I wanted to just spill my thoughts on where things are going now based on Security Breach and what I picked up from the previous games. I had dipped out of the FNAF games and lore for awhile but Security Breach brought me back cause of how much of a mix up it was and now I’m a little upset at what I missed, BUT I hope this new Era continues.
What I mean by that? I’ve seen some people upset that Security Breach tramples on the work Michael did to free the souls trapped in the animatronics and put an end to William’s shit, but unfortunately because Fazbear Entertainment is cheap as shit, they unknowingly gave William a gateway to becoming a digital form.
I’m hoping that because he uploaded himself into Burntrap that when Molten Freddy chomped him, he’s trapped for good. It seems like that cave collapsed so I think any wired connection he could’ve had may have been snapped during the collapse. I hope that’s the case and we can continue with Vanny’s story, who unfortunately may not have been saved since the True Ending had nothing to do with freeing her and with stopping Afton.
Enough about William though. I saw some people upset that Molten Freddy existed and was proof that those children weren’t free and instead trapped in that demonic amalgamation...but what if they aren’t?
I think this new Era, since it’s bleeding into modern tech in the future (the advanced nature of the Glamrocks is proof of this) will be exploring AIs and the “I think therefore I am” route. Which I am ALL FOR. I love that shit. I think it might be possible that the souls acting vengefully within those animatronics caused the AI in them to go deviant (Detroit: Become Human lingo here) and that’s why they lashed out at Afton in the Canon Ending. They may lash out at any human in fact as it seems you have to be in Freddy to go down to that area.
I don’t believe that Michael is Freddy. I believe the only reason Freddy was spared is likely one or two things. Freddy was booted in Safe mode at the beginning of the game and this halted any spread of the Afton Virus in his system. If anyone has ever booted their computer in Safe Mode, it allows you to navigate and solve issues (more often than not) without the virus interference. Freddy is in Safe Mode because of the malfunction and the others *aren’t* so the virus is running rampant in them unfortunately, so they can’t control themselves. I think this is also why Freddy kills you if he runs out of power when you’re in him. Safe mode will shut down and he snaps when the virus unleashes full force before he shuts down entirely.
Additionally (or Alternatively) we know that Fazbear Entertainment reuses parts all of the time, and part of me is curious if Freddy’s AI has been reused for years, and if so, how many? How far back does his memory go? If it goes back extremely far, I think this might be another reason why he acts as he does. AI learns over time and with the amount of knowledge his AI would have now, I wouldn’t be surprised if he expressed some deviancy outside his expected programming.
Another odd thing is that Freddy doesn’t have any Errant Behavior logs for him. He’s the only animatronic aside from Glamrock Bonnie and the Daycare Attendant (who has a ton of other issues) to not have any. Freddy has always been fine. I think Freddy’s system might be the strongest out of everyone. Even more so than Chica’s. We know that the original animatronics was just Freddy (Fredbear) and Bonnie and then Chica was added later. The two of them are the original and I think it also might tie into Freddy’s grief about him. It might go deeper than we realize.
I’m also in the belief that Bonnie was investigating and he ended up getting decommissioned by Vanny as a result of his poking around. Freddy himself is willing to investigate when he knows something is wrong and in game actually makes comments about filing *complaints* about systems he thinks are putting people in danger. The fire escape system requiring VIP access a big example of that. If he was just a scripted program, he wouldn’t do anything like that and just fall in line with the company policy. He’s making an active decision about issues he sees. I feel like this absolutely could’ve been the case with Bonnie. These are no longer just scripted animatronics. They’re absolutely highly intelligent AIs at this point, bordering on Sentient beings. I definitely think Freddy would pass the Turing Test :)
Also, remember when you go down in the area where Molten Freddy is? Freddy mentions “his friends are here”, that “i cleared the path”, “i didn’t have a choice”, I think that Freddy is infected with the Afton virus but because of him being in Safe mode (as mentioned up above) he can keep his conscious about him. What I think this reveals though is that the Afton Virus override doesn’t shut down the animatronics conscious and forces them to be puppets, but they are still aware of what they’re doing and DON’T WANT TO. “they are so angry, and confused...” They don’t know what’s happening to them. I feel like this is what happened to the older animatronics as well. While the child souls intentions weren’t to manipulate like Afton does, I feel like what the Afton Virus does and the possession does might be VERY similar.
The others are conscious but trapped as Afton controls them. Same as before, but this time Freddy and the others stopped it and it’s likely that when Afton got crushed, when the others were rebuilt, they probably were freed from that control. At least I hope so.
Anyways, I know that was a lot of rambling but I do think that this is moving from the souls possessing the animatronics to the Sentient AIs arc. I love that shit, so I’m happy. I hope that’s the case. The Afton arc should be closed. If it isn’t then I think what’s going to end up happening is Glamrock Freddy with Gregory might end up trying to destroy Fazbear Entertainment for good. The King of the Empire burns it all down. Fazbear Entertainment literally made Freddy, it brought him into existence, but the pain its caused is undeniable and as someone who was created to Entertain and make people happy, as someone who’s growing a conscious over time and learning what’s happening, I wouldn’t be surprised if he decided this was the best way to do things. It’s what he feels at his core, what he learned. It’s similar to humans we’re brought into the world and taught basic things but over time we learn and shift our goals around those cores. These AIs just learn in a different way but it’s still VERY similar imo.
Also note that they don’t rebuild Freddy (the literal face of the Franchise) in one of the endings and Monty just takes over? I think that’s Vanny’s doing. Why? Freddy’s AI is too strong in terms of stopping trouble when he sees it. Can’t have a repeat of what happened! It’s probably what happened to Bonnie too. Monty was literally advertised as the new face of the franchise despite everything having Freddy’s damn face on everything. That’s astronomically more expensive than just remaking Freddy. Either they can’t duplicate AIs or Freddy’s AI (probably like Bonnie’s) is too likely to go deviant and stop their practices.
I hope Glamrock Freddy stays as a protagonist in the series and doesn’t revert back. I don’t see a reason for him to do so. I know Security Breach has gotten a lot of bad reception and good reception for various reasons, but I think the objectively good thing everyone agrees on is that Glamrock Freddy was the biggest highlight of the game and his relationship with Gregory more so. The Found Family trope hits hard for a lot of people. I dunno if Steel Wool will ever see this rambling but people ADORE the characters, it’s just the game’s massive bugs and unanswered questions that has a lot of people upset, but the characters themselves? *Chef’s kiss*. I would love to see a Daytime mode for the Pizzaplex but that’s just me seeking more with the other animatronics to confirm their advanced nature.
Also...GLAMROCK BONNIE DLC! GLAMROCK BONNIE DLC!.... Please ;w;
God I want to be right and that Bonnie’s aggressive nature in other games just translated into him being faster and more active therefore moving faster when he saw trouble in THIS game. Aggressiveness isn’t always a bad thing, it could’ve meant Bonnie took the initiative when he saw some fuckery happening. I don’t think the Glamrock animatronics are inherently murderous so I don’t think Bonnie was either. We have literally no reason to think that outside of “Oh well he was aggressive in the other games”. Okay? Freddy was also a taunting, sadistic, and malicious animatronic in the other games. Laughing at you and his Winter rendition will literally mock you through messages. Glamrock Freddy is the opposite. Literal Care bear and doting. I’m sorry but that argument that Bonnie was stirring up trouble and trying to kill Monty doesn’t hold up to me. At all since you could apply it to Freddy as well but it falls apart there.
To clarify, I don’t think Monty killed Bonnie either. Genuinely do not. I think it was all Vanny and she had S.T.A.F.F. bots jump this poor man.
OH SPEAKING OF THE S.T.A.F.F. BOTS! You know that room in the sewers with all of those notes and glowing bot heads? Have you all looked at those notes and see what they said? The code roughly translates “Why am I”, “hide”, roughly in some cases “Why me”. If memory recalls correctly, I believe some of them even say “I am alive” or “We are alive”. Which heavily implies they’re sentient, but these are obviously not possessed animatronics. There’s far too many. Not to mention they wouldn’t write in binary if they were child victims possessing them. Like the Glamrocks, they were vandalized and corrupted, forced to do Vanny’s bidding and are trapped in their shell, worse yet they can’t really speak either. The phrase “I am alive” is also used in a lot of Media when referencing sentience in robots, as it’s a thing frequently disregarded by many humans (for good reasons but sometimes bad). If this is the case for the S.T.A.F.F. bots, I have NO DOUBT that the Glamrocks are Sentient AIs.
