long time no see

what if your serial killer best friend ends up coming out of the closet instead of admitting that he murdered your daughter

Objectively, a word that I don't like to use, neither of these two can be a faithful version of the character as one has something essential that the other lacks.

Mike Schmidt is obviously inspired by and based on Mike's story within the context of the original quadrilogy, A man trapped in the past who DESPERATELY wants to move on but the past keeps pulling him back.

A asshole with a good heart, He just doesn't know how to demonstrate it.

Michael Afton is obviously inspired by his character during SL, the logbook and FNAF 6.

A man who came from a broken family, neglected to the point of doing anything to get his father's attention. Also, someone who's not doing very well mentally. Someone broken, very broken.

You noticed It, right ? You noticed that there are certain things that, while I was describing one character, something was missing from the other.

Obviously I'm not saying I despise it, I think it's a genuinely interesting and entertaining route, but it's a heavily flawed route.

Hopefully in the next movie, Michael will start to act more like his source material, just like Mike in this movie started to act more like It.