Lycanthropic Local

I like to imagine William as a very animated person. He has big expressions, lots of gesticulation when he speaks, etc. Despite how expressive he is, he's still excellent at covering up his more unsavory feelings. He's a sweet-talker, very charming to most people. There are those who find him creepy: his "feminine" features, overly animated body language, and childish interests make other adults feel uncomfortable around him sometimes. Children adore him, teens find him annoying, and adults are occasionally mixed on him.

He has a fondness for art, cartoons, and theatrics (and bunnies/rabbits). The kind of man that scribbles small drawings in the margins of his notebooks. The kind of man that puts on morning cartoons while he eats his breakfast, and genuinely laughs at slapstick antics. I definitely think he knows a few party tricks too, small magic tricks and juggling and what not. He's ridiculous, honestly. I think people get weirded out by him when they realize all of this isnt part of his "work persona", but is just genuinely his personality.

He is well groomed (he takes it very seriously), charming, financially shrewd, talented in his hobbies, and generally very successful... most people pay him no mind outside of acknowledging how eccentric he is. Even people disquieted by him cant quite articulate why.

His lively mannerisms and unserious interests are contrasted by his short emotional fuse and violent tendencies. Or maybe it's perfectly congruent? He's childish in all aspects of his personality: his hobbies, as well as his selfish, destructive, temperamental mind. William is good at putting up a facade, but his smile rarely meets his eyes. He is entitled, controlling, egotistical... and a very jealous man.

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It has taken me years to settle on a design for him that i both like drawing and like to look at it. I've encountered a lot of very good Afton designs in this fandom, but I think this is kind of personal thing, because everyone's version is unique to their ideas, headcanons, and interpretation of him. I struggled to settle on what I think my Afton would look like.

I had a hard time trying to balance what I wanted to draw and what I thought was "good enough", before deciding I should just be honest with myself and lean into the fact that I love creepy, eccentric, pretty men. He's pretty! Handsome but... specifically in a pretty way. I don't know... I like him.

I also did want at least a bit of visual consistency between him and my AU's version of him, which led me down the road of making him more flamboyant. Theyre kind of like a fucked up pair of siblings, weird brother and sister.

I also wanted to take special care in describing his personality outside of his negative tendencies. I really adore the fact that Afton is so often canonically characterized as someone who genuinely adores theatrics and performance, and I like to lean into it. The idea of such a bitter, miserable person simultaneously having these silly, ridiculous interests is incredibly entertaining to me.

spieluhr - rammstein

"Hop, hop, rider

And no angel descends

My heart doesn't beat anymore

Only rain cries upon the grave

Hop, hop, rider

A melody in the wind

My heart doesn't beat anymore