Curate, connect, and discover
Ok so, I just thought of this theory and had to write it down immediately. I was listening to Jerichode's video about "What Happened to Five Nights at Freddy's?", and at one point in the video, Jerichode mentions that FNAF World's beginning is connected to FNAF 4 ending. This is because of the text "I will put you back together", which is present in both games, this made me think that what if, when the crying child is dying slowly in the hospital and passes, FNAF World takes place? And according to Jerochode, if the played waits around while talking to Fredbear, Fredbear glitches into seemingly the Fredbear plushie we see in FNAF 4. This could allude to some entity, either the puppet, or maybe William himself, trying to give the crying child life again (I'm not really sure who the Fredbear plush can present). But anyway, the design of the characters of FNAF World is also very interesting, the design's are more childish, i believe that this could be to show what the crying child saws in the afterlife, before he got into Golden Freddy. Just like what i think happened to WIlliam in UCN, where the state he is in after he gets burned, he's in a purgatory, until he comes back. Not to mention, the way the game is set could be a way of the crying child's own brain or the puppet, to comfort him. Not make him suffer anymore before he gets into the golden freddy suit. Why wouldn't you want all those creatures to torture you to suddenly look more cuter and less harmful and that protect you to be there? It would comfort a child, to know suddenly everything that hurt them to be harmless in their head. I'm sorry if I didn't write this theory good enough, i have trouble getting my thoughts into words lol :>. If you have anything to add or critique please tell me. Theres also probably a lot more i could have said but i am having trouble writing it down.