Mostly because I'd like to see the failsafe of the universe and Mary's former lover be this immortal who looks like he's a fifty-year-old man and loves his liquor and pop groups, among other things.

Also wanted/needed: Matthews actually cursing at Wilhelm at some point.

And some bizarre friendship with Jr., since Matthews wouldn't be above fighting or messing with Jr. They'd argue and insult each other all the time, but in a weird friendly way. The sort where they're allowed to mock the other, but no one else is.

Matthews and Ziggy would probably get on kind of well too, now that I think about it, AU or not.

*/I continue to be a sucker for chaos AU swaps

Let's be real, Matthews would curse at Wilhelm in canon, too.

True, but he never gets a chance to in the games, since he's always stuck onboard the Elsa, away from the majority of the main shenanigans and the person responsible for the majority of them.

Though, oddly enough, they're both Wagner fans.

Probably the one thing they agree on in the entire universe.

Probably. Other than that one thing, Matthews would like to deck Wilhelm as much as the next guy.

And I don't see him being scared just because of omnipotence.