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• The Great Pretender by Icarian_Chorus

  Fandoms: Five Nights at Freddy's  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  30 Nov 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Michael Afton & William Afton | Dave Miller
  • Michael Afton & Henry Emily
  • William Afton | Dave Miller & Henry Emily
  • Michael Afton & The Crying Child
  • Elizabeth Afton & Michael Afton
  • Minor Michael Afton/Jeremy Fitzgerald - Relationship
  • Michael Afton
  • William Afton | Dave Miller
  • Elizabeth Afton
  • The Crying Child (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Henry Emily
  • Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
  • Jeremy Fitzgerald
  • Masked Bullies (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Cassidy and The Crying Child are the Same Person (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Unhealthy Relationships
  • unhealthy family dynamics
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
  • Bad Parent William Afton | Dave Miller
  • Michael Afton-centric
  • Michael Afton Tries to Be a Good Sibling
  • Does He Succeed Though?
  • Henry Emily is a Ray of Sunshine
  • Henry Emily is also Morally Grey
  • William Afton | Dave Miller Needs Therapy
  • So does everyone else
  • Character Study
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • AKA Child Murder
  • William Cares About His Children
  • He's Just SUPER Problematic About It
  • Parentification
  • Michael Afton Has Issues
  • Angst and Tragedy
  • Dialogue Heavy
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • It Doesn't Really Get Better
  • Selectively Good Parent William Afton
  • VERY Selectively
  • Slow Story Progression
  • Physical Abuse
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • More of a Psychological Thriller AU
  • A Lot of References To Other Games/Continuities
  • Unreliable Narrators All Around!

  Summary

  In which Michael Afton is an angsty teen, and William Afton is, super surprisingly, a bad person.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  63,177

  Chapters:

  6/30

  Comments:

  19

  Kudos:

  122

  Bookmarks:

  28

  Hits:

  3,373