✿ﾟ⃝ 𝕾TRANGER ⠀⣷ ⠀𝓣HINGS ⠀𖥟. ⠀dr
⣀⣤⡴ i’ve got st brainrot, guys … as we all do right now, i’m sure … so here’s an intro to my stranger things dr, remastered from its original version in 2O22 ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎ ͏͏͏͏͏͏
let’s just pretend all songs mentioned are 8Os music, okay? okay.
( necessary disclaimer: i do not support the problematic actions of some of the actors in stranger things, ew. this show is such a formative part of my life and i hate that some weird ass people always have to mess up beautiful things. )
[ placeholder fc for my edit : odessa a ‘ zion ]
ᬊ᭢˚̣̣̣͙͏ ☥ THE UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER of ‘85 brought a fashion icon to small – town hawkins, indiana. ⠀⠀ skateboarding across the parking lot of starcourt mall, exploring the unfamiliar town, accompanied by his walkman playing one of his most beloved songs from his mixtape, is how he initially got involved in all he knows today.
⠀⠀ he is an enigma in every sense of the word: ⠀⠀ hailing from germany, speaking russian and illyrian at home, and later arriving in hawkins straight from the illyrian seaside — or to the patriotic americans, the ❝ dirty commie ❞ soviet union — as an adherent to the somewhat misunderstood traditional gender tikhanen and the llunaist faith. ⠀⠀ he’s been reveling in the spotlight as the frontman of an illy – pop band since the tender age of 14, seen on various rock band magazine covers in naviana, and now an occasional musical star on WSQK the squawk. ⠀⠀ the average joe might not be familiar with him, but if you happen to know your stuff, you’d be baffled to see him biking and ‘boarding around hawkins, indiana, of all places. ⠀⠀ he loves nothing more than his music career; ⠀⠀ performing is the only thing that makes him feel normal. ⠀⠀ he’ll even give you a private garage show, if you’ve got the equipment and his band’s around.
⠀⠀ when he’s loitering around at school or in town, he’s always stared at — be that because people recognize him, or just find him odd, he couldn’t tell you either. ⠀⠀ he is a kind of micro – celebrity at school, but he’s not particularly liked, that’s for sure. ⠀⠀ being alternative, visibly foreign, queer, politically outspoken, a public figure, AND hanging with the hellfire club does not bode well for one’s reputation. ⠀⠀ his best friends are considered the biggest losers in all of hawkins high and he walks around on mike wheeler’s arm, of all people. ⠀⠀ but, he’s used to the life as a pariah. ⠀⠀ and at the very least, he’s bringing his lover a bit more attention.
⠀⠀ aaand if all that doesn’t sound like enough to you already: ⠀⠀ this arcane individual was endowed with abilities beyond the mortal plane of comprehension. ⠀⠀ since birth, he’s had a scarily infallible intuition and the ability to manifest almost anything he wants into reality. ⠀⠀ the weather seems to have a slight correlation to his feelings — or maybe it’s the other way around after all. ⠀⠀inexplicably, he’s been able to conjure flames from his hands and move items around at free will since a particular meditation session after he moved to the lively capital naviana around age 12. ⠀⠀ since then, his life goal has been trying to figure out the reason and meaning behind his powers, taking up the herculean and terrifying task of harnessing them, and finding a scientific explanation, because he was going crazy, god damn it, superpowers aren’t supposed to be real!
⠀⠀ tales and utterances of supernatural events happening in parts of russia, originating from a midwestern american town, reached him, and he couldn’t resist paying a visit. ⠀⠀ not in vain, though — it’s changed his, and everyone’s, life. ⠀⠀ his addition to the party proved to somehow be the perfect missing link needed in the uprising against the upside down: ⠀⠀ knowledge in a litany of languages, including russian, a great lot of general intelligence, and pyrokinetic ability to fry those pesky demogorgons, of course. . ’ . ݁
݁ᛪ༙ ⠀⠀ MOST CALL HIM NATHLANI MANA — you only need to know his stage name, anyway. ⠀⠀ his real name’s too long to keep memorized for the average person, so the first and a middle name will do. ⠀⠀ no one really knows the full thing. ⠀⠀ if you’re his friend, he’s simply NATH / NATHIE to you, or FORD, if you’re feeling a little mischievous. ⠀⠀ this name’s somehow, by cosmic alignment, indicative of his powers: ⠀⠀ its meaning is literally ❝ energy of the embers in the sky ❞ which, he theorizes, means it was all planned. ˎˊ˗
⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ˚̣̣̣︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི ︶˚̣̣̣ ᩘ♱ྀི ⠀ ˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣ ︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣
⠀⠀ goo goo muck ⎯ the cramps
⠀⠀ rock me amadeus ⎯ falco
⠀⠀ mary on a cross ⎯ ghost
⠀⠀ little dark age ⎯ mgmt
⠀⠀ leper messiah ⎯ metallica
⠀⠀ enter sandman ⎯ metallica
⠀⠀ army dreamers ⎯ kate bush
⠀⠀ the great gig in the sky ⎯ pink floyd
⠀⠀ ancient dreams in a modern land ⎯ marina
⠀⠀ i love rock ’n roll ⎯ joan jett && the blackhearts
❨...❩⠀ ⠀⠀𝛭IKE 𝔚HEELER ⠀⠀ ㅤ᪬♱
☥ THEIR FRIENDS ALL AGREE that they’re, terrifyingly so, made for each other. ⠀⠀ NATH and MIKE wear each other’s initials around their necks and cling to each other like middle schoolers. ⠀⠀ which, in all fairness, they just were — mixed with a little bit of a shared side gig that includes monster hunting. ⠀⠀let them catch up on a normal teenage life, okay? ⠀⠀ even said initials cling to one another in the alphabet. ⠀⠀ it’s to a point where EDDIE MUNSON, though he was one of the people who was proficient enough in music to have known NATH prior to meeting him, refers to him almost exclusively as WHEELER’s better half ( mostly to piss MIKE off ).
⠀⠀on most nights, MIKE is most likely to be seen scaling NATH’s house to climb in through his window and bonking his head on the way in, though NATH’s host family would probably allow him to just come in through the front door. ⠀⠀ it’s not like they’re his parents, they’re incredibly lax, but MIKE does it anyway, because it’s embarrassing to knock five times a day, and totally not just because it’s ❝ cooler ❞. ִ ་ ּ.
♡ྀི best friends to lovers ,, nerd x nerd ,, math && science x art && languages ,, middle school sweethearts ,, rock lovers ,, that one loser couple ,, bonnie && clyde ,, protective leader x uncertain scaredy cat
⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ˚̣̣̣︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི ︶˚̣̣̣ ᩘ♱ྀི ⠀ ˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣ ︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣ ྀི︶˚̣̣̣
⠀⠀{ . . . }ㅤㅤ . . ݁ 𝔐IKE++𝔑ATH
⠀⠀ borderline ⎯ tame impala
⠀⠀ head over heels ⎯ tears for fears
⠀⠀ every breath you take ⎯ the police
⠀⠀ a match into water ⎯ pierce the veil
⠀⠀ everybody here wants you ⎯ jeff buckley
⠀⠀ messages from the stars ⎯ the rah band
⠀⠀ wake me up before you go – go ⎯ wham!
⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗
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