I rewatched the first FNaF movie to gear up for the sequel, and some things about Vanessa's dialogue stand out to me.
Specifically the conversation between her and Mike at the police supply outpost. When she starts talking about William, her father and a child murderer, she seems to use somewhat childish(?) wording. It sounds a bit condescending to describe it like that, but I don't know what else to call it.
Not only does her voice shake a little, but the way she talks about him to Mike ("He was a very bad man. A very cruel man. Also a very clever man."), it seems like something you would expect a child to say about a villain. It's very simple and straight-forward. Children tend to lack filters and/or awareness, so they speak very matter-of-factly.
So, when she says that, I think Vanessa is sort of regressing to a more childlike state. Both as a result of childhood trauma and because that's what she feels like in that moment. She feels like a child as she's talking about her father.
Other people have already pointed out how William even treats her like a kid during the confrontation in the pizzeria, equating her standing up for herself and her friends to her having a temper tantrum.
In addition to that, Vanessa is also speaking quite slowly. She sounds fearful, hesitant, and a bit out of it. There's a pause between "He was a very bad man," and "A very cruel man." She's not looking at Mike when she says this, either. It seems like she could be reliving her trauma or having flashbacks to the source of her trauma—whether this trauma is from possibly witnessing the MCI, or from abuse at the hands of William, or both.
There's also the moment where Mike tells her to come with him and Vanessa refuses. It's obvious that she'll refuse just by the way she reacts before she outright says it, like she's surprised or even a bit annoyed that Mike wants her to go with him. Then she's stumbling backwards and busying her hands.
I think the words she uses to justify staying at the outpost instead of confronting William are very interesting.
"I won't be any use to you, believe me."
Instead of saying something akin to, "I won't be able to help you," she highlights and emphasizes her usefulness, or the lack thereof. This makes me think that not only did William see her as a tool more than his daughter, but he made it clear to her throughout her life that that's what he thinks of her and therefore she also measures herself by her usefulness.
So, yeah. I don't know if this has been talked about before, but her lines and the way she says them (especially pertaining to William) really intrigued me.
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