it's almost 2023 and I just want to get a little bit sappy here for a moment.

2022 was a big year for me for a lot of reasons. some great, some not so great, and the theme of the year was reconnecting with pieces of myself that ended up scattered after several years that were unkind, at best.

when I watched the new season of Stranger Things this summer, covid-ridden and miserable, I did not expect for that to change my life. no hyperbole. joining this fandom and meeting all of you has changed my life. when we find a new community that gets us, that lets us be ourselves and explore creative bits that have been buried away for years, that leaves a mark. and you all have.

I stopped writing seven years ago when I was in a situation that required me to drop things that caused conflict. unfortunately, writing was one of them. and even after getting out of that situation and now being years into the healthiest place I've been in life, writing stayed on the back-burner. it'd been buried so deep, that something needed to truly rock me to remind that oh! I can do things simply because I enjoy them again! (and then Eddie Munson entered the chat, lmao.) every comment, every kudos, every message, every reply- I cannot tell you all how much they mean to me.

and now here I am! I've written more in this year between published and yet-to-be-published works than I could've dreamed of at the start of this year. I've made friends that have breached fandom-exclusive containment. I joke a lot, but I feel so truly lucky to have somehow found myself dragged by the ankles back onto tumblr and back into the fanfiction sphere. fanfiction is such a gift and I just adore all of you!

I'm so excited to see what new words and new magic we collectively create in the coming year!

tagging some mutuals here that I love so much, but please know that I'd tag my entire following list if I could!

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