Is FNaF Political? - (Five Nights at Freddy's)

In this video, I talk about something I doubt you think about often-- the political implications of the fnaf series. Join me as I tiptoe around topics and pretend like I know what I'm talking about.
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[@asagothe_fander]

“what’s foxy’s stance on gun violence in America?” that line just sent me.

[@tau-5794]

He approves but prefers flintlock pistols and blunderbusses and other pirate-related things.

[@asagothe_fander]

@@tau-5794 this is the only correct answer

[@sixfeetundertheradar6080]

My coffee table book is “how to talk about gun control with your cat,” and if you read it it is literally exactly that. It’s hilarious 😂 I am on the left but even my republican gun loving dad thinks it’s funny

[@hbudson1248]

Foxy definitely owns a cannon for home defense

[@FunAngelo2005]

​​@@hbudson1248 because cannons are on pirate ships for defense

[@thatonetreeguy]

Monty's line "Rock and Roll" will tell you everything you need to know about his political stance.

[@Alexander_the_Greatest]

@@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad Clearly a Statement of support and utter belief in the American Justice system and Law enforcement system. That even if you attempt to hide, the FBI and the courts Already know you so well that you will fail. Probably

[@idioticbuffoon8960]

​@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad he is stupid, so he votes for your least favorite political party.

[@jackkendall6420]

Also to tie into the anticapitalist themes you picked up on, it's very funny that Fazbear Entertainment is so devoted to the idea of replacing humans with robots when we've seen repeatedly how dangerous and error-prone those robots are (not to mention how ludicrously expensive they must be!). I think it reflects humorously on the way IRL businesses will move hell and high water to avoid paying people wages, or letting them unionise

[@grimmason7377]

Dystopian Society !

[@OdaSwifteye]

I assume you meant "paying people's living wage" which is nebulous because the company is paying you what you are worth to the company and not what bills you want to cover with the paycheck the company provides you. And if you didn't mean that well, not paying employees is illegal and creates an issue with the IRS. Unionizing is a whole kettle of fish too. Adding a middle man between you and your employer is good up until the point you want to do something the union doesn't want you to do. You know, and you end up with two managers. You're on site, on the job manager and then your union leader, and maybe I've been working the wrong jobs but having one manager was too much most of the time. The reality is that the evil capitalist trope makes it easy to explain away why Freddy Fazbear continues to exist when five people being murdered would have brought a company to its knees in terms of bad PR much less have it be children which would probably end up being a national headline. Freddy Fazbear sells Pizza. He's not our government who can kill countless people and still maintain enough good PR for people to vote for them. Having said that. Freddy takes the White House is a great idea.

[@asagothe_fander]

“how about gay ones?” *stares intensely at the entire cast of security breach.*

[@klaibefhuoaiuwehjklbdfsnxnik]

@@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad Honestly I dont get why it had to be the robots. Just have Vanny be in love with a girl technician or something, having the robots show THAT much emotion just makes things way too weird.

[@hunterculpepper1973]

Roxanne wolf and glamrock chica kinda are entirely that

[@supersmilyface1]

And don't forget, "All artistic works completed within the Pizzaplex are property of Fazbear Entertainment!" Edit: Spelling. Shoot.

[@nekolaiwastaken]

Gives me CN vibes (a company that's become kinda notorious for stealing/tracing fanart).

[@dunnkids7263]

Hey, at least fazbear ent is consistant. All the way back in fnaf 1 they were using childrens drawings to substitute actual decorations lol

[@godzillapark9075]

13:48 this is bias not because of anything political just because you don't like sister location there is plenty of examples of corporate greed in Sister location like how when you get kidnaped your pay gets docked, like sister location is definitely a violation of multiple OSHA Violations

[@sweethistortea]

I don’t think FNAF is political in the sense of “one party bad, other party good”, but I think it does take inspiration from Scott’s faith which isn’t political if you ask me. I myself am Catholic, and when I play games like Persona it is interesting to see how the developers used the archangels for example. My favorite Persona is Maria, based on Mary, the Holy Virgin and mother of Jesus. In the case of FNAF, we do see some elements of Christianity sprinkled in, such as UCN being a limbo or hell where Afton is condemned.

[@axilia203]

All art is political, there is no need to debate

[@ghosts_are_real]

which i think is cool. especially since afton is absolutely deserving of a limbo of hell

[@Amogoos4690]

@@axilia203”all art is political” is just cope for “i want to shove my insufferable leftist politics everywhere”

[@Val17282]

​@@Amogoos4690 All stories to an extent, are reflections of their creators' beliefs and views on the world. Hence the term "all art is political." The fact that your interpretation of that quote is just liberals "shoving" their politics says more about you than the other person.

[@Amogoos4690]

@@Val17282 i have never heard a single person say that who wasn’t some flavour of socialist. Don’t try to broaden it by claiming I’m going after liberals in general. They’re at worst clueless. If you want to justify propaganda talk by pointing out all art is biased to the artist’s views, then why don’t we discuss it on my helicopter.

[@GenderlessP]

You just KNOW Firework Freddy deep fries a turkey in his backyard for Thanksgiving with a wire hanger and a pot from Dollar General, causing extensive damage to himself and the area around him

[@godzillapark9075]

one thing that I think you can consider political is the themes of in the flesh, they often get overlooked because Matpat Mpreg but in short the story is basically saying don't get mad that woman won't date you because you objectify them

[@dmuted]

Holy shit, get a life​@@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad

[@GYPSYWASHERE]

as a christian texan, (which sounds funny) thank you for knowing that our views (the general amount of us, some people are just assholes) does not mean that we wish certain people harm or to condemn them. I personally believe that everyone deserves rights and love and I think scott does too.

[@simnm8057]

What do you mean condemn them?

[@GYPSYWASHERE]

@@simnm8057 that we want to silence certain people (not that we could)

[@simnm8057]

@@GYPSYWASHERE condemn means saying someone doing something wrong Theres nothing wrong with condemning someone

[@GYPSYWASHERE]

@@simnm8057 well you know what I meant💀mbmb

[@simnm8057]

@@GYPSYWASHERE condemning the trans community isnt bad NOT wanting bodiliy mutulation is not bad

[@SecondBestArtMuseum]

Look, I don’t wanna get political here, but… I think that Chica is a duck in FNAF 1 and a chicken in FNAF 2.

[@therealquackington]

how could you, you make me wanna cry >:,(

[@Bigslick60]

Idk man that’s quite controversial

[@Bigslick60]

Agreed

[@simonmittelstadt6680]

I think in general, mascot horror is somehow anti-capitalist in a way. In this sense, we are fighting against the outgrowths of companies that have a lot of dirt on them, and good examples outside of Fnaf would be Poppy playtime, for example, where we find that the toy company playtime has made orphans into toys or in bendy and the ink machine and his secrets we also find out that Joey draw Studios was also a pretty shitty place to work. In both cases we see that human life is simply a resource that can either be used for work or processed straight away as a product. that the people there were actually the biggest monsters, and actually their hideous creations themselves are somehow victims. At the same time, nostalgia is also being dismantled, where the innocent thought you saw on television or on the big screen is suddenly corrupted with background knowledge. tale Foundry has made a fantastic video about it, which also talks about analogue horror and goes in the same direction. and of course we would have known more now how the sausage is made, or who the sausage maker and then we are shocked when we know that such terrible things were in the production of our favorite things, it is somehow a horror of knowledge

[@simonmittelstadt6680]

@@Wizardjones69 The message and themes of a work can also happen unplanned. I think the Evil Company is a trope about everyone, but because a lot of people do it, even if the artists don't necessarily want to do something socialist, they use what can be read as such.

[@godzillapark9075]

something I really wish you mentioned is the parallels Fazbear entertainment has with Disney both have their mascot (Freddy, Micky) plastered all over their entertainment venues, both have tunnels underneath there establishment that go anywhere in the place, a lot of their attractions are the similar (roxy raceway and car lands, fazer blaster and Buzz Lightyear Astro blasters, the Pizza Plex and Disney Quest, Foxy log ride and splash mountain, the Storyteller tree and the tree of life)

[@justaguy2182]

The fact that “Is FNaF Political” is a genuine question is… interesting.

[@Bigslick60]

I got ur comment to 69 likes

[@ithinkflutterawesome6511]

All art is political some art just has politics you hate more. Centrist Politics is typically seen a "neutral" stance, sort of like making all your characters white. Yeah, it's a large majority of people in the USA, but that doesn't mean people exist outside that. Every statement is political because politics is driven by emotion and opinion, and that's the core of the human experience. As a video game scholar once said, "Gamers actually love politics and seeing them, and those who say they don't just wish they were seeing different politics." -Harris Bomberguy

[@drewthedweeeb]

Everything is political, you may just lack the comprehension to grasp that

[@khizeryusufzai2185]

I literally saw someone saying to boycott the film because Scott Cawthon is conservative so it meant their would be a lot of Qanon themes and a lot of pro Trump stuff

[@Bigslick60]

Yet there’s not a single heavily conservative thing in the FNAF film which is a good thing because Scott cares about his fanbase more than himself sometimes, at least it seams that way which is good he has more time with his family now.

[@shinyocelot04archive]

It's not inherently political (leave that to Grizzly's) but I do see some of Scott's religious beliefs sprinkled in. Not to the point that it's overwhelming, but there's certainly some similarities between certain FNAF story moments and various religious stories.

[@SecondBestArtMuseum]

Question: Does the evidence of ghosts and supernatural entities, as well as the implications of Hell in UCN, does that imply there is a God and a Devil in the FNAF universe?

[@shinyocelot04archive]

@@SecondBestArtMuseum I think it's more of parallels than outright confirmation. The puppet "giving life" could draw parallels to many stories of creation, and the UCN purgatory could draw from many stories of judgement and punishment.

[@brandonkemerer5985]

If God were in the FNaF Universe the children wouldnt be in the suits they would be with the father.@@SecondBestArtMuseum

[@whizkeysh0t]

and also the obsession with turning female characters into oversexualized teenagers/LH/J

[@yednielemunozortiz3256]

It takes guts to make a political video on fnaf

[@CornKaine]

Let's be real here, Freddy and Bonnie are very obviously very gay and very successful bank robbing partners. How has this gone over peoples heads? How else could Freddy own a giant mall with a shell company named after him with clones of himself that he has to act oblivious about for legal reasons?

[@lofi_1223]

The fact that scott cawthon is better at using multiple sets of pronouns to refer to people/characters than some actual lgbt ppl I know is rlly funny to me

[@Th0rn5555]

Being a good Christian means "loving thy neighbor", that includes being respectful of other peoples choices. "Hating the sin" ideology is bs because Christians are not supposed to have hate in their hearts. So I applaud Scott for setting a good example.

[@l00per]

LITERALLY LOL how is this 45 y/o white american straight man more respectful about it than most queer ppl

[@Val17282]

*cough* blaire white

[@thevgfsg7384]

So.. are Christians not allowed to hate… facism? Pedophilia? Racism?

[@bigshot9514]

@@Th0rn5555 Different christians take pronouns different ways. Some just accept it despite not believing it and others refuse to use them since in the bible it's said all people are born as they should be. Don't get me wrong there's definetely transphobic christians, but I think people tend to mistake the latter part of that for transphobia

[@realnamegone]

"Is Freddy a democrat or a republican? What's Foxy's stance on gun violence?" quote of the year 2023

[@Metalkatt]

Hero Worship was my *exact* thought when you were describing the story B-7. The thought that followed was in the Cyberpunk universe, there is a mental toll that cybernetic parts take on a person. The more conversions you have, the less human you feel unless you get special counselling to remind you of your humanity. The story sounds like someone meshed a trauma response (the emulation and dissociation as an attempt to cope) with that sort of "how human is still human" Ship of Theseus concept from Cyberpunk.

[@godzillapark9075]

surprised you did not mention how Fazbear entertainment is literally making games and merch of real life tragedies that happened at their locations and they play it of as a joke

[@cloroxart]

Gotta love corporate greed.

[@qwacktrap1459]

Trying to avoid the eggshells that is this topic, I want to say that you did a great job with this video, it gave a different perspective that strengthens Fnaf’s world and help people understand the themes the series has gained up to this point. And I appreciate it wasn’t completely serious, the jokes you sprinkled in gave me a good chuckle, if not the absurdity of “is Freddy Fazbear a democrat?”

[@Th3Badd3st]

shoutout to Grizzly’s

[@NIGHT-GAURD]

Your videos are cool

[@RaisinHook]

Funtime Freddy is extremely racist if you squint (and are blind)

[@Bigslick60]

Funtime Freddy is one if my favorite characters in FNaF because he’s racist

[@vivthevov]

16:00 regarding this section I love how Fazbear entertainment has become the villain in the last couple years. Its slightly more interesting than the Afton stuff.

[@dumbly-stupid]

Yeah I think a lot of people overlook Fazbear Entertainment being a villain because of the mimic who is only a threat because of Fazbear Entertainments laziness

[@joenathan8059]

My favorite part in the fnaf series that really got me thinking about politics was the easter egg in fnaf 420 where the purple guy takes his ballot and it turns blue and it kills 5 kids. Really interesting stuff if you ask me

[@JanyLived]

DWoke

[@HeresyGremlin]

William Afton should run for president.

[@Deertective_]

I want to make a joke about this but I don’t want my notifications to be flooded with people getting mad

[@Some_random_Stickman]

@@Deertective_ same

[@ToaArcan]

He can't, he's British. He should run for _Prime Minister._ Can't be worse than Boris.

[@l00per]

​@@ToaArcan the fact that theres a chance that realistically he could actually be elected makes me really concerned about the current electoral climate honestly

[@s.k_animations4978]

Simply ignore them.@@Deertective_

[@xxbuttmanxx4383]

This thumbnail is cursed in the best way

[@snbrinewehr3203]

Oh my god, finally someone who sees Ready player one the same way as I do.

[@jackkendall6420]

Good video. I always like it when people analyse works that 'don't have politics' -- they're much more important to examine carefully than works which wear their politics on their sleeve. One minor theme which has always stuck with me when I think about FNAF is the character of Afton. Namely, the fact that he commits these horrible crimes and gets away with them, apparently not raising any suspicion while he was alive. Afton is drawn right from the archetype of the classic IRL serial killer -- a white American man who led a double life, was probably well-respected in his community, and who was above suspicion because of it. He's Ted Bundy and BTK. I'm not saying Scott intended to make a commentary on how patriarchy and race enable certain kinds of people to get away with crimes, but the influences he drew on for Afton lead to that being one of the messages of the series regardless. Turns out that the cops won't stop serial killers, instead we need to rely on the literally paranormal to send them to hell, lol.

[@gabrielbruce1977]

I feel like his depiction in the graphic novels aren't exactly helping him beat the "creepy guy whose crimes are an open secret" allegations either.

[@l00per]

thats actually a really good reflection even if it wasnt intentional. although afton will always be british to me. but now seriously i really agree w what you said

[@JessieFrance]

The part about the poster and whether Freddy and Bonnie are a thing really got a good giggle out of me. And, ‘telling your friends you love them isn’t gay but that poster is gay af’-and I’m living for it 😆 100000% yes.

[@cailynskindapog]

A great video idea would be to try and classify the characters into different political stances and analyze their beliefs based off the characterization we have, I would watch that so intently

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

In my eyes foxy is hard alt right, not because he actually did anything, I just think it’d be funny

[@j.a.m.m]

​@@cantthinkofaname5046Well he's a pirate, so he's prolly a liberal

[@salt_factory7566]

I will never get over how Scott was doxxed and sent death threats yet somehow people paint him as the villain in that incident.

[@jag-stang29]

one thing abt scotts donations: they were always public and he was never actually hacked. still, while i will never condone donating to those people, it kinda just made the fanbase an even more toxic community on both sides and its such a hellhole whenever it gets mentioned

[@wirka7973]

Since you went to the books I was greatly disappointed when I noticed that you didn't mention the springtrap m-preg (male-pregnancy) story. /j I mean I always knew that William in the books was a little 🌈✨💃🏻💅, but I never thought that he would go so far as to impregnate another man. :) Can you tell that reading that story traumatized me?

[@dmuted]

I choose to forget In the Flesh as much as possible

[@wirka7973]

@@dmuted understandable, have a great day ✌️

[@mr.mutant6432]

This reminds me of the is angry birds alt right propaganda video. even without investment it’s really fun to watch. also the fact that you can always look at things with politics is fun as well

[@CantSay-lk6np]

Great video, I thought you did well for such a complicated topic.

[@FunAngelo2005]

The story teller whould assentually be chat gpt

[@yoogrldude]

Pre video comment: I’m not sure about liberal/conservative etc, but there is definitely satirical commentary about capitalism re:megacorp entertainment businesses devaluing workers

[@samiallawati]

7:50 not claiming Freddy’s not gay cuz tbh i don’t really care but the forever and ever part of the line is actually a reference to the one song from the Freddy and friends on tour cartoon

[@Il_Tizio]

Wait, please, I need to know what monty thinks about abortion, please 😭😭

[@dmuted]

😓 I'm sorry to tell you this...

[@Il_Tizio]

@@dmuted wdym Bro?

[@Private-Potato]

Oh Monty, why?

[@NickNui]

Monty straight up aborted Bonnie.

[@SirYelluzal]

7:50 I think the reason why it's written this way is because Glamrock Freddy is an innocent cornball, which is why I like him so much, I don't think it's anything deeper than that personally

[@Th0rn5555]

Personaly, I see it as either really close friends or maybe there's some romance in there but its all innocent. There's no steamy robot schmex, just friendship bracelets and hugs.

[@kirbycorn4079]

​@rook6085 I think Mike is in freddy and the kid with the bonnie mask from fnaf 4 is in bonnie, which would describe why they would be such close friends.

[@SirYelluzal]

@@kirbycorn4079 welp that's not possible now because of help wanted 2

[@Th0rn5555]

@kirbycorn4079 would be a good theory, but as that guy above me said, help wanted 2 points somewhere else. But yeah, I think they're probably just good friends, it's just funny memeing on them.

[@Grimkeeper17]

When you use the phrase anti corp is it because the company is portrayed scummy? But, wouldnt you say that fazbears model is very pro capitalist pro corp and anti consumer/anti employee?

[@Karxy]

FazEnt is the quintessential evil capitalist megacorp, can't be assed to prioritize human lives over profit and suffers the consequences.

[@swampam6525]

what a great thumbnail. love it

[@dolcethesmorse1890]

Dang this is an actually interesting video ide- "oh BTW spoilers for Help Wanted 2" OH GOSH DANG IT

[@HollowTransient]

As a second and more shortform comment, I want to say again thanks for talking about this I feel like casual conversations of politics that isn't specifically based on party systems and isn't trying to be judgemental or blatantly inflammatory is something that should be more normalized, but I doubt that will ever really happen in any community...

[@brantjustilian3791]

I don’t think FNAf is political. Yes most forms of art and stories can contain themes and messages but not all teams and messages are political. Plus Scott‘s donation list was supposed to stay private, because it’s personal information that got leaked. Which I imagine cost a lot of hatred towards Scott and his family.

[@capdetigla]

Maaaaan internet politics really are just brainrot

[@Anakin_Skywalker01]

Ok but the animatronics thinking every purple person looks the same😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@asagothe_fander]

I’m not even finished getting through the summary of B-7, but I could see how people saw the anti-trans stuff… I don’t think it was even intended to be seat is anti-trans but it can be seen like that..

[@huntedcamerayt2154]

I’m a really strong advocate for the trans community,However even if the story was meant to be transphobic I still think it’s one of the better faz bear frights stories.

[@simnm8057]

​@@huntedcamerayt2154why? Encouraging people to mutilate themselves is bad

[@huntedcamerayt2154]

@@simnm8057 nope sorry not getting into a another brain dead KZbin argument

[@simnm8057]

@@huntedcamerayt2154 is that how you respond to anyone who tries to argue with you?

[@huntedcamerayt2154]

@@simnm8057 I mean can you blame me? Most KZbin arguments are often the most pointless arguments ever,if you disagree with my views then fine. But I don’t think that KZbin is the right place to be arguing about this kind of stuff.

[@nonn3n340]

what

[@ShyDen]

about to watch this video and my entire bingo sheet is "FNAF is a Pizzagate analogy"

[@ShyDen]

damn, not even once :'c

[@TheGreenRaven303]

let's be real here funtime foxy is a flaming queen

[@wyattrox11]

I’ve tried and failed to watch this episode to completion 3x now. Not because of anything in the video, just keep getting distracted by life. That being said, I’m determined to watch this video from beginning to end

[@ravencrow1011]

I like to see the fazbear entertainment merch in the books and explain how questionable the toys that selling for kids to play. It remind dr wondertainment toys

[@Crepis]

I started think this when we first saw mystic hippo and people are saying she’s trans is that true?

[@tau-5794]

It's just a new character. Sure she's based on a male character but it's in the same way Glamrock Chica is based on the original Chica.

[@sweethistortea]

Mystic Hippo is just the girl variant of Mr. Hippo. Bonnet is the female variant of Bon Bon. People are just looking a little too deep into a purple robotic fortune tell hippo that barely does anything but say four lines.

[@prosecutorwalton]

Mystic Hippo doesn't ramble. Not the same character.

[@Quirksvil]

*Grizzly's theme playing ominously in the distance*

[@mildex756]

7:49 You know what? Screw it. My headcanon now is that Freddy and Bonnie robbed a bank.

[@TailsDollIncorporeider]

The ingredients on all of Fazzbear Entnmt's products are hiralious and dangerous. All of the Pizzaplex is giant OSHA violation. The way adults seems to really not care about kids both in the games and the books

[@godzillapark9075]

6:22 all of the Glamrock are queer lol, Glam rock is a style of rock music which according to wikipedia have been described as playing with other gender roles.

[@UhhJerry_]

make peanut butter cookies and show them in the next video plz

[@godzillapark9075]

4:45 nah firework party is definitely PC he is the type of guy to go to trans woman's profile and say "you will never be a real man 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅" to her. when he stands for the American flag he stands for what America should be not what it actually is

[@epictom3423]

Epic

[@rockstarredbear146]

Oh boy can’t wait to vote freddy fazbear into office

[@lovethatdarkness]

Chica started liberal, ( toy) coming from the left side. Then she had a trad wife awakening and became republican, coming from the right side in fnaf 1.

[@dmuted]

This is so evil but so hilarious

[@zecaurubu5202]

Scott drama is in the past Fnaf is in the past too 😢 2014-2017😢😢😢

[@arandomthingintheabyss2062]

the thing about trans robots kind of reminds me of this one comic about roxy actually being foxy but was forced to swap genders by the company

[@chrisshep7564]

comment for the algorithm or something idk

[@user-dz9kn9ds1v]

i get this is off topic to the video but we need more "Weird Birds" content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@talkingnart1563]

im pretty dang sure Scott was a trekkie. Just look at the Desolate Hope

[@dmuted]

To be fair, I haven't played Desolate Hope myself.

[@talkingnart1563]

woah wasn't expecting a response. as for the Desolate Hope go find a playthrough. I doubt it'll get a sequel (As much as I'd wish for Scott to revisit old ideas) so, watching a play-through would just be more viable of an experience @@dmuted

[@prosecutorwalton]

What about DH makes you think Scott's a Trekkie?@@talkingnart1563

[@Afish8me2china]

Buddy, I’m sorry, but this comes off as the biggest shitpost of all time

[@dmuted]

It is

[@lilypaigeham]

Fnaf is inherently political, from the first game it talks about companies being horrible to workers to save themselves a buck

[@deadbeat5499]

You’re so real for the left leaning part

[@deadbeat5499]

Or at least the getting labeled part

[@pelthepelican6232]

Scott did nothing wrong.

[@Baeath]

Yes.

[@Knovastreams]

I appreciate this video

[@lucisal-xg3ho]

As a lgbt person, I enjoyed B-7 and itś my favourite story ever. I think the idea it´s trans related it´s stupid. It´s just a amazignly written horror story, cmon..

[@Anthony_Caliber]

It’s a classic body horror story reminiscent of something like “the fly”. I think drawing a parallel to it being a trans related story is just trying to find fault in it without common sense

[@arstotzkanplaguedoctor]

🎠

[@HollowTransient]

As someone who is also left leaning and an older fan of the series who feels at least somewhat politically educated, thank you so so so much for talking about this stuff. And I'm sorry, but I'm gonna rant for a second. I genuinely feel insane and like I am being gaslit when I see others, who are usually younger fans (not to be ageist or generalize), say stuff like "nah thats weird that isn't an intended theme or a proper reading. Stop being political about it" when its often so blatant or at the very least something that is very easy to interpret with specific politics. (And in the case of stuff like gay and trans robots, completely harmless?) Because, as you said, thats just kinda how all art is? It doesn't have to be made with all the exact political intentions in mind inherently, but it can not be separated wholely and often should not if the work wants to have any substance. I think people often forget or don't realize (or sadly more realistically, the education system doesn't teach them) that politics isn't just "do they go red party or blue party?" Like, yeah there is a lot of nuance to be had, as there always is, but that anti-corporate stuff in particular is almost always super obvious. Likewise, when it came to the donation situation that to this day (hell, I noticed some even in THIS VERY COMMENT SECTION), people still get weirdly defensive over on Scott's behalf. Even when the people with legitimate reasons to be upset don't condone any of the harassment and just want the situation to be understood properly. Personally, I am still sore that Scott did that. It makes "sense" but it doesn't make it right by my book, and the fact that, to my knowledge, the closest thing to an apology has been the donations given to several LGBTQIA+ support organizations and the very large one you mention. Which, while very nice and appreciated, still isn't an actual up front apology or a clear statement of "Hey sorry about that, I didn't think it would be upsetting and maybe everyone has a point about these other people I decide to support and follow who can AND HAVE made legitimate changes to the law to make things worse for the groups of people upset." If anything, he originally doubled down on all of it in the community post he brought the situation up in and refused to apologize, and both he and everyone else swept things away with just a "oh you can't blame the man thats just his upbringing! And look at all the bad stuff happening to him because of *you people*. And look at all his donations to the gays! God just get over it 🙄" as though somebody is just inherently tied to always support the groups and belief systems that they grew up with, even if they feel differently now. It just makes me a tad upset I suppose, especially when younger LGBTQIA+ come up saying they don't care. It makes me go "but why? You should!" You don't have to stop liking the series, and you don't have to hate Scott, but at least have some kind of critical eye, please. Its ok to look at something someone unequivocally did (not just random twitter speculations or falsified info or whatever) and go "hey thats kinda bad and makes me feel a bit upset." And then not crucify the person or be out for their blood, but just hold them accountable for their words and actions to a certain degree. You don't have to obsess over and/or go into a culture war for every political difference that pops up in something you like, but also don't just be apathetic to things that happen because it's easier and you don't want to stop enjoying something. I say this on behalf of everyone's own good, too.

[@Bigslick60]

I ain’t readin allat

[@simnm8057]

By your own logic you could argue that the fnaf series is an allegory against transgenderism/transhumanism since it is about children being turned into robots/another form and the tragedy Creepy guy lures children so they can change their bodies This could be allegory against transgenderism

[@Dogesman]

*BOWLING*

[@WMBCo]

Short answer No Long answer Yes

[@LordKrhiyos]

Foxy is anarchocapitalist. He’s a pirate after all. Monty is a Republican. Southern accent and being from the bayou

[@elpancho_1910]

I'm a carlist

[@rimanahbvee]

Before watching the video Yes, we are human, everything we do, say, think is inherently political, we are a social species.

[@thenonfictionalexplainer952]

I think mangle is yes because mangle has two heads so, one heads a girl anothers a boy

[@thenonfictionalexplainer952]

Also I may sorta relate to b-7 in some way

[@ToaArcan]

I think part of the reason that Cawthon's donations were such a shock to people is that, despite the obvious (him being a Texas Christian), FNaF's only political content is a biting satire of corporate America. The overarching villain of FNaF is, at this point, capitalism. A company that allows killers to grow within it and sacrifices the lives of its employees and customers alike to make a little more cash. On the topic of the donations, I can't look at the subsequent charity donation as absolving Cawthon. Charity donations at this point have become just an act of paying indulgences. "Hey if I give a fat stack of cash to a charity who supports one of the groups I hurt will you leave me alone?" The fact of the matter is that Republican politicians running the government have much, much more power to affect change than any charity will ever have, and they've hurt a lot more people than just us in the LGBT+ community. Like, between them, McConnell and Trump are responsible for stacking the Supreme Court entirely in the Republicans' favour and now federally-protected abortion's gone! Women are having to fly out of Cawthon's home state to terminate pregnancies because of the men that Cawthon supported. I might be alone in that, but it's how I feel about it.

[@Blazecap]

Scott himself explained he didn’t agree with everything a politician said or their policies

[@jag-stang29]

i feel like this last paragraph u wrote always gets overlooked when people talk abt the topic. donating to charity is one of the most basic things you can do to clear up your image and people just... accept it? like i admit i cant really think of anything that he would be able to do to clear his image for everyone so idk. also i find it odd that everyone just ignores that those donations didnt just hurt queer people but POC as well. idk whats up with that but that fact makes me jst uncomfortable for some reason

[@E4S65]

How evil of them to make it more inconvenient to kill your own offspring

[@arthurg.calixto3338]

I completely agree with you but I don't think it's a topic worth thinking much of. He already retired and honestly he's more of a product of his environment than anything. Plus, his games themselves did not promote anything morally wrong, even though it kind of sucks he used a part of it as donations to those awful politicians.

[@chimken135]

@@Blazecap but his donations support all of their policies, not just the ones he agrees with.

[@gingerfeliciano9531]

Wtf

[@wyattrox11]

PASTRA!!! 🎃

[@thaliabarber7609]

Wait wat-

[@Slendermangaming666]

You forgot the great political message of Fnaf World dingus

[@Splunks39-lk3ti]

No

[@kamiwriterleonardo6345]

FNaF was always a critique of corporate greed, and pretty much every event in the series can be tied back to Corporate neglect

[@smokedout7129]

Personally from what I've seen the past few years I would be hard pressed to take someone seriously if they thought either democrats or republicans had their best interests in mind. Everyone has the right to see what each candidate is talking about doing or has done and make their decision to support them based on that. There's a decent amount of people in the entertainment industry who I don't always agree with, but at the end of the day, I'm still listening to their music, playing their games, watching their movies/shows, etc because it's what I enjoy.

[@mr_yab990]

O no...

[@hunterculpepper1973]

Roxanne wolf and glamrock chica are deafintly lesbian

[@LorzIX]

Ever since the first game, the series has made jabs at corporate negligence and this comedically capitalist stereotype of "anything for money", so we can debate about many things, but I think calling the series not political is actually nonsensical. It might not be the focus of the main storyline, it might be absent in some games, that's all true, but whenever Fazbear Entertainment is mentioned, some satire of the capitalist profit motive always follows. That much is undeniable.

[@simnm8057]

By your own logic b7 is an anti trans allegory

[@snowblind9551]

I think serious, unbiased political analysis in art is underrated. I think people online often lump all political discussion into the "culture war" as a cheap excuse to avert responsibility because they're too childish and out-of-touch with the realities of the world to have any knowledge on politics. What you said is absolutely true, that all art is ultimately political. But zoomers hear "politics" and immediately think "culture war".

[@bubblesthekitty4423]

This is a genuinely stupid yet also kinda fascinating video subject

[@Grimkeeper17]

Governments have representatives to a specific groups of people and there are many types of people to represent all physically, mentally, regionally, and spiritually different.. everyone is spitting in everyone's food as you'd put it. Its pure irony that people would get upset over donation/support because they are doing the same thing with their ideals and representatives. I rather think it's people who were never politically inclined so they are not very educated on politics being indoctrinated.

[@DrZomboss01]

Honestly I think that Glam Freddy and Glam Bonnie's relationship is very platonic. Love can definitely be purely platonic. I do think that Scott and Steelwool made it seem like a romantic relationship because they might want the Fandom to go out of their way and let their shipping fantasies go wild.