“The young man, just out of high school, thrashed around in his handcuffs. Deep curly hair and dark tan skin, still wearing the purple employee uniform. Tears stained his face, trying to scream his innocence to anyone that could hear. But come on, really? The Spring Bonnie suit in the back was witnessed by many to have lured the missing children. Only two people who worked at Freddy's had the size to wear it. Only two people had the training and were the ones to wear it for parties. Him and Afton.
But Afton had a solid alibi. His only remaining son ("My only remaining son, you understand?"), Michael, told everyone how his father was with him. It was easy to sympathize.”
on the topic of baby (/elizabeths) change from sister location to pizzeria simulator can we talk about how baby’s ai and elizabeth’s soul are separate, or at least heavily alluded to
how michael says he fixed her, put her spirit back together (could this mean taking away the baby ai and keeping her soul whole, in comparison to baby’s mention of still hearing elizabeth) how scrap baby is possibly fully elizabeth?
but she’d still remember baby, still remember the programming and the years of torture, hell even if she’s as intelligent as an adult she’d still need that love she wanted as a child, she’s still a young child at the end of the day that just wanted her fathers love
and it’s just really sad how there’s no closure in her character, hell her and scraptrap don’t even interact in the pizzeria they both inhabit, does she even know william is scraptrap? did she think he was still alive and planned this place for her? still hold onto some form of hope?
People can say what they want about SL (Best game, can't believe people hate it??) but Circus Baby's probably the best written character Scott's made and you will not sway me on that. I'm so sorry you got mauled and then lobotomized by the FNAF communities rampant misogyny girl. You were the best reasonably decipherable character.
Yeahhhh, no like it is unfair. I feel like a lot of the female characters of fnaf can be viewed as tragic and victims of misogynistic standards within universe…
but that's also being very generous to the narrative. At some point it's hard to ignore the reoccurring archetypes and tropes. How the ratio of prominent male character vs prominent female character, differences in screen time, etc. Plus the aforementioned shroud of mystery makes it difficult to figure out if they're trying to do a subversion or playing it straight. Also… think scott has a habit of highlighting the gendered struggles of female characters and then just kinda concluding with shrugging his shoulders and saying 'oh well, that's life!' Like, I get that it's supposed to be tragedy, but you didn't have to take on the ✨️Female Experience✨️ then conclude that nothing can be done about it.
For Elizabeth, I wish she was allowed to actually change. Doesn't matter to me if it's for the worst, just that she's able to take in new information and make decisions that will improve her chances of survival in a desperate situation. Like, if Michael can change in between games based on events that happen in the story, why can't Elizabeth? Why must the conclusion of her character be that this five year old is incapable of becoming anything more than a puppet for her abuser? Because both the novels and the games love granting her an adult like intelligence, that's how we get the whole "seductress" angle with her character in the novels and could've with games according to that one casting call. Why can't she use that adult intelligence to think for herself rather than just make her more evil (and sexy apparently)?
And like... It's not that can't work with what we're given in both material! Fourth Charlie is capable of understanding that she was abused! She is very clearly envious of Charlie's life. Sure, she admires her father, but she straight-up says that she hates Charlie more than she loves him! I don't think that love would be so unconditional if he wasn't all she had and her only ticket to living a normal life.
We got to see Circus Baby be the star of her own game. She got to be a villain that was cunning, clever, calculated and ruthless. Yet she's also tragic; her being manipulative doesn't invalidate that. It doesn't mean that everything she said was a lie or that she believed none of it. It just means she knew that being careful with the information she revealed and how she did it would aid her in her goal. It's important to her character to be targeting William specifically, because she's her captor. Of course she'd seek to get revenge on him specifically, or the very least an employee of his. We really don't see any indication that Ennard is dangerous while piloting Mike's body. It's only after their plan fails and they're exposed they become a threat.
And the Baby we see in Pizza Sim can still be the same character as the Baby we see in Sister Location. It just means she changed! She under went character development! Her plan failed and she was abandoned by her peers! Of course she'd come back groveling at the feet of the only man she knows can save her! Of course she'd relent in becoming the thing William wanted to be from the beginning, even if she despises it. Of course, after suffering so severely for a second time for her disobedience, would she conclude that disobedience was the problem. Of course she's much more reckless and impulsive when she's become so desperate after spending decades slowly falling apart. Of course she becomes more childlike again to endear herself to the man she depends on for her own survival. Not even mentioning, god knows what's become of her mind after being flooded with all these painful memories from her past life, if that's what "put together" means. Circus Baby gives Elizabeth/Scrapbaby an extra needed dimension to her character. Elizabeth/Scrapbaby gives Circus Baby a past and future for a character arc that otherwise would've been abruptly cut short.
Thing is it can work but it feels like most the fandom really see her as anything more than an extension of her father's will. And I hesitate to say they're truly wrong because it's hard to tell what even is happening in the games half the time.
walten files ep4: jack is bon theory found dead in a ditch and shot 47 times
walten files ep5: the political climate surrounding the fandoms is in shambles. people have somehow concluded jack is bon and not bon at the same time. i saw someone claim felix is bon. im bon. you’re bon. we’re all bon. bon is a state of being and mind. we’re beginning to deteriorate into deltarune levels of theorists
Relationships: William Afton | Dave Miller/Henry Emily
"You must be my new roommate?" When Henry nodded he continued, holding out his hand. "I'm Williaim, William Afton."
"Henry..." Awkwardly shaking his hand as William's teeth shown through with a wide smile. I feel like I'm starting to dislike him already... He looks too cheerful with that face. "Emily. Henry Emily."
