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   Is This Politics? by Lyxthen

   Fandoms: The Stanley Parable  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   31 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • The Narrator/Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator & Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Crack
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Cameos
   • He/Him Pronouns for The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Freedom Ending (The Stanley Parable)
   • Games Ending (The Stanley Parable)
   • Any Pronouns for Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Disco Elysium - Freeform
   • Five Nights at Freddy's - Freeform
   • (not prominent enough to add as crossovers but prominent enough to mention in the tags)
   • Angst
   • Politics
   • Socialism
   • Fascism
   • Attempt at Humor
   • I had fun that's what matters
   • This is like my Inside (2021)
   • IM DOING IT. IM POSTING IT.
   • Breaking the Fourth Wall
   • Inhuman Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • Implied/Referenced gamergate
   • Happy Ending
   • The Narrator has NPD
   • its nor relevant to the story i just wanted to mention that somewhere

   Summary

   Afraid of his game becoming outdated, the Narrator decides to update it to better fit "current socio-political trends." However, as a being bound to the Parable with no direct contact with the real world, his understanding of politics comes mostly from random social media users.

   Or: The Narrator tries to get a good grade at Woke, and fails miserably.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,242

   Chapters:

   3/3

   Comments:

   58

   Kudos:

   80

   Bookmarks:

   13

   Hits:

   437

   Bookmarked by brainlessexo

   19 Jun 2026

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • stanley begins collecting pronouns like pokemon
   • narrator is kind of a prick
   • but also has self esteem issues because of course he does
   • it’s the stanley parable of course everyone is depressed
   • The Narrator Doesn’t Know Stanley’s Thoughts
   • peak angst
   • Crack Treated Seriously

   Bookmarker's Notes

   i absolutely ADORE this fic to the max holy. I love woke parody fics with a little bit of angst snuck in and this ABSOLUTELY hits the mark. the beloved narrators dialogue is *SO FUCKING FUNNY* and I love the button scene (trying my best not to give spoilers for anyone who hasn’t read this lmao) with all my heart and soul. Peak narrator + stanley characterization, ESPECIALLY on narrator i feel like his personality was portrayed so accurately. amazing piece of writing this is ABSOLUTELY hilarious and tell Zí han (or whatever it was) that xey’re peak for me 🥹