So, How About It, Huh..? Wanna Be A Schmidt?

“So, how about it, huh..? Wanna be a Schmidt?”

Albert Camus, The Misunderstanding (1943)

you know what gregory deserves? a non horrors au. an au where he ends up with people who actually care about him and are willing to work through rough patches and he DOESN’T end up doing to the pizzaplex. just a normal kid dealing with big feelings au.

★ — "The hell's that supposed to mean?"

Seems he's fully willing to call her out on that, expression scrunching up in obvious distaste. So what if he's a kid? Doesn't mean he's somehow not supposed to be here more than her! Her question ( and slight acquiescence ) does catch him off guard, though — for a moment, it's clear he doesn't know how to answer her.

Somehow, he thinks ' something in there is killing kids and tried to kill me and I need to figure out what it is ' isn't going to get him very far.

" .... there's too many people watching during the day."

"I'm probably supposed to be here more than you are." What does that mean, exactly? She's not even exactly sure, but it sure is what she said! She has at least some defensibly, in that this is a child. if she really wanted to, she could try the family history card, but she's not sure 'yeah I think my dad and brother are rotting in the basement' card would do much in this case.

"Okay, I'll bite—" bad choice of words? "What is so important that you can't wait until it opens up in the morning?"

FredBear and Gregory are friends! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ♡

I just wanted to draw Gregory with the plush. 

Maybe Gregory wanted a Glamrock Freddy plush but Vanessa was unable to get him one (because they are broke) so she got him one from a garage sale.

Aside from the situation he's ended up going through, what's Gregory's overall opinion of the Pizzaplex?

Admittedly, it's pretty hard for Gregory to separate his feelings on the night he spent in the pizzaplex from the pizzaplex as a whole. It's simply too big for him to just ignore and ( rightfully ) colors his perception of the entire Fazbear brand. It doesn't matter how many times Freddy tries to tell him the pizzaplex is meant to be a place of joy, or that the other glamrock animatronics are nice and caring — he doesn't like them!

It doesn't help that his own exposure to both the pizzaplex and Fazbear as a whole was pretty limited to second hand knowledge prior. Luxury children's entertainment has never been a priority in his life, especially when it seemed keeping a roof over his head and people to look after him was already a difficult enough feat.

He'd never been to the pizzaplex before, and sneaking in was for basic needs — shelter and food. Fazbear itself, the fun they promised within the building was all ... an afterthought. More than anything, it was easy to sneak into and Gregory thought it would be easy to hide in.

Before? He thought it was overwhelming, and maybe a little over the top. Obnoxious, in a way that made him slightly envious of the kids who regularly got to visit even if he'd never voice that.

But really, that night was his first true exposure to the pizzaplex and Fazbear and his general consensus afterwards is ' Wow! That sucks and those people are crazy! The whole company must be evil if thats happening just under their noses and they're not doing anything about it! '

Evidently those feelings aren't strong enough to keep him from going back and getting himself even more involved in the dark underside of Fazbear, though.