I'm Just Gonna Drop In Like A Bombshell (if You Know You Know) And Derail This Ship Discussion Train

I'm just gonna drop in like a Bombshell (if you know you know) and derail this ship discussion train with a fic that shows the true potential for the underrated Luis x Vanessa boat.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39861726/chapters/99806337

It is still a work in progress but I likento think that it shows how wholesome the ship can be.

(It also features smol toddler Gregory, which is adorable)

(here's the link from the second ask)

For anyone looking for fic recs with Luis!

FNAF SB 3 star ending fic ideas that no one has really used yet

I have decided to actually try and make a difference by posting my ideas that other people have said are "good". My hope is that these inspire other great aspiring writers to create a story using the ideas below. I would do it myself, but I lack the talent to do so. Hope that yall enjoy these ramblings!

Idea 1: Vanessa quits her job

This idea is based on my interpretation that the Vanessa we see in Security breach isn't really her, it's Vanny controlling her. Vanessa's consciousness is there, but all that she can do is just watch, like viewing your own life through an old television.

So after the 3 star ending, Vanessa would be left with a job that requires skills that "she" technically never had. She can't just pull up Vannys memories (which i have her being able to do because extra pain :D) because the memories of how to do that job are suspiciously gone, almost as if they were taken by Vanny just before she "left" as a final "f*ck you :D" to Vanessa.

So now all Vanessa has left are her own memories of watching herself push random buttons that do random things. It would be like trying to learn how to fly a plane solely by watching someone else do it.

Vanessa also realizes that she'd have to still assist lost children after hours, a thought that truly scares her. It's not because she doesn't like children, no. In fact I believe Vanessa used to work really well with children due to her old position as a video game tester/coder.

So she would put in her 2 weeks notice, but not before working out some special deal with the plex that allows her and Greg the gremlin of chaos to visit the pizzaplex whenever they want and for any length of time.

As for what job she would try and go back to? Beta testing and coding. She was evidently very good at it based on those cut AR emails. It might sound like tempting fate, but I think that Vanessa would be a heck of a lot more careful this time if she was put back on the vr project. That assumes that the project is still even active.

Idea 2: Vanessa is great with kids

Contrary to most fics; where "freed" Vanessa acts exactly the same as Vanny, just not evil; I believe that in the pre Help Wanted era, Vanessa was actually great with children. My reasoning is as follows

Fazbear Entertainment wants to better their reputation before the VR games release and the pizzaplexs opening.

Decide to make each of their "branches" (companies that work for them) send one of their employees to schools to talk about their job as a way to "be transparent"

Vanessa's job is basically "play/ break video games" so Steel Parasol, the company that made FNAF VR in universe, decide to send her out.

Vanessa finds working with the kids to be very enjoyable, her positive and bubbly personality (as evidenced by the cut FNAF AR emails) makes the kids really like her. They are blown away by the idea that they can be paid to play video games.

Vanessa especially likes when some of those kids get that look of "I have found what I want to do with my life"

Its a win for everyone! Vanessa inspires some kids to get into tech, the children get a newfound love for technology, fazbear entertainments reputation goes up...slightly.

All this just serves to make the whole "Vanny" thing even worse, especially if some of her victims were those same kids Vanessa once talked with.

Idea 3: Pizzaplex is an engineering disaster waiting to happen.

An idea that I don't see brought up at all, is the idea that the pizzaplex is not constructed well.

Remember in fnaf 6 when the tutorial unit said this? "There may be times when you purchase something of questionable quality and we don't blame you. Cutting corners is just good business."

Keep this statement in mind whilst I bring up my next point. As someone who's taken an engineering class, when you are constructing a building, there are a VERY large number of codes (rules) that you need to follow for every conceivable part of it.

Fazbear Entertainment would probably find it a lot cheaper just to pay off the people inspecting the plex, then actually put money into making sure everything is up to code.

They would also try to construct the building as cheaply as possible, trying to "cut corners" wherever they can. They use substandard materials, contractors that don't double check their work. They build the mall itself over the subterranean remains of their old restaurant, despite this making the ground very unstable.

This all works in my mind because Fazbear Entertainment has been proven to follow the "be as cheap as possible" and "maximize profits by any means necessary" approaches many times in the past.

Heck in the game the emergency exit requires a VIP pass to be used!

It's why in my mind, I don't have Gregory live at the pizzaplex after the 3 star ending. Freddy would calculate that it is statistically safer for Gregory to live in his box than at the plex. He instead lives with Vanessa.

Idea 4: Vanny comes back

I'm gonna be honest this one is my personal favorite, and I. am quite surprised that it hasn't been done yet. Think of the angst potential!

Imagine it's been a few weeks since the 3 star ending and the 3 goobers are getting more acclimated to living with each other. Gregory is getting used to the fact that has 2 adult figures that actually care about him. Vanessa’s nightmares are starting to become less severe. Freddy’s head was reattached to his body and he now remotely controls a child size bear doll (like a Lonely Freddy but not evil) so he can still easily be with Gregory when he isn't at the pizzaplex.

The day would start like any other, everyone wakes up, goes through their morning routines and eats some breakfast. Gregory finishes first and gets up to go and wash off his plate in the sink. That is when it happens, Vanessa starts to feel a little off. Like she is moving slower than normal. At first she brushes it off as her being tired. Then she hears a voice… a voice she only hears in her worst nightmares… VANNYS voice. Vanessa would then discover that she could no longer move or speak. She could only watch as she felt herself get up from her chair, and pick up a knife from off the counter. The reason that she still has any knives at all is for Gregory to use to spread various condiments on his school sandwiches when he makes them.

Meanwhile Gregory and Freddy are near the sink, having a conversation about Freddys obsession with dad jokes or something (You are the Morbest superstar!) They turn around preparing to return to Gregory's room to get ready for school and they see Vanessa, holding a knife. Gregory would feel a sharp twinge of betrayal before looking at Vanessa's face to see her calm green eyes, ones that had reassured him after many a nightmare, were now glowing a sickly purple. Freddy and Gregory would realize that the person in front of them was no longer Vanessa, but Vanny.

Vanny raises her arm, Gregory is looking for a way out. He is also preparing for the possibility of being killed, and he doesn't want to give Vanny the satisfaction of being scared if that happens. Vanessa through all this is trying desperately to retake control all the while Vanny mocks her efforts, making sure that Vanessa won't be able to mentally look away from her worst fear, the death of her savior by her own hands. Freddy is preparing to try and jump in front of Gregory at the last second to try and cushion the blow of the knife using his plush form.

Just before Vanny is able to deliver the killing blow, she disappears. No warning at all, like a true glitch, Freddy and Gregory watch as Vanessa's eyes flicker from purple back to green, drops the knife and collapses to the floor, hugs herself and sits in complete silence for a few seconds before bursting into hysterical tears.

I hope that someone gets inspired by this and makes something great out of these ideas!

Idea 10/scenario: Expansion of a thought, Vanessa encounters a child 

I wanted to expand on a thought brought up in idea 6. An encounter that Vanessa has during her last 2 weeks as a security guard. This is kinda a Mashup of previous ideas as well.

Here's the set up:

It's been around a day or 2 since the 3 star ending.

Gregory now "lives" with Vanessa because she refuses to let him live in a box, he expresses fear at being sent to an orphanage and the pizzaplex is too much of a safety hazard for him to live there. She brings him to work with her and lets him just run around doing kid stuff. She also talks to her boss before he leaves and puts in her 2 week notice. Meanwhile Freddy is down in maintenance getting rebuilt after being destroyed by the staff bots, as well as all the other bots.

So Vanessa would just be walking around trying to do a job she has no idea how to do, unable to use any of the various security devices. This is on account of the fact that Vanny left her with no memories of how to do "her" job and use most of the equipment (as talked about in idea 1)

So she's just wandering around and eventually winds up in the main atrium. Then she sees some movement in the distance. At first she thinks it's a staffbot just on patrol. Wait no, it's a person, she can tell by the way they are moving. Vanessa would be a bit concerned because she has no clue on how to deal with an intruder because "she" was never trained for this. Vanessa chances getting a bit closer to see if this person looks dangerous or is just lost. It is then she realizes that this isn't just a person, actually it's a…

child.

Everything goes still, suddenly Vanessa is no longer there. She's back in that…thing, that costume (no she left it back at home, right?) Back in that state of being an observer in her own body, forced to watch as she…no, as VANNY lures a different child with false promises of wonder and joy, leading them down into a hidden room, locking the door, pulling out her knife, watching their joy filled expression turn to one of pure fear and… well, you know what happens next.

After the memory ends Vanessa would then find herself back, still watching the child, who hasn't noticed her yet. She would panic, terrified of the child getting closer to her or staying within eyesight for any longer. This is for multiple reasons, every child (except Gregory) that has come near her in the last 6 months has died at her (Vannys) hand, a trend she does not want to continue. 

She also doesn't know if Vanny can, just, come back. She doesn't know if there is some sort of trigger, such as being near children, and she doesn't want to find out now.

So she runs away as fast as she can into the nearest security room, locks the doors, gets into a corner and curls into a ball as the memories of all of her (VANNYS) victims' slow deaths come back in full force. In the midst of her panic attack she realizes that she is going to have to figure out a way to get this kid out of the pizzaplex before they get hurt. 

So she manages to calm herself down enough to contact Gregory on her fazwatch and asks him to take care of it. Gregory can tell that Vanessa is having a bad time by the fear in her voice. He knows it well, hearing it a lot in that…orphanage…

So he goes to her location using the fazwatch trackers, and opens the door using the security pass that Vanessa managed to get him. There he finds her taking in shuddering breaths in a corner of the room.

Gregory is unsure of what to do, he is still a bit wary around Vanessa for obvious reasons and doesn't want to get too close. However, he can see that she isn't faking her panic attack, and decides to settle on awkwardly patting Vanessa on her back until she eventually calms down. (Again, she is ok around Gregory because she knows he can defend himself. I mean the menace threw a go-kart at a robot)

After calming down, Gregory would suggest to Vanessa that they should go and get the child to safety together. Vanessa would object strongly to this, saying that she, "Doesn't want to have another child's death on her conscious ". But ya boi Greglin would look her in the eye and tell her with total conviction that he will "make sure that nothing bad happens". Vanessa would close her eyes, take a deep breath in, and reluctantly agree.

They would walk together, Vanessa would be holding Gregory's hand for support (technically Gregory would be holding her hand, just in case something happens and he needs to make a quick getaway). Upon getting to the child, things get a lot better. They would contact the kid's parents with a phone number that the kid remembers. 

Turns out the kid was accidentally left behind by a REALLY forgetful uncle or something idk. The parents would make a late night trip out, and retrieve their kid. They would thank Vanessa and Gregory (his presence is explained by some excuse about a "junior guard program") and give their sincere gratitude.

After they leave, Vanessa would then just kinda stand there in a combination of disbelief and pure joy that she was near a child, and nothing bad happened! The 2 of them have just taken a single step. For Vanessa it's getting over the time she spent under Vanny and GlitchTrap. For Gregory it's getting more comfortable around Vanessa.

Admittedly this one is kinda rougher than my other ideas, mostly because I tried to make some sort of story which I suck at :P. I hope y'all like it regardless!

Here is the greatest fairyweight combat robot that has ever been conceived.

Bot boy back again (now in college :D) with another idea from my brain

Idea 7: Gregory did not have abusive parents

A lot of fanfics I've read about the 3 star ending all seem to have one thing in common, Gregory having at least one bad parent. Most have Gregory's father being terrible or just having left the family. Some of them have both mother and father be horribly abusive.

I had a different idea, what if instead of abusive parents Gregory had the opposite, 2 parents who loved him more than anything else. 

That does leave us with a troublesome question, if that's the case, then why does Gregory evidently live in a box?

Let us create a timeline of possible events:

Gregory is born

At around age 2 or something, Gregory's father is now out of the picture. This isn't because he abandons his family, no. 

It is because he dies…

It is quick, unexpected, and there is no warning. The reason can be whatever you want. (The more tragic the better)

So now Gregory's mother (M from here on out) now has to singlehandedly take care of toddler Gregory.

She does an amazing job! Her normal profession as a therapist (wink) helps her a lot in making sure Gregory behaves. 

It also helps M explain to him where his father is, and helps him grasp the dark concept of death at an early age.

M also makes certain that Gregory just how much his father loved him, even if can't remember him. She makes sure to let him know he is loved by her everyday.

M also teaches him some basic housekeeping tasks, so that Gregory can take care of himself when she has late nights at work.

Then one day at work, when Gregory is around 9, M gets a new patient at work. Some blonde beta tester, the only thing of note is her inconsistent childhood memories and the fact her 4 previous therapists have gone missing. 

A bit weird and slightly concerning, but what is the worst that can happen?

… I think we all know what happened next

Gregory wouldn't suspect anything was wrong, thinking his mom is just having another late night at work.

Then some people show up, they say that his mother has *ahem* "gone missing" and that they have to take him to an orphanage for the time being.

Gregory immediately knows that his mother is dead, he can hear it when they stutter just before saying "gone missing". Ironically his mother did the same thing when she first explained where his father went.

Before he gets a chance to properly grieve, Gregory is in an orphanage with about a dozen other children. This is because he doesn't have any relatives 

Most of the caretakers there seem apathetic. Some care a bit more, but it is leagues away from how much his mother cares-... cared for him.

One of the caretakers seems to actively hurt him whenever they can. They hate kids, (Like Vanessa in the game, but without the valid excuse of being possessed by a British furry) and seemingly only took the job either as a way to get some easy money or as a chance to hurt kids.

When Gregory finally gets a chance to cry over his mother's death, that "caretaker" is there yelling at him to "stop whining and get over it"

This is too much for him so he decides to run away. He finds living in a box in an alley to be difficult, but at least no one can hurt him now.

Then the games events happen

I think that this idea could work, the sudden shift between having a loving home and then being thrown into a harsher environment would make Gregory be distrustful of adult strangers.

After everything though, things would get better. Gregory gets the father figure he never really had in the form of a robot bear (wow this series has gotten weird) and a loving…mother? Sister? Aunt figure? in Vanessa.

            Also if you're wondering how Gregory would react to learning who killed his mother, I think he would understand that it was Vanny’s doing, not Vanessa's and be quick to reassure her that he doesn't blame her. Vanessa would likely hate herself just that little bit more, knowing that it was her (noitwasvannys) who orphaned a child. 

I hope you enjoyed another rambling courtesy of me, bot boy!

Oh hope you're having fun in college!

But huh, interesting idea! I had a vague idea what I wanted to do with my Gregory's past, I even mentioned it in roleplays on the gregaverse server

Though I never was really satisfied with it, and now this my friend, if you allow I'd like to take into my greedy little hands ( つ ◕w◕ )つ

Of course, with some changes here and there to fit my au better haha I won't say what those changes are in case I ever get to actually make the comic or write it as fanfiction

But yes, I've thoroughly enjoyed your rambles XD have been helping me a lot as well cuz I've been absolutely clueless with what I want to do with Vanessa lol

Idea 13: Things Vanessa does to get over Vanny, a sequel to Idea 6 (kinda)

As has been previously stated, I consider Vannys personality to effectively be the polar opposite of Vanessa's with some exceptions. I wanted to expand on that with this idea that Vanessa would try to do things as differently from Vanny as possible. This is done in order to help convince herself that they were not the same. Here is a list of some of those things, ranging from minor to major in no particular order:

She stops wearing hats indoors

Uses a different hair style (something easier to do than a damn ponytail, which according to Roxy, "hasn't been popular since the 70s". So Roxy gives her a friendly makeover)

Tries to avoid getting slightly upset or mad at anyone, but especially children. Vanessa is absolutely TERRIFIED of losing her temper in front of children, because then that means they will be scared of her. This makes Vanessa, in her mind, just as bad as Vanny. This is because Vanny was constantly irritated and annoyed by everything and that was basically one of 2 emotions that she felt. The other emotion was…

…pure unadulterated bliss, which Vanny only felt when she was murdering her victims while also wearing a deranged smile. As a result she tries to find more reasons to be happy and smile softly in her life. This is comparatively easy, (although it is still a lot more difficult to be happy and positive then it was before) the animatronics help her by being available to talk to. Luis also assists by just being supportive and he is especially great for whenever she needs some comforting words of encouragement. He and Gregory also offer to play some games with her, which she really appreciates because of the company.

Stops wearing clothes with long sleeves like sweatshirts and jeans. The stuffy feeling they give her feels way too much like HER costume, something she only discovered after she tried wearing "her" work uniform for the first time after being freed. She had a flashback, had a small panic attack, and quietly sobbed for 30 minutes in her bedroom. She ended up just showing up out of uniform, but no one really cared so it was fine. 

Starts making cupcakes and cooking again, something she loved doing before this mess happened (check the cut FNAF AR emails.) Everyone at her workplace loved them, Luis even had some made for him especially ;). Chica even asks for her recipe after Vanessa brings some to eat at the pizzaplex and the 2 end up sharing multiple recipes with each other and become great friends. 

After being freed, Vanessa is extremely hesitant to be near knives, let alone hold one, for obvious reasons. However she really wants to get over this fear she has because she wants to start cooking things since that was a hobby she had before…before. (again, cut emails) 

Vanessa would start by having Gregory take out a knife and put it on her kitchen counter.

Then once she gets acclimated to the knife's presence, she would move a bit closer.

She would repeat these steps until she is within arms reach of the knife. Now comes a more difficult step, touching it

Vanessa moves her arm very slowly towards the knife, gives it a small poke, and then quickly darts away like she touched hot coals. This repeats, each poke lasting a longer amount of time, until she is able to rest her hand on the knife.

The next step is the scariest for her, holding it. She takes it even slower, constantly reminding herself that she is in control and that nothing bad is going to happen. She manages to give it, moves it around, and then gently places it back in the drawer.

Vanessa relaxes, lets out the breath she was holding, and walks out of the kitchen.

Actually cutting something will come later, but for now this is enough.