Harley Sawyer is expected to be the new William Afton of this wiki so thought I’d propose him and the 2 others.
The Work[]
Sakura Arts is a YouTube channel that makes speed arts and AUs for various video games, one being Poppy Playtime, which we are talking about. While a lot of their content is speed arts and drawing voiceovers, a few of what they do is adding their own stories so they have enough of a work.
Feel free to watch here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1nKqtPIQQ_L8X5hVKzn7vKvw6cvcRJRG&si=KA8qfRdhRAcG2wxA
Who are they?[]
I liked him better when he was just a VHS
The same (mostly) as their game counterparts. This version of Harley Sawyer is a sociopathic scientist who created the Bigger Bodies Initiative by turning kids into Toys. He is also the adoptive father of Bob/Boxy Boo who he abused and turned into his slave.
He can’t be any ruder than his game counterpa-— oh
Leith is the (very rude) Head of Innovation and right-hand of CEO Elliot Ludwig who had been working for a year. He is in charge of business and seems to be both of their bosses after Elliot Ludwig’s death.
Get urself a man who looks at you like Eric looks for potential orphan subjects.
Eric Wilson is based off a character named Scientist and as the name suggests, is a sociopathic scientist who works for Harley.
All three of them run a conspiracy of turning orphans into living monster Toys.
What have they done?[]
Harley at some point owned a cat, which he would experiment on and torture to death.
AU Remnant 2[]
When Elliot Ludwig adopted an orphan named Poppy and loved her, both Leith and Eric would develop a hatred for her as it would cause Elliot to focus more on his family then work. When Elliot wasn't around, Leith would psychologally abuse the girl, saying nobody will ever love her and it would be better if she killed herself.
One day, Harley Sawyer pulled Elliot away for a meeting despite wanting to spend time with Poppy, so he left Leith to babysit her. Leith refused to take care of her like he promised Elliot, instead saying she would be better off dead, causing her to cry. He left her to explore the dangerous factory, which would lead to Poppy falling to her death off a roof. It is unclear if Leith intended this but he and Eric smiled at eachother and claimed everything was going according to plan as Elliot cried over his dead daughter. Leith would lie about the reasons Poppy died obviously.
At some point later, Elliot would be turned into the Prototype by one of them.
Experiment 1170 (AU Remnant 3)[]
As orphan Henry Bishop was crawling through the vents, he overheard Leith and Eric talking, with Leith asking Eric who his next experiment would be. Henry luckily got out but Leith sent out a search for him. Leith found him when he befriend Rich, so he got angry at Rich. Later, Henry was taken by Eric and torturously turned into Huggy Wuggy.
The Doctor (AU Remenant)[]
In the same scene from the game, Harley approaches the higher ups about turning people into Toy slaves to reduce employee payments. From then on, he would get away with this by having Leith Pierre's approval and Eric as backup.
Orchid (Au Remnant 4)[]
Both Eric and Harley lure Elliot's mourning daughter into a lab only to turn her into the Orchid toy, with Eric drugging her from behind
Experiment 1222 (AU Remnant 5)[]
One day when Orphan Marie Payne accidentally saw experemints she should not have seen, Leith dragged her away to threaten that she saw nothing. As she ran away and got injured from falling down the stairs, Eric and Leith pulled her away so Eric could turn her into Mommy Long Legs.
My New Creation (AU Remnant 7)[]
Harley pretend to be interested in adopting orphans only to take away a red-haired boy named Bob and refuse to show him and form of care, instead keeping him isolated in a room with only a few Toys. He forced him to eat human flesh (confirmed in a comment), implying he wants him to develop the appetite for humans. He would then angrily scold him and refuse to give him dinner after that out of anger when he defended himself against Harley's cat. He also abused him evident by his black eye. He then takes the boy to see Leith, joking that he got his black eye from an accident. Leith orders him to lock Bob in the chamber, where he is then transformed into Boxy Boo.
Leith is then seen grabbing a toy from grabbing a Daisy toy from a crying orphan, causing her to cry. He is then interrupted by Harley, who sees the girl and smiles, most likely turning her into the Daisy toy.
New Video[]
Leith and Eric both lead Sharon/the player to be viciously mauled by the prototype.
Legacy[]
They are responsible for Playtime Co. becoming the hellhole it is now with homicidal monstrous orphan toys just like in the game.
Mitigating Factors[]
Harley does get mad at Bob for getting in a fight with his cat, however it comes off as more of an angry dad not wanting his son to touch his stuff then getting excuse to abuse him and there are no signs he actually cares for his cat. Not only that but the fact he keeps his cat locked in an isolated room and starves it likely means he just doesn’t care.
Though a picture shows that Harley and Elliot were close friends in their younger days, nothing suggests he actually cared for him and in the present he has no problem manipulating Elliot, presumably took part in torturing him, helped the other two cover up the reason for his daughters death to psychologically destroy him and also showing zero remorse for torturing his wife.
They do seem to get along with eachother, even moments where Leith banters with Wilson but it’s pretty evident their alliance is pragmatic and there is no friendship between them.
Leith does seem to respect his boss, Elliot Ludwig, until he disobeys his direct order and has his daughter killed to manipulate him and take joy in watching the now psychologically broken Elliot. It is also likely he is aware Elliot is not the Prototype abusing him.
Nothing else to say here really. Leith doesn’t have that random one-line Pure Evil prevention he has in the original games about wanting to save an employee.
Heinous Standards[]
Abusing and turning likely hundreds of orphans into monster toys which is shown to be torturous (and shown onscreen a few times)? Check. Do they need to compete with the Toys? No it’s their fault they exist in the first place. Do all three of them stand out?
- Leith: Is the one allowing Harley to get away with his experiments and actually orders him to do experiments directly sometimes, like shown with Bob. Has also delivered Henry to Eric, presumably knowing he would torture and experiment on him. He is also to blame for Poppy’s death for leaving her in a dangerous factory and telling her how worthless she is.
- Eric Wilson takes sadistic enjoyment in experiments just like Harley. He would research the children and recommend candidates to Harley. Though a minion of Harley and Leith, there’s no indication he does everything under their orders and he’s evidently gone out of his way to torture children of his own violation as evident with Henry/Huggy. He drugs and experiments on Elliot’s mourning daughter of his own violition, turning her into a bloody doll. He also goes out of his way to mock Marie before turning her into Mommy personally. We also see Leith asking him what his next experiment will be in the Huggy Wuggy video, indicating he does independent work from the other two. It could also be argued he had lower resources to stand out. There are no other evil scientists in the animatics like in the game so it’s not like he’s just doing the same thing as other people like in the games.
- Harley Sawyer: It’s William Afton and Joey Drew's more f*cking sadistic love child. Do I need to say anything else?
Ultimate the game treats them as three people with slightly different jobs working towards the same goal and share each others crimes to an extent. All three are needed for the experiments to continue and Eric acts independent enough from Harley with his own resources while Leith is allowing this to happen, sometimes ordering them, actively covering it up and is a huge asshole in general.
Verdict[]
Easy yes to all Sawyer of course and weak yes to the other two.