Completely normal about William Afton

Read my intro here!

This is a nonsharing/extremely selective sharing selfship/mental health blog, so unsurprisingly there is a DNI page. Generally, I do my best to be kind and welcoming to other people. That being said, there are some people that I would prefer not to interact with under any circumstances.

Do Not Interact:

Anyone who selfships with or kins William Afton/Springtrap from Five Nights At Freddy's. I am not trying to be disrespectful to any of you, but this character is extremely important to me and my mental health, and it would be best for both of us if you just leave me alone. I won’t mess with you, and I ask in return that you also don’t mess with me. In the words of Charlotte Emily, I don't hate you, but you need to stay out of my way.

**This rule applies to all canon versions of William Afton, including Dave Miller, Springtrap, Scraptrap, Steve Raglan, and fan versions that closely adhere to the canon version. If you're somehow not sure if you qualify as a double but want to interact with me, please ask first. I do make an exception for people who ship with the "Vincent Bishop" character; that is addressed below in my ABI section.**

Update 1/26/26: Due to the tremendous emotional pain I have been experiencing after encountering a double in my feed, I ask that you please block me if you are a William selfshipper/William kin and you find this blog. This way I won't have to see you and block you.

Update 3/3/26: When it comes to doubles, there are some exceptions that I am willing to make.

People who fit into these categories now fall under ABI instead of DNI:

People who don't have William/Springtrap as a main or nonsharing F/O, have him as just one of many different F/Os, or who don't post/gush about him that much.

People who don't have William as the main focus of their blog, or who don't post stuff that would be distressing for me (such as having a username along the lines of "williamscanonpartner" or something like that).

People who exclusively selfship with Matthew Lillard's version of William, and who explicitly state that they have no interest in the game or novel versions of him.

People who selfship with an AU version of Springtrap that is canonically not William (such as Tony Crynight's version of Springtrap).

Please note that even though I am open to the possibility of interacting with you if you fall into any of these categories, I would still like you to ask before interacting just so that I don't accidentally come across anything triggering.

Bigots of any kind. This should go without saying.

Trolls, spammers, scammers, or bullies of any kind, or anyone who is anti-selfship or anti-nonsharing. If you're a dick to me or anyone else, you will be shown the door. And if you're a scammer, don't even bother because you're not going to be getting any money from me.

Pedophiles, zoophiles, incest shippers, adults who ship themselves with characters who are confirmed or implied to be minors, people who ship themselves with non-sapient animals/creatures, people who ship themselves with real people who committed real-life acts of violence (e.g. the Columbine shooters), or other problematic shippers.

Update 2/11/26: I have recently gotten some harassment from proshippers telling me that I am a proshipper because I ship with a character who is a serial killer. I am not a proshipper. I do not think it is ok for grown adults to ship themselves with children. There is a HUGE difference between shipping with a villain who is a grown adult and shipping with a child. I never go out of my way to harass anybody, but if you are a proshipper and you come here and harass me I will be reporting you.

Anyone who headcanons William as a pedophile or who ships him with members of his family (excluding his wife). Stay the hell away. I am serious. Scott Cawthon has come out and said that pedophilia has no place in his series, meaning that not only is this stuff absolutely vile and disgusting, it’s also completely non-canon.

Anyone who disapproves of me shipping myself with William Afton for any reason. I understand that shipping with a character who murdered children might make some people uncomfortable, and I respect that, but keep in mind that this is a fictional character from a point-and-click game where a robot bear screams in your face. It's not reality. I do not ship with a real-life serial killer, nor do I believe that that kind of shipping is ok. If you don’t like me or my selfship, that’s fine, just please leave me alone instead of choosing to harass me over something that does not hurt anybody.

William/Springtrap roleplay accounts. These don't bother me nearly as much as doubles do, but it kind of makes me uncomfortable to see some random person on the internet claiming to be my F/O. It's nothing personal, and I don't harbor hate towards anyone who RPs as William, it's just something that I would prefer not to see.

Ask Before Interacting:

Anyone who selfships with or kins Henry Emily, Michael Afton, or the Mimic (my trigger character). I consider Henry to be a platonic F/O; he is like a friend to me. So while someone who selfships with him/kins him is OK with me in theory, I would need to get to know you better first. As for the Mimic, the character triggers me for a number of reasons. I don’t hate everyone who likes the Mimic, but I am wary of them due to past bad experiences.

People who selfship with or kin Glitchtrap or Burntrap. I believe in GlitchMimic and BurnMimic, so I don’t believe that either of these characters are William Afton. That being said, if you believe these two to be William and you selfship with them, stay away. 

Anyone who selfships with or kins the Vincent version of Purple Guy. In order to qualify, you must selfship only with the Vincent character and not the William character. I consider them to be separate characters, so that's why Vincent shippers can potentially be given a pass. But if you fall under this, please ask first.

Anyone who claims that Matthew Lillard is the canon design for William in the game universe. I have nothing against ML or his fans, and I have actually even seen him in person, but I began my selfship long before the first movie came out and that version of William just doesn't feel right to me. Namely, I see William as British, while Matthew Lillard portrays him as American. Of course it's fine to have your own differing interpretation of the character, just please don't invalidate my interpretation. That being said, the movie version is similar enough to the game version, so if you ship with the movie version it would still probably be best if you stay away.

People who hate my theories/headcanons. Of course, it’s perfectly fine to have headcanons that differ from my own, just as long as you are kind about it. But if you want to get into a heated argument about FNAF lore or tell me my headcanons are stupid, please look elsewhere.

OK To Interact:

Willry shippers, Ballora/Springtrap shippers, and William/Mrs. Afton shippers. I do not mind these ships, as I do not believe that pairings between canon characters invalidate my selfship. This also goes for any other non-problematic canon x canon William ships that I haven't mentioned here. As long as you are OK with my selfship, you are more than welcome here! However, if you ship William with an OC that is your self-insert, please DNI because I would consider you to be a double.

William fans who do not selfship with him. As long as you don’t selfship with him or kin him, you're welcome here! If you consider him a non-romantic F/O though, please ask before interacting as I am highly protective of him!

Anyone else, really. I like meeting new people who are friendly and not triggering to me. As long as you don’t fit into the categories I mentioned, feel free to say hello!

**Trigger Warnings**

Because this is a mental health blog as well as a selfship blog, and because of the nature of the character I selfship with, there are some trigger warnings. If you are triggered by any of these topics, this blog is probably not for you. 

Mental illness (depression, anxiety, social anxiety, mental breakdowns). 

Mentions of fictional serial murder, child deaths, child kidnapping, and violence. All of this will be fictional and not real-life stuff.

Mentions of self-harm, self-hatred, and suicidal ideation. Unfortunately none of this is fictional.

Slight mentions of fictional alcoholism. William is heavily implied to be an alcoholic in FNAF 6, and in my AU I have decided to go with it.

Atheism. I am an ex-Christian turned atheist. I am respectful of other people’s beliefs, but if you are religious you may be upset by some things that I say.

Nihilism. I tend to view the world this way, probably because of my mental illness.

Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.

If you really wanna hear about it, two days ago was one of the worst days of my life.

I said the "wrong things" to my therapist like a dumbass, and she ended up sending the police and an ambulance to get me.

Initially, I ran away. I got in my car and drove off, I was ready to drive across the country if I needed to. It was so fucking scary. I felt like I was on the run from the law, despite having committed no crime.

Eventually my mom called me and said the police were looking for my car, and it would probably end better if I just went with them willingly.

They put me in a goddamn ambulance (completely unnecessary and humiliating, strapping me down like a maniac).

I asked for them to play "Sanitarium" by Metallica though and they did and that was the funniest thing ever.

I had my William keychain with me the whole time, that helped so much. I was kind of in shock so I was smiling and making jokes about random things.

And then when I got there they wanted to put me in the psych ward behind that locked door, which scared me to no end.

That was when the real horror and panic set in.

What they do to you there is straight up abuse/torture if you ask me. They lock you in this tiny little hallway and you aren't allowed to leave. You're treated like a captive animal. You have to fucking ASK to use the bathroom like you're 5 years old, and the sinks are so fucked up, they spray water AT YOU and get you soaked. Who the hell thought that was a good way to design a sink?

They take all your fucking stuff away, they even made me change my shorts because they had a tiny little string on them. I was left with these baggy hospital pants that were way too big and long on me and that I kept almost tripping over.

The one thing they let me keep, though... was William. I begged them to let me keep him because he was "special" (I didn't say why).

It's so unbearably boring in there, too. You can't have your phone (they told me it was for "privacy reasons" but then I saw the guards using their phones and I immediately knew that was bullshit) and you can't even like draw a picture with crayons or something. You just have to watch the shitty cable television that plays old people shows (I was the youngest person there) and Liberty Mutual ads every five seconds. I thought that was funny, how even in the mental health ER I couldn't escape fucking Liberty Mutual.

So I just paced around the hallway back and forth, clutching my keychain. The guys got mad at me for being "disruptive," they were actually very rude to me which made the whole experience worse. I don't think they understand autistic people very well there. I don't think they understood that I didn't want to be "mean," I was just trying to cope with the situation I had been put in.

I eventually sat down on the hall bed and held my keychain. I thought of William sitting on the bed next to me, telling me it was going to be ok. He offered a little bit of calm and familiarity in a scary and strange situation.

In my head I asked him, "did this ever happen to you too Will? Have you ever been through something like this? Did they take you away in an ambulance and treat you like a zoo animal?" I'm not sure if he has. I wish Scott would release a novel about William's life so I could know for sure.

I did get to go home very late that night, because they found that I did not meet the criteria for an actual inpatient program, but damn I am gonna have nightmares about this for a long time.

And now, I just feel shame and humiliation. I feel broken. Abnormal. Even worse about myself than I did before. I'm never gonna forgive myself for getting sent to the mental hospital. I feel like I got arrested, kidnapped, and imprisoned even though I didn't do anything bad. I am a freak now and forever because of that.

Let this be a lesson to all of you: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU TELL YOUR THERAPIST. They are NOT your friends, and they can ultimately do more harm than good for you. They have the power to lock you away against your will and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.

I explicitly told mine that I WAS NOT going to end my life, but she didn't listen. So my mental health is even worse now than it was before.

I will never trust her, or any other therapist for that matter, ever again.

Listen, I hate to be mean, I’m usually not this mean, but…

If you actually have good intentions here, you’re extremely misguided. Telling a mentally ill person to just “seek help” is NOT the “kind act” you think it is. I’m already getting help by the way, but even if I wasn’t, being scolded by a stranger on the internet isn’t gonna MAKE me get help.

I have a question about you, specifically about self shipping.

How is self shipping a coping mechanism for you? How does it help you, especially with this specific character and what he's known for?

Also, I've scrolled through your blog a bit, and I have to say I did get a little bit concerned. I have no problem with selfshipping and using it as a coping mechanism, but I fear there is a fine line between that and genuine, unhealthy delusion. I simply implore you to be careful and PLEASE ask for help from a professional if you think you really need it.

Again, not meanspirited or hate. I'm simply curious and wanted to voice some things that were on my mind

Hi there. Thank you for being nice and respectful about this. I will try and answer your questions to the best of my ability.

Selfshipping is a coping mechanism for me because it gives me something to focus on and it is a way to distract myself from my mental disorders. I am also autistic so I think it’s also a kind of special interest for me.

As for why I selfship with William Afton? I made a post about it when I started this blog. Long story short, I fell for him because of his voice. But I also have an uh, interest in evil characters. I always have ever since I was a kid. I think it’s due to an evolutionary adaptation/instinct. Some of us are hard wired to be attracted to more aggressive people because thousands of years ago, those people would have been more likely to protect us. I do not condone real-life murder of kids!

Also, to be clear, I am not delusional. I do not think William is actually real. I know I sometimes act as if he is, but that’s just playing pretend.

No, I’m a lonely loser and that’s the sad truth.

I have thought about telling my therapist about William, but they’d either:

Laugh at me

Hate me

Throw me in the psych ward

All of the above

So yeah, I have to keep him a secret.

I am mentally ill, yes, but sadly I have yet to become delusional enough to believe that someone actually loves me.

I REALLY wish I hadn’t fallen for such a popular character. I’m so basic and I hate it.

I’m such a loser for getting upset over something so stupid.

Anyway puts my partner in your inbox :3

Hi, I am also happy to meet another voidsharing selfshipper too! I’d like to know more about your lovely partner, as unfortunately I do not recognize them (I have kind of restricted interests so I am not familiar with a good percentage of media).

You two are canon in my book though!

Have a nice day or night!

Hi thank you!! Sorry for the delay, I am working on answering all my asks.

I feel really bad about it!

What my selfship is actually like:

He is a source of companionship when I feel lonely.

He helps me to regulate my emotions.

He is my special interest!

He has inspired me to be creative.

He introduced me to an entirely new culture (and helped me feel more comfortable when going to a new country).

He has helped me make new friends (and was the reason I joined Tumblr).

His voice is very soothing when I feel overwhelmed.

He’s just so cool and interesting.

He is always there when I need him.

He helps me to remember that tomorrow is another day.

And for the record. Selfshipping is valid af. I have SO many blorbos. So many. If it’s what keeps you happy, do it. Life’s too short to give a fuck about anyone else.

And as far as ur mental health stuff, I’m not gonna tell you any “it gets better” bullshit bc I do not know EXACTLY what you’re going through even though we seem to share some disorders, but I’m happy you’re here, and I think you matter even if you don’t see it. ❤️

Thank you for the ask, you seem really nice!! 💜💜💜

**As for my ABI stuff, don’t worry about it too much as most of it is pretty outdated, but it really depends on what category you fall into. But really the only people who upset me are bigots/bullies, doubles (with some exceptions) and proshippers.

I don’t think you are any of those, so I think we could be friends if you would like.