Memories

[@merchant271]

What makes the ending even better is that William opens the tape with “whoever you are”. Putting Michael into a false sense of security until he says Michael’s name

[@TheIrrelevantYT]

Squimpus, that madman, is absolutely brilliant.

[@thisdoesnotexist5246]

The traveling meme merchant I agree

[@americahaws8610]

Spook

[@verdugo5242]

Hehehehehe Thank You

[@PrepLmmiun]

Wtf is Michael's name?!

[@meadcwlark4064]

Did anyone notice how his voice started getting shaky when he addressed Michael at the end of the tape? It was so terrifying how his calm persona throughout the video was thrown off a bit like that, he sounded like he couldn’t control his glee at the possibility of killing his own son. Truly terrifying detail, whether intentional or not.

[@05.andrejjandurtka39]

Agree, it is a work of art. Squimpus McGrimpus is a big brain fella.

[@garf1eldluvr]

Oh damn

[@3digitsonthebac156]

And when he talks about how he couldn’t kill him cause he’d be caught you can hear it too, except he sounds angrier

[@demdunding]

Im your 1000 like

[@mnieveschavez]

He straight up sounded like he was gonna laugh

[@Gojirawars03]

Also, love how this is clearly a nice contrast to the whole “Michael, I’m your father! I just want to see my boy,” thing. It shows that if Michael had ever actually freed his father, he wouldn’t have received a very warm welcome.

[@zynischekartoffel3779]

DOOR STUCK DOOR STUCK

[@mxrceline__solo]

Because he wanted to see his boy. Micheal wasn't his boy. Joseph was.

[@Im.Smaher]

*@MAINE GRAY* No, it was Michael. He was talking about Michael in that video.

[@avemflamma]

@@mxrceline__solo that is a GOOD take

[@bagasbramantyo9717]

@@Im.Smaher Yeah but William made it clear that he hated Michael, not something you would think about for someone you would call "your boy"

[@WastedGoatFR]

I love how he doesn't kill Michael not because it's wrong or that he is now his only child, but because people will find out. A true portrayal of a psychopath.

[@shadyg0d428]

Imagine Michael still having to sleep still in the same house as him as a kid (after the incident) because its still his father. Imagine William standing there while he's sleeping in his room trying resist touching him. The chills😨😟

[@destroyerofturtles5024]

@@shadyg0d428 spooky

[@DingusJpeg]

That send chills

[@Attention..]

@@shadyg0d428 in a physical way.

[@randomlytangerine]

@@shadyg0d428 I mean if your only other kid killed your favorite child yea he’s a sociopath

[@eggometa6296]

i love this interpretation of William. Him just blatantly admitting to the murders alone was unsettling, and how he went into detail and gave off a backstory that was believable yet clearly still flawed was fantastic writing. And that ending was chilling... I love it

[@mememachine2313]

Some actual killers are like that btw

[@darkale7029]

known fact i couldn't sleep after this

[@StevieOk-hr8yh]

The mood and message of the tape quickly shifted from a confession to a warning

[@Mydiscis_itsvortex]

@@darkale7029 same

[@Platonskiy]

Fnaf 7 all dead....thats ok

[@captinblast3657]

God it sounds like he's trying to stifle a laugh when he says "As neatly as you can" This is by far my favourite interpretation of William. Not some, mad scientist creating robots with soul juice or whatever it was... Just, a cold hearted, emotionless monster. Someone so confident that he can get away with it, because he knows he can. And he did, until those he murdered came back to give him what he deserves.

[@redpanda6497]

Same!

[@emi9337]

I think all the lore after vr and AR is kinda dumb

[@gangster759tookook7]

.....really? How

[@NiceuRiceu]

@@emi9337 the lore has been about soul juice since Sister Location. FNAF 1-3 was about the original 5 kids killed by William, FNAF 4 to Pizzeria Simulator opened up a new pathway and greatly expanded the lore

[@tyrrex4789]

Well he's not emotionless,I mean he was sad when his son died..

[@Resi1ience]

As much as I prefer the posh, almost sophisticated tone of the British accent William was portrayed with at the beginning of Sister Location, I like this one because it's so stupidly smug. He's invincible in this tape. Invulnerable. And he's gotten everything he wanted.

[@LogeenthLive]

Kinda makes Henry's attempt to destroy everything in the Pizzeria Simulator to finally end the children's torture and free their souls while making William suffer all the more satisfying

[@caprabasil2542]

yeah this one is so much more hateable, the dickhead behind the slaughter

[@PluggedHades62]

I honestly don’t like the British afton

[@freezyreef]

@@LogeenthLive FNAF SL - Help Wanted aren't canon in Squmipus' lore

[@Arthurit1s]

@@freezyreef The whole afton family was shown to us in SL and Charlie was revealed to be the puppet in pizzeria sim, which are key points in this AU

[@tsardudebroii]

Honestly, William is much better portrayed here than in the actual lore. A psychopath father who went on a murder spree because his Oldest killed his Youngest; and he couldn’t kill his Oldest or else people will find out so he finds replacements. That makes much more sense to me than a psychopath who wants to bring his son back from the dead by using magic and souls.

[@ichigoeater]

Honestly, I don't think it's canon in any universe that William's goal was to bring the Crying Child back to life. Collecting Revenant was only ever about his own immortality, and given his personality, I'm sure even that's just a bonus compared to the joy of murder.

[@Samuello2024]

@@ichigoeater I don't like the concept of William being innocent or having a "good reason" for killing, i prefer to think it was for his selfish reasons, which is to become immortal.

[@ichigoeater]

@@Samuello2024 Agreed. Even if he did, though, it doesn't make his character any better. Any parent who lost a child they truly loved would never put another parent in that situation, especially if their version of 'putting their child back together' was sticking him in a creepy suit and leaving him in a creepy place, surrounded by murderous animatronics. No matter how you put it, William Afton has no empathy for anybody.

[@PelemusMcSoy]

Wasn't this the plot of the books, and weren't those confirmed to be noncanon?

[@ichigoeater]

@@PelemusMcSoy His exact words were "The truth is that after a while lore can become so dense that there isn't room for a story anymore. Another truth is that what makes for a good game doesn't necessarily make for a good book. Sometimes a timeline gets so full that the only way to tell a real story is have the story set in a different timeline, an alternate universe, a different location, or perhaps from a vantage point that isn't entirely what it appears to be." He left it pretty vague, but it's still up for interpretation. That last example, 'from a vantage point that isn't entirely what it appears to be', is a little suspicious.

[@elirayzor]

Man literally just admitted to murder and said, "I'll elaborate on that later."

[@romanez7837]

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[@animewaifu1001]

@@romanez7837 The most ambitious RPG game of 2019

[@ItsMemeTimeBoi]

@@romanez7837 tooooootally not a script we are reading.

[@FoxAnimations3]

Timestamp?

[@lynnieisaclown7246]

@@FoxAnimations3 2:15

[@TheHippieRat]

Oh god that ending section about “knowing exactly where that tape is left” is absolutely genius. I can’t help but imagine myself standing there listening, only to realize not having remembered exactly how it was when it was lying there because you never ever consider that in your normal actions, and like at that moment you know you’re screwed

[@drummerdude476]

Same, great delivery from that voice actor as well!

[@garveywritevhs]

Same!! This tape makes you think your actually there

[@settttthhhhhhhh]

I got damn chills when he started to say he checked the spot everyday and that the position of the tape is pretty much ingraved in his head

[@kayleighgranato9518]

I felt that part in my soul. When I was a kid, I remember trying to be sneaky and getting into stuff, and then that slight panic when you can't remember just exactly HOW it was placed.

[@dischqrge4846]

It's terrifying... Especially Michael realizing that William will know NOT only that the tape was touched, but WHO touched it.

[@a5591]

“ That’s why I didn’t love him before.” Someone give this man parent of the year award

[@a5591]

Seanon Duncan William Afton: I didn’t love him Also William Afton: Hey Mikey, come visit your old man in the boarded up storage room

[@magnolia3150]

The kids a troubled rebel of course he wouldn’t like him

[@srpaodequeijo2]

Seanon Duncan ye but in this universe Elizabeth doesn’t exist, anything after FNaF Four isn’t canon

[@anoussaanas5015]

@@srpaodequeijo2 that is until season 3 comes

[@gunlyte4661]

William killing Michael would be a *TRUE ENDING* for him and the children stuck inside the animatronics.

[@hyperion1832]

William in the tape: I hate Mike so fucking much William locked in the suit: Mike my boy, you know I always loved you. Would you mind helping your old man out?

[@diskdrive6113]

William in the tape: You fucking donkey William in suit: oh dear oh dear gorgeous

[@matthewsetlak5589]

Just shows his fucked and abusive psyche. Only promising love to the child he abused when it benefits him since he is trapped in the suit

[@TotalPoatification]

@@diskdrive6113 lmao

[@neilcicieregamybel0ved]

and that's on abusive behavior

[@ionelalexandra]

That shows how mentally ill he is. *A twisted psychopath*

[@lunarusmusic3138]

this is a masterpiece because it shows WHY the Afton family was so messed up from the beginning. it didnt start with animatronics. it started with a dysfunctional family centered around a psychopathic father. it shows the psyche behind WHY William Afton kills. it's honestly one of the most disturbing parts of the whole FNAF VHS series.. edit: i also believe that William Afton is wrong about Michael. i think that Michael was never trying to kill the younger brother (in this case Joseph), but he was just trying to mess with him and bully him as a result of his own mistreatment and shunning. i think Joseph's death really was an accident as a result of a bullying prank gone too far, but William Afton, being the psychopath that he is, interprets it as an act of cold-hearted, inhumane murder born out of hatred towards the father, rather than an accident born out of jealous feelings towards a brother.

[@internetpawn3542]

Agreed my friend, agreed.

[@87crowhat54]

Matpat’s theory confuses me when I think about the VHS series

[@tanman5123]

It adds something that was never explained in the games. Why William Afton wanted to kill the kids.

[@BrigsbyDowers]

This makes the Night Security Training Video even creepier, cause Afton call out to Michael for help...but this shows that he TRULY hated him and was just using him (well...MORE than just wanting to be out and not caring for his son)

[@Z0mbify]

Its basically William Afton's Story (kinda)

[@fabiangutierrez148]

What hits me the most is the knot in his throat while talking about his dead child. Doesn’t makes me empathize with him, but makes me feel like I’m hearing a real person, talking about a real story. Well done.

[@skyravenwoods]

Yea most versions of him make him seem so unrealistic (in a universe where souls of dead children possess animatronics and how one can still live after being crushed, and mauled in a spring lock suit) where hes just this person who decided to kill or was just bad man kuz bad, this makes you see him as a man somewhat driven to inanity, it does not make what he did right in anyway, but can just show that a real person and how scary us humans really can be

[@Crow0567]

@@skyravenwoods Oh he definitely didnt survive the springlock failure. It's more that he's haunting it.

[@jupt3r274]

I’m sorry but I’m a little new to this concept of FNAF. I’ve been going through and re watching all of these type of tapes but I cannot grasp what is happening. I’m sorry to ask, but is anyone able to explain? I know all the names included, just not the story.

[@skyravenwoods]

@@jupt3r274 what exactly do you need help explaining

[@jupt3r274]

SkyRavenWoods Oops sorry. I used to be confused. I finished the tapes and I now I completely understand. Thank you for the offer though!

[@Bobblebog]

In my opinion this is the scariest thing Squimpus has made so far. There’s nothing to scare you. It’s just Afton talking about how much he hates Michael and how much he misses Joseph as well as him admitting that he was the one who killed the five kids. But that’s the real scary part. When he says how it was “heaven” for him killing kids and hell for them. That’s frightening. Even more so because there’re people like that in the real world.

[@MatTheSoundless]

I hate to be that one guy who always corrects the slightest mistake, but it was actually five kids who were killed. "three cases of one, and one case of two. all of them adding up to the five missing children of Freddy's." Those five being Charlie, Nicole, Lucas, Angie, and Bejamin, (all names having been revealed in "Animated Cartoon")

[@elirayzor]

It's a small thing, but *T H E R E ' R E*

[@32Purpul]

Mat I hate that the names in this series aren’t the same as the ones from the Five Nights at Freddy’s canon.

[@endergirl1421]

I always have to remind myself that all these videos aren’t really connected to Fnaf, it’s like it’s own lore but not at the same time. So I always have to remind myself it’s not going to be exactly like the actual lore The Hydra’s Omen Also I agree with you 100%

[@VirtualEnigma9022]

Bruh imagine how terrifying and histeric he would be in the fnaf movie

[@paddythelegend1671]

The tone setter for William when he just casually admits to killing 5 children, then saying he'll elaborate later and going on to explain things as if he hasn't said anything strange is honestly chilling

[@rafaelcastor2089]

And it isn't even an emontionless type of casually, he sounds very amused with the thrill this confession existing gives and elated at the prospect of Michael finding the tape and losing his only leverage. He really doesn't give a crap about the 5 children, they are just props as he begs for an excuse to kill Michael

[@marcuslagoa9477]

The fact that William Afton is admitting his crimes and telling all of his secrets calmly truly scares me

[@darkhumour741]

"the five missing children of Freddy's; that was me, I'll elaborate on that later" ... that throwaway nonchalance is honest to god bone chilling, especially cus its how a real sociopath or psychopath would feel

[@pep2546]

@@darkhumour741 in other words, *aftons fucking crazy*

[@Estatsize]

And The Fact that he imagined Mike when ever He Killed, Like Holy Shit

[@paris9871]

same but i hate him bc he hates micheal >:(

[@thechickennugget3228]

Hese up to somthing

[@Keonssz]

William is the scariest murderer out there, he's smart and cunning, he's ruthless and sociopathic, basically the whole package. Having him know you're watching this, while he's ready to strike at any moment once he sees this, is terrifying to me.

[@Friedtwizzler]

It’s his friendly nature and appearance that ties it all together: suave, fatherly, calm, surprisingly handsome, and comes off more as a seasoned veteran in a successful car leasing firm, the well-known local television newscaster, or even the favorite teacher at a grade school than a cold-blooded soulless serial killer who takes out the grief of his youngest son’s (and presumably that of his wife’s) death on innocent unsuspecting children and who also harbors a disturbingly Freudian hatred towards his only (living) son.

[@coldhaixx1905]

But gets fooled by a fake children's laughter over and over again

[@rufoosy4760]

@@Friedtwizzler handsome!?

[@user-vn8uu2xu9n]

@@rufoosy4760 basically Ted Bundy

[@Aceken23]

He’s up there with Kira from part 4 of JoJo

[@Cl0v3rComics]

Someone give this man a voice acting reward. This man was able to portray the slowly riveting insanity of William and it truly brings the film to life

[@redpanda6497]

Exactly.

[@LM-ix7pk]

Is the voice acting done by Squimpus McGrimpus himself, or is it done by someone else?

[@redpanda6497]

@@LM-ix7pk It was voiced by Theniftytable.

[@Evilvillain666]

LM im pretty sure squimpus is a woman

[@redpanda6497]

@@Evilvillain666 Squimpus is gendefluid, so "they/she".

[@jasmine-zw3qs]

the way u can hear the barely restrained joy in his voice when he says 'so you better put it back michael', its like he was excited for him to find the tape

[@rafaelcastor2089]

It's less of a threat than it is begging Michael to give him and excuse. You can practically hear him grinning ear to ear

[@jasmine-zw3qs]

@@rafaelcastor2089 yess this so bad

[@bowserboy44]

“So you better put it back Michael...” “As neatly as you can...” “And start running...” Freaking chills...

[@chloewalker214]

Literally tho like imagine being Michael, how scary that would be. And, how upsetting it would be to find out your father hates you so much he wants to kill you...

[@noideathelagged8272]

Aight imma head out

[@user-lx5pl3rx6h]

@@noideathelagged8272 lmfao

[@diglol9589]

@Chloe Walker And you're past with him. When you were at Freddy's he was calling out to you, asking for help. But you didn't listen. You find this tape with. You now know he likes to you too.

[@garveywritevhs]

Same

[@Comicall]

The scariest thing about this series is the feeling of unease and negative aura around these tapes. This one takes the cake as one of the more scarier ones. The fact that William is so calm about admitting his crimes involving the Missing Children's incident just makes you think that he is pure evil. Right down to his very bone. Not only that but he even told about his deepest darkest desire about murdering his own son, because he accidentally caused the death of Joseph(AKA. Crying Child). Imagine being Michael and finding this tape, and hearing your own father talk about how he's always hated you, and how he wants to murder you, just because you accidentally caused the death of Joseph. I'd be pretty terrified too.

[@redpanda6497]

@Roko- OW & Geometry Dash In the canon story Michael is pretty depressed ( just like the Squimpus Michael ) so I wouldn't doupt that he tought about suicide.

[@pilkers2]

Micheal is the crying child

[@redpanda6497]

@@pilkers2 You forgot to write the "that's just a theory, not a comfirmed fact" part. Also did you get that we talking about this AU headcanon, right?

[@redpanda6497]

@@SparklingWater445 Yes, Joseph is a fanmade name but we already said it thousand times ( it's not supposed to be an offense or anything ).

[@Bragelbro]

It's kinda like light telling people he kills casually ”oh yeah I'm kira”

[@dankspiderman579]

Jesus dude, the thing about William is how horrifyingly confident he is in his ability to never get caught, the fact that in the tape he just says "That was me. I'll elaborate on that later." after explaining the recent missing children is terrifying. He casually summarizes his crimes as if he was admitting he broke his mom's vase at 8 years old, and just moves on to another subject. And he has every right to do so, he technically never got caught. Squimpus, you've outdone yourself and made William a tragic, yet utterly horrifying version of the man behind the slaughter. Kudos to you man. And that last line; "So you better put it back Micheal. As neatly as you can. And *start running."* Has to be the scariest and most efficient way of introducing Afton's personality into your canon. A cold blooded, nonchalant, mastermind murderer. Who has rigged this entire game in his favor.

[@syren5979]

Dank Spiderman why did I read that as horrifyingly cute-

[@dankspiderman579]

@@syren5979 I dunno, why did you?

[@pointpoint8445]

I just found it funny. “Yeah I killed them, I’ll tell the story later yeah yeah, anyways so...”

[@magnumbeefus]

@嘘だIbuki I have my doubts they know about the despair

[@redpanda6497]

Exactly. That's why I like Squimpus William *much more* than the canon one. This is how always portayed him and wanted him to be. When I heard about him from the Sister Location I always imagined him to be a calmed, smart, manipulative mastermind. A puppetmaster who making people do what they don't want and messing with their minds and moral, and make people think and believe what they shouldn't, because you never know if he say the truth or he just trying to manipulate you. He make people do the dirty work for him, but if he really need to he do it himself. He went trought terrible things what broke him ( like child abuse in the past or the death of his wife. ) and for this reason he fall between the uncanny valley of the understandable and sympathetic but also cold bloodingly terrifyng and brutal. From this video you can see, he manipulates Michael with his feelings because he knows he is unstabil, so he can easily pretend it was all Michael's fault and he will believe it and do what his father want. He knows Mike will follow what he said and can't run away or hide from him because he will catch him no matter what, he also won't dare to show the tape to the police for the same reason. He is enought scary, but he have feelings like anyone and his tragic past and his own flaws made him to be the person who is. It's cement the fact every coin has two side, like a well written villain. The cannon William doesn't give me this feeling at all, he is just super crazy, pure evil weirdo who can build impossible things out of the nowhere and in his entire life he killed kids for experiment on them to find the magical "immortality juice" to become immortal for an unexplained reason, which in every way sounds extremly ridiculous and unrealistic, needles to say it was a huge dissapointment for me. He is literallly on a level of a scrapped DC supervillain, but not even, the DC supervillains are actually have well maded personalities, goals and backstories. I feel like the cannon William was the one who ruined the FNAF the most, and of course the novels. Scott should built him up from his manipulative personality rather than his evil, jelalous personality and try to put too much edgyness and inhumanity in him to full the emptyness in his personality traits. This way no matter Scott try to distract our attention about he is a bad and lazy writer who didn't have time working out the main antagonist's persanlity, it's pretty clear for the ones who see trought it. And the biggest problem is that how he did it randomly and the worst way ever. His books what was far away from cannon story almost became cannon and completely changed everything, especially William who had the best chance to be a good villain in the FNAF 4-5 era when the games revealed who he is. But nooo, instead of that he made William the same character with Dave making tons of endless plot holes in the story. In my opinion this interpretation about him is way better than the offical. Who knew Squimpus isn't just a horror genius but also good story writer and a mind reader? :) Edit: God.. why was my English grammar this bad?

[@Xx_Tuberculosis_xX]

I like how it’s implied William couldn’t go through with killing Michael not because of moral or emotional reasons, but because he’d get _caught._ Really emphasizes his psychopathy

[@rafaelcastor2089]

Not really "implied" as he pretty much states as much. But it does give he threat at the end a way bigger kick when the tape being found means Michael just lost all leverage keeping William away from him

[@TheFragrantGangsters]

It's odd that he'd hold this level of affection for his younger kid though. You'd think he wouldn't give a shit about him either.

[@ManicFiction]

​@@TheFragrantGangstersWell, sometimes even the most vile of people have favorites.

[@rahh-dunk]

you dont NEED to have favourites, he lost one child, truly a shit hole to be in, and then on top of that your crazy ass oldest son bullies your other son until he ends up killing him. bro could NOT come back from that one for real@@ManicFiction

[@cheesecake8368]

@@rahh-dunku do realize William was the crazy one not Michael. It’s the fact William played favourites in the first place which is horrible. He deemed his eldest son as someone who wasn’t deserving of his love even though Michael was just a kid. It’s very much implied in these tapes, that William abused Michael. William is the crazy one for treating his children that way and not taking any responsibility. William is still at fault for the death of his youngest, it was his treatment and negligence that resulted in the bite, also his animatronic. Michael was just an abused child jealous of his younger brother for getting the affection he wanted from their father.

[@Antorion]

This is one of the most terrifying tapes to ever exist. Instead of a jumpscare or some kind of glitching out, it's the person who started all this confessing to all of his crimes. It really puts you in an alternative universe where this could be 100% real. It's just... something about this tape makes me uncomfortable and it isn't the disturbing images it is something about William Afton's voice. It sounds so calming yet disturbing... I don't know, but definitely one of my favorite tapes!

[@pedroribeirofroes1a337]

I agree. The theme of fnaf is disturbing, and probably would a make a great movie. And squimpus did, imo the best job at, creating a shivering expirience, that combining with the eerie, and bizarre VHS tapes, with the scenario of fnaf, is really amazing.

[@rustyduhusky3456]

I know, this just makes me feel... unsettled, almost like I'm watching a real VHS tape.

[@ducklips5497]

SkullSFM Yeah same,he sounds calm yet so creepy because he is a normal person slowly turning into a disturbing murderer,he doesn’t feel guilty about it and he admits his crimes without any doubts.

[@amyisexisting]

I think it's the fact that he has a cold type of anger-the worst there is.

[@falloutghoul1]

It's a man who is perfectly comfortable with who he is: a monster.

[@gavingrant8254]

fnaf: scary jumpscare squimpus: psychological terror

[@At0m1c_At0m]

When nothing really comes when you expect something, that’s just terrifying.

[@jacobdockery3663]

The only way horror can be good at all

[@telepathictortoise3021]

1:24 alone was enough to make me shit my pants

[@butterscotch9020]

@@telepathictortoise3021 same bruh i had to look down a bit cause i got goosebumps lmao

[@gregorio2627]

TRUE

[@ayplays3762]

“You better put it back Micheal. And start running.” Michael: “Aight. Ima head out.”

[@dewcranzz]

Also Michael: *inhales metal*

[@gab2876]

Also Micheal: NIGERUNDAYO

[@TheEmerald-pv4gn]

Micheal: *laughs in immortal purple undying decaying body*

[@chamaco3699]

You seriously stole my comment?

[@icarusXIV]

Also Michael: fuq dis shi im out mhmmm

[@volcanoisland3333]

No one seems to be talking about how depressing this would be for Michael to listen to. Imagine listening to your own father say that he hates you and wants to kill you because of an accident. Michael may be the most tragic character in this series. I’m glad he got his happy ending.

[@Lisa_Flowers]

@Arnold Tatis-Algarin correction - his father was already a monster, William is likely just manipulating the listener into thinking this is Michael's fault. That's what abusers do. They create nonsensical justifications to excuse their actions and blame them on other people - usually their victims, and if they have kids, wives, family members, them as well. Michael likely wasn't an especially awful kid, and both him and Joseph were probably terrified of William for being abusive monster he has likely ALWAYS been. William did have a favourite - abusers usually categorize their kids as the 'golden child', who can do no wrong and receives 'love' (which is often also abusive) and the 'scapegoat' who is always at fault regardless of who committed the wrong. They do this because it is easier to justify your own behaviour by blaming one of the children (I'm not abusive, they're just bad!) And to pit kids against each other. The scapegoat often has the abusers worst traits and behaviours projected onto them. Joseph was clearly the golden child, and Michael was the scapegoat, and Michael likely felt resentful of Joseph's position. William is just twisting the narrative to make it seem as of what was clearly an accident was some sign of Michael being the true villain at fault of Joseph and all the kid's murders, when the real monster, William, gets off scot-free by painting himself as a wounded father victimized by his evil child. Joseph's death no doubt had an effect on him, but it certainly wasn't the 'reason' he became a monster. He likely always was. The rest is just manipulation.

[@thesaviorofsouls5210]

Im sure it wouldnt be a suprise, based on the other stuff he says in the tape. He was already abusive, if anything it would just confirm what he already knew.

[@scraptrapstan5519]

@@Lisa_Flowers this is his own lore you know that right?

[@danninmatthews5640]

Mike, Henry, Evan, and Phone Guy

[@jordynmillett90]

agreed and i’m so happy the movie is gonna be revolving around him

[@KidneyFailureGaming]

The writing and dialogue in this vid and VHS series is so so perfect. This is probably the best alternate universe canon story I've ever witnessed in FNAF. Props to Squimpus for bringing the unsettling vibes upfront which the series was initially known for. You exactly know how and when to give heeby-jeebies when needed.

[@chamaco3699]

Afton: “and you better start running.” Micheal: aight imma head out

[@bye1225]

Michael you spelt it wrong

[@kp0772]

Afton: I'm about to whip somebody's ass

[@cakebear9534]

Remember that’s his son

[@SasquatchJoe]

*”and so i started running*”

[@jtkgames0]

“afton but the other one”

[@jessbian3385]

I gotta say this. As someone who’s written a lot of horror, I am a huge fan of a horror called “Horror of hindsight”. Inspiring dread and fear when you recontextualize what you’ve been hearing or seeing. This tape is possibly the, and I mean THE best example. Ending the tape with calling out micheal specifically and the “you better start running” phrase is genuinely one of the best feelings of terror i’ve felt. Rewatching the tape makes it feel so much more suspenseful and horrifying than that first watch, and the vague memory of what you just watched after that stinger is just straight up genius. One if the best horror fiction pieces. Ever. Absolute props to you Squimpus. 10/10.

[@rafaelcastor2089]

I hear ya! Realizing "Oh shit! I cannot put it back exactly way it was" is terrifying and the tape going on is all well and good, but even without William vocalizing the then implied threat it would already be amazing.

[@misscuntour]

There’s something about these videos that are so immersive _like_ it’s *so* good. It reminds me of old school FNaF, where it was a creepy ghost story with intense lore instead of this whole new complicated storyline.

[@Slipperyslab]

athena. THANK YOU! What you said is literally what I thought, I really do miss the days when Fnaf was simply about haunted animatronics and mystery, now its about androids (android ppl are from the books) and VR possession.

[@Slipperyslab]

And you cant really blame ppl who rely on matpat to make sense of the confusing lore when it’s probably the only thing you can go off by tbh

[@ruddycrock]

I feel exactly the same. These videos give me the same fear and made me lament the potential of FNAF had it not been drawn out to the nth degree. I'm grateful for the times before, though. ;-;

[@bardonardo2001]

@@Slipperyslab I think it turned into that due to Scott's history with Sci-Fi games, he just couldn't help himself and turned fnaf into a sci-fi story. Part of the reason why I left the franchise ngl. These videos rekindled my love for fnaf.

[@Arthurit1s]

BardoNardo these vids take a lot from the sci-fi games tho. However, I won’t disagree with you, the 80’s aesthetic > sci-fi era

[@JustcallmeEnder]

Honestly, props to theniftytable on voicing Afton. As smoothly as he says "I've seen it so many times, I'll be able to notice even the slightest difference. I will know. So you'd better put it back, Michael. As neatly as you can. And start running.", you can just *FEEL* the untapped emotion in that delivery. Because we all know what it's like to feel a father's silent wrath. Absolutely perfect delivery.

[@teiyusteki]

I wholeheartedly agree! 💯 Theniftytable deserves an award or something. LOL

[@barbecuenuggets4755]

I don’t have a dad LmAo 😆

[@lazyakuma1165]

@@barbecuenuggets4755 is your name Micheal and is your brother dead?

[@maxrebo8196]

The cherry on top would be if he had a british accent.

[@soundwave252]

@@maxrebo8196 Agreed.

[@nightbrite2595]

“It was hell for them but it was heaven for me”. God. The chills.

[@russian_knight]

Poor Afton, man. I feel bad for the guy.

[@redpanda6497]

@@russian_knight But he is still murderous. It's doesn't matter what's happened him in the past.

[@elouisebisset3439]

" I won't call myself plain either" He's not like other girls

[@greatwavefan397]

He's a purple guy.

[@displeasedgentleman7360]

He also has snake arms

[@neilcicieregamybel0ved]

he's killed a bunch of kids, he's 𝙣𝙤𝙩 like other girls

[@neilcicieregamybel0ved]

@muslim potato i did

[@neilcicieregamybel0ved]

@muslim potato but he's not like other girls, he killed kids! you didn't get _my_ joke! >:(

[@sulppez]

The psychological terror is way scarier than a couple of jumpscares

[@Bozoboy357]

Fr

[@Gregory_98]

"That's why I didn't love him in the first place, he was always a terrible kid not worth my time." Jesus... Imagine hearing that from your own parent...

[@joaquinumpierrez9940]

You know....i don't blame him....he only killed those trouble maker kids...for me its ok

[@starringvincentprice]

@@joaquinumpierrez9940 Damn I guess serial child murderers were in the right all along! You've figured it out Joaquin!

[@seeble8394]

Joaquin Umpierrez ah yes, killing kids is ok only if they’re annoying

[@joaquinumpierrez9940]

@@seeble8394 sure....William is my man

[@joaquinumpierrez9940]

@@starringvincentprice thank you ;)

[@marina.8441]

I like how common William's voice sounds in this, not a memorable sophisticated british man, just a supposedly normal guy, who turned out to be a psychopath

[@aprilscythes]

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I am 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are.

[@thatguynamedpaul9990]

@@aprilscythes ah i See youre a man of culture as well

[@MidnightGrey1950]

[EDES] STOP what a king

[@tiemboi5921]

my name is yoshikage kira. i'm 33 years old. my house is in the northeast section of morioh where all the villas are and im not married i work as an employee for the kame yu department stores and i get home every 8pm at the latest i dont smoke but i occasionally drink i get to bed on 11pm and i manage to get 8 hours of sleep every night no matter what after having a warm glass of milk and about doing 20 minutes of streches before going to bed i usually have no problems sleeping until morning just like a baby i wake up without any fatigue or stress during the morning i was told there was no issues at my latest checkup.im trying to explain im a person who wishes to live a very quiet life i take care not to trouble myself with any enimies like winning and losing that would cause me to lose sleep at night

[@yamillarenteria7269]

Another fact that disturbed me was the fact that he didn’t stop at one kid. He wanted to kill micheal so bad that he had to kill multiple children till he felt he was sastified. Truly fucking disgusting. I love how well made these tapes are.

[@bog1582]

He probably would've killed more too

[@THEFILMED2008]

@@bog1582 In almost every other piece of FNAF media he *DID* kill more.

[@dekelyosifon]

As fictional as FNAF's story is, this tape, the way It's filmed, the way Afton confesses his crimes, it never feels like you could only see something like it in a movie, this could happen in real life, and that's what's so terrifying about it.

[@lmproductions183]

I am definitely a psychopath because this video didn’t scare me

[@dekelyosifon]

@@lmproductions183 Psychopaths don't brag about their psychopathy

[@lmproductions183]

@@dekelyosifon I know that’s why I’m not a psychopath

[@dekelyosifon]

@@lmproductions183 You literally just said "I'm definitely a psychopath"

[@lmproductions183]

@@dekelyosifon hahaha, psyche

[@wooper3107]

I want to stress how good William's last line in the tape was. "I check this spot every day to see if this tape is moved,... So you better put it back Michael, as neatly as you can, and start running." this line is scary but it is also the most clever line in any horror story i have ever heard. If you were Micheal, Haunted with trauma and an abusive father, if you heard that line you wouldn't think "this is my father confessing to murder, i should give this to the police" you would say "Im fucked" out loud, Drop the tape, and sprint out the door. Im not sure if that was intentional, if it wasn't this line is still good. but if it was, HOLY FUCK that is the most clever and subtle use of mental abuse that has ever been put on KZbin. This is the best fnaf fan made story ever and i am so excited for what you do next. And if you are reading this, Have a good day :)

[@lilcreeper2635]

What could he do in a spring lock suit to get someone that fast? Micheal can just run and get in the car and show the tape to the cops.

[@notsomatureguy1181]

It says in the tape Micheal killed Joseph (The crying child) so they would arrest him. Even then Micheal has been through so much trauma he can’t. If he could have, he probably would have already did.

[@dinasov9]

@@notsomatureguy1181 It was an accident. The bite of 83. So Michael wouldn't be arrested.

[@snalxx1100]

you too man :3

[@Slinky432]

Jesus

[@yup_its_adam_again1848]

Not only does it play with you on a psychological level the end is horrible. FNaF has been built on build up, jumpscare, repeat. Yet this one ends silent and dark yet you know he's watching and waiting. It is so set up if this tape is found he'll kill you. Yet you're watching it. Knowing he would be there. If he was able to do so...

[@pankaiks5576]

CacoDominos I like to think that but like how nature dictates who’s stronger I’ll always have the longer weapon

[@Chaotikonik]

Maybe mike is doing it on purpose?

[@theholygamer969]

Two lines stand out here. "Mike wasn't settled with being a failure." "He was always a terrible kid, not worth my time." So William is an abusive, narcissistic, eventually-MURDEROUS single father who hated and resented Michael (possibly because Michael reminds him of the wife who left him, if that's what happened), and refused to help or teach him in spite of their situation, like a good father. Instead of taking the time to help HIM, he preferred to put ALL of his time on his younger son, Joseph. Michael felt alone and resentful towards the man who abandoned him when he needed him the most, so he took it out on Joseph, eventually taking it too far with the 83 accident. After that, Michael had a moment of reflection. Full of remorse and regret, he resolved to put things right as much as possible... ...particularly after his father chose to kill other kids because he didn't wanna get caught taking revenge on his own son. Everything about this can be traced back to William. It was always HIS fault. He was a terrible father, and a pathetic man, too prideful to admit that he failed to be there for his eldest son. Then again, "failed to be there" implies that he actually TRIED. It's possible that he never WANTED to be there for Michael.

[@Spade_WX]

Guess William and Clara never had a 3rd kid

[@Spade_WX]

Also it's crying child not Joseph

[@theholygamer969]

@@Spade_WX ... they're the same person.

[@DiviineStar]

Is crying child's real name Joseph? In what of the VHS tapes it shows that shows that Joseph was trapped with mangle and mangle punched him. Im not really sure because my memory on fnaf lore is slowly starting to fade but thats what I atleast saw

[@bernardo4628]

​@@DiviineStar nope, Joseph is not crying child name, is Just in this alternate universe, but it's not official on the games, Just in this tapes

[@roaringthunder115]

This is terrifying. And an Afton I want to see. It’s him, sitting down. Just calmly confessing everything he has done. He’s just a ruthless monster. And his voice gets shakier and shakier. He knows Michael will touch the tape. He’s a cold hearted, manipulative man. It’s like the joker.

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

Whats with youtube making all my replies dissapear

[@whenbrainstopwork240]

Roaring Thunder115 yeah, but the Joker has this charm to him, it makes him likeable. Sure, he’s a psychopathic, homicidal maniac, but you can LIKE him. William... William is just scary. He killed children because he was pissed off at his son, and started to like it. There’s just something about child murderers that just creep me out more than ‘regular’ murderers.

[@likira111]

I mean if there was ever a reason to disown your own child.... speaking of that why the fuck didn't william and mom just chase him out the country, I would. That poor mother tho...

[@slitherywriter1711]

I wouldn't liken Afton to the Joker but more so Yoshikage Kira. It's for very simple reasons. He's ruthless, doesn't regret any of his actions for a second, and most importantly he blends into a crowd. This portrayal of Afton describes himself as a seemingly plain man who lives a quiet life, nobody thinks anything of him at first glance. Which is the same outlook that is present with Kira. That's what makes both of these characters scary. On top of that, both characters look at their children with malicious contempt, their actions stain the environments they terrorized long after they were gone, and most damningly neither truly faced the repercussions of their actions. Neither were taken to a court of law and were killed in just as much silence as the victims they preyed upon.

[@さちあゲオッフレー]

Slitherywriter1 i william afton just want to live a quiet life

[@ThingsThings2]

The fact that he called the kids he killed "Brats" confused the hell out me because after watching security footage you can't tell me those kids are brats, he randomly killed them, and that gives me chills

[@konammi2404]

What security footage? What video?

[@ThingsThings2]

@@konammi2404 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaPCqal_iZ1_h6s

[@gamingtmans6692]

This is how I assume he judges kids as someone like Michael Kid: Takes random penny off the ground William: *Death it is for you*

[@Timetraveler2411]

That’s him making excuses for his crimes, which adds more chills and chills, making it more realistic, he throws his blame onto others

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

Susie: *plays game* Afton: what a brat.

[@thegamingdex3885]

Jesus fucking christ the way he just so casually says "I couldn't do much they'd start squealing" is horrifying. This man just addressed a child's scream of terror and pain and fucking squealing that in my opinion is the most horrible part of this.

[@penguinstarlette4028]

Like children tattling on him

[@them.]

And the way he kinda laughed whenever he went "but if I did THAT I would get caught!"

[@marcusclemons1329]

especially when he says "without the slightest built of guilt" so happily is just terrifying

[@anotherguy687]

@@them. there’s this feeling that he thinks that he DESERVES to kill Michael. That the police would’ve been in the wrong for arresting him for it, and he’s pissed that they wouldn’t just let him.

[@lgbtqiarights]

describes them like animals tbh

[@QuepZii]

Imagine being a burglar, breaking into his house. You check behind a family photo and find this cassette tape.

[@Friedtwizzler]

*a burglar named Michael

[@leo_is_here2900]

They know that they better put a back and step away slowly.

[@Dynamixer]

if I were a burglar I’d be like hah I’m out shit sucks for Michael but I’m built different

[@JamerG]

That’ll actually make for a good horror story. Ooh! Ooh! I’ll write one just like that right now! _A H E M . . ._ _April 4th, 1994_ Two months. It had been two months since the original plan. Now, he was sure of it. Now was the time to finally do it. Micheal left the house without the slightest second of looking back. He had a sense of feeling that made him feel that whatever is going to happen, he’s be ok with it. He got his keys out of his pocket and turned it in the ignition. He started up the car and drove his way to the House. Micheal has enough patience to withstand everything else that had happened to him in those two months, but all of that went down the drain yesterday. Now, he has no fear of what’s to come next. All he wants are two things. His belongings, and his secrets. It took a long 15 minute drive to get there, but he made it. Micheal stepped out of the car with ease and checked his watch. _It was 1:00 AM._ “I’m on time.” he whispered to himself. Using the clue that he got from Jason yesterday, he managed to find out where William his the keys. He hid them in the _birdhouse._ He found the keys dangling on the roof and picked them up. He looked at the door and felt a bit of worry that he’s get caught. But, at the same time, he felt like there was no turning back. _”No turning back, Micheal...”_ he whispered to himself. He slid the keys into the keyhole and turned it sideways to hear a click. He slowly turned the doorknob to open the door as he shut it behind him and let go of it. *He’s inside now.* Micheal turned on the flashlight and began to search for anything resembling one of the two things he wanted. Something that will help incriminate William or something that holds deep meaning to William. One of the two will do nicely. He found pictures of loved ones, newspapers telling gruesome stories about missing children, and some other items that hold great value. Then, it was time. He had to search in _HIS_ room. He approached the door that he was sleeping in and reached his hand out to open the door. Then he stopped. He thought for a moment. _”What if I get caught...”_ _”What if I go to jail...”_ _”What if he kills me...”_ He snapped out of it and told himself once again, _”No turning back, Micheal.”_ He slowly opened the doorknob after dimming his flashlight. He took a step into the room and saw him. *He saw the man himself.* From this point of view, he almost seemed like a _man._ Micheal searching and scanned this room for 30 minutes. He found 3 items that he knew would be crucial to putting an end to him in court. A photo of himself in a costume with blood on the hand. A note telling himself to “Hide the body”. And last but not least, a photo of his son, Joseph with the words “I love you” written on the back with sharpie. He began to leave the room, but then he forgot to check one area. *Under the bed.* He slowly approached him and lifted the covers to reveal a small basket filled with various items. He found another photo of himself in greyscale, a pink slip made by the Fazbear Entertainment company, and finally, a small VHS tape. The tape read “Memories” on the front. Micheal smiled a bit. This was MORE than enough to incriminate this monster. Micheal picked up his bag and left the room without waking him up. He closed the doors behind him as he got back into the car. After another long 15 minute drive back home, he yawned. After all, it was 2:00 AM now. _He needed to get some sleep._ But, something about one of the items intrigued him. *It was the VHS tape.* When he got the bag inside, he took the VHS tape into his room and approached the TV, where his VHS player was. He slid the tape into the player, turned on the lights, and turned on the TV. He selected the tape and it began to play. “Hello, whoever you are. You just found a cassette tape hidden in my bedroom. Isn’t that strange? A man like _William Afton,_ someone so simple and plain, hiding a cassette tape. Why would he be hiding anything? I’m sure that, if you’re from around here, you’ve heard of the somewhat recent happenings with Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. Three cases of one, one case of two. All of that adding up to the _“five missing children at Freddy’s.”_ *That was me.* I’ll elaborate on that later. And, y’know, I wouldn’t call myself plain, either. I mean, people may think I’m plain when they first meet me. Just a father taking care of himself and his kids, who tragically lost his youngest in ‘83, and supposedly got over it, right? *Wrong.* And I’ll never get over it. And the fact that he died isn’t the only reason. You see, Micheal did it. Not a surprise, most people know that, but it wasn’t an accident. He keeps saying it was, but he’s a liar. He hates me. And he hated Joseph.” _Micheal felt a cold chill go down his spine._ “You see, Micheal wasn’t settled with being a failure, and how I loved Joseph just so much more. So, he tormented him. Eventually, killing him. And, y’know, that’s why I didn’t love him in the first place, he was always a terrible kid, not worth my time. But now I hate him more than I ever have. He’s done so much more to hurt my soul in one day alone. _My god, Joseph...”_ Micheal remembered that dreadful night... _The night of the bite._ “Ever since he killed him, I’ve wanted to *put my hands around his neck and squeeze the life out of his lungs,* but of course, if I ever did that, I’d get CAUGHT! I couldn’t work because I was thinking too much about Mike. I couldn’t concentrate on anything. The papers started piling up, and it kept fogging up my mind, and I needed a release. _Then I had an idea..._ Hey... maybe it doesn’t necessarily have to *be Micheal!* _It could be any other brat as long as their like ‘em._ Now, where do all of those children go? *Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.* And hey, if they’re like Micheal, _they deserve it.”_ Micheals front door made a click, but Micheal was paralyzed by fear in what the tape said, that he couldn’t hear anything else but his fathers words. “I went up about 4 times. Picked the worst kids of the bunch, took them back, and *gave it to ‘em.”* _Footsteps approaching..._ “I couldn’t do much, of course, they’d start squealing. So, I made it quick enough to be efficient, *but long enough to make it last...”* The footsteps moved from the first floor to the stairs. _“It was hell for them, but Heaven for me._ “And...then I leave! *Without the slightest bit of guilt!”* The footsteps approached the upstairs hallway. “So, there you go. And now that you’ve heard this, you should know...that _I check this spot every day to see if this tape has moved._ I’ve seen it so many times, *I’ll be able to notice even the slightest difference.* _I_ *will* _know.”_ The door to the room opened behind Micheal. “So, you’d better put it back, Micheal. _As nearly as you can..._ *and start running.”* The VHS tape ended and all that was left was a black screen. Micheal saw the greyscale photo of William again on the screen on top of his reflection. *Until the photo move and he whispered “I knew it...” behind him.* _All he could think about was certain death._

[@satanbitch5724]

@@JamerG *HOLY SHIT THAT IS A LEGENDARY COMMENT RIGHT THERE! SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL RIGHT NOW!*

[@flyingfish1138]

I’ll see you on the other side guys... Edit: DAMN that was realistic. I can feel the brokenness in William’s voice. This was very well done.

[@settttthhhhhhhh]

Bro when he told Micheal to put the vhs back as neatly as he could and start running I got literal chills down my damn spine

[@vampirlinaa]

@@settttthhhhhhhh ME TOO

[@orderlysummit]

Legit tho, William broke, but I also like how Squimpus makes him out to be an unequivocally terrible person

[@goonman6777]

@@settttthhhhhhhh sammmee

[@awolgamming7793]

Yeah

[@itzme2277]

“that was me” “i’ll elaborate later” no i think you will elaborate now

[@ang3lreborn]

That was YOU

[@kp0772]

itz me Us: so would you elaborate? William: good question

[@meoowowwmeoeomowmow]

W:I'll elaborate later Us: can you.. So that now? W:well yes,but actually no.

[@hysteakz_0172]

Witch is witch I don’t know

[@meoowowwmeoeomowmow]

@@hysteakz_0172 I'm not a witch

[@KlutzyNinjaKitty]

God, the VA is amazing here! Afton just sounds so predatory at the end. It’s almost like he’s a hound on the end of a lead, patiently yet eagerly awaiting for the go-ahead to hunt down and kill his target. He’s just _waiting_ for the moment where the pros for killing Michael, his own son, outweigh the cons. And he’s _excited_ for when that day comes. Plus, the notion of a serial killer using their victims as a sub-par substitute for their real target is haunting.

[@spartanguitarist6579]

Its a very genuinely plausible scenario too imo

[@Mr_pizzbruh]

Suddenly....those Man Behind the Slaughter memes....just got a lot less funnier.

[@blahblahblah1381]

*I am the man behind the slaughter.*

[@JoseJoestrella]

@@blahblahblah1381 *it's been so long intensifies*

[@user-do4mi9qs6g]

Hey guys just killed 5 kids I am officially the man behind the slaughter

[@redpanda6497]

It was already lame, just some of them was actually funny and creative.

[@bruh-ty7qt]

@@blahblahblah1381 OH MY GOD IT'S THE MAN BEHIND THE SLAUGHTER EVERYONE!

[@hiraganegem9783]

The fact that William basically made this tape and always checked on it to see if Michael actually listened to it is genuinely scary especially when Michael knows he's gonna be his father's next victim.

[@camarvan]

I doubt he actually does. Maybe he does, but obviously he recorded this before he would know if he has the spot memorized or not. Its a scare tactic used against Michael who would probably already feel trapped in his abusive household

[@jeremyscoutfan77]

the sad part about all of this is that william was an abusive father. in the finale vhs tape, you can hear springlocked william saying how he missed the way that michael used to cry when he screamed at him. even before michael killed joseph, william always hated him for nothing. it's horrible. lean murderer is not based

[@SuperVoidBoyz]

I wouldn't be surprised if he physically abused Michael as well.

[@lgbtqiarights]

@@SuperVoidBoyz i think it’s implied in the games william was pretty abusive to a certain extent but it was vague.

[@eleventhswag]

based father..

[@lgbtqiarights]

@@eleventhswag bad bait

[@eleventhswag]

@@lgbtqiarights?

[@KarmaConflict]

I think what was so terrifying is that William says that after he kills the kids, he leaves without guilt. And he not only says this calmly, but also with a tint of happiness. This is my favorite FNAF VHS tape because of just how chilling it is, to hear William confess to his crimes in a calm manner, and thinks that because the kids were "like Michael" he thinks that he did nothing wrong. A scary portrayal of William Afton.

[@whitekyurem1547]

Mike: Touches the cassette with the tiniest poke possible *Somewhere stuck in a walled off room* Springtrap: That bitch is touching my cassette isn’t he.

[@Seetraks]

God bless you with those holy words

[@phillipec]

𓀠 𓀡𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁

[@cyberxgaming1215]

I’m not sorry

[@tobiased5407]

*WHEEZE*

[@sloombun]

Ndjsjwje yeah-

[@laurendodson]

alternate title: william starts a podcast

[@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard]

Ngl i could hear a William Afton podcast all day with that voice

[@plasticeater100]

Lol

[@hysteakz_0172]

Yeah

[@baileyjoe7676]

Shadow Marco same

[@grimreap--2]

"what are you doing old sport"

[@LadyEvillyne]

I love how William genuinely sounds like he's reliving all of his grief when he talks about Joseph and Michael, like he truly was upset about Joseph's death, he wasn't a *total* monster after all, there was something left inside of him. But, it also shows just how abusive of a person he was. We know that this tape was made for Michael, and that he wanted Michael to find it, and he made sure that Michael knew how much he hated him, and how much more he liked Joseph. It's just so fuckin good man, I love this voice acting

[@OvertheHedge06]

"It was Hell for them but Heaven for me." The line delivery is spine chilling

[@Legacy-sw7bv]

Man, I love the aspect of William's favoritism ultimately becoming the seed to the cycle of tragedy. He couldn't deal with the grief of losing his favorite son, so lashed out in a way that he believed would bring some justice to both him, and others like him with their own problem children. I can imagine him thoroughly pretending each child's face and voice were that of Michael, as well as envisioning the horrible things that they may be doing to their own siblings, seeing all that pain they must be dealing out and showing each of them what it felt like to have their guts torn out literally while he felt it emotionally. This is vengeance, this is lack of redemption, this is bottled up desire of punishment. The emotion in the voice is amazing.

[@vaccinateyourkids9975]

Shit, that security footage and chica saying, "because you're a very good brother" takes on a new meaning now. At first I thought it was because Lucas had a brother who hated him for some reason, but this tape puts it in a whole new context. It makes way more sense that the "He" they were talking about is william, who most likely assumed and said that Lucas was a terrible brother when he killed him.

[@skythekid2466]

Dude, those last lines are chilling. Way scarier than a jump scare.

[@Megatron-yg6kp]

Seanon Duncan *You stole this comment. So you better put it back. Neatly. And start running.*

[@victoroverangels]

@@Megatron-yg6kp 👏👏👏

[@springtrap-5994]

Megatron 8005 👏👏👏👏

[@tasteless7795]

Seanon Duncan *who tf is Joe?*

[@pointpoint8445]

I will say, it is pretty spooky. Just the idea that you are going to be caught, the safety net that you unfortunately fell in, is quite a terrifying idea. Probably one of the few times I’ve actually been spooked on this channel.

[@iiequinox8044]

Theniftytable did a really damn good job voice acting as William. It sounds actually perfect.

[@redpanda6497]

Ikr! He is so talented.

[@gangster759tookook7]

I surprisingly actually really do agree with that

[@thomasp3767]

Aside from the fact that William is british

[@jacquematthews5214]

@@thomasp3767 british sounding William just doesn't fit for me it just sounds like he'd be the Michael instead

[@aviumcaravan]

Michael, being remorseful his whole life, gaining the understanding of William's first victim, being blamed by this asshole and getting pummeled into even more hatred, learning he never meant anything to his family, is possibly one of the most tragic stories ever. i'm glad that the story ended with all of them being set free.

[@Gabowsk]

- Convert this into a VHS Tape. - Give this VHS to a man named Michael whose Dad is absent. - Profit.

[@Michael_Dimtsis]

ill take it then

[@teiyusteki]

No, no, wait...I think they're onto something. 👀

[@soniczayne3042]

Fucking do it

[@bozoben]

@Ham Bürgèr did they stutter

[@Youmemichael]

shit

[@enderslayer958gamingvideos5]

Basic summary: The naughty kids get stuffed into the suits.

[@Obooyer]

Naughty children must be sent to the stuffing bunny

[@meoowowwmeoeomowmow]

@@Obooyer *WHEEZE*

[@meoowowwmeoeomowmow]

The naughty chidren get sent into the storage closet with the bunny man

[@kingvaliant2963]

Bob Bobbery NooOooo

[@Obooyer]

@@kingvaliant2963 yes

[@marstoj]

Insect: *Pushes tape* William Afton: "I gave you a warning Michael"

[@marstoj]

I can't wait for a fnaf movie with these tapes.

[@Venom-rr1vg]

@@marstoj And games too

[@skips551]

@CherryLatte adios

[@harrykanelover64]

now I'm gonna turn you into a marketable plushie micheal

[@Idontlikeanyonehere]

5:23 this was the perfect spot to start fading spring trap in. The line “I will know” paired with the appearance of two white eyes and springtrap’s silhouette is so simple yet effective, it conveys the image and feel of a psychopathic murderer who is coming after you and no matter what you do, you can’t stop him. You’ve also gotta imagine this in Michaels pov, imagine that instead of a simple image of springtrap fading in, it’s a pair of white eyes and the sound of animatronic whirring as this part plays on the tape. That would be terrifying. This entire monologue is perfect. I bet it took Squimpus so long to find the perfect time to fade each photo in and out.

[@xClass_Clownx]

I replied to another persons comment about this but that works so well The sudden drop of the line “so you better put it back michael” when in the beginning he described him as “whoever you are” makes this much scarier because he knew that only michael would listen to the tape, i can just at that point picture michael listening up to that point and as the tape digresses to the line “so you better put it back michael” william enters the house and hears that bit of the tape pass, and then he paraphrases the line “start running” as the tape gets to that same point as william tries to find him, its truly scary

[@spoopertrooper2726]

"I made it quick enough to be efficient, but long enough to make it last." I don't think I'll ever be able to get those words out of my head when I think of any form of William Afton.

[@Miles02c]

Ennard Fox Everyone’s talking about William afton, but can we talk about the person who actually created this? I’ve never held so much hate for a fictional character, he’s really created the perfect villain.

[@spoopertrooper2726]

That's fair. I think Squimpus chose the perfect person to voice his William Afton, and did an amazing job on this video.

[@lupinsredjacket3191]

Is it bad to say that I LOVE how you characterized William Afton here? He's more than some flat, two-dimensional, deranged child murderer. He actually has motives for why he did what he did. Man, all of these VHS tapes give me the creeps, more-so than any of the newer games. I remember that I fell out of FNaF about 2-3 years ago, and thanks to you @SquimpusMcGrimpus, you've managed to rekindle my love for the series. It's not that I hate the newer games, but...they're just not as scary as the first 2-3 games were. They've lost their "edge" in a way. And even though the books are fine (and yes, I'm aware that the books are an AU), they don't really scare me either. FNaF is supposed to be a story about a creep who murdered kids, kids souls possess the animatronics, and now you, the security guard, have to survive the night (and maybe even help the ghost children move on into the afterlife?). These tapes capture that to a TEE. I'm glad to see that the real FNaF fans are still alive & well! Keep. It. Up. Squimpus!

[@deiford1187]

Same.

[@yo_ant9900]

Maggie Shannon Well said I think the same thing honestly scared me when he talked about the 5 kids being in hell got goosebumps out of it

[@TheDeity77]

“You better put it back Michael, as neatly as you can.. and start running” God damn giving me goosebumps holy shit

[@ultr4tr1ps]

As much as the line made me shiver, it was the deliberate 4 seconds of silence afterwards that fucked with me the most

[@honeycombs8071]

right?? i literally stopped what i was doing when i heard the last line,,l

[@TheDeity77]

Yei Sanchez Good I’m not crazy

[@feck6052]

This is so perfect, just his tone of voice and his lack of caring. And the way he conceals who the tape is actually for until the end and just the words “and you better put it back as neat as you can Michael”

[@scrymnstrs1380]

"I wouldn't call myself plain" William ain't like the other girls, hes quirky.😳

[@darkhumour741]

he'd love the nice guys subreddit

[@makutas-v261]

Murdered 5 kids today, I might a Cancer ngl 😳

[@russian_knight]

Bruh 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳👏🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@thebaldpizzaman6319]

Feeling cute, might kill a few kids

[@ravenzeppeli8385]

I laughed for 5 minutes straight. Thank.

[@SwissSauce]

I just realized you named the child "Joseph", after the story in the Bible. The child who was loved more than his other brothers, and was eventually thrown into a pit by them, and thought as dead to his father. Very clever. Or I'm just looking into it to much and I'm completely wrong I don't know but I feel smart ok just let me have this

[@emily-jayne07]

Wow that's cool but very dark

[@redpanda6497]

Whoa, you're right. That's clever.

[@dstaysmashin]

Scott used to make Christian games people didn’t really like before he made fnaf so that’s so good it may be canon

[@philly64]

Nah I think William is just a Jojo fan and named his son after his favorite Jojo Joseph Joestar

[@untamebeleeva5285]

why just why

[@nautilusshell2089]

Michael: *accidentally touches cassette tape* William: I sense a disturbance in the force...

[@AbstractS04]

69 likes

[@chrisbartek7732]

William: Turn him to the dark side, my apprentice. Circus Baby: Yes, master.

[@Ammunition_Nonsense]

Y E S

[@michaelafton5292]

IMMA TOUCH THE TAPE!

[@max-UH-million]

Starts humming another one bites the dust

[@sugarbailey6622]

God, I can't even image how michael felt living his entire life with this disgusting rat. Like, he was so calm talking about how he enjoyed killing those children and putting them in the suits like if it was a saint's action that should follow everyone. The thing that spooked me the most, is the fact that he potraied those children to his oldest son and to his desire to see Michael dead. I can't even blame why michael started to bully his brother and how much his father made him feel bad about it and he had to leave with this trauma his whole life where he never recovered. Meanwhile his father made more fucked up shit as a revenge for Joseph's death, this was so realistic that actually freaked me out at the end. I love how this person has brought back fnaf to the old good days, where it was a horror game

[@Mark-Wilson]

honestly no michael sin't the roblem tis William he has anger issues and is insane literally bad guy he's the brat honestly Michael is not innocent either but he's sorry

[@sugarbailey6622]

@@Mark-Wilson bruh just because william is insane and has anger issues, he went insane after Joseph death btw, it's not am excuse for literally abuse mentally your own kid and swear on him that I would kill him in the most hurtful way. He killed Joseph on a accident, it wasn't even his intention to kill him. Let's not forget that michael was only a stupid teenager who didn't know any better, imagine how much is stressful and depressing is having a father who dislikes u from when you were born. William drove michael to bully and being mean to his brother because he wanted his attention, he let his emotions and pain take over him and vent it all on Joseph. Like imagine being hated by your father for no reason and loving way more your little brother. William is the only one to blame here

[@realCaveJohnson]

I mean Michael was kind of a jerk and he bullied Evan for no reason

[@sugarbailey6622]

@@realCaveJohnson sorry for the late reply but, bro Michael was for sure a jerk but he was also 15 years old or around that age at the time. He was a teenager who was constantly pressed by his father violent behavior towards him and got influenced on how William loved way more his younger brother Joseph (refereed to the name of the tapes), while he was watching in the background the love he never had. Ofc a teenager gets jealous and influenced by such a manipulative behavior, I mean, what sibling never bullied their younger sibling at least once in their lives tho? The bite was still an accident, Michael couldn't predict that fredbear was gonna crush his skull and killing him, you can't really give the fault to michael since is william who made him a bully towards his brother and, I repeat, he was a teen. In the original lore he probably bullied CC for Elizabeth death but here in the tapes, he bullied Joseph because of his father neglecting Michael his whole life, just watch the video and hear accurately what william says

[@realCaveJohnson]

@@sugarbailey6622 Michael was a devil. Is there anything wrong with saying that he was a jerk by bullying Joseph, leading to his eventual death? Michael is a jealous sonuvabitch. And here we are, arguing over whether Hitler was a good person or not. Michael coughed up a child into a Fredbear springlock suit. That killed Joseph. Yeah, he tried to repent and Joseph forgave him, but that doesn't excuse how CC died because of HIM. If Michael didn't show up at the party, the storyline would've gone kaput and nothing would've happened because William is genuinely afflicted at Joseph's death and, you know what happens. William kills 6 children that look and act exactly like Michael.

[@nervumadmin3738]

Squimpus McGrimpus is literally a genius that made Five nights at Freddy's scary again. We should thank them for that. (I normally don't do comment edits but dude i got 380 comment under it all arguing guys calm down lol)

[@dreamlandbuds7710]

Jebać Disa Squimpus is actually genderfluid, so you should use she/her pronouns

[@someoneqq5852]

Yep

[@redpanda6497]

@@dreamlandbuds7710 Squimpus said it? Edit: Ah, I see.

[@microwaved_butter]

Jesteś z Polski?

[@joelredx5333]

DreamLandBuds why she/her pronouns if they’re genderfluid- also why do you care?

[@lexwex5225]

Normies: The man behind the slaughter Intellectuals: *Criminal Criminal Criminal*

[@redpanda6497]

Yup.

[@djj4k]

mcgimpus makes the man behind the slaughter scarier

[@tlayor9832]

C R I M I N A L

[@luvcoral]

Criminal. Criminal. Criminal.

[@keepplays5451]

Criminal Criminal Criminal Criminal Criminal I identify as an attack helicopter

[@masontyler292]

I have no shame in considering this series the true FNAF canon. This is literally everything FNAF should be and then some. It reinvents the franchise into a mature, truly horrifying version of itself. If the movie is a hard, mature reboot of the franchise, my faith in FNAF will be restored.

[@pointpoint8445]

Technically this could be considered a theory. The evidence all lines up really, so even though it’s not true canon, it can be very close.

[@fuffy93]

Honestly This would make the FNaF series non child friendly like blah blah blah blah blah honestly FNaF isn't even for kids but Scott just goes ahead and sell kid Merch Why not make Jeff the killer kid Merch or Slenderman kid Merch ya know

[@redpanda6497]

@@fuffy93 Yeah. Like what the fuck he wanted with FNAF children coloring books and dabbing Chicas, honestly? He shouldn't follow trends, he should create trends ( what's are obviously for olders ).

[@EmmetsPage]

I think it has something to do with the fact that in this, it only includes the main 4 games. The first 4 FNaF games are the best ones, and honestly, it should have been left at Fnaf 3.

[@iammadeoutofstarstuff957]

@@fuffy93 because kids found his game and then company's came to him to give him alot a money to make kid merch and the book with the dabbing chica was ironic joke

[@ethans9379]

“It was hell for them, but it was heaven for me.” DUDE, THAT IS SUCH A CHILLING LINE

[@MyPaigeAwesome]

Michael: *barely moves tape* William: *s o y o u h a v e c h o s e n d e a t h*

[@pewzier]

*c r i m n a l*

[@williamafton5794]

*.*

[@captain_noo]

@@pewzier *C R I N I M L*

[@sharkbiteshitposts5506]

@@captain_noo *C R I N I M L*

[@foquitajeej2399]

@@sharkbiteshitposts5506 *C R I M I N A L*

[@jumbobagginsjellogo4475]

“It was hell for them but heaven for me...” I legitimately wanted to vomit after that. There’s thousands, possibly millions of people like that in the real world and this video is a blunt reminder of that.

[@Spyclops]

This is honestly how I always imagined William's personality to be like.

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

300th like

[@BeanOfBean]

484th like

[@darkstalkerkaathe4582]

Six hundredth like

[@charlesxavier6462]

628th like

[@NinjaSox7]

"Hello whoever you are." The way he does this just to manipulate Michael into thinking he might have an escape from his dad and then the name drop at the end. He knows the only person who would have any reason to find the tape is Michael and he calls him out ready to kill him now. The only reason Michael escaped his dad was because of him being Springtrap.

[@saltyhasnochill5249]

Imagine a guest comes over Hey will what’s that tape in your room *D O N T T O U C H T H A T*

[@Les____]

Slendy William afton is springtrap

[@Iknowhowbadthisnameis8828]

@Slendy michael is the friend of phsico friend fredbear

[@andrapieptea7031]

Also he tells his own son how he wants to kill him and how he's a failure not worth his time

[@theprocess6112]

William Afton: *Says he’ll kill Michael for touching his tape.* Michael Afton: Oh god no! Also Michael Afton: *Puts it on KZbin.*

[@vlitragaia5969]

I mean he already touched it so why not go all the way XD

[@sv_cheats1973]

*michael has already touched the cassette, William Afton daisan no bakudan, bites the dust*

[@Shabowdiadlo]

William afton: I'll kill you Michael. Michael afton: oh no Anyway *uploads the vhs tape to youtube*

[@rubencorona3061]

In order for William to be exiled from Freddy's, his murder felony must've been revealed. My guess is that Mike ran with the tape to the police for both protection and to turn in his father.

[@twilightenvoy]

@Nugget DAMN BOY YOU GOT SOME JOKES

[@fabiangutierrez148]

All of us who were in the fnaf fandom were kids in its moment, we made cringy things and you can’t say you didn’t. Now some of those kids came back to the fandom as teenagers that are a bit more mature now, that’s why we are appreciating the game as what it is, a horror game, not some wattpad fanfiction material.

[@krippled]

This is so true, I have so many yt videos from 2015-16 that are FNAF related, they are cringy as fuck 😂

[@vlitragaia5969]

I didn't though so....

[@KameKai]

I hate that your absolutely right

[@tk-5268]

I was already like 15 at the Time I'm old hah

[@sunflower8227]

the 9/10 yo me is feeling attacked

[@Lighteningzero]

I'm sorry, I just have to comment: I've heard so much about this series but nothing could have prepared me for this. The voice, the delivery, the immaculate way it ties everything together and presents such a believable motive for William Afton is phenomenal. The fact that this is fanmade BOGGLES the mind. This should be officiated if only because I can't imagine anything else living up to this incredible speech. Masterful!!

[@pootrizz]

William’s face looks so realistic yet so unreal that its scary

[@rustyduhusky3456]

Nah he looks kinda like my dad actually, KINDA

[@porahaa]

The reason it looks so unnatural is because it's symmetrical! Faces aren't meant to be perfectly symmetrical, and so it's uncanny to see.

[@parkeypence5974]

Uncanny Valley

[@literallyastorageaccount9815]

he looks like my cousin...i'm screwed

[@dreaming5518]

@@rustyduhusky3456 maybe run

[@stactovichstas7033]

William: Put back and start running Michel: Doesn't put back, runs to the police station, hands over the tape and asks for police protection William: that's not how you're supposed to play the game

[@daniloneto7833]

William Afton :*confusing screaming*

[@inkiedevla7498]

Will: JOKES ON YOU I GOT THE RABBIT SUIT!

[@vincegalila7211]

Unless William is already ""dead"" by the time Michael listens to this

[@anonyu373]

Just like william, pardo was born with thick skin

[@16russelllewis45]

XD

[@drewysiv3792]

Homie, the fact that you purposely added 8 seconds of nothing at the end to make us think it was a jump scare makes me MAD AF😂😂😂

[@DefinitelyNotShane]

That's Squimpus McGrimpus for you

[@chumbusi8147]

There's a reason my group chat calls him the king of spoopiness.

[@drewysiv3792]

Mitzi Dabkins Spoop!!!

[@finalchapter1899]

NBA Amazers he does it to make it feel like he’s watching silently

[@TheShazzer1996]

The anxiety at the end waiting for a jumpscare was reaaal😂😭

[@RealRabidRabbit]

A year later and the voice acting is still hypnotizing for me to this day. This was such an amazing piece of voice work. You could grasp every little piece of William's character in just how he talks.

[@ajrr980]

"It can be any other brat, so long as they're like him." *Sad Elizabeth noises*

[@notanundesirable]

Who could ever love a girl like Elizabeth?

[@lemonsmug]

@@notanundesirable She was so sad

[@declantecho1717]

betteramymountain 3742 She was so sad

[@Noppzzz]

@@declantecho1717 she was so sad

[@redpanda6497]

@@Noppzzz *loud sad music*

[@Handle2hot]

“It was Hell for them, But Heaven for me.” Was a line that didn’t have to be so Diabolical to actually make me straight up DREAM about it at night.

[@kiwitymes]

The way you portrayed William Afton is horrifying, and I loved every second of it. You can sense the pure hatred that he has for Michael (even before Michael killed his brother), and how he took it out on the children. Excellent work

[@vampirejade7198]

Mike: *Now an adult, finds this tape* William: *Probably glued to the floor by his own dried blood* ...WHO TOUCHED ME THERMOSTAT?!?!?

[@Mason-ul5xl]

Probably the most normal dad thing he's every done

[@EumosVideos]

I've never seen this comment, but I still kind of remember it... Deja Vu

[@scourgescourge4202]

He does seem like the dad to say that tho

[@admcreations]

WHAT WAS GENERAL GRANT DOING ON THE THERMOSTAT!?

[@riythemusicguy7696]

@@scourgescourge4202 *every* dad says that.

[@theonewhosellspeace]

That's actually the most amazing voice acting I've *ever* heard, hands down. Wow

[@zedbags]

This is just Scott's alt account, take this all as canon

[@ItsAsum]

idk why but for i thought by Scott you meant Scott the Woz, not Scott Cawthon. Idk what was going through my head there.

[@redpanda6497]

Hah, if Scott would even can ( better word want ) make such a masterpiece like this, instead of what he did from that amazing franchise wouldn't stuck in its own shit like this. But it's still my own headcanon. Too bad it's not offical. Scott should take some ( lot ) note from him.

[@23heltar]

@@redpanda6497 i agree that the francishe has taken a turn but most people act like the whole franchise was bad or stupid if that was the case how did it become as popular as it has

[@mawinstallation6626]

Everything from SL onwards is so ridiculous and goofy that I can't help it but take it as non-canon and put Squimpus' lore in their place.

[@lemonsmug]

@@ItsAsum Freddy fazbear kills you then just the scott the woz theme plays-

[@yothisdogisbehavinggoofyaf5248]

"You better put it back Michael." The police investigator named Jared: *Confused screaming*

[@JohnSmith-rb5iv]

Michael: Touches the tape for 0.000000001 second William: **coffin dance**

[@miker3715]

Yeah just don't touch the tape that all you need to do don't touch the tape don't touch the ta-

[@sneakyboisfm4880]

*Astronomia Plays*

[@michaelzhang7098]

William:hippity hoppity your life is now my property.

[@JohnSmith-rb5iv]

XD

[@haven3048]

oodles doodles you are now part human and robot noodles

[@GamesbiteRtDL]

This. This is the best portrayal of a psychopath that has gone awry. I watched the FNaF Movie and I only saw very little of that, but even then, Movie Afton was great anyway. But I still imagine how people would react if they were greeted with this

[@LineLi225]

I wonder if the confessions of real serial killers sound like this, I heard that Ted Bundy had his interrogations filmed or something, I haven't listened to it, but, this video has such a good realism, a real psychopath wouldn't be laughing like a maniac while tlking about his victms, a real one would be calm, and well, chill like this, talking about the worst of crimes as if it was a funny story from years ago. Honestly, I just loved this ideo, Squimpus surely did a good job.

[@imp8453]

Yeah, ive seen clips. This is unbelievably good voice acting

[@SPCHC]

Ted Bundy would only speak in the third person to avoid letting out information that would get him in court, but it's almost just as scary.

[@sirlei51]

Idea*

[@brickerini]

Mike: *finds tape* *plays tape* William: VIEWING OF THIS TAPE IS PROHIBITED, DISCARD IT IMMEDIATELY.

[@Kuriboh1008]

Nice

[@MyM3l0dyz]

Lol