Roselees

This post is now me rambling a bit incoherently but my sibling and I had a fic idea that would examine law enforcement in 1980s Utah up to the time of pizza sim. Basically an older detective examines the MCI which has become a cold case after Henry is released from prison (and starts to peice together everything that happened including the bite of 83 and Charlie's death). Mostly it's an outsiders perspective and a realization that the system is broken. William should have been caught, but the system failed at every turn. Michael, his siblings and all of the other children should have been protected but they weren't. Freddy's should have been completely shut down after what happened to cc but it wasn't (and if not that then especially after Charlie and when kids started disappearing).

A small town like Hurricane in Utah was not equipped to deal with what happened, especially in the 80s. Everything failed on a systemic level so spectacularly that William not only got away with what he did, but he could just fade into obscurity with a fake name and persona that probably didn't actually fool anyone. So the detective character has to realize that this case isn't really cold. It's pretty obvious what happened, but no one seems to care or has the resources to handle this case properly.

That's why fnaf is extremely tragic to me as well. Someone like Michael or even Henry shouldn't have to stop William and bring him to justice, but often times traditional justice fails you. I'm sure for Henry especially that he eventually became disillusioned as the years dragged on, and realized he'd have to do everything himself if he wanted answers.

They meet in high school right after CC dies, and Jeremy is the one to help Michael out of the dark hole that has become his life. It's an instant attraction that develops into a deep, almost fairytale like love.

Deep down, Michael knows this will all end badly. He doesn't want to believe that it will, especially when Jeremy finally convinces him to get away from William. But they are so deeply in love, and William see's a life he could have had with Henry. A life where he was unabashedly himself and loved instead of hated.

For William, it's infuriating that Michael gets to have that. He tried to contort and shape Michael into a cold, twisted man just like himself. A man who denies himself everything. Yet, Michael allows himself to be vulnerable with Jeremy. This young, emotional and kind boy that William all but beat out of him is still there, despite everything.

So something breaks inside Michael when Jeremy dies (in my hc he dies young because of the bite, and Michael dedicates whatever is left of his life to stop William). William is gleeful. Despite the fact that Michael hates him, he's obsessive in that hatred (just like Henry is in the end). These people who should have loved him do not, but any kind of attention is good in William’s mind. Even better for William that his actions have changed Henry and Michael so fundamentally that they hardly interact with one another (maybe even hate one another). They can focus more on William instead.

So it's very interesting that William has taken (directly and perhaps more indirectly in Jeremy's case) the two most important people from both Henry and Michael. That the death of these people justify the hatred William inspires in them, even though neither Charlie or Jeremy would recognize the person Michael or Henry become in pizza sim.