#(also heheh the ongoing joke is that bc hopper is the camp operator + jopper is canon. jonathan's the nepo baby of the counselors)

[piastrinorris]

so many iconic titles I wanna know about everything!!

I'll start with "but it rains, and I rise" though please 🫶

!!!!! thank you lui <3

but it rains, and i rise, originally but it rings, and i rise, is my summer camp au! (the title was originally taken straight from a song lyric but there is a ~motif~ when it comes to rain so i put it in the title too as a Subtle Hint except my brand of autism makes me Bad At Subtlety so i'm leaning into it heh)

i am waiting until all of the story part of it is finished before releasing it, in part probably to punish myself lol, but you can learn a little bit about the character dynamics here! it starts off with established jancy and previous stancy, with steve and chrissy also being childhood rivals, but eventually becomes endgame cheerscoops + edancy + jargyle + rockie. (i still need to think of a good name for the e___ eight)

i say i'm waiting for the story "part" to be finished before i start posting because that's only half of the story. ideally, it's all going to be on its own blog, and between chapters, i'm hoping to release little diary entries from the campers to give a little nuance into their personal opinion on how events in the story part transpire. and maybe the occasional graphic if i can come up with ones that i like. but yeah! i really want to make it into something special, even if it isn't for everyone, it's for me, and i like to think i deserve to put effort into something that's self-serving.

(i will give u a snippet under the cut too <3)

"Besides, surely Nancy can help you build some bridges, right?"

"Oh, yeah, I'm sure there's nothing she'd love more than to mother her own boyfriend as well as all the campers," Jonathan bites back.

"Your attitude is half your problem, you know," Chrissy frowns. "If you don't think anyone wants to be your friend, they'll pick up on that. Are you sharing with a newbie? I've got a girl called Vickie in with me."

Jonathan grunts in agreement, slowly and blindly turning himself about behind the pile of sheets that Chrissy either hasn’t noticed she’s stacked in his arms to head height, or is choosing not to. “Some guy who didn’t even bother putting a last name, and I don’t remember his first. He’s the yellow guy, that’s all I know.”

“Oh, so he’ll work with Nancy! That’s, like, perfect for you!” Chrissy chirps. Jonathan can’t keep up with how often her tone changes, especially as she playfully teases, "The whole nepo baby thing's really working out for you, huh."