How The Silver Eyes PERFECTED William Afton (FNaF) - DMuted 

Ironically William slimming down for his disguise let Charlie kill him with the Springlock Failure. Since William's previous bulk is probably the one thing that let him survive the first time.

This was exactly what I imagine William as, he loves basically being a character to the point where he feels they are different people entirely. I think that one of the ways William coped was that he isn't the one who did it, it was Springbonnie. The reason he only does the murdering as Springbonnie is that not only he would get caught, but he sees Springbonnie as the 'evil' version of himself. Same goes for Dave, Dave is the nightguard, the guy who stops teens from breaking in, not William. But that's just my personal headcanon.

Tbh I love how Afton is portrayed in the upcoming story Dittophobia as well, even if it's for a very brief time. Dittophobia was likely written by Scott himself, which makes sense

William's depiction in TSE remains to this day my favourite portrayal of him to date. I really do love that book, Kira and Scott nailed it first try. Hoping the movie version of William takes strongly after that depiction.

I can never understand why people think that William's motive was the death of his son, I always thought it was a sick desire to bring fantasy and fun to life.

I really hope the movie do something with William Afton as a character, not just what he did, but also *who* he is. Similarly to The Silver Eyes. His psychology and character has lots of potential to be expended on.

I love what they were going for in TSE. A mentally disturbed man with a need for violence, wanting to create a twisted family through the animatronics his best friend made and fully believing he's doing the victims a solid, as he allowed them to live eternally as their favorite characters. Although I don't mind William's mad scientist arc in later entries, his original portrayal will always be the most unique and interesting for me.

I really want to see the movie version just to see which direction they go in, because in the games he seems ambiguous most of the time while in the books he is really mixed, I just hope we get a version that is interesting to talk about outside of what he did

I think the film is definitely our best shot at seeing the Silver Eyes version of Afton. Mathew Lillard is probably the only person who can do that level of crazy justice.

I wonder how many lessons scott took from both making the games and writing for the movie’s portrayal

I always say Silver Eyes William having a sort of multiple personalities, not that he literally has several separate personalities, rather he completely adopts a role to the point where he basically becomes symbiotic with them - given how his voice becomes almost smooth, inviting and oddly comforting once he speaks with the Springbonnie head, likely also due to a second point: I'm not too sure about the part of him showing cowardice when people are aware of his identity, rather I believe he simply feels almost superior when in another role. While the anonymity is likely a part of the safety, i think the terror, fear, stealth or any other aspect that he Dave/Springbonnie roles grant him make him more drawn to such characters rather than his true self. In TO, i always thought Springtrap was a lot more boastful and uncaring due to literally becoming one with the suit, becoming immortal in his own twisted sense as the only danger wearing the suit brought him has failed to permenantely end him. Although, to be fair, i haven't read the original novels or the graphic forms in quite a while, so i may be incorrect.

"How the Silver Eyes perfected William Afton. Or, the start of Pastra's VA career." This was such a great video, as always.

Something I like is that when Dave (Willam) is tied up, he stays silent until Charlie places the head on him, then he talks. It plays on the ideas and habits of serial killers, from what I see, Willam feels more comfortable in that suit, almost as if that is what he sees as his true form.

the spring bonnie mask scene in the silver eyes was so effective to me, it really showed the depravity and insanity of afton in a chilling way. i also really love the description of the journals he kept about henry - a mixture of hatred and near-worship. william's wild jealousy towards henry made him admire and despise the man at the same time, and that motivated the first of his vile actions (the kidnapping) to "punish" henry

15:21 actually, Charlie was hitting Springtrap against the wall again and again, constantly asking why he had taken Sammy and not her. It was then there Springtrap revealed that he actually killed Charlie. Well, at least for me, that seemed in character and organic for William to do. He didn't just told her the truth for no reason. And I genually felt my spine chill when he said that

I wish they made Williams design more subtle in the graphic novel. It’s literally impossible to find him menacing. Honestly, making it a cartoony stylized graphic novel was also a bad decision.

This is what William Afton is, he’s not a psychotic, unhinged, maniac like the Fnaf movie portrayed him. He is a calm, poetic, and methodical man who still loves to kill and make people suffer, but he treats murder like it’s a Tuesday. That’s what makes him terrifying. Fun Fact: Afton’s personality and manner of speaking is based off Hannibal Lecter.

Thankfully I can say movie afton is alike to book afton especially when he finds out mikes name, he’s timid and scared. Once he puts on the suit he’s the opposite I like that duality.

I always thought that Afton snapped after being "killed" in the first book, that his personality just completely shattered and remade itself into a kind of "god" instead of just the cowardly broken man wanting a family in the first book. His fear is gone now because yet again he didn't die, in his completely shattered mind he is indeed a god now, his obsession with remnant being his way of ensuring immortality to not only himself but all his twisted family, possibly making more over time; nothing can hurt him, no one can stop him, so why fear, why hide? I personally like all three novels, and Afton just kept getting scarier to me, because in the second and third books he's free to be the monster he started being in the first book.

William acted maniac in silver eyes, but in the twisted ones he became clown again, just like after fnaf 3. He acts like typical cartoon villain chasing main characters in basement and tells them useless shit

William started off as like a Michael Myers like character, faceless cruel and evil, but over the course of the series and by the end of the 3rd book, he basically becomes sigma from mega man x

I feel that William Afton was at his best before he got springlocked. Seeing him in FNaF 2 wandering around or standing still here his previous victims was so unsettling. Another version of William Afton I like is the Fazbear Frights version, as that character was portrayed as a weak spirit that made himself look strong to gain control.

1:26 Why hello there old sport.

I really liked that William in the new fnaf movie is similar to the one we see in the silver eyes. In the movie he changed his name and became a career counselor to control who would go near the old pizzeria. He would even encourage those he wanted gone to take a security job, eventually being caught and killed by the animatronics. He would even return to the pizzeria himself when someone was getting too close. All of this is similar to what Dave does in the books, within a different context, and makes me curious too see what they do with William in the second fnaf movie

The Movie William seemed to take a lot from this incarnation and I'm happy about that! Just wish he got more screentime though cause as great as he was, he wasn't in the movie much.

I have faith in that Movie!William will be portrayed like this. Why else would he show up to the pizzeria in the Springbonnie suit? He's tricking the animatronics into thinking he's one of them, just like in the books. The animatronics are probably not going to be agressive towards Abby, but they will see Mike as a threat.

From the movie trailers we can see “Steve” smile when mike accepts the job offer, implying that to “Steve” this is one big twisted game to him. He loves the thrill of killing. he toys with his victims as seen through the trailer when he hums Freddy’s song and crouching down laughing. He wants them to feel hopeless and afraid before killing them. I do think the movie has potential to make the best version of William afton Character wise.

In the movie William afton is quite similar to his silver eyes counterpart.

"The Silver Eyes" is why I think Charlie is the first to die in the timeline instead of c.c. It shows that William is not above killing a child out of pure jealousy.

I think the worst offender for me when it comes to the slow character assassination of Will over the years was when in TFC he just says that Dave in TSE was an "act", which basically means he meant nothing of what he said during that interrogation scene. How do you make such cool and interesting villain and then fuck it up by saying that him pouring out his heart and soul was "just an act" the fact people can still like Will as a villain post-TSE is honestly baffling to me. It's not like the introduction of Dittophobia makes him any better. Now he's experimenting on children in FNaF 4 by using "hallucinogenic gas" (?) to study their fear or some shit. His character has been completely and utterly ruined in the games timeline and I genuinely think we can never come back from it. Here's to hoping he's more like his TSE self in the movie. 😑

Loved Pastra's voice acting!

Having recently seen the movie (which I thought was good!), I think that Silver Eyes did a better job of characterising Afton. The way in which he has this near fetishist relationship with his Spring Bonnie suit is immensely uncomfortable, and it's as if he himself is a robot too. And that line of 'Because I am one of them' really hammers home a sense of disturbing mystery and intrigue concerning his motives and worldview. He felt like a true serial killer similar to the likes of Jeffrey Dahmer. Of course, then they ruin that by making him a cartoon villain in TTO and a mad scientist in TFC.

"you like the idea of being disguised? Disguises let you be invisible don't they"

It's worth noting that TSE was meant to be a standalone book. It was expanded into a trilogy later, due to the ongoing trend of making trilogies and the constant requests from fans for more of what TSE had, since it isn't bad - it's not great, but it's certainly not a bad book. Unless it's the graphic novel version, which just sucks due to how bad the actual graphics are, something shared among all three of those horribly inconsistent-to-the-text messes. Anyways, setting _that_ can of worms aside, Charlie was never intended to be a robot in TSE. The plot was of Sammy dying, and Charlie being haunted by the traumatizing event of losing a sibling at age three, and eventually managing to move on from it through her return to Hurricane before she returned to her home in another city. The book ends on the group partially splitting up and a lot of other decisions that TTO and TFC immediately retconned out, but them pulling a 180 on quite literally every single peice of character development in the book is somehow not the worst parts of those two. Living in a world where those two never happened is the preferrable option, even if the Funtime Mangle design in the third book is something to keep. What TSE does well is the animatronic depictions. Each animatronic has character to it, and when they're on the hunt they have the right vibe for it, even in the parts leading up to it - Freddy standing motionless on stage when the others move and playing his music box when no one's around and standing motionless while the other two are moved by the stage controls, Foxy shifting around when not being watched, even Golden Freddy emanating ethereal whispers that communicate thoughts without words. And the book does retain that feeling that the first game has, of it not being just you and the animatronics in a building, but also feeling like the whole place is properly possessed and haunted. The animatronics aren't living robots in it, they're lost souls stuck in performing machines. It's quite well done. And, of course, Dave's depiction is indeed incredibly well-done. That scene makes me wonder if he was the original idea of Michael - a man possessing his own body, keeping it all alive despite the fact that it should've died, and the rest of him became the rabbit. Then, him getting springlocked is the only way to kill him fully, reuniting his fractured soul so that it can be destroyed as one. But that's a bit of a crackpot theory and the fear thing works much better for the character. There's a lot of things that could be speculated about but it's just generally such a cool concept, and it elaborates nicely on how springlocks work, how the animatronics actually act, and how the place was meant to be. It's a rewrite of what Scott wanted the original games to be like. Though the eventual decline of him being a ridiculously competent yet stupid mad scientist and engineer was unfortunate, this depiction retains what was actually scary about the original Freddy's killer, about the Purple Guy - he's just a normal, damaged man. A real phenomenon, who happened to get lucky enough to kick off all the rest of this cycle of pain. It helps that, like you said, without some disguise that isn't his normal self, he gives no personality to work with, making him truly feel like he could be any person. Like any person could be him. That's also why making him an engineer or inventor or whatever ruins the character. I hope Bonnie teleports in the movie. He does that in TSE, in FNaF 1, hell Withered Bonnie does it in UCN, it's just his thing.

Okay now I need this whole book narrated. This is amazing

you captured my love for the first book in this video I always loved how afton stopped talking when he relised that charlie and the other knew about him and he becomes a weak unspeeking figure till he has the masks and goes full springbonne

Yay, dmuted with a willy video. I honestly wish the silver eyes was the only novel since the sequels really dropped the ball.

I agree with all of this whole heartedly. because of the way they did him Siler eyes was a really fun read for me. Took me a few restarts to finish twisted ones. And I still am yet to finish the 4th closet.

I liked the characterization in return to bloody nights, it was brief but there was a sense of development

serial killers in the real world will often kill wearing masks or disguises as a way to dissociate themselves from their crimes. I would imagine that is what they were trying to hint at; the mans true face IS the rabbit, so he will only talk candidly when the mask is on.

I like the design of Non Zombie William in Graphic Novel Fourth closet Also I don’t mind William being less delusional Other then that Silver Eyes Afton is pretty great but also is literally the same as in the games

So happy to have been a part of this! 💜💜💜

Video was awsome! Here are my opinions: What I think of William? Well, I apply book Williams to the game Williams, because I believe they are the same. And you know what? It works. And I accept that William is a cold and coward character, but what I think of him is a jealous narcissit and rageous sociopath who keeps his rage inside until he himself is revealed. He fears to be seen as a guy who kills for his own monsterousisty, he doesn't feel empaty or remorse, but I think he wants to be something meaningful, to himself. And because of his narcissistic disorders, he wants to show himself as something worth to fear and respect. He wants people to be loyal to him, he uses everyone around him because he thinks he is superior. But what he really is is a coward who had done nothing but to steal. Steal Henry's fame. At least, it was what he was until the bite. After the bite, he lost his fame, his carier, his loyal people. He raged and feared to be meaningless, he was superior in his mind. He deserved more attention than Henry got with the Freddy's location he got in charge and focused after the death of his child. He wanted to take things from Henry as he did before. He raged as he raged from jealousy when he killed Charlie and so he killed 5 more children. I believe that William is pure evil, and I support it with the lines of William in the Fazbear's Frights books. And I believe that William just choosed to separate William from Spring Bonnie, because he wanted to act as he was, but didn't want to show how evil he was as himself. He feared to be seen meaningless, not only by the crew, but by himself too. And in TFC, William showed himself as a man of science. He made himself believe he was important and he was a science man. But all he was was just a pure monster who was so coward to show his true nature. Until UCN. In UCN, TOYSHK showed himself his true nature, he/she made him face himself. And even if you don't believe Fazbear's Frights share the same timeline, Afton's Amalgamation was what William would have turned if UCN happened. I know it might sound confusing, but I believe that all Williams were same in persona, and that game William also felt the same things I told he did in TSE, TTO and TFC in FNaF 3, Fred Bear's, FFPS, and his relationships and life. Thank you for giving time.

I completely honest critique of the movie if that Will is not all that complex, but I think that was on purpose, to make sure Mike stays as much the main character as he was the protagonist. There might be a second movie, and thats when they'll probably make William more interesting, since it's just as likely that he'll be a villain protagonist, and Abby & Mike's story has no lingering threads to Freddy's. Film Theory: The lost animatronic souls will probably be heroic antagonists, portraying Freddy's 2 & 3, or just 3, since 2 is just the same story as 1, but with more clarity.

I quite liked his portrayal in the Silver Eyes. Too bad they ruined him in the sequels tho. Like, you had this pretty awesome villain that you then decided to turn into a crazed scientists looking for immortality? In a series about ghosts? C’mon. It’s a shame, because the Twisted Ones and the Fourth Closet could’ve expanded his character even further, but instead they wasted poor Willy.

I really hope we get that william in the movie, and I wish william defoe got casted as william so he could of perfected that Dave Miller look.

Well spring trap has nothing to lose, so he's probably gonna be more confident.

Pastra’s voice fits Carlton like a glove

OMG you have such a beautiful reading voice, plus yeah Silver Eyes William was so well written

William gives me a bit of Michael Myers like personality with the rabbit suit being a part of him just like the mask is a part of Michael.

One thing I've always kind of wondered is if Afton fought in Vietnam. He's roughly the right age, if we assume he was born in the late 1940s or early '50s, and his experiences could have helped to develop some of his nastier traits, as well as his cold efficiency when it comes to murder. The only real problem I could see is that he's been portrayed as British in the past, but the more that time goes on, the more that aspect of him seems to have been retconned anyway.

It’s really cool that we got to see this version of William in the movie (for the little time he actually was on screen)

William Afton in the silver eyes may be my favorite appearance from him aside from maybe Springtrap (in Fnaf 3)

whenever I hear "Dave Miller" my mind tells me "HEY SPORTSY!"

this was a realy good video! specially the part reading the book, that is creative and captivating

you did such an awesome job at this part ‏‪6:56‬‏ at was creepy in an great way it give me chills im sure im gonna come back and listen to it again keep it up:)

Just got the merch, it looks amazing! Thanks!

The Return to Bloody Nights’ portray of William Afton is very unnerving and interesting to explore. If you ever wanna have an idea of how confident and menacing William Afton could be, hear his speech and monologue at the end of the game, and his phone calls with Henry.

The long reading segment is pages 232-233, according to anyflip

i wish we could get new art for the books made by a better artist

Balls , you may laugh

Aye... this all seemed to be before the stories delved into things like remnant and stuff. Before things got really sci-fi and hella weird. I know there's a lot more to it, like the character development and story pacing being better, but I feel like that's why the Silver Eyes is a novel that's more universally enjoyed by the fandom than the following two.

They'll probably go with the silver eyes format for william in the movie

Your Theory was Actually kinda correct

Ya know what... As somebody who liked the trilogy of the Silver Eyes, I gotta say......... Best one is the first book. It had a good plot and the other two decided to just needlessly complicate it for basically no rhyme or reason. Charlie is a girl tormented by the loss of her twin brother and the suicide of her father alongside a fear of Foxy and the loss of her friend Michael from years ago. They revisit the place and Mr. Afton is at work again. When Afton grabs Charlie, she activates the springlock mechanism in self-defense but also a little bit of revenge for what he did to her brother and how he ruined her life.... her tragic story gets a conclusion and it matches pretty well with a lot of content of the first three games despite taking creative liberties. Afton makes a great villain and his fate is pretty fitting.... Then the Twisted Ones started out and it all goes pretty downhill as they keep adding more and doing retcons of the previous established story.

I've only read the silver eyes and found the book amazing, I was wondering why you were critizing it so much, then I realized you were talking about it as a triology, not the book. William in that book truly felt unique to me. The way he made me ask myself so many questions and answer all of them in a satisfying ending was just so good. Sad to hear he gets ruined in the other books. He was so well written in the first one.

Now wait for the movie....

Interesting as much as I personally think game William and book Williams aren't fully the same Cuz it does seem like game William is better in every way smart's strength plus he mostly gone away with everything not to mention that he could have fooled the whole police force he also just seems a lot more evil especially since the new book part of the tales series that is Canon to the games in which he experiment fear with fear gas-like scarecrow in this means in fanf4 he was experimenting on his son to make fear gas some people don't like it but I love it

I listened to the twisted ones while trying to sleep and it felt like a fever dream

Writing is a very very hard thing, I've literally been writing since I was a toddler (well maybe writing as much as a toddler could lol more like making "comics" as a toddler, and later home movies about monsters and super heroes as a slightly older kid and teen, and then learning actual writing as I got older) but the point is I've been trying to tell stories literally my whole life, and I don't know that I could make a good movie or write a good book or novel or whatever, and I certainly know my dialogue could use work, but I really think I could make a decent fnaf story with springtrap as the villain, similar to the fnaf movie. Tho my springtrap would be closer to the "an interview with springtrap" animation than say the movie version for example, not that the movie was bad I actually liked it and loved every second springtrap was on screen. And off topic but I especially loved when Mike goes to taze springtrap and he just laughs and yanks the tazer off, then charges and throws Mike, that shit was sick. But imo springtraps biggest problem is that no one knows what to do with him. He never has a plan or goal other than kill the player or main characters, usually without a motivation for killing them other than gameplay reasons or just needing it to happen. Even the movie fell into that "trap" (lol) so my main concern would be to give springtrap a well thought out goal, with an incentive, and a plan to achieve said goal. And also feature him more than the movie did. Also it would be rated r and super dark and gritty and definitely not for kids. I think I could do a decent fnaf story that includes alot of the broad strokes of fnaf and afton lore. But that's just me maybe it would suck and every one would hate it lol I just can't help but feel the character isn't being allowed to expand into his full potential as a character and that's mostly cus he just comes back and instantly dies again constantly with no actual goals or motives etc. Just be creepy kill player that's it. He can be so much more. But fnafs ever turning towards a child audience wouldn't allow it to be as great as it can be. Such a shame.

I believe that Afton didn't kill the kids to make himself a family. He just noticed that the animatronics had been possessed by the kids and then his obsession with them started. Also in the Fourth Closet i liked that he hated how he acted as the Springtrap. There is also the scene where he confessed that he feared death so much that the pain he felt was better.

13:30 I thought he wanted the mask so the animatronics don't kill him (see FNaF 2)

To be fair, the reason he is different in The Twisted Ones is that he is on a power trip. He's no longer just a weak, mortal, man. He is an undead robot monster, one that cannot die, and, as an animatronic, can't even be arrested. He no longer fears consequences because he now thinks himself to be above them. Though, as we see at the end of that book, he is not as strong as he thinks himself to be. It's only really in The Fourth Closet, where they actively retcon his portrayal in The Silver Eyes as another disguise that it becomes an issue imo.

William was a literal psychopath in The Silver Eyes and thats why i loved him so much. Thinking that his identity was the Springbonnie suit and seeing the dead kids as his family (Probably because he lost one before) is an amazing character development

Afton looks like a crippled Terminator post-Springtrap in “The Fourth Closet”.

Silver eyes william is one of the best aperances of afton along fnaf 3, fnaf 2 and epilogue 6 from the fazbear frights frights

The only pet piece I had about the comic book is the fact Jessica's hair got changed from brown to blonde.

i agree, idpite not being a fnaf fan when tse came out i LOVE how purple guys was handled, it gave us his name, his motive, his well, everything!, this is why i hate sl

This side of William afton “they don’t remember. The dead don’t remember.” Was said in the fnaf movie and now if I think about it Afton seems awesome like this and William afton actually acts like this in fnaf 3 and if you dig in the past of William afton in the game it’s amazing how similar the characters are. But to me I like William afton he’s my favourite character in both the game and first book of silver eyes.

immediately recognized pastras voice for john

The only and I mean only thing I don't like about TSE William is his design, he looks too goofy and I cant take him seriously. I think leaving what he looks like up to the imagination in the original novel made him more scary for me.

Personally, I much prefer "psycho with no identity who lives vicariously through animatronic characters" to "generic, immortality-seeking mad doctor".

I'm writing a book elaborating on the Silver Eyes version of Afton and his obsession with the Spring Bonnie suit

Been waiting for someone to talk about this

17:15…Afton is Elderly Kano reveal‼️

YES!! finally some love for silver eyes!! i hope you make more for the other books as well 😁❤️ edit: obviously i did not watch beyond 5 seconds. LMAO

i would love to see a follow up to this post-movie, giving your thoughts on his characterization in the movie and how it relates to the silver eyes interpretation of him.

In terms of Williams personality change it was probably due to him loosing his fear of death and in terms of him being in more pain the less suit he had was his remenent healing for oc his body/nervs allowing for a higher pain capacity

full audio book tho?....this is great narration.

The Silver Eyes might be mediocre but god i would give up a lot to read it for the first time again.

i love your voice in the reading btw

R.I.P Dave Miller / Bozo

thank you Dmuted, if not for your video, i wouldn't have known this trilogy existed. so thanks to you i have new books to enjoy. i also agree silver eyes had the most interesting depiction of William Afton. though i won't discount the other two depictions of him in the later books. Since he is insane and even became more so after the spring locks triggered. he was pretty much on a euphoria power trip after from his pov having been made one with his suit in book 2. book 3 him being wheel chair bound was from prying the suit off of him after he realized he was still alive but was dying, he was trying to find a way to become immortal by becoming one with his original creations, the family he always wanted in his twisted mind. this is just my opinion not fact as fnaf is open to interpretation.

wilim aftin

Epic

god the art for the comics is so...

4:15 pretty sure Sammy was originally the one killed by William before it was retconned in Pizzeria Simulator and The Fourth Closet

Honestly I hated how the movie kinda just left William Afton out after his phone call with Mike about the job He then appears in the climax as Springbonnie The movie didn't address William Afton by name till the end It was kinda treated as a name for fans to cheer at which it was but given the fact that William changed his name to Steve Raglan I think there should've been some small dialogue in the background where some people would gossip about a new security guard working at the pizzeria (that being Mike) Asking why guards don't last long and why bother with one since the place was shut down for years ever since the five children went missing and a William Afton was a possible suspect and disappeared conveniently Though I appreciate the movie being a movie for fans and I was happy to see and hear references from games and books I've been a fan of the games since the first game in 2014 When Matthew Lillard was cast they outright said he was cast as William Afton ruining the twist before the movie came out Fans would figure it out but it still would've been a nice twist

Bro, I thought I was the only one who preferred Dave Miller as William Afton (thats wild!)

I never really liked delusional William. Didnt like the "my child died so i guess i'll kill people now" William either. Theyre interesting perspectives but sometimes people are simply evil to be evil. I certainly can follow along with the jealous attitude William had. Even my own headcanon includes that bit, But i dont feel an insane William is right for the character. I would rather have a narcissistic sociopath. Sociopaths arent inherently crazy (im friends with one so i would know), in many cases the simply have their empathy turned down or muted. They can also be impulsive and such. I would go on further but ive realized its 5:07 AM here and i can't keep writing out details when i cant quite mentally verify specifics on the subject, but i hope most of my own perspective is clear