characters, such as Woodie's frequent "eh"s and Webber's use of "mum" and such, so either he's been in America for a while, or he always stayed there.

Then again, Maxwell is apparently British and he doesn't talk that way very much...? So for Wilson, maybe... but still unlikely.

Hmm, who else? Uh... Hmm, Wickerbottom doesn't seem to believe in ghosts, same as Wilson, due to her examination quote. She likely couldn't use magic before she came there.

I don't understand why WX always says that the fire "REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING". What could that mean? Am I just missing the point?

Webber probably had a caring family, as he says his mother knew he liked eggplant braised, and she made him eat carrots and meat, as a good mother should. I imagine he was immediately killed by spiders upon coming to the world, prior to being resurrected by one of the characters.

Finally, and this doesn't really have much to do with the characters' backstories, I sometimes wonder if all the characters, excluding Wes and Maxwell, were dead before Wilson came? It's probably just implemented to give the game a darker feel, but each character yet to be unlocked is portrayed with a chained coffin.

 (And now you can see how bad I suck at this game since I haven't unlocked either of those A-Holes.)

Did the others come there before him, die, and They kept their remains, waiting for someone to bring them back? Maybe I'm just having too much fun.

Like, what if They/Maxwell locked them up and said, "Pfft, if those freaks couldn't survive with their messed up powers, there's no way some regular old Joe could survive even a week here! And if he does, we'll give them another chance. Infinite chances." Hmm, this theory sounds better in... theory.

Oh well, this was fun! Anyway, I'd love to see more backstory for the characters, no matter what the outcome is!

[TheTraditionalGentleman]

7 hours ago, ExtollerOfTrolls said:

I don't understand why WX always says that the fire "REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING". What could that mean? Am I just missing the point?

Character theories are so fun

I have heard theories that WX maaay actually be Wagstaff. Just theories and conspiracies, mind you. But, it that were the case, I would venture to guess that the fire reminds him of the one that (almost) fatally killed him in the radio factory, resulting in him having to be transferred to the automaton body.

Personally, I don't have any thoughts either way. WX may be simply an evil automaton, or he may be Wagstaff. But if he is Wagstaff, I'd imagine that's what the line means. Or maybe it's just another media reference 

[NeddoFreddo]

Honestly I'd say that the Don't Starve world is based in Canada. (Probably excluding RoG, DST, and especially SW.)

So, let's take a look at the vanilla game. 

~It only gets cold in winter and not hot in summer, like Canada. Also the temperature drops to deathly temperatures and can kill you within minutes.

~Woodie, one of the vanilla characters, is Canadian.

~Also I'm pretty sure Klei is Canada-based.

RoG and DST are pretty hard to define, because there aren't many places in the world where you can burn to a crisp in summer and freeze to death in winter.

SW is definitely not in Canada, but probably somewhere along the lines of the Pacific Ocean.

Also....... *insert goofy news intro here* BABAAM! STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE ON THE AMAZING MAXWELL'S AGE!

(well it's not really new but I only just noticed it lol)

Maxwell's examination quote for the Second-Hand Dentures (trinket_10) is: "Is this a joke on my age?" So yeah. Confirmed. Maxwell is ooooold. (Hey let's strike ageism down)

[ButterStuffed]

5 hours ago, TheTraditionalGentleman said:

Character theories are so fun

I have heard theories that WX maaay actually be Wagstaff. Just theories and conspiracies, mind you. But, it that were the case, I would venture to guess that the fire reminds him of the one that (almost) fatally killed him in the radio factory, resulting in him having to be transferred to the automaton body.

Personally, I don't have any thoughts either way. WX may be simply an evil automaton, or he may be Wagstaff. But if he is Wagstaff, I'd imagine that's what the line means. Or maybe it's just another media reference 

Interesting thing I found is that the two letters WX is shorthand for Weather in morse code. Doesn't really mean much lore wise but it's cool to see how even the little things mean something.

[ExtollerOfTrolls]

2 hours ago, NeddoFreddo said:

Honestly I'd say that the Don't Starve world is based in Canada. (Probably excluding RoG, DST, and especially SW.)

So, let's take a look at the vanilla game. 

~It only gets cold in winter and not hot in summer, like Canada. Also the temperature drops to deathly temperatures and can kill you within minutes.

~Woodie, one of the vanilla characters, is Canadian.

~Also I'm pretty sure Klei is Canada-based.

RoG and DST are pretty hard to define, because there aren't many places in the world where you can burn to a crisp in summer and freeze to death in winter.

SW is definitely not in Canada, but probably somewhere along the lines of the Pacific Ocean.

Are you saying it takes place in Canada, or the weather patterns were inspired by Canadian weather patterns? Because I'm pretty sure it takes place in an alternate world controlled by either the person on the Throne or Them.

In that way, SW and RoG would make more sense, because the drastic temperature change throughout the year would have been orchestrated by an outside force.

7 hours ago, TheTraditionalGentleman said:

Character theories are so fun

I have heard theories that WX maaay actually be Wagstaff. Just theories and conspiracies, mind you. But, it that were the case, I would venture to guess that the fire reminds him of the one that (almost) fatally killed him in the radio factory, resulting in him having to be transferred to the automaton body.

Personally, I don't have any thoughts either way. WX may be simply an evil automaton, or he may be Wagstaff. But if he is Wagstaff, I'd imagine that's what the line means. Or maybe it's just another media reference 

Hmm, you know, I had heard about Wagstaff before, but until I looked him up just now, I had thought he was just some popular fan character!

He could have also been WX's creator. Perhaps the fire was what allowed WX to escape or something?

[AnonymousKoala]

2 hours ago, NeddoFreddo said:

Honestly I'd say that the Don't Starve world is based in Canada. (Probably excluding RoG, DST, and especially SW.)

So, let's take a look at the vanilla game. 

~It only gets cold in winter and not hot in summer, like Canada. Also the temperature drops to deathly temperatures and can kill you within minutes.

~Woodie, one of the vanilla characters, is Canadian.

~Also I'm pretty sure Klei is Canada-based.

RoG and DST are pretty hard to define, because there aren't many places in the world where you can burn to a crisp in summer and freeze to death in winter.

SW is definitely not in Canada, but probably somewhere along the lines of the Pacific Ocean.

Also....... *insert goofy news intro here* BABAAM! STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE ON THE AMAZING MAXWELL'S AGE!

(well it's not really new but I only just noticed it lol)

Maxwell's examination quote for the Second-Hand Dentures (trinket_10) is: "Is this a joke on my age?" So yeah. Confirmed. Maxwell is ooooold. (Hey let's strike ageism down)

He was brought into the DS world a few years before the rest of the cast. Now, given, every day in there is 8 minutes of our time. So in one year of ours, he spent quite a lot more. Now multiply that by the amount of years.

That's also why he instantly dies when he gets off the throne and why he's fragile.

13 minutes ago, ExtollerOfTrolls said:

Are you saying it takes place in Canada, or the weather patterns were inspired by Canadian weather patterns? Because I'm pretty sure it takes place in an alternate world controlled by either the person on the Throne or Them.

In that way, SW and RoG would make more sense, because the drastic temperature change throughout the year would have been orchestrated by an outside force.

Hmm, you know, I had heard about Wagstaff before, but until I looked him up just now, I had thought he was just some popular fan character!

He could have also been WX's creator. Perhaps the fire was what allowed WX to escape or something?

The fire could also be from his creation, smelting him to his shape.

[bubben16]

Something i havent seen anyone mention is that one of Webbers quotes (I think it was a quote for when you examine WX-78 who has killed another player) mentions the World Wide Web. I dont know if the quote has been changed since i last saw it, but if it hasnt, it could mean that Webber would come from around 1990 as that is around the time the World Wide Web was invented.

 

Or its just him making a reference. Or both.

 

I hope im not wrong...

[CakerKid555]

36 minutes ago, bubben16 said:

Something i havent seen anyone mention is that one of Webbers quotes (I think it was a quote for when you examine WX-78 who has killed another player) mentions the World Wide Web. I dont know if the quote has been changed since i last saw it, but if it hasnt, it could mean that Webber would come from around 1990 as that is around the time the World Wide Web was invented.

 

Or its just him making a reference. Or both.

 

I hope im not wrong...

I feel like i've seen something like that in singleplayer Don't Starve. Maybe.

[Silentdarkness1]

Ahhhh.....this marvelous topic again.

Well, people above me have already stated all the canonical facts and lore and stuff like that.

As for Wendy and Abigail, I would probably go something a bit different from the Rule-Of-Drama thing stated earlier. Similar, but a bit different.

My personal opinion on it seems to be 'Abigail died in an accident and said accident gave Wendy a dark, dim view of the world.'. She doesn't have to be speaking of the guilt. To me, that guilt might even manifest with Abby haunting that flower.

[NotStarvnMarvn]

On 28/07/2016 at 5:37 AM, CaptainChaotica said:

So, as I see it, she's kind of the REALLY proto version of "I'm'a go paint all my walls black and listen to Linkin Park in my room, SCREW you guys!" type...except with an actual _reason_ to act that way. : P

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[minespatch]

@nome, do you or any of the devs/Jeff Agala, pattern Wilbur after Ricky from Hellboy/the Amazing Screw-on Head?

[NeddoFreddo]

13 hours ago, ExtollerOfTrolls said:

Are you saying it takes place in Canada, or the weather patterns were inspired by Canadian weather patterns? Because I'm pretty sure it takes place in an alternate world controlled by either the person on the Throne or Them.

Hm... I guess I meant the weather patterns lol. Maybe They were out of ideas when They created the world, so They based it off Canada? ... er.... I don't know. Are there buffalo and giant cyclops deer in Canada?

[Tainted-Petals]

Personally, I think Maxwell's probably late 40's (Wickerbottom 60's), and Maxwell is English though?  His Maxwell persona is definitely attempting an over the top American accent but 

 

(If you can't read above, the 'missing person' they're describing is William Carter/ aka Maxwell, and he's described as a quiet, shy British man)

Also I genuinely think Wolfgang is Russian (his accent is poor though, like, bad media  representation of Russians poor), but his comment about the sickle and hammer make sense.  It's actual inception happened in 1917, which means very few people at the time outside of Russia would have known about it.  And I mean, you can't say just because he makes that quip about frog legs he's French, because I could easily make the claim that it implies he's Chinese or Indonesian, where frog legs are also wildly popular.

I do like how Wendy is the niece of Maxwell (though I don't think Max brought her to the islands, and if he did, he certainly didn't give her Abigail based on his lua files for her flower in DST)

IDK I haven't read everyone's opinions but these are just a few I felt like tossing out there.

[MissCharlie]

I love character theories and backstories! I haven't played shipwrecked so those characters and stories aren't in this ungodly long message.

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Jack Carter- William's brother, father of twin girls Wendy and Abigail. Moves to America, eventually specifically California, in the late 1800's.

William Carter- Struggles as a stage performer in Britain, eventually moves to America, following his brother's lead.  Tries making it in New York, is still struggling, owes money and after corresponding with Jack, decides to head West.  Is traveling by train when the accident happens.  Not sure if he had discovered the Codex Umbra pre- or post-train wreck, but he's wandering in the desert with this book.  Eventually makes it to California and after studying hard comes up with a more successful magic act, during which he puts out an advertisement for a lady assistant and hires Charlie.  I also believe that his persona, Maxwell, was developed to better suit this new act.  Everything is (not so) great and then the "final act" happens, dragging now Maxy and Charlie into this Shadow World. I also think time/aging stops in the Shadow World, so I feel Maxwell is frozen in his late 40's?

Charlie- Collateral damage. Poor thing... I think after being sucked into the Shadow World and becoming a "monster", she ignored Max for however long and, when seeing he was kicked off the throne, decided to take it for herself. I'm not sure if she and Max were a thing or not, (as I state later on I don't believe Maxwell is exclusively heterosexual), but I do believe he at least cares very much for her, expressing remorse when interacting with the Codex Umbra "I'm so sorry, Charlie". 

Wilson- Early 30's, doesn't get along with his family, working by himself in New England when he comes across this radio (no theory yet) and gets suckered into the Shadow World by Maxy.  Putting reviving characters in gameplay aside, I think Wilson is the only one to have made it to the throne room without dying, and all of the skeletons Wilson comes across are the previous characters that have died, singularly. Halfway through adventure mode, Maxwell starts freaking out that Wilson is figuring stuff out and is getting closer to him, saying things like "Turn back, or I may have to resort to drastic measures."  and, my favorite, "Let's make a deal. You can stay here. Settle down even." I think Maxwell is now freaking out because he really doesn't know what will happen once someone reaches the throne room and, perhaps, has developed at least some form of admiration for Wilson for making it this far. (And, honestly, Maxwell, I feel, is not exclusively heterosexual. I mean really-have you read his quotes?) I like to think he was developing a thing for Wilson, but that's probably (unfortunately) exclusively headcanon. So, Wilson ends up freeing Maxy for an unknown amount of time, I don't think it's for long, before Charlie steps in and takes over. Wilson, like Max, is thrown back into the Shadow world, where they create another portal, the now Florid Postern, that brings everyone who has died in that world back to life.

Willow- Klei says she is in her early 20's, but I feel like she would be younger? Probably a teenager, at most for me 18, to19. As far as relations go I am, personally, convinced that willow is somehow related to Wilson. They look quite similar as far as the art style goes.  Wilson does refer to Willow as "the Pyromaniac", and while that does not seem very nice to say about a relative, he already doesn't get along with his family.  Or maybe he and Willow are the family outcasts? I think Willow's parents couldn't (wouldn't) deal with her pyro tendencies and threw her in an orphanage, maybe after discovering the wonders of fire as a girlscout?

Wendy- William's niece. When Maxwell interacts with Wendy's flower, Abigail, he says something along the lines of not knowing this kind of magic, which makes me think he doesn't have anything to do with giving Wendy Abigail's flower to bring her back periodically.

WX78- Experiment? I, unfortunately, don't know much about WX78. I've heard that he's the creator of the radio living inside WX, a la Webber. I've also heard he was Wilson's experiment.

Wickerbottom- Not entirely sure why she's there, but I do think Maxwell knows, and at least respects (a little), Wickerbottom.  If I remember correctly he says something along the lines of, when interacting with some form of the mandrake, that he "should invite Ms. Wickerbottom to a nice mandrake tea".

Woody- Not entirely sure, but I think Maxwell knows Lucy?  At some point in the game, if I remember correctly, if Maxwell interacts with Woody's axe Maxwell says "Hello, Lucy." Maybe Woody, as a were beaver, was like this in the real world and traveled with the entertainment troupe? See below.

Wigfrid- Performer; I think Wigfrid, Wes and Wolfgang were all in the same entertainment troupe or area as Maxwell.  Maybe these were the first victims? Maybe they were the only people Max knew how to reach this early on? 

Wes- Performer; see above.

Wolfgang- Performer; see above.

Webber- I believe Webber has Great Britain roots, based off of his vernacular.  Not sure why Max would bring a child to the Shadow world, maybe Webber was friends with the twins Wendy and Abigail, and got caught up in that mess? I'm not sure if he became a spider pre- or post-Shadow World, but I know his found skull in game is a little spider skull, so maybe he was pulled in as a spider child? Or, before he died, he fused with a spider?

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Anyways, this is insanely long and I've been wanting to talk about it forever. Anyone have counter-arguments? Agree? Am I Batalisk-**** crazy?

[minespatch]

5 hours ago, MissCharlie said:

WX78- Experiment? I, unfortunately, don't know much about WX78. I've heard that he's the creator of the radio living inside WX, a la Webber. I've also heard he was Wilson's experiment.

Citation on this?

[MissCharlie]

1 hour ago, minespatch said:

Citation on this?

Which part? That he was Wilson's experiment or someone is living inside of him? 

On 10/3/2016 at 8:05 AM, MissCharlie said:

No one must ever know Wx-78 is actually a were-fleshling

   On 10/3/2016 at 8:09 AM,  Arlesienne said: 

...

(Emotional confession time...)

...I HEADCANON WAGSTAFF AS LIVING INSIDE WX A LA WEBBER!

Viva la revolución...

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I first heard about Wagstaff living inside of WX-78 from @Arlesienne (: As far as WX being Wilson's experiment I have no idea where I first read it, I just know that I've seen it several times since