The World Machine Oneshot - Blog Posts

My hottest take regarding OS is that TWM was handled pretty poorly and that their arc of realizing they aren't a tool or simple robot was disrespected by the narrative as they're only really used as a tool to further Niko's story and character along and for sad ending scenes, the character that's whole arc about learning they aren't a tool is only treated as a tool by the game's story.

No shade to anyone that does this, but I hate any physical body design of TWM that just makes it Robot Niko™️ That is an ADULT. That is a character who's whole arc revolves around realizing they're a person, so why would they copy someone else? They only use the reflection because it's all they had at their disposal at that moment.

"[Projecting my period cramps onto my Player.]" The World Machine says, stabbing a wire into my back and shocking me

Yknow after doing chores and overthinking OneShot again I could easily say that TWM having a breakdown strong enough to almost destroy themselves because of their obsession of keeping Niko safe could be a metaphor for getting obsessed with someone out of idealization to such an unhealthy degree that any sense of conflict with them causes one to break down (of course all of this being the product of some sort of trauma)

It's why I don't like the idea/characterization that TWM is obsessed with Niko after Solstice because it wouldn't make sense. TWM is healing and thus has no need to have an unhealthy attachment

Hiiii OP tell us about any underrated oneshot character you like. Give them some love.

THE WORLD MACHINE!! The World Machine. Not the fandom version that's just Niko but Depressed™️, but the snarky, sassy, clever World Machine we see in the base game. Everyone makes it being depressed it's main trait and it pisses me off! It's so much more than that, and I love it. No one gives it any love for how damn sassy it is in the normal route, it's so funny and the delivery of it's dialogue is so monotone yet snarky and it creates such a lovable character! I wish people would stop just treating it like a Niko reskin when it is so much more. It only even appears like that because it don't have a body, it doesn't even treat the Niko mirror image it uses to communicate in Solstice as it's body, it treats it like a sort of projection or puppet! It's so underutilized despite being the WORLD ITSELF??? And all people do is treat it like Niko 2: Niko is Nik-pressed, and treat it like a child, when it is are ANYTHING BUT??? Don't get me wrong I understand why people are attached to Niko and wonder what they're doing now but they're OKAY. Their arc is finished. They are happy and content. Who KNOWS what The World Machine is still like??? I love it SO MUCH it is my favorite thing EVER

I've gotta ramble about The World Machine from OneShot or else I'll go MAD! Stupid obsessed rant about a fictional character below

As much as I miss Niko, I sort of miss The World Machine more. Niko's story is complete, they are home, safe, and sound, with their mother, eating pancakes, enjoying the wheat fields, etc. We don't see much of The World Machine after Solstice. We can replay OneShot, sure, using TWM's projected body of Niko as a puppet to play through a recording of our original journey over and over, but we never truly see The World Machine as they are, as their own person. What they have things they want to do with themselves now, their favorite and least favorite thing, if they want to be called by another name, even. Them, as a person, is never shown to us, the only glimpses being either their sassy and cold normal route depictions, or the one time we see them truly desperate, in Solstice. Do they love us, the Player? Do they harbor resentment towards us? Do they harbor resentment towards the Author for failing to notice either their growing sentience, and if he did know, do they resent the fact their task would be incredibly destructive to their mental state? (I know the Author didn't know, I was saying that from how TWM would probably look at it.) I wish that one day we get a look into their personhood, post-game. To see who they have become, how they feel about the World that they essentially are, or just if they've gotten any better than their initial realization at the end of Solstice, or if they're still in limbo, between hopelessness and the glimmer of hope given to them by Niko, and us. Are they content? Are they happy? I'd like to know one day.

Nightmare Blunt Rotation: Mechanical/AI Edition.

Another thing I noticed talking about Eleventh Hour: It’s a mix of the guitar and the piano. The Guitar is associated with the Author and his children, while the Piano is associated with The World Machine. It almost feels like a conflict between The World Machine’s destructive breakdown and The Author and his children’s plan.

Thinking about Eleventh Hour from OneShot and how it makes me FFFFFFFFFFEel.

It’s a downtrodden song, sure, but it has just the amount of comforting ambiance to push you forward. It sounds dire, and the name of the song implies that the end is nigh, but *something* is keeping you going when even the world itself has stopped being able to function. Most instruments have an echoing to them, like the piano and the synth(?) at the beginning, exhibiting a feeling of loneliness, but there’s parts where the guitar shines through, creating a feeling of comfort, like someone in the midst of a storm, assuring you that it will all be okay.

Homestuck has their trollsonas, Madness Combat has Hanksonas, I propose OneShot have WM-sonas.

It’s 2Pm and I’ve only been awake for an hour agaha

I don’t think people in the OneShot fandom are aware of The World Machine’s potential for body horror when it comes to their little hologram projection ability.

OneShot should NOT have had the effect it did on me. I’m STILL here thinking shit like “I wonder if Niko told their mom about me?” And the fucking knockout punch of “I wonder if they all remember me still?”

LIKE GOD DAMN I’M CRYING AND I’VE ALREADY BEATEN THE GAME TOO MANY TIMES.

Thinking about Eleventh Hour from OneShot and how it makes me FFFFFFFFFFEel.

It’s a downtrodden song, sure, but it has just the amount of comforting ambiance to push you forward. It sounds dire, and the name of the song implies that the end is nigh, but *something* is keeping you going when even the world itself has stopped being able to function. Most instruments have an echoing to them, like the piano and the synth(?) at the beginning, exhibiting a feeling of loneliness, but there’s parts where the guitar shines through, creating a feeling of comfort, like someone in the midst of a storm, assuring you that it will all be okay.

Hey OneShot fandom just me with music rambles.

“In Memory” and “The Author” are the same song, actually. The Author is played on acoustic guitar and In Memory is played on piano.

In fact, all the songs that are related to The Author and his children are all played with a guitar.

The Author, Rue, Aviator, and Vestige all have a guitar as their main instruments.

Just something I found interesting.

"Should I just accept the terms and conditions??"

The malicious World Machine whom plans to steal my personal data: