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This is an analysis of ThatMob's "Something is Knocking at Your Door" main antagonist: Verity.
fyi: I am not very good at stuff like this. I just like to yap lol
"Helloo! I'm Verity! Your personal helper friend. Ask me anything, I know everything."
Off the bat, we learn of Verity's main purpose. He answers any / all questions someone might have, and apparently knows every answer.
The word / name "Verity" comes from the Latin word 'vertias' meaning truth or truthfulness. So, with that, we can assume that he's always giving true information.
"It's a mod one of my friends sent me on discord-"
Verity had a previous owner before Mob it seems? I mean we can't say this for certain, and it seems like his friend just handed him the mod during a casual conversation from the way Mob said it, but it's definitely a possibility
When Mob gets stuck, he decides to talk to Verity and ask him some basic Minecraft questions
"What sound does a cow make?"
"What sound does a creeper make?
But then, there is a moment when Mob's mind switches. He realizes that Verity can actually be 'useful' when he tells him where to find diamonds. Mob is skeptical of Verity's words, so he threatens him by saying "if this is wrong, I'm uninstalling you."
I feel like Verity is used to being used as a tool and only that. While Mob and him do have 'nice' conversations from time to time, their relationship seems transactional, even in the little montage that they have together.
Though, I do find it interesting that Mob gave Verity his own area within his house. Very cute :33 it shows that he did care at some point
Verity mentions that Mob had pizza the other day for dinner, which isn't something a normal computer virus could do (if we were to even call him that.) I would say he's almost omniscient? Like obviously we know that he knows 'everything', but I wonder just how far that knowledge goes outside of the miscellaneous
"Ehh... The villagers are gone."
"Gone like.. they dispawned?"
It's important to note that Verity doesn't lie here (as he said he wouldn't), he just doesn't tell Mob everything.
Despite Verity's warning, Mob goes to the village anyway and wanders. I believe this is the leading cause of Verity's eventual outburst.
Mob awakened something when he went inside that village. Verity immediately grows quieter when being asked about what happened to the village. Again, he doesn't lie, but he's not telling Mob what really happened here.
"something that was hungry."
I believe that Verity was hungry, and it's pretty obvious he was, but outside of that I think Verity was trying to warn Mon of his waining patience. It was almost like Verity could feel himself growing hungrier the longer he stayed with Mob. I genuinely don't think that it's his fault either!
(also this is a small moment but when Verity jokes I think it's really cute. Not only because it's him, but also because it deepens his personality. He is capable of laughter on his own accord and I'm sure he wants to feel included in things like any intelligent creature would)
When Verity asks Mob personal questions, I feel as if this isn't just a way for Verity to know where Mob is, but distracting himself from his hunger. You can sort of hear the panic in his voice as the video goes on like he really can't control himself.
"Did your face just change?"
"You weren't smiling before."
OHH I LOVE THIS BIT. It not only shows that Verity is capable of denying his purpose (telling the truth essentially) but it ties back into what I said about him not being able to control himself. He's slipping and he knows it. He's trying not to worry Mob with his usual facade.
This moment here leads me to believe that Verity and the Monster are not the same person. They are two separate entities with something connecting the two of them together.
I like to think that the Monster represents all of Verity's past regrets and current struggles. It's hungry, vast, like a tunnel that never ends. It consumed him until he can't control himself any longer and gives into the guilt.
I need to make a separate post for the song because holy. I have a LOT to say about it and I think it is very relevant to Verity has a character
What I will say about it here is that after Verity plays that song for Mob, he warns him. It almost feels like anytime someone gets too close; close enough to form a bond, the monster snaps.
VERITY SOUNDS SO URGENT TO MOB TOO. He genuinely sounds afraid that this monster is coming after him. He doesn't want him to get hurt.
It's almost like Verity blames himself in this moment. If Mob never interacted with him, never got curious and never pushed the right buttons, he could've stopped this situation from happening.
"I've always looked like this."
"You just repeated— are you glitched? Verity?"
this is NOT Verity & I FEEL LIKE MOB KNOWS THIS TOO. He knew it as soon as he lied (which I think many people don't realize)
Our Verity does not lie in the video at all. When Verity started to frown earlier, he didn't say "no I wasn't smiling" he said "well I'm smiling now."
Our Verity doesn't lie, he just doesn't say the full truth.
Always the alarm that played from him was just the nail in the coffin. He knew Verity would never do that unprompted.
HE EVEN SAYS THIS IN THE VIDEO
"I don't know what's going on with Verity, but he's clearly not normal."
"I'll have to talk to him tonight."
When Mob finds out that Verity was the one who killed those people, he sounds heartbroken. ITS MAKING ME SO UPSET
"You're— done with this, I'm done with you."
And then, the infamous scene.
This scene is very important to me in terms of Verity's character. It seems like he's been fighting for control over himself ever since the alarm blared, and he finally gets to come out during Mob's departure.
I don't think this is Verity threatening Mob here, I think he believes it is fruitless to try and run away from the monster. He knows he can't control it anymore, and he doesn't want Mob to struggle the inevitable. He sounds so strained and stressed 💔
"I'm going to my lookout."
"I know where your base is!
"Yeah, yeah of course you do. You know everything."
"It's already over Mob! You are mine! MOB!"
On the night of the third day, Mob tries to go to sleep but is interrupted by a prompt that states "Verity is nearby." Mob talks about the monster and continues to separate it from Verity, but I think he feels conflicted on if Verity is actually the monster or not.
"It can't be here. It can't already be here."
And then when the monster attacks, we get this:
He doesn't know what to think. Even though looking at their relationship, it was very transactional on Verity's side, I think Mob genuinely considered Verity as a friend in his own way. In his defense, any player would think Verity is just doing his job in the mod and take advantage of his knowledge the same way Mob originally did, but he saw more than just his knowledge.
Verity is more than just his purpose, but he is never given the opportunity to show that. His hunger & guilt consumes him until he is unrecognizable, and continues the path of self destruction that he's been doomed to take (for reasons we don't know.... yet 👀)
With the new video coming out, I'm very excited to see what happens next. I'll be sure to analyze that one too!
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