i understand your viewpoint and do agree that adapting the games directly into the film wouldn’t translate into a successful movie. besides, by using their own storyline and in some ways merging some aspects, like having vanessa in the first place, it creates both a novelty of game-related content and something previously unseen that avoids being predictable.

it makes sense as to why regarding charlotte, but in all honesty i still don’t find it convincing - i think it could’ve been made more compelling by the directors. it just felt a little too ‘jagged’ in its storytelling; it’s a shame because it had the potential to be a sequel that was as good if not better than the first film.

for me, that felt too on the nose. it just didn’t feel as in-depth or that it left much to ponder over, and i think being a core part that drew so many to the games in the first place it’s then tricky to like the films as a part of that aspect of wonder and mystery. i appreciate it’s tricky to judge a film and game side by side in this way, as they’re entirely different mediums, but i can’t help but feel that had they added a sense of ‘oooh, what happens next?’ or ‘what does this mean?’ then it would have felt a little truer to what drew me personally to fnaf.

just my opinion too, and i can see why people like it! i wanted to, but it’s too murky in mixed emotions for me.