Which Characters Would Align With Who? [Don't Starve Together Lore]

A bit of a weirder video but in this one we're gonna explore which character alignments I feel work the best in the world of DST!! Just a fun bit of lore and headcanon stuff, thank you for watching :)

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[JubileeCaptcha]

I would love to see Wes being the SOLE reason the moon lost the fight, like, he was totally on wagstaff's side, but he fumbled everything up and ended ruining everything

[dumblenutz]

Wes is going to be the plot twist true final boss

[THK_Boi]

if maxwell gets a skill tree im 99.99% sure that bro isn't gonna have any lunar alignments

[TrlliPop]

I feel like wanda would side with Charlie, if not with the shadows. After all, her watches run on shadow magic. Inspection quote for a moon shard: "It would make a perfect watch crystal, if only it played nice with shadow magic."

[Dyedrainn]

Can't wait for maxwell to canonically die and be revived as Maxwell PRIME

[MikhailNijegorodsky]

I agree with everything except Wolfgang, I feel like alliance with the Charlie is important for his character growth, because he is indeed power addicted and at the same time love his friends, his alliance will make him question if power is even worth it, would be cool to see more complicated moments

[Falkflip]

5:52 You completely overlooked that Wicker's secret chamber has symbols connected to the Alter though, like the amulet she uses to open the whole place. She took the notes on nightmare creatures from a folder labeled "San Francisco" and it had a hound in it too, so I believe that this folder just contained documents of various odd phenomenons in Frisco. She was also pretty afraid of the terrorbeak, I don't think, she would wanr to side with them. Wicker seems like the person who would choose "light magic" over "dark magic".

[Lez_DoIt]

We do need to remember that Wilson doesn't have a chess piece on the chess board in the Maxwell short

[ViIvaNunner]

genuinely i think wes would allign with the shadows purely on accident; trying their best to do good but accidentally fumbling their way into the clutches of evil
judging by the fact wes got locked up in the original dont starve i imagine theyd want to oppose shadows but just couldnt due to sheer bad luck

[saehtnyS]

i agree with most of these, but as a wanda main; i don't think she trusts either parties.
she has lines that indicate she's been through timelines that both charlie, wagstaff, the shadows and alter took over and doesn't like any of them.
though she would prefer non-shadow parties but i think she's smart enough to know that both are extremely dangerous and not trustworthy and could very easily betray her
(this is just my thoughts that stem from her lines about certain shadow, charlie, lunar, wagstaff items or objects)

[llarydeluxe]

I like the different themes of both alignments.

Shadow alignment has a more Victorian setting akin to Charlie, alongside the more ancient and magical side once you delve deeper...

Lunar alignment has cogs and gears to show affinity to Wagstaff, but also the more organic, corrupting, possessing, and alien features of the thing that hangs in the sky.

[SMG.Cringe]

I think webber would go with wagstaff as he knew his father and gave him the spider. But since he knows wagstaff the most he may trust him

[suly]

Wx78 also loves the moon because it brutally mutates living life, which he despises, so it is incresibly pleasuring for him to see.

[amazingkool]

Luckily Shadow Mommy makes the decision pretty easy for many.

[FelipeGames-pygr]

I gave my own thought on the matter a while ago, and here are some things I want to note

There is the slight chance that Maxwell would join either lunar side for two different reasons: to help Charlie (like Winona), and/or because he is aware of what "Them" are truly capable of, meaning that if he joins either shadow side, it could spell doom for everyone involved. But considering what you pointed out in video, plus the fact that he still use shadow puppets (that aggravate Greater Gestalts), I find the chances of a lunar aligned Maxwell very low... still possible tho

Despite WX-78 showing a lot of interest to the lunar, they may be tempted to join the pure shadow side (specifically "Them" to avoid another fleshsack), be it to spite Wagstaff or to lower the interactions needed between the two


Webber seems to be (almost) as scared as Wolfgang, so he were to think for himself instead of going with most of other grown ups, he might join Wagstaff's endeavors, but only if it were MANDATORY to pick a path

I believe that if anyone experienced enough (like maybe a amateur scientist, a former king, a librarian or a time traveler) were to properly explain how things work, Walter would DEFINITELY join the Lunar side. He's just a selfless boy with a golden heart, and if he knew the context of what's going on, the shadow side would certainly creep him out compared to the more tame lunar side... but that's just wishful thinking on my part

Wes... well... Wes might actually go with whichever side gets more survivors... or maybe he'd go full independent, not agreeing with Charlie, Wagstaff, Then or Alter

[LoonyDoll]

All of these are super fair and well done.

On top on what's said, there's also the fact Willow spits at anything that's cold. The Moon Caller Staff and Endothermic fires are probably the only cold items (and ice cream..) that she doesn't outright hate, but all the lunar stuff otherwise seems to annoy her or outright disturb her, and she seems pretty openly impressed by anything 'cool' - which shadow fire is. Although Lunar Bernie fighting off shadows for her could make sense, shadows were never her enemy. And it kind of feels like he could have been a shadow entity all along... not to mention her comfort with insanity, the Night Light, and her lack of fear of Charlie--or anything else really ("I'm not afraid of you!"). Shadow / Charlie's world also represents that independence and freedom from crappy people for her. I could imagine her being the next Charlie, even, assuming she that always feels in control about it. Wagstaff is just another dork who probably represents the gist of what she has no use for anymore.

I'm just kind of projecting and trying to justify my choices, since I'm having a lot of fun with Shadow Bernie+Burning Bernie (Shadow Fire also very cool) despite the Lunar stuff being arguably so much more convenient and powerful at times (not to mention what it seems EVERYONE prefers).

...Although maybe in the end she'd pick based off what her Constant friends pick, because there's that side of her you see that kind of comes off like she's having fun and making some [friends] and the real power for her was the Constant friends she made along the way (!!)

(As a side note, I'm surprised she isn't obsessed with endothermic fire and cold drinks. I get that she likes to burn stuff, but overheating is the worst IRL. From a Florida girl perspective, Banana Shake is just as good as Ice Cream and both would compliment that icy fire so you don't have to pull away from your triple bonfires during a summer night!)

[erickr]

I think Winona would go along with her sister until she realizes Charlie is not planning to leave. Then her "I know what's best for you" mode would kick in and she'd go to her boss for help.

[nectarmouth]

I'm a big fan for shadows having a familial inheritance to them, and since Wendy has a lot of potions regarding shadow magic and her uncle being practically part of the shadows, I doubly think it might be a hereditary thing too. While I know she can choose sides in the game, I'd think it'd be cool if she also had a knack for shadow magic like Maxwell in game! It also makes me curious about Willow. Being reminded she was haunted by shadow monsters as a child - does she have family ties she doesn't even know about??

I don't think it's a far-off possibility, considering my belief that family is a big aspect to dsts story(the survivor's being found family, and family that's been left behind or abandoned, I think there's a lot of symbolism looking deeper into it) I think it'd add a nice layer to why Maxwell and others can be so attune to shadow magic, even naturally :)

[doritos]

I think wickerbottom might choose the lunar side, idk if it's wagstaff or alter. She might choose the scientist simply cause he would be another person that seeks knowledge. Her quotes on the crafting stations imply that she mistrusts and dislikes shadow magic.
I think Webber and Walter might go with Charlie, just to follow Wendy. Since both Walter and Webber seem to like Abigail and Webber is def best friends with Wendy, which makes sense since they seem to have been the kids who were in the constant the longest. And Walter will follow Webber.

[Gustavo-Guma]

Am I watching this before I'm supposed to? Perhaps

Anyways, I like your reasonings for the alignments, even for the more "on the fence" characters. I feel like Wickerbottom *might* be tempted to side with Alter, due to the promisse of "enlightment", but would go with the shadows ultmately. Still, I think she is one of the most ambiguous out of the non-ambiguous characters, if that makes any sense