[henry voice] all according to keikaku

support for us playing as michael in ucn:

“Looks like something bad happened.” “Want to see the scooping room?” -Circus Baby

the second one isnt super supportive, just slightly since michael went to the scooping room in fnaf:sl, but the first one definitely is. ‘something bad happened today’ is a quote from fnaf:sl that baby says to the protag, aka michael afton. this is a direct reference to that quote

MANY references to ‘the one you should not have killed’ -Jack-o-Chica, Mangle, Nightmare Freddy, Withered Chica (note: the original post lists mangles line as saying ‘she’ when referring to ‘the one you should not have killed’, but i listened to the audio and it could go either way imo

this only works if michael is also the foxy mask brother (which i have evidence for later), but several of these lines specifically refer to ‘the one you should not have killed’ as ‘he’. if it was william, 1. it would more likely be ‘the ones you should not have killed’ and 2. if it did single out one of the murders, it would probably be charlies, and charlie is a she. there are some lines that are transcribed as ‘she’ or ‘ones’ on the post, but i listened to those lines and theyre not super clear so those arent really conclusive in either direction rip

“He tried to release you. He tried to release US. But I’m not gonna let that happen. I will hold you here. I will KEEP you here. No matter how many times they burn us.” -Orville Elephant

imo this quote is the BIGGEST piece of evidence for us playing as michael, not william. this is a pretty clear reference to the end of fnaf 6, where henry basically torched the place and specifically told william, and only william, to burn in hell. he definitely wasnt trying to release him at all so to me this makes it seem HIGHLY unlikely that we play as william

“Time for your controlled shock.” “You won’t die... but you’ll wish you could.” -Scrap Baby

both of these are references to fnaf:sl. the first one could be referring to william, since he was the one who set up the controlled shock system in the first place, but the second one is, again, a direct reference to a line she said to michael

“Leave the demon to his demons. Rest your own soul. There is nothing else.” -Old Man Consequences

this one isnt on the post, but im including it since it also supports us playing as michael. the ‘demon’ seems like its referring to william, and omc wouldnt be referring to will in the third person if he was talking to him (though it is possible that when you get that ending, youre no longer playing as the player, but as someone else - probably freddy since thats the sprite but that part isnt really as important). theres also the fact that people have fixed up the audio in the background and figured out that it sounds like william screaming ‘mike’ and ‘henry’

support for michael being the foxy mask brother/the protag of fnaf 4 (the lines that support these two overlap a lot so im grouping them together):

“This time, there’s more than an illusion to fear.” -Nightmare Fredbear

“I followed you back to relive your horror.” -Nightmarionne 

“I am remade, but not by you. By the one you should not have killed.” ”I have always been hiding in your shadow.” -Nightmare Freddy

“I am the fearful reflection of what you have created.” -Nightmare

basically just a bunch of lines from the nightmares implying that the player has seen them before and even ‘created’ them originally. ‘created’ could of course refer to william creating the original animatronics that the nightmares were based off of, but it also makes sense if its referring to the protag of fnaf 4 'creating’ them in his nightmares. also nightmare freddys reference to ‘the one you should not have killed’ once again implies that if we are playing as the same protag as fnaf 4, that person isn’t the bite victim, but the one who caused his death - aka the foxy mask brother

“This is how it feels. And you get to experience it over and over and over again... forever. I will never let you leave.” -Nedd Bear

this isnt super conclusive, but ‘this is how it feels’ might be a reference to how the bite felt which is why im including it

now, there are some things that dont make sense with these theories - mainly, most of the marionettes lines (she almost definitely knows hes michael - one of her lines is her saying shes ‘very aware’ -- but she talks to him as if hes william. im not really sure whats up with that) and why all these animatronics would have it in for michael. the nightmares make sense since theyd still be pissed about the bite victim, and its canon that michael looks a LOT like william to the point of the fnaf:sl animatronics thinking he is william. but theres some of the non-nightmares who have lines implying they know hes michael, so im not sure why they would want him to suffer, unless all of them are pissed about the bite victim for some reason