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1. Volume 1: The Wizard and the Mage by SociallyAwkwardLavaLamp

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
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   • Work in Progress

   05 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Eventual Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper - Relationship
   • Eventual Will Byers/Mike Wheeler - Relationship
   • Eventual Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair - Relationship
   • Eventual Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson - Relationship
   • Eventual Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson - Relationship
   • Will Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Steve Harrington
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Eddie Munson
   • Bob Newby (Stranger Things)
   • Florence "Flo" (Stranger Things)
   • Benny Hammond
   • Phil Callahan
   • Al Powell
   • Chester the Dog (Stranger Things)
   • Lonnie Byers
   • Stranger Things 1
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • Canon Compliant
   • mostly - Freeform
   • for now
   • that will change
   • Season 5? I dont know her
   • Overuse of italics
   • overuse of em dash
   • the robots can pry the em dash from my cold dead hands
   • I need them for emphasis. EMPHASIS
   • Slow Burn Romance
   • like all of them - Freeform
   • Bob Newby Deserves Better
   • I introduce Eddie in Season 1. You're Welcome
   • Steve Harrington's Redemption Arc
   • everyone gets character development
   • except Lonnie
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Foreshadowing
   • Chester Byers LIVES
   • everyone gets a backstory
   • Even the dog
   • No beta we die like Barb

   Summary

   The finale didn't do it for me, so I decided to take it from the top and rewrite the entire show...y'know, like a normal person.

   Here is my version of Season 1, where everyone has a backstory and I added relationships, friendships, and character interactions, out of pure self-indulgence. I once heard the whole show had been planned from the very start, and then as we moved through it was clear that wasn't the case. So this is my attempt at a do-over where it was (and hopefully that comes across), to try to fill in some plot holes while largely staying faithful to the show.

   I'm like 100k in across 5 Google Docs already, so STRAP IN FOLKS.

   or:

   The Vanishing of Will Byers (Once more, with FEELING).

   Series

   • Part 1 of We Can Be Heroes

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   English

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