#lucasverse lore

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OPINIONS CHART (Like to Dislike = Green to Red. No arrows means characters haven't met / interacted enough)

Every character here except Lucas and Perry belong to @fivenightsatfreddysfanfiction

maaan i spent like too many hours planning this thing out... anyway this is just like a handy visual reference for me and anyone else who wants to know! wrote some notes on each characters thoughts But if you want to know more in-depth my askbox is Very open (and i would be Beyond thrilled if you sent me anything 😭😭😭 please)!

OH and better view of the icons i drew under the cut:

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Assorted Fazband Thoughts

sort of a sequel to this ask from @mangleschmidt i got about the animatronics; sort of based on lore by @fivenightsatfreddysfanfiction

ORIGINAL FAZBAND

as i mentioned in the footnotes, the originals (the hardware anyway) were made specifically for the first location by a small robotics company that was later acquired by fazbear entertainment. the base shells were copied/modified from an old blueprint of the springlocks.

the software was provided by jeremy fitzgerald sr., who had taken an interest in the fazband's development. it was a little unusual when he asked to personally oversee the testing of his prototype "security mode", but given he was related to one of the higher-ups, nobody argued. (weird guy, though. didn't work well with others)

the originals don't actually have a programmed free-roam mode, at least not back in the '80s. any walking around they did (one at a time, in a very limited area, under supervision) was directed via remote control. after '87, people started noticing the fazband's movements became a little more... natural, less stiff. then one night they just started walking around on their own.

also in the other posts, the fazbands aren't really capable of independent, sentient thoughts or personalities. well, they're not supposed to be. but very occasionally, outside of showtimes, they would... talk... to themselves, using bits from their showtime voicelines. even when the ghost children would be resting.

i don't know if they're distinct enough from the ghosts to be their own persons, but i have a feeling they aren't completely unaware.

TOY FAZBAND

the toys are technically the third version of the fazband, after the '80s prototype originals and the rudimentary "rockstar" line that was in production from '85-'98 for other freddy's branch locations. the rockstars were cheap and easy to make (think chuck e cheese but worse) and are what the majority of people imagine when thinking "freddy fazbear's pizza". when mike schmidt became a utahn hero after protecting a young teenager from "burglars", fazbear entertainment was starting to roll out the toys and decided to revamp their first location to suit their new colorful image. (the kid might've put in a good word; wasn't he the grandson of one of the higher-ups?)

the toys are a lot simpler than the originals in a lot of ways: design, question of sentience, lack of jaw movement—but they're definitely more technologically advanced. better at walking, too. they also have a version of fitzgerald sr.'s security mode in their programming, after mike's heroism also raised parental worry about their local pizzeria getting robbed. (honestly, i don't think these animatronics actually have facial recognition.)

as for what other animatronic mangle got inextricably combined with... given fredbear doesn't actually have an endoskeleton, i think it may have been dee-dee, balloon boy's counterpart.

i don't exactly know where to put it, but the marionette is also an exclusive first-location "animatronic". the guy who designed the original fazband made it for his daughter, apparently. they visited freddy's a few times, always carrying that thing in tow; something bad happened, and he left it behind.

SPRINGLOCK SUITS

very few people still remember there were two of them. when you take off the ears, the accessories, they look identical. they were supposed to be thrown out, but fitzgerald sr. took a liking to them. too bad he wasn't much of an engineer though, or he maybe would've given the fazband springlocks, too.

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Ok feels mean since shes stuck as a ghost kid but what about 10 and 30 for Violet? And Faith for that matter

damn it is.... 💀 (also hi bestie very funny everyone keeps asking for 30. just a good question ig)

10) What age do they most want to be right now?

hmm... for violet it's kind of an easy answer: whatever age lucas currently is. he and mike are really her (and the other ghost kids') only frame of reference for someone from her childhood growing up and becoming an adult. violet doesn't really Get how it works but she thinks it'd be fun to be in charge of stuff!

faith's concept of age is very skewed because she Has (mike's) memories of growing up and ageing, but she's very conscious of her own stasis. sometimes she feels as old as mike; sometimes she feels forever eleven. i think faith would want to feel something completely different, so... i think she'd like to be in her 70s like byron. i think she'd make a great old lady!

30) What would they do if they knew it would be forgiven?

honestly... violet would kill mike to try and free faith from him. she believes faith is trapped inside mike the way violet and her other friends are trapped inside the fazband, so she doesn't really get why faith keeps trying to protect and help mike. well, some people just need tough love!

faith... she would find a way to tell mike everything about the bite, about their friends, about her suppressing his memories of both. she'd confess to jeremy about her own (albeit brief) part in helping the marionette almost steal his soul (during lv's version of twan), and then she'd be brutally honest with lucas about her fears, for him and because of him. and then she'd break up with violet 😭

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Perry: 5, 6, 30

:D

yess yess... perry grins

5) Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech! Will they give one, and what about?

ooh i was hoping for this one! perry isn't actually much of a talker when they're not on a job, so if they gave a speech, it'd probably be some kind of pre-mission "if you fuck this up, i'll destroy you" pep talk. but given she's considerably younger (she's only 21!) than most of her co-workers, it's unlikely to happen, and even more unlikely they'd be taken seriously...

6) Who will they take advice from, no matter what it is? Who won’t they take advice from, no matter what it is?

1) unfortunately, panther. perry idolizes him! 2) also unfortunately, tiger. for most of peregrine's memory he's been a semi-functioning alcoholic with "no spine and no drive", so she automatically disregards her father... hopefully that will change? (i would've added router here but i don't think he'd ever give perry advice unless it was criticism directly related to how they did their job, in which case perry would hem and haw about it but accept the feedback.)

30) What would they do if they knew it would be forgiven?

feed into her worst violent impulses. the reason perry, despite being so emotionally raw and easily goaded, is as professional and standoffish as they are is because they knows panther wouldn't approve of her flying off the hook all the time. if perry didn't have that, she'd kill off any prospective living weapon panther took interest in. (maybe even her brother...)

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Foxy 6 7 18(🦊🐶 sorry 😁) 29

Lucas 30 😁😁😁

heehee foxymail 😁 (for anyone else this is for human foxy who does happen to resemble lucian almost exactly so. i guess these answers work for this au's lucian too? pinch of salt etc)

for foxy:

6) Who will they take advice from, no matter what it is? Who won’t they take advice from, no matter what it is?

hmm this is one to ponder... i think he would greatly value chica's advice (<— longtime believer in foxy-chica friends) and pretty much always disregard freddy's. (and golden freddy's advice too, ever since the bite...)

7) Describe them in three words. Now let them describe themself in three words.

me: complicated asshole scapegoat

foxy: washed-up forgotten failure (isn't that 4 words? maybe)

18) Kissing: tongue or no tongue?

zero tongue! chasteness ONLY! lmao but more seriously, i feel like emotionally, he's always flinching away from intimacy

29) What recurring dreams do they have?

dreams where his teeth keep falling out Or ones where everyone he's ever loved doesn't know / remember who he is.

and for bonus guest lucas:

30) What would they do if they knew it would be forgiven?

literally the exact same things he's been doing. to lucas, what happens when (not if) he and the marionette succeed in bringing the kids back will immediately overshadow every bad thing he did to get there. he's doing what's right. he has to be.

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Lucas 9 19 29 :grin:

wahoo ask game!! :grin:

9) Do they empathize with non-sentient things (dolls, plants, books…)?

well, you Would think so considering his fondness of the original fazband... but honestly no! he might feel sentimental about certain objects but he's not very prone to "pointless daydreaming", as he would describe it. (but i do think he has a habit of talking at photographs / items connected to certain people as if he was talking to said person directly.)

19) Do they study before tests? Practice before job interviews?

this is actually really funny because... theoretically Yes? but lucas hasn't been to an actual school since 4th grade and learned most of what he does from two mercenaries who are Not qualified educators (did panther ever even graduate highschool?) and the first job lucas got was handed to him by his aunt mahogany... but i figure by when my fnaf2 arc ends he gets into trade school. still don't think he's ever done an interview before. (he knows a friend who knows a friend...)

29) What recurring dreams do they have?

oh, just your usual everyday recollections of your sins of the past where you turn into the man you'd most hate to turn into but know you're already becoming. (ever heard the sound of springlocks snapping onto flesh? lucas hears it constantly.)

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Hey! I hope this isn't too out of nowhere, but I’m really curious about your dynamic between Lucas and the Fifth Child. It definitely seems /much/ more tense compared to the other ghost kids, especially concerning the guards — related, is Lucas around in person during CaBaMS? (as an aside, your renditions of the character designs are great! do you have any favorite design notes from them?)

first of all, please don't worry about asking me anything about lucasverse! i know ive been on a sort of. spontaneous hiatus for a while (school... [shakes fist]) but i promise i am still working on things i want to post at some point! also you must be psychic or something because how did you know i wanted an excuse to mention my lucasverse CAbaMS wip??? (well i renamed it ComWS. little exercise for you to figure out what it stands for) but to answer your question: yes, he definitely is!

and thank you for asking about lucas and faith! their dynamic has always been very interesting to think about. they parallel each other in a way: they're both caught between their love of their old friends and their love of mike; both aware of the pizzeria's dark past but unable (or unwilling) to speak about it; both trapped in time in 1987 but still growing older. it's really their interactions with jeremy that forces a stark split between them, and, like you said, makes faith and lucas's relationship very tense...

to elaborate on how they see each other, i'll speak on it from both perspectives.

LUCAS does, to a point, see faith in a very patronizing way. he both treats her like an adult—considering faith has quite literally been grafted into the body and mind of mike, an adult, and gains a sense of maturity from it—and like a child at the same time, because she is still a child in appearance and behavior. as i said before, faith and lucas are both stuck in time: lucas is physically and behaviorally an adult, but a part of his mind will always be back in 1987.

this leads to him not quite resolving where to stand when it comes to the people he knew before. he is the ghost children's playmate, but he's also their guardian. he is mike's co-worker and supervisor, but he is also (or he tries to be) mike's trusted friend. likewise, faith is both a peer to lucas, but also someone who needs to be protected like the other children, someone who doesn't really know the consequences of her own actions.

this is why lucas tolerates faith's friendship with jeremy, despite personally loathing him. lucas believes faith is just... misguided. she's been "taken in" by jeremy's lies and mission and will no longer listen to actual reason; the only way is for faith to see jeremy's true colors for herself. in the meantime, lucas will just try to protect the others, and maybe, if he plays his cards right, makes good on his deal with the marionette... maybe lucas can save them all, before it's too late.

FAITH sees lucas in a similar way, as she does their friends: misguided, scared, grieving, his anger misdirected. faith worries about lucas just as much as she believes that jeremy is a good person, that jeremy wants to do what's best for everyone, that jeremy can be trusted. but she trusted someone like him before, and... well, look how that turned out.

she knows what lucas thinks about jeremy, what lucas made their friends think about jeremy, and, sometimes, she feels like a traitor; she worries constantly if she's doing the right thing for anyone. although, maybe she was always a traitor at heart. faith's first dying act was to help mike. nothing in that has changed. maybe if she stays her course, she'll prove lucas (and herself) wrong. maybe if she was right about mike, she can be right about jeremy.

faith desperately clings to what's left of her optimism the way lucas clings to his past: it's slipping out of their fingers and cynicism takes over, despair and the desperate need for something to change for the better, someone to just help them keep this sinking ship afloat. it's just, well, no one will listen to reason.

here's the thing about lucas and faith: they care so deeply about their friends and family. and this care can come at the cost of anyone outside the circle of people they love, and that love can be so strong it suffocates and blinds. who is right, lucas or faith? i know the answer, but you will have to wait a while. they'll get their moments in ComWS!! i have a specific scene in mind...

anyway to round this all up! my favorite design notes hmmmm...

lucas and 1987 darwin have similar hairstyles

the badge lucas wears is vincent's. yes, with his name still on it. you decide what it says about lucas

i just like that violet looks like her mom!

i feel like that's all i can remember off the top of my head! there's still characters i have yet to draw/post so hm hm maybe this list will expand! but i better cap this off before i start writing novels in here. if you're reading this, thank you for entertaining me, feel free to ask follow-up questions, like, subscribe, etc etc 💀 i love you good morning good afternoon good evening good night

perry's panther tattoo. also her and panther's matching toothy grins

oh and 1987 lucas's arm cast! i've been drawing him with one since at least 2017. nothing really special of note but idk i just am fond of it

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From The Parlour (since tumblr doesn't let me send asks from a sideblog): I'm actually kind of curious to see what your design for Panther would be like given that he didn't have the early 'protections' of his brother in the merc world and he had to learn new habits/behaviours from harsh lessons. Would that be reflected in his appearance/expressiveness? Thoughts?

wooo first ask!! 🎉 also here he is! i had to figure out how to send him to my phone because my cable wasnt working but we have survived!

this panther definitely would've gone through a ton of close calls and gotten a ton of scrapes. i would say most of his body is littered with scars from avoidable injuries (as i type this i realize i forgot to draw any of them on his arms but its 2am), shrapnel, falls, assorted burns, the occasional bullet etc. the incident that resulted in those facial scars you see here (i assume being caught in some kind of grenade blast) is most likely what drove him to ask darwin for help, this darwin having gotten into the medical field as a paramedic/first responder.

i think all of these hard knocks result in panther having considerably less belief in his own invincibility—but i believe that bravado got inherited by someone far more willing to get into the family business than lucas was...

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LUCASVERSE: AN INTRODUCTION

Fifteen years ago, on the night of his cousin's birthday party, Lucas Michaels became a murderer. It's a secret only one other person knows, someone Lucas thought he could trust, someone who was supposed to have his best interests at heart… But when that relationship is burned, Lucas is forced to run and hide in the only place he won't be found: Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where it all began.

Since then, he's been keeping the ugly truth from everyone he cares about: his aunt Mahogany, his co-worker Mike—and the very friends he watched die that day in 1987. After all, what they don't know won't hurt them… right? His new status quo, changed as it is, gets to stay familiar and peaceful… Lucas will take any peace he can get.

But when Jeremy Fitzgerald is hired as the new Night Watch, Lucas's fragile paradise threatens to shatter around him. The teenager has secrets of his own, determined to clear his father's disgraced name and drag out every bloody detail into the light. Desperate to keep his recreation of their Happiest Day, Lucas seeks out help from the mysterious Marionette. All he needs to do is agree to one little deal…

NOTE: This AU is based on the Parlourverse by @fivenightsatfreddysfanfiction and follows most of its major plot beats (up to the end of the FNaF 3 Arc, where Lucasverse concludes). However, not all details, events, or characters will be the same. Some changes are more drastic than others.

[TIMELINE]

[GENERAL LUCAS INFORMATION] (will be updated)

Who is Lucas? What is his personality like?

On the clock, Lucas is the Assistant Manager / Animatronic Technician at Freddy's Pizza, and Mike and Jeremy's boss. Off the clock, Lucas is a weird loner who spends all his free time either hanging out with the old decaying FazBand in Parts/Service, or hovering around Mike (who tolerates it). Generally polite and friendly to all (except Jeremy) with an air of superiority, he seems not to have any hobbies or interests outside of tinkering with animatronics.

Hey, has anyone ever seen him outside Freddy's?

What is Lucas's relationship with Mike and Jeremy?

While Lucas is willing to look the other way when a staff member takes a bit too long on their smoke break, or comes in five minutes too late, everyone agrees that no one gets more share of the favoritism than Mike. Though Mike wouldn't go so far as to call Lucas a friend, exactly, there seems to be an unspoken (if rigid) camaraderie between them; they can share a beer together in silence. They're both in charge of any new security guards, if that adds to it.

On the other end of the scale, Jeremy seems to have drawn Lucas's ire, to a point where it almost seems... personal? Although Lucas keeps a professional demeanor, there are moments where he seems to enjoy making Jeremy's life as inconvenient as possible, from calling him in on weekends or docking his pay for "damages". Does Jeremy's friendship with Mike have something to do with it?

Why does Lucas hate Jeremy?

Sometimes we hate in others what we see in ourselves.

Does Lucas know the fates of the previous night guards? What about the pizzeria / animatronics being haunted?

When a night guard is found to have "disappeared", it's either the owner's or the general manager's duty to inform Corporate. But Lucas tends not to bother Mahogany with troublesome things like that, and—don't tell him, but—Byron's going a little senile nowadays. Anyhow, Lucas is always there at 6AM, him and Mike, so it's no big effort for him to call them in. Mike... never takes it well. Lucas lets him take the day off, if he needs to.

Lucas doesn't consider the animatronics to be haunted, per se, as much as the animatronics are the new bodies/vessels of his dead childhood friends.

And of course he can see ghosts.

He's always been too nosy for his own good.

What was Lucas's life like before he started working at Freddy's?

Lucas grew up in Hurricane, Utah, in a loving family, with his mother Jacqueline, father ██████, and no one else we should be thinking about. Why would you think about that? There's no one else here. No one else worth thinking about. No one else left behind. He has an aunt Mahogany and a cousin Violet. He had an uncle Vincent, but after he died Lucas didn't have any more. Just the one. Only one. No one else.

When Lucas was ten, he ran away from the birthday party. He didn't like being happy. He liked to hide in places where no one would find him. No one found him that day. No one saw what he did, except for one.

When Lucas was ten, his father said they'd move away from Utah to be closer to family. That was a lie. They were running. His family ran across the country, Utah to Arizona, Texas to Missouri, Ohio to Tennessee to Florida. Lucas got good at running, just like he was good at hiding. They stayed a while in Florida, a long while. Nothing important happened to nobody special.

When Lucas was eighteen, he ran away. He came back home.

He's been running ever since.

What did Lucas do in '87?

Who needs to know?

What deal did the Marionette make with Lucas?

Give gifts, give life.

He will put them back together again.

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LUCASVERSE TIMELINE (WIP)

[my laptop has been broken for the past week imagine some cool art here. im doing all this on my phone. also no set dates i cant be bothered sorryyyyy]

NOTE: This timeline is based off the Parlourverse timeline by @fivenightsatfreddysfanfiction. For ease of understanding, italics signify events which are largely unchanged, bold italics signify events which occur in Parlourverse but are significantly altered, and regular text signifies entirely new original events.

PART ONE: THE BEGINNING

1975

Fredbear's Family Diner founded by ████████ and ██████████

1977

Sydney Michaels and Jacqueline Dayasiri begin dating

Jacqueline finds out she's pregnant, goes to the Michaels family for help

Darwin Michaels agrees to help Jaq, takes responsibility for Sydney's actions

████████ and ██████████ have a falling out, ██████████ forced out of ownership of Fredbear's

Sydney hired by ██████████ to sabotage Fredbear's success, poisons and kills/injures eleven children in Fredbear's

Sydney goes on the run; Darwin helps him evade police but prioritizes his new family, stays behind

Darwin refuses to go into witness protection, marries Jacqueline

Lucas Michaels is born

1979

██████████ Industries secures rights to Fredbear's, rebrands to Fazbear Entertainment

Byron Brown appointed as owner and general manager of the first Freddy Fazbear's Pizza

Jeremy Fitzgerald Sr. appointed as Head Technician, tasked with monitoring and testing animatronic behavior

1981

someone should be here but i left her behind

1983

Vincent Dayasiri hired as Assistant Manager at Freddy's

Vincent found murdered, assumed robbery gone wrong

Lucian Enfuego hired as Assistant Technician under Fitzgerald Sr.

1986

Jacqueline and Lucas caught in car accident; Jacqueline dies from injuries

he showed up one night, didn't wait before dad got the door open to let himself in. i was hiding under the kitchen table but he found me anyway, like he knew exactly where i'd be. "hey, little mouse," he said, smiling knife-sharp. "i'm your—

Lucian promoted to Senior Technician

Child found dead behind Freddy's; case dropped due to corporate intervention

PART TWO: THE BITE

1987

Violet Dayasiri and Mike Schmidt celebrate shared birthday party

where was i that day? hiding, always hiding, in that dark, dark room with that hollowed-out yellow corpse of a bear. or was it a rabbit? i was supposed to be watching her, you know? i sure watched all of it. i saw everything. everything.

Several children lured by costumed man into back room at Freddy's

i did it. it's my fault. i should've kept my hands to myself, i shouldn't have tried to help at all, i just fucked it all up. but what was i supposed to do? leave them in there? i could hear them still breathing. they were alive in there. they were still alive.

Mike Schmidt crosses safety line, skull crushed by Foxy the Pirate; Darwin rushes Mike to nearest hospital

have you ever heard the sound of a springlock snapping on human flesh? i was lucky not to get blood on me, he said, otherwise everyone would know what i had done. he said he'd keep my secret, though. i could trust him. i wanted to trust him.

Five children declared missing, including Violet; police called to investigate

Security tapes reviewed and found to be tampered with; suspicion falls on Lucian

Lucian evades arrest and goes on the run, writes letter of innocence to his son Alex Choi

Further investigation calls Fitzgerald Sr.'s innocence into question, Fitzgerald fired

Lucian found dead inside Freddy's after Jeremy Fitzgerald Jr. found exiting pizzeria covered in blood, babbling about the "purple man"

Fitzgerald Sr. reported missing, never found

Missing Children case dropped due to corporate intervention

Scott Bell hired as Night Watch

PART THREE: THE HAUNTING

1988

Darwin and family move to Florida

i was so afraid people would find out what i'd done. i'd wash my hands, scrub and scrub and scrub until my skin was raw and bleeding. it didn't get rid of anything, the smell of old blood. i couldn't talk to dad, but why would i want to? all he smelled like was cheap beer and the salt of misery. dad stopped trying when mom stopped breathing. maybe i did too.

1995

i was the first, but i didn't know it. she was the second, but she wanted it. but then he took clara and it made me feel sick to even look at her. i got her food once, and she slipped me a note to take to the cops. i ran away instead. i don't think she's still alive anymore. i hope she isn't. maybe if i'd helped her like she begged me to—but there's no use in regret.

Lucas returns to Utah, stays with Mahogany Brown

Lucas unofficially hired as mechanic / handyman at Freddy's, befriends Scott

1997

Scott found dead during last week as Night Watch

scott wasn't lying. your eyes really do pop out of the mask. the worst part was watching mahogany call corporate with shaking hands, see the burning hate in her eyes as she met with the suits, hollowed-out husks themselves. it was the first time i had to sign anything. backstage smelled like bleach and disinfectant for weeks after.

Lucas steps in as temporary Night Watch

i saw them that night. i saw all of them. but i couldn't stay, i couldn't stay or he'd kill me, he saw what i did, he knows what i know, i know what he did—

Mike Schmidt hired as replacement Night Watch

1998

Mike Schmidt protects a child from animatronics during night shift, almost dies; corporate claims it was an attempted robbery

Freddy's gains increased publicity and funding, begins renovation

2000

Fazbear Entertainment releases new Toy line of animatronics; ██████████ Industries discards majority of Funtime line

Freddy's reopens with new animatronics; Mike Schmidt promoted to Head Security Guard; Lucas promoted to Assistant Manager / Head Technician

it was tough calling corporate myself, the first few times. they'd scrub the whole place clean and the missing notice would go up, never to be answered. mike took their deaths hard. i understood. when i found one of them in the suit, saw them twitch, death rattle in their throat, i knew it would hurt mike more to watch them suffer. i did what i had to do. what i learned to do.

2002

Jeremy Jr. hired as replacement Night Guard

what the hell does this kid think he knows?

Attempted robbery at Freddy's goes wrong; Mike Schmidt shot and kidnapped

and the future is yet unwritten

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Assorted Panther Thoughts

wooo no wifi for an uncertain amount of time. whatever you guys get panther (shoutout to my deadbeat daduncles of all time) who belongs to @fivenightsatfreddysfanfiction. also my askbox is Definitely open please send me something if you guys want??? dms also open i think

for a recap: one of the main changes to this panther's trajectory relies on darwin choosing not to go on the run with sydney over his new possible future with a wife and kid on the way

(even though said kid is sydney's, so in a way i guess darwin will always be cleaning up his brother's messes huh)

given that he enters merc life without someone who's got his back, this panther is a lot more patient and calculating than his parlourverse counterpart. he's gotten some harsh lessons on the field he needed learning and becomes far less impulsive with his tactics. much like his namesake: he becomes more inclined to stealth and long-term planning, holding his cards a lot closer to his chest while he observes from up high

i don't think him showing up nigh-immediately after jacqueline's died to catch darwin in the lowest point of his life was a mistake on panther's part. i also don't think, if he'd been around to freddy's, that he didn't see more exploitable tragedy coming round the corner. do i think he orchestrated it all like some criminal mastermind? nah, no way. but panther is nothing if not an opportunist

i also don't doubt he has far less lines he's willing to cross: if he's already willing to target children in parlourverse, then why not the kids his brother already has, especially the one that's already a killer? and why not the brother that had once tossed him aside? or the hacker that thinks of him as a friend? bringing someone under your absolute control doesn't always have to be so brutal. there's a thousand ways to break someone down. there's a thousand ways to be broken. it just takes a little more time.

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Hi hello! I love your designs and art !!! It's so tasty and lovely. I am curious about Lucas' relationship with the bots themselves, especially the OG Fazband, other than just "guy fixes them/keeps the kids company"

Does Lucas talk to them also or just there for the ghost kids specifically and doesn't interact with them? Does he have a favorite, before and now, if that changed? What are his opinions of them, even if it isn't strong? Who's his favorite to fix?

I have like several incoherent questions in my head but I keep them a bit in the back burner for a while when I hear your thoughts...

hello hello!! thank you so much for asking! (and thank you for the compliment, it means a lot!! <3)

but as for the animatronics themselves... to answer your questions, i have to briefly explain my mindset in deciding what's "anachronistic" to lucasverse as a whole: if it isn't (within the realm of) possible in a real world timeline, it (probably) isn't possible in this au. call it an excuse to go on wikipedia, i guess. as for what it means for all the animatronics and their capabilities (i might make a longer post later, if you're interested), the main thing, sadly, is that they don't really have... electronic sentience¹?

does lucas talk to the fazband? sure, i suppose... in the way that he is unable to mentally unlink "his friends" from "the robots they happen to inhabit"². if your friend's consciousness inhabited a computer, would you not think of that computer as your friend, despite the physical differences?

does he have a favorite? when he was younger, he was basically press-ganged into liking foxy by violet (of course, the fact that mike was also a fan helped sway lucas's opinion). now? ummm also foxy. well toy foxy but foxy nonetheless! he also has a soft spot for balloon boy. i'll also throw in his least favorites: freddy then, fredbear now³.

his opinions on the animatronics? he reveres the original fazband for shaping his childhood (literally and metaphorically) and it does sting a little to see them withering away⁴ in parts/service. he thinks the toy line is kitschy and... distasteful, to say the least, but balloon boy has an ugly sort of charm to him. the marionette is not an animatronic, it is a business partner that also happens to be an eight-year-old.

favorite to fix? hands down, toy foxy⁵. honestly, the real "take-apart attraction" enjoyer is him. he literally has nothing better to do with his time. and just like before, least favorite: toy chica. it disturbs him.

FOOTNOTES: ¹ that isn't to say it's impossible for them to have sentience (see marionette), but sentience might take a little more time to trickle through for a certain set. || ² the ghost children can detach themselves from the animatronics for short periods of time; lucas thinks of it as something akin to astral projection. || ³ or what he thinks was fredbear. || ⁴ the shells of the original fazband were made-to-order, and the original schematics are kept under lock and key by the manufacturer. lucas would sell his kidney to get his hands on them. || ⁵ he refuses to call any of the toy animatronics by any nickname. or any pronouns except "it". what are they, his friends?