Fuck it. El is still alive and there's a byclairelmax poly thing going on. Will has a friend he met in an art class named carlton who some people think he's dating because the fact he's dating lucas, who's dating max who's dating el is a secret.
Mike realizes he doesn't like anyone romantically and that's okay. He writes well and him and Will call once a week. He doesnt look like Ted Wheeler and he gets his orange mohawk
Stonathan is endgame and Jonathan is making his cannibalism movie. Robin and Vickie are still dating and Robin doesnt go femme. There's a cute scene in the epilog where they're on a date.
Kali has been semi-willingly roped into helping out with the cannibalism movie special effects with her illusions, and between takes she and Jonathan argue about punk music. Nancy's ending stays mostly the same but its hinted shes dating Kali.
Erica's in high school and is both one of the most invested dnd club members and the most invested member of student government. One day she'll probably go into politics.
Hopper and Murray die in a ditch
At the end everyone goes on a road trip to Niagra falls
Since the finale of stranger things DID make me go insane, I've decided to multitask and now im working on a canon divergent au starting immediately post-s1
Featuring hits such as:
Slow burn Steddie (in which Steve knows he's bi from the very start and Eddie thinks he's straight and just "very comfortable with himself" until The Crisis starts)
Jonathan and Steve being unexpected best friends
Steve basically getting adopted by the Hendersons
El getting to grow and be an actual human being (and TREATED like one too)
Slowburn Henderhop (they are so special to me.....)
Slowburn Byler (they are also so special to me.....)
Nancy going with El to Chicago and meeting Kali (her comphet days are behind her. Go. Buy guns for another woman and destroy the government from the inside. This is your love language and it's finally been met at 100%. Encourage Mike to pursue his dreams of an orange mohawk. Bitchin'.)
Tommy getting a slow burn redemption arc and moving on from his own Tammy (Steve) with an unexpected character (not a main)
Vickie actually gets to be a character for more than ten minutes
Reworking Vecna, Henry, and Billy (Billy is fascinating for how weak of a character he is from a narrative perspective. He could have been such a neat foil for Will with their parallels and contrasts, so he's basically going to become Vecna in this AU. Like, their similar upbringings but the differences in both their upbringings and also their choices. Their names both being William as well? That would have been such a good set up for a truly evil endgame villain. Instead we get "racism is okay if you sacrifice yourself for the main character and die in the arms of the kid you abused and insisted wasnt family. Also here's this guy you've never even heard of unless you've got money to fork out for a live Broadway performance but is part of the canon." WEAK.)
Chrissy, Carol, Robin, Nancy, and Vickie start a wlw support group
HORROR <3 I love horror so much especially cosmic horror
Reworking the Upside Down and the Abyss (and more...!) I didn't spend weeks in the library in various different manic episodes self-studying evolution and writing out speculative biology for it to go to waste
Renfaire episode!!!! The Party deserves to haul ass to a renfaire at least once (Steve gets obsessed with LARPing a la Dean Winchester. Jonathan almost runs out of camera film before Steve whips out three more rolls that he'd packed exactly in case that happened) (One of the blacksmith vendors is SLIGHTLY concerned by the hoard of children and teenagers who look at his wares with entirely too much real consideration. The dude that someone has slapped a cheap costume crown on buys a weapon for everyone. It is not cheap. Vendor decides not to question it.)(vendor has and will never have any idea he might have helped save the world years in the future.)
Erica Discovers Potion Brewing (we love upside down goop)
The Party gains an appreciation for how much work and math actually goes into sports
Dragons. And wyvern! But mostly, dragons.
TRAUMA FOR EVERYONE!
Aaaand I've already got 27k words of this finished and about 10 edited and revised sooooo......... <3
do you ship any kali ships besides stali? just curious!
Yes, but I'll be honest. Stali owns my heart, mostly. That's basically my ultimate Kali pairing. I've come around to a few, though!
Robali is one I see a lot. It's personally not my taste so I don't consider myself a Robali shipper per se, but I can absolutely see why people like them. And I'm always for giving Robin as many girlfriends as her heart desires. Robali shippers, you are very valid.
Eddali/Deathmetal (the name I've made for them) is one I can see working pretty well. I feel like their dynamic is better suited for poly dynamics as opposed to solo, but I couldn't tell you why. But I think they have the potential to be really sweet.
Kargyle is where we start really cooking. It's such a crackship and I don't typically take this one too seriously but I fr think they would be a cute opposites attract type relationship. I need a rom-com style fic of them falling in love (actually no no one do it I'm gonna do it myself I literally just decided).
Jonali is also really interesting! I can see them being really cute together. I think what holds me back from engaging with much content for them romantically (outside of this really specific polycule idea I have in my head) is that I'd love to see Kali join the Hopper-Byers household. I think regardless of if their dynamic is familial, platonic or romantic they would gel really well together and I'm mourning that we never got to see them interact.
Now we get to my #2 Kali ship. I've seen most people call them Kalancy, but I prefer the name Punkpistol. I absolutely fucking ADORE them. They are so so important to me. I think they also have so many complimentary traits and would've worked so well together. Both traumatized and turning that trauma to action, specifically against those that hurt them. Maybe not always the healthiest (toxic yuri on TOP) but truly good for each other at the end of the day.
In my perfect world, a lot of these pairings would just coexist in a polycule setting. But alas, my dreams are currently just dreams.
If any of the Kali shippers outside of Stali and Punkpistol wanna send me asks basically making a case for your ship of choice (even if it's not listed here) and why you like it, I would LOVE to read. I really need to be able to SEE the vision before I can form a full opinion on a pairing. Unfortunately, there's just such a deficit of Kali content period in the fandom (though it's gotten a bit better since S5 and her return) so its really hard to find content for her ships, which is how I connect to ships in the first place.
Please at least attempt to convert me. At worst, I'll still feel pretty neutrally about it BUT be happy to listen to someone ramble about one of their faves (it's like a bump of coke I stg). At best, I get to give my girl a new toy to play with /lh
Thank y'all for all the Kali asks recently. I absolutely love talking about her.
its so hard to draw boy nancy and not draw mike or jonathan accidentally. except this time i drew both somehow?? i love u nathaniel aka clarence aka i dont knor what to call him yet
