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anonymously tell me what my specialty as a fanfiction writer is

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hi … you’re the reason i got into hellcheer. i discovered your trucker au on a random night and that was it for me. gone! destroyed! completely indebted!

Oh my gosh, I'm sorry I didn't see this for a few days -- I haven't been on Tumblr as much lately.

Thank you so much for this, it really means the world. I've been going through some ups and downs in real life, so coming online to find something like this really made me smile. I'm so glad the story meant something to you, and I really do intend to get back to writing Hellcheer eventually! In the meantime, here's hoping you've discovered the myriad of other fantastic Hellcheer authors in this tiny, lovely fandom! 💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡💚🧡

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Dropping in to say that I'm watching the holiday movie where Lacey Chabert falls in love with a come-to-life snowman played by Ted from Schitt's Creek and honestly, custom made for me.

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Just saw that it's your birthday today! Happy birthday! 😊

Thank you! It was a very nice one, indeed!

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You share a birthday with some pretty famous Bagginses!

It might not be your eleventy first, but I hope it’s a great one 🎉

I do! It makes me happy every time I remember that, so thank you for the reminder. I can only hope to one day make it to eleventy-one, but as I have no ring of power within my grasp... seems unlikely. :D

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you’re having a beautiful day!

THANK YOU! PRETTY GOOD SO FAR I got flowers and yesterday all my virgo friends and I went out for lunch (and were upset that the music was too loud in the restaurant #virgo) and my puppy is biting me maybe 10-15% less than he was three days ago.

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it's my birthday and i got on to check some happy birthday messages and this is the most i've been on tumblr in months. hope everyone is keeping well! i have a cake and dinner plans and my adhd is like "that's too much birthday" ala kendall roy so we'll see if i have a meltdown and if my father offers me a billion dollar buyout to leave the company.

succession jokes. timely stuff.

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hope you're doing better!

Thanks, Nonnie! I got a puppy, so yes, doing better. Even if I'd forgotten what having a puppy is like, and am now trapped in an endless cycle of "where puppy, why puppy, outside puppy!"

I keep telling myself that in 4-6 months I'll have a well-trained buddy instead of this little t-rex who tries to eat my fingers, but... patience is in short supply sometimes.

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hi, hope you're okay. *kisses forehead*

hi friend! i am... well, okay is relative. i know i have been m.i.a. for months here and in fandom discord and there are a lot of reasons for that. general summation would be that my dog died, i had to get surgery, i have been sick in other ways, and the depression/anxiety spiral resulting from all of that has basically sucked me dry and turned me into a desiccated husk of a person who lies on the couch and cries 99.9% of the time.

it has also vacuumed any and all creative mojo out of me so that i am even struggling to get done the story for the upcoming hellcheer zine that i'm a part of, so 50% more fun there, too. i'm managing to keep up with rl work (in a high stress position) and that's about it, which i think is also not helping the situation but like, money. money is good to have, as is health insurance.

this feels like such a bummer response but it's more like i'm in this limbo of feeling shitty, but not shitty enough to tip the scales one way or the other, if that makes sense?

anyway, all that to say, i hope YOU are good and that fandom is good and that one day my motivation and will to engage with other human beings returns from the war.

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just checking in, haven’t seen you in a while 🩵 hope all is well!

Hi Nonnie! I'm okay, just been going through a rough time since about May, which has resulted in my not being in fandom spaces as much.

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hi friends, life is wild, but i miss you all. how's tricks?

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today i have...

Walked the foster dog 4 miles

Done some paint by numbers

Watched two episodes of 9-1-1

Broken down all the boxes in my garage

Haven't written, though. The muse, she is on vacation.

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having so much anxiiiiiiety today, it feels like i should be on meds again wah wah waaaaaaaaaah

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🎨

Thank you so much!

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

Ooooh this one is haaaard! I will say that my favorite Hellcheer fanart is the one that @artgroves did for my RBB fic, which is here: Art for "In the Shape of a Girl"

Beyond that, @foolishdoodles always makes my heart sing with their work, and I love it so much. @bloomsbury has also done a Hellcheer fave of mine in this piece.

Writer's Truth or Dare

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Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game

🎱 ��� post your AO3 total stats  🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?  🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love 🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that? 🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis 🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help? 🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love 💌 ⇢ how many unread emails do you have right now?  🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis 🐇 ⇢ do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both?  🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before 🎲 ⇢ what stops you from writing more in your free time?  🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings 🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual? 🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now 📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?  🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character 🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project? 🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on ❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best? 🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity 🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh  🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work? 🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate 🥝 ⇢ do you lie a lot? what's the most recent lie you told? 🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately  🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing?  🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing 🐚 ⇢ do you like or dislike surprises? 🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here ☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username? 🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them 🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them 🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it 🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

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Seven months later, here comes

Chapter Two!

perception check

My contribution to the "What-If" prompt from the lovely folks at @hellcheerweek ! Featuring an answer to the question "what if Eddie's father never went to prison, and he didn't stay in Hawkins long-term."

(If this seems familiar, it's a continuation of a prompt I wrote back in July, and it's the fic I've been calling college/townie in my wrap-ups.)

Rating: E  Pairing: Eddie Munson/Chrissy Cunningham  Chapters: 1 so far Status: WIP Warnings: None that I can think of.

Synopsis: “Chris. Seriously. I hereby give you permission to have a one-night stand with the scuzzy bar boy.” 

“But—” 

“Trust me. Look at that guy. He’s not judging you—he’s an idiot.” 

Chrissy looks at Eddie, who has gone from staring at them to half-wrestling Gareth, the two of them grabbing each other around the middle and punching at kidneys. How that happened in the span of thirty seconds, she doesn’t know, but it certainly makes him more approachable.

Read it on AO3

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"I could be really brash and really loud and really dressed however I wanted to and almost made [Chappell] on purpose a drag version of myself so I can be whatever I want. It allows me to feel really safe exploring those aspects of myself. I’d never be able to do that if I took myself super seriously with pop. I think that the project has allowed me to be a part of the queer community in a deeper way because I'm not observing from the outside anymore. I feel like I'm in it. I am the queer community–it's allowed me to just feel queer, feel like a queer person and feel freedom in that."