#Lucas and Steve are both fighters

[slime-hoe]

This video (specifically the part about body guarding during fights) made me realize how good at battle strategy Steve would be. I’m mostly thinking about how the battle guy jock is like Steve’s dnd nerd persona

Like he’d learn about the weapons shit hanging out and playing ball with Lucas, who we know has an interest in wars and weaponry, and when Lucas uses a hockey metaphor it all clicks for Steve. And suddenly he’s geeking out over the physics of different types of war hammers and fighting the party about battle strategy.

[hairmetal666]

The high summer sun glints off the lake, illuminating Eddie's dark curls in a golden shine. He plays Hopper's old acoustic, just noodling around with notes and melodies, while Steve watches, transfixed.

He's so beautiful, Steve thinks, before shaking the thought away. He turns from the man at the end of the dock, looking across the yard of Joyce and Hop's lake house. His two kids tumble across the grass with Max and Lucas's toddler on their heels. Max and El weave flower crowns--well, El weaves and Max makes a mess of petals and leaves. Dustin, Erica, Mike, and Lucas cluster around the solid wood picnic table Hop built, arguing about a new d&d update, while Robin, Nancy, and Jonathan sip glasses of lemonade on the porch. Through the wide, plate glass windows that line the back of the house, Steve watches his wife, Joyce, and Argyle bob and weave through the kitchen, while Hop mans the grill a few feet away on the patio.

He looks back to Eddie, whose fingers have stilled on the guitar strings.

"What's up?" Steve asks. It's been twelve years since Eddie almost died saving the world, and he still goes distant. Still slips out of time to another place, another world, that can be hard for the others to reach.

Not this time, though. Eddie glances up, soft smile on his face, one that's rare enough it makes Steve's heart trip. "Working out how to play something," he says.

There's yelling now, from the picnic table, an actual fight broken out, and Steve laughs. "Think we should get up there before someone gets punched?"

Eddie isn't paying attention, though. His head bent intently over the guitar as he strums out a familiar melody that Steve can't quite place. It's slower, he thinks, than the original.

It's so familiar, watching Eddie play. Back when they lived together in Indy, he used to lose entire afternoons to a shared joint and Eddie practicing. It's always transfixing, the movements of his fingers, the light glinting off the shine of his rings; his intensity and precision.

It hits Steve then, what the song is, isn't something he expected Eddie to ever know. Assumed his interest in any member of Nirvana ended in 1994, that he'd find the Foo Fighters hopelessly lame, but Eddie's eyes flash up to catch Steve's as he starts the chorus.

"And I wonder, when I sing along with you, if everything could ever feel this real forever; if anything could be this good again"

The sun is lower in the sky, casting Eddie in bronze, and god, god he's the most beautiful thing Steve has ever seen. His stomach twists, goosebumps spreading along his arms.

"The only thing I'll ever ask of you, you've got to promise not to stop when I say when, he sang"

The deep chocolate of Eddie's eyes sparkle with softness and care and, and--

Realization hits.

Steve loves him.

"Breath out, so I can breath you in, hold you in"

Has always loved him. Every second, every moment.

His heart trips, doubles. He doesn't understand how he missed it, that it's always been Eddie.

It crashes over him, a cascade of understanding, of unquestioned longing. Years, years have gone by without him recognizing the feelings for what they are. And now, now--

His wife is in the kitchen with Joyce and Argyle, and their two kids play on the lawn with Max and Lucas's toddler.

And he's been hopelessly in love with his best friend since 1986, when he first realized his entire world revolved around Eddie Munson's laugh, the specific smile he gave that brought out his deep set dimples, the softness of his voice at 3am when nightmares drove them both out of bed.

Eddie blinks a few times, looks down, eyelashes casting long shadows against his cheeks. His playing slows, and he ends the song with a crack in his voice as he sings.

"Hello, I've waited here for you, everlong"

The only thing Steve can hear is the pounding of his own heart. He wants--he wants--

The shrieking delight of his children carries down to the lake, his wife's wind chime laugh tinkling just behind.

He doesn't know what to do, what to say, can't stop hearing the way Eddie's voice broke on the last line that wasn't even in the original song, and--

Hopper calls out, "alright you animals, come and get it."

His wife yells, "Steve, come help with the kids?"

He shoves to his feet, yells back, "be right there."

Steve doesn't know what to do, what to say, how to process any of this.

He walks away from Eddie without glancing back.

[gh-0-st-king]

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (Here)

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"Oh, Maxie.." Steve breathed, pained, as his eyes landed on the prone teen.

"Steve! You should be resting." El said, not getting up from her spot at Max's bedside. Lucas was on her other side, and they were both holding Max's hands.

"Ellie," Steve said on a sigh. Robin wheeled him over to her, and he took her unoccupied hand. "I'm tired of resting. I needed to see my girls. How have you been, kiddo?"

Ellie's head dropped to his shoulder, and she squeezed his hand, practically sagging against him. "Tired. I missed you. I was not happy when I found out you were hurt. Again."

He winced, apologizing, and looked at Lucas. "Lu." He looked up from Max's hand, and Steve could see the tears gathering in his red eyes. "C'mere." He raised his free arm, and Lucas reluctantly let go of Max to tuck into Steve's side.

"She's going to be okay." And he believed that. Max was a fighter, and she had people to return to. "She's going to be okay. We're going to be okay."

Steve took a moment to look around the room, taking note that only Robin, Hopper, and Erica had joined them. It was then that he noticed the lack of one Susan Mayfield.

"Where’s her mom?" Steve asked, though he was sure he already knew the answer.

"We don't know. No one has been able to get in contact with Ms. Mayfield since the earthquake. We're not even sure if she's alive." His dad's answer was enough confirmation in Steve's mind, though.

Susan wasn't doing good after Billy's death, and when Neil Hargrove up and left, she just got worse. She was drinking, he knew, and working all the time, but she loved Max. He knew she did. He could see it every time he talked to her about Max. If she was alive, she'd be here.

He nods and finally takes her in. Her right arm is wrapped in a cast. Little drawings, as well as The Party's names, are all over it in different colored sharpie. It draws a smile out of him. Both of her legs are also in casts, elevated by pillows, and also decorated. The air punched out of his lungs as he took in her face. She had an oxygen mask on, and her skin was pale. Her fire red hair was in two braids, and she looked– small.

Max was never small. Even when face-to-face with a demodog, she never shrank. Even in the face of Billy Hargrove threatening her friends and beating Steve's face in, she stood her ground.

Steve had to choke back a sob, guilt and despair clawing at his throat. This was his fault. It was his fault she got hurt. It was his fault Erica and Lucas got hurt. It was his fault Dustin got hurt. It was his fault Eddie almost died.

He was their protector. He was the one who took the hits. The kids weren't supposed to get hurt. That was his job. What good was he if he couldn't even do that? What reason would everyone have for sticking around if he was so useless?

Maybe it would be better if he had been taken instead of Barb back in '83. Then Nancy would have her best friend, Robin and Erica never would've been dragged into all of this, and Max and Eddie wouldn't be hospitalized right now.

"I can hear your self-deprication from here, Dingus. It's not your fault." Robin's voice snapped him out of his spiral, and he cut her a glare, without any heat behind it.

"It’s no one's fault but Vecna's. And Jason's." Lucas said into his shoulder, and Steve kissed the top of his head in thanks and acknowledgment.

It would probably take a while for him to genuinely believe them, but for now, he pushed the negative thoughts aside. No matter what, he wasn't letting any of the kids get hurt again on his watch. When Max woke up, and she would wake up, he would be there for her.

"Okay, kiddies. I've gotta go check on Eddie and Mike, but I'll be back in here when Robin next allows it. I love you both." He pressed a kiss to both El and Lucas' heads, squeezed them goodbye, and detangled from them with a not-small amount of reluctance.

Robin wheeled him to Max's head so he could press a kiss to her temple and whisper an, "I love you, Maxie. Get better soon, my little zoomer." With that sentiment, he was wheeled out of the room and towards Eddie's room.

"Where'd everyone else go?" He asked Hopper. Erica stayed with her brother, so it was just Robbie and his dad with him now.

"The Byers left to find a place to stay for the night, the Wheelers went with them, and Henderson said he was going to Munson's room."

"Eddie hasn't woken up yet. The doctor said that it might be a while before that happens because of how much blood he lost and the extent of his wounds. Mike was with him, but he was in your room a bit before you woke up. That's all I know so far, though, because I've mostly been with you." Robin added, and Steve's stomach dropped a bit with the news about Eddie.

Before Steve could comment or question further, they reached the room. He felt the last of the tension in his shoulders unwind at the sound of Eddie's heart monitor, secure in the knowledge that everyone in the party was alive.

"Hey, Dust." Robin parked him next to Dustin, where he was sitting in a chair by the bed. The boy immediately sagged into his side, and Steve wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

"I'm going to go talk to your doctor and try to find Joyce." His dad said, ruffling his hair and leaving the room. Robin pulled up a seat on his right and clasped his hand in hers.

"So... Are we gonna talk about how you called Hopper 'Dad'?" Steve suppressed the blush that wanted to spread on his cheeks at Dustin's question, and ruffled his hair.

"What’s there to talk about? We're all aware my parents are shit, and over the last year, Hop's been more of Dad than my actual father. He is my dad. In all the ways that matter. And I refuse to be embarrassed about that."

Dustin gave him an analyzing look before nodding and resting his head back on Steve's shoulder.

Steve took a minute to take in Eddie's state and felt the same strangeness as he had with Max earlier.

Throughout the time that Steve had known him– both in school and over the past week– Eddie was in constant motion. From pacing to walking on tables to a bouncing leg to fidling with his rings to restless hands while talking. But he was never still.

Now he was– save for the rise and fall of his chest– motionless. And the last time Steve had seen him motionless was–

Steve's breath caught in his chest, a lump caught in his throat blocking his airway, and he couldn't breathe. He couldn't–

Steve felt this urgent, all-consuming need to feel Eddie's heartbeat, then. As though his own heart would stop beating if he didn't.

It was irrational, he knew. Steve could hear the drumming of his heart in his ears, and the EKG Eddie was hooked up to was beeping without a hitch to be seen or heard, but–

His fingers wrapped around a pale wrist– and when did he let go of Robin's hand?– thumb pressed to the pulse point there and waiting, waiting, waiting until–

Thump ... Thump ... Thump

The roaring in Steve's ears dissipated as his heart slowed to a matching beat, and he could finally breathe, almost like nothing had ever been wrong in the first place.

It should have been surprising, scary even, the speed at which Steve fell for the other man, but in reality? Well, he had known he liked both for a long while, and Steve had always loved hard and fast. Always gave his heart out as easily as someone handed out candy on Halloween. He always gave more than he received, and it always backfired.

(Well– that's not entirely true. It wasn't that way with Robin, but Robin had always been different. Robin was the first– and only– person where the give-and-take was equal. She was his best friend, his sister, his other half, the platonic love of his life. His soulmate. (With a capital P as they always emphasized) His Robbie.)

But– it wasn't like he could help it. No matter how many times his heart got stomped on, no matter how many people did the stomping, he couldn't stop giving his love. Even if he– and said love– was just bullshit.

This time would be different though, he promised. This time, he'd hold his love close to his chest. He'll feel it, but it won't be given. Steve was barely friends with Eddie, and honestly? If that was all he got? Steve thinks he could live. He thinks he could be content. As long as he has Eddie, even if he isn't his.

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Well, after some sever hiccups in the writing process as well as some writers block and lack of motivation, here is part 3! Don't worry, this is certainly not the last part, I only do Happy endings, nothing sad or hopeful.

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@thespaceantwhowrites @child-of-cthulhu @plantzzsandpencilzzs @thebadasshistorian @stevesbipanic @daeb820 @flocon-tourne-en-rond @melonmochi

[amybizarre]

Introduction to the Dogfighters AU

Sooo, basically it’s dogfights, but with Steves. Y’know, these illegal fighting rings, run by gangs, used for illegal transactions and betting.

This AU is set in a modern setting with cities and modern day technology. The world is inhabited by both humans and Steves, together. The city is secretly run by criminal groups such as mobs or smaller gangs of burglars and dealers. There’s a huge underground located underneath the city, consisting of the sewers and maintenance tunnels and stuff like that. There’s also an abundance of abandoned buildings in and around the city.

So, if anyone got kidnapped or went missing, the chances to find that person are incredibly slim. On top of that, the mafia’s influence is so big, they are able to effortlessly stop any investigations into their direction.

There’s two rivaling mafia groups within the city. One run by Elemental Steve and one run by Sabre. They hate each other's guts and have gotten into plenty of fights in the past. Nowadays they mostly avoid each other and no longer mess around in the other’s territory. Each of them lead their own fighting ring though, which are like two rivaling businesses at this point. Both of them try their hardest to attract as many customers as possible, through crazy events or special opportunities, where you can challenge their ‘champions’ with your own fighters. The winner of such an occasion usually gains some hefty prize money from the loser.

Needless to say, much like with horse racing, the betting business around the fighting rings is also booming.

If you think that Sabre is a good guy in this, I have to disappoint you. He is very much a bad guy. As the leader of his own mob, he is very ruthless and cruel. The only things that really matter to him are cold hard numbers (preferably in the form of cash), his younger cousin Lucas and his champion fighter (only because it’s usually the fighter in his team, who earns him the most money).

Lucas fulfills multiple roles. Not only is he Sabre’s right hand man; he is also the one responsible for kidnapping new Steves to become the next fighters. Lucas will also be the one to train these Steves. He may be younger than Sabre and still has a lot to learn and a lot of experience to gather, but that doesn’t make him any less terrifying.

Where Sabre is known for his cold and calculating nature, Lucas earns his intimidation points with his ice cold stare and unpredictability.

Who is Sabre’s strongest fighter? His champion? Welp, it’s not Rainbow. (Not yet-) Rainbow is a young adult, who just dropped out of college. He was trying to study art, which he also kept a secret from his parents. They rathered him to study engineering or sth like that, so when they found out about the actual courses Rain was visiting they stopped their financial support for him, which subsequently forced him to drop out, because he could no longer afford it. Now he’s trying to pay his bills as a delivery boy and part time Uber driver. Until Lucas gets his hands on him…

After that it’s a fight for survival for poor Rainbow Bean. It’s do or die and he has to toughen up quickly if he doesn’t want to get killed in the ring. But that sort of development could be subject for a future story. >:3

Sabre’s current champion is Faceless Steve. With his copying abilities he is capable of mimicking his opponents’ strengths and weaknesses, effectively using them against them. What Sabre doesn’t know though, is that Faceless is secretly working together with Plague Steve. What exactly this collaboration entails, I will keep a secret for now however. I’ll tell you some info about Plague and then let you guess!

Plague Steve is a doctor/surgeon in this AU. He is a semi-neutral person, who doesn’t belong to any group. He sews back together any of Elemental’s and Sabre’s fighters, if they’re valuable enough for that. Sabre and Elemental have to pay a whole fortune though for Plague’s services, which they begrudgingly do, because they have no medical alternative. Plague definitely abuses this position of power, although he does favor Elemental sometimes.

I think this has become quite the infodump by now, lol. Hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed coming up with this stuff!

Oh! Before I forget: My friend @nuctoria helped me a lot with cool ideas and adding to the lore of this AU! Thanks bestie!

Now there might be a story for this AU coming in the future, but if you’re interested you can also go ahead and ask me about things you wanna know!Other than that, have a nice day/night! :3

[acheronist]

Are there any ghost/curse stories associated with the Red Wings? Like the Leafs and Bill Barilko or Montreal’s Forum ghosts, that sort of thing

the only ones that necessarily come to mind are

when bob probert died in 2010, his ashes were spread in the joe louis arena penalty box as a memorial dedication to his hockey career as an enforcer and fighter and protector of the team (especially as his role as the guard dog for yzerman in the late 80s / early 90s, there's a lovely quote where bobby mentions his only job on the ice is to make sure "nothing happens to stevie".) and I think a lot of the younger guys on the team now who are building up a reputation and mindset of 'we don't start fights but we sure as hell don't back down from them either' are all very aware of that history re: probert and how important he was so developing the teams personality and identity? so I wouldn't be shocked at all if bobby's ghost was hanging around smiling evilly every time mo and lucas and wally get into a scrum because someone tried to crosscheck dylan in the neck again

and then also focusing in on dylan, when it was his rookie year, I know he relied a lot on hank zetterberg for advice, and to a certain extent also previous captains (nick, steve, alex, mickey, etc), but ted lindsay and gordie howe were both local and attended games a lot and I know dylan was very close with them in a mentor/protege sort of way? and they've both passed on now but obviously with their numbers retired and larger than life statues of them both on proud display in the LCA, again, I wouldn't be shocked if ted and gordie's ghosts were behind the bench giggling and kicking their feet being proud of dylan as he's growing into the role of captain and being the best player on the team rn.... like thats their kiddo!!!!!!! thats their fucking boy!!!!!!!

[mizufae]

Considering writing a truly elaborate reverse isekai established relationship older Cleradin comes to Hawkins to meet pre relationship Byler and help El and everyone save the world while also repairing their relationship and getting Mike and Will to smooch while they’re at it.

Lucas’ fantasy counterpart is a prince (this is why he has the horse!) and turns out Erica is a princess and he has to swear Will the Wise and Sir Mike to utmost secrecy that his sister can NEVER find out she is actual royalty in another reality.

Dustin teaches fantasy Will about electricity and they do a magical mourning ritual for Eddie that he would have loved.

Steve invites them to stay at his house but Will the Wise, who is a grown ass man in his twenties, refuses to leave his mommy Joyce so everyone moves in and uses Steve’s house as a base.

Robin has to take fantasy Will aside and explain homophobia to him because he is so incredibly outwardly gay all the time.

Sir Mike and Nancy get along swimmingly because they are both fighters and relentless and he thinks it’s fun to be older than her for once.

There are fantasy to mundane eighties makeovers that upset and arouse Hawkins Mike, fantasy Will is very attached to his terrible wizard hat, fantasy Mike thinks blazers are neat, there are arguments about pants.

El is trying to reach out to fantasy El to repeat the portal accident that got Cleradin to Hawkins in the first place while also trying to help Max and defend against Vecna.

Will is completely flustered at all times by Sir Mike and Jonathan teases him relentlessly.

Sir Mike is an idiot who asks Hopper for an ale and gets his tongue stuck inside the freezer and finally bonds with Mike over the utility of radio communication.

Mike cannot even with Will the Wise who is so curious and outspoken and creative and keeps paying attention to everyone other than him how dare he.

Will the Wise is desperately avoiding picking up Hawkins Mike and squeezing him and ruffling his hair and biting him from cuteness aggression.

Will learns about Cleradin’s romance direct from Will the Wise but Sir Mike never tells Hawkins Mike, but Mike decides it’s worth the risk to follow through on his hunch and goes for it with Will anyway and they have a pre-final-battle first date and it is extremely cute because they deserve nice things.

El gets occasional communiques from her fantasy counterpart who helps her find Max by bringing fantasy Max into the void so El can look for her signature in Hawkins. Fantasy El is a super powerful and deeply weird witch and Hawkins El isn’t sure if she is okay with growing up to be like her and fantasy El is like “of course you won’t! Just by meeting me we’ve changed everything about what you would have been. Everything is changing all the time!” And Hawkins El is like, you are confusing and remind me of my punk sister so I guess that’s okay but please don’t go making any more portals by accident. And fantasy El is like, gosh, you are sooooo serious all the time, fiiiiiinnnneeee. But she makes one little portal a while later after Cleradin gets back home to send their well wishes and ask for Joyce’s meatloaf recipe.

[juiceicicles]

Chapter 5: Sarah Amesdon

“Have you talked to anyone else?” Dustin asks as they speed-walk through the hallway. It wasn’t an emergency, but they’re both worried enough to be on the edge of panic.

“No! I can’t find Lucas, or Nancy, and Mike’s in-“

“-California. Shit, shit, shit!”

Ms Henderson follows them with worried eyes, “Dusty, where are you going?”

“To see a friend! Love you mom, bye!” Dustin calls over his shoulder and closes the door, Max grabs her skateboard as Dustin runs over to the open garage to grab his bike.

They make their way to Family Video, exchanging worried expressions as they stew in silent anxiety. Max hears Dustin occasionally talking over the walkie, but he doesn’t get a response.

She desperately wishes that Lucas was here. Dustin’s a naturally anxious person, and whatever chill she had before was destroyed the moment not-Billy broke through the sauna window and tried to kill her best friend. Lucas is the balance they’re missing.

She wishes the rest of the party was here too. Mike is an annoying piece of shit, but he’s a planner. They don’t need a plan yet, but she knows they’re going to. Whether it’s charging in again or just figuring out what’s going on.

With that thought, she’s intensely relieved that Dustin was home. Dustin’s smart. He’ll be able to figure it out. Neither her nor Steve are great at puzzling stuff out, they’re fighters. She’s not stupid, but she’s not a science whiz. Dustin’s figured stuff out before, he’s cracked Russian codes and found supernatural spies.

They pull up to Family Video and jog up to the counter. Steve’s fiddling with a pencil while Robin talks to him. He seems out of it, and he’s got Max’s old headphones looped around his neck. She doubts he’s allowed to have those at work, but she’s happy that he’s getting some use out of them.

“Hey! Steve!” Dustin shouts over Robin, who gives him an offended side-eye.

Steve’s eyes snap to them and she notices the deep bags under his eyes. His hair is slightly disheveled, still styled because it’s still Steve , but disheveled. His eyes look bruised and if she hadn’t known about Steve’s nightmares she’d assume he got into another fight.

Dustin slaps his hands on the counter, “what happened?”

“Shh!” Steve shushes him while Robin’s glare morphs into confusion “not right here!”

“What’s going on?” Robin inquires. She’s straightened up from her casual lean against the counters. She lowers her voice to a whisper and asks, “Does this have anything to do with our little guest?”

“Guest? What guest?” Dustin’s looking around the store, likely trying to find whoever Robin’s talking about.

Steve rolls his eyes, “Yes, Rob, it does. Now come on.” Steve pushes off the counter and walks towards a door in the back of the store. Dustin follows him and motions Robin and Max over too.

Steve pushes the door open to reveal a break room, and sitting on the couch is one Eddie Munson. He’s twisting his rings around his fingers and whips his head around to look at them.

“What are you doing here?!” Dustin whisper-shouts, rushing over to to the couch as Steve closes the door behind them. The break room was most certainly not made for 5 people, so it’s a little cramped.

Max sits down at the desk in the corner of the room. It’s covered in bottles of Yoo-Hoo, and there’s a walkie talkie with the antenna up next to the phone sitting on the desk. An empty box of Honeycombs sits near the couch. There’s also a bottle of medicine on top of the file cabinet, and a trash can overflowing with coffee cups next to it. Eddie’s boots have been kicked off near the doorway, and there’s a paused movie on the little rolling TV cart.

Steve runs a hand over his face and pipes up, “he was there when the…thing happened.”

“Thing? What thing” Robin hissed.

“Last night there was a- something. Something happened. I-I don’t really know what, it’s not like anything that’s happened before, but it had to be related.” Steve says. He runs a hand through his hair and stares at the floor.

Robin looks at him with widening eyes. She opens her mouth to speak but is interrupted by Eddie, “ before ? Something like that has happened before ?!”

“Not exactly…“ Steve mutters. He’s yet to look up at any of them, continuing his staring contest with the linoleum.

“What happened?” Robin asks.

Steve’s eyes flick to Eddie, who returns the look with a grimace.

“They aren’t gonna believe us, man.” Eddie whines.

“Yes. Yes they are. We’ve been through way worse.” Steve replies, Eddie’s eyebrows raise and he pales a bit before taking a deep breath.

“Last night Steve was over at my trailer,” Eddie starts, “and something- I don’t know. Steve went into some kind of trance, and- and I couldn’t wake him up. He just, like, lifted up into the air and- uh- and he just hung there. In the air. And his eyes, man. It- it was like there was something pulling them back into his head. And he…he slammed into the ceiling before he just dropped. I asked him what happened and he didn’t- he said he didn’t remember.”

Everyone’s eyes had drifted over to stare at Steve, who was resolutely not looking at anyone. Robin moved over to grab his arm and hold on for dear life. Like he would float away like a balloon if she let go.

“Steve…” Robin whimpered. He finally looked up to her. Something flickered in his expression before his lips set in a thin line. He looked back at the floor before he spoke up.

“There’s more.” He forced out. Eddie looked at him and raised a brow, whatever Steve was about to say, he hadn’t mentioned before.

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Steve stared at the tiles of the break room before he took a shaky breath in. He knows he should’ve told Eddie before, in the trailer or the van or even at his house when they grabbed his walkie. But he didn’t wanna think about it. Didn’t want to relieve it, even for a moment.

He could remember it in perfect detail. All his dreams were always fickle, terrifying but impermanent. Slipping through his fingers like water when he tried to recall them. Whatever had happened to him in Eddie’s trailer, though, was crystal clear. He could hear Barb’s laughter ringing around him, see the cold looks of everyone he loved as they walked away, feel the thick, stale air of the tunnels as it filled his lungs.

He couldn’t tell them what he saw. They wouldn’t understand. Robin, Max, and Eddie didn’t know about Barb, and Dustin didn’t know the full extent. Didn’t know how she’d died, only knew it was because of the lab. They didn’t need to know how much he hated himself for what he let happen, didn’t need to know how much he feared the day they realized that they didn’t need a babysitter anymore. That they never had.

And he didn’t want them to think he was crazy. When he saw a demodog in the road on his way to work, or hear the ticking of a grandfather’s clock that wasn’t there. He knew they needed to know though, needed to know that something happened.

So, he choked out the story. Bits and pieces. What was important to know.

“When I- when I was in that ‘trance’, I saw…I saw something.” Steve watched Eddie shift his body towards him as he spoke, knew he must be wondering why Steve hadn’t mentioned this before.

“It- I was- god how do I explain this…Eddie went quiet, and when I went to go find him, I was somewhere else. I ended up in the tunnels, the ones from round 2,” Eddie and Robin shared a confused glance while Max and Dustin stared at him with horrified expressions, he looked back down at the floor, “I tried to find a way out but…there wasn’t any. I heard- I saw things that weren’t there last time. And then I heard a voice. And it said- it told me- there was some sort of monster. A person but he was like, not really human. He was made of those vines and he had a big clawed hand…he said it was ‘time for my suffering to end.’”

Steve took a breath. He wasn’t done with the story, but it was a lot to look back on. Even if he didn’t mention the details, he still felt like he was back in that tunnel, Barb’s taunting echoing through the space. He didn’t look up, he knew whatever the others were feeling, he didn’t want to know.

“He lifted his hand up and before he could do…whatever he was trying to do…there was a- I could hear music, I think it was the music from the walkman, and it was coming from a shimmery portal. I ran to it and I woke up falling with Eddie staring at me. I checked Eddie’s room and there was nothing there.”

He glanced up and around to see everyone was frozen. Just staring at him. Dustin had his mouth open, and Robin’s grip on his arm had somehow tightened even further. Max was white-knuckling the back of the chair, and Eddie had his hands dug into his hair.

“I- that sounds crazy. I swear I’m not crazy.”

“No. We don’t think you’re crazy, Steve.” Dustin promised, but Eddie started giggling hysterically from his place on the couch. All eyes shifted to him as he jumped up and started pacing.

“That- oh my god! This is insane! That- that’s bullshit !” Steve winced, a mix of Barb’s and Nancy’s voices echoed around him and the smell of spiked punch filled his senses. “You know how that sounds, right? There’s no way-“

“Eddie! Didn’t you say he literally levitated ? How is this crazier than that?” Dustin put his hands up like he was trying to tame a wild animal. Eddie slumped back down on the couch and buried his face in his hands.

Dustin sighed, “look, what I’m about to tell you might be a little... difficult to take. Okay? You know how people say Hawkins is... Cursed? They're not way off.”

Dustin turned to Eddie as he pried Eddie’s hands away and made eye contact with him.

“There’s another world beneath Hawkins. Sometimes it bleeds into ours.”

Eddie looked at him suspiciously, “like- ghosts and shit? Really?”

“There are things worse than ghosts.” Dustin continued, deadly serious.

— — —

Sarah Amesdon opens up the door to the trailer as she makes her way to her car. She swears she can hear a clock ticking. She scans her surroundings, but she doesn’t see anything. She decides to investigate later, she has things to do.

As she opens her car door, she hears a loud chime in her ear and she jumps back. The trailer park is gone. She’s standing on the football field, and there’s smoke trailing out from underneath the bleachers. She looks down and notices she’s wearing something else.

She’s wearing the dress. The one she can’t look at anymore. The one she’s almost burned more times than she can count. She has her brown leather bookbag slung across her shoulder, and she can see the crisp paper of the note she found in her locker tucked into her bag.

She feels frozen. Fear fills her lungs and tears fill her eyes. Not today. Not this day. How did she get here? She should be in her car, on her way to meet with Stephen.

He finally asked her out. She’d been starting to lose hope, but he finally did. After weeks of flirting, of sneaking glances only to catch the others eye, of stupid jokes only she’d laugh at.

Then she was gonna head to the game, cheering on Stephen as he played for the tigers. She was no cheerleader, but she’ll try her best. If they lost, they’d head to Mandy’s Diner. She knew exactly what she was going to order. She’s a regular there, and she knows the menu like the back of her hand. She’s going to get a strawberry milkshake, and some fries. She’ll be too nervous to eat a meal, but salt always makes her feel less nauseous. If they win, they’ll head to Benny’s for the afterparty. She’ll make some bad decisions and have fun. Finally relax after a stressful few weeks.

She shouldn’t be here. She turns around and runs towards the doors that lead to the gym. She pushes them open only to step right under the bleachers.

No. No, no, no.

“Hey, baby.” Johnny calls from where he’s leaned against the pole that holds the seats up. Dropping his cigarette to the ground and stamping it out with his foot. “You lookin’ for me?”

“No. Get- get away from me. We’re over. I told you we’re over weeks ago. What- what’s happening ?”

“Oh, come on now sweetheart,” he chuckles, stepping forward. She steps backward, keeping them equal distance apart until she feels cold metal press against her back. “You know you want it.”

“No! Stop! Get off of me !” She shoves him away and runs back to the school. She takes the door that leads to the cafeteria. To her relief, it opens to the cafeteria.

The students stop eating, and the all turn to look at her.

“ Slut! ”

“ You looking for some? Heard you and Johnny had a good time.”

“Should’ve come to me. Could’ve given you a much better experience.”

“Whore!”

“Was it good? I heard Johnny’s a great time.”

She covers her ears with her hands and sinks to the ground. Heaving breaths and tasting the salty tears that drip into her mouth.

“Stop it! Stop it, just stop it!” She sobs out. “Go away!”

She looks up as she hears the doors open behind her. She slowly turns around, an unnatural dread filling the marrow of her bones. Feels her lungs empty in a cold exhale as air around her chills to arctic temperatures.

“ Sarah .” A voice resonates from behind her, deep and echoing.

She turns around to find some- some- some monster walking towards her. Slowly but confidently striding in her direction.

She books it to the other end of the cafeteria, the ones with the doors to the hallway. She doesn’t know what that is, but she knows it isn’t good.

She rips open the hallway doors to find wooden slats in their place. She bangs on them, screaming for help.

— — —

“These monsters, from this other world.”

— — —

“No. No, no. God, no. Please. Help me! Somebody! Somebody help me!” Sarah wails, fingers wrapped around the gaps in the wood panels shaking them. Praying she can tear them off.

— — —

“We thought they were gone. But-”

— — —

“ Sarah .” It says again. She whips around to face it, trembling and sobbing where she’s pressing up against the panels. A last ditch effort to get her as far away from this thing as possible.

“ Don’t cry, Sarah. It is time. Time for your suffering to end. ”

— — —

“But they’ve come back before. If they’re back again, we need to know.” Dustin finishes

“That night,” Robin says, not releasing Steve from her vice-like grip, “did you see anything? Dark particles, maybe? It would almost look like dust, swirling dust.”

“No, man, there was nothing you could see or, uh... Or touch,” Eddie says, staring into the middle distance “You know, I tried to wake him, man. He wouldn’t move. It was like he... he was under a spell. A curse.”

“Vecna's curse.” Dustin breathes.

— — —

Crack. Crack. Crack!

— — —

“Who’s Vecna?” Steve asks. A confused look from Max and Robin echos the question.

“An undead being of great power.” Dustin replies, he looks troubled. It’s not a reassuring answer.

“A spell caster.” Eddie adds.

“A dark wizard.”

— — —

Behind a trailer, in a park full of people, nobody sees 17 year old Sarah Amesdon’s bones snap, one by one.

— — —

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[mourninglark]

It Takes Faith

Thinking about Steve and Lucas shooting hoops in a local park after everything happens. Max and Eddie are both still in the hospital, and Steve should be resting, too (a nasty infection that got worse before it got better), but Lucas is anxious. Restless.

Steve knows how to help with that. He can't fix anything, he can't offer solutions, but he can listen. So he takes Lucas to the park under the pretense of working on his form.

At first, they don't speak at all. Lucas is in his head, and Steve is patient.

They stretch, get warmed up. Jog back and forth across the court for a bit until Lucas gives Steve this look. He's ready to play.

Steve starts with the ball, and gets the first point without too much trouble. He doesn't go easy on Lucas; Lucas doesn't want him to.

Whatever advantage Steve might have from experience gets balanced out by the fact that he's simply not well, though, so it's not long before Lucas is beating him out.

After a certain point Steve's barely playing anymore, too exhausted to go running after the ball or shoot.

He's just standing between Lucas and the hoop, now, watching as Lucas shoots, then passing the ball back to him when it goes through the net.

It's nearing sunset when Lucas finally says something.

"Do you think they'll wake up? Either of them?"

Steve doesn't know. He hopes so. Can't let himself believe that they won't. "They're fighters," he says instead. "Both of them."

Lucas frowns. He bounces the ball once, twice. Makes like he's going to shoot, and then sighs.

He sits down on the pavement and buries his face in his hands.

"Hey," Steve says, softly. His core strength isn't what it was before the bats tried to eat him, so it's a struggle, but he manages to sit himself down next to Lucas. He puts a hand on his shoulder. "It'll be ok."

"How can you know that?" He's very nearly as tall as Steve now, but curled in on himself like this Steve is reminded of how small he used to be. How small all the kids used to be.

"I don't," Steve admits. Lucas curls himself even tighter. "But we gotta believe, right?"

"I guess."

Steve takes the ball from Lucas. "When you're lining up a shot, you have no way of actually knowing it will go in, right?"

Lucas gives him a look, but he doesn't interrupt.

"You know how to throw the ball. Where to aim it. But you don't know until it's in."

He mimes the action of setting up a shot. "You just gotta trust your body to get the ball where it needs to go. It's the same thing."

"It's really not."

"It is. All it takes is faith. We gotta trust that they'll pull through. We can make it easier for them, that'll help, but—"

Lucas cuts in. "But what if she doesn't?"

Steve's jaw snaps shut. He gives Lucas' shoulder a comforting squeeze.

"What if she never wakes up? How am I supposed to just— just— keep going? I already miss her so much."

"You can't think like that."

Lucas glares at the pavement.

"I know you miss her." Steve does, too. Fuck, he misses her so much. "She'd kick your ass if she heard you talking like that, though."

"Yeah." Lucas huffs out something that sounds a little like a chuckle, a little like a sob. "I know."

"Whatever happens, we'll work through it. As a team, right?" He gives Lucas' shoulder a small shake. "Max will wake up. I know she will. But she needs your support, too, ok? So don't go doubting her now."

Lucas nods. He sniffs and scrubs his hands over his face. "Ok. I won't."

"Good." He struggles up to his feet, and then offers a hand out to Lucas.

Lucas accepts, but doesn't actually let Steve take on any of his weight. He knows that Steve is still hurt, no matter how healed he tries to present himself as.

"Come on," Steve says "Let's get you home."

Later, when Steve's alone again, he climbs up to his room. He stumbles into the bathroom, ignores his reflection when he passes by the mirror, and throws himself into the shower.

The water is as hot as he can stand it. He sits down in the tub and feels the water hit his skin.

When he's done, he barely has enough energy left to towel off. He collapses into bed, ignoring clothes entirely, and turns onto his side to watch the last bits of sunset through the crack in his blinds.

After it's dark, he digs around under his pillow.

Eddie's vest is still covered in blood and grime. It's crusty and stiff and stained, but even through all that Steve can still smell smoke and cheap detergent.

He cradles it against his chest, and thinks of all the things he really wants to say now. Things might not get to say.

Steve doesn't believe in God, he hasn't since he came face to face with a monster in the Byers' living room, but still he prays. He prays that Eddie and Max will wake up. That they'll be ok.

Max's hair tie is around his wrist, and Eddie's vest is under his pillow. Always.

He needs them to wake up.

He needs his little sister back.

He needs his— his— He needs Eddie back.

Max's letter is unopened on his bedside table. He won't read it. Whatever she has to say to him, she can say when she wakes up.

What Steve has to say to Eddie will wait, too. It will wait until he wakes up. Until he's well again.

He just has to believe.

[luxshine]

Time for Stranger Things 3 episode 7 and we are in the final two.

I really like that the series is starting to find its foot between "homage", "reference" and "nostalgia" rather than just cribbing actual 80's movies. I joked at the beginning that they were cribbing Resident Evil 2's homework with the rats scenes, but the truth is that they have managed to do their own thing.

The fair scene is a good example for this. I can think of a LOT of 80's movies where the horror began both on the fourth of july and in a town fair, but none with the exact type of scene that we have here. Same with Major Westley (Sorry, it's Cary Elwes, he will always be Westley to me), who reminds me of the Jaws major but more evil as at least the Jaws major wasn't colluding with the shark. He is ALL of slimy evil majors in the 80's and it works. I also hope he gets eaten by the not-the-blob.

(I really love the 80's Blob remake. I might have to do a video on it later)

The Anti-Mind-Flayer team is not that good without Steve and Hooper around I see. Also, I like that WILL is the Mind Flayer's tracking device, and not Eleven.

Dustin is good driving for his first time. And the Teenagers are so, so high this is so funny.

Dustin is so good as a nurse. Even if his patients are definitely not cooperating.

OOOH! Nancy got a gun! See, I like Nancy when she's being proactive and violent. Not when she's being a girlfriend. So get her more guns, less boys please.

Oooh, evil tentacles in a cabin in the woods! Classic. Now say Groovy Nancy!

Darn. She ran out of bullets. Bummer. SO it comes back to Eleven.

Eleven is running out of hands.

Jonathan and his axe are absolutely useless. But Lucas? Lucas got the axe! Go Lucas!

I think they're the Fighter and the Barbarian in the DnD Party. And by that I mean Lucas is the Fighter and Nancy the Barbarian.

El REALLY needs to read X-men.

Oh, hey, Back to the Future! That's a great think.

Aw, Dustin! You now know how Steve feels with your friends.

Meanwhile, team Smirnoff is... not a good start. Hooper needs to understand that Joyce is much better leader than he is. But I am with Murray. Not about the sexual feelings, but about the fact that the sparring is getting stale.

Murray, btw, is way too good at this lamp shading. I am starting to like him and I hated him last season.

Aww, Murray and Alexei are bonding over the fact that they ship Hooper and Joyce. If they keep it up I will ship them and then they both will die.

Lucas found firepower!

I think I may have to upgrade Lucas to Artificer.

Oh, dear, Mike is being honest. Thank good he is going to be interrupted by Dustin.

Apparently watching Back to the Future high is too much for Steve.

And so is the Mall.

No, seriously, High Steve is so fun.

OMG, Major Westley has a car phone! I had forgotten Car phones!

Mike is an idiot but in this case, he's right. New Coke is horrible.

Oh, shit. That thing is also in El's blood. UGH.

Truth or dare while high on truth serum is a bad idea, Robin.

But she's right about Nancy. She's a priss. And hey, Steve is no longer in love with Nancy... but I really hope that he's not in love with Robin because it's not going to work.

Writers... you either cut this shit out, or I'm going to yell at you.

Robin... omg, is she saying what she is saying?

SHE IS! OMG, Robin is in love with a girl!

Oh, the penny dropped.

I knew they were not good for each other. But... come on, supernanny, don't let me down. AND HE DIDN'T LET ME DOWN! He's now bonding with his gay best girl who is a friend! Steve, I love you so much. Now get that shit out of your system, find a girl or a boy (Because his thinking? Made me think it's the first time he realized that he has OPTIONS) and you can go on double dates with Robin, Tammy the deaf tone girl, and your partner.

I will not ship Murray/Alexei, I will not ship Murray/Alexei...

Damn. I am shipping Murray/Alexei. They are SO Dead.

Ted Wheeler needs to be in a different series, poor him.

Ah, the drugs are off. And yet they don't think that elevators without electricity are JUST stairs.

And oh, poor Alexei. He's dead now.

See, if I ship, they die. Sorry.

Ooh! Classic chase in Fun house maze!

Ow, poor Alexei. Poor Murray. He had found love and now he lost it.

Well, maybe he will survive to season 4. Alexei was dead even before.I started shipping because well, some one was going to kill him.

Now I wonder if Hooper will get the terminator, or the Mind Flayer will

OH! Major Westley's name is Larry! And he totally deserved that. He was the one who got Alexei killed.

GREAT! Now Team Smirnoff thinks the children are at the mall. Which they are, just not the children they are looking for. Fortunately, THEIR children are also going to the mall. And so is the giant Mind Flayer which I really hope gets to eat some Russians before he gets killed.

EL to the rescue!

She's getting the hang of great entrances.

So ok, ALL the children are now in the Mall. Good.

Oh, getting everyone up to date, is hard. And I knew that thing was in El. Now how do we get it out? Do we need a russian doctor?

Oh. CLiffhanger. Of course. Well, I will have to wait a bit for the next chapter.

[avengergreekbitch]

Name: Aurora 'Rory' Joyce Byers-Rogers-Barton 

Age: Unknown Chronologically and Physically 

Gender: Female 

Sexaulity: Bisexual 

Pronouns: She/They

Birthday: 21th of March 1997 

Nicknames: 

FlameHawk (Superhero)

Aurora Rogers-Barton (Most Commonly Known As)

Aurora Rogers 

Aurora Barton

Rory (Preferred Name)

Ro 

Arie 

Aura 

Katniss Everdeen 

Sunshine 

Sunny Junior (Mainly by Bucky)

Love,Darling,Sweetheart,Dear,Princess,Cutie,Sleeping Beauty (by Mindy)

The Fighter (by Mike,Lucas,Dustin,El,Will B and Max) 

Nothing (by Troy Walsh,James Dante and their Friends + The Hawkins High School Basketball Team) 

Daddy's Little Girl,Apollo's Songbird,Apollo's Little Brat (by Commodus)

Princess (by Mysterio,Commodus,Caligula and afew others) 

Godly Parent: Apollo 

Legacy of: Poseidon,Bellona,Hestia and Jupiter

Fatal Flaw: Loyalty 

Years at Camp: Same as Annabeth 

Greek or Roman: Technically Both but Mainly Greek 

Camp:  Both but Mainly Camp Half-Blood 

Cohort: Fifth Cohort 

Species: Demigod and Super Soldier Hybrid

Ethnicity: Half-American and Half-Greek

Nationally: Half-American and Half-Greek,Roman

Birthplace: Hawkins,Indiana (Currently Live in Brooklyn,New York,USA) 

Personality: 

Confident,Brave,Charming,Funny,Independent,Compassionate,Mischievous,Sarcastic,Outgoing,Sassy,Creative,Ambitious,Determined,Feminist,Stubborn,Kind,Loyal,Dangerous,Witty,Can Be Violence when She needs to be,Smart,Rebellious,Adventureous,Witty,Sensitive,Dirty Minded,Flirtatious,Tease,Mysterious,Unpredictable,Charismatic,Reckless,Badass,Fierce,Feisty,Bold,Dramatic,Rude anyone who mean to Her Friends or Family 

Positive Traits: Loyal,Confident,Brave,Funny,Outgoing,Creative,Kind,Witty and Smart 

Affiliations: The Scopps Troops,Hellfire Club (Stranger Things),The  Party,The Seven (Making Them The 8),The Core Four (Making Them The Five),The Avengers,X-Men,Thunderbolts (Clint's Version),West Coast Avengers

and The Vent Crew.

Family:  

Apollo (Father)

Joyce Byers (Nee Rogers) (Mother)

Jonathan Byers (Older Brother)

Will Byers (Twin Brother) 

Lonnie Byers (Step-Father #1)

Jim Hopper (Step-Father #2)

Eleven Hopper (Foster Sister/Step Sister) 

Clint Barton (Adopted Father)

Asclepius, Halcyon Green, Lee Fletcher, Michael Yew, William Solace, Austin Lake, Jerry,Austin Swift,David Kushner,Pete Davidson,Jake Antonoff,Timothée Chalamet (Half-Brothers)

Eurydice, Melite, Victoria, Kayla Knowles,Gracie,Taylor Swift,Lana Del Rey,Selena Gomez,Yan,Georgina,Rachel Zegler,Sabrina Carpenter,Jennifer Lawrence,Freya Stark and Kiara Lantsov (Half-Sisters)

Steve Rogers (Maternal Uncle) 

Joseph Rogers (Maternal Grandfather) ✝️

Sarah Rogers (Maternal Grandmother) ✝️

Artemis (Paternal Aunt)

Leto (Paternal Grandmother)

Zeus (Paternal Grandfather)

Love Interest: Mindy Meeks-Martin 

Friends: Mindy Meeks-Martin,Chad Meeks-Martin,Dahila Romanova @thebetterromanova,Nadia Van Dyne,Mike Wheeler,Lucas Sinclair,Dustin Henderson,Eleven,Max Mayfield,Jean Grey,Scott Summers,Ororo Munroe,Taylor Xavier, Hank McCoy,Logan Howlett,Bobby Drake,Marie D'Ancanto,Laura Kinney,Druig,Sersi,Sprite,Kingo,Makkari,Thena,Phastos,Travis Stoll,Jason Grace,Leo Valdez,Piper McLean,Percy Jackson,Hazel Levesque,Frank Zhang,Annabeth Chase,Peter Quill,Wes Hicks,Sam Carpenter,Tara Carpenter,Sam Wilson,Peter Parker,Nico Di Angelo,Kate Bishop,Connor Stoll,Kirby Reed,Liv McKenzie,Kayla Knowless,Will Solace,Austin Lake,Michael Yew,Lee Fletcher,Thalia Grace,Charles Beckendrof,Silena Beauregard,Clint Barton,Mangus Chase,Sadie Kane,Carter Kane,Grover Underwood,Tony Stark,Eddie Munson,Gareth Emerson,Jeff,Steve Harrington,Robin Buckley,Nancy Wheeler,Thor,Hulk/Bruce Banner,Scott Lang,Erica Sinclair,Suzie Bingham,Clarisse La Rue,Ned Leeds,MJ Jones-Watson,Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano,Valkyrie,Calypso,Cassie Lang,Hank Pym,Wanda Maximoff,Pietro Maximoff,Anika Kayoko,Danny Brackett, Amber Freeman (Eventually Enmeies),Ethan Landry (Eventually Enmeies),Quinn Bailey (Eventually Enmeies) and Your Oc?

Parental Figures: 

Steve Rogers 

Jim Hopper 

Murray Baunman 

Clint Barton 

Dewey Riley 

Bucky Barnes

 Natalia Romanova

Janet Van Dyne 

Hank Pym 

Enemies: Luke Castellan (Formally Best Friends) ,Zemo,Hydra,Titans,Monsters,Gaia,Giants,Octavian,Ultron,Chitauri Army,Quentin Beck/Mysterio,Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto,John Allerdyce/Pyro,Josephine Allerdyce/Firehawk,Zemo,Ikaris,Cassandra Nova,Amora/Enchantress,Ava Starr/Ghost,Agatha Harkness,Kang The Conqueror,Nero,Commodus,Caligula,Geta,Caracalla,Lityerses,The Triumvirate Tarquin,Amber Freeman,Ethan Landry,Quinn Bailey,Richie Kirsch,Wayne Bailey,Vecna,Creatures from the upside-down,Loki,Flag Smashers,John Walker,Alexander Pierce,Troy Walsh,James Dante,Jason Carver,Andy,Chance,Other Basketball Team Members expect Lucus and Billy Hargrove. (Probably More)

Weapons: Bow and Arrow,Sword,Dagger,Firelighter,A Gun,Nailed Bat,Fireworks,Switch Blades,Blow Gun a and Kneives Hobbies:D&D,Riding My Bike,Listening Music,Archery,Playing Guitar (Acoustic and Electric) and Ukulele),Watching Moives and TV Shows,Reading,Painting,Drawing and Hanging Out

Languages: English,French,Russian,Greek,Latin,Pig Latin,ASL,Wakandan,Spanish,Turkish,Sovakian,German,Swedish,Arabic,Danish,Icelandic,Hawaiian and Italian

Illnesses: Depression  

Disorders: Anxiety,ADHD and PTSD   

Disabilities: Dyslexia and Dyspraxia

Issues: Trust Issues and Abandonment Issues 

Powers: 

Vitakinesis - is the ability to control and manipulate the healing process.

Injury Sense- Can see the damage the Injury others are in. 

Audiokinesis - is the ability to control the sound waves and music. 

Ultrasonic Whistle - can make a painful ultrasonic whistle that can temporarily stun my opponents, making them clutch their ears in confusion.

Sunburn Immunity - Can't get a sunburn.

Couplets Curse - curse others to only speak in rhyming couplets that can take days or even weeks to wear off. 

Photokinesis- is the mental and/or physical ability to control light. To a greater extent, one could become invisible, concentrate light particles into lasers, and manipulate any part of the light spectrum (ultraviolet, infrared, etc.).

Power Channeling - Can Channel My Power into a object or another demigod by humming even without physical contact. 

Light Rays - Ability generate rays of sunlight.

Seasons Alteration - is the ability to control one or all of the seasons.

Nosokinesis - is the ability to create and control diseases.

Musical Aptitude - is having a natural skill for music.

 Injury Manipulation - Can Transfer Injury's to Others or Monsters.

Understanding Prophecy's - Can Easily decipher and translate the oracles prophecy. 

 Pyrokinesis - is ability to control Fire.

Truth Sense - knows when people are telling the truth or lying. 

Music Manipulation - type of hypnotism or persuasion in which it allows the speaker to convince someone else to do or get whatever they want though Songs/Music. 

Light Travel - to travel to any desired place on Earth although it makes the user extremely fatigued.

Blood Bending - Can bend other’s bloods 

The Curse of Achilles- is a power and a curse that a person can acquire when they bathe in the River Styx.

Legacy Abilities: 

Shapeshifting - is the magical ability that one has to change their age, size, sex, species, facial features and so on. 

Telumkinesis - is the ability to manipulate weaponry

Fire Immunity - immune to any amount of fire and heat. 

Electrokinesis is the ability to mentally and/or physically manipulate and control electric currents and static electricity.

Theme Song: Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me by Taylor Swift 

Other: A Huge Swiftie. Co-Head Councillor of Cabin 7 with Lee Fletcher or Michael Yew or Will Solace (Depends On The Timeline) Acts Emotionless Sometimes. An Anti-Hero with A Dark Side. She is One of The Praetors of the Twelfth Legion with Frank Zhang and Reyna Ramírez-Arellano (There's 3 in Roleplay) (Depends On Timeline) Her Achilles Heel is the small of Her back Her and Percy are The Two Most Powerful and Dangerous Demigods. She share past with Annabeth,Grover,Thalia and Luke . She is on Team Cap in Civil War. She loves riding her motorbike. She got the Scar recently during a fight with Magneto.

[dolphs-world]

World of Light

Who else's reputation stems more from Smash than their own series? Why Captain Falcon and Ness of course. Lucas doesn't make the cut, despite his story in Subspace, because people actually still talk about Mother 3 even if only to localise it. Earthbound is moreso known for being the inspiration for every indie game. Mother was a complete series. F-Zero peaked with GX so no more games for Captain Falcon says Nintendo. Ness and Captain Falcon also have infamous catchphrases, Falcon Punch and PK Fire respectively. Both get bonus points for being in every game. Captain Falcon gets extra bonus points for using the same model as the original fighters from before Smash was a game about Nintendo characters duking it out. Let's go one step beyond, what about a character created for the sole purpose of being a Smash character as well as representing an often forgotten part of Nintendo's history? That's right, Mr. Game & Watch is number 8. R.O.B is also in for being more well-known for Smash, top tier, and the Ancient Minister. Going back to the Meta, Sm4sh and Ultimate were balanced games until the DLC arrived. Bayonetta and Steve, whilst not nearly as infamous as Fox or Meta Knight (and Bayonetta never will be), are the best of their respective games and Steve is continuing to make a name for himself. You know who has been near the top of tierlist 3 games in a row? Diddy Kong. A tier in Brawl and S in Sm4sh and Ultimate, #4, #3, and #9, it's fair to say that Diddy Kong is the best and most consistent character in Smash. And here I am remembering when I though DK and K. Rool were going to be top tier this game, crushing Diddy. *sigh* Oh, also apparently Fox is top tier again. Good for him. Falco isn't, haha. What about bad characters? Consistently, Zelda and Ganondorf have always been at the bottom. You know who else has always been near the bottom, except for Melee when they were third somehow? Jigglypuff. Did you know that Jigglypuff was apparently a joke character in the original game? As much as I hate to say it, Jigglypuff is an important character in the history of Smash, as are Pichu and Piranha Plant. At least Piranha Plant is fun to play as. Now, I probably should have added this part earlier when talking about Captain Falcon and Ness but I couldn't find a good lead in. Fire Emblem, you can't talk about Smash without talking about Fire Emblem. Now I've already talked about how I would improve their impact, just trim off some of the fat, but they are important to history of Smash. Marth is the obvious choice but Marth is lame and doesn't say "Ether". Ike. Now, the characters that are important to the actual lore of Smash are also the one's from series Sakurai was the director of, who could have thought. We already have Meta Knight but Kirby and Dedede join him as well, without Dedede Tabuu wouldn't have been defeated. Pit joins because they gave him his modern design soley for Smash then made a third game for a dead series, how bizarre. Palutena joins as well but she also has those charming guidance conversations. And I just found this out while writing this but Sakurai considered sparing Bayonetta and Palutena from Galeem. I think that is more evidence for their importance. You know who else get charming conversations in Smash? Snake. Snake is also important for being the first 3rd party rep, being a mash of two characters, and looking so unfitting compared to Nintendo characters that he fits in. And finally, Sonic. Sonic could have escaped Galeem, Sonic defeated Tabuu, Sonic is top tier. Sonic is our final character. And Peach, I'm adding in Peach, she is also top tier. Kirby, Fox, Ness, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Peach, Bowser, Ice Climbers, Zelda, Pichu, Ganondorf, Mr. Game & Watch, Meta Knight, Pit, Wario, Snake, Ike, Diddy Kong, Sonic, King Dedede, R.O.B, Palutena, Bayonetta, Piranha Plant, and Steve. 25 important characters. And also Mr. Saturn, he's on the mural art.

[scheodingers-muppet]

i’m very tired so little post today; the stranger things favorite songs from my spotify wrapped

Eleven: She’s A Rainbow by The Rolling Stones. it’s very cute and upbeat and i think she’d play it while doing her makeup

Mike: Alien Blues by Vundabar. it’s a youthful kinda anger vibe that they both got going on

Will: Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones. we know Jonathan plays him rock music and i love the idea of Will and El listening to bands together

Lucas: Iris by the Goo-Goo Dolls. that boy loves divorced dad music, i just know it.

Max: Thérèse by Maya Hawke. we know she likes pop music with Running Up the Hill and i think she’d just love this song

Dustin: My Hero by the Foo Fighters. i have no real explanation, it just made sense in my head

Steve: either Material Girl by Madonna or Man, I Feel Like a Woman by Shania Twain. i’m a genderqueer Steve truther and love the idea of him having “girl nights” with Robin and them just scream singing these

Hopper: Just Breath by Pearl Jam. this man IS a divorced dad, so he has an excuse for loving divorced dad rock

Nancy: Stick Season by Noah Kahan. shes a Noah girly, it just makes sense.

Joyce: Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. it’s slower but still fun, which i think she’d like. it’s also a sweet love song which i also think she’d like

Jonathan: Fox On The Run by Sweet. why? because it’s fun british rock and also because it’s one of my favorite bands ever

Robin: Bad Reputation by Joan Jet & the Blackhearts. we were robbed of alternative Robin in season 4.

Eddie: Teenagers by My Chemical Romance. why? because i’m projecting shh let me have this

Erica: Astronaut Kids by Hotel Fiction. she’s still a little kid with so much life still ahead of her and sometimes i get emotional thinking about that

Argyle: Betty by Yung Gravy. he’d love Yung Gravy, i just know it

Murray: We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel. self explanatory.

[the-believer]

max escaping vecna was every bit as powerful as eleven using her powers. it was such an incredible and beautiful scene

max has had to be strong her whole life; she’s been through so much and that’s what was expected of her. if she’s not strong, who will be? she was so underrated (both in the fandom and in her group) and i’m sure she felt that she could never quite fit into the group because she got there late and didn’t have superpowers. and then she spent the year after the fourth of july dealing with horrific trauma and guilt, and did so alone- her best friend moved away and she felt like the others couldn’t understand- not to mention max blamed herself. and then she finds out vecna cursed her- “of course”. and max uses her final hours to write out letters to the most important people in her life and all but resigns herself to her fate. i’m sure she thought it would be easy- because no one undervalues max as much as she does herself. i’m sure she thought that really, they would be okay without her, because she pushed them away and it’s “just” her- not el, not will.

but her friends rally around her, refusing to give up, and do everything they can to save her- just like they would for el, for will, and the others because they. are. family. and max is irreplaceable. even nancy and robin, who we hardly see interact w her, do everything they can (breaking laws) to get the information to save max. and when vecna does catch up to her and they know from eddie’s story that this might be it for her, they still refuse to give up on max. i’ve never seen steve so panicked, never seen the boys try so hard to get through to someone (and lucas knowing her favorite song shows how much he loves her, how he never really left her)

and max? she was going through even MORE shattering trauma but she was still so brave. she ran, kept fighting and got into vecna’s mind because even at her lowest, max is a fighter. max mayfield has had to depend on herself for so long, and she kept trying until vecna finally got her. you can see in her eyes how alone she feels, how hopeless, how she’s out of options. and as her worst fears come true, max’s friends’ love and devotion breaks through another dimension because they will never give up on her. 15 feet in the air, they call her and tell her they’re there for her.

max’s eyes change the second she sees them breaking through. she truly sees that she isn’t alone- she sees memories of lucas and dustin welcoming her to hawkins, bonding with mike, dancing with lucas, her day at the mall with el, having fun with her all of her best friends and realizes that all along, they have loved her every bit as much as she loves them. max realizes that she is strong, but that when she needs help, her friends will always be there for her. so max chooses to hope, to fight, to live. she escapes vecna’s control, something no one has done before, and runs. she dodges every obstacle, refusing to give up despite all the odds and everything she’s been through to get back to her friends and her life. and as she escapes, you can see vecna realize- this girl is special.

max overcomes her trauma and an otherworldly demon purely through her own strength and the love of her friends family and there is nothing more powerful.

[cosmicbrowniefan]

i can’t stop picturing a stranger things x it crossover

there are so many fucking things i’m picturing and i need you to picture it too so here.

so obviously we are going to stick with the storyline of mike wheeler and richie being twins

i’m definitely picturing a massive dnd club with mike w, will, dustin, lucas, richie, bill, stan, and eddie

richie gets threatened to be kicked out constantly bc of how fucking annoying he is while playing

max is always making fun of them for being obsessed with their “nerd game” but she’s secretly a little jealous that they have this thing together so she decides to make her own group for competitive uno playing and it’s made up of her, el, bev, mike h, ben, will, and stan

max decided that the others were too loud and annoying when playing games and enjoys pissing them off a little bit by not letting them join in

the losers club and the party always have competitions of who’s fought worse demons

these competitions are basically just arguments

also they’re only between mike w and richie

i also have this theory that pennywise and the upside-down kinda destroy each other due to richie taunting both pennywise and the mind-flayer and saying that each isn’t as scary as the either

leave it to richie to destroy hell by making fun of demons

but yeah enough of that clown fucker and the dnd villains let’s get back to our favorite kiddos

you thought steve was stressed out before? just wait until the party becomes friends with the losers club

suddenly this mf gained a shit ton more children to look after

which robin thinks is absolutely fucking hilarious

there are definitely a couple different sleepover squads that pair off from the whole big group of them but let me just say my two favorite squads: the chill squad and the chaos squad

the chill squad consists of will, bev, mike h, stan, ben, and el

the chaos squad consists of richie, mike w, bill, dustin, lucas, eddie, and max

the chill squad basically just makes food and plays games and has deep talks

the chaos squad basically plays videos games, screams at each other, and runs around the neighborhood at night

some of my other favorite squads include when the group is split up based on their crushes

aka richie, bill, mike w, bev, and max are a squad that talk about their crushes

and eddie, stan, will, ben, and el are a squad that talk about their crushes

obviously. on each other

but i digress

you know what else i love to imagine? ben expanding the clubhouse to fit the entire squad

you thought eddie and richie argued over the hammock? yeah just wait until max, lucas, and mike w join in on that shit

ben very quickly reaches into his savings account to buy a few more hammocks to attempt to reach some peace and quiet

but richie and eddie very conveniently continue to argue over one hammock, each claiming that it’s their favorite hammock

and that results in each of them begrudgingly sharing it (even though that’s what they both wanted all along)

one of my favorite duos has got to be will and stan

those two are straight up besties

and they constantly make fun of each other for the stupid stuff bill and mike w do

and they are really good for each other to talk to about their feelings and their depression and it’s really therapeutic for them

also, bev, max, and el are the power team

talk about girl power, those three are smarter than all the others combined in one

and the boys would 110% have blown themselves up at this point if it weren’t for them

ALSO

LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT HOW PISSY RICHIE GETS WHEN MAX BEATS HIM IN STREET FIGHTER

this mf will literally spend his life savings trying to prove that he’s better at it than she is

“dude, stop trying, she’s already got the new record on dig dug”

“ANYONE CAN DO THAT”

mike h and el have a game they play where they add tally marks every time mike w and richie argue with each other for being literally the same fucking person

lucas once suggested they make it a game where they take shots but after five in a half hour, the two of them decided to call it quits

speaking of lucas, he is BEYOND ecstatic to finally have someone in the group that enjoys sports

he and bill play basketball together, and he, bill, and stan play baseball together on the school team

the others always come to their games to support them but they don’t pretend to understand what was going on

i also really think dustin and bev would be great friends

like something about their energy just meshes well together and i have a feeling they’d do something like start a podcast

in conclusion. i love all of these kids so fucking much and i could talk about a stranger things x it mash up for forever

[steveharrington]

which party member do you think steve is most similar to?

lucas ❤️ they’re actually so similar in characterization that it’s kinda insane how little they interact over the course of the show. like they are both athletic little social butterflies, they both act without a second thought when their friends are in danger, they’re the Fighters on their respective teams (altho lucas shares it with el, but he fights physically whereas she fights with her powers), they both have a very genuine charming approach to love, they’re just so alike in so many ways and i wish the show would utilize that…. GOD i wish steve could’ve told lucas in s4 that wanting to play his little sport and make his little friends wasn’t bad or evil and that his friends should’ve supported him……

[girasollake]

moments | e.m. blurb

pairing: eddie munson x nb!reader

summary: little moments through s4 where eddie and the reader fall in love with each other and others notice

requested: yes

warnings: gun mentions, curse words

type: fluff

a/n: this was a cute idea

word count: 843

the helping hand

‘Hi, I brought you some stuff.’ They said when they entered the boathouse.

‘Why aren’t you with the others?’ Eddie asked while they were unpacking their bag in front of him.

‘I figured you would need some food and blankets here.’ (Y/n) mumbled. ‘Anyway, it’s not like they really need me for whatever they are doing and keeping you company was more interesting for me.’ They gave him a smile.

Eddie never thought that such simple words could make him flustered and yet there he was, hiding his face behind his hair so (Y/n) wouldn’t see him blushing. Fortunately they were more focused on putting away the blankets and checking if they had brought everything.

the demobat slayer

He watched in awe as (Y/n) was hitting the bats left and right with their full strength. He tried to stay focused on the ones attacking him but their skills so good that it would feel like a crime if he hadn’t watched them. They pinned one of the bats to the ground and separated it’s head from the body and if anyone had seen Eddie at that moment, they would definitely see the heart eyes he was making. After all the bats were gone he got pulled out of his trance by Steve.

‘You good?’ He asked.

‘Hm? Yeah! Yeah, all good Harrington.’ He smiled awkwardly and walked over to (Y/n). ‘You are an amazing fighter, you know?’

‘Oh, so I was the one that got you so distracted?’ They giggled.

‘What? No, no, definitely not.’ He tried to hide his smile by turning his head away.

(Y/n) grabbed his chin and moved his head so that he was facing them again.

‘You weren’t too bad yourself, pretty boy.’ They smiled and walked away.

the complimenter

‘I really like your denim vest, it’s pretty cool.’ They said while the whole group was walking towards Nancy’s home.

‘Oh, thanks. I made it myself, added patches and everything.’ He smiled.

‘You should make one for me when we get out of this shithole.’ (Y/n) said. ‘Did you also design the Hellfire Club’s logo by yourself?’

‘Yeah, actually I did.’ He chuckled. ‘How did you know?’

‘Oh, it just looks like something you would design. It suits you.’ They said and Eddie thanked them.

‘Do you think they are… flirting?’ Asked Steve.

(Y/n) and Eddie were far behind the others, so he started looking back at them to check if they are still following. Nancy and Robin looked behind them after Steve asked the question, they saw Eddie and (Y/n) giggling and smiling softly.

‘Um, maybe?’ Nancy whispered. ‘Even if they are it’s none of your business Steve, look forwards not behind you.’ She told him off.

He raised his hands in defence and rested his gaze on the road in front of him.

the defender

‘I have a bad feeling about this guys.’ (Y/n) whispered when they left the bus leaving Eddie, Dustin and Lucas inside.

‘We just have to be quick, take what’s necessary.’ Nancy said and they all spread out.

(Y/n) approached her after a few minutes and started picking out a gun for themselves.

‘Fancy seeing you both here.’ Jason’s voice echoed from (Y/n)’s right. ‘Didn’t think I would ever see you in a store like that, Wheeler.’ He mumbled and then his gaze rested on (Y/n). ‘You guys are here alone? Or maybe some of your friends are with you?’ He got a bit closer. ‘Maybe the one’s from Hellfire, preferably. Like your brother, Nancy.’ He smiled.

‘Leave us alone, Jason.’ (Y/n) interfered.

‘Or what?’ He asked, a nasty smirk on his face. ‘I just want to have a little chat with them, maybe they know where I can find that freak.’

‘Go fuck yourself.’ They said and pushed him. ‘And leave. I won’t ask twice.’

He chuckled.

‘This isn’t over.’ He grabbed his gun and walked away.

‘Come on we have to go, buy the gun and I’ll find the others.’ (Y/n) said and ran away, Nancy still taken aback by their outburst in front of Jason.

the protector

‘And um..(Y/n) is also gonna be on our team.’ Nancy said.

‘Can I be with Dustin and Eddie instead?’ They asked and Robin raised her eyebrow.

‘Sure.’ Nancy smirked.

‘Thanks.’ They said and grabbed their spear. ‘Let’s go then.’ They smiled and went into the portal first.

Eddie just watched and followed them quickly. Dustin smiled at Steve and grabbed the rope.

‘Why did you want to be with us?’ Eddie asked while they were helping him up. ‘We would be fine.’

‘So you don’t want me here?’ They tilted their head.

‘What? No! That’s not what I meant.’ He stopped to help Dustin get up from the mattress. ‘Actually, I’m- I’m really glad you’re with us.’ He said and they gave him a soft smile which sent butterflies to his stomach.

‘Someone’s got a crush.’ Dustin nudged him while whispering the words into his ear.

‘Shut up.’ He said and pushed him away.

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