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Chill guy 🚫 Chill gal 🚫 Chill enby pal ✔️(they/them) 22, apologizes to inanimate objects

[fandumsmidood]

What do we think Mike and Will would think about Silver Springs? Can someone please draw the iconic video scene???

Mike on guitar, Will on vocals, Dustin vibing on drums in the back

Lmao imagine Dustin (or Lucas) in the back

[willowstar204]

jonathan’s known this kid since he was five; he doesn’t hate him

he does want to hit him over the head sometimes, though

[fandumsmidood]

Woke up with this.

I was having a normal day. A day I could focus at work.

Nope. I’m back on the train. In that restaurant.

[fandumsmidood]

Ah yes. The ever present problem (I can admit this is a nice problem to have) of which Byler fic to read before bed?

I’m thinking something with a good 2/3 cup angst, 3 tsp fluff extract (shit’s strong!), 1/4 cup exasperated friends for some body, and a full cup of “idiots to lovers”.

Anyone have any favorite recipes?

Niche I’m @ ing you cause you’re at fault for this idea!

@nicheofmyown

[fandumsmidood]

Excuse me. Can you watch my hyper fixation for a minute while I go to work?

K thanks!

[fandumsmidood]

Wait wait wait.

You thought calling your biggest fans “noise” and queerbaiting them was a good idea? The “right” idea?

Ok cool.

Now I feel less morally obligated to be nice since I know I’m dealing with a literal broken cheese grater personified.

Cool cool cool cool.

[nicheofmyown]

Alright alright. I know I've asked for byler fic recs before

Would you mind sharing y'alls favorite ONE SHOTS? Anything under 20K or so because I'm about to be working LONGASS DAYS for the next 4 weeks 24/7.

[fandumsmidood]

Oooh! The Indiana university one!

[shardlily]

50 adults in the room and nobody saw it?

[fandumsmidood]

Like literally!

I’m sure some asshats might say “he was being CONTEMPLATIVE!”

Motherfucker, have you SEEN ‘The Thinker’ statue?

Cause when a full nude statue feel LESS HORNY, maybe something is up??

[godsreptiliannards]

mike hears good luck babe for the first time and looks over at his husband will byers (legally married yay) and is still completely smitten.

[fandumsmidood]

Thank GOD! I can finally listen to the song again without crying

[nicheofmyown]

I had to see this and this and tear up, so do you

CW: LGBTQ+ Struggles

He was just a little bean!

[fandumsmidood]

Well fuck the mental health I was supposed to have today I guess…

[nicheofmyown]

Yeah yeah. I see and UNDERSTAND your homophobic Ted Wheeler and raise you...

Ted Wheeler thinking his son is gay the whole time.

He just doesn't give a shit. "Our son? With a girl?" "And no sweetie-pie!" (I still feel he thought Mike's gf was another 'I have a gf in Canada' ploy).

He's not the best ally. Hell, most probably wouldn't call him one. (yet...but if any author wants to give him some development, PLEASE DO). He's just glad he doesn't have to worry about teenage pregnancy.

And yeah, he probably has some things to work through AND SHOULD. But Ted Wheeler clocking his son early on is kinda hilarious,

And if any fic authors out there want to give ted some development so he's NOT a deadbeat dad...???? PLEASE DO

[fandumsmidood]

Yes!

“What do you mean you’re okay with Will sleeping in Mike’s room, Karen? We don’t let Jonathan in Nancy’s room!”

[fandumsmidood]

Going on treadmill to be all healthy and whatnot.

Any Byler fic recs while i walk?

LOOK IF IM GONNA BE OBSESSED, I MAY AS WELL ATTEMPT TO BE HEALTHY TOO

[fandumsmidood]

Jsyk, I used to bring paperbacks before I could download books/had a phone

This isn’t too insane

[fandumsmidood]

Going on treadmill to be all healthy and whatnot.

Any Byler fic recs while i walk?

LOOK IF IM GONNA BE OBSESSED, I MAY AS WELL ATTEMPT TO BE HEALTHY TOO

[nicheofmyown]

Did a little "green/red flag" generator for some of the Stranger Things characters cause I was bored. And the first thing that came up for Mike was "says I love you"

[fandumsmidood]

Will’s would be “gift giver”…

[andiwriteordie]

i love browsing through ao3 for a nice little morning fic to read and then finding that someone has plagiarized one of my works 🥲

[andiwriteordie]

Hi everyone. So, I made a decision a couple years ago when AI was on the rise to lock all of my AO3 fics in hopes of protecting my work from being used without my consent and fed to AI. While it wasn't a guarantee that my work would be protected, it felt like a better alternative than a worst case scenario of removing my stories from AO3 completely.

When ST5 came back around, I decided to go ahead and unlock my stories again as the fandom grew. I wanted the works to be available to anyone and everyone who wanted to read them.

Unfortunately, with finding that someone has blatantly stolen excerpts from one of my longest and most popular works, I’m going to go ahead and lock the stories that are solely written by me. Please be aware that you will have to have an AO3 account to read my fics from here on out, and please let anyone else know that if they’re unable to find one of my stories!

The last thing I’ll say is this: fandom spaces are such a special thing. Fanfic writers often have lives outside of this hobby, but we do it out of our own passion for storytelling and our love for the fandom. We create for free and share our stories with the world because we love to do it. I know I have personally spent many hours crafting the stories I share with all of you, and for the plagiarized story in particular, this is one that’s dear to my heart due to it being an exploration of grief. I wrote that story as a way to process what I was feeling in the aftermath of a deeply personal loss and to help people do the same.

To steal another person’s work is unacceptable, and it is a symptom of the larger issue of disrespect that our fandom in particular has for its authors.

It’s okay to be inspired others’ art. It’s okay to create things that are based on the same ideas and themes that are floating around the fandom! But what isn’t okay is taking someone’s work, making a couple small changes, and claiming it as your own.

I’ve already reached out to the author and won’t be naming the story or the author specifically, so please don’t ask about that. Otherwise, thank you for all the love and support from everyone who’s ever read one of my stories, and thanks for getting through this long ass post. I’m going to lock my stories later when I have my laptop, so please be aware and let anyone know if they’re looking for something of mine. ❤️

[fandumsmidood]

This is really unfortunate and I’m so sorry to hear this Andi!

I feel this is a little kick in the butt/reminder that: Hey. Don’t steal people’s work. Don’t be the person that makes the fandom a toxic place.

It’s not always easy to choose kindness, but it is always an OPTION. (And one we should choose.)

It is ALWAYS easy to choose basic human decency, however. So please do.

[nicheofmyown]

Screw It

Iceland AU Part 1: Set Up

Okay so. I was at work the other day and it was EXCEPTIONALLY slow to the point where my coworkers started a game of hide and seek.

I instead, because I'm mentally ill, came up with a set up to fixing Stranger Things while keeping it somewhat canon.

Prologue:

The year is 1997. Even though their efforts are seen as fruitless, Dr. Kay (getting ready to fully hand over reigns to Jack Sullivan) is keeping an eye on any data and signals tracking Jane and whether she's alive. Just before Dr. Kay's about to leave one day, there's a quick blip on her screen, almost too quick, coming from Iceland's "Phantom Island," a place presumed to be fake. Dr. Sam Owens, who helped Jane relocate silently along with Jim Hopper, Murray (oddly enough), and two other lab technicians undercover with Dr. Kay to keep an eye on her, finds out that Dr. Kay has seen something. He goes into red alert mode tries to reach out in person to Hopper, only to find he's not in Hawkins at the moment. He's traveling to New York City. Because up there Will Maldonado (he's dropped Lonnie's last name) and Mike Wheeler are preparing to showcase their first ever collaborative work: a comic book based "loosely" on their childhoods. So Hopper and the others travelled to the show. Dr. Owens, in a panic, goes to Murray instead (who is now living with Scott Clarke). He explains that he can't reach Jim and the matter is urgent. Scott's pretty confused at this point but doesn't question Murray after so many years. But when Scott finds a couple of items Murray and Owens had left behind, he puts the pieces together. Now. Scott KNOWS where Jim Hopper is and knows Hopper will know more about what to do than Murray (though he loves him) so he heads up to New York City under the guise of seeing the showcase.

[fandumsmidood]

Ok. Yes it’s my mutual and I love them, but also LOOK! I love this!

[karust]

Fuck, marry, kill.

[fandumsmidood]

Imagine this is BEFORE they get together

[fideesy]

i think Max is tired (so am I)

[fandumsmidood]

I like that this is in a restaurant. Imagine their server completely confused about the situation lmao