#shadow animatronics

[ninebaalart]

Shadow Kuromi

I couldnt think of a jumble of random letters unfortunately

[princefirefly13]

Another every friend group has!

Every friend group has

A himbo/bimbo: Toy Chica

A gay who can do math: Withered Freddy

A twink with anger issues: Withered Foxy

The two who would date each other but prefer the other gender: Toy Chica, Toy Freddy

A southern drag queen: Toy Bonnie

A mean bisexual: Mangle

An even meaner lesbian: Puppet

Parent figures: Withered Chica, Withered Freddy

The depressed one that rarely speaks but is good company: Withered Bonnie, Shadow Freddy

The chaos agents with no brain cells that can't be left alone for long: Mangle, Balloon Boy, Withered Foxy

A chaos agent with brain cells who is much worse than no brain cells: Withered Goldie

The one's treated like children: Puppet, Balloon Boy, JJ, Withered Goldie

And the only reason everyone else hasn't killed each other: RXQ

[makerofmadness]

apparently the Fazbear Frights books imply that the “shadow” animatronics are born from like anguish and suffering. so RXQ probably comes from Afton’s murders and Shadow Freddy from the Bite of ‘83 I think. 

and then you get to X.O.R and how they always appear on 50/20 mode in UCN (only rarely appearing outside of that)

was X.O.R born from the agony of probably-William trapped in the never-ending hell that is Ultimate Custom Night? (at least until Fazbear Entertainment decided to make a VR game and that brought him back somehow why won’t he just stay down-)

[iarts1]

Shadow Bons LMAO.

[funtimeperformer]

 i LOVE when people draw the shadow animatronics all creepy. im not great at it but heres my take

[bonnlebltes]

It’s,,,, them,,,

[askfnafmanager]

*Is excited to see if your on the "Shadows are evil" side, "Shadows are thought to be evil but are misunderstood" side, or the "Shsdows are good bois" side.* I also saw the shadows as representations of their (dead kids) anger and sadness. And yet, they're both good bois. But that's just mine.

;; not sure if u wanted this ic or ooc BUT ILL ANSWER OOC bc

i actually am still very much learning all the details behind literally everything in fnaf (which is one reason i decided an au is my safest bet - i wont need to stick to canon much unless i want to) so i didnt know the shadows were a thing until i got that ask but

im not sure what i beleive they are in canon, but on this blog they’re probably just known as “cryptid sightings”. they mess up camera equipment just by being seen on one, and theyre probably a little cursed / a bad omen of sorts, but if i end up giving them speaking roles they’re probably gonna be...morally gray, id say? we’ll see what i can come up with, rightn ow they arent a big part of the au but who knows if that’ll change <3

[sproingtrep]

Hi! Same anon that asked about the FNaF 1 gang, withereds, shadows, etc., just wanna ask: Do you have any headcanons about the withereds, shadows, what the phantoms are, or anything? (P. S. Thanks for wishing me a happy day! Hope you have a "happiest day"!

Oh goodness I do happen to have...a few (uninteresting) headcanons actually...So I guess I’ll tackle these in the order you asked! These are all just for this blog’s AU, of course, so no worries if they collide with some of the canon or with other people’s universes

Withered Ones

Since W.Bonnie and W.Chica both have missing hands, W.Foxy and W.Freddy are always nearby to help them if they need it

W.Chica is really proud though and does her very best to do things herself

W.Bonnie is very sad about the loss of his face, and thinks about it constantly, often trying to find “replacements” for his face! Some of you guys might remember from one of my old posts that sometimes he wears a paper plate with a :3 face drawn on it

W.Freddy is a very Tired Man, choosing to mostly watch the Toys perform on stage as opposed to singing himself. I think of it like he’s peacefully retired

W.Foxy is the saltiest guy most anyone will ever meet, he wants to go places and have his Pirate Cove back but the world just keeps denying him

The Shadows

These guys are both mute, so they communicate non-verbally. Sometimes that means flashing shadowy words up in the air, other times it means sign language

Shadow Freddy (Shreddy lmao) looks like he’s constantly crying, but has never told anyone why...

Both of their bodies can be easily manipulated into different shapes, although Shadow Bonnie is a lot better at shapeshifting than Shreddy is!

Shadow Bonnie is.........ridiculously tall, and Shreddy is a smol

Shadow Bonnie can teleport! But the process is rather painful so they don’t do it often

Both of them are very old, and have been around for decades as of the time of Fazbear Fright

In addition to not being able to speak verbally, neither of them make any noise at all when moving. They have accidentally snuck up on many of their friends because of it

Both are very elusive and will only appear to those that they deem trustworthy, or intriguing in some way

The Phantoms

They’re all essentially ghosts of the former Fazbear crew. Not every animatronic became a phantom after being destroyed, only a select few!

When they first woke up as phantoms, all they remembered was the pain of dying, so the reverted to a more primal state of personality. As of yet, only some of the phantoms have managed to remember their past selves to become who they used to be.

This is why Phantom Balloon Boy (PBB) screams so much! He’s trying to remember his past, but more often than not he resorts to the screaming

Being ghosts, they cannot touch anything corporeal without it meeting special standards

With enough practice, the phantoms can learn to summon ghostly objects from their past, one of the best examples being Phantom Chica’s ghost cupcake (which she’s very proud of btw)

It is said that once the Phantoms are able to complete whatever unfinished business they had on Earth, they will cease to exist here, having moved on. Most of them haven’t found out yet why they became ghosts, since they can’t even remember clearly when they were alive. Who knows if they’ll ever reach their goals?

Anyways that’s all I have for now! I know I’m leaving a bunch out, definitely, but hey, I’ve never been too great at communicating my thoughts! Thanks for asking about these guys!! Goodness knows I think about this AU every waking moment of my life And thank you! I’ll try and have the happiest day I can!