the psychology of abuse: fnaf analysis

its my first non-typology-related video, but it is psychology-focused! hope u enjoy
0:24 Learned Helplessness
4:08 Midnight Motorist
5:34 Michael Afton Analysis
10:45 Nightmarionne Symbolism
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linktr.ee/typhoelogy
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fnaf gameplay clips:
- ‪@glp‬
- ‪@FusionZGamer‬
- ‪@Dual-Process-Theory‬ [ • we solved fnaf and we'... ]
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research articles:
- Learned Helplessness: Theory and Evidence (Maier & Seligman, 1976) ppc.sas.upenn.edu/sites/defau...
- Learned Helplessness (Nuvvulla, 2016) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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other pieces of fnaf evidence i included:
- FNAF Security Logbook freddy-fazbears-pizza.fandom....
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[@typhoelogy]

i also ***lowkey*** think michael is old man consequences so this would nicely conclude his character.

[@midgematic8659]

Yknow I just heard of this theory but the more I learn about it the more I buy into it. What I noticed that I find very interesting is with the footage of the FNAF 4 cutscenes, Foxy-Bro’s pixel art head silhouette looks extremely similar to Old Man Consequences head; square teeth and elongated snout with a open bottom jaw.

[@CoraNeeley]

Yeah people headcanoning Willam as a loving parent is legit so weird-all evidence points to him being a child murdering piece of sh*t that Micheal and Henry gave their lives to burn.

[@iexist_thatsit]

Ikr. I have nothing against AUs where he's a good parent but people trying to argue that canon William is also like that are just delusional atp.

[@blaze_starr1337]

Theres no way in hell he’s a good parent like what?

[@rodrigocoockiemonster4460]

AND FAILED

[@lesbianshuichisaihara]

It always pisses me off that its "problematic" to call a literal child murderer an abuser. It's so clearly referenced in midnight motorist and its just sad that people don't want their "uwu daddy child murdere hehehe so hot" to be a horrible person even tho he is.

[@anonymouslucario285]

Not everyone who likes William is like that

[@LostWaving]

And not only William, people can romanticize any murderer in general (Jeffrey Dahmer, for example). 😭😭😭

[@lesbianshuichisaihara]

@@anonymouslucario285 i never said that😭

[@lesbianshuichisaihara]

@@anonymouslucario285 i like william as a character as well but theres a difference between liking him as a character and romanticizing his actions/denying implied actions

[@mitsymittens731]

@@LostWavingFr even worse💀

[@user-fk3mt8ck3v]

And you forgot that he offered himself as a disguise for Ennard willingly! There was nothing stopping him from... moving aside when the Scooper was activated. He might be too shocked, physically tied, or something, but that's never shown. And, having him as a sort of sacrificial lamb, a man who hates himself so much that's willing to die if that will set his sister free. Isn't that what William told him to do? Save her. Isn't that, *what he was meant to do*?

[@typhoelogy]

@@user-fk3mt8ck3v this is such an amazing point, i wish i included this.

[@anonymouslucario285]

He was most likely restrained, so don't be insisting that like that's the actual canon reason

[@user-fk3mt8ck3v]

@@anonymouslucario285 I'm sorry, but. again, that is never shown.

[@Dragon_ruity]

@@anonymouslucario285 also like at least try to show shaking to try to get out

[@Ganbre14]

I laugh everytime someone says afton cared about his kids ☠️ when eliza got scooped bro built something to literaly shock her😬

[@trumpaigaming7632]

Personally, I think that it wasn't Michael being experimented on, but it was another child. My theory is that Nightmare/Shadow Freddy is the cause of Michael's nightmares in FNaF 4, and he is using the memories of the children who were experimented on to torment Michael. There are multiple lines in UCN that suggest that Nightmare is the personification of William's evil, and it's possible that he was feeding on the agony and trauma of the children to grow stronger, and because of that, the memories of these children are somewhat imprinted into him, and he can use that to torment Michael.

[@typhoelogy]

@@trumpaigaming7632 yes i like ur interpretation too, because either way regardless, it shows william is straight up disgusting - even if he wasn’t experimenting on michael or not.

[@trumpaigaming7632]

@typhoelogy yeah, I don't get the "William's a good guy" theories. He doesn't care about his kids at all, and he's more interested in benefiting himself than anyone else.

[@tomjoy_]

this is amazing. as someone who’s gone through abuse from a parent, this is extremely accurate. the love and attachment you have to your parents will always be there, hence micheal’s need to validate his traumas, even through seeing himself as a reason for it instead of blaming william; i’ve always seen mike as an abuse victim in that way. this is so wonderfully written and extremely well thought out! ♥️♥️

[@cheshire4666]

love this analysis and the way you absolutely call out the abuse. so many people today still only view abuse as "hitting your kids". it is so much more complicated than that.

[@boltindie9011]

This is quite a good analysis. To me at least, William Afton was a dysfunctional man before 1983, as in the Silver Eyes Carlton makes a comment about Bullies and Petty Tyrants while observing William. Implying he also sees someone who has been abused and neglected by their own family. The relationship with his children is quite complicated, while there is abuse there, I think his “love” for them is just a mixture of narcissistic control and viewing them as sentimental objects/tools like toys. Hence why he has lines such as “Bittersweet, but fitting” where he’s morose about killing Mike, but still can’t help commenting on the poetry of the situation. Also, he laughs in one line saying “you may not recognize me at first, but I assure you, it’s still me” making light of his transformation in a joking manner, like a family relative you haven’t met in a long while making light hearted banter between the two of you when you meet again. This to me, reads that William has a broken or twisted or minimalist sense of “compassion” where he sees his children and wife as both extensions of his ego and as tools that carry emotional value. “I will put you back together” is the words of a repairman looking at a damaged item, not the words of a truly benevolent father, or in other words I’m in the middle between the theories WillCare and WillDespise, which I’m calling WillMinimalist.

[@Dual-Process-Theory]

EPIC VID - Connie

[@typhoelogy]

omg hello thanku!!!

[@vsmumu]

U R EVERYWHERE….. O_O

[@elepdumbo]

Omgg u ate with this. It be so cool if you made more psychology analysis for different media like Shameless or Skin. Either way this was fun to watch

[@sadumae]

yeah Skins especially

[@cipherouji]

The typology to psych student pipeline hell yeah!

[@typhoelogy]

@@cipherouji YAAAAAAHHHH🔥

[@blaze_starr1337]

its crazy how good this is shown in the games since i kind of had an idea of all this even though i never tried to read into it a lot until a few days ago

[@cipherouji]

Rooting for a video on the psychology of Silco and Jinx's relationship from Arcane ^^

[@typhoelogy]

@@cipherouji omg i rlly like this idea

[@bowiebuttchug]

​@@typhoelogy idk I got creepy vibes from it. From the first scene where she's on his lap I was weirded out but nobody else seems to agree with me. They think it's super sweet

[@Dimentino]

amazing video! i thought the games were about a scary bear and his friends

[@millie..]

this video is so good i love you michael afton they could never make me hate you

[@a_world_worth_living_in]

My heart whener I see people talking about Micheal is 👌👌👌👌👌 Mike is one of my absolute favorite characters in this franchise Amazing video Let's also not forget that we can ear for Elizabeth how he was phisically abusive of her as well He is a textbook narcissistic, serial killer, sociopath, abuser of 3 children and probably killed his wife 'cause I cannot believe their mother would not see what is happening and trying to get away with the kids But that would ruin his image wouldn't it? Would make him look less good than Henry, no? Damn I fucking hate William. ;v;

[@midgematic8659]

This just in: the serial child murderer isn’t a very good dad 🤯

[@trumpaigaming7632]

Hell yeah.

[@user-in8jn6nl5z]

this makes so much sense, this was a fun watch!

[@chopstick3555]

Wow, this video is REALLY good! I am officially a subscriber!

[@press8704]

good analysis 👍

[@Heezbungus]

i love this

[@lex_3n]

do you have social media account, I think I'm an LIE SP7 but I need to make sure :3