Mike Afton

Michael Afton, often referred to as Mike for simplicity, is a character from the Five Nights at Freddy's VHS Tapes (originally inspired by Squimpus McGrimpus' VHS series, but reworked into its own separate VHSverse) who first awoke in The Mall on June 6th, 2022. He is the eldest child of William Afton, and the older brother of Joseph Afton.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Mike is a mixed African-American teenager with a slim build, standing at around 5'6" with dark, curly brown hair that falls at his shoulders in the style of a mullet. He has visible freckles and moles, as well as bushy brows and an ornery demeanour. He tends to sport monochromatic outfits, typically an all-black tank-top and shorts with combat boots. He has three noticeable piercings; stretched lobes, two helixes on his left ear, and a vertical piercing over the slit of his right eyebrow.
Following The Bite (2023 ed.) and being remnant-ified, he is missing his right eye and chunks of hair; he has two distinct stitching sites from his injuries, both of which are poorly sutured. His remaining pupil gains a white glow as a result of the remnant.
=== Personality ===
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== History ==
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== Trivia ==
* He is a gay trans man.
* He is left-handed.
* He is dyslexic and has ADHD (inattentive type).
* He suffers from PTSD, as well as borderline personality disorder and anger issues.
* His mother was African-American, making both him and Joseph biracial and black.
* In this particular VHSverse, the Aftons are from New Jersey. Everything is legal... in....
* He has incomplete achromatopsia, a condition characterized by a partial or total absence of colour vision; he views the world in primarily shades of black, white, and grey, with the exception of shades of red. He additionally has an increased sensitivity to light and glare (photophobia), as well as reduced sharpness of vision (low vision acuity) with nearsighted (20/80) vision.
** Still, he is stubborn and refuses to wear glasses.
* The aftermath of The Bite (2023 ed.) and being remnant-ified have long-lasting effects on Mike.
** Remnant freezes one as they are, so technically speaking, Mike will always be physically dead— the remnant circulating in his bloodstream will keep him “alive” and functionally immortal, as well as give him regenerative properties (albeit at a much slower rate than someone injected with remnant while still alive) but his organs and other bodily functions are kind of just… eternally as they were in death.
** He was clinically dead for approx. 4 to 5hrs or so; his corpse had already begun rigor mortis, making him VERY stiff upon first waking up. The stiffness doesn’t ever really go away, only getting worse when he sits/lies in one place for a prolonged period.
** He lost a SIGNIFICANT (40%+) amount of blood to his head/arm wound; there was still enough left in his bloodstream for the remnant to circulate and sustain him, but he will be very slowly decaying over-time as a result.
** He is unable to produce his own body heat anymore; constantly cold to the touch, but never shivers, as the remnant is enough to compensate for heat loss.
** His motor skills have been significantly impaired, both due to brain damage and nerve damage, most noticeably in his left arm thanks to the bullet wound.
** CONSTANTLY aching. Every joint, every muscle, every part of him is just in achey pain at all times.
** He is more prone to aggression due to the constant pain and damage to his frontal lobe + lacks the same level of impulse control.
** His eating + sleeping patterns will be disturbed. He can still eat by technicality, but his stomach is in a constant state of digesting itself as it was in-death, so proper digestion of actual food is slowed and most things taste awful. His internal clock is shot and he’ll struggle to fall asleep/stay asleep. World's worst TBI-induced insomnia.
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