R/fnaf

The thumbnail of the subreddit, as of 22. January, 2023

*not to be confused with r/fivenightsatfreddys*

**r/FNaF** refers to a subreddit originally dedicated to the media series *Five Nights at Freddy's,* dormant for years until the *James theory* fully resurfaced.

## History

The subreddit was originally created in August of 2014, just a few days after the first game's release. Activity on it reduced down to almost nothing as another FNaF subreddit, *r/fivenightsatfreddys*, eclipsed it in popularity. Some six years later in May 2020, the subreddit would be brought back to life with a new coat of paint: one of JAR; A moderator of the JAR subreddit had, unknown to almost anyone, been a moderator of r/fnaf as well. Thus, the entire look of the subreddit was transformed into a JAR shitpost, but for unknown reasons a large percentage of users, likely small children, continued to behave as if it were an entirely normal FNaF subreddit, even as the comments were filled with JARlings taking the piss. r/FNaF would remain in it's altered form for one more year with little of note, until a truth was revealed by the combined efforts of many intrepid fans and investigators:

Scott Cawthon was a fraud. The true creator of FNaF was James.

## The James Controversy

In late 2022 and early 2023, the subreddit was flooded with rumours of a deep truth above stated: James "Jordan" House was the true creator of FNaF, and was pursuing legal action against Cawthon. The controversy would take r/FNaF by storm, even bleeding into the much larger fnaf subreddits.

In the interest of neutrality, the following section will describe the matter as a bullet-point list from both the correct perspective (That James created FNaF) and the (obviously false) cover story.

#### Theory 1: James made FNaF (Truth)

* James and Cawthon were roommates sometime during 2013 or 2012. The exact extent of their relationship isn't known, although later events make it likely that Cawthon was exploiting James' goodwill, as when James revealed that he had a "Genius idea for a horror game involving animatronic characters, working title "Five night's at the James House"", Cawthon responded by copying his near complete prototype of the game to a flash drive and then staging an accident in which James' laptop containing the original code was permanently destroyed. He moved away from their shared apartment soon after.
* James, after realizing the deception, and already dealing with trauma and mental health issues, was too distraught to pursue legal action against Cawthon, instead falling into a deep depression, where he would instinctually comply with any demands made of him solely to avoid being yelled at, just like main character Shinji Ikari in the famous anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
* Cawthon later contacted James to offer him a "Deal". In exchange for ghost-writing the subsequent entries, Cawthon would pay James 50 pounds sterling. Depressed, James accepted the deal, only to lose the money in a bet with an acquaintance: Cawthon would never give him the money, however, forcing James to go back on his word.
* Cawthon made several changes to the games to hide James' contributions, yet left in clues to taunt him, and other clues were left by James himself and evaded detection: A few are listed below.
	+ The franchise-spanning serial killer and main antagonist Purple Guy is a reference to James: "P.D" (Purple dude) was an alias James would sometimes use at that time. It is unknown what, if anything, "P.D" stood for.
	+ The plot, in which several children are killed after being lured in a pizzeria, is an allusion to an incident in which James' own friends lured him into an apartment to record a podcast with promises of another type of cheap fast food: Curry. The result, the "Curry Episode", is 30 minutes of borderline snuff pornography in which a man is mentally, psychologically and emotionally tortured by his acquaintances' refusal to order the fucking curry.
	+ Under unclear circumstances, an image of James could appear in the first game. This has since been removed, as datamining the game reveals no such easter egg exist any more.
* In late 2022, seeing the outpouring of support from the gooner truthers at r/FNaF, finally felt confident enough to seek his retribution on the man who had wronged him so.

## Aftermath

Given the secretive nature of the ongoing legal proceedings, this section is largely empty. However, given that James has gone on record to state his intentions to "Bring the hammer down on that cocksucking cunt", the legal consequences for mr. Cawthon should he lose the case will undoubtedly be severe.