Of Golden Fredbears and Purple Men

Hello Humans! So, on Monday, Scott Cawthon released probably the most anticipated game among the Indie Horror Game scene of the year. Five Nights at Freddy's 6. This game is a wild ride, and I haven't even played it yet. The last line in the entire game, during the credits, is Scott speaking. He says, "This game is dedicated to you, the fans. It has been a pleasure making games for you." Is it bad that I cried when I read the line during GTLive's lifestream of it? That is how much this game has impacted my life. And it hasn't even impacted it that much in comparison to some of the big-time YouTubers who gained a lot of their following from this games. Gamers such as Markiplier, Dawko, and my favorite Razzbowski. But it made me and my cousins grow closer together, got me into YouTube gaming, and the theory community. I would have gone nowhere near that stuff otherwise. And I was very much a late-comer to the fanbase.

This game is not great for its compelling gameplay of closing doors and vents, and turning on lights, but because of the lore. Scott hide lore inside each and every game of his, making players play the game over and over again to unlock it all. A lot of the lore even came from finding all the mini-games, playing them in the correct order, and then completing the actual game.

This game's main lore revolves around two families. The Afton Family, and the Henry No-Last-Name-Given Family. Henry and William Afton were friends, and eventually made a restaurant called, "Fazbear's Family Diner," In it were two animatronics: Spring Bonnie and Spring Freddy. These later get the names of Golden Freddy and Springtrap. What ends up happening is William Afton kills a girl, later revealed as Henry's daughter, and her spirit enters an entity known as the Puppet or the Marionette. This is followed by four more child murders once the Diner has been bought by a bigger company named, "Fazbear Entertainment." They make a series of Pizzerias and Sister Locations. Whenever Afton kills from now on, he puts on the Spring Bonnie suit, which is not a good idea. Because Afton becomes a part of the Spring Bonnie suit as the springs open, puncturing Afton all over his body. He literally becomes a robot. Long-story-short, Afton builds more robots to help him abduct, experiment, and make children into animatronics in order to try to save his dead family. Then in the last release in the time line, you finally get to be yourself. No more Mike's, Jeremy's, or Fitz's. You get to be yourself as an owner of a franchised Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria. In the background, Henry has been luring the remaining killer animatronics with people's souls left in them. These include Ennard who has donned the Funtime Freddy animatronic exo-suit, Baby, Springtrap, and finally, the Marionette. Henry sets the place a-blaze once you've survived Saturday, and Fazbear Entertainment is disbanded. And it's over. They all die in a fire, just as the series has joked about for so many years.

"I've got no time. I've got no time to live. I've got no time to live and I can't say goodbye. And I'm regretting having memories of my friends who they used to be beside me before they left me to die. And I know this is, I know this is the truth, because I've been staring at my death so many times. These scary monsters roaming in the halls, I wish I could just block the doors, and stay in bed until the clock will chime. So my flashlight's on, and stay up till dawn. I got this headache and my life's on the line. I felt like I won, but I wasn't done. The nightmare repeats itself every time. Got to keep my calm, and carry on. Stay awake until the sun will shine. But I'm not so strong, and they're not gone. They're still out there to take what's left of mine. I have this urge, I have this urge to kill. I have this urge to kill and show that I'm alive. I'm getting sick of these apologizes from people with priorities that their life matters so much more than mine. But I'm stuttering, I'm stuttering again. No one will listen and no one will understand because I'm crying as much as I speak. Cause no one likes me when I shriek. Want to go back to where it all began. So my flashlight's on, and stay up till dawn. I've got this headache and my life's on the line. I felt like I won, but I wasn't done. The nightmare repeats itself every time. Got to keep my calm, and carry on. Stay awake until the sun will sine. But I'm not so strong, and they're not gone. They're still out there to take what's left of mine."-I Got No Time-Living Tombstone

For me, my favorite characters in the series have been the Marionette, Springtrap/Purple Guy/Afton, and of course, Foxy the Pirate Fox. I love the Marionette because I relate to her. One of the last lines Henry says as your Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria is boring to the ground is, My daughter, if you can hear me, I knew you would return as well. It's in your nature to protect the innocent. I'm sorry that on that day, the day you were shut out and left to die, no one was there to lift you up into their arms, the way you lifted others into yours. And then, what became of you? I should have known you wouldn't be contempt to just disappear, not my daughter. I couldn't save you then, so let me save you now. It's time to rest. For you, and those you have carried in your arms. This ends, for all of us." As discussed in my previous post about how I relate to Just Monika, in that same way I relate to the Marionette. No one thinks much of me, I remain a mystery to most, but I lift up others and try to make them happy, while working alone in the background. I have carried many people in my arms, helped to bear many people's burdens, but I can't really think of anyone who has helped to bear mine. This has made me stronger as a person, and someone who won't give up easily, just as the Marionette didn't give up easily on the children as they died, and she "give gifts give life," to the children.

As for Springtrap, or Purple Guy, or William Afton, I just love villains. No story would be good without a villain. And I mean, I kind of feel bad for Afton. His son died at the hand of Golden Fredbear, by accident, by his other son. And then he went on a killing rampage, making Funtime Animatronics advanced enough and big enough to lure children away and carry them down to his underground laboratory. However, he had killed before his son died, and his daughter had been killed by Baby before then, which means he had already build some of the Funtime Animatronics before then, so I guess all of that is invalid. But still, villains make the story good.

^My favorite image of Springtrap, with Purple Guy clearly visible inside the mouth.

And then, of course, the ever-lovable Foxy the Pirate Fox. He's my husband, according to my six-year old cousin who "married" us last December. But I mean, I'm not complaining. He will protect me from others and will always be rush to me from my left-side to give me a hug big enough to kill me, as long as I don't yell and sniff him at the same time. He's also a pirate which automatically makes him the coolest of the bunch, and he's a poor lonely animatronic, left all alone, broken down behind his silver-star covered purple curtains in Pirates Cove. The poor guy. Luckily I'm here to give him hugs and hide behind his giant ears every day. But that whole "Foxy protects people from danger," is cannon. Like, it's in the book. Foxy "kidnaps" the youngest child from the group of teenagers that wander back into Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria" after it has closed down, just to protect him from Dave, who is also Springtrap, who is also Purple Guy, who is also William Afton who murders children.

The last animatronic that I love is Enard. Enard is an amalgamation of all of the Funtime Animatronics, as they come together into one entity, and then scoop out Micheal's insides, and put on the "skin-suit" to be able to escape and live in the world above. There are four (or five depending on whether we count Bon-Bon as a separate animatronic) different animatronics in Enard, and they compete throughout Night 6 of Sister Location to get into your room. Sometimes if feels there are multiples of me competing to get out and show itself to the world. It seems like one entity, me, but really it is a jumble of experiences and emotions that I have experienced as a human in this world. Each of us is like Enard in a sense then.

But at the end of the day, sometimes I feel like I'm an animatronic. A soul stuck in this weird body that I have to learn to master. Master my weird feelings, which sometimes are harmful much like the core animatronics, protective and loving, much like Foxy, and sometimes I feel like I'm not even living in this reality, much like the Marionette. I think that's why I keep coming back to these games. Not for the horror or the lore, or even Foxy the Pirate Fox, but because I feel like I belong. Whether that's to a community of fans, gamers, or even animatronics. It's a nice feeling to have, even for a lonely soul such as mine.

"I've been trying for so long to sing you the right song, to show you something different everyday, so you hear what I have to say. Like puzzle pieces. And now we're here at a standstill, I wonder how you feel the kind of pain that puts your insides out. That's something I know all about, shocking ain't it? Is it because I can't be her? Make your mistakes and make me hurt. I can't fix you. Is it because I can't be her? Made me awake and make me hurt. I can't fix you. I can't fix you. I can feel my heart breaking, the mistakes I've been making. I'm running out of patients to present, this isn't how I'll let it end. The feeling fading. You've been mourning your loss here, and that's grinding my gears. How can a human lose their self control? I'm done explaining. Is it because I can't be her? Make your mistakes and make me hurt. I can't fix you. Is it because I can't be her? Made me awake and make me hurt. I can't fix you. This is what happens when you leave it to somebody else. If you want it done right you should just do it yourself. You oversaturate your world with nothing but machines. You might make everyone happy, but you're dead inside just like me. And now we're here at a standstill. I wonder if you feel the kind of pain that puts your insides out. That's something I know all about, shocking ain't it? We have a lot more in common than you would be calm with. It's like we're the same person me an you, we both don't know what we can do. Is it because I can't be her? Make your mistakes and make me hurt. I can't fix you. Is it because I can't be her? Made me awake and make me hurt. I can't fix you."-I Can't Fix You-Living Tombstone

Remember, don't Yiff the Fox! Stay wild, flower child.