I never should have called his bluff

ST sideblog I think

[fooledforlove]

oh Kali Prasad, if I were your writer you wouldn't have been treated as a disposable asset to die and be mourned by literally no one.

Also, yes I'm predictable so have a "Jonathan tries to be nice to Kali" fic

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[yankee-with-the-brave]

Im crying bruh, Nancy insulted Jonathan’s music taste and he said she doesn’t know ball immediately. Can’t believe he was supposed to sassy, even near death. Why would they take this away from me?

[rooksshinies]

give that character who is usually so stoic a fever. make them softly beg for contact. Make them whimper and sob and plead for someone, anyone to stay. Stay with them— they don’t… Everything feels weird, and it’s safer with you, please—

[fooledforlove]

I've found myself realising that if there's something that I want to steal something from 80s xmen for an ST fic then that's actually the easiest thing in the world to lampshade bc obviously the party reads x-men, so it's like an infinite hack

[livelaughlothcat]

[heavencasteel420]

Books that I think would have been better choices than Anna Karenina in the goo room scene:

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery

The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 by William Manchester

I can't totally discount that Nancy would value Anna Karenina that much because I haven't read it, either, but on principle I'm against her book being about a woman who dies for her sexual transgressions. Especially one written by a man. This is not a judgment on Tolstoy (as, again, I haven't read Anna Karenina); it's a judgment on the Stranger Things writers.

[jonathan-byers-fic-recs]

on the hospital fight (this is more jancy than Jonathan specific but humour me) - I think that compared to some of the other violent scenes in S3, the hospital fight is very nice connective tissue back to the horror foundation that the show started with (but jumped the shark away from w the mall/Russia stuff in s3) which I think jancy in particular are naturally such good vessels for - like the tree scene, the s1 demo fight or the exorcism. like yes those teenagers in love should be running for their lives through a creepy hospital wing for my entertainment! It is extremely fun seeing them be scared but still fighting to protect each other.

in terms of further thinking I would have liked to have anyy of the aftermath explored. Obviously I'd have liked for Jonathan's injuries to have some significance for whumpy reasons (one imagines that there's only so much adrenaline that can get you through). but another aspect I'd like to have seen touched on would be the gravity of jancy having killed tom and bruce? I know that they were flayed so it's not exactly like they killed 2 human beings but is that really something that these two teenagers would internalise? the show isn't concerned with that but I am! 

furthermore I would be interested to know a) if jancy finished their internships after that or b) if they were concerned that resigning immediately after those guys went missing made them look very suspicious. Considering that Jonathan's family is already the subject of town-wide side-eyeing, I think this probably wouldn't have looked great for him

[heavencasteel420]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jonathan Byers & Will Byers, Will Byers & Steve Harrington, Joyce Byers & Will Byers Characters: Will Byers, Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers, Joyce Byers, Jim “Chief” Hopper, Robin Buckley, Holly Wheeler Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Will Goes in the Van with Steve in Episode 5.01, Coming of Age, Homophobia, (largely remembered and/or internalized), complicated family relationships, Mistaken Identity, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Various Questionable Attitudes about Said Drug Use, Classism, Ableism Summary:

Inspired to assert his independence, Will accompanies Steve in the van on the night of the crawl and accidentally gains a new understanding of his brother.

[fooledforlove]

Moodboard for @jonathan-byers-week , prompt: future (as a regional film director in NY after graduating, with a budding cult following ofc <3)

[fooledforlove]

sometimes bc of how bad s4/5 did us, I can't believe that Nancy and Jonathan leaning towards each other from opposite twin beds comparing hand scars + Nancy telling Jonathan that she waited for him after everything that went down the year prior is like. an actual thing that happened on the show and not from my ao3 bookmarks

[fooledforlove]

i don't think I've mentioned this much but I do enjoy joyren. in my head it's v much pining Karen feeling like a teenager again around Joyce, who's so much more spirited than all the other mothers Karen knows in the community and she's so drawn to her. there's never enough time for them to grow as close as she'd want but she'll always snap at gossips punching down at the Byers

[fooledforlove]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Argyle/Jonathan Byers Characters: Argyle (Stranger Things), Jonathan Byers, Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale, House Party, Pining, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Argyle Loves Jonathan Byers, Feelings Realization, Stream of Consciousness, POV Argyle (Stranger Things), Argyle is a Sweetheart (Stranger Things), Character Study, Jonathan Byers-centric, in that it's about the yearning Series: Part 4 of High Hawk Season Summary:

Most other people had someone to sit next to in class, but Argyle drifted, never socially moored. Jonathan did too. Argyle saw this and - how could he explain it? He just sort of melted onto him until Jonathan eventually asked if he wanted to come over after school.

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Also written for Jonathan Byers Week 2026, prompt: memory (here being: Argyle's memories of Jonathan).

First submission for @jonathan-byers-week ! some jargyle for your consideration.

[munsonbyers]

jonathan byers week day 1 - should i stay or should i go / dreams

havent made a comic in a while woo yay! as much as i like the end result of this i can see myself redrawing this as a whole story one day...i'll be doing this #irl later this week (making comics giving them out for sale) so what better way to whet my drawing palette than with jonathan week. yes

[cinematicnomad]

STRANGER THINGS ▸ 2.01 chapter one: MADMAX

[will-mcfly]

jonathan and will returning for winter break as full fledged level 5 woke anti-establishment leftists and fighting with hopper at the dinner table

[will-mcfly]

live jonathan & will reactions when they go out to eat and some random person says they can’t wait till the money trickles down thank you president reagan

[things-yet-unknown]

I do enjoy a Jonathan gets taken instead AU but any time I try and have serious thoughts about it all I come up with is him exploring the woods in the upside down, finding one of the portals, crawling through it and being like, well, that was an upsetting 48 hours, time to never think about it again or tell anyone about that! And just goes back to his life.

[jonathan-byers-week]

Hi there! It's been a while, but Jonathan Byers Week 2026 is right around the corner, from Jun-21-27, in just a couple of weeks.

I hope everyone who's participating is having fun working on their projects. Reminder that works of any medium will be accepted and there are no minimum requirements for participation. Guidelines can be found at this link and in the sidebar.

Can't wait to see your creations!