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You have complete control over your franchise of choice, what are you retconning? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by benagain@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The boss walks in, there's someone on the phone for you:

Phone: "Hi, I'm the leader person behind that book/television/film franchise you complain about online and gee-whiz, you're right! We want you to run things from here on out."
You: "Do I get supreme retcon powers?"
Phone: "Of course! We'll even retroactively edit in your changes!"

Huh, that was easy. What are you changing?

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[–] tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

I'm cutting the original storyline of Five Nights at Freddy's off at the third game and removing Afton's weird implied Pamela-Voorhees-meets-Gendo-Ikari motivation for his murders; he kills for a feeling of power and punishment. As much as I like the sci-fi elements, they utterly ruin his character. I'd also remove 3's cutscene of him coming back: he's dead, and he stays dead.

However, I do believe there would be room for sequels after that. I think it could be neat to have games skipping straight to the Vanny story and making her an actual developed villain as well as a real copycat killer, perhaps even starting a small cult of sorts around the Fazbear brand and Afton's legacy.