#Jeremy's Orphans

[mable-stitchpunk]

Going Home in a Box: Chapter 75- Teaser

“Are you sure you’re up to this?”

Maybe not but between getting stuck with his thoughts and having a distraction, Sunny would eagerly choose to throw himself back into caretaking and forget he existed. Especially since he was in for a treat tonight.

So, not even two days after the disaster that they weren’t going to talk about anymore, Foxy came by on Jeremy’s behalf and asked if Sunny would be up to watching his little group of animatronic children. Including the adorable Minireenas.

Freddy had noticed that something was off with Sunny that night. He had even asked, but Sunny didn’t want to open up about what was bothering him. He didn’t want to think about it.

But Sunny had eagerly agreed and assured Foxy to pass on the news to Jeremy. Tonight was the night and any minute now Jeremy would be coming in with his slew of little mechanic tots. He was ready.

“Sure am!” Sunny said with that confidence he only had when covering.

Jake didn’t press. He knew that they needed this tonight. The last few days- the last few quiet nights- had been practically unbearable. It was good to see Sunny a little perked up, even if some of it was acting.

Then the moment arrived. Marionette entered the daycare in an elegant purple and red coat and helped lead along a large laundry cart that Jeremy and Natalie were pushing from the back. Sunny took some amusement seeing that the blond had dropped most pretenses and was now actively assist in smuggling in their playmates. They wheeled it up as close as they could to the slide.

“Alright. If you need anything, just buzz me,” Natalie affirmed, tapping on the radio on her belt. She then hurried off back to the lobby before anyone could wander up and catch her in the act.

Jeremy waved after her while Marionette gave a chime of farewell before pulling out the first of Jeremy orphans- a small rabbit animatronic who stuck his arms and legs out while being lifted.

Just the sight of the little guy filled Sunny with reignited excitement, and he plunged into the ball pit. As he did, Jake stepped out onto the balcony to take his place, noticing the arrival of the others.

“Hey, guys!” he called with a wave.

“Hey!” Jeremy returned with a wave as well.

“Good evening!” Marionette called back. He came over to the wall to see him better, still toting Plushtrap cradled in his arms. “Thank you for having us.”

“No problem. Cool jacket!”

“Thank you!”  Marionette chimed with delight.

Plushtrap fussily patted his arm and pointed towards the slide. His teeth chattering with anticipation.

“Oh, alright, alright,” Marionette said with a tinkling chuckle. He then leaned down and set Plushtrap carefully into the slide. “Brace yourself. There’s a little drop into the ball pit,” he forewarned.

Plushtrap nodded, and Marionette gave him a gentle push, sending him down the colorful slide.

The little rabbit was fully expecting to plop down into a ball pit. He was not expecting to drop into a large pair of hands. Or be swooped up in front of a wide grinning sun-shaped face.

“Helllooo! What’s your name, lil guy?” Sunny asked cheerfully.

Plushtrap’s teeth began to chatter as he stared up wide-eyed.

“Careful! Careful! He bites when he’s nervous!” Jeremy called down.

“Oh, no worries! So do a lot of my Sunflowers, eheheh!” Sunny chittered as he reached to set Plushtrap down over the low wall. “Off you go! But not too far,” he said and patted his ears.

“Who’s next?” Marionette asked. Button gave a little wave. “Very good. Both of you?”

“Yes. Me too,” Bow agreed.

He scooped up the Bidybabs from the cart and carried them to the slide. They weren’t wearing their dresses today as to not have them get in the way, and the lack of clothing caused them to shoot down the slide frictionless.

Sunny caught Button and got cutoff mid-greeting to catch the second, holding one in each hand.

“Oh, HI! What’s your names, lil cuties?” he greeted excitedly, already gushing on how small and doll-like they looked.

“I’m Button and that’s Bow,” Button said. She sounded a little wary.

“You’re funny looking,” Bow said. She sound confused but curious.

“That’s because I’m a clown!” he chirped, then set them down alongside Plushtrap.

Jeremy gathered up the Minireenas himself to send them down. All of them, especially Lilium, were eager to go.

“Mike didn’t feel like coming today?” Jake called, directed to Marionette.

“Not tonight! Mike’s at home resting… Err, hopefully,” Marionette explained. “He had a big day today running errands.”

…

“You know, you’d think with our own printed napkins that we wouldn’t go through paper towels this fast,” Mike remarked as he dumped a large twelve pack of paper towels into the shopping cart.

“You think that’s bad? This has got to be a mistake,” Fritz said. He was leaning on the cart handle and looking at the shopping list Tabitha scribbled up for them. “Seventeen bottles of ketchup.”

“What’s she doing, bathing in it?” Mike asked flatly.

“Maybe. I just don’t understand why she didn’t make it an even twenty.”

“I guess it’s cheaper than bathing in blood to get that nice youthful skin. Alright, where to next?” Mike said, rubbing his hands together in lukewarm anticipation.

“The toilet cleaning stuff should be on this aisle somewhere,” Fritz said looking around. Mike grimaced a little at the thought. “That spray stuff’s not cutting it. We’re going to have to get in there with something strong. So, grab some gloves too.”

“Good thinking. I don’t want to go anywhere near that toilet on the end after last week.” He almost shuddered at the thought. “I think Carlton’s been avoiding it too because there’s still skids all over it. On the walls-.”

“I don’t want to think about that when we’re going to be getting our hands in it.”

“Do you want to think about how we’re going to have to clean under arcade machines we haven’t moved in about a year?”

“I don’t want to think about that either.”

[mable-stitchpunk]

Okay, so allow me to break down all of these one at a time so my head doesn’t EXPLODE and I die of happiness and sheer EEEEE- whatever that is, that’s what I was doing when I saw this.

Starting with the Minireenas- they’re adorable! The slightly different art style in the first picture gives them such a ‘little ladies’ look. Not just cute, but delicately beautiful, dainty darlings.

I love how you draw the main four! You can feel so much character oozing off of them just from their designs alone, and they look so distinctly in-character. I love them!

AND AUGGHH THE CLOWNWELLS! I’ve seen your Baby before, but I love how much character is oozing out of her. Ennard’s costume is also so fluff and clown, and I love how you still worked in the semi-technician coverall design since the costume is built with that double-use.

D’aww, and I love Scott’s design! He looks just a bit tired, but in that ‘getting better/recovery’ way. Like with the other humans, there’s just so much that comes through on his looks alone. I love it! And the fact that you can tell he’s a bit older without actually making look old or have stereotypical age telltales. You can just see it in the profile.

I love the hugs with Ennard- they’re both so good in completely different ways. 🥺 This man needs that hug. ^_^

The hug between Mari and Charlie is also precious too! Can definitely feel the loving sibling-esque energy. 🥺And again, love how the have such similar and distinct features to punctuate that.

Last, but not least, Jeremy! I’ve commented on this wonderful picture before, but I love it so much. ^_^ This is what got me to fall totally in love with this Jeremy design, so I must thank you for that-

And all of these! They’re wonderful! 8D And you are too, and a wonderful artist on top of that! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 🫂

Various drawings I've done for the FNAF fic Home by @mable-stitchpunk , some are references for myself and the other doodles, I am going through an art block so I am posting these to not be as inactive.

[doctorsiren]

Day 29 of Sirentober / Doctober

Technoblade / Jerma

They’re watching the FNAF movie 🤭

[anotherthoughtthatwillhauntme]

Carson Family Group Chat—

Glyn's Problem Now (Killian): So apparently, saying "I’ll harvest your organs for science" in med school is ‘concerning’.

Reina’s Loyal Dog (Asher): It is.

Shakespeare But Unhinged (Kayden): Why would you warn them first?

Sunshine With Issues (Gareth): That’s what you’re worried about???

Golden Uterus (Reina): Sweetheart, maybe rephrase it next time?

Killian’s Emotional Support Human (Glyndon): There should not be a next time.

[womeninfictionandirl]

Cassandra Cain by Jeremy Haun

[meganechan05]

Karaoke Night

Where Rita scares the ever living shit out of the team with a children's song

[aropride]

all right boys lets GET THESE NUMBERS UP!!!!!! 💪

[painted-lemon]

reblogging my own post to say:

its better than drugs Jeremy iiiits ORPHAN ESSENCE

can we talk about how jake and emmas main modivation in library of souls is "we need to find our freinds before the bad guys turn them into DRUGS" i dont know any other book where most of the main cast is in danger of being turned into DRUGS

i love these books

[cheemscakecat]

Bucket Scene Analysis pt. 1

So I’m revisiting the Bucket Scene from Expiration Date, and I noticed some things. Spy’s feelings got really hurt, but the other Mercenaries didn’t mean to seriously upset him. Let’s go over their POV first.

Engineer and Medic are doing more experiments on the teleporter, so they aren’t present for the bucket scene. They’ll be trying to figure out a way to stop the tumors for the next three days instead of accepting the team’s deaths.

Soldier is too dumb to understand what’s going on, and Pyro presumably isn’t aware enough of his surroundings.

Demoman comes from a family with really disturbing traditions; they let him live as an orphan and only revealed themselves after he killed his adoptive family in an explosion… Because he was showing his skill. He’s actually expected to lose his sight entirely like his parents. Out of anybody there who knows what’s happening, he’s the most unbothered by them dying because of that twisted heritage.

Sniper calls his parents every week, and I’m sure he’s told them/about to tell them what’s happening. But he also has a plan to kill everyone he meets, so even if he is bothered by the fact that he’ll die, he’s not going to make the others privy.

Heavy has been responsible for his three sisters and his mother since he was a child. Around them, he’d be a bit more open and accept their hand on his shoulder.. But not Spy. Around co-workers, Heavy’d rather think on what’s happening and be left to those thoughts. Besides that, he already provided a secluded cabin in Siberia for his family to keep them safe, so if he dies at work he’ll be at peace knowing they’re ok.

I very much get the vibe that Spy never puts his hand on the others like this, and that’s why Heavy hit him with that Side-eye Claire face.

Now Scout? He’s an interesting case because he’s about to humiliate Spy with the fake cards, but in terms of them dying in three days:

“Ve have three days to live!”

It’s subtle, but he looks like he might cry. Not in front of them, but still. And that tracks, because he and Spy are the most sensitive members of the team. You can look at Spy’s reaction behind Medic, and it becomes more obvious.

But Jeremy wasn’t raised by Spy.

He was raised by his mother [who’s doing her best] and seven older brothers who are terrible role models. I have no doubt that his brothers were involved in petty street crime and gangs when they were younger, even if some came to their senses as adults. And gangs are not well known for emotional stability.

Scout grew up around seven guys that wanted to be “hard” and ignored their emotional needs/daddy issues… As the youngest and the most sensitive one. I imagine that crying and showing that something is getting to you was met with mockery. And being labeled a weakling. So Scout did his best to stop showing that “weakness”.

Now he’s graduated from the criminal fights his brothers used to get into, and joined a group of mercenaries. Since he looked up to his brothers and grew up imbedded in their worldview, he seeks approval from the other Mercenaries in the same way. That’s why he chooses to mock Spy instead of asking for the last wishes. It makes him look unbothered and he can call Spy the weak one instead of being cruelly labeled himself.

But RED team doesn’t operate like Scout’s siblings or a gang. They’re all individuals that specialize in a certain area of mercenary work, who could leave for a different team or independent work if they weren’t happy on the team. [Provided they don’t release any information that the Administrator wants hidden, or rebel against her.]

So when Scout pranks Spy, they aren’t seeing his as a weakling; it’s not even crossing their minds. They’re smiling because Scout seems happy despite impending doom. And why shouldn’t they be glad that he’s having a good time of it? Beats being dejected and since he’s the youngest, they’re more worried about his well-being.

What’s interesting is that Heavy seems to sense that Spy is upset, because his smile noticeably fades when he looks up. But I still don’t think he realizes how much this prank and the teams’ indifference hurt Spy.

[hypernova-writes]

*sad little brazilian orphan kid voice* oi moça... yanking scout by his dog tags and kissing him to shut him up. thats it :3 a lil suggestive in the end perhaps

Literally have had a dream about this! Also headcanons with Nova time! Scout's very sensitive when it comes to his neck, he doesn't let just anyone touch his neck nor yank on his tags! You would have to be literally the object of his affection for you to get close enough to do it!

Scout x Reader: Babe, You're rambling.

"So You're sure ya not annoyed by me?"

You look up from your book, eyebrow cocked as you and your boyfriend were chilling in his room after a day of battling.

"Jeremy. Honey we've been through this—"

"Yea yea, If I truly annoyed you, you would've been dumped me by now BUT THATS NOT THE POINT–"

You sigh and prepare yourself as he starts going on and on.

"I feel like ya just saying that to get me to shut up! Which if you wanted me to shut up ya could just tell me instead of lyin'!'

"And I'm not accusin' ya of lyin' but I'm just saying! A smokin' hot babe like you can't like someone like me! I mean look at me!"

He leans closer to you, his hands on his hips as he continued on, all while you crossed your legs and tilted your head. You looked at him with a soft smile as he continued on and on.

"Jeremy."

"And and don't even get me started on how today went! I know you were busy on the field but you didn't even give me my good luck kiss!"

"Jeremy."

"Look if I did something babes tell me! You know i don't like havin' ya upset at me especially if I did somethin'."

You sighed, it was useless, he's worked himself up and there was only way that you could get him to stop.

You leaned forward, your fingers hooking around his dog tags and pulled him forward, slamming your lips against his.

You could feel his body tense before it relaxes as you pull the two of you back onto the bed. He places his hands on either side of your head to brace himself. His lips move against yours slowly before you finally loosen your grip around his dog tags.

He looks down at you, speechless and breathless a bit before he collapses, laying on your chest, allowing you to rub his back.

"I hate when you do that.."

"Why? Cause it turns you into putty? I thought you liked it when I mark up your neck~"

"H-hey! I do..meanie.."

[dathen]

Because the book is Everyone Loves Mina: The Saga, we don’t have a direct reference for how she’d act if someone was being an asshole to her face

But her reaction in The Holmwood Foundation feels right. She takes it so much in stride, with a bit of private humor. Then it struck me that of COURSE she’s dealt with assholes before. She grew up a working, lower-middle class orphan, and was an assistant schoolmistress at a girls’ school with rich students like Lucy.

You KNOW this woman has dealt with so many Nightmare Parents. Jeremy is probably child’s play in comparison.

[woah-uhuh-uhuh-uhuh]

christine's blog is full of reblog charms and spread this like wildfires and jeremy reblogs every single one of them out of fear and obligation. she spends hours weekly customizing her theme to reflect her current mood and fandom. slaps an experimental 'chris, any pronouns' in her bio just to see how it feels. (nobody refers to her in third person so she never finds out). writes soooo much meta and takes stimboard requests but is wracked with guilt when she gets behind on them. constantly reblogs her own posts telling everyone to go to MHS to see this semester's theater production even though none of her followers are from MHS or even live in new jersey

jeremy desperately wants to dm christine but he has to wait for her to make the first move because his main account is a multifandom roleplay blog named after his x-men oc who hes been trying to convince everyone doesn't exist after michael used that name for him in public one time

michael mell is a reddit fanboy. he posts theories about his fandoms. he’s subscribed to r/ApocalypseOfTheDamned and r/WorldofWarcraft. he is the kind of person to make speedrun videos and walkthroughs and make compilations of “the weapons in aotd ii ranked on how likely they are to be used by a toddler” type shit. 

jeremy heere, on the other hand, is a tumblr fanboy. sure, he posts about theories, but he’s a hopeless romantic. you look at that boy and tell me he doesn’t post shitty fanart and bad fanfic. he plays apocalypse and writes silly little stories about the characters kissing and also dying horrible deaths. 

if anyone’s wondering, christine’s also a tumblr girlie. she keeps tabs on jeremy’s account. she finds it endearing and always leaves kudos on his fics as a guest. (she also is a pinterest fangirl. if u even care.)

[jeremywasriven]

wip jeremy king

he said he wanted to be a business major right? this is what i think he'd look like more realistically (i remember in one of the qna things they said he'd grow a goatee/beard and it was more similar to my ref so happy days!). its kinda disturbing how much i still remember abt him and how many years i dedicated to being obsessed with jeremy king. how do i remember he wanted to be a business major. he never even mentioned it in the games it was just a one off post.... jesus

i wanted to use to occasion check my progress since i began drawing. this is one my first drawings i ever did of him!

ive also been enjoying reading my old fanfiction about him. some of it kind of holds up and others.... errr........ might get orphaned one day lol

[paigelts05]

Theren Schmidt [FNAF 3, Renegade AU]

Published: Feb 2, 2025

https://www.deviantart.com/paigelts05/art/1154465305

Theren has always lived a stones throw away from danger. Her decision to be a security guard at Phoenix Douglas's Fazbear's Fright was rather logical for her.

When Theren was a baby, she was orphaned during one of Fazbear Entertainment's Missing Persons Incidents: one location targeted parents as opposed to children, and both of Theren's parents were among the lost. She wound up growing up in foster care in foster care until she was four, when she was adopted by a young couple: Mike Schmitt and Danielle Peirson.

Her home life was relatively stable, aside from the fact that after Mike started working at Freddy's, he'd frequently come home injured. One week, he didn't come home at all because he got kidnapped, and then not too long after he was saved, he didn't come home again because he'd been rushed to his sister's medical clinic because both of legs had been broken.

After that, things became slightly more stable, even though her parents sometimes vanished for days at a time for the sake of investigations. Sometimes, Mike would go missing, other times it was Danielle. Sometimes she'd have to stay with Fritz or PT as both of her parents would be off investigating some dangerous Faz Ent facilities. This was normal for her, but given that they'd tell her all about it after, she didn't mind.

And then when she was a teenager, Fazbear Entertainment forced her dad to run away for far longer than he'd ever gone missing for before: they sent a bunch of advanced animatronics to try and wipe out the loose ends that posed the largest threat to Faz Ent, and those loose ends happened to be Theren's dad and his friends. Fortunately, a detective named Audrey had phoned Danielle and had come up with a plan. Unfortunately, that plan was for Mike, Krasnyy, Jeremy, and Fritz to all run away.

With Mike, Krasnyy, and Jeremy all being investigators of some denomination, and Fritz knowing way too much as-is, the reason for Audrey only getting those four men to run away was obvious: concentrate the most valuable loose ends in one place to increase the chances of drawing all of the new killer animatronics into one place. Whilst Audrey did only imply her plans, inferring it was second nature to the ex-guards.

Being a teenager, Theren had been told precisely what was going on. Being a teenager, Theren was angry that her dad would be running off again. Being the child of someone who was almost killed by Fazbear Entertainment, she knew that her dad was only running away in order to keep those who had worked at Freddy's location C safe, and to keep those who knew those ex-employees safe.

She knew that her dad was protecting her.

She was so glad that she didn't watch the news the morning after her dad and his friends had left to follow Audrey's killer robot containment plan.

She was so glad that the first she heard of her dad being reported as dead was from her dad telling her as much over a video call that was facilitated by the tiny catgirl robots that PT and Fritz had put together for encrypted communications. He told her the full story: one of the killer robots had boarded the train and killed the conductor (whom was the only other person on board) during a power outage. The animatronic had then attempted to board the train carriage that he was in, and Jeremy had shot the animatronic in order to stun it. That Jeremy had busted open a window and that after escaping from the now stopped train, a Fazbear Entertainment freight train had crashed into the now abandoned passenger train. That the news had reported all five people on the train as dead despite the only body that was found being that of the unfortunate conductor.

Theren had to pretend that her dad was dead.

She wasn't alone in this though.

Everyone back at home would have to keep up the act. Whilst insisting that the presumed dead ex-guards were merely MIA managed to get them so far, having to pretend that her dad had actually hit the point of no return was terrifying.

At least he kept up the voice calls when he could.

Through these, Theren learned about the warehouse incident, as well as the later entrapreneur incident. Whilst Audrey had managed to use a first restaurant and false identity to get the lay of the land, Mike had informed Theren that Audery's second shot almost resulted in the lady detective's own death, as whilst she was able to trap all of the killer robots that Faz Ent had sent after the guards, she'd also collected some scrap animatronics from location Zero along the way. These 'guests of honour' had been what Henry Emily had set up the entrepreneur kit to find and put to the torch, and Audery had only narrowly escaped. Mike also explained how he and the others that Audery had employed had managed to evacuate the restaurant before it could collapse.

With the killer robots gone and her dad able to come home once more, things finally settled down, for real this time, and the frequency of the investigations that took her parents away from home for days at a time decreased. But they never stopped: Faz Ent was always clawing their way back into the world, and her parents and their many allies were always there to curb the effects of whatever murder machines they'd make next.

The next major incidents occurred when Theren was an adult: Fazbear Entertainment was trying to revive its brand via a cover up operation that came in the form of a VR game, code named 'Help Wanted', and as a countermeasure, Phoenix Douglas was attempting to create a 'museum' that would inform the public about the atrocities commited by Faz Ent through the guise of a horror attraction.

After finding out about Phoenix's plan, Theren wanted in. She knew that the plan had two parts: part one was to expose the truth of Fazbear Entertainment to the public, and part two was to reunite people with the ghosts of their loved ones that had been trapped within the walls of Freddy's restaurants. She wanted to do whatever she could to help, and given that Phoenix was already burning the candle at both ends, she insisted on taking the night shift.

Her first night was rather uneventful, but it got her acquainted with the place, and some of the resident spirits that Phoenix had already gathered. She also found that some of the vents that allowed air from outside to enter the establishment seemed to be prone to jamming. Unlike the large vent that she could probably crawl through that let air come from the office to the rest of the building, this was a small vent that was high up on the wall, so reaching it was a pain, bit she did find that the vent could be reopened by resetting the ventilation.

Her second night was when things got interesting. Phoenix had managed to locate Vincent Taylor - whom Theren had last seen in a video call back during the entrapreneur incident - and Vincent was more than happy to help with Phoenix's plan in exchange for the use of cleaning facilities and a negligible fee. Theren was pumped to see her uncle again: at this point, it had been over ten years since she'd seen him in that video call, and whilst he honestly looked worse for wear, that was to be expected when he'd just spent the past few years in Location C's safe room, completely off his own volition (a far cry from what others in his role would do in his position, given that location C was the only Freddy's where the safe room was never actually sealed but merely concealed behind a hidden door).

Vincent had also brought over some other ghosts with him too: a group of ghosts that Phoenix apparently had a hard time seeing. Call it what you will, but Theren was pretty well acclimated to ghosts, so she had no trouble spotting Ryley - who appeared to take the form of a phantom that resembled Foxy - and the others. There was one ghost that Phoenix could see, curiously enough, and he always called them 'Dr Ophelia Harper'; apparently Ophelia had worked with Phoenix's dad back in the 80's, and that was how Phoenix was already familiar with this ghost that appeared to be a phantom form of the Mangle.

The first hour of her shift was great! She was able to talk to the ghosts about their lives, as well as about the renovations to the attraction that Vincent had directed that honestly made the place look way more authentic.

And then Vincent seemed to have a migraine. Theren tried to see what was wrong, and Vincent could only tell her that there was this high-pitched buzzing noise, and that it felt like something was puppeting his body. He insisted that she stayed away - insisted that she kept him away from her and the security office - before fleeing to the opposite end of the horror attraction. The phantoms also seemed to be getting more and more mentally out of it, and their presence seemed to be screwing with the systems, so they fled to the corners of the horror attraction too.

When Phoenix called, he was so happy about his findings. When Theren told him about the migraine that Vincent had just had and how he was acting differently now, she heard Phoenix panic before she heard the sound of something crashing to the ground on the other end of the phone. Had Phoenix just passed out? Probably. Was she going to have to survive her uncle and friends who were likely being mind controlled? Yes.

The night was rough, and she had several close calls, but she was always able to use audio lures and was able to keep the correct vents sealed to keep Vincent from getting to the office.

When the morning came, Vincent was incredibly apologetic: as he'd managed to claw some control back, he figured that he should have done more to fight it. Theren let him know that what he did - which was 'just' making sure that the entity puppeting his body couldn't move as fast as it wanted to - was more than enough. She told him that he knew that if it was able to keep taking over, it'd probably become harder to beat, so him being able to just keep the entity slowed was a huge help, as it helped her devise strategies that she'd be able to learn and employ if or when the entity took control again.

When Phoenix showed up, Theren briefed him on what happened that night, and the trio (plus the phantoms) begun to try and find the source of the buzzing noise that caused Vincent to be forced into the back seat of the robot he possessed.

The search came up empty.

Even though the search came up empty, nobody gave up. Each night, Theren would survive the entity that was puppeting Vincent's body, and each day, they'd search for the source of the buzzing sound that seemed to facilitate this control.

However, on her sixth night, as the minutes ticked closer and closer to six, she smelled the tell-tale stench of petrol. The stench had come out of nowhere, and when she looked at the external vent, she saw a puddle below it.

Both of her options went against her better judgement: stay in the office and risk someone outside setting the building on fire with her at ground zero, or chance whatever was controlling Vincent in hopes of getting to one of the two doors that lead out of the building.

She smelled smoke before she could move, and the fire spread faster than she could run. The last things she could recall about that night was the fire causing the rafters to come down, one of them hitting her square in the back and knocking her down, then something picking her up and carrying her out of the burning building.

She only woke up later that evening, long after the morning news had reported the fire as a likely electrical fault. But Theren knew that it was arson.

Whilst Phoenix was going through with the auction plan as a front in order to reunite ghosts with their families, Theren was under the care of her auntie, Dr May Schmidt. Theren's injuries were primarily localised to where the burning rafter hit her in the back, with only a few minor injuries elsewhere, so whilst her recovery would be far from quick, Theren just felt lucky that the damage was so minor compared to what it could have been.

After she got out of hospital, she'd found that Phoenix had made plans to open up a more formal memorial museum in order to expose the truths behind Fazbear Entertainment.

With this formal museum being way more up to code with better defences against arson, Theren took the job of security guard again. After all, she liked talking to all the wayward souls that had found their way out of Freddy's on the backs of the artefacts that Phoenix salvaged, and even with all of the ghosts that Phoenix had found so far being reunited with their folks, there always seemed to be more ghosts.

[andreal831]

Enzo is the Morally Gray Character Everyone Pretends Damon is

Let's discuss.

Backstory

The writers didn't even try to hide it as they paralleled much of Enzo's background with Damon. If anything, his story is more tragic than the "poor little rich boy" story we get from Damon. I'm not discrediting the abuse Damon suffered, more pointing out the privilege Damon lived with, especially given his role in the Confederacy. No child should have to suffer abuse. But this privilege is often ignored when discussing Damon.

Enzo has a tragic childhood, being orphaned at just four years old and forced into a workhouse. Unlike Damon, Enzo was turned without any prior knowledge of the supernatural world. And he was turned by Damon's mother, tying them together. He was then abandoned as the only vampire he knew was locked in a prison world, leaving him to figure everything out himself. Damon was also alone, but this was done by choice. Like Damon, he also fought in a war, but unlike Damon, he fought on the right-side of WWII. We don't know much about this time in Enzo's life, but I do love that they almost give this story to Damon as well. However, Damon was only joining to be with Stefan and ended up not enlisting at all when Lexi talks him out of going with Stefan.

Enzo was captured by Whitmore and experimented on for ten years. He found love but compelled her to forget him to keep her safe, but was later killed by Damon. Similar to how Damon compelled Elena to forget him, but unlike Enzo when Elena chose to compel the memories away, he can't just let her be happy without him.

When Damon was also captured by Whitmore, Enzo befriended him, showing he still was caring person despite everything that had happened. Despite being held captive for twice as long as Damon, Enzo gave Damon his rations of blood for a year, starving himself so they could escape. But when the time came to escape, Damon left Enzo behind for dead. Because of Damon's actions, Enzo is then held captive for over 50 years.

Throughout the Show

When we meet Enzo his anger is initially directed at Damon, but upon learning that Damon kept his promise on killing the Whitmores, he forgives him for leaving him for dead and shifts his anger to the Whitmores. Enzo killing Aaron made sense since this was his entrance and his anger was still fresh, whereas Damon killing Aaron just showed that he hadn't actually had any character development that the show claimed he had. Damon also uses his position with the MF gang to manipulate Bonnie into helping by threatening Jeremy.

Enzo only turns on Stefan when he believes that Stefan was the one who killed Maggie. Finding out that it was his only friend that killed the woman he loved, instead of trying to kill Damon, he turns off his humanity because he feels so betrayed and heartbroken. Without his humanity, he targets Elena to get revenge on Damon. Stefan kills Enzo so then Enzo seeks revenge against Stefan. It's all logical.

The worst thing Enzo did was Sarah. This is my least favorite Enzo storyline, but not just because the death felt so pointless. But because it all felt out of character and random. Why was Enzo holding onto such a strong grudge for Stefan? Yes, Stefan killed him, but only because he was trying to kill Elena. Enzo's anger would have made more sense directed at Damon, but the writers couldn't let anyone be angry at Damon for more than an episode. But then Enzo doesn't even kill her. Sarah convinces Enzo to let her go

When Enzo kills, it is strategical. He doesn't do it out of joy, but rather because he feels he needs to and he has so much anger inside of him. Right or wrong, this is different than Damon's stance of killing for fun. When Caroline pushes back to Enzo, he says sometimes they have to kill for survival and they can't afford to hesitate. When Damon is called out on his killing, he says it is just part of being a vampire. He revels in it.

Even when Enzo is reunited with his long lost family, the Heretics, he doesn't enjoy taking their side. He is torn because he has never known a family and doesn't know what one feels like. He doesn't like harming the people he has known for a short while. He again chooses his blood family at the Armory initially, still hoping to find that family. But he's not really betraying anyone by doing this. The MF gang was never his family. Damon was his friend who betrayed him. He didn't owe them loyalty. But when Enzo finally finds family in the MF gang, in Bonnie, nothing will make him betray that. Unlike Damon, Enzo's loyalty isn't transactional.

Growth

The biggest difference between Damon and Enzo is that Enzo has the character development the show desperately tried to pretend Damon had.

Enzo values his friendships. When Damon dies, he is one of the main characters seeking to bring him back. Even attacking Stefan for giving up. Enzo comforts Caroline throughout the summer as she struggles. He counsels Bonnie to let him go because he'd rather her live and be safe than bring him back to life. He even talks her into forgiving Stefan so she doesn't live the rest of her life in pain.

Damon does very little to bring people back, usually just resorting to begging/forcing Bonnie. Even when Elena's in a coma, he doesn't spend the years seeking a loophole, rather he decides to desiccate and abandon his friends and brother. He misses his dead friends but doesn't honor their memories.

The writers actually learned from their mistakes with Damon. Damon entered the show as a villain in Season 1 and that was really hard to come back from. His assault on Caroline, killing Lexi, Vicki, and countless other people for fun, his yo-yoing back and forth between "good" and "bad" depending on how Elena was treating him, it was all too much without a really good redemption arc. Which they didn't bother doing. We don't see Damon ever feel remorse or apologize for anything. Everyone just forgives him.

While Enzo actually works to repair his relationships. He feels remorse for what he's done to the extent that he warns Caroline and Bonnie not to live like him. His very last actions are to make sure Bonnie forgives where he couldn't so that she could move on the way he couldn't.

Enzo was far from a perfect person, but he is by far a better "morally gray" character than Damon.

Race

While the show essentially white washes Michael Malarkey's background, we have to acknowledge the racism that plays a part. And even the larger disenfranchisement of Palestinian actors or even just Pro-Palestinian actors. Michael is proud of his Palestinian heritage. We can't ignore the impact this has had on him in the fandom and even with the cast and crew given their stances.

People are always quick to talk about the racism in the fandom, yet it always seems to fall short when discussing Michael/Enzo. It could just be because of the whitewashing in the show, but I've seen the discussion brought up more with Michael Trevino who is also a whitewashed character thanks to the shows blatant racism.

A lot of the complaints against Enzo is that he was taking roles they wished their favs had and he wasn't even a "main character. But why is Enzo not considered a main character? He has a 59 episode run time (4 seasons). He is classified as a main character online, but the fandom continues to sideline him. He has a longer run time than Klaus by double, yet we wouldn't say that Klaus wasn't a main character on TVD.

I've never actually seen legitimate reasons to hate Enzo. All of the reasons are farfetched or cherry-picking the plot so bad I swear they only watch certain character scenes.

Damon was a bad person who had moments of goodness. Enzo was a good person who had moments of "badness." I don't get why everyone wants to hate on Enzo just to make them feel better about liking Damon. Just like Damon.

But I love Enzo and I have so much respect for Michael Malarkey. They both deserved better from the fandom and the writers.