#Michael Nesmith fanfiction

[mystical-one]

something i think about basically every single day of my life is the fact that the monkees made a 1997 special where they clearly implied multiple times thag the tv monkees kept existing and living together after the show ended in 1968. the last time mike saw his hat was 25 years before meaning that in 1972 he, for lack of better wording, CANONICALLY still wore that thang. in 1972. in the beach house. and they still did haunted mansion bits somwtimes and got into hijinks. its literally one ao3 click away from being fanfiction. AND IT WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MICHAEL NESMITH.

[spurious]

tagged by @sga-owns-my-soul. these lil getting to know you memes remind me of the old days on LJ it's fun

Were you named after anybody? yes, my mom picked Laura after Lara in Dr. Zhivago. she was actually convinced i was going to be a boy, my name was supposed to be Michael John which is like. so basic honestly lmao. glad she was wrong When was the last time you cried? uh. i think i cried a bit last week while i was PMSing? Do you have kids? no; i have never wanted kids. i used to think i didn't like kids, but then i worked with them and realized i actually love kids, but i still do not want any Do you use sarcasm a lot? depends on your definition of "a lot" i suppose but probably yes. What sports did you play/have you played? ...........when i was like 6 or something i played T-ball? my dad also taught me to golf? end of list. What’s the first thing you notice in somebody? wow i legitimately have no idea. maybe this is why i'm so bad at learning faces lmao Eye colour? blue Scary movies or happy endings? happy endings. i have a really oversensitive startle response so scary movies tend to stress me out Any special talents? no ✨ Where were you born? michigan, in a hospital that was across the street from a mall (i know this because my mom would often tell me that she wanted to go to the mall while she was waiting for my birth to begin) What are your hobbies? fanfiction, video games, crochet, taking weird little walks around the neighborhood, reading tarot Do you have pets? yes, Lemon the cat and Niles and Nesmith the budgies How tall are you? 170 cm Favourite subject in high school? english. i did used to like math a lot but once it got difficult i stopped putting in an effort Dream job? i simply do not dream of labor (if i'm honest, i have what is probably pretty close to my dream job right now, working in game localization)

[monkeemobile]

Stay Beside Me

Pairing: Mike x Reader

Rating: PG-13, I suppose

Warnings: Swearing

Disclaimer: This never really happened, and I don’t own Michael Nesmith, and have no affiliation with him. I also own none of the lyrics to ‘Stay Beside Me’. This is all just for fun.

A/N: A HUGE thanks and shoutout to @writing-classic-rock & @heyycarrieanne for reading this over for me. I love you both! <333

These are the types of things that I think of when I want to escape the real world. It takes place around 1963… Hope y’all enjoy!

Dusting your hands off on your worn-out t-shirt, you sigh, plopping down on the slightly dingy couch in the corner of the room, the only sounds in the air those of the record you’ve got spinning. You're finished unpacking for now, you decide. All that's really left to be put away are the things that you’d promised Mike you wouldn’t attempt before he’d left the apartment this morning. “I’ll worry about all that when I get home tonight, darlin’. You just take care of yourself and the little one." With that, he'd planted a quick kiss to your temple, and had hurried out the door, ready to continue his job-hunt.

Looking to the clock on the wall above the small television, which Michael had hung the night before, you notice that your husband is due home any minute.

Your husband… it still feels like a completely bizarre thing to say, but you’re so happy with the way things have ended up; you hope he is, too. He's been gone most of the day, and you're eager to find out how things went for him.

Placing a hand on your stomach, you smile, looking down to the bump there, where your baby is kicking away enthusiastically. You can hardly fathom that in just a few short months, the source of that small bump will be in your arms; a piece of you and Michael; it still hasn’t fully sunk in yet. You can’t wait to be a mom, and you know Mike will be an amazing father as well, even if he doesn't realize it yet.

Caught in your reverie, you jump a bit as the door bursts open, closing just as quickly. Michael hurries through the small apartment, not acknowledging you, and quickly heads down the hallway toward your bedroom. Bad day, you guess.

With a sigh, you move to follow him, hurrying into the room, just as he sits down at the end of the bed, head in his hands. "Hey, honey,” you begin, leaning against the door frame and doing your best to sound as casual as possible. "How was your day?"

"Not great," he replies, offering no other information, and very little room for further questioning. Mike is very skilled when it comes to closing himself off in situations like this, and it seems that tonight there will be no exception; it's something that is both frustrating and fascinating to you, as you tend to act in quite the opposite way when it comes to talking about your feelings; you’re much more open than he is.

"Do you um... You wanna talk about it?" you ask, knowing his answer before the question has even entirely left your mouth.

"No,” he says simply, continuing to stare at a small dent in the wall beside the dresser, seemingly paying you very little mind. You know better, though; it won't be long until he cracks; something he needs to do, rather than hold all his emotions in.

"Alright, well…” you begin, stepping further into the room. “What’d you want for supper? We don't have much besides cereal, but we could-"

"Why am I such a fuckin’ failure?" the Texan exclaims suddenly, startling you. He looks in your direction, eyes wide and shifting quickly between your own, and you're left unable to speak. You move to sit beside Mike, eyes not leaving his, regarding him carefully; as you get closer, you can hear his heat beating, faster than normal in his anger. No… anger isn’t the right word, you decide. Defeat is more accurate. He’s been coming home this way a lot lately, but you’ve never seen him this upset.

After a few moments of silence, you notice his breathing begin to slow to a more normal rate, so decide to speak. "What d’you mean 'failure’, Michael?" you ask quietly, genuine concern spiking your words.

It takes him a moment, but he sighs, looking down at his hands. "I mean... why am I here? I got a kid on the way, and a wife who deserves so much better... We're all gonna be livin’ in this run down, shitty apartment, and I ain't got a job, because no one'll fuckin' hire me. We’ve been here two weeks, Y/N, and I’ve been out lookin’ for work almost every single day. I’m just… tired of this bullshit…” You’re doing your best to understand... Mike had been excited for your move to California, but you know that the stress of trying to get settled and find a way to make money, especially with the baby on the way, has been a huge weight on his shoulders, and because of all that, his excitement has dissipated.

"What'd that club manager say to you today?” you ask, a distinct note of curiosity in your voice, though you imagine, given his actions, you know the answer to your question... You know it's difficult for him to talk about these things, but you also know it's important for him to get his feelings out into the open.

"Same as they've all been sayin’" Mike answers quietly, beginning to sound vulnerable. As you’d suspected he would... "You got lotsa talent, kid," he begins, taking on a deeper, gruffer voice to do, what you're assuming is, an impression of the club manager. “You just ain’t quite right for this establishment. " With a small sigh, he looks down at his hands, brow furrowed in frustration. "I just.... I really don't know how much more rejection I can take. I should just give up and look for a job bussin' tables. I ain't ever gonna make it as a musician. Movin’ us out here really was a terrible idea." There’s so much defeat in his voice… and it breaks your heart.

"Michael," you whisper, placing your hands on his cheeks, willing him to look at you; he does, after a moment, though he seems somewhat reluctant about it. With a sad, gentle smile, you move your thumbs to rub against his skin, doing what you can to get him to relax. As you look deeply into your husband's eyes, the place he holds most of his emotions, you see that he's really hurting; you see so much desperation and fear there, and your heart aches for him.

"Look, I know you're gonna think I'm only sayin’ this 'cause I'm your wife, but I promise you I'm not. If you were just some random person in the park or the grocery store, I know I'd tell you the same thing... Michael, you are a fantastic musician and writer. You have vision and passion and talent unlike anyone I’ve ever known, and there’s no doubt in my mind that someday very soon, someone will see that and want to be a part of it."

Throughout the entirety of your speech, your eyes never leave Mike's, and his seem to be searching yours for any sign of deceit; he seems to find none, but you can tell he’s still wary. "…You really think?" he asks, a hint of skepticism in his voice.

"I don't think, I know,” you answer, without any trace of doubt. “You’re one-of-a-kind, and people are gonna see that and love you for it.” Your voice and words, so full of honesty, can’t keep a small smile from gracing Michael’s face.

"Thank you, Y/N,” he says in a small voice, vulnerability still shining through.

With a grin, you lean in, pressing your forehead to his, and a peck to his lips. "You're welcome, honey," you reply. "I'm here for you... Always… I love you. And I know you won’t believe me, but you really are gonna be a wonderful dad.”

“I love you, too, sweetheart. Thank you… And I love you.” He pulls you closer, placing a loving, gentle hand on your bump, and you giggle happily, wrapping your arms around his neck. Caught up in your joy and hope, you hardly notice when the song from the album you've got playing changes, but when you do, you can't help but smile; perfect timing, you think.

The voice of Ritchie Valens fills your ears as the notes of 'Stay Beside Me’ fill the air; it's yours and Michael's song. It'd played in his mother's car the first time the two of you'd kissed. It'd been raining outside, and he'd been so sweet, and being in his arms right now takes you back to that moment... You are absolutely overcome with love for the man in front of you—the man he’s become.

“Dance with me?" you ask quietly, wrapping your arms around his neck. With a short chuckle, he grins back, gazing at you with nothing but adoration in his deep brown eyes.

"How could I say no to that?" he replies in a whisper. You grin as the two of you stand and begin moving slowly to the music.

"So’re you checkin’ anywhere else tomorrow?" you ask quietly, hoping your question won't ruin the peaceful mood. After a couple of moments, much to your relief, Mike answers, his voice soft.

"Um...yeah, there’s another club I heard about, The Troubadour… Say they’re lookin’ for a new emcee.”

"That's great! "you exclaim, encouragement clear in your voice. "You'd be wonderful at something like that. You really would.”

Placing a grateful kiss on your forehead, he smiles down at you. "Thank you darlin’,” he whispers, and pulls you closer. You bury your face into the side of his neck, knowing that no matter what happens, you've both got each other to count on.

And you wouldn’t want it any other way.

"Stay beside me, close beside me

You must know it’s you I adore

You were meant me, you will always be

My true love forever more”

[antheminmyheart]

Ace culture is headcanoning characters as ace, but being alone in that HC because 99.99% of the things with actual ace rep in it (read: the 4 different books) are by indie creators so there’s virtually no online fanbase 

and the allo followers of characters you HC as ace never want you to “taint” their faves with asexuality

[grendolenz]

"And I want y'all to know... do you know whose story this really is, Valo?"

(the BEST isekai overpowered MC fanfiction protag

also my weird girl wednesday drawing this time around lol)

[davy-zeppeli]

in the last record store I went to I brought up another Michael Nesmith LP I found and the guy on the checkout looked at it and said "I think we've got more of him in Male Folk, I'll show you" and then also told me where I could find Monkees LPs unprompted. what in the fanfiction nonsense just happened

[torkragnarok]

Elwynn James, Tails Gets Trolled and the Growing Genre it Created, Crossovers, and Monkees AUs: An Essay by torkragnarok

I'm going to preface this by saying I have a neutral opinion on most of the subject matter of this essay, and I do not mean any ill will towards the people and stories mentioned in this essay. Please do not assume I am pro- or anti- anything here. I just find the subjects of the essay fascinating.

The trolled-like genre is a fascinating crossover genre, and one that is growing slowly, but surely on the internet.

The main big stories of the genre are the genre's originator, Tails Gets Trolled, as well as its similar, more "Learning with Pibby"-like cousin, Scoob and Shag.

There are also a few other stories in the genre, most notably Mr. Boop, as well as the Elwynn James (nesmithplaza/grendolenz) and Jessica McKinney (cashewstar/nuttystar/felineofallstars) fanfiction, and the only non-comic format story in this genre thus far: Crossover Chaos.

Crossover Chaos was not originally part of the genre, but was retooled into it when Scoob and Shag was becoming popular on the internet.

WHO ARE ELWYNN JAMES AND JESSICA MCKINNEY?

Elwynn James is a Korean-Canadian gay transmasc fanfiction writer, known only for Crossover Chaos, Sailor Moon Primordial X-Storm (if you've seen the Fanfiction Wiki, that's the articles that are summaries of a fake anime saga with the paragraph-long titles, usually mentioning Sailor Moon, Kingdom Hearts or Bakugan), and the drama he's gotten himself in (see the cannedtins/swagfacechild drama, as well as the trigonal drama. the latter is archived on deviantartdramanow, and is still ongoing).

Elwynn is very anti-modern fanfiction (he loves the mission of AO3, but hates the content on it, as he considers the coffee shop AUs and omegaverse a/b/o fics bland, and wishes the fanfiction world would shift back to crossovers, more specifically surrealist crossovers like his own, for the reasons of 'making it unmarketable for capitalist purposes', which is an interesting reason).

Elwynn is also schizophrenic, and, as he says himself, is 'hanging on the ledge of my grip on reality at this point'. His surrealist sense of humor may arise from this, as well.

Jessica McKinney is his co-writer, an American asexual fanfiction writer, known for Unity Hearts, Crossover Chaos, and her fursona, now open-sourced for other peoples' use, Trippz Grissom.

Jessica is an odd duck among the modern fanfiction community, as her sense of humor, and ways of writing, seem to be stuck in the era of 2008 to 2014 type of fandom. This is apparent in Crossover Chaos, her Deviantart status updates, and some of the jokes she may make.

She is also on the autism spectrum, and may be undiagnosed bipolar(? some of her behaviour online leads me to this conclusion, i'm not self-diagnosing her).

This fanfiction writing duo has been writing the Crossover Chaos saga for about a decade or so. The story is mostly on Deviantart, but currently, the newer stories in the saga are on a private forum.

WHY ARE THE MONKEES RELEVANT IN THIS ESSAY?

The story, as it currently stands, currently stars a heavily changed version of Michael Nesmith, as the story revolves through main characters, depending on whatever show or celebrity Elwynn and Jess are obsessed with.

(Side note that has some relevancy to both essay and fandom: Elwynn is a Mike stan, Jessica is a Peter stan. This may explain why Mike is the Crossover Chaos lead right now, and why Trippz is paired up with Peter. Elwynn has also made jokes about Mike and Peter girls being hostile to each other in the fandom, saying, that 'Mike and Peter girls can get along'. Moving on)

Crossover Chaos is a crossover saga of thousands of series put together in a lore and worldbuilding heavy alternate universe, and originally started out as a "Fanboy and Chum Chum in Equestria" story, believe it or not.

The 'Mike era' of the saga, as Elwynn calls it, started approximately around November or December 2021, around the time the real Michael Nesmith died.

Elwynn, doing as Elwynn does, was enamoured with Mike to an obsessive degree, and made him the lead character of the story, dethroning the then-current leads, Socks (Mission: Magic!, a 1972 Filmation cartoon starring Rick Springfield, Socks is the Jughead-like character in it), Elaine (Digimon Adventure 01, a transfem axe-wielding aged-up version of Joe Kido that is basically the story's equivalent of the Doomslayer from id Software's video game Doom), and Kaz (Chaotic, a 4kids-made card game show that takes big inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons, as well as Lord of the Rings, Kaz is the nerdy best friend character of the lead in this show).

MIKE NESMITH, AND HIS TREATMENT IN THE STORY

The most relevant, plot-wise, in the Mike era of the story, are, as previously mentioned, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork.

All four of them feature in the story, but Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz are in supporting roles compared to Mike and Peter.

Mike Nesmith is the lead character, and Elwynn gives him a lot of qualities taken from the stock isekai harem protagonist.

This leads to Mike being more powerful then most other characters in the story, excluding mainstays such as Valo (a petty caricature of Funny Music Project musician, known for the comedy song 'Grease Wars', and Mighty Magisword storyboarder and voice actor, Luke Seinkowski, notably open-sourced for all to use), Floofty Fizzlebean (a heavily AU version that ascended 'beyond godhood' due to mad science never truly explained), the Colmares (one of them being Puggsy from the Ruby-Spears cartoon 'Fangface', a Scooby-Doo-a-like where the Shaggy character is also the Scooby because he's a werewolf, Puggsy is the sidekick character in this one), and the head honchos of the setting, the Pokemon Legendaries (Arceus' power level and 'One True Arceus' storyline is blatantly stolen from fellow deviant simbiothero's crossover AU 'Crossverse', as Elwynn is incredibly petty, and likes his characters being at the top of the fanfiction power level food chain).

Mike, in this AU, is not only hyper-powerful like the typical stock isekai light novel or anime protagonist, but also has other 'power fantasy' traits from the trope, such as starting out 'average', the fact he got taken into the world of the story by his death (stated in the story to be his own real life death, this is also the same for Davy and Peter), as well as having a 'harem', consisting of his own bandmates, characters from other series, as well as Elwynn and Jess' original characters.

Mike is heavily sexualized in his designs in this story, but never dehumanized like the other three (Micky and Peter are especially given that treatment, sometimes Davy, too).

Mike is also written less like actual Mike Nesmith in the story, and more like a 'self-insert' for Elwynn, taking on many of his personality traits, and even having the bleached fringe that Elwynn has in photos of himself.

Basically, Mike Nesmith in this story is just Elwynn James, if he had Kirito from Sword Art Online's post-isekai life, and wore the nudie suit, to put it plainly.

PETER TORK, AND HIS TREATMENT IN THE STORY

Peter Tork is the second-most relevant Monkee in the story, as he is Jessica's favourite Monkee.

Peter Tork in Crossover Chaos is often portrayed as Mike's narrative foil in the story, being his closely allied friend, and, often, second in command.

Peter fills in the story's 'Lancer'-style character trope, as Mike is very surly, analytical, and sarcastic, and Peter is more cheerful, peaceful, and optimistic.

He sticks to Mike's side often, tried and true, and will lay down his life, often, for Mike.

Peter is often highly sexualized, and almost dehumanized in terms of his physical description in the story, however, and this is highly reflective in the clothes he wears in the story, often wearing next to nothing, and that next to nothing is usually mesh and/or tight leather. Considering Peter was a nudist and also, later in his life, into health foods and fitness, they are taking traits he actually had, and heavily sexualizing it, and heavily dehumanizing him for it, for the sake of their own personal titillation.

Peter's autism is brought up frequently, but always, concurrently, with the mentions of his physical attractiveness, or his sex life.

It is never mentioned without those being mentioned, making him seem like Jessica and Elwynn consider him a sex object, and little more.

DAVY JONES AND MICKY DOLENZ, AND THEIR TREATMENT IN THE STORY

Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz, in the story, are often considered characters that 'revolve' around Mike and Peter in the story.

Micky Dolenz is transfem in the story, and is, basically, just there to be the sexy big anime titty girl character, as well as the character that spouts the currently relevant funny meme of the week from her mouth, which may date this story in 10 to 20 years.

Davy Jones, in this story, is meant for comedic relief, and is very much comparable to Mineta from My Hero Academia, in which he is a misogynistic pervert, though Davy goes, often, after men (a cruel take on the gayvy jones joke in the fandom, as Elwynn has stated its referencing that), and really, really hates women.

Micky, in the story, is in a relationship with Mike, and most of her character in the story beyond what has been said previously, revolves around her relationship with him.

Davy is also slightly a fetish object in the story, as Elwynn has a very specific fat fetish, for men under 5'7", and that's why Davy seems to get fatter as the story goes on.

Micky is often sexualized to hell and back, and dehumanized because of her role in the story, and Davy less so, but it still happens.

CROSSOVER CHAOS, AND THE TROLLED-LIKE GENRE

Crossover Chaos shares the surrealist humor of everything else in the trolled-like genre, and, also, many of its problems, too.

Tails gets Trolled, the comic the genre came from, has many homophobic, misogynistic, and otherwise not very great jokes ('Can you put that on a coaster', anyone?), but shines in its surrealist vibe, mushing series together in a way that makes sense, and makes it a fun, surrealist ride.

Crossover Chaos, is similar with its problems (Davy is a huge example of that, as well as many, many other problems), but also has its own share of problems different then Tails gets Trolled.

One of them being that the story has an oddly Evangelical feeling, without mentioning Christianity nor any of the characters within it, nor God himself.

Instead, the story mentions, in its place, "trans rights", as well as many trans people, the most common being Marsha P. Johnson, and the characters are sometimes even shown praying to her.

The story, even though it seems very LGBT-friendly on the outset, is heavily steeped in gender roles, and what its like to be a good "trans person", which is also very much steeped in Evangelical morals, while also putting in slight bits of queer theory, highly misused to seem more 'progressive'.

Another problem is the unauthorized use of other people's fanfiction, because Elwynn, again, is petty, and likes having his fanfiction characters at the top of the fanfiction power level pecking order.

(The man even destroys the Protectors of the Plot Continuum and its universe, citing the excuse of the people writing the universe "not being good queer people because they critique bad writing", and the Keys to the Canon, called the Four in All in the story, are unceremoniously absorbed by Nesmith, and added into his already overpowered powerset.)

Elwynn has also targeted Loud House Revamped, ShakespeareHemmingway, and the Shared Crossover Universes, as well as many fanfictional imperial power fantasies, as well, just so Nesmith can destroy them, take everything they have, and become the god of fanfiction, so to speak.

IN CONCLUSION

I'm not saying Crossover Chaos is a bad story, but it's definitely not a good one, and it definitely needs to be criticized as a fanfiction, because many of the elements within it are... not palatable to many people.

I'm saying, also, don't send Elwynn or Jessica any death threats, doxxes, etc., because this story has piqued my curiosity, and I am, unfortunately, very obsessed with it, and all of its oddness, and I'd hate to see it gone from the internet.

Elwynn and Jessica are flawed people, yes, but that doesn't mean they aren't people just because they write 'problematic' fanfiction.

And that's why I find it all amusing.