It seems Five Nights at Freddy’s fans have been wrong for 12 years—lore is being rethought due to developer's potential vision issues
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
It is assumed that he perceives the world somewhat differently than many players do.
Over the past years, several installments of the horror franchise Five Nights at Freddy's have been released. Some players have delved deep into the games' lore and begun crafting various theories, including those based on the color palette used in character design. However, there is reason to believe that such speculations may have been flawed from the very beginning.
A FNAF fan under the nickname HauntSpot recently shared the results of their research. Together with several members of the FNaF Theory community, they concluded that developer Scott Cawthon might have a color vision deficiency—deuteranomaly (color blindness).
Because of this condition, HauntSpot explains, sensitivity to green light is reduced, causing orange and yellow, as well as purple and blue, to look very similar, or even indistinguishable from one another.
Members of the FNaF Theory community compiled a collection of images and presented simulations of how colors might be perceived by a person with deuteranomaly:
For example, in the original game Elizabeth Afton has red hair, but under a deuteranomaly simulation she appears blonde. In other media she is also depicted as fair-haired, leading Five Nights at Freddy's lore researchers to suggest that the character was originally intended to be blonde:
In the graphic novel adaptation of The Fourth Closet, Elizabeth is depicted as fair-haired. Additionally, she shares other traits with Vanessa: the Afton surname, green eyes, the Circus Baby episode in the second film. If Elizabeth was truly intended to be blonde, this also greatly strengthens the connection between the Afton family and The Immortal and The Restless. Vlad wears purple, just like William, and in that case, Elizabeth and Clara would also have the same hair color. Most members of the server believe that canonically Elizabeth is blonde, and her sprite and artwork misrepresent this. If so, the community has missed critical color-related clues.
Now fans are rethinking their past theories about Five Nights at Freddy's.
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