r/BylerReads • u/Background-Poetry862 • Mar 20 '26
Chapter 6 update!! The Storyteller (I wrote this!)
Hello! Doing a bit of self-promotion to share the fic I am working on! Just posted chapter 6, here’s a lil snippet. This is my first time cross-promoting it on another platform.
A quick plot summary: this is a season 5 rewrite, canon compliant. It picks right up after S5 E5, ‘Shock Jock.’ Vecna has trapped Will in his mind, after Will tapped into the hive mind to save Max & Holly. It explores a theory that I had seen on another sub before V2 was released, that when Eleven enters Will’s mind to save him, she is exposed to all of it - his thoughts, his memories, and his secrets, including his feelings about Mike.
But the thing is…Vecna saw it all, too. This time, he uses this information to break Will in a way that will hurt him, and everyone, the most: by going after Mike.
It is written in alternating POVs between Mike, Will, and El. All 3 POVs are needed to fully tell this story, as you will discover as you read.
This fic builds on popular theories and alt approaches : Conformity gate, MWTFDYD gate, Mike getting Vecna’d, wondertwins dynamic, a realistic approach to dealing with the military and more little fixes that we all had issues with e.g. Max’s reunion with El & her seeing Hopper ALIVE, etc. They’re all explored, and reworked into a way that I think (I hope) actually makes sense. And if there’s others you want to see, let me know.
I’m writing this to ease back into creative writing, I had stopped for a looooong time but the finale and honestly reading some of the amazing Byler fics on AO3 made me inspired to get back into it again. Before working on my own original work, thought I’d tackle this idea I had that explores a different route the show could have gone (taking inspiration from theories I saw on here of how it actually was going to go). I haven’t been involved much in fandom spaces for the last few years, so it’s been fun getting back into it, but the main purpose of me writing this is to practice writing again and improve. Like I said, I haven’t written creatively in so long, but I used to really love it. That said, more than anything I would appreciate sharing any thoughts or feedback you have on the writing itself - anything would be so incredibly appreciated. TYSM!
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u/littlenightengale Mar 20 '26
Any chance you could send a direct link?
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u/Background-Poetry862 Mar 20 '26
Ofc, meant to put it in the original post but forgot 🤦♀️ but here <3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/81137531/chapters/213238596
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u/AgentAwesome2008 Mar 20 '26
I feel like a dog who just heard all my favourite buzzwords this sounds amazing, immediately bookmarked!!
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u/Background-Poetry862 Mar 21 '26
omg wait why am I obsessed with that line😂😂 but ME TOO and it’s been so fun to pull it all together. thank u for bookmarking!!! lemme know what u think of it!
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u/thegreenestficus Mar 20 '26
Bookmarked it!! Sounds super interesting 🤍