In Defense of the Aftons' Accent
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- I really like the voices that the Aftons were provided in the FNaF games. As of late, however, a specific facet of their voices seems to be being ignored. Which is why I'm choosing to speak in defense of the Aftons' British accent. This is probably the closest I'm going to get to a video essay on this channel lol.
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Text-to-speech joke: uberduck.ai
If I come across as a little salty in this video... well, I am a little bit, but please don't take it too seriously. I'm very passionate about this, is all. Criticism appreciated :)
In all honesty I'm really embarrassed about this video being the one to gain so much popularity. I was proud of the editing, but the contents and the argument itself was rather lacking. I'm glad so many people agree, though. But I promise to take more care when constructing these kinds of scripts, as expressing my feelings properly is very important to me.
Good voice. Really suited mystery narration. If you got any plans.
I watched this thinking you had at least 10k subscribers just because of the sheer quality of the video. I loved it and I’ll be sticking around. Also i completely agree the aftons should stay british
I personally think Scott changing William's accent was a product of him receiving a new voicebox right before or during security breach.
British people when they see themselves in a game : "Finally somebody knows we exist"
Ur wonderful
Afton really got the bri’ish burned out of him
The canonical reason why Burntrap has like no lines in the final game
Lol
He got the vocal cords burned out of him
TRUE 🤣
Yayyy! Now He's less evil
Midnight motorist shows purple guy driving on the wrong side of the road when drunk...perhaps his British origins have more impact then we think.
BAHAHAHAHAH THAT IS GOLD
“DAMN AMERICANS DRIVING ON THE WRONG BLOODY SIDE OF THE ROAD!”
@@killminewin4733Indians also drive on the same side of the road as british
He's Scottish!
Don’t they drive on the left side in Midnight Motorist?
Even the name Afton sounds better in a British accent. Just imagine such a cool, important, chillingly evil character staring at you, reaching out his hand so calmly it’s unsettling and then uttering… “My name is Wehlleeeum Æftan” 🤦🏻♀️
The name Afton even has roots in Europe! I seriously can't imagine William sounding he's from California, which is the vibe I get from Matthew Lillard's voice in a lot of his roles, it's gonna be hard to adjust to personally 😅
Imagine if he southern accent
THE WAY YOU SPELLED IT I CAN'T BAHAHAHA
@@garlicamvs6235 As someone from the lands of “Ope” and “Y’all” this made me cackle.
@@ozymondiaskreed8176 just imagine him saying
“Yall know I ain’t gonna stay dead”
As a British person myself, I agree that they should have kept their accents. Also all the British William Afton memes are just funny.
Edit: WOW! 3.6k likes?!?!? Thanks guys!
I'm from sweden. but damn, it gets so annoying only hearing american accents in media.
@@Snekysnitch Honestly though, there should be more British characters in shows made for English speaking audiences. Most annoying part is now in games for the language settings the English option has the American flag. Its almost as if English doesn't include England anymore😭
@@T13GUY it’s funny because this is actually a very serious political debate in England. We are often not allowed to say we are English on official British government websites or surveys nor are we allowed to raise the flag of England in some places in England. 🏴
@@T13GUY ikr, i'm allways confuzed by that.
Mmmmmm brritish
As someone who has made multiple headcanons about the Aftons connection to the UK, my personal favorite was the idea that even though Elizabeth and CC were born in the USA William was still very determined to keep their accents british, so he prohibited them from viewing american media and forced them to watch his old recording of "Thr fawlty towers" on vcr all the time
wait that actually explains why when he goes home after work mike watches dumb (i can't remember if they're british) sitcoms, because that's what he was raised on - also great choice of sitcom, my mum also forced me to watch fawlty towers with her, it's a british tradition apparently lmao
I actually really like that headcanon lol, it makes sense considering the Afton kids presumably grew up in Utah, plus the idea of William being a fan of Fawlty Towers is one I never considered before but can absolutely envision
@Isaac Phillips God now I'm picturing Mike eating popcorn while watching Only Fools and Horses
@@bonkboy4386 if Mike doesn’t watch old sitcoms at home at any point in the movie we riot
Actually now I’m wondering what the time period will be in the movie - will it be modern or will it follow the games? Obviously I hope to follow the games but you never know
Completely unrelated lmao
@@GreetingsInferiors I really hope it's a period piece. I want weird hairstyles, political jabs and "Video Killed the Radio Star" playing on the radio over a murder-montage
Imagine getting tortured so much you lost one of your iconic features
Cassidy bullied the accent out of William
@@bonkboy4386 Lmao
@@bonkboy4386 grown man gets bullied by 5 year old simulator
@@AbsoluteRatBastard wait was cassidy really that old when afton killed them
@@robbietheweirdo Idk maybe she was 8 but getting bullied by someone 5 years old sounds funnier
Agree 100%, I absolutely LOVE their accent, it just gives the Aftons so much personality and allows fans to really go wild with headcanons of when/why they moved to America. I wish they would be British in the movie but I guess I'd be alright with it if they're American since it's probably gonna be like a different continuity or something. Maybe that will even be used as a way to signal to FNAF fans in the audience that it's not the same universe. But like, please Scott and Steel Wool at least let them stay British in the games... 😭
(Also I laughed so hard at 0:38 9:13 and 16:46 LOL, great video and thanks for sharing your thoughts on the topic!)
Exactly!! You get it!!! I do think the movie universe is separate from the game universe and that's probably the reason the British accent will be ignored there, but at the same time... it's a video game movie. Why can't we have the things in the movie be like they are in the games 😢
Thank you for enjoying the humour as well, I'm never too confident on whether a joke will land or not lol
@@bonkboy4386 Yeah I totally agree! Like obviously it's not gonna be one-to-one with the games but a LITTLE consistency would be nice... I know they changed Elizabeth's name, but at least there's probably a reason why (Abby being an anagram of Baby and also apparently a rare nickname for Elizabeth). I just hope if they do end up being American in the movie it's because the actors are American, and not an attempt to retcon their accent out of existence.
And lol I get what you mean, humor is subjective and all that, but don't sell yourself short! Your jokes were really funny :)
Fun fact : it’s actually theorized that the game takes place either Australia or New Zealand because in fnaf 2 , it’s said that the nightguard’s job is a SUMMER job and in the payment note , it says DECEMBER .
@@antoniocarlosoliveira9146 wait fr? damn
As a British person I could confidently say no British Person in their right mind would move to America so we can tell Afton is obviously insane. I love these little hints in FNAF at the greater lore
Just a quick side note here, you don't need to be from Britain or live there to have an accent. I have a distinct British accent even though I was born and lived all my life in America. The only reason I have it is because my dad has an accent. That's it. The rest of my family I see on a regular basis, my mom, my half brother, my grandma, all of them have American accents. The children or William's wife never even needed to live in England for an accent to develop, and I'm a living example. There doesn't have to be any backstory other than William was born in England. It's easy just to write in on a whim.
This. I grew up in the midwest. One of my close friends had a british accent and his dad had a british accent and his dads mom had a british accent, all the rest had your standark midwest talky talk.
@@SC-ec8xe Yeah relatable, also live in the midwest. The thing about having an accent is that you don't recognize yourself or others who share the accent as having an accent. Now I don't hear American or British accents, so I never understand when someone says "they sound american/british"
Not like it affects anything, just a thing that occurs.
Yea, whoever you are around the most really affects your speech as a child. Remember a few years back, (I think during lockdown?) all those toddlers in USA started talking like Peppa Pig? lol
@@Adamant_Adam Never heard of that, but if it's true, it'd be pretty funny.
love this comment so much because i have an oc who has a scottish accent despite being raised in america - my explanation is that they picked it up from their father because Didnt Go Outside As A Kid but i always felt kind've hamfisted for it, but this appeases my anxiety lmfao
I agree with this point, the accent really adds to Afton’s character allowing him to stand out from the other characters.
Thank you! Feels good to see so many people on board with this opinion :))
I like his British accent
William while he was dying:
"Oh great heavens! It does hurt a whole lot! Blime me!"
Tis but a scratch? Your whole body’s been springlocked!
“Blime me”? You mean blimey?
"Blime me"? lol
I mean, "cor blimey" is a minced oath of "(may) God blind me". Minced oaths are euphemistic terms such as God->gosh, hell->heck, shit->sheesh and so on.
Blime me isn't all that unreasonable a thing to say.
william when the springlocks went off: oh my it's blime time
My gf has a British accent. She was born in Florida in the USA. Never lived outside the state. She has an accent just because her adopted mom has one. I was told a lot that I have a British accent. I was born in Texas, USA. Never been to England. My grandmother came from England.
So, they don't HAVE to be immigrants. They don't HAVE to ever set foot in England. If the people that raised William are British then he would pick it up, it doesn't have to be any deeper than that.
After Watching this video, im now a part of the British Afton Truthers (trademark pending). i heavily agree that they shouldve kept their accent
Thank you so much!! Please be sure to attend our meetings every Tuesday (chewsday), we will be serving cake and ice cream :))
@@bonkboy4386 i shall attempt to attend next chewsday, will there be tea?
@@bonkboy4386 The last time someone told me there'd be a cake a giant robot tried to kill me. The cake was a lie!
Couldn't agree more.
I agree with you
It makes me very unhappy that the Afton's accents are being erased. For William, it made him feel more sophisticated, and it added to the vibe that he was a genius in robotics and he was absolutely evil. Without it, he seems generic, even a little boring. He sounds like the movie villains we've heard thousands of times before. And for all the other Afton's, not only does it just give them a super cool vibe, but it helps connect them to each other!
Yeah exactly!! The accent complemented these characters so well, even if it is a rather minor thing to make such a big fuss about, removing the accent from the Aftons just would just make them feel like new characters to me.
Afton is supposed to be boring. Serial killers only get away with it when they're overlooked.
Yes. William, as mentioned by PJ, was perfectly calm, and sophisticated no matter what situation...
Or at least, that was the idea he had in mind. I really do like that their accents aren't over-the-top.
And, YES, YES YES YES, it perfectly gives the idea of evil.
The way William speaks slowly, in a low, sinister but calming voice is unsettling. True perfection 👌
@@Aubergine_Eggplant_ManFunny because a lot of the majority idiot fanbase thinks he's some wacky eccentric "silly" guy...
@@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475do NOT shit talk silly willy he can be both.
17:45 This comparison right here really sells it for me. Quiet evil is *always* scarier than loud evil.
Horror is like jazz, it’s the scary stuff you don’t see
Wait, the first one is William's voice???
@@lazerizer6895different actor but apparently yes.
@@undeadwerewolves9463 Wait, what
The first one sounds so STUPID😭 British Afton supremacy
As a Biritish person I found it really nice to have a British video game character because they are always American. And if they are British then they have the most stereotypical posh Queen's English voice so having British characters made was a nice change for once. And I agree with the point that it's just a more interesting accent than the bland accent that every kids villain seems to have.
Yesss, it was even more cool that one of those characters was the main protagonist of the series, I don't know if I can think of many other franchises that have a British protagonist in an American setting, typically it's just the antagonist. I also enjoy the fact that their accent wasn't totally over-the-top, they were literally just British. I'm glad we got to have this version of the characters, even if that era seems to be over now
@@bonkboy4386 to be fair the protagonist and antagonist are father and son so it makes sense for them to have the same accent
@Hazakura Suyama that is true lol
Yeah I think that’s why Bridget is so popular as well( the character from Guilty Gear)
Hey, i watched Vinland Saga and loved Askeladd for his connection to wales and stuff, it’s nice knowing a partially welsh character is in a thing I love
BRI’ISH PERSON DETECTED 🤮 WE FOUND THEM EVERYONE BE ON HIGH ALERT 🤮🤮🤮 (joke 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮)
The thing with the whole “Aftons move to the US” is that no matter when they do, the accents are plausible. Either the kids were old enough for their accent to remain or they spent enough time around their British dad to keep it
Omg thank fucking GOD I found someone else as passionate about this, I felt a bit nuts getting all up in arms about it. Coincidentally we're both Brits, so perhaps that makes us seem a little egotistical, but I really liked William being British. To be very fair to me, my dad came to America to make it big in tech and then had me following in his footsteps from a young age (though I'm more of a hobbyist), so I found the Aftons relatable in that aspect. Not the murder aspect though, I swear, lmao. It just feels kind of bland getting rid of that "American dream gone wrong" layer to their family.
I think I'm passionate about this topic to a fault lol. I end up looking crazy to everyone I bring it up to. I really wish I raised the whole 'American Dream gone wrong' thing in my video, that's a good point and it probably would've been more convincing than the points I went with. But thank you so much for agreeing with me on this, I was worried it wouldn't come across too clear :))
I always assumed that William was a British immigrant who moved to the states for better job opportunities.
@@bonkboy4386that would be a cool second video on the subject. 😁
Is anyone else just literally tense and irrationally angry about this? I'm weirdly angry about this and I'm *very* close to letting loose my inner Karen and just giving Scott the most sternly worded letter in fandom history.
@@glasscardproductions4736 Yeah I'm honestly pretty annoyed about it actually, it just feels like it takes away any originality in the Aftons as characters and makes William another boring stock villain.
YES! finally someone who understands why i love their British accent.
Edit: I just remembered back in 2021 when i heard William's voice lines in the Security Breach trailer, my reaction was something along the lines of: “Those morons made William American!”
Genuinely I was so disappointed when I realised they just deleted his accent. I'm glad so many people resonate with this as I've held the opinion that the Aftons should get to keep their accent for a while now :))
@@bonkboy4386 I'm making William british in my series and no one would dare to make me change that design choice.
@@NotGanimator Definitely not me!!
@@NotGanimator Don't say stupid things.
This comment made me realise that that voice belonged to William... wtf guys...
As someone who is British, it made me even more attached to the Aftons. It also makes them stand out, as you have already said in the video.
A headcanon of mine is because Michael is British, he was made fun of in school which lead him to join a bad group of friends (the ones who bullied the crying child), worsened by Elizabeth's death. Basically, them being British played a huge role in the story of FNAF.
Canon
Absolute peak headcanon
Also it's our headcanon now, comrade
I mean, it wasn't British part that made Aftons recognizable. It was accent.
If it was Boston accent, or Australian accent, or hell, even Russian accent, it would still work from the start.
Because when you hear Afton, most fans can only think of one color stick figure and voice. When you change the voice, you've stripped character of half of its features.
It's like taking purple from purple man. Color was never really important as much as the fact that there was color was
It kinda was an Australian accent in sister location, not Elizabeth tho
When you played all the characters' voices it made me realize that at the very least Elizabeth without the accent would sound too similar to the puppet
Not to mention that high pitch British brats voice was so startling and jarring by accident. It was so unexpected it was creepy. The voice being British even creepier to American audiences 😂
EXACTLY The voices really help to differentiate characters, like Elizabeth vs Charlotte or William vs Henry. As long as one has an accent, you dont even need context; you can immediately tell who is who.
Honestly I agree with the aftons being british it makes them unique and also alot of british jokes about them I never really had a problem with the voice in the sb trailer but rehearing it just makes it sound meh compared to every other voice line
Also as a british person I just think that would be cool for the aftons being british
Same same aaaand same. Obviously I don't intend to diminish the performances of any other actors, my favourite performance in the entire series is Henry's (and Michael's but that's not important right now), who is very clearly American. I just think the accent adds a layer of interest and mystery to the Aftons that makes them engaging :))
@@bonkboy4386 yeah I don't hate the sb trailer afton voice I just prefer the british voice and appreciate it more now
@@earthboundfan9446 Why having a british accent makes them "unique"?
@@scottchaison1001 because everyone else is American?
@@scottchaison1001 because everything else has a weird like american accent
My personal headcannon as to why Afton didn't have a British accent in Security Breach is because of the fire and being rebuilt messing with his Vocal cords
I like this headcanon, imma adopt it too
This is what I will accept as canon
I mean… American English is original British English.
i dont think thats how accents work-
@@scribblecloudif he had damage to his brain and/or nervous system he could develop another accent, damage to his throat muscles and vocal chords could also change his pronunciation of words.
But it’s more likely that the Mimic is just doing a bad job at y’know, mimicking his voice
For my own sanity, I've just told myself the non British voices don't count because Williams dead and its really just the animatronics voice, not william.
Iconic behavior, I'd do that from now on
@@diamondplums503 thanks, I try.
FnaF SB sucks so bad, that it's just better to not view it as canon at all. The story came to an end with FnaF PS in my book
Yea SB has been speculated to be a soft reboot @@halionextra
I tend to think of it as an alternate timeline kinda thing, but that also makes sense-@@humptydumptysat
The Aftons really remind me of the Addams Family in this way. (funny comparison, I know) But like, the juxtaposition of this very odd British family living in hurricane Utah is just so unique and really sets them apart. Especially in comparison to the Emily family, who all have American accents.
I always just assumed the accent change was done to represent how William is in *a completely new form* as Glitchtrap
He’s no longer in his physical body. If there was ever time for a voice change, this would be it
The laughter audio for Burntrap (William in a physical body again) during his bossfight supports this - he definitely sounds British there
I think I can actually live with this explanation. He's not really William anymore, he's lost his human side so of course he would have a different voice, cool idea!
Going off of this, I'd like to imagine that Glitchtrap is using a voice AI to speak, and using a stereotypical evil voice would provide the largest voicebank to work with.
@@bonkboy4386Makes even more sense given recent relevation in SB Ruin, where Glicthtrap is nearly confirmed, or just heavily implied, to be a William mimicker. So it would make even more sense with Glitchtrap and Burntrap possibly being an even more separated entity from William Afton than we thought at first sight.
Finally someone who understands.
I just think its funny that he's British but- imagine if he had an accent from the North of England. How less seriously people would of taken him.
-I am a Northener myself but my accent is a horrible amalgamation but Im also a bootleg Afton. His voice is fun but hurts like hell to do!-
Non-Brits kind of blur all the accents from different parts of the country together, so I think the amount of jokes about Afton being British would stay about the same if he sounded more Northen lol. Also yeah, I find myself imitating (or at least trying to imitate) Afton's voice a lot just because my accent's slightly similar to his. Trying to do the Springtrap voice however, feels like actually being springlocked in your throat, it's terrible.
@@bonkboy4386 is that ironic that your voice cripples when you perform the SPRINGTRAP VOICE? 😮
I agree with all of this, just because I think the accent is a big part of what makes the aftons who they are. And not only letting the accent go, but letting PJ go aswell, after the amazing preformence feels really strange and in my opinion is a really bad desicion.
Of course!! I thought it was a bad decision to revamp William's voice to just be that of a generic villain, and I agree that removing such an important aspect of the character is kind of an insult. I only hope these changes aren't here to stay, if they are then I'm at least glad we got to experience these performances in the previous games :)
Want to boost this in the algorithm for sure. Hard agree; I never really thought they needed a justification for being British, but the fish-out-of-water vibe (considering the series takes place in Utah, not even on the Eastern seaboard where one might expect something similar) really does distinguish them more. Honestly I wonder if they removed the accent to make it more ambiguous whether or not theyre bringing any of the Aftons back as different characters in the new games (for instance, if patient 46 suddenly broke out an English accent, everyone would narrow down their identity immediately). I hope not, but it might be a factor. (Steel Wool please keep them british the series is complex enough without an inability to recognize some of the main players). Also now I like the idea of william deliberately moving to america for reasons related to his career in engineering, including but not limited to it being much easier to get a permit to build a huge underground laboratory facility beneath your house, or at the very least making it much more difficult for anyone to discover (and less likely for them to really care) if you do it without one
Yessss, I seriously wonder what the actual reason was that they chose to remove the accent. You do raise a good point about it diminishing some of the mystery, but at least with Patient 46 they don't actually speak, so if they wanted to keep a characters' identity ambiguous they could just make them silent. Besides, Elizabeth shared William's British accent in Sister Location, so this franchise doesn't have much of a history with keeping a character's identity a secret through just showing their voice - people caught on real quick that Elizabeth was William's daughter. I also really like thinking about the potential backstory for William moving to Utah, there's a lot of room for fan interpretation there :))
as someone from Europe whose family always tells them “Oh, you should go to America and get a masters there”. Or find a job!
I guess I have subconciusly built this whole backstory of William being of the “fancier upperclass” of Europe (high middle class, no he is not brittish royalty… even though that would be hilarious) And moved to America dragging his whole family because “his true potential was being wasted”. Maybe he was a graduate in AI & programming like in my campus, and felt like Europe was small fries to him.
Then he ended up in Utah, living the “American life” tm, but not really becoming the big fish he wanted to be. Plus America is expensive as F€#@.
So he settled for the Franchise making life, yet refused to adopt any American accent out of pride, because he didn’t want to.
Once good use of an American Willaim Afton is on Squimpus Mcgrimpus' Fnaf Analog Horror series, namely the video, "Memories". The voice actor manages to pull off the psychopathic nature of William Afton in a way than an English accent just wouldn't work with. Imo it's my favorite interpretation of the character.
Oh yes absolutely, I really like the direction that Squimpus took the character in that. The accent didn't bother me too much as it was of course an alternate unofficial take on the story, but it really fit that universe and worked really well for it :)
I think that the american accent really highlighted the fact that he was just an ordinary man, this stereotypical patriarch of a proper nuclear family. Someone who you would never expect to be a murdererer
Squimpess did a great job with the accent, i do however preffer the rout battington took in his recreation in pirate cove pre show, it felt so perfect.
I feel like if William is British the kids may have just picked up his accent as they learned to speak. I really love the idea of British Aftons, my favourite accent for villains or otherwise
Also, no wonder CC croed so much, not only the animatronics sacred him but little bro was probably bullied for being bri'ish
The idea that William fled England to a remote little town in the States after being hunted by the police is fun.
It's basically my head canon.
Same. I wonder if Orville Elephant might have been one of Afton’s earlier victims from back when he was in the UK, since Orville also has a British accent.
@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 Oh! Haha I like that
Wait a minute! It would also make sense that despite being in America, that his murder weapon of choice would be a knife!
Scott is a genius
It’s So True Tho. When You Played All The Fnaf Characters’ Voice Lines Together. They Were All Unique And The Afton’s Accent Really Fit In With The Uniqueness Of The Whole Franchise's Voices. It Just All Blended So Well In The Beginning And Was Recognizable. You Make A Great Point.
Thank you!! I'm glad the points I made were clear and convincing enough, this is something I'm very vehement about and I'm happy I was able to get across :)))
I prefer the Aftons being British, too. But is it possible that the American accent in the games is for Glitchtrap? You know, like how William probably would have been doing a different voice when he's in the suit and pretending to be Spring Bonnie while entertaining families at the restaurant? And since Glitchtrap pretty much looks like the costume character, then maybe it would have William's over-the-top in-character voice? (Like how William speaks in blue and yellow text for the Fruity Maze game in Pizzeria Simulator.) I don't actually know, it's just something that I've thought for a while.
Very late response but this is another good interpretation of the accent change. Since the novel does imply that William puts on a different, more friendly voice for whenever he's in Spring Bonnie mode, it would actually make a lot of sense that he now permanently sounds like this character he puts on because Glitchtrap is a reflection of William from around that time. I feel like that should make him sound more happy, or forced happy whenever he talks, though. Which would make for some great horror through dialogue, as a man who is constantly forced to sound cheery and happy regardless of the context of what he's saying has a lot of potential for creepy moments. But that doesn't seem to be what they're doing with the character looking at Security Breach. Definitely a neat idea though, and it would be cool if they took it in that direction!
British Afton family will always be canon in my heart
Istg the British accent just adds that little more to their personality and makes them slightly more mysterious - it wouldn’t be the same without the accent
I never expected this video to blow up, the support and general feedback on this video has been insane. I'm sure you can tell I am very passionate about this topic, the Aftons and FNaF as a series are very important to me, so I'm glad I got my thoughts out there and that they are being so well received. Thank you all so much for watching!!
I'm gonna admit, I watched your video on a whim. I heard your argument, and it is a good one, but I wanted to give you another point of view. If you watch clips of a character named Charles Emerson Winchester III from the show M*A*S*H* you'll hear that British/American sounding Uppercrust Bostonian accent. But I also want you to think about the most common villain type out there. The Brit. "We need a bad guy to sound really evil." "Quick! Call a Brit." Tom Hiddleston did a car commercial with a couple of other British villains talking about that. Maybe Scott doesn't want to play into that stereotype.
@silverbullet1620 After taking a listen, I don't know that that was the accent intended for the character of Afton, definitely not for Elizabeth as hers is unequivocally British, but I think I can pick up on the resemblance you're suggesting between William and Winchester. Either way the Aftons' place of origin is technically still up in the air. I do agree that the British Villain trope is rather prominent in a lot of media, but I think the foreign accent aids the sense of mystery and the enigmatic nature of the Aftons, particularly William. It is a possibility that Scott decided to avoid the cliché, but I'm still of the opinion that that is the wrong choice for these characters. Still, thank you for the feedback, and for questioning my points, it's good to have your thoughts challenged, and to be told I may not be 100% right about everything :))
@@bonkboy4386 welcome. And I think you pointed out well in your video why Elizabeth is very British. Also consider one other thing as far as Security Breach goes. Steven Hawking. He was a British Man himself, but when he lost all mobility and had to use a computer to speak for him, it spoke like an American. Burntrap is fully robotic or at least his voicebox is so...
@@silverbullet1620 I replied this to another comment already, but I will say a reasonable explanation for Afton's accent being different in Security Breach is that he's possessing a body that isn't his. Because Elizabeth possessing Circus Baby proves that accents can change depending on the vessel being possessed.
@@bonkboy4386 you said possession. I was thinking more of real world events and inspiration. Besides look at what FNAF has become. Faz Goo. Yeesh.
An interesting aspect about the accent is that they all have it, implying the kids were sheltered to the point where they didn't develop a more american accent.
I thought the Aftons were from New England. Uppercrust Boston.
Well that’s what you’ll get in the movie. I would expect to hear something similar to Matthew’s role in Scream for William
That would be a pretty good way to cover up the change. "Oh, no no, I meant that they were from NEW England, not England England".
@@KoopaShellzz I was thinking of Winchester from M*A*S*H*
Their accent is honestly so nice. It fits their character very well, and it’s honestly so cool. I love it sm
I remember the first time I heard Williams voice in sister location I was instantly drown in by the performance and it solidified my love of the character, without the accent adding so much more to the performance I’m not so sure I’d be as invested in him as I am, so I sincerely hope the Aftons will have British accents in the film and future games.
No matter what-even if Afton is now confirmed to not have an accent, I will always identify him as British.
he still has an accent, an american accent
@@goopystick9867 WAIT NO GAHH-
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@@goopystick9867Gross, Americans. (
Honestly, when I first heard William's voice in Sister Location, I thought he was supposed to be Australian because of the way he said 'icecream'. Upon doing further research into PJ Heywood I found out he was Australian himself so that's why the pronunciation sounded Australian. I was a bit bummed that William was British as an Australian myself but for some reason just the idea of William being British just seemed to fit his character much better than him being an eshay.
Well us Brits do sound like Aussies when you get us drunk tbh
William and Michael’s voices sound like they have South-East English accents to me, which has a lot of similarities with Australian accents. I just like to imagine that William is from Sussex.
I agree with you, that bri’ish is cool.
Bri’ish will always be in our hearts.
However, I don’t think Scott had anything to do with this, I think it’s steel wool. But even then, I think that the bri’ishness will come back.
I hope that's true, though I just wish I knew what the thought process was behind the decision to remove it in the first place.
As a British Afton Truther (trademark pending) I've always felt that (as you pointed out) their accents set them apart from all the other characters and personally he always reminded me of victorian novel villains for example Mr Hyde and or just a murderous version of Sherlock Holmes, as I feel a lot of his character fits in with their stereotypes because his character always seems to tread the line between chaotic and a calculating villain. Which is why I think him being British when he manipulates Vanny would make much more sense as it could play off the soft spoken devil trope, although there is one point I can concede Glitchtrap could have an american accent since he's a more jovial character which doesn't quite fit with his previous personality.
To throw another accent into the ring I would also accept a French William Afton to pay homage to Victor Frankenstein as that is basically the closest character I can think of in literature and it would also make him unique.
Springtrap: "Bonjour Michaell"
Michael: 😮
I'm an Australian Afton truther, their accents are Australian, not British 😭😭
@@hyenagore2982 Scott himself listed it as a British accent, so ya got bad luck.
@@goldiebotics pj is Australian and he doesn't do a good job sounding British.
@@hyenagore2982 That doesn't mean Afton isn't British. The voice listing specifically said he has a British accent, not an Australian accent.
Michella Moss, per example, is British. Despite that, Ballora has an American accent, even if the VA's British accent sometimes accidentally slips out into Ballora.
I agree with you and think that the aftons being british while many other characters were voiced american was a very fun inclusion when I first heard the voicelines, and watching this made me a tad disappointed in the movie, if they do go through with the American accents. Most movies out there take place in America and have American actors anyway, unless they have a reason to be anywhere else, so having British accents would be rather nice personally. Also, I've never kept up with updates on the movie and only followed it on the few videos that pop up on my feed about the upcoming movie, so I was quite shocked that Elizabeth's name was changed to Abby, and I'm assuming Mike is William's son in the movie from your points in the video (too lazy to research the movie). Loved the video and thank you for sharing your opinion^^
(...I just typed a whole paragraph... I wish I had this much to say in reading comprehension tests T^T)
As a side note, I find it hilarious that some people would just think evil when they hear britain^^
Wow thank you!!! Yes perhaps I should have gone into more details about specific things for people who aren't as insanely invested in everything going on with the FNaF movie or FNaF lore as I am, I apologise for that lol. But thank you for enjoying the video, and I'm happy to see people agree and understand my points :)
I also think the British Villain trope is rather funny when you think about it, but I still enjoy seeing it come up in media :))
technically it's possible that mike isn't actually related to william, since while yes in the games mike schmidt is a fake name used by william afton, the fact that casting has only ever used mike schmidt could mean that the main character is mike schmidt, and since abby is only ever referred to as "mike's sister" she might not be related to william either, maybe the aftons are just different characters altogether (aside william of course, he's been named.)
Obviously i'd prefer if the mike was an afton and abby was elizabeth etc, but it is still possible
@@GreetingsInferiors I do wonder if the movie would follow their deaths. At least, considering they are aftons, since crying child wasn't really mentioned, and I've always assumed Elizabeth, at least in the game lore, died before him
@@bonkboy4386 Your video and humour was really nice, and it's lovely to wake up and find your video having blown up xD. When I made this comment, it only had around 200 views. Congrats on over a 100 subs as well^^
@@margaretfong6716I was going to write a comment about how elizabeth died after crying child but the more I think about it the more I’m starting to think that it’s possible she could’ve died before, as while sister location definitely takes place well after both have died, elizabeth died before chica had even joined the fazbear roster (chica’s pizza world was a separate chain while circus baby’s was active) while in fnaf 4 chica is as prominent a member as the rest of the cast
BRB I’ve gotta go brush myself up on my fnaf lore
I'm certainly a part of The Afton Truthers TM, just because it always gives them a sense of individualism. Literally the only in-universe reason I can think of for William (Likely RAISED in the UK) is that American influence finally got to him. That's it. The code for FNaF VR, an in-universe game, was done in America, and therefore Afton is interpreted as American or SOMETHING.
There's no logic outside and most especially INSIDE the universe. Sad mistake here. Rare to see one from Scotty, too :(
somehow i still prefer the british accent, gives him a sorta interesting/intriguing evilness
Personally, i think the aftons migrated from britain due to the recession in the early 80s. This may have lore implications to the early fnaf timeline but idk
I doubt the origins of the Aftons has many lore implications, but that's certainly an interesting theory, I actually never thought about real world events possibly influencing the characters like that
I swear it makes him more smarmy and evil sounding. It distinguishes him from other characters in the game too. And it makes it easier to tell which people are related to eachother. Elizabeth could've Charlie, or Vanessa, or Jessica or any other character but we know she's Elizabeth because she sounds like her dad.
This video is basically a summary of why I like the Afton's so much
The exact same for me, though I could probably talk way longer about everything that I like about the Aftons, beyond just their voices. I'm way too passionate about this very specific thing lol
I didn’t notice they had British accents because it just sounds like a normal voice to me since I’m British 💀
Yeah lol
I’m British, and everywhere in media outside Britain we either do not exist, or are heavily stereotyped / mocked. I totally agree with you.
Exactly, but tbh it’s mostly Americans who mock us lmao
I think it's good to laugh at yourself, British stereotypes and jokes surrounding them are fine imo but they are definitely plentiful. That's probably what makes Afton, an actual character who just happens to be British appealing to the Brits who care about representation. Other such characters like that I can think of Wheatley from Portal 2 and Liquid from MGS :))
@@bonkboy4386 the brits are based.
Thank you, I literally had a ten-minute rant about this (admittedly minor) issue to my girlfriend a few weeks ago. Michael's handful of context clues that we get for his characterization are important to me, damn it!
Whew! For a second there I was almost convinced that British people were real for a second 😂
As someone who was born in England but had immigrant parents, I didn't have a typical British accent because I was surrounded by Filipino ones (only having a stronger English accent as I got older). My cousins are the exact same, speaking with a moderately english accent but still maintaining a Filipino-American accent, even though we were all born and raised in England.
All in all, it still would've made sense for the Aftons to have a British accent despite being set in America.
I'm neither British or American however I still think that the Aftons having british accents in an american setting is a great idea and not really that confusing.
For one I have personal experience with this. I was both born and raised in Austria however my father is from Germany and it's because of him that I didn't grow up with an austrian accent.
Sure I use austrian terminology but overall when people hear me speak they sometimes note the absence of an austrian accent and some even ask me if I was from Germany.
So not only is it "impossible" for the Afton kids to have been born in the US and have a british accent regardless, but it also makes for some really fascinating story telling. William's kids having the same accent as him despite growing up in a country that has vastly different accents, shows how much William influenced his own children.
I remember the absolute confusion that happened when the trailer for SB released and we heard William,
people thought it could be Monty or Freddy talking, it wasn't until the later trailer where he talks down to Vanessa that
at least I was, oh okay guess this is his new voice now..
I'm not happy about it :/ I loved that the Aftons were british
I definitely remember people debating I'd that was Monty shouting in the SB trailer, I kinda thought it was too for a bit. It's disappointing that the characters have undergone this change, but the British era of the Aftons was fun while it lasted :')
True :, ) may the British Era of the Aftons be remembered forever
Scott forgot British people can move to USA.
It does feel so weird with the accent change, the British voice acting sounded way more realistic then the cartoonish villian dialog in the security breach trailers. I always just thought the accent change was meant to be justified that it's not Afton's body in the suit anymore, just his mind, but its weird that it started in help wanted. Maybe the British accent is something the "Rogue Indie Developer" made up according to help wanted's intro XD
Michael, ey Michael, don'cha leave me 'ere
Bit rude o' yew ta leave me doying in this here springlock suit, innit?
I kind of like the idea that normal William Afton is British, but malhare has his voice from the trailer
What's wrong with the name "Glitchtrap"?
@@S-CB-SL-Animations them saying "Malhare" doesn't mean they're against the name "Glitchtrap", they haven't said anything to that effect
@@S-CB-SL-Animations Personally I think the character doesn't look like a spring lock suit. Looks more like a normal mascot suit. So Malhare is a bit more accurate than Glitchtrap. Although you could argue that the "trap" in this sense is the glitch trapping people's consciousness.
Also I like the idea that this new character should be almost completely removed from Afton himself and instead should just be Agony. That's how I see it at least.
It appears that William Afton has a West Country English dialect. Not only that but maybe the fact that in some lines Afton didn’t have a British accent at all! Maybe that was not Afton at all, but rather, it was foreshadowing the Mimic in Security Breach: Ruin. I think this is because the Mimic didn’t mimic Gregory’s voice perfectly when the Mimic confronted Cassie. Not only that, but maybe the recasting of Afton’s voice actor was done completely on purpose for the sake of the lore. We were fooled by the Mimic the whole time! The Mimic perhaps didn’t have the concept of accents or dialects in mind!
It’s because British accents are made up! British people are just pretending to talk like that, but it can be really exhausting. That’s why when William is in pain during UCN he forgets to do the accent as he’s screaming for Henry and Michael. And he doesn’t do it anymore because everyone who knew he was British has died, so he doesn’t feel the need to keep it up! Glad I could clear things up! (/j)
i am british and this is 100% true, we just pretend
Being a birtish person who loves a lot of American voice actors and characters it made me smile hearing the Aftons speaking with British accents :(
Ah well I still love Fnaf and stoked for the movie 🌝 Great video and new sub 🤜🤛
I feel the same way. Henry’s voice actor has the best performance in any FNaF game in my opinion and he doesn't use any kind of specific accent. I don’t think a performance requires that kind of flavour to be good or memorable, but I would just really prefer if the Aftons kept their accent. And yh, still watching the movie day one lol. Thank you for liking the video :D
i've been upset about the removal of their distinct english accent ever since help wanted so i'm glad somebody finally has made a video about this. "william afton" itself doesn't even sound like an american name, neither does elizabeth, and it'd just never be the same without PJ voicing him. he was so iconic, and the voice for william was perfect. calm with hidden aggression is such a good voice for a villain without it sounding like some villain voice from some kids' show. and it suits him as the villain since he has to sound calm and friendly to lure the children in. it makes no sense to suddenly change their accents for literally no reason. i really hope steelwool hire PJ to voice william again because it'll never be the same without him. also, the english accent in a game with everyone else being american is a really good way to make such important characters stand out without putting in too much effort, it sticks with them as iconic. and as a british person myself, i've loved the inclusion of the villain and his children being british as such a fun detail, because as PJ said, americans usually see the british as evil because of history.
Exactly. For all these reasons, any interpretation of the Afton family that doesn't include their accent just doesn't feel like them to me, so I also hope future appearances return the characters, especially William, to sounding more like they used to.
I always liked that William's lines sounded like a calm evil genius fascinated with his work, it made him seem more chilling and intimidating. Now it seems like the audience is being told "hey he's the villain and he is scary" which makes it all feel less serious.
Afton is British. Mimic is not.
I honestly agree. As much as people like to make fun of the Aftons for having British accents or whatever, I’ve always liked it. The accents add a bit of character to them, I think it’s neat.
15:10 The treatment of crying child (I think his name is Evan) right there was FOUL and the fact that nobody noticed makes it WORSE 😭
I had the headcanon that they moved from the U.K. Scott would never have to give them a backstory as to why they moved, but i dont want the accent to go away! I love their voices :
I thought they were just brits who moved to the US, like I know Henry isn't brit like duh, Kinda helps identify the character more idk
I think your argument is super strong, there's no reason the Aftons being from England is too weird for the story this is FNAF we're talking about. The accent was always a great addition and I hope the movie brings it back
Its not that hard to explain why hes british. He moved to America to better advertise his robotics as it wasnt as big in britan. Its pretty annoying as a non american to constantly have any other dialects be shunned. Im a kiwi, we never hear anything close to our accent in media, but i guess we can all get fucked right?
The whole accent change for American Audience's doesn't make sense. Americans are capable of watching or listening to things with British people in American settings and enjoying them. Dark Shadows is an excellent example, and that was in the late 60's.
I definitely dropped the ball on that part, I apologise for that, it was a very weak point in my argument. I'll try to articulate myself better in future. I think what I was getting at is that British protagonists are unorthodox for stories set in America, and it would be confusing for audiences as there's no real backstory or explanation for why the Aftons are in Utah despite being British. Thank you for the feedback, I genuinely appreciate it :)
Them being British isn't really something that needs to be explained. But I do agree it's an element that should stay as part of them.
I personally believe that the Afton's should've stayed British in canon. But I am making a personal rewriting of the character where he is American but he isn't exaggerated. I made this choice as I wanted to his direction to go to the vibes of "some guy". I wanted this to work as more of a surprise to his many crimes. I guess it was also inspired by Squimpus Mcgrimpus' take on Will. But I do still believe that the Afton's should've kept their Bri'ish inheritance.
I agree as an English person that the British accent suits more due to it being more posh, plus it would be weird if William had an Australian accent
It is possible that the German Funtime was rejected in order to avoid reviving the nazi animatronic theory
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yeah, i LOVE british afton. i'm always disappointed when his voice ISN'T british in media (like the movie or fan/games). it just really makes his character; makes it more *appealing* in my opinion (and i'm american lol). and like you said, it's really fun to imitate as well!
#bringbackbritishafton
They better be British in the movie I swear to God
The movies don't always have to be like the games
I still think Scott made a mistake changing the accent. I bet it's some meta mumbo jumbo, the in-universe characters of them are British, while the "real" in-universe people are not. The creative freedom of "Scott Cawthon" stan-in, with which the Fazbear company ran with cuz "British villains trope". I could not care less, I'm no longer a fan.
I genuinely love their accents. It disappearing honestly makes me really sad. It’s such a unique aspect of them that taking it away will make them as bland as any horror villain, like you said. I swear to god, if they take it away, I’ll die a bit inside.
I like to think that aftons vocal cords were fully burned away and that he was utilizing a (perhaps broken) voicebox in the SB trailer
I guess Scott gave Mimic has American accent to hint that he is not Afton
Coming from a british person, their accent has always sounded weird and uncanny to me, like an american speaking how they think british people sound, which while sounding like a criticism i feel actually adds to their creepy nature
I am 100% American and even I was rather upset at the loss of the accent. It’s synonymous with the Afton family. When I saw Mathew Lillard was doing William, I actually had some hope that they’d have him do an accent. Lillard is a phenomenal actor and if anyone could do the games version of Williams accent justice, it’d be him. It actually makes me believe that there were attempts to have Matthew Lillard do a British accent, but maybe it didn’t sound right. What ever it is, I do hope that what changes they’ll be making aren’t too jarring for long time fans of the games.
You are absolutely correct with the accents making the Afton’s stand out. Not one person who has heard Williams voice lines couldn’t not recognize them outside of the games. The accents are absolutely iconic, but again, I do hope that the path they go with the movie is just as enjoyable as what they did with the games interpretation!
Amazing video, by the way. I was thinking there for a time that I was the only person who actually gave a damn about the accents. Maybe I don’t like change or maybe there is something to this favoritism toward the Aftons having British accents.
William is way cooler British. let’s be honest. I can’t imagine William sounding like he’s from frickin Alabama or some sh*t… Like, him being British just makes him cooler for some reason. Like imagine this, you’re an 8 year old kid in hurricane Utah in 1985 at Freddy fazbears just chillin, your dad just left but it’s fine because you’re 8 and don’t care, when all the sudden Spring Bonnie walks up to you and instead of his epic British accent he’s like “Yo sh*t Head, I got a f*ckin gift for ya.” And he’s from Boston. I wouldn’t be very intimidated, i’d be like, “Ha. You fool… little did you know I have a gift for YOU. It’s gonna be my fist you your face!!” Then I’d kick him in the shins and right before the spring locks go off he’ll be like “I thought you said you were gonna punch me!” And I’d be like “Oh yeah!” Then I’d punch him… I wouldn’t do that if he was British, I wouldn’t have enough gall to. I’d probably be like “W- MR. AFTON I’VE COME TO BARGAIN!!” (Don’t mind my doctor strange reference…) Sorry for this long ahh rant but I just wanted to state my case 💀
please I hope mathew lillard does the character justice if he makes william sounds like he is off to the faries then I will personally slap him
A bri'ish accent just makes sense honestly, as a bri'ish (Scottish) guy, a bri'ish accent just fits the characters, English accents are weird, cuz they fit specific characters, but I can never tell why
If you think they should have kept the British accent
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So wait, was the original voice actor Australian? It always sounded like an Australian accent to me
I believe so, I remember him mentioning it in the interview with Dawko. He does confirm on multiple occasions, though, that Afton's accent is British. And his profile on voices dot com lists British as being one of the accents he specialises in performing.
This! He might have thought he was doing a British accent, but he's really not. He still sounded very Australian.
Source: am also Australian
You’re picking up on the tiny things in the accent that are hard to hide when trying to put on an accent. The way he says “ice cream” in Sister Location made me stop and google the voice actor the first time I heard it, because I immediately recognised it as Australian, because its the same way I say it as an Australian.
@@Ramikin For me, it was the way he says "right at her fingertips" that made me think he was Australian.
@@almightykellus2585 yes absolutely that too
I think my only issue is PJ's performance as Springtrap,
PJ has a PERFECT William Afton Voice, and even his Scraptrap voice is decent. However, his writing in AR is utterly abysmal and he lost all subtlety his voice initially had with its direction. Other than that it's fine.
Also give someone else the casting as Micheal, their voices are too similar long term.
my opinion is that the Afton's should be British and always British for ever
It's literally their defining trait I don't get why they would change it 😢
@@bonkboy4386 it made them stick out more compared to others in fnaf
Lore wise, there's no reason Scott can't just say "they were immigrants" and leave it at that. There's no reason they *have* to be American and he really wouldn't need to go in depth explaning it.
As someone living in England, causing me to develop somewhat of an accent, they should've remained British‼️‼️‼️ Their names are just so English they've earned the Britishness.
They'll forever be British with British accents in my heart
That seems dumb, if anything Afton being an immigrant is quite an interesting way to portray his backstory, like was there a reason he left the UK? Something that could've been explored, and it's undeniable that the voice he has now is... Bland. No offence to Mathew Curtis of course, but I have heard three different voice lines for this new Afton and Curtis does a different voice for each one funny enough. It's not consistent.
LET THEM BE BRITISH 😭
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