How The Silver Eyes PERFECTED William Afton (FNaF) - DMuted

[@Cyrus21100]

Ironically William slimming down for his disguise let Charlie kill him with the Springlock Failure. Since William's previous bulk is probably the one thing that let him survive the first time.

[@tessfabled4115]

^^

[@Scar-Predator]

Afton survived the second failure. It's how his face is still able to show emotion physically even while being Springtrap, and after.

[@TheAntiSaint]

i thought he lost weight because of the springlock you know major organ damage and tissue damage metabolic organ damage etc etc

[@agnosticorange8269]

He lived because he was a thick king

[@trolledfordrip]

or maybe its the fact that his head didt get spring locked both times i.e only the body part has spring locks and the arms legs and head part are normal i mean we never see the robot part in the fnaf 3 mini games so maybe the first time he has only finished the body and only got spring locked there and then did the rest and it did't happen until charlie spring locked him so that time he got spring locked all over

[@Personian]

Tbh I love how Afton is portrayed in the upcoming story Dittophobia as well, even if it's for a very brief time. Dittophobia was likely written by Scott himself, which makes sense

[@Oli6906]

Which one is dittophobia again?

[@Cake2019_6]

​@@Oli6906The Upcoming one with the Hallucination Gas

[@Personian]

@@Oli6906 The one with Rory and the explanation to Fnaf 4

[@Oli6906]

@@Cake2019_6 Right! Thank you

[@Oli6906]

@@Personian Thank you, I have a hard time remembering the story names

[@LilBuddyArmy]

This was exactly what I imagine William as, he loves basically being a character to the point where he feels they are different people entirely. I think that one of the ways William coped was that he isn't the one who did it, it was Springbonnie. The reason he only does the murdering as Springbonnie is that not only he would get caught, but he sees Springbonnie as the 'evil' version of himself. Same goes for Dave, Dave is the nightguard, the guy who stops teens from breaking in, not William. But that's just my personal headcanon.

[@benwelsh5265]

William's depiction in TSE remains to this day my favourite portrayal of him to date. I really do love that book, Kira and Scott nailed it first try. Hoping the movie version of William takes strongly after that depiction.

[@dylanhudec979]

I hope I don’t see a single mimic in future movies. I would rather stay in the William era then be with the mimic or should I say shit-mic

[@Dhampire1976]

@@dylanhudec979 guarantee you weren't even around when the William era was fresh and booming

[@CloudMouth27]

​@@Dhampire1976what does that have to do with any of this, you literally cannot tell how long somebody has been in a fandom just by one comment.

[@Dhampire1976]

@@CloudMouth27 it's pretty obvious how lmao. Gotta be older than 11 to figure out

[@IAloneAmTheYapper]

@@Dhampire1976Even if they weren’t around for that era it doesn’t mean they can’t prefer that depiction.

[@8PinkCowie]

the spring bonnie mask scene in the silver eyes was so effective to me, it really showed the depravity and insanity of afton in a chilling way. i also really love the description of the journals he kept about henry - a mixture of hatred and near-worship. william's wild jealousy towards henry made him admire and despise the man at the same time, and that motivated the first of his vile actions (the kidnapping) to "punish" henry

[@wafagdplqs4421]

I really hope the movie do something with William Afton as a character, not just what he did, but also *who* he is. Similarly to The Silver Eyes. His psychology and character has lots of potential to be expended on.

[@jhtoxic7870]

This comment age like milk 😢

[@MewDenise]

Psychology, why? Motivations, sure. He's a serial killer, we don't need to feel sorry for him. I'd say Chucky is the perfect horror villain when it comes to motivation that isnt a sob story.

[@origin484]

⁠​⁠@@MewDenise exploring the psychology of a character doesn’t always mean sympathetic qualities. you can have a lot of mental health issues and still be unjustly terrible

[@PretzelMuncher08]

​@@MewDeniseBecause it interesting LOREEEEEE

[@Flynnisthename]

@@jhtoxic7870I disagree, I think his rant to the animatronics and his reaction to Mike was pretty similar to his silver eyes characterization

[@DiamondBatToons]

I think the film is definitely our best shot at seeing the Silver Eyes version of Afton. Mathew Lillard is probably the only person who can do that level of crazy justice.

[@Chicxy_Madness]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeell

[@ThRealJoe]

If only he had gotten more screen time, still a very good performance from Mathew tho

[@MysteryGeek2006]

Yes! Especially at the end where the kids realize who murdered them and surrounded William, you can tell he was trying to remain in control by using verbal insults at them

[@enderdude7902]

I can never understand why people think that William's motive was the death of his son, I always thought it was a sick desire to bring fantasy and fun to life.

[@Howardtheone]

holup.. that's actually genius a twisted version of Henry's goals with the franchise made to rival them, almost as if he's going "I'll show *you* fantasy and fun coming to life"

[@enderdude7902]

@@Howardtheone Yes, exactly!

[@MewDenise]

I mean... the first kill could be revenge but after getting a taste of murder, he liked it a lot and had to do it again and again to other random kids

[@raelogan]

I'm just imagining William being like Carl from "Llamas with Hats" William: I do not kill people, Henry, that is my least favorite thing to do. Henry: THE FOOTPRINTS LEAD RIGHT TO YOU, WILL!

[@MeemahSN]

I do think his son's death is what pushed him over the edge, but his initial desire to get back at Henry devolved into an uncontrollable urge. His fantasy didn't start his killing spree; it continued it.

[@treyvonlavell7334]

I love what they were going for in TSE. A mentally disturbed man with a need for violence, wanting to create a twisted family through the animatronics his best friend made and fully believing he's doing the victims a solid, as he allowed them to live eternally as their favorite characters. Although I don't mind William's mad scientist arc in later entries, his original portrayal will always be the most unique and interesting for me.

[@Herr_Schindler]

William is not mad scientist. He is a coward who is afraid of hell and tries to escape his punishment. He's not even mad he is a psychopath. Cold and calculating

[@littlebilly9630]

​@@Herr_SchindlerWilliam isn't a psychopath in the slightest

[@Herr_Schindler]

@@littlebilly9630 why? He is a clear psychopath

[@littlebilly9630]

​@@Herr_Schindlerhe's more of a sociopathic narcissist than a psychopath

[@Herr_Schindler]

@@littlebilly9630 why? William never showed empathy towards anyone, he has no remorse or guilt. Sociopaths can have those feelings but very rarely, and Sociopaths much more impulsive than psychopaths. William is, of course, impulsive, but mostly he has pretty good self control. At least in the novels

[@CottonArsonist]

I always say Silver Eyes William having a sort of multiple personalities, not that he literally has several separate personalities, rather he completely adopts a role to the point where he basically becomes symbiotic with them - given how his voice becomes almost smooth, inviting and oddly comforting once he speaks with the Springbonnie head, likely also due to a second point: I'm not too sure about the part of him showing cowardice when people are aware of his identity, rather I believe he simply feels almost superior when in another role. While the anonymity is likely a part of the safety, i think the terror, fear, stealth or any other aspect that he Dave/Springbonnie roles grant him make him more drawn to such characters rather than his true self. In TO, i always thought Springtrap was a lot more boastful and uncaring due to literally becoming one with the suit, becoming immortal in his own twisted sense as the only danger wearing the suit brought him has failed to permenantely end him. Although, to be fair, i haven't read the original novels or the graphic forms in quite a while, so i may be incorrect.

[@Scar-Predator]

Yep. Even after he got the suit removed and couldn't walk on his own, he still found a way to be a cruel, boastful killer, getting others to do what he no longer could, while also not trying to hide the truth anymore from those who know it. Springtrap was when he was completely narcissistic, as he states in TFC Graphic Novel, with his newfound strength he kinda lost his need to be stealthy, but returned to it in TFC.

[@spotlightanimation6719]

Yeah, thats what i like to characterize him as. A man of many masks.

[@uncocharmaggedon9176]

I’ve read the books recently and you’re pretty much spot on. William is theatrical and dedicated. He embraced Springtrap in TTO, going so far as to relinquish his old title of Afton and say he was more than he ever was. He eventually goes back on this in the third book, but I do find it telling of the character ‘Dave Miller’ that William says in TFC: “Dave the guard was a character, one concocted on a moment’s notice to play you [Jessica] for a fool, you and your friends. It was insulting. It doesn’t take a great thespian to pretend to be an idiot night guard.” I hope the fnaf movie continues this route in the sequel. I want William to be clever, but manic, willing to switch personalities and identities at a moments notice in order to trick someone. I think it makes him more threatening; that if he needs to, he can seem so utterly trustworthy and kind. The movie’s already shown William’s alias ‘Steve Raglan.’

[@CottonArsonist]

@@uncocharmaggedon9176 I'm a year off, but still good to see I was pretty spot on. I've re-read the books recently and even watched the film a few times. It seems like they're merging the novels' thespianic personality with the games' slasher-esque persona - an absolute win on my end since I love both sides of that metaphorical coin.

[@anthonyoliver418]

I really want to see the movie version just to see which direction they go in, because in the games he seems ambiguous most of the time while in the books he is really mixed, I just hope we get a version that is interesting to talk about outside of what he did

[@wafagdplqs4421]

Same !

[@soomi5667]

Same here. I wonder if movie William is like a mixture of his game counterpart and book one. Regardless, I’m pretty excited to see what Scott did with his character this time around.

[@dylanhudec979]

I hope the mimic is never seen in future movies fuck that emotionless copycat

[@jhtoxic7870]

Unfortunately, they deviated from the source material and this, in my opinion hurt Afton’s character in the film.

[@jhtoxic7870]

@@soomi5667 actually William’s book and game, counterpart are exactly the same if you look and listen closely.

[@RRed19]

Something I like is that when Dave (Willam) is tied up, he stays silent until Charlie places the head on him, then he talks. It plays on the ideas and habits of serial killers, from what I see, Willam feels more comfortable in that suit, almost as if that is what he sees as his true form.

[@lightningwolf788]

"How the Silver Eyes perfected William Afton. Or, the start of Pastra's VA career." This was such a great video, as always.

[@nachonaitor5535]

I dont get the pastra part

[@Pastraspec]

I voice act in the video what is there not to get@@nachonaitor5535

[@nachonaitor5535]

​@@Pastraspeci didnt recognize your voice!. You have talent

[@theshadowcrusader5240]

I wonder how many lessons scott took from both making the games and writing for the movie’s portrayal

[@juliabp6057]

Movie William will for sure be very similar to his portray in The Silver Eyes, which is very good.

[@Youarewhatyoueatsonic]

I hope it’s not a lot

[@Raiden-pi3gt]

​@@juliabp6057it was bad

[@dublagensdeadrenalina3616]

15:21 actually, Charlie was hitting Springtrap against the wall again and again, constantly asking why he had taken Sammy and not her. It was then there Springtrap revealed that he actually killed Charlie. Well, at least for me, that seemed in character and organic for William to do. He didn't just told her the truth for no reason. And I genually felt my spine chill when he said that

[@jamiebowler4693]

Thankfully I can say movie afton is alike to book afton especially when he finds out mikes name, he’s timid and scared. Once he puts on the suit he’s the opposite I like that duality.

[@DisruptorCSM]

Agreed that’s why he was so persistent on telling Mike to take the job because he knew once he read his last name that he’s the brother and part of the family of Garrett which I’m assuming was his first victim and because of this he wants to get rid of him by offering him the job so the animatronics can get rid of him for William

[@Fideothedog2021]

I agree with his portrayal in the film, as brief as it was, being my new favorite portrayal of him. I hope we get to see more of him in the 2 sequels.

[@Sharauni]

I always thought that Afton snapped after being "killed" in the first book, that his personality just completely shattered and remade itself into a kind of "god" instead of just the cowardly broken man wanting a family in the first book. His fear is gone now because yet again he didn't die, in his completely shattered mind he is indeed a god now, his obsession with remnant being his way of ensuring immortality to not only himself but all his twisted family, possibly making more over time; nothing can hurt him, no one can stop him, so why fear, why hide? I personally like all three novels, and Afton just kept getting scarier to me, because in the second and third books he's free to be the monster he started being in the first book.

[@leviticusprime4904]

William started off as like a Michael Myers like character, faceless cruel and evil, but over the course of the series and by the end of the 3rd book, he basically becomes sigma from mega man x

[@CassiusStelar]

Hey, sigma at least has cool designs and real world Nazi parallels to make you hate him more (in the good, intended way of hating a character, not... you know... hating how they're written.)

[@leviticusprime4904]

@@CassiusStelar it is only just know that realized that sigma is a robot eugenicist

[@CassiusStelar]

@@leviticusprime4904 yeah. Though I prefer the secondary villains, many inherited Sigma's lust for power or Wily's postmortem obsession with Zero or at least were tricked into trying to start a war with humans but their goals are way more in line with the heroes.

[@decomposingdave2902]

@@CassiusStelarto me after fnaf 4 he really just lost his charm going from a simple yet effective killer to some weird British remnant ghost soul energy scientist that makes 2067 terminator style machines to get said remnant to become immortal which in my opinion is just weird and doesn’t feel like fnaf

[@CassiusStelar]

@@decomposingdave2902 yeah. The novel trilogy has the worst version of him though. Springtrap was a punishment, a source of pain and trauma that he uses to take out on his son and the other staff members at Fazbear Fright. For Dave/William to have some sort of adrenaline rush from the suit that failed to kill him twice in that timeline acting as a stupid power up switching him between his newer characterization to the old one makes less than zero sense, it makes negative twelve sense

[@jhtoxic7870]

This is what William Afton is, he’s not a psychotic, unhinged, maniac like the Fnaf movie portrayed him. He is a calm, poetic, and methodical man who still loves to kill and make people suffer, but he treats murder like it’s a Tuesday. That’s what makes him terrifying. Fun Fact: Afton’s personality and manner of speaking is based off Hannibal Lecter.

[@memesouls8653]

Technically that is psychotic but yeah I get you’re point. He’s a high functioning psychopath.

[@jhtoxic7870]

@@memesouls8653 William isn’t psychotic, insane or even mentally ill in anyway, he knows damn well what he is doing and how awful it is he just doesn’t care.

[@memesouls8653]

@@jhtoxic7870 That’s psychotic dude. A psychopath is exactly what you just described. They know exactly what they are doing is evil yet do it anyways because it brings them joy and also because they don’t care. Psychopathy is a mental disorder that basically doesn’t allow the person to see right from wrong. Their moral compass is completely gone. William Afton is the textbook definition of a mentally deranged psychopath. He’s a high functioning one which allows him to stay hidden as a serial killer. That basically means he can control his psychotic urges and act normal to others around him. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

[@aperson5713]

​@@jhtoxic7870isn't that what a psychopath is by definition?

[@ManicFiction]

​@@jhtoxic7870He isn't psychotic or insane, atleast not in their literal definitions, but he's most certainly mentally ill.

[@Nic9458]

I really liked that William in the new fnaf movie is similar to the one we see in the silver eyes. In the movie he changed his name and became a career counselor to control who would go near the old pizzeria. He would even encourage those he wanted gone to take a security job, eventually being caught and killed by the animatronics. He would even return to the pizzeria himself when someone was getting too close. All of this is similar to what Dave does in the books, within a different context, and makes me curious too see what they do with William in the second fnaf movie

[@personismaybe0610]

I feel that William Afton was at his best before he got springlocked. Seeing him in FNaF 2 wandering around or standing still here his previous victims was so unsettling. Another version of William Afton I like is the Fazbear Frights version, as that character was portrayed as a weak spirit that made himself look strong to gain control.

[@glitchtron4453]

The Movie William seemed to take a lot from this incarnation and I'm happy about that! Just wish he got more screentime though cause as great as he was, he wasn't in the movie much.

[@Bioshadowknight]

"you like the idea of being disguised? Disguises let you be invisible don't they"

[@matti.8465]

I have faith in that Movie!William will be portrayed like this. Why else would he show up to the pizzeria in the Springbonnie suit? He's tricking the animatronics into thinking he's one of them, just like in the books. The animatronics are probably not going to be agressive towards Abby, but they will see Mike as a threat.

[@randomphyre]

I think the worst offender for me when it comes to the slow character assassination of Will over the years was when in TFC he just says that Dave in TSE was an "act", which basically means he meant nothing of what he said during that interrogation scene. How do you make such cool and interesting villain and then fuck it up by saying that him pouring out his heart and soul was "just an act" the fact people can still like Will as a villain post-TSE is honestly baffling to me. It's not like the introduction of Dittophobia makes him any better. Now he's experimenting on children in FNaF 4 by using "hallucinogenic gas" (?) to study their fear or some shit. His character has been completely and utterly ruined in the games timeline and I genuinely think we can never come back from it. Here's to hoping he's more like his TSE self in the movie. 😑

[@piercelindenberg6842]

It sounds like it. Afton gave movie Mike that job, and is implied to have kidnapped his brother during the missing children’s incident. If, after learning that Mike was investigating, he went to go silence him, it would be in character for him to do. Plus, it would explain not only why he’d hire a security guard rather than do the job himself, as he’s a coward, but also why he’d take the time to dress up in the bulky and sensitive Spring Bonnie springlock suit when hunting them, to confuse the animatronics.

[@trolledfordrip]

@@piercelindenberg6842 how did you know

[@piercelindenberg6842]

@@trolledfordrip it was no secret that Matthew Lillard was playing William Afton, and Afton is bloodthirsty enough to walk into what he KNOWS is a trap, just to try and claim more victims. Plus it would probably have been a bigger twist if Afton hadn’t kidnapped Mike’s brother. I probably sold him short though, Afton was pretty defiant at the end, unlike his game counterpart. I look forward to seeing him in the sequel.

[@b.a.r.f1004]

ruined for you, still think he is good (in a evil way obviously), it just makes him more interesting, the simplicity of being just a killer is pathtic for me

[@randomphyre]

@@b.a.r.f1004 That's not the issue. The issue is that he's some mad scientist who doesn't really have an end goal outside of terrorizing random people for his amusement, and while there's nothing wrong with that, you can't deny that his earlier iterations had more interesting characterization.

[@nolanbrodyblount4867]

you captured my love for the first book in this video I always loved how afton stopped talking when he relised that charlie and the other knew about him and he becomes a weak unspeeking figure till he has the masks and goes full springbonne

[@Observer_Decay]

"The Silver Eyes" is why I think Charlie is the first to die in the timeline instead of c.c. It shows that William is not above killing a child out of pure jealousy.

[@electricarmadillo8505]

1:26 Why hello there old sport.

[@victuss1413]

serial killers in the real world will often kill wearing masks or disguises as a way to dissociate themselves from their crimes. I would imagine that is what they were trying to hint at; the mans true face IS the rabbit, so he will only talk candidly when the mask is on.

[@onemoreminute0543]

Having recently seen the movie (which I thought was good!), I think that Silver Eyes did a better job of characterising Afton. The way in which he has this near fetishist relationship with his Spring Bonnie suit is immensely uncomfortable, and it's as if he himself is a robot too. And that line of 'Because I am one of them' really hammers home a sense of disturbing mystery and intrigue concerning his motives and worldview. He felt like a true serial killer similar to the likes of Jeffrey Dahmer. Of course, then they ruin that by making him a cartoon villain in TTO and a mad scientist in TFC.

[@TheLoneMannekin]

In the movie William afton is quite similar to his silver eyes counterpart.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

It's worth noting that TSE was meant to be a standalone book. It was expanded into a trilogy later, due to the ongoing trend of making trilogies and the constant requests from fans for more of what TSE had, since it isn't bad - it's not great, but it's certainly not a bad book. Unless it's the graphic novel version, which just sucks due to how bad the actual graphics are, something shared among all three of those horribly inconsistent-to-the-text messes. Anyways, setting _that_ can of worms aside, Charlie was never intended to be a robot in TSE. The plot was of Sammy dying, and Charlie being haunted by the traumatizing event of losing a sibling at age three, and eventually managing to move on from it through her return to Hurricane before she returned to her home in another city. The book ends on the group partially splitting up and a lot of other decisions that TTO and TFC immediately retconned out, but them pulling a 180 on quite literally every single peice of character development in the book is somehow not the worst parts of those two. Living in a world where those two never happened is the preferrable option, even if the Funtime Mangle design in the third book is something to keep. What TSE does well is the animatronic depictions. Each animatronic has character to it, and when they're on the hunt they have the right vibe for it, even in the parts leading up to it - Freddy standing motionless on stage when the others move and playing his music box when no one's around and standing motionless while the other two are moved by the stage controls, Foxy shifting around when not being watched, even Golden Freddy emanating ethereal whispers that communicate thoughts without words. And the book does retain that feeling that the first game has, of it not being just you and the animatronics in a building, but also feeling like the whole place is properly possessed and haunted. The animatronics aren't living robots in it, they're lost souls stuck in performing machines. It's quite well done. And, of course, Dave's depiction is indeed incredibly well-done. That scene makes me wonder if he was the original idea of Michael - a man possessing his own body, keeping it all alive despite the fact that it should've died, and the rest of him became the rabbit. Then, him getting springlocked is the only way to kill him fully, reuniting his fractured soul so that it can be destroyed as one. But that's a bit of a crackpot theory and the fear thing works much better for the character. There's a lot of things that could be speculated about but it's just generally such a cool concept, and it elaborates nicely on how springlocks work, how the animatronics actually act, and how the place was meant to be. It's a rewrite of what Scott wanted the original games to be like. Though the eventual decline of him being a ridiculously competent yet stupid mad scientist and engineer was unfortunate, this depiction retains what was actually scary about the original Freddy's killer, about the Purple Guy - he's just a normal, damaged man. A real phenomenon, who happened to get lucky enough to kick off all the rest of this cycle of pain. It helps that, like you said, without some disguise that isn't his normal self, he gives no personality to work with, making him truly feel like he could be any person. Like any person could be him. That's also why making him an engineer or inventor or whatever ruins the character. I hope Bonnie teleports in the movie. He does that in TSE, in FNaF 1, hell Withered Bonnie does it in UCN, it's just his thing.

[@cherrylimeali4393]

I read the whole trilogy in one weekend a few years ago. I got serious narrative whiplash from the revelations that Charlie had a twin that she memory-holed, oh wait, that twin didn't exist, but Charlie is a robot, and she was already dead and-

[@IronVigilante451]

Loved Pastra's voice acting!

[@90zillas34]

From the movie trailers we can see “Steve” smile when mike accepts the job offer, implying that to “Steve” this is one big twisted game to him. He loves the thrill of killing. he toys with his victims as seen through the trailer when he hums Freddy’s song and crouching down laughing. He wants them to feel hopeless and afraid before killing them. I do think the movie has potential to make the best version of William afton Character wise.

[@alicehazelprescott7651]

I agree with all of this whole heartedly. because of the way they did him Siler eyes was a really fun read for me. Took me a few restarts to finish twisted ones. And I still am yet to finish the 4th closet.

[@Nyx_The_Insomniac]

Okay now I need this whole book narrated. This is amazing

[@Mr.12545]

In the twisted ones , he probably wasnt as scared as since hes half insane , he probably thought he was immortal for surviving.

[@kieferholster4900]

Yay, dmuted with a willy video. I honestly wish the silver eyes was the only novel since the sequels really dropped the ball.

[@agnosticorange8269]

I liked the characterization in return to bloody nights, it was brief but there was a sense of development

[@mr.trololo9073]

William acted maniac in silver eyes, but in the twisted ones he became clown again, just like after fnaf 3. He acts like typical cartoon villain chasing main characters in basement and tells them useless shit

[@blahajwatermelon1579]

Video was awsome! Here are my opinions: What I think of William? Well, I apply book Williams to the game Williams, because I believe they are the same. And you know what? It works. And I accept that William is a cold and coward character, but what I think of him is a jealous narcissit and rageous sociopath who keeps his rage inside until he himself is revealed. He fears to be seen as a guy who kills for his own monsterousisty, he doesn't feel empaty or remorse, but I think he wants to be something meaningful, to himself. And because of his narcissistic disorders, he wants to show himself as something worth to fear and respect. He wants people to be loyal to him, he uses everyone around him because he thinks he is superior. But what he really is is a coward who had done nothing but to steal. Steal Henry's fame. At least, it was what he was until the bite. After the bite, he lost his fame, his carier, his loyal people. He raged and feared to be meaningless, he was superior in his mind. He deserved more attention than Henry got with the Freddy's location he got in charge and focused after the death of his child. He wanted to take things from Henry as he did before. He raged as he raged from jealousy when he killed Charlie and so he killed 5 more children. I believe that William is pure evil, and I support it with the lines of William in the Fazbear's Frights books. And I believe that William just choosed to separate William from Spring Bonnie, because he wanted to act as he was, but didn't want to show how evil he was as himself. He feared to be seen meaningless, not only by the crew, but by himself too. And in TFC, William showed himself as a man of science. He made himself believe he was important and he was a science man. But all he was was just a pure monster who was so coward to show his true nature. Until UCN. In UCN, TOYSHK showed himself his true nature, he/she made him face himself. And even if you don't believe Fazbear's Frights share the same timeline, Afton's Amalgamation was what William would have turned if UCN happened. I know it might sound confusing, but I believe that all Williams were same in persona, and that game William also felt the same things I told he did in TSE, TTO and TFC in FNaF 3, Fred Bear's, FFPS, and his relationships and life. Thank you for giving time.

[@GJMinions]

I like the design of Non Zombie William in Graphic Novel Fourth closet Also I don’t mind William being less delusional Other then that Silver Eyes Afton is pretty great but also is literally the same as in the games

[@michaellynes3540]

Afton looks like a crippled terminator in post-Springtrap form.

[@GJMinions]

@@michaellynes3540 I don’t really like post Springtrap form

[@Herr_Schindler]

​@@michaellynes3540in the graffic novel. In the book he is different

[@softSynthetic]

So happy to have been a part of this! 💜💜💜

[@Rand0m-gUy.]

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[@Rand0m-gUy.]

Just got the merch, it looks amazing! Thanks!

[@SupremeLordBruv]

whenever I hear "Dave Miller" my mind tells me "HEY SPORTSY!"

[@forgetmenot7846]

I quite liked his portrayal in the Silver Eyes. Too bad they ruined him in the sequels tho. Like, you had this pretty awesome villain that you then decided to turn into a crazed scientists looking for immortality? In a series about ghosts? C’mon. It’s a shame, because the Twisted Ones and the Fourth Closet could’ve expanded his character even further, but instead they wasted poor Willy.

[@NoobSebot]

In the Silver Eyes he does have the appearance of a crazed scientist who may subtly have an interest in immortality. I think the problem with silver eyes is that they never scratched surface of his motives. Also tbh, The story wouldnt make it another 6 years if its about ghosts. I like how they shifted the story and shed spotlight to the motives William has, the motives the Fazzbear company has, instead of focusing on crybaby ghosts that slap security guards at night. But point is, we just never got any motive for him up until now.

[@forgetmenot7846]

@@NoobSebot idk, that seems to me like your personal interpretation. The subtext doesn’t read that way to me. But I think that’s for the best, since a lot of the time in FNaF’s case less is more, so it’s easier for people to come up with headcanons if stuff is left vague.

[@NoobSebot]

@@forgetmenot7846 everyone has their “personal interpretation”. I never came up with a headcanon. I just took one idea and said “That could make sense given x circumstance.” A headcanon would be me preaching about why William Afton wanted to recruit dead furries for onlyfans. Also, its for the best since if the story just goes on and on we still be getting weird headcanons that wouldnt make any more sense then what the plot currently is. I just sit back and let it marinate to see what the end result is.

[@forgetmenot7846]

@@NoobSebot sheesh bro, feel attacked much? I just disagreed with you, and you went on a fullass rant. I'm sorry that you had to meet so many annoying fans, but I assure you that headcanons have nothing to do with people "preaching". A headcanon is just the next step of a personal interpretation- just a silly little au or part of it, and I never accused you of coming up with a headcanon, k?

[@NoobSebot]

@@forgetmenot7846 I was never attacked. At any moment of this conversation mot once have I feel attacked. You’re sounding more and more defensive for no reason. And ranting is my profession, I studied writing, I like writing, I write for a living. This doesnt mean im angrily typing at you. And you’re getting sidetracked trying to explain what a headcanon is. I know what they are, your “personal interpretation” of it (word of the day) has nothing to do with my replies. Neither of them were coining to me being angry, upset, or defensive. I feel absolutely unbiased towards you.

[@risasdesktop]

I completely honest critique of the movie if that Will is not all that complex, but I think that was on purpose, to make sure Mike stays as much the main character as he was the protagonist. There might be a second movie, and thats when they'll probably make William more interesting, since it's just as likely that he'll be a villain protagonist, and Abby & Mike's story has no lingering threads to Freddy's. Film Theory: The lost animatronic souls will probably be heroic antagonists, portraying Freddy's 2 & 3, or just 3, since 2 is just the same story as 1, but with more clarity.

[@interesting9388]

OMG you have such a beautiful reading voice, plus yeah Silver Eyes William was so well written

[@Jep_Hogglebirg]

I really hope we get that william in the movie, and I wish william defoe got casted as william so he could of perfected that Dave Miller look.

[@chops1162]

William gives me a bit of Michael Myers like personality with the rabbit suit being a part of him just like the mask is a part of Michael.

[@michaelafton2494]

you did such an awesome job at this part ‏‪6:56‬‏ at was creepy in an great way it give me chills im sure im gonna come back and listen to it again keep it up:)

[@vinegar4556]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is if Afton fought in Vietnam. He's roughly the right age, if we assume he was born in the late 1940s or early '50s, and his experiences could have helped to develop some of his nastier traits, as well as his cold efficiency when it comes to murder. The only real problem I could see is that he's been portrayed as British in the past, but the more that time goes on, the more that aspect of him seems to have been retconned anyway.

[@TheWhisperedOneDND]

He probably didn't, based on his Britishness he moved to America and started fredbears after the war since people are coming home and want entertainment

[@AltUTimegod2006]

Pastra’s voice fits John like a glove

[@MichealAfton1983]

William Afton in the silver eyes may be my favorite appearance from him aside from maybe Springtrap (in Fnaf 3)

[@lieutenantrockstarfreddy8730]

I've only read the silver eyes and found the book amazing, I was wondering why you were critizing it so much, then I realized you were talking about it as a triology, not the book. William in that book truly felt unique to me. The way he made me ask myself so many questions and answer all of them in a satisfying ending was just so good. Sad to hear he gets ruined in the other books. He was so well written in the first one.

[@TheButler76]

Well spring trap has nothing to lose, so he's probably gonna be more confident.

[@sonic8005]

Ya know what... As somebody who liked the trilogy of the Silver Eyes, I gotta say......... Best one is the first book. It had a good plot and the other two decided to just needlessly complicate it for basically no rhyme or reason. Charlie is a girl tormented by the loss of her twin brother and the suicide of her father alongside a fear of Foxy and the loss of her friend Michael from years ago. They revisit the place and Mr. Afton is at work again. When Afton grabs Charlie, she activates the springlock mechanism in self-defense but also a little bit of revenge for what he did to her brother and how he ruined her life.... her tragic story gets a conclusion and it matches pretty well with a lot of content of the first three games despite taking creative liberties. Afton makes a great villain and his fate is pretty fitting.... Then the Twisted Ones started out and it all goes pretty downhill as they keep adding more and doing retcons of the previous established story.

[@sonic8005]

@@Wizardjones69 honestly only have the novel rather than the graphic novel. Stopped collecting the books by that point

[@Mike14264]

Aye... this all seemed to be before the stories delved into things like remnant and stuff. Before things got really sci-fi and hella weird. I know there's a lot more to it, like the character development and story pacing being better, but I feel like that's why the Silver Eyes is a novel that's more universally enjoyed by the fandom than the following two.

[@seraphim9429]

The Return to Bloody Nights’ portray of William Afton is very unnerving and interesting to explore. If you ever wanna have an idea of how confident and menacing William Afton could be, hear his speech and monologue at the end of the game, and his phone calls with Henry.

[@Wiworgsh273]

Honestly the killer being a completely insane lunatic saying weird things and being a creep like he is in the silver eyes (mainly in the scene you voiced) fits a story about ghosts and the paranormal and is pretty cool

[@RyDaCol]

Your Theory was Actually kinda correct

[@RyDaCol]

Thanks For Heart!! :DDDD

[@lividellis2757]

Interesting as much as I personally think game William and book Williams aren't fully the same Cuz it does seem like game William is better in every way smart's strength plus he mostly gone away with everything not to mention that he could have fooled the whole police force he also just seems a lot more evil especially since the new book part of the tales series that is Canon to the games in which he experiment fear with fear gas-like scarecrow in this means in fanf4 he was experimenting on his son to make fear gas some people don't like it but I love it

[@RulnoEdits]

William was a literal psychopath in The Silver Eyes and thats why i loved him so much. Thinking that his identity was the Springbonnie suit and seeing the dead kids as his family (Probably because he lost one before) is an amazing character development

[@Herr_Schindler]

You don't know what Psychopathy is, do you?

[@olliecrafter]

I listened to the twisted ones while trying to sleep and it felt like a fever dream

[@mikehawk486]

immediately recognized pastras voice for john

[@PGF1892]

I remember when there were only 3 (fazbear frights) books. Into The Pit, Count The Ways, and To Be Beautiful. (And I know that Fetch was not apart of the first book, but idk why but I always categorize it with the first one. The only stories I will NEVER forget are these 4.)

[@Danplays3000]

They'll probably go with the silver eyes format for william in the movie

[@Fall_Cake]

The only and I mean only thing I don't like about TSE William is his design, he looks too goofy and I cant take him seriously. I think leaving what he looks like up to the imagination in the original novel made him more scary for me.

[@aCattywampus]

The long reading segment is pages 232-233, according to anyflip

[@treywatts-s9c]

i agree, idpite not being a fnaf fan when tse came out i LOVE how purple guys was handled, it gave us his name, his motive, his well, everything!, this is why i hate sl

[@EN-mh4og]

I believe that Afton didn't kill the kids to make himself a family. He just noticed that the animatronics had been possessed by the kids and then his obsession with them started. Also in the Fourth Closet i liked that he hated how he acted as the Springtrap. There is also the scene where he confessed that he feared death so much that the pain he felt was better.

[@my_life_is_a_pit9023]

The only pet piece I had about the comic book is the fact Jessica's hair got changed from brown to blonde.

[@Fideothedog2021]

It was done to differentiate her from Charlie and Marla.

[@Adahy_Bullet]

Ngl I love Mathew's version of Afton. He genuinely plays the part well.

[@Bar-Del]

Writing is a very very hard thing, I've literally been writing since I was a toddler (well maybe writing as much as a toddler could lol more like making "comics" as a toddler, and later home movies about monsters and super heroes as a slightly older kid and teen, and then learning actual writing as I got older) but the point is I've been trying to tell stories literally my whole life, and I don't know that I could make a good movie or write a good book or novel or whatever, and I certainly know my dialogue could use work, but I really think I could make a decent fnaf story with springtrap as the villain, similar to the fnaf movie. Tho my springtrap would be closer to the "an interview with springtrap" animation than say the movie version for example, not that the movie was bad I actually liked it and loved every second springtrap was on screen. And off topic but I especially loved when Mike goes to taze springtrap and he just laughs and yanks the tazer off, then charges and throws Mike, that shit was sick. But imo springtraps biggest problem is that no one knows what to do with him. He never has a plan or goal other than kill the player or main characters, usually without a motivation for killing them other than gameplay reasons or just needing it to happen. Even the movie fell into that "trap" (lol) so my main concern would be to give springtrap a well thought out goal, with an incentive, and a plan to achieve said goal. And also feature him more than the movie did. Also it would be rated r and super dark and gritty and definitely not for kids. I think I could do a decent fnaf story that includes alot of the broad strokes of fnaf and afton lore. But that's just me maybe it would suck and every one would hate it lol I just can't help but feel the character isn't being allowed to expand into his full potential as a character and that's mostly cus he just comes back and instantly dies again constantly with no actual goals or motives etc. Just be creepy kill player that's it. He can be so much more. But fnafs ever turning towards a child audience wouldn't allow it to be as great as it can be. Such a shame.

[@LM-jb5ix]

Balls , you may laugh

[@theclownlyimp]

I'm writing a book elaborating on the Silver Eyes version of Afton and his obsession with the Spring Bonnie suit

[@evolutionhybrid7770]

This side of William afton “they don’t remember. The dead don’t remember.” Was said in the fnaf movie and now if I think about it Afton seems awesome like this and William afton actually acts like this in fnaf 3 and if you dig in the past of William afton in the game it’s amazing how similar the characters are. But to me I like William afton he’s my favourite character in both the game and first book of silver eyes.

[@xxc00l_k1dzxx]

YES!! finally some love for silver eyes!! i hope you make more for the other books as well 😁❤️ edit: obviously i did not watch beyond 5 seconds. LMAO

[@SirYelluzal]

Bro, I thought I was the only one who preferred Dave Miller as William Afton (thats wild!)

[@insertenombreramdom1150]

Silver eyes william is one of the best aperances of afton along fnaf 3, fnaf 2 and epilogue 6 from the fazbear frights frights

[@--CHARLIE--]

To be fair, the reason he is different in The Twisted Ones is that he is on a power trip. He's no longer just a weak, mortal, man. He is an undead robot monster, one that cannot die, and, as an animatronic, can't even be arrested. He no longer fears consequences because he now thinks himself to be above them. Though, as we see at the end of that book, he is not as strong as he thinks himself to be. It's only really in The Fourth Closet, where they actively retcon his portrayal in The Silver Eyes as another disguise that it becomes an issue imo.

[@Herr_Schindler]

Well in the TFC it was revealed that Afton is afraid of death and punishment for his sins and that being a Springtrap made him feel like he's cheated death. But he understood that being Springtrap was just a comforting lie. Dave, while being his made up character, was somewhat a reflection of William. Dave is his "Springbonnie" form.

[@michaellynes3540]

Afton looks like a crippled Terminator post-Springtrap in “The Fourth Closet”.

[@thesmilingman7576]

13:30 I thought he wanted the mask so the animatronics don't kill him (see FNaF 2)

[@CutieSkye03]

i wish we could get new art for the books made by a better artist

[@chararaltacc]

Interesting how William refuses to talk without the Springbonnie suit. Or rather, how without the suit, he's like a shell of himself. It could be boiled down to how William is a madman, how he's attached to it and yara yara. Here's a more interesting idea. This suit is the same one that inflicted those scars on him. This is the suit where he got springlocked the first time. But he didn't die, he didn't fully merge with the suit, and due to this, its almost like his soul was split into two. One was left in his slowly decaying mortal shell, and the other was inside the new vessel. He quite literally wasn't whole without the suit. Only after getting springlocked again, and this time, dying inside the suit, the transformation was fully finished. He didn't really die, he just moved on to a superior body. An immortal one. or well, as he thought it was immortal. we all know how the story ends and that there's some remnant agony and all this stuff that burns in the fire. also just notice how different it sounds when you call it "the soul" and "remnant" i get that scott's primary style before fnaf was sci-fi but ehhh it just makes the story sound less... lively in a way? just some random terms, doesn't sound as good

[@B00TLEGSF0RALL]

Now wait for the movie....

[@CountryShape]

thank you Dmuted, if not for your video, i wouldn't have known this trilogy existed. so thanks to you i have new books to enjoy. i also agree silver eyes had the most interesting depiction of William Afton. though i won't discount the other two depictions of him in the later books. Since he is insane and even became more so after the spring locks triggered. he was pretty much on a euphoria power trip after from his pov having been made one with his suit in book 2. book 3 him being wheel chair bound was from prying the suit off of him after he realized he was still alive but was dying, he was trying to find a way to become immortal by becoming one with his original creations, the family he always wanted in his twisted mind. this is just my opinion not fact as fnaf is open to interpretation.

[@fangworl5170]

Personally, I much prefer "psycho with no identity who lives vicariously through animatronic characters" to "generic, immortality-seeking mad doctor".

[@jennifermenzel4500]

Been waiting for someone to talk about this

[@karlwikman3874]

What would have been even more chilling was If he had responded: "They wont hurt me. I am their killer. Then dont have The stones to face their abuser."

[@Gmex_ONE]

17:15…Afton is Elderly Kano reveal‼️

[@Cross_Corp64]

Tbf, The Silver Eyes is probably my one & only favorite FNAF book of all time! Because it’s so interesting to retell the lore in a simple way when it comes to a vague storytelling, and we get new characters that make me feel like they should make come backs- Hell, Charlie was a great protagonist, Carlton was funny, Jessica became my favorite heroine, etc. But mainly, TSE is just the best characterization of William Afton; and Idfk if people say that interpretation is “overrated, blah blah” Personally, TSE made Afton an icon because I like how he’s given such a dark and uncomfortable backstory, especially the “cornered rat” dialogue; It was one of my favorite parts of TSE. Afton’s theatrics were cool, but given how Glitchtrap does that as well makes it even cooler! And one thing I actually like is that Afton envies Henry all because of how Henry shows love. The Novel Trilogy made me like William Afton after all- but all in all, I’m not a fan with how he got executed post-Novel Trilogy… Because I enjoy his Hannibal Lector/Joker character, makes him more sinister and malicious. And then there was The Fourth Closet… Ever since TFC, the books seem to lack simple storytelling and character build up, Afton is this cool but boring supervillain scientist who wants immortality. I mean, Fazbear Frights had a good start with him being a mysterious patient- but him dying as a trash monster just felt… unsatisfying. Why? Because he doesn’t get much character build-up in the games, and it’s just disappointing he dies in a non-game. I loved TSE Afton because the way I see his character is more of a man who was a cornered rat fighting for his life, and had envied his old friend mainly because of love, something Afton never felt, and decided to just bleed out that love and spreed agony to others- All he just wants is a family like Henry. Personally, that’s how I see his character in TSE… But the TFC came with him being “Oh, now I’m Snoke but a supervillainy scientist”, and there was the whole abuse with Elizabeth. Really, I was disappointed. And one thing, The Twisted Ones is underrated! Fight Me! The one thing I loved about TTO’s Afton is that William was finally letting go of being afraid of dying, he’s now the monster that Charlie accidentally created. Honestly, his cheesy-as-hell-80s-cartoony-villain personality gave me so much enjoyment, and the fact he uses Twisted animatronics BUT an army of BBs made him so much of an amazing villain. But since TFC ruined the fun, we got Fazbear Frights’ Afton. Started off good as a mysterious patient- but now he dies as a trash monster?!?! Now I’m just coping. The reason why I like TSE Afton is because he gets a characterization that the games couldn’t do, especially with the Frights and Tales. Tbh, I like William Afton mainly as a mix of Joker and Hannibal Lector. A villain who spent his life being treated as a rat, has seek love from other people and now felt envious all because he never felt loved in his life- but decided to bleed that love, and put many wombs to others, spreading agony to the world. All he wants is a family that’ll love him, while he shows no care, and now he’ll take control over that family. But Afton is aware of own actions, thus he tries to get away from it but instead put into his Springlock tomb. Now risen as the Monster that everyone saw him now, and the monster his rivals accidentally created. Because of this, he always comes back not physically, but his malice would forever live on. He’s a mortal who wants control, but is a coward that ends up as a monster, but now wants to suck the living souls just to become more like God. That’s what I love about William Afton. And that’s how I feel with his character, without the mad scientist bs. For now, Afton is forever the best indie game villain of all time

[@ziashadows7282]

full audio book tho?....this is great narration.

[@THAIIIGUY]

R.I.P Dave Miller / Bozo

[@sleetoPanda]

i love your voice in the reading btw

[@juicybucky9647]

i would love to see a follow up to this post-movie, giving your thoughts on his characterization in the movie and how it relates to the silver eyes interpretation of him.

[@spotlightanimation6719]

The Silver Eyes might be mediocre but god i would give up a lot to read it for the first time again.

[@gearbonz4834]

In terms of Williams personality change it was probably due to him loosing his fear of death and in terms of him being in more pain the less suit he had was his remenent healing for oc his body/nervs allowing for a higher pain capacity

[@Williamafoton]

I love how William is betrayed as a statistic murderer that has no reason to kill other than it’s fun he’s just like serial killers, but not the ones I’ve motives just ones that just kill the hell of it

[@VaniPlaysRoblox]

One thing that I would say that Scott and other illustrators improved great on, was the Graphic novel in silver eyes. It didn’t at all match the theme of Five nights at Freddy’s. The silver eyes graphic novel just looked like an episode from Garfield. But the twisted ones graphic novel was Cleary a great improvement. It matches the theme of FNAF perfectly, good gore, good teeth, etectera. It seems like Scott and the illustrators learned a lot from their mistakes.