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So I’ve been to see FNAF twice now and I have some ideas regarding certain scenes and speculations so I’m gonna put those forward. Last chance to look away:

FNAF spoilers below

So the springlock scene. I’ve seen quite a few people talking about how it doesn’t make sense William was able to move around and physically fight hand to hand combat style in the suit. Which I think is a genuine question especially when the cupcake of all things is what ended up triggering it. But here’s some thoughts that occurred to me as I was watching it for a second time.

William has killed in this suit before. It is likely if not absolutely true that the original five murders occurred while he was wearing it as well as any previous or subsequent murders. This is just based on his pathology as a killer, the timing, and the condition of the suit itself. While in better condition than some of the scrapped ones it is pretty beaten up and missing an ear. So he’s definitely had time to get used to how to move in it safely. It also seems to me that the suit was kept off site and probably wherever William has been living meaning it’s likely been maintained which leads to my second point.

This is William Afton’s personal suit. That he wore on the regular. Probably in a springlock suit more often than anyone else ever was. That means he would definitely want it to be safer and better maintained than any of the others that were either rushed or unfinished. It’s a source of pride for him and clearly something he’s got a psychological attachment to he’s going to maintain those locks. It can probably sustain a lot more movement than suits that have been left to rot for decades or newly introduced suits that were pushed out for a launch.

Okay okay last point- I don’t think it was actually the cupcake that made the springlocks fail. If you pay attention throughout the scene there’s a couple points where Afton repeatedly takes a bit of a hit in the same area. Most notably when Vanessa shoots him in the chest (which if you watch his face he seems not only surprised but more concerned than anything, perhaps considering the possibility of a failure), and when the animatronics are coming towards him and he bangs his fist against his chest in anger. I could be entirely wrong but I really believe between the time of his entrance and the time the cupcake takes a big chunk out of him the springlocks were getting weaker and weaker and that was the final straw.