Anonymous asked: I hear you like mutant aus. I propose: Stranger Things Mutant Au
New system, kiddos: when I’m depressed, I’m going to write mutant AUs, because mutant AUs are good. This is the decree. If you want to see a specific one, send me an ask. Also, ha, spot my favorite character, because I’m a fucking unsubtle trainwreck of a writer.
No one has mutant abilities at the beginning, you see. Mutants are the stuff of comic books and stories, like Superman or magic or the Demigorgon. So it’s four kids playing Dungeons and Dragons and four teenagers trying to figure out how to game the system enough to survive high school and a pair of adults fighting to keep their heads above water, and they are all—for a given value—perfectly normal.
And then things start to happen. And Eleven…well, she has a whole host of mutant powers, kickstarted by the drugs her mother took or by the experiments done on her or by the Upside Down. Telekinesis, radio wave manipulation, dimensional travel—the whole gamut.
Stranger Labyrinth
So, on the subject of ‘things i finished a while back and needed to post,’ this is Part Two of this thing. It’s basically shippy nonsense and discussion of how Sarah Williams is a weird motherfucker.
“So who’s Sarah?” Jonathan asked after they’d eaten dinner—just takeout, because they were both feeling particularly lazy. He was toying with the folded bit of notebook paper with Sarah’s number on it, curious, and Nancy smiled as she dropped the last few dishes they’d used into the drying rack. She padded over, barefoot with her hair loose around her shoulders, and settled herself in his lap without so much as an ‘as you please’. He wrapped his arms around her snugly and tucked her back against his chest, his chin hooked over her shoulder like a little boy.
“Sarah,” Nancy said, reaching out to play with the paper herself, “is the girl who recited Der Erlkonig in its original German. She’s a freshman and she’s…odd.”
the best part about stranger things is that they can’t solve anything until they put the three groups together because each group is acting within a separate genre
mike, lucas, dustin, and el are in a weird sci-fi coming of age story where the group of plucky misfit kids solve the mystery and test their friendship along the way
nancy and jonathan are in a horror movie where the teenagers have to kill the monster set against a backdrop of high school drama and romance
joyce and hopper are in a conspiracy thriller where the adults have to figure out what shady stuff the government is up to while also dealing with the difficulties of their personal lives
they all approach the issue within the confines of their genre, but none of those approaches work because none of them are seeing the whole picture. it’s only when all the threads start to converge that they can actually get anything done.
goonies/E.T., nightmare on elm street, and close encounters of the third kind all in 1
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lathori asked: Darling, dear, love. You've watched Stranger Things. You love Labyrinth. You are free from your internship. Stranger Things/Labyrinth Crossover we discussed. Nancy and Jonathan are my baby monster hunters. Sarah and Nancy meet in college. Go forth <3
LAURENS, your timing is a dream, I just finished the first part of that. It’s going to be a longer thing, because of course it is, and I’m going to post it piecemeal under the tag “Stranger Labyrinth AU” because if people can portmanteau character names into increasingly worrying sexual diseases, I can do that.
It was the girl’s smile that drew Nancy’s eye, the first time. There was something about it, something off-kilter and a little familiar—it was the smile of someone laughing at a joke no one else understood. Harder than pure humor, somehow, as if looking out at the world and saying you poor oblivious bastards all the while.
There were days where Nancy lived that smile. She hadn’t gone a day without seeing it on a face since she was in high school. Her brother had it, sometimes, her boyfriend, often, she could feel it curve her lips every time someone suggested a horror movie. They sort of lost their thrill, when you’d lived one.
So when she saw the girl sitting alone at a table in the quad, long dark hair swinging loose and her lovely face turned up toward the sun, Nancy walked over.
EST FIN
I am DONE WITH MY FREAKING INTERNSHIP. I am F R E E.
And I’m in the mood to celebrate, so I’m going to work my way through the prompts I have and I would LOVE to get some more, so hit me up. If you need ideas I’m going to reblog a couple prompt posts that I’ve been saving. You know my fandoms, there is a list, apply them. You can also ask about my original writing if you’re interested.
Maybe the Strangest thing was the friends we made along the way
Wait shit that’s the shows plot
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The Best of: Jim ‘Chief’ Hopper
An easy step-by-step guide on why he is a gem. ( requested by anon )
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