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What Lies Within: An ongoing ST rewrite fic on AO3 • Occasionally an artist and illustrator 🧑‍🎨 • Feel free to interact 💙💛

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Joined February 2021
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ST AU rewrite | brief info + title drop in the end with @absolutelucents (on ao3) @_tnecul (on X) before we actually release it. (Note: The background is not AI-generated, it's just a comic filter) #strangerthings #bychance #byler #strangerthingsAU (1/5) What inspired us
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argh i dont have any submission prepared for byler day🥹 ill make it up for my boys next year🥹 still, HAPPY BYLER DAY💙💛
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currently shadowbanned on tiktok😫☹️💔
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Chapter 9 | I Know that Feeling | What Lies Within Our fic is finally back! Read chapter 9 here: archiveofourown.org/works/78… Another long chapter ahead~ Enjoy reading~😉 #WhatLiesWithin #StrangerThingsAU #Bychance #Byler
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Summary of Chapter 9:
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ok I fell asleep HAHAHAH but that's because from waiting for our wifi to be back😭 ill just post the poster much much later everyone but Chapter 9 is already out! (like hours ago already) So if u want to read it now? go ahead and enjoy reading😅😉 Thank you!
#WhatLiesWithin Chapter 9 will be released at around 4-5 am PHT instead of 2am PHT due to our wifi being shit right now and our data can only do much💔 thank you for your understanding, see ya later!🩵💛
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#WhatLiesWithin Chapter 9 will be released at around 4-5 am PHT instead of 2am PHT due to our wifi being shit right now and our data can only do much💔 thank you for your understanding, see ya later!🩵💛
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wifi is still shit😭😭 the fic wont be uploaded till around 8-9am PHT😔😣 hope you guys can understand😔
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Hey guys we're back~ #WhatLiesWithin returns! Oh how I missed this fic😩 Decided to update you guys since its my bday today😅 (I know it took too long than we promised so please read our explanation thru replies) See ya at Jul 6! #Byler #Bychance
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Alr so, our semester already ended late May but our documentary film was unexpectedly reconsidered in another contest/film viewing so we made some revisions and reshoots the whole month of June😭 But now we can finally work on this fic again! I MISSED THIS, I MISSED YOU GUYS😍🫶
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yep! we're back (took a while cuz of film revisions as it got submitted on another competition😅) I miss being active like A LOT posting something soon...👀 #WhatLiesWithin #StrangersThings
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heyy, its been a while! #WhatLiesWithin will be on a short hiatus for now 😞 animation film + documentary film + school works are killing us rn 💀 Once this semester ends, we’ll finally be able to focus on the fic again 🫶 tyam for being patient with us, we love you all sm!!
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hi its been a while but one of our casual readers drew a bychance fanart from our fic on tiktok and it brought me back to life—they look so cute🥹 i love the artstyle sm kdjxkal💚💛 she doesn't have twt so its only posted on their tiktok: @_mbp_k (search on tt) go follow her🥰
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chapter 9 soon tho (another long one), this sem is just hell, we want a break from school sm😩
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just some #bychance & #byler moments that I drew from our latest chapter~ #WhatLiesWithin
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read it here if you haven't! chap 9 will be up soon 👀
Chapter 8 | Who Are You?! | What Lies Within Another long & original chapter guys! Read chapter 8 here: archiveofourown.org/works/78… Chance interacting with the party face-to-face. Especially with Will💚💛 #WhatLiesWithin #StrangerThingsAU #Bychance #Byler
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THIS!!😭introducing a new char like Chance is tricky, so the ambiguous approach really gives us room to flesh him out as his own person first, slowly unpacking who he is before exploring each of their struggles (esp Mike). thank you so much for reading so deeply into this!🩵
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Regarding the latest strawpage from a different anon: (ik i dont have to and i get why u dont want me to respond but i want to just to explain it further so i hope you see this hehe) it’s bc of what happened in S5. They ruined the mains’ arcs (Mike, El, Will). (1/3)
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hello to u too anon! again~🤭 i really like how u draw Will💛 his iconic pose everyone~
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this means the world to us, thank you!🥹 the bychance agenda is rlly strong😌(as of now🫣) we really wanted to do justice to their dynamic, so Im glad you're enjoying it! better buckle up and tune in with the rest of this slow burn w/ us~👀
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Hey! No need to apologize, it’s all good. 🫶 I invited everyone to ask anything so I could clear things up! Regarding the ending: it’s still strictly confidential. We’re so so so far from the end and we want the thrill to keep going (1/4)
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abt my "agreeing", I just thought it’s interesting how OCs are often used for ships to happen, but people get protective when a main lead is part of that same building process. In our fic, NO ONE is being "used"—every character has a purpose for the story we're telling. (2/4)
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thank you sm, this is really kind of you🥹🩵we truly appreciate the support and the understanding. At the same time, i also get that people care deeply about what they love, so i don’t want to dismiss that but i hope we can all keep things respectful. Much love to you, anon🩵
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since this is blowing up sm (and I thank u guys for that🥹), here's a zoomed in ver cuz im actually happy on how their faces turned out☺️ #WonderTwins 🎧 listening to 'eleven eleven' btw~
and if i say...#WonderTwins—A Girl In Love with a Broken Wishbone
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hi, im not being passive aggressive here or anything and im sorry if you felt that way, thats on me. I was just answering ur questions and to layout my point so you would finally understand the choices we made for this fic. Again, you can just DM me about it, i dont bite😅
just woke up and read another set of comments on my strawpage and here is what i have to say about it (issue about Mike, Will's development, etc.)
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just woke up and read another set of comments on my strawpage and here is what i have to say about it (issue about Mike, Will's development, etc.)
we want to keep the thrill going on with our fic, so we're really confidential about it just like any other ongoing stories or series that u see in media/tv. I get your concerns but I hope you'll trust with how we'll handle these characters🥹🙏
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first of all, this fic is still ONGOING, and I believe i already made it clear that Mike will have plenty of room to develop as the fic progresses. Lets not neglect on the fact that he was a bad friend to Will during s3 but it doesn't mean that he can't make up for it.
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we want to keep the thrill going on with our fic, so we're really confidential about it just like any other ongoing stories or series that u see in media/tv. I get your concerns but I hope you'll trust with how we'll handle these characters🥹🙏
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and this is exactly what the impression we were going for our fic, no stepping stone or being used as a plot device—just an implied love triangle between them, thank you anon🥹 #WhatLiesWithin
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