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May I also add: Thin Lizzy

i need a reader/OC in the ST universe who likes R&B. give me a reader who loves DeBarge, who's obsessed with Sade's debut album "Diamond Life" (and the track "Smooth Operator"). a reader who loves Zapp & Roger and The Isley Brothers and Michael and Janet Jackson and Guy and New Edition and Keith Sweat and Anita Baker and The Deele and Earth, Wind & Fire and Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross and Marvin Gaye and Lionel Richie and Aretha Franklin and so many other iconic artists from the ‘70s and '80s!!!

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DAS BESTIE Y’ALL ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hi! I’d like to nominate @melodymunson ❤️

Here are two of my favorite series by them:

Love Buzz - https://archiveofourown.org/works/47570314/chapters/119891428

Waiting for someone like you - https://archiveofourown.org/works/44191747/chapters/111126904

Please ask them:

What character first inspired them to write for the Stranger Things fandom, and why?

This week, we're highlighting @melodymunson as a writer! All recs tagged #melodymunson will be from her work. Melody answered some questions about her writing process under the cut

What character first inspired you to write for the ST fandom? Why?

Eddie Munson. Because I loved that Eddie was so like me in that he was a metalhead, an outcast, funny, all around solid and nice guy also a bit of a nerd.

What's your typical writing process?

I like to do my research first and I'm very particular with things and I how organize sometimes. Other times though I might skip ahead in a series I'm writing and write stuff for that before I finish earlier parts. I like to have a editor/beta-reader as well. Sometimes I will write the nsfw first other times the plot/story first.

Do you do anything different for your RPs?

I also like to research things. I use tupper for most of my rp storylines to keep things organized and better portrayed.

What has been your favorite project so far? Why?

My stranger things to do list. Its inspired by one of my favorite movies. I love how I started writing for other characters I haven't before with it like Argyle and Jeff.

What has been your hardest project so far? Why?

The older Eddie rockstar/younger reader fic with bodyguard Steve. I did a lot of researching on places I described and used to make it most accurate. It had a heavy plot with some dark elements as well.

Have you ever had a creative block?

Yes especially when I'm working on a series.

Is there a big source of inspiration for you? Books? Art? Games?

Music especially heavy metal music. I like to make playlists for my fics and watch music videos for certain songs to get more inspiration.

Is there an upcoming project you're particularly excited about?

Just focusing on blurbs for Stranger things mainly Steve. I would love to collab with mutuals on a fic though.

Is there anything we didn't ask that you'd like to add?

I have some stranger things oc's I use for rp I would love to share for anyone interested. I'm most proud of my ST oc for Edwina Munson though Eddie's twin sister. Her face claim is younger Angelina Jolie.

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(very) Alive and (much) redeemed Billy joins Hawkins gang in S4 (because where else would he be?) to hunt monsters

billy x eddie gifs | hawkinsboys 🩵🖤

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SPOILERS BELOW FOR RISE OF HELLFIRE

I spoilered myself with the whole Rise of Hellfire comic, and because I’m fucking delusional, decided to ship Eddie’s DnD OC with my DnD OC.

I am also hella obsessed with the instrumental version of Muzan’s Infinity Castle, as well as Zenitsu’s little moves when he grabs his sword and locks in. That scene basically inspired this whole idea of them falling together.

So I’m thinking Eddie’s half orc barbarian Relgar would make a great husband for Allie’s half elf illusionist wizard Indil (who also happens to be my dark urge in Baldur’s Gate 3). This is a little scene I’ve had in my mind for a hot minute about them during a campaign, so far just a messy ass work in progress.

I’ll most certainly post the completed picture at another point in time. For now, enjoy some DnD art.

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Fanfics are a big part of what inspires me to draw fanart, but I have just seen a post saying that some writers might not like fanart based on their fics to be posted and honestly, I'd never considered that, so if you're a fanfic writer:

to me fanart and fanfic have always seemed more or less like a symbiotic relationship and I personally would love it if someone wrote a fic based on art that I drew, so I'd never really considered that someone might not like it

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OP you can’t do this you can’t show me Jeff and Eddie and get my hopes up about my rare pair my poor aching heart please mercy

seeing your CC art makes me want to request if you could also doodle some Jeff & Eddie? 👉👈 I think too many people overlook this friendship and I 100% they would do some shenanigans together

oh in my heart they are THE best friends, brothers from another mother, etc etc.

could talk about them all day, but instead have a little sketchpage of the boys <3<3

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That Time Eddie Got Reincarnated as a Slime

That’s it that’s the post.

Inspired by a recent conversation with @writhingg who has the biggest galaxy brain ever. More gelatinous pile of goo adorable lover boy Eddie, less Domineering Cis Man ™️ Eddie.

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80 Examples of Fandom Antiblackness

Imagine all of these things being a possibility every single time you log in to your 'escape'!

To my Black readers: You are VALID! You are not sensitive, not 'overreacting', and you had every right to be hurt by the way you've been treated. These are not isolated events! And if people won't stop being racist, they should continue to feel uncomfortable for being so!

To my nonBlack readers: You are not an ally for NOT doing these things, but for STANDING AND SPEAKING UP when they do.

(So APPARENTLY Tumblr won't let you zoom in on Desktop, but I put the lists in the Image Description! Sorry 😬 i did not know Tumblr doesn't allow zoom in on desktop. It's easier to zoom in on mobile.)

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"Write for yourself"

Brother, I literally have more than 2 million words sitting in my drafts folder instead of posted on AO3.

I write for myself. I post for community interaction.

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I love how this came about by me asking your OC’s opinion on this very specific niche cryptid film from the 70’s ❤️

Angel becomes a writer for the school newspaper and is in charge of the culture columns. She writes reviews about movies and books and different current cultural events around the country, though she’s partial to her movie reviews. A lot of people in school discovered David Lynch because of her review of Eraserhead.

She keeps getting sent anonymous requests for her to review silly movies such as The Legend of Boggy Creek from 1970. She thinks she’s being made fun of for being a little snobby when it comes to her film reviews. The anonymous requests keep getting out of hand until she decides she must find out who is sending them.

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This random bit of lore was 100% inspired by @eddiemunson-reader-shame

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You know who else is a character that Eddie would have made in a campaign?

Karlach.

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I think we need to appreciate this part of Brennan Lee Mulligan's WIRED interview a lot more:

"The evangelical right in this country needs to manufacture outrage to hold onto its voting block. [The satanic panic about DnD] was arbitrary, as the targets of their outrage always are. Fight the power."

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Not an invitation to cocoon yourself in a self-care bubble for four years, but a reminder to the 24/7 worriers that you can literally write "To Do on Monday: Worry about ________" on a post-it note and stop worrying about it for one day while you recharge.

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Fandom Problem #7976:

The Tumblr GIF search function has become unreliable because of certain fandoms and I hate it.

Sometimes it works, but sometimes there are no GIFs (when I know there should be at least some) because all the search returns is pictures of some random idiot celebrity who has no direct relationship with the search terms I used. I know that this is happening because the asshole fans of this idiot celebrity are spamming every tag so that the whole world will see the celebrity they worship.

STOP SPAMMING IRRELEVANT TAGS!!!

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Kinda feel like there's some untapped meme/reaction image potential from old horror movie trailers...

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sad reality of the fanfic-to-published work economy is that the weirdest people are willing to do it. that's why there's now hundreds of shitty no plot cishet hate-to-love enemies-to-lovers books that are ex reylo fanfic. and it's not even good. that's because the people who wrote book-quality steve/bucky and kirk/spock fic are too normal to think to themselves "i should get this porn published". they're too busy working in local government offices

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i see your death of the author and raise you: death of the fandom, for when other fans and the content they produce are so unbearably bad that you divorce yourself entirely from the fanbase except for one or two Trusted Mutuals™️