The Steel Wool Only Timeline - FNAF Theories 

I didn't notice that. Thank you for letting me know! I'll add that in the part 2

That is true, but also tape girl tells us that the rogue indie developer was hired by Fazbear entertainment to make the games to more or less discredit the events that did happen (Correct me if my phrasing is misleading. I am responding off memory alone)

Okay, my autistic brain has processed that you were joking and I took you too seriously Nvm lol

@@hailey813it’s not a joke

@@joechristo2 I would say it is in that OP is playing along with the narrative. This is something I would say to add comical dialogue to a friend's story. It isn't a joke in that they were using clever wordplay or trying to make you laugh, but they added a response that 'yes ands' even if they weren't literally serious. But also, if I misinterpreted, honestly, not the worst thing in the world. It's fine either way

Part 2 is gonna make people mad because of how little information we get...

Uh oh

On one hand, it makes sense. You don't want to reiterate what's already known. Having someone stop and point out that "Remember back in that one pizzeria, where William Afton killed 5- I mean 6- I mean 7- I mean 10- I mean idk how many kids? Yeah just remember that for the future." But also, the total lack of connective tissue is probably why there is such a big rift between the old and the new, the new doesn't really acknowledge the old, not properly.

​@@aliendilo3105 What's really frustrating is that cut content for Security Breach had more connective tissue, particularly Freddy talking about "bad things that happened in the past".

This is reference to the experiments

@@Mickfighter Dittophobia confirmed!!!!

I can't tell if this is satire or not, why is rye a monster???

@@_snail9234it’s satire

It's okay. That monster is getting what's coming to him. My very real team of lawyers are contacting him now.

@@TerminalErrorYou knows Rye is Non Binary right? Just if you are going to use their joke about getting rid of gender it feels like a big thing to miss.

Yeah, I know Rye is non binary. If you thought I was making a joke about him being non binary, you're wrong.

Honestly, I also love the direction steel wool is going to. I feel the futuristic evil ai robot fits into an animatronic horror series very well.

@@TerminalError Ditto, if it weren’t so focused on horror, I bet that it would a more dystopian-like thing, or maybe even cyberpunk.

​@@skyenight-by8yh I'd 100% be down for a game like that. People seem to really like Scott's "A Desolate Hope" so SW could really pull it off.

I did forget about that message. But like you said, it does sound pretty vague. It doesn't even say the kids died so for this timeline I think it should connect to the bite of 87

​@@TerminalError I apologize. I'm confused. Why the Bite of '87 specifically?

​@@TerminalErrorBut that is a nonsensical conclusion to come to. The Bite of 87 was a singular event that caused the animtronics to longer be allowed to walk around during to day. Even if a child was the victim of the Bite of 87, that message refers to several children *'Kids'* in plurel, not one child. It can only be a reference to one of the several events of missing children either the original MCI (which is referenced in Pizza Party BTW via representation), or it's referencing the missing kids at the Pizzaplex Freddy and the News Paper references in Security Breach.

The thing is, in the Tales From The Pizzaplex story "Help Wanted" we are introduced to the in-universe Scott stand-in character, Steve Snodgrass (that's his name, I'm not kidding). In the story, Steve actually doesn't agree to make the indie games for Fazbear Entertainment *because* he is actually aware of the real Missing Children's event. The only reason he ends up making them (he only makes 3 and leaves the fourth unfinished) is because Fazbear Entertainment manages to trick him into doing so. Point is, it's not conspiracies, it's known knowledge, Fazbear Entertainment are just kind of hoping enough time has passed to where people will believe that the events were simply rumors and using Steve's indie games as a scapegoat. But obviously based on the "It's happening again" dufflebag message in Security Breach, more people than just Steve haven't forgotten what happened.

Thank you! I'll have to double-check that take cake reference to see if it breaks my theory.

Glad you liked it! And I will make sure volume is lower next time

No problem! It was fun to make!

Well, that's a first.

To be fair, the part of the timeline I stopped at (the gap) is pizza Sim and a good portion of that games Lore came from the Scott games website or wasn't told at all. Mainly the huge redesigns of the scrap baby, molten Freddy, lefty, and scraptrap.

Lmao, this is a great compliment. I'm glad you found me!

Thank you! I'm glad I could inspire you to do something similar!

I'm trying to get this bad boy out ASAP!

Glad you found me!

Thank you! I will make sure it's lower for part 2

You got it! Thought I adjusted it well this time, but I'll lower it more next time. Is it all too loud, or is there a specific part that sticks out?

​@@TerminalError It's all too loud but the vid overall is great

I feel like the small references to it are important, but I'm not entirely sure why yet. Small pieces put together correctly can highly imply it still happens but with different details, which could either mean steel wool is attempting to change it or the pieces aren't supposed to fit together that way.

That's a good point. I did forget that reference. The only thing I can currently see with that is that it seems to imply only 1 person/child went missing and was stuffed. Putting the clues together, however, could change that.

Shhhh! Keep your voice down! People don't like the term "concrete evidence" here. But I do agree that it seems like some of the community didn't give the new death order enough of a chance.

Do you mean the AR golden glamrock freddy plush?

@@TerminalError yes, but i found it strange that they would include it

So yes, all the original info does still count (as far as we know), but this was supposed to be more of a thought experiment of building a timeline using just steel Wools games since they sort of gave the series a soft reboot. A lot of information about the series is becoming a decade old, and some of the info we get isn't accessible through the original means (like Scott games website or fnaf ar) which makes building a timeline very difficult with all the information. Tldr: Yes, the old games are still canon, but sifting through 10 years of fnaf is a headache, and I wanted to see if we need the old games still

We also see them in the dreadbear dlc, but I think the Lore from that might better fit the next video

@@TerminalError OMG I just found an arcade cabinet in security breach that has nightmare fredbear on it, ford this make him non canon?

Whaaaaat? Nooooooo, what makes you say that? Half of my music definitely isn't pulled from his music channel

To that, I would say they still are poking fun at things in their games and covering up the truth. We still get the reference to the bite of 87, springtrap still has a body inside, phone guy still dies, and if you don't think the incident at the fnaf 2 location was the bite, you could also use that as something for them to cover up.

You got it!

Glad you think so!

Sorry I split it! I honestly didn't want to but I hate not posting something for almost a month

@@TerminalError it's alright! It's understandable. At least we'll get the other half when you're done with the editing right? Even if we don't get the rest it'll be able to help others start somewhere on their quests for similar things. Take care of yourself while we're waiting btw, if stuff needs pushing back so you make time for yourself to recover from something then so be it

DAMN IT! YOU GOT ME AGAIN!!

Naw, that thing is getting built this weekend hopefully

Oh man. Have funktioniert building it 😊

Oh man. Have fun building it😊

Yo!

Springtrap, burntrap, and plushtrap are all green, and glitchtrap approaches you as a green glitch, making me believe he's still a shade of green.

How about you actually watch the video before casting your judgement. This feels like a parody of a comment.

@@LiMe251 wow, how original... sadly, I do watch most of these. Also, nice fake account bro, lol. "Ooh, he doesn't like Rye's video, I should hop off him and say this guy's opinion is a joke, because omg FNAF." come on kid, this isn't rocket science.

@@RavenZombieX There is so much to unpack here that I'm going to have to break it apart 1. He literally didn't cheat, Help Wanted has plenty of differences from the first 3 games, enough that he decided that the MCI didn't happen in this hypothetical timeline 2. Tf do you mean "nice account", BY WHO?! If I was a fake account, then WHY would I receive such little acknowledgement, why would I be involved in lost media searches on this account, and why would my account be 4 years old. 3. You didn't say that you didn't like Rye's video, that possibility was the least of my concerns, you think the Steelwoolverse is actually separate instead of a thought experiment, you think Ruin is a different timeline to the game it's a direct sequel to, you don't want him to compare the standard timeline perceptions to this new one as a starting point, even calling it cheating somehow, and you think using Steelwool games in a Steelwool games timeline is even remotely comparable to using books in a games only discussion, but sure, a brief mention of another youtuber is the most notable part of this comment, whatever you say. 4. You're overanalying if you thought my comment wasn't my genuine thoughts. 5. Where did I even imply something even remotely as complex as rocket science?! 6. You literally admitted to stopping at 4 minutes in before any part of the main attraction of this video had started.

​@@RavenZombieXI feel the need to reiterate point number 6, you admitted to stopping the video before he got to the Steelwool timeline, you admitted to stopping the video at a point that is the standard timeline before he starts covering the Steelwool only timeline, you are judging a video that you did not watch even the start of the main purpose of.

Yeah, completely agree. After the one podcast where Rye starts ranting about people who vote a certain way are “redeemable” and wants to give then a chance to see the error of their ways, I quit watching. Absolutely ridiculous and cult like behavior.

That's a pretty good theory! I love when people use Chuck e cheese information to back up their theories because it helps ground it in the real world. My only concern is that I don't think we've gotten a reference to multiple fredbears locations before. Multiple Freddy's yes, but not so sure about fredbear. That also seems to imply that each fredbear is tied to a different tragic event. Purple hat is tied to CCs death, black hat to the MCI, and while brown doesn't have a canon tragedy, one of the kids in a separate box in the fnaf 3 minigame is missing which feels intentional since each box is a copy and paste. I dont think this is a bad theory. In fact, I think it's really well thought out and creative, I just dont see enough evidence for me to personally believe it. But if we get reference to a second fredbears, I might just need to jump to your theory.

I think I can explain why there would be multiple fredbears for starters the business was booming so it would make since that they opened another fredbear diner plus in fnaf 3 if I remember phone guy says "the suits have been sent to the multiple freddy locations" he said the suits if there was more then 2 why would they suits be sent to different locations? Sure there could have been extras but if there were extras wouldn't they be able to put em all in the same location also he said "due to multiple spring lock failures we can't use the suits" I don't think I exactly remember what he said but I doubt the spring lock failures all happened in the same 2 suits plus it can't be the circus baby ones either since that place closed in one day Also here's another reason why there could be multiple diners spring bonnie since in my first comment I say chuck e cheese changed his fit at different places maybe they also changed the whole spring bonnie at each diner for example the spring bonnie head in the parts and service at fredbears the head looks so weird and the spring bonnie suit purple guy is putting on a employee looks different from the one on stage plus the one on stage in fnaf 4 during the bite is brown and let's compare nightmare fredbear and fredbear to the fredbear in fnaf 1 and fnaf 2 they look WAY different not bc of the hat and bowtie but there stomach doesn't nightmare fredbear and the fredbear in the eight bit mini game look way thicker then the fnaf 1 and fnaf 2 fredbear? So that's my reason why the hat and bowtie changes these reasons might not be as good as the comment I posted but this is just my theory

Oh I believe it

They aren't really plot holes since you can still play the classic era games. This is more of a thought experiment that shows what Steel Wool finds most important for the new story they want to tell.

Thank you, I was thinking this exact thing at that point. I still enjoyed the video and the other points he brought up. It's a fun sleuthing exercise.

Yes, the old games are canon, I do realize that. This video was more of a challenge to myself that also had other purposes. 1) if we can make a full timeline containing most of the info, then we might not have to comb through all the old content for information. 2) some content is just no longer easily accessible to fans. Anything on Scott games website is gone forever and now we have fnaf ar being deleted, making obtaining any of that information also difficult for fans. 3) since the timeline seems to be highly different than the "ultimate timelines" many people have made before, are any of the things left out being left out for a reason. That last one will be the hardest to prove and if it's true, we'll only know after another game or so.

I saw that short! I think rye toast has said something similar, but that might've just been in a stream or something. But that would make sense as to why Mike can get hired and why William always seems to come back with more human parts that he didn't have before

@@TerminalError That also made me have this though: Oh god, that means William's body could be regenerating.

no hate i just thought it was funny how eerily similar it is

Lmao, that's why I credited him. He came up with the idea, and I yoinked and twisted it

Lmao, I garentee I do not have it down. It took like 12 takes to say the right thing and point to the right spot. I'm glad it looks good in the video tho

RU-vid knows what you're thinking at all times

This is supposed to be the same timeline, just told from a different perspective. Its using info pulled just from the steel wool games and not from books or Scott's games, which will change some things since we don't have a full picture, but I wasn't making it intending to be a separate timeline. It just kinda turned out like that with steel wool not giving us some info.

Lmao I hope your mom liked it!

Is there any other differences between mobile and vr other than the tapes get replaced by princess quest?

To my knowledge no. I might've missed something, though. Do you know what game the reference is in?

@@TerminalError Fazer Blast 2, the FNaF 2 level

It does look like they are using the same kid sprites in that game, but they don't seem to show anything about Charlie's death from what I've found

@@TerminalError Fair point. We're supposed to connect The Puppet with those kids, but there's no way to know that only using SW games

Thank you! I'm really glad you liked it and that I don't come off like a bumbling idiot lol. I also can't really blame Steel Wool too much with the direction it looked like they wanted to take the games since security breach went through development hell. It actually makes me want to make another video going over the problem steel wool is facing with modern fnaf, so maybe that'll be the video I put out before part 2 since this one took A LOT out of me.

Sorry. It was either that or push it back again, and I REALLY didn't wanna push it back another week

I'm really glad you liked it!