So I made a drawing about Nightmare yesterday, and I wanted to just mention the idea it's based on. Essentially, Nightmare is the crying child, like his spirit I guess. I think that would be really fitting for him, considering he's always portrayed as weak and gets pushed around by his brother but then
he takes on this utterly monstrous form which makes for a good juxtaposition. Also I think the idea that Mike's brother is always with him in his dreams is really cool and also fits in with what the movie showed us. Anyways, that's about the extent of that idea; just a fun concept that I think would make
sense from a story perspective. Anyways, I had another thought. So, people often complain about the sci-fi angle the newer games take, and while I do like the sci-fi stuff, I can see why people don't. So I thought, what if instead of Glitchtrap infecting Vanessa's mind through a VR game (that still doesn't
make any sense btw), she gets possessed by the spirit of William Afton via a good-old-fashioned summoning ritual. It would make sense, considering William was being kept in purgatory or like a dream or something instead of actually going to hell; maybe that could have afforded him an opportunity to escape back
to the physical world. Also, I know the idea of Vanessa being obsessed with Afton and being a copycat killer gets a lot of hate, but I think if done right it's still a really neat idea. Like it plays into the theme of digging up and past and glorifying it, and someone trying to mimic what they see is the next
logical step to that. I think this would work best if Vanessa is only interested in Afton and the paranormal at first, being inspired by the ghost stories spun by the Fazbear company, but then once she actually gets into it and is possessed by William, she starts regretting her decision. I think that
could allow for some good character development. Honestly, Vanessa would have been a much better protagonist than Gregory, but that's a conversation for another day. Anyways, Afton's spirit being summoned through an occult ritual, probably involving the remains of the springlock suit head (think Kylo Ren with
Vader's mask) would make for some really cool imagery and an interesting way to bring the story back to its paranormal roots. My gripe with this, though, is that Afton would come back, and to be honest I think his story should end at UCN. Just a thought.