#I'll prob post some fanart for it at some point soon

[amee-racle-ofmyown]

the captaineer/iswm brainrot is coming back to mee

[shares-a-vest]

I'm settling into 2023 and feeling super positive (maybe with a tad of that New Year's Day manic energy 🎉🎉🎉 ) so I just want to say something about my silly little blog.

Personal sappiness under the cut - you don't have to read bc I'll probs over-share at some point.

2022 was a weird year for me. It was an emotional rollercoaster and I spent most of it pretty damn sad. It really felt like an extension of '20 and '21 where I was navigating complicated family stuff as well as problems that arose from the pandemic (and seemingly settled in to stay). I finally finished uni in the beginning months of 2022, which was a huge accomplishment. But I also felt like it sort of just fizzled out because I developed an attitude of, 'i need to get this over with' rather than working hard and enjoying it.

This little blog has given me a much-needed reprieve from the real stuff since I started it between volumes 1 and 2 of Stranger Things. And I've loved every second of it. I love everyone's headcanons, ficlets, mind-bogglingly creative AUs and stories. I've read excellent fanfiction and seen beautiful fanart. You guys make me laugh and tear up and beam at my phone like an absolute dork.

To my followers and mutuals, even though I'm terrible at initiating conversation, I love youuuuu 💜💜💜 Regular rebloggers and likers, I see you and I read everyone's tags on my stuff. And comments about my writing just fill my heart with joy. I honestly can't believe that in consuming fandom for half my life at this point (ew, am I old???), a himbo babysitter and his metalhead boyfriend and THAT goddamn vest got me writing headcanons, then little ficlets, then longer stuff to the point where I actually made an ao3 account (which I haven't posted to... yet lmao). It's been fun having a creative outlet here while irl I haven't done much since finishing up uni because I've had to prioritise everything other than myself (kinda out of necessity but also letting it all get too consuming).

Anyway, I'll stop now. Here's to 2023 and being more feral on this hellsite than we've ever before 💖💖💖 I'm not tiring of Steddie anytime soon 😊