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[callmeamaggot]

I haven't actually posted anything on here yet but I just thought of some mythic Starstruck fanfic potential and I don't know if I will ever write it myself, you guys are just going to have to hear me out on this, okay?

Tom Ryder and Colt are filming another Sci-fi movie. This can take place before Colt breaks his back and before Grace gets sent to space or just neither ever happens; this movie isn't the one being directed by Jody (unless you want it to be another one she's working on). They're filming in a laboratory that whoever is funding the movie paid a lot for so they could use it as a set. Tom is mid-scene when he gets bit by a spider and he shakes it off and thinks nothing of it.

Until a few weeks later when Tom is trying to just do whatever he does in his house and he starts sticking to everything. His clothes, his wine, the walls, he starts freaking out; even more so when webs come out from his wrists.

Over the course of a few weeks, Ryder has went from being a famous actor to also being Spider-man and having to try his hardest to balance 12-hour filming days, saving the city, and not getting too injured to go to work; all while his Stuntman's twin brother (who might be the prettiest and smartest man Tom has ever met) is in town to visit Colt and accompany him on-set during the summer.

Basically being Spider-Man is forcing Ryder head-first into becoming a better person and the change is fast, but feels so slow to Tom himself that he doesn't notice.

*Bonus points if Colt is the first one who finds/figures out that Tom is Spider-man because he just hates (or hated) the guy so much that he couldn't help but pay attention to how he was changing personality-wise. Or if Colt catches him injured as Spider-man/in the suit but without the mask and chooses to help him since he's been noticeably better.

**Even more bonus points if he saves Ryland more than a few times and is also a very very big reason as to why Ryder starts becoming a better person

If anyone chooses to write something like this before I get to it GIVE ME THE LINK!!!! I've been on a spider-man AU and Starstruck kick recently and I would like to be fed!!

[hayesdraws]

I saw someone disliking that post about El's "This isn't one of your campaigns" quote proving Byler. I can't find the post again, but they were reminding everyone that Mike has hurt El too, and that El's quote wasn't even about relationships - that she was being a realist, and all that.

And I 100% agree with both takes.

Mike uses campaigns and DND strategization to cope with what's going on and to try to understand it better. So far that's turned out well for him.

El has lived too long in a world of fiction- of "maybe"s and "what if"s and "imagine"s. She needs to be a realist- and she needs her partner to also be a realist, for just one moment. To just not "imagine" and think in hypotheticals, but to be 100% in the real world.

Mike doesn't; he needs someone who can sit and strategize with him in terms that he can understand and he needs to be able to play different scenarios out, and he needs his imagination to get through the day because his reality his whole life has been to "stop imagining for one moment" and to "grow up", etc etc.

They do not fit. That's the point. They need each other to be different to be able to work together; he needs her to imagine; she needs him to be Real.

That's why Byler works; Will fuels Mike's love for the imaginary, Will encourages Mike's thought processes, Will never makes Mike feel like he needs to change or grow up.

El isn't the villain for saying that line- she's totally in the right to want Mike to think realistically for a moment. (We don't even know the context of that conversation)

But that line Does show just how out of loop they are with each other. They will never be able to be what the other needs in a partner.

[saja33]

🌸 From One Mother’s Heart – Please Read 🌸

My name is Saja. I’m a wife, a mother, and a woman who once believed her story would be simple. I thought my days would be filled with watching my daughter grow — from her first smile to her first steps — surrounded by the small joys of everyday life.

But life had other plans.

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War has returned to our home. Again. And once again, we find ourselves living under skies that never seem to rest.

There was a moment — a fragile, breathless moment — when the bombs paused and the world seemed to remember us. It gave us hope. We thought maybe, just maybe, we could start to rebuild. But now, we are back in the dark — hiding, holding on, praying.

I’m writing this not as someone seeking pity, but as a mother who has no other choice but to speak.

Imagine holding your baby in the middle of the night, not because she cried, but because the world outside roared too loud for either of you to sleep. Imagine whispering bedtime stories not to lull her into dreams, but to keep the fear from settling into her tiny bones.

This is my life.

This is my daughter’s life.

And even now — especially now — I believe in softness. I believe in kindness. Because when everything else is taken from you, hope becomes the most valuable thing you have.

Why I’m Reaching Out Our home has been damaged. Our lives changed. But through it all, my daughter wakes up every morning with a smile. She reaches for me with trust, with love, with faith that I will keep her safe.

That’s why I keep going.

I’ve launched a campaign to ask for help — not because it’s easy, but because silence is no longer an option. I am asking for support not just for me, but for my baby, and for the quiet strength of so many mothers like me who are fighting, every single day, to hold their families together.

How You Can Help: 🤍 Help us restore parts of our home so we can live with dignity 🤍 Support women and mothers in Gaza with access to care and resources 🤍 Keep the light of hope alive for a generation born in the shadows of war

💛 If you can, please support our journey here:

Help Saja Rebuild a Life After Everything Fell Apart

My name is Saja. I am a mother, a wife, and just one of many women in Gaza trying to hold on — to hope, to my family, and to a life that no

If you can’t give, please consider sharing. Your voice might be the reason someone else hears ours.

From My Heart to Yours Maybe our lives are worlds apart. Maybe you’ve never lived through war. But if you’ve ever held a child and wished the world could be better for them — then you understand more than you know.

I don’t want my daughter to grow up thinking the world turned away.

Please, if you’ve read this far — thank you. Thank you for seeing us. Thank you for caring. We are still here. Still hoping. Still holding on to every kind act like it’s a lifeline.

With love and endless gratitude

[i-see-miwi]

Stop talking about will gorging his goddam eye out I’m not done gaslighting myself into thinking he’ll be safe and happy for the entirety of the season.

[jackiesheartnecklace]

Put your clothes back on. We're going to talk about what musical tracks they specifically put in stranger things, and how they parallel canon couples with byler.