to put into context how recent gay marriage being legalized is in the United States: the first three five nights at freddy’s games were all released before gay marriage was legalized nationally.
And just like Rowling and Harry Potter this is 100% a fandom kept afloat by the fans.
Fnaf would be nothing without the people who love trying to figure out it’s lore the same way Harry Potter woulda been nothing without all the fanfics.
Conservative right wingers tend to be bad at writing, but occasionally they write something kinda mediocre that just so happens to catch the spark of creative fan’s imaginations through no talent of the author’s own.
A thriving fan community springs up around that mediocre piece of art that basically does most of the author’s writing for them, and they ride the coattails of that fandom and even make a successful movie or two before eventually getting the chance to make real change.
And then they use all that good will and money for evil.
It’s weird to see that happen twice.
Scott Cawthon is just an early-stage JK Rowling. Calling it now.
His justification was “I didn’t give those Homophobic right wing politicians money because I hate LGBT people, I did it because I hate immigrants and want them to build the border wall; LGBT rights is just a sacrifice I have to be OK with for that”. No one brings up that bit
