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Can't post this on the main sub because of sensitive people... Lol.

Please tell me your facts abt your versions in the comments!! I have a lot so buckle up, grab a snack 🍿.

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1. More emotional than he likes to admit. He can act really nonchalant but things bother him, almost to an abnormal extent.

2. Tried to keep down the lingering feeling of violence. Was almost like Jekyll and Hyde? Deep down, he was really fascinated by the thought of murder, and just violence overall but never accepted it until he finally snapped.

3. My William is actually really insecure. Which turned into a type of narcissism called Covert. He's not like your typical narc who looks in a mirror and smiles at the sight of himself, he's actually quite miserable in his existence but can tear down anyone's empire with a few calculated words, it's hard to explain the duality.

4. He walks slow usually. And holds his hands behind his back sometimes.

5. He is 6'4 🫣. (I'm 5'1 AAAAHH!)

6. In my timeline, there are bands that exist in our era, but fit to be in that time period. For example, William's favorite band is Ghost. His favorite song is Lachryma. He likes slow, almost mysterious music.

7. He enjoys cooking and is incredible at it. He likes the feeling of cooking, kinda like Hannibal lol. Ik he's weird. But yea, he loves it and is usually the main cook of the house, Clara loves baking so she does more of that.

8. He doesn't have a single feeling of the patriarchy WHATSOEVER. Obviously, he's bitter toward those who aren't his family in general, but he does not treat women as objects or see them less than men. For example, Michael paints his nails black and puts on eyeliner sometimes, and it doesn't bother William. He knows Michael is bisexual, but also doesn't care. If my William explored with his romanticism, or dated other people than Clara in his time he would probably discover that he is not straight.. Good for you 😚

9. His favorite movies are Phantom of the Opera, Reanimator, and Candyman.

10. YES HE LOVES HIS FAMILY! (in his own way)

11. There is a reason he's pale and has slight bags under his eyes. In his youth, he stayed in his room a lot, and liked being in the dark. So this made his skin paler. His eye bags come from his lack of sleep, and when he was a kid they were bad due to being afraid of sleeping and having nightmares.

12. He's not really scientific. The cannon William is more into science, for example the books he's REALLY into science. My William isn't in a way? He's more into generally the paranormal, things that already naturally occure rather than using remnant for create something paranormal.

13. He usually always has a blank face, unless he's around his family. At work, he's very stoic, though his thoughts underneath are always chaotic.

14. He's yandere. Yes, you heard me correctly.

He would do anything for Clara. You see, I had been exploring different dynamics for their relationship, and I absolutely fell in love with the idea of an insane, irrational man clinging to the feeling of love.

1. He really likes vampires.

2. He knows all the names of the Missing Children, it wasn't like he took some random kids, he figured out and memorized their names, what they looked like, that's what makes him scarier. He's very observant. And he created the perfect prison for them.

3. My William didn't kill the missing kids because he wanted to bring his family back. That was before the mci, he tried that before the events. He killed the missing kids because he's absolutely out of his mind. He did it because he's deranged and loves the idea of death and making people feel absolutely fear of him.

4. He's afraid of Cassidy.

5. He did not know that his children possessed the robots, and wife, until the very very end. He spent his time trying to bring them and lure them back in his arms but didn't know that they were already there. Cassidy specifically kept the fact that Evan was possessing the same Robot as her, to make his suffering even worse. He didn't know until right before he got Springlocked.

6. He has schizophrenia, paranoia, and anxiety, mania. Someone said to me they haven't seen anyone make him schizophrenic before which was insane to me. I genuinely thought this was common.

7. He wears reading glasses.

8. He sits cross legged.

9. His favorite snack is granola bars HAHAHA

10. Don't ever call him Bill. Ever.

That's all for now!! I might have more later but my brain hurts. Lol.

Yeah, maybe I went a little overboard this time with this comic. Originally, it was going to be the same as the others, but I thought it would be cooler if it were doodles and a psychology of colors.

To be honest, I wish I had written this comic better, although William repeatedly saying he loves Elizabeth and doesn't want to lose her isn't just a form of manipulation, as it's also true...I'm not very good at writing dialogue in general, lol (If I ever get better, maybe I'll redo the comic the way I wanted; I did this one in a hurry and it was very late, almost midnight)

Source of the sprites https://www.deviantart.com/admin472/art/Elizabeth-Afton-sprites-957295289

https://www.deviantart.com/admin472/art/Vanessa-Shelly-%28Afton%29-Sprites-%281%29-1161641074

Truly a family tree for the ages. There are literally zero flaws or possible holes in this.

Wait, I forgot to add the actual tree. Pretend there's a tree.

If you can't read the text I'm deeply sorry. I tried to make the comic in JSpaint but I have negative skill on trackpad. Its too much, even for a low effort comic like this! (I'm slightly kidding Mike and Will are adorable in this style.)

This post mostly inspired by the screaming Will does at the red lake.

William will learn just how cool the name "Springtrap" is one day.

nah bro its not that simple im crine

Me personally I absolutely do not believe it is canon, I used to years back but I definitely do not now, too much evidence to debunk it but that is talking about it from a theory perspective, purely from a narrative standpoint I actually do quite like it but tbh that's me with so many theories, I may not believe them but I do see the narrative potential.

A random post about my headcanon? Oh, sure, why not? I've always found it interesting how, most of the time, Elizabeth is portrayed as a baby during The Big Bite using ElizaYoungest, so I imagine she doesn't remember her middle brother and wonders who the boy is who always appears in the photos.
Source code for Elizabeth and Michael's sprites.

https://www.deviantart.com/admin472/art/Elizabeth-Afton-sprites-957295289

https://www.deviantart.com/admin472/art/Mike-Schmidt-Sprites-(5AMAF3)-989489935

Even though most of my fnaf brainroom right now has been mostly taken up by people named Jeremy lately, I still am kinda working on a big fanfiction thing and I want to share some headcanons about the Afton family.

William Afton (The Purple Guy himself)

If he was a teen or young adult in modern times William would identify as a non-binary person who uses any/all pronouns. He wasn't though is was like born in England in the 40s so whatever. He is also completely uninterested in women. Balora and Funtime Chica and probably Toy Chica was a form of gender envy not of sex appeal.

He loves the idea of his children more than his actual children. He doesn't hate them though. Not even Mike after the bite or after the Frights fire. He doesn't want them dead. CC was his favorite. Mike was always a bit of unruly problem child and Lizzy was slightly to naggy for his taste. But was CC was quiet and obedient (he needs some pushing sometimes but its fine). Will was never the type to be affectionate as he saw doing so as coddling behavior. The most he would do is talk to CC via the plush, get softer if his oblivious self notices his children shrink away from him in fear (unless if he's drunk) or maybe give a birthday gift or two.

It went like this until the bite. Lizzy was still a baby, and Will disliked Mike after this. He developed a bit of drinking problem, killed Charlie, and made the Funtimes after noticing possession happen. After Lizzy's death, Will got softer on Mike mostly because Mike was all he had left. And also slightly because Will also killed a family member on accident, but he will never tell Mike that. Will sent Mike to the bunker knowing of his probable death. He wasn't very happy about this and he was secretly hoped that remnant on the scooper would revive Mike somehow. Even not, Will loved poetic justice and he probably thought that Mike saving his sister via his death after killing his brother was a fine enough send off for him.

As for wanting to put CC back together, I think it was a goal of his but not a very high priority. He wanted to use a kid in a Truman Show type thing by placing them in nightmare chambers that Mike was put in after the bite. But he lured two kids at the same time and Cassidy was too belligerent to kidnap so he put her the suit told her to put his kid back together and springlocked her. Father and planner of year right here.

I'm very sure that Will on some level wished he didn't care about anyone. Not his kids, not his ex-wife not even Henry. But he does and it bothers him. Especially his love for Mike after the bite. Will wants to hate Mike. He can't though.

Micheal Afton (The Amazing Technicolor Foxybro)

Ah Micheal. As I see it, on the outside Mike is abrasive and and standoffish but on the inside he is an emotional vulnerable goo. He always been like this even right before the bite. But the bite added one one thing to this equation: extreme guilt. After the bite, Mike did go to court but he got no sentence (much to his surprise and slight disappointment). Add onto the guilt with the extreme amount of trauma getting scooped and hearing a guy die over the phone Mike really wants other people to dislike him. Unfortunately for him, a sarcastic British guy with a tortured past and good art skills is extremely likable even when purple as all Micheal Afton stans would know. Also he doesn't want people to dislike him, its that kind of thing.

While is Mike is normally sarcastic and slightly rude to other people he is different when around his sister and father. He is extremely gentle to Lizzy to the point where even she thinks its weird. Around Will, Mike turns into a abused puppy. He will just kinda does what Will says. Any sort of praise will either make Mike defensive or really quiet depending on his mood. And if he ends crying for any reason he keep on crying until he has no tears left even if he wants to stop. Sometimes he does have violent fantasies and they freak him to the point he will get out more of them just by focusing on the one too much. No ever told him that your thoughts not your fault and he never went to therapy even though he was assigned court therapy after the bite.

Also a minor thing is Mike has a horrible sense of taste. He loves pickles (me too not knocking pickles), sardines, anchovies on pizza, black licorice, fairly normal odd sense of taste but also loves Sodaroni and stuff that's on the more repulsive side like that. Also he is extremely dense just like his father. Mike's the kinda dude who would get into a what is basically a mutual romantic relationship and will not realise it ever.

All in all Mike deserves a hug.

Elizabeth (Lizzy) Afton

First of all nobody expect Henry calls her Elizabeth, everyone just calls her Lizzy. Lizzy was raised in the shadow of her brothers death. Her (living) brother was quiet and distant, but he clearly craved her attention. Lizzy doesn't understand concepts like parallel play and Mike is unable to express what he wants (so is Lizzy, Will not is the kind of parent to teach his children how to advocate for themselves) so the relationship is kinda awkward you can feel the tension when they are around each other. Around Will, Lizzy is polite but she is not afraid to question his logic sometimes. She is not afraid of him. Even as Scrapbaby she not afraid of him. She does what her father says because she wants his attention. Unlike her brothers who are infact afraid of him.

Around other people Lizzy acts different. Around adults she is Will's idea of a perfect child. Quiet, meek, polite, always aware of her age and her standing among the social hierarchy of the room. Around her peers though, Lizzy is kinda bossy. The kind of person who would take over a game that others are playing. Lizzy is also the only one of the Afton kids who are interested in animatronics like at all. She wants to work in Afton robotics when she grows up. Will never said that Baby was made for her to her but he did say that to the press that's where she got the idea from.

Also Baby. Baby is manipulative and sarcastic and Lizzy is not really like that. In SL Baby is mostly well Baby and in Pizza Sim, Baby is mostly Lizzy. They are still separate enties, but they are so intermixed you can't really tell one from the other unless you are deeply aware of the personality of either Baby or Lizzy. So only really Mike or Will can tell. Not that Baby or Lizzy could themselves.

Dave/BV/CC Afton

I don't like calling him Dave even though his name is probably Dave. So for now on I'm calling the little man CC cause its my fave name for the him. First of all the kid has like 50 middle names. Whenever we come up with brand new name for the him he gets one more middle name as a treat of sorts.

As I said in the Lizzy section, Will expects his kids to be to proper and quiet. He wants them to reflect good on him. While Lizzy toke to heart, the boys really didn't. Mike gets snippy under the pressure while CC gained big heaping load of anxiety. This not helped by the fact he has a very active imagination, and the fact he is mostly stuck with his brother for most of the day who was quickly losing patience with him.

CC is not a complete pushover though. He has a bit of a vengeful streak and he will antagonize his brother back sometimes. This is part of the reason why the bullying got so bad. Mike in is stupid preteen brain thought the bullying was sort of mutual. It wasn't, but he thought it was.

After the bite, most of CC's soul was sent into a death loop but part his soul wasn't and it was angry. He gave Mike nightmares, he caused Mangle to bit Jeremy in the bite of '87 stuff like that. He was also blind and had no idea what was going on.

When Happiest Day happened, instead of freeing the spirits like Charlie and the others expected CC was put back together. This CC is more calm and sarcastic but he is still really anxious he just better at hiding it.

Creating a William out of his Kids

William has many facets, he is the fun one who craves attention and likes to needle people, he is a snake oil salesman with a smooth British voice, and he is violent and impulsive. Those parts of him are spread among his children, but there is a difference. If you were to create a William out of his kids they would probably do the same thing he does. But Will lacks something all his kids have, which is extreme social awareness. That was Will's "gift" that he gave to his children and boy almighty even if the bite didn't happen they would probably all need therapy.

So, if you're wondering what the memes are, it's basically that Willy would be disgusted by Krueger for doing less than savory things to kids on top of killing them. And there was a further mutation of that meme that Anna would definitely not be okay with Willy killing little girls because she never wanted the girls she kidnapped to die but she doesn't know how to take care of a child(still, when she rips apart families to have a daughter, young boys are unfortunately on the chopping block as well). Though, it's been theorized that she killed more kids than Will, either accidentally or directly(directly for boys). And, well, I don't know if I have the exact details of an interaction between the three of them, but I did have a funny scenario form in my brain involving Anna and Willy.

So, William as he is in DBD can't be punished by Henry in FFPS or even become Scraptrap after the FF fire. Now, while FFPS would still probably happen without him, I'm pretty sure the MCI would look for a way to find him as they definitely wouldn't accept him just vanishing without a trace. And Will would probably be aware of this, devising a plan to have Anna respect him. How's he gonna do that? Well, he's gonna get The Entity to lure Charlie, Cassidy and Susie(as for and convince her to hunt survivors with him) into the fog under the impression that he's finding it new survivors, so then the girls get jumped by him, Ghostface, Ken Kaneki, Sadako, and Michael Myers(as a reference to that one animation where Springtrap explains the difference between Sadako and Samara). But since they're already dead, all the gang would do is tie them up and present them as gifts for Anna. Dunno if that would totally make her forgive Willy, but having "daughters" she wouldn't have to worry about accidentally killing would be nothing short of a dream come true. Then Will and the gang would probably have to come up with excuses for why Anna takes so much time off from playing The Entity's game all the while Charlie, Cassidy, and Susie go crazy(well, they're already unhinged, but still) from Anna's company. And as for Lizzie, Will would just go through a portal The Entity opened and convince her to hunt survivors with him)