The idea of her being a goat at some point still holds water when you look at the quotes from Sammy and Pipton, as well as Wurts for the Gorge. Sammy shows signs of losing memories about who he or Mumsy are, and Pipton brings this up as well. Maybe Wurt lost her memories from being transformed, just like Sammy. Wurt also mentions in her quotes for the dilapidated cathedral that “Mermfolk have story passed down… about mouth in the sky…” so the merms do actually remember the Gnaw, reinforcing the idea that they came from the Gorge. And for no other younger merms, it does say in the Compedium that she is the youngest of them, so maybe she’s just the first new one to show up in a long time.
@ I always interpreted it as her turning into a Merm, since I doubt the transformation feeling anything besides strange. Plus I haven’t seen anything depicting the opposite occurring.
@@AndrewPemberton-s8u The description of her Victorian says “Wurt can't imagine a fate more terrible than having to trade her sensible scales for unruly fur.”
@@paxtonl1330 I still don’t think it means that she’s turning into a goat, I think it’s just a callback to the Gorge event. Plus she does say on her Snowfallen skin that fur is better for the cold, but prefers scales any other time
@@paxtonl1330 also ash has said that he's keeping the skins out of the theory (which while I'm personally on the side of ex-goat, I also follow this rule)
Something important you forgot, any merm she turns into a king merm goes from speaking half broken English to politely ask you to move your ass to feed him in proper English, so there could be a clue there as to why she js so Smart
completely valid ofc to keep skins out of lore analysis. something I do want to note however, while its a pretty small thing, her quote for the Appeasing Adornment is a simple "...?", which doesn't seem like her quotes for any of the other ornaments. not to say she for sure was a goat, but she might have at least met them perhaps
As a Wurt main, I think she was a Merm since she looks much younger and was just following other Merms until she discovered a new form of having fun. My favorite version of her is the Angler Fish (Lantern Fish). If the survivors were able to get out of the Constant I think Wickerbottom would try to take Wurt with her.
Wurt has this one reaction that I’m unsure how to make of it. It’s an ornament from a Christmas event, and one of these ornaments is in the shape of a goat person, I think specifically Mumsy. Wurt has comments about all of the other ornaments but for this one it’s just a simple “…?” It’s a little weird. Her silence speaks volumes. But I’m not sure if it’s supposed to show her hesitation, like it made her pause and wonder why it looked familiar, or if it’s supposed to show her genuine confusion about it. It’s just an ornament of a goat, I don’t see why it would make her ponder so much that she doesn’t even comment on it.
@@laraschroeder5195 The only times I can recall Wurt having a reaction like that is to shocking things, like the bird in a cage being deceased and to the Fish Cordon Bleu (which is made of fish and frog legs, the very things Merms drop upon death) so she may recognize it.
My head canon is that Wurt is the daughter between a merm and a pig. At some point she lost her parents because the constant is a dangerous place, and was left I the care of the merms.
they didn't learn English. They have their own language that sounds like "GLOP GLORP" to non merm survivors. Wurt is the only one who speaks mermfolk, and the king speaks english probably with the help of wurt, who was taught English by Wickerbottom.
@@not_umbre yes, but they know english in the original don't starve game, in which wurt was not a character, meaning they must have learned it from somewhere else
Im pretty sure their is a loading screen with the goat from the gorge, and a baby goat (maybe wurt) and the fact that there is a semi goat skin for wurt (the quote for it is « what happening i feel strange » makes me think she was a goat before transforming into a funny frog child
Don't the mermguards have horns? Like a subspecies that's more adept for combat and higher intelligence, maybe? Also I love the implication that only female merms have horns, the king is protected by a militarized butch force
Some reasons why people think that wurt is a goat is because she has horns but if you go to the Valentine's cinematic you can see that the murm has horns and that murm is a female and wurtt is a female and she has horn BOOM!
Great analysis! This got me thinking of how merms were in the constant even before Maxwell’s reign. Could you make a video on the origins of things in the constant? Like which things Maxwell created, which things Charlie created and which things were already there?
1:40 I'm pretty sure she was just looking at the pictures lol 6:24 About her appearance, the only thing that sticks to me the most is this weird fin around her neck haha though, I like to think young merms are like tadpoles and spend their childhood underwater. (Also, did you know she's got horns because she's confirmed to be a merm guard?) 9:27 I would argue that she's not smarter than the rest, but she's given every opportunity to learn new things AND at an age where you absorb knowledge like a sponge. 15:22 Team merm, for her at least. I support the theory that she is part of the new merm generation rather than the one that transitioned from goat to merm, and human would not make sense since these didn't exist in the constant before Maxwell/Charlie's arrival, as far as I know. Wurt is def one of my favorite characters, maybe because of all these juxtapositions that form her character (ugly yet cute as heck, innocent yet bloodthirsty, smol and young yet capable of making a kingdom from scratch, wild and aggressive yet fond of stories and fairytales and eager to learn new things, etc). Some of my favorite quotes from her are: - Fish-related ones (and the absolute horror when examining dead/cooked ones). - Meat-related ones (raw/cooked/food containing them). - Her trying to pronounce complicated words and then giving up ("It called bye-oh-loomy...loominess...loomin-essence... GLOWY!"- abyssal skin). - Her naivety ("Wear plant on head to learn about plant? Make sense, florp!"
My explanation for why Charlie attacks Wurt is that Charlie only attacks people that have a player controlling them. It's a quasi-meta explanation for sure, and I'll be the first to admit that it's only marginally better than the "it's a core game mechanic" theory. I feel like survivors are special not because they're particularly intelligent, but because they're controlled by us, they have that spark of life in them. They are avatars of a higher being. The big question is why does Charlie attack survivors in the first place. Can she control it, or is she forced to? Does she want survivors to live, or does she want to kill us. Is it to test us to make sure we're able to fight the Fuelweaver? Who knows!
How do Merms appear from their houses? Well, Ashley, when a Merm and Merm love each other a lot...... Also, great video! You just said all theories I agree with
I dunno if i should be sad or not since my first time killing antlion and queen bee was just making the merm army do it for me I think i am a wurt mein now SHES JUST TOO STRONG
Not really related but you got a nice oasis merm base, might finally switch from evil robot to silly merm for some time to build something similar for fun
i think wurt is a first gen merm from goat-formed parents, her DNA is mixed and that's why she has hints of horns despite being a full merm. she's more intelligent because of her goat-parents, but was raised in a city/village/settlement? of au naturale merms, hence, dumbasses that didn't let her intellect blossom and taught her to hate pigs, until wickerbottom adopted her (yes it's adoption shut up) and taught her english and skills like tool use and critical thinking. broken english, sure, but how impressive is it for a child whose age isn't even double digits to already be bilingual?
It's been a while since you've made a gameplay dst video (Not that these theory videos aren't awesome) It's just i miss the challenge runs (or runs in general) if you don't want to post gameplay that's totally cool
![Which Survivors Are Friends? [Don't Starve Together Lore]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TEwsLl8wy7s/mqdefault.jpg)
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![Can We Turn The Desert Into A Swamp With Wurt? [Don't Starve Together]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zqSmj_usBhw/mqdefault.jpg)
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The idea of her being a goat at some point still holds water when you look at the quotes from Sammy and Pipton, as well as Wurts for the Gorge. Sammy shows signs of losing memories about who he or Mumsy are, and Pipton brings this up as well. Maybe Wurt lost her memories from being transformed, just like Sammy. Wurt also mentions in her quotes for the dilapidated cathedral that “Mermfolk have story passed down… about mouth in the sky…” so the merms do actually remember the Gnaw, reinforcing the idea that they came from the Gorge. And for no other younger merms, it does say in the Compedium that she is the youngest of them, so maybe she’s just the first new one to show up in a long time.
Thing is, her victorian skins description makes it clear shes going from merm to goat there, not the other way around
@ I always interpreted it as her turning into a Merm, since I doubt the transformation feeling anything besides strange. Plus I haven’t seen anything depicting the opposite occurring.
@@AndrewPemberton-s8u The description of her Victorian says “Wurt can't imagine a fate more terrible than having to trade her sensible scales for unruly fur.”
@@paxtonl1330 I still don’t think it means that she’s turning into a goat, I think it’s just a callback to the Gorge event. Plus she does say on her Snowfallen skin that fur is better for the cold, but prefers scales any other time
@@paxtonl1330 also ash has said that he's keeping the skins out of the theory (which while I'm personally on the side of ex-goat, I also follow this rule)
Something important you forgot, any merm she turns into a king merm goes from speaking half broken English to politely ask you to move your ass to feed him in proper English, so there could be a clue there as to why she js so Smart
Prince Wurt
completely valid ofc to keep skins out of lore analysis. something I do want to note however, while its a pretty small thing, her quote for the Appeasing Adornment is a simple "...?", which doesn't seem like her quotes for any of the other ornaments. not to say she for sure was a goat, but she might have at least met them perhaps
She clearly takes pride in being a merm, it's not a curse to her
As a Wurt main, I think she was a Merm since she looks much younger and was just following other Merms until she discovered a new form of having fun. My favorite version of her is the Angler Fish (Lantern Fish).
If the survivors were able to get out of the Constant I think Wickerbottom would try to take Wurt with her.
For me Wurt is an young merm. However they were female merms (in a valentine short) are likely more intelligent then male merms.
To me? Wurt is an abomination
merm in animation was using spear if i recall correctly, so it was already smarter than average merm
and had horns like her
Dosent that merm also have horns meaning she's a merm guard
@@chaosqueen9521 Yep, she's been confirmed to be a merm guard
Wurt has this one reaction that I’m unsure how to make of it. It’s an ornament from a Christmas event, and one of these ornaments is in the shape of a goat person, I think specifically Mumsy. Wurt has comments about all of the other ornaments but for this one it’s just a simple “…?”
It’s a little weird. Her silence speaks volumes. But I’m not sure if it’s supposed to show her hesitation, like it made her pause and wonder why it looked familiar, or if it’s supposed to show her genuine confusion about it. It’s just an ornament of a goat, I don’t see why it would make her ponder so much that she doesn’t even comment on it.
@@laraschroeder5195 The only times I can recall Wurt having a reaction like that is to shocking things, like the bird in a cage being deceased and to the Fish Cordon Bleu (which is made of fish and frog legs, the very things Merms drop upon death) so she may recognize it.
My head canon is that Wurt is the daughter between a merm and a pig. At some point she lost her parents because the constant is a dangerous place, and was left I the care of the merms.
That's an interesting theory :o Anything is possible!
maybe that explains her head shape. since in the hamlet DLC, wilba has a similar head shape to wurt.
that would explain her head shape. since in the hamlet DLC, wilba has almost the same head shape as wurt's
i love burt shes my favourite fish from hit game don"t starve together edition
OUR SILLY CHILD
HAS EVERY DISEASE
@ EVERY DISEASE POSSIBLE
@@BiddoBamss"they have every disease" -grayfruit
... how did the merms learn english if Maxwell said that "They were here when I got here"? Really makes you think...
The British came to the constant to colonize in hopes of finding spices, why else would there be so many bodies?
they didn't learn English. They have their own language that sounds like "GLOP GLORP" to non merm survivors. Wurt is the only one who speaks mermfolk, and the king speaks english probably with the help of wurt, who was taught English by Wickerbottom.
@@not_umbre yes, but they know english in the original don't starve game, in which wurt was not a character, meaning they must have learned it from somewhere else
Im pretty sure their is a loading screen with the goat from the gorge, and a baby goat (maybe wurt) and the fact that there is a semi goat skin for wurt (the quote for it is « what happening i feel strange » makes me think she was a goat before transforming into a funny frog child
this goat is a boy
@ oh nevermind lol
Great vid!
Also, dude named slasher 342 brought up Wurt's origins in a video some time ago, called "Merm theory". It has some food for thought as well
Wurt is shrimply the best.
Don't the mermguards have horns? Like a subspecies that's more adept for combat and higher intelligence, maybe?
Also I love the implication that only female merms have horns, the king is protected by a militarized butch force
The real reason Wurt is more intelligent than other merms is because she has good posture. Sit up straight, kids!
Some reasons why people think that wurt is a goat is because she has horns but if you go to the Valentine's cinematic you can see that the murm has horns and that murm is a female and wurtt is a female and she has horn BOOM!
Great analysis! This got me thinking of how merms were in the constant even before Maxwell’s reign. Could you make a video on the origins of things in the constant? Like which things Maxwell created, which things Charlie created and which things were already there?
That's a super idea!! Taking notes, thank you :)
Thank YOU for making these vídeos!
0:22 actually i read this. Why? Idk. Farts.
I always tries to read flashes of reading
LA CREATURA.
1:40 I'm pretty sure she was just looking at the pictures lol
6:24 About her appearance, the only thing that sticks to me the most is this weird fin around her neck haha though, I like to think young merms are like tadpoles and spend their childhood underwater.
(Also, did you know she's got horns because she's confirmed to be a merm guard?)
9:27 I would argue that she's not smarter than the rest, but she's given every opportunity to learn new things AND at an age where you absorb knowledge like a sponge.
15:22 Team merm, for her at least. I support the theory that she is part of the new merm generation rather than the one that transitioned from goat to merm, and human would not make sense since these didn't exist in the constant before Maxwell/Charlie's arrival, as far as I know.
Wurt is def one of my favorite characters, maybe because of all these juxtapositions that form her character (ugly yet cute as heck, innocent yet bloodthirsty, smol and young yet capable of making a kingdom from scratch, wild and aggressive yet fond of stories and fairytales and eager to learn new things, etc).
Some of my favorite quotes from her are:
- Fish-related ones (and the absolute horror when examining dead/cooked ones).
- Meat-related ones (raw/cooked/food containing them).
- Her trying to pronounce complicated words and then giving up ("It called bye-oh-loomy...loominess...loomin-essence... GLOWY!"- abyssal skin).
- Her naivety ("Wear plant on head to learn about plant? Make sense, florp!"
11:39 Heresy!!!
I sentence you to death by 100 mosquito stings
Yeah that a crazy theory but still a fun watch. Keep up the good work.
WURT IS THE CUTEST
I always expected wurt was actually a child of merms
My explanation for why Charlie attacks Wurt is that Charlie only attacks people that have a player controlling them. It's a quasi-meta explanation for sure, and I'll be the first to admit that it's only marginally better than the "it's a core game mechanic" theory.
I feel like survivors are special not because they're particularly intelligent, but because they're controlled by us, they have that spark of life in them. They are avatars of a higher being.
The big question is why does Charlie attack survivors in the first place. Can she control it, or is she forced to? Does she want survivors to live, or does she want to kill us. Is it to test us to make sure we're able to fight the Fuelweaver? Who knows!
How do Merms appear from their houses? Well, Ashley, when a Merm and Merm love each other a lot......
Also, great video! You just said all theories I agree with
She's mostly likey a human who was turned into a merm after failing to survive the gorge.
Wurt is a FROG
FORG
no its a bird
@Grayson-tk5hn No, it's not a plane.
@@Lins1Vakun no its superman
@@Grayson-tk5hn supermerm.
yayy new lore video !!! :D:D
I dunno if i should be sad or not since my first time killing antlion and queen bee was just making the merm army do it for me
I think i am a wurt mein now
SHES JUST TOO STRONG
I'm team shrimp :3
She's just a lil fry!
HELL YEAH CREATURE KID MY BELOVED
She was probably a goat since she has horns on her head
0:20 i actually read allat. Kinda dissapointed theres no mention of the best and easiest accessible healing called blood shots
Not really related but you got a nice oasis merm base, might finally switch from evil robot to silly merm for some time to build something similar for fun
0:21 anyway, i did in fact read all of them, fart (agree she a solid SSS+)
I read it 0:22
I read it
I read every word
this won't convert me
But... merms....
i think wurt is a first gen merm from goat-formed parents, her DNA is mixed and that's why she has hints of horns despite being a full merm. she's more intelligent because of her goat-parents, but was raised in a city/village/settlement? of au naturale merms, hence, dumbasses that didn't let her intellect blossom and taught her to hate pigs, until wickerbottom adopted her (yes it's adoption shut up) and taught her english and skills like tool use and critical thinking. broken english, sure, but how impressive is it for a child whose age isn't even double digits to already be bilingual?
It's a merm.
Perchance?
We both crode
is it canon that the survivors respawn?
Wait, does merms reproduce?
11:47 wortox (I know you meant mob)
In the falling animation the merm has horns too i think Its sign od females
No, its because royal merms & wurt are transformed goats.
12:46 NOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭
Let's dissect Wurt! She is like a frog after all!
Oł god i still Rember when pepol hated wurt
WUUUUUUUURT
I think bro likes Wurt lol
WURT!!!
I can tell bro does not like the Hamlet DLC
Farts (I did read it)
Team Merm all the way!
Florp
bro wurt has horns on her default skin 😭
your wrong bro 💀
Klei confirmed the horns are because she is a Merm Guard.
Wsg yall
nm hbu?
@ jre hmdh.
29 minites gang!
2 minute gang
7m gank
Wee!
2 hours ago
It's been a while since you've made a gameplay dst video
(Not that these theory videos aren't awesome) It's just i miss the challenge runs (or runs in general) if you don't want to post gameplay that's totally cool