..— CREDITS. . .. i am not associated with stranger things, charlie heaton, norman reedus, netflix, etc.resources used:
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..— PORTRAYAL. . .. i am semi-canon compliant with heavy hc influences, meaning that while i do base jonathan off what we have seen from the show, there's a lot of hc content & development too. i tend to disagree with how he was portrayed in the show, particularly in s3. i will also be leering off & out of the stranger things fandom -- taking bits from the show to put into my canon, but not being affiliated with the fandom.usual rp etiquette applies. do not godmod or assume anything with my muse unless it is discussed or general knowledge. do not forceship. please do not harass me for replies.while i may interact with multiples of a character, please note: i refuse to do any plots or ideas that have been copied with a different portrayal of a character. i know how this feels & i don't want it done to me, as i won't have it done to you.

..— ACTIVITY / POST INFO. . .. i am not shy about my activity: i do a majority of ic posts with some ooc posts scattered in. it's honestly how i keep occupied sometimes, especially at work, by blurbing what i'm thinking. i do replies & asks on an as i have muse basis, not necessarily by order. I tend to also delete asks that i feel won't be replied to, especially if they have been sitting for over two months. i tend to also have anxiety when someone sends in many asks for the same character. i ask that unless you are a multi, you keep it limited to 2 or 3 total per single muse blog, for my sanity & sake -- if you send more, i will often delete what i won't be replying to on a pick & choose.please do not interact with my posts, etc. if we are not mutuals unless otherwise stated or it's a psa of sorts. likewise, if you are a personal, please don't like or reblog my stuff unless otherwise stated.I DO SOFTBLOCK IF IT'S EVIDENT THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO INTERACT WITH ME. I LIKE TO KEEP MY FOLLOWERS / FOLLOWING TO THOSE WHO WANT TO INTERACT.please know that while this isn't personal, unless we interact ic or ooc a fair amount, i am less likely to follow if you remake blogs often. this isn't personal. i just find that if we are not interacting regardless previously or ooc, there is not a point for me to follow if it seems evident that there isn't interest.i also ask that if you have an exclusive jonathan, please do not follow me or soft me out of basic common decency for that jonathan rper. there's plenty of wonderful portrayals out there, none of them deserve that treatment. if you go exclusive, please tell me if we have already plotted a good bit or just soft me out of respect for both me & the other jonathans. @ fellow jonathans, i love you, you sweet human beings.i also often do not follow any rp blogs that do not have a rules & about. i check my followers often & follow if i see us interacting, if i'm familiar with the characters, etc. but i do require having rules & an about to read so i can get a good vibe of you & your portrayal. that being said for those who are working on abouts, rules, etc: i usually check for about a week - two weeks to see if there's anything before i do follow.i use small font & mixed font via generator. i tend to use icons, etc. i do not care how you format, i encourage you to format however is best for you! please note that while i use mixed fonts, i welcome you to come to me & let me know if in our threads, you'd like for me to use normal font!i tend to use likes as a way of saying "i see your post." If I don't like the post? 99.5% of the time, I didn't see it.

..— SHIPPING. . .. i am multiship. i ship based off of chemistry. canon ships are not & will not be reinforced here unless it's been spoken about between muns. i tend to often require ic & ooc communication for shipping comfortability, regardless of the type of ship it may be. please do not reinforce canon ships, such as jancy, without my permission. chances are, though, if you ship it, i may be more than likely shipping it too.

..— NSFW. . .. nsfw can happen, but keep in mind that this doesn't necessarily mean smut. anything nsfw will be tagged accordingly. in light of my hc of jonathan being a pisces with an early march birthday, jonathan would be 18 & graduated before the events of s3. anything that may border into smut will be during this time that he is 18 & graduated, so s3 or beyond. smut, however, is very inlikely. it's not something i'm comfortable with doing, but with the right people, i'm more than willing. this isn't the place if all you want is smut & it's likely never going to appear.

..— DRAMA / HATE. . .. i will not & do not tolerate hate or drama whatsoever. due to people abusing the anon feature & ruining it for those who use it the way it was intended, i have anon turned off. anyone who tries to cause drama will be blocked on sight.i keep up to date with people who are actively involved in drama & those with serious accusations against them with solid proof. if you see me interacting with someone who is genuinely problematic, please let me know. as briefly mentioned before, i work long hours, i sometimes avoid the dash. i'd like to know if someone i may be interacting with is harmful to the rpc.no racism. no sexism. no transphobia. no homophobia. no gross shit. none of that shit. be a decent human being & we will be good to roll.i encourage conversation when i may have done any wrong. i encourage speaking to me so i can know & address it & own up to my actions. i will take accountability for my actions. i am unable to fix my mistakes if i am not informed of what could be wrong, seeing as i tend to be a bit oblivious sometimes. i promise, im really chill!this is also a safe space. whether you need to talk to someone, to vent, or anything. i'm safe. you want to hardblock or softblock? sure! i support you doing what is best for you first & foremost. there's no judgement or questions here.

..— DNI. . .. i tend to be pro callout & pro dni list if it means someone actually dangerous is becoming known to the rpc. i, however, do not condone callouts / etc. when it is over something incredibly petty such as a misunderstanding. i will likely never reblog callouts unless the person is an entire threat & a half to the community. i have a personal dni that i will not be discussing or giving out -- i am simply creating a space that is best for me, blocking people as i need to, etc. i will always respect other people's dni's.basic dni: no problematic actors, no age gap relations of 8+ years ic, nick goodes / goode related ocs, everymanhybrid / creepypasta, hamilton, the black phone rp blogs, my hero academia, condoning any racism / transphobia / homophobia / sexism / etc., rp blogs of real people & youtubersdue to the amount of harassment, bullying, & lies I have received & heard regarding me, the only person I will publicly name in a DNI is November ( found at holysanctum & numerous other urls ). While anyone has a right to dislike me & put me on a DNI for any reason, the amount of lies that have been told, to my knowledge, are astronomical. Instead of talking to me about it, as I would have liked, I will be honest. I never called November a pedophile, I sure as hell never sent any anons or harassment. I do not have contact with my then partner at the time & to my knowledge, there had been nothing sent from them (which, I could very well be wrong! I don’t know). When we talk about context—the reason I had blocked, why words may have been misconstrued by anyone, is because November and I had been friends. We played DBD together. And during a game, with my partner present, November’s then partner made a pedophilia/r-pe joke that, instead of saying anything, November laughed at. I was verbal in my disgust & had removed November not long after. I’m tired of this because it IS something that can be handled privately, but instead, it’s being dealt with publicly. November and I BOTH are not the same people that we were before, I know that much, and I want to say my peace on it and call it that. I want to talk things over because it IS something I firmly believe can be discussed.

..— VILLAINS. . .. i do not have to like a character to interact with someone portraying that character. this also does not mean i condone the actions of these characters, because i do not. at all. i tend to be picky & highly selective when it comes to villainous characters. due to my experience regarding numerous billy hargrove rpers, i am HIGHLY selective & will likely not follow any unless i trust & know the mun. i will interact with karen wheeler, vecna, etc. on the criteria that:1) their behaviors are not being sexualized or romanticized in any way.
2) they are not canon compliant.
3) they do not villainize & blame actions on mental illnesses as an excuse.
4) acknowledges the character has done bad, not condoning the actions, etc. & not woobifying them because they're a "hot character."anyone i follow has went through a thorough inspection for these things & i follow them due to trusting them with the character & i have no hesitation about removing someone who goes against this trust or thought process.

..— WHO WILL YOU INTERACT WITH? . .. i tend to be all-over friendly! i welcome & encourage oc's, ships of all varying types, fandoms ( so long as i know the fandom & the content well enough to comfortably have an idea of what's going on ), duplicates / variants, female muses & muns, poc muses & muns, lgbt+ muses & muns, pre - established stuff, & more. i want to single - handedly love on all of you guys as much as i possibly can.

..— TRIGGERS. . .. my triggers include: candyman ( original movie ), 10+ year age gap relationships ( dni if 8+ years ), & the ziggy / nick ship from fear street in a romantic or sexual tense.i ask that you please respect this & tag accordingly. i have it set that even the mentions of any of the following will filter out posts on both pc & mobile.i tend to tag in a variety ways, primarily: tw trigger, trigger tw, & trigger //. i tag any possible triggers & i keep a document of my mutual's triggers to keep up with. if i miss anything or if i need to start tagging anything, i encourage letting me know. this is, once again, a safe space for everyone.

..— MARCH 2ND, 1967. . .. lonnie & joyce byers have their first son : JONATHAN GLENN BYERS. You were named after your late grandfather from your mother's side, glenn horowitz...— JANUARY 1969. . .. you're beginning to learn your very first words, you're beginning to walk, hobbling beside your mother at every given moment. it's probably your earlier memory that you have -- the reeking & haunting smell of alcohol that lingers from too many beer cans in one place, the attempt to cover it up with the absence of your father & the soft, lulling fragrance of warmth & food from the kitchen. you remember falling a couple times as you pitter patter into the room, lighting up the place with your babbling presence, especially to your mother. you didn't realize what you were thinking -- & unfortunately, it was the neverending question: WILL THINGS GET BETTER?..— MARCH 4TH, 1971. . .. you've made it to four years old, all too aware that soon, you'll be a big brother introducing a younger into the world & into this broken family. looking back on these days, you figure that you're doing okay in your prime toddler time, your infant life barely memorable. your father never seemed to care about you or the soon coming of your baby brother. frankly, you're scared. you're scared for your soon to be brother, scared of what may happen as fears & memories of your father's rather neglectful behavior towards you become feeling more & more of a reality for your brother. WILL THINGS GET BETTER? you hoped, dreamed, everything, that they would.this was the time you begun to figure out what you want in life, even if you didn't really grasp the concept of that. your mother saved up money, with approval of your father, & got a camera to take pictures of the moments that are worth capturing of you & your brother's youth, cherishing the limited moments you have at this age. you feel drawn in by the device, carefully playing with the camera, accidentally hitting buttons & taking pictures. toddler giggles that squeal in joy & excitement that come from you at this discovery -- this was when you knew, this felt right. *PHOTOGRAPHY felt right to you...— MARCH 22ND, 1971. . .. it was the day. your father keeps you in the waiting area of the hospital with him while your mother gives birth. he hushes you, tells you to be quiet, when you ask questions. is mommy okay? is bubby okay? he'd tell you he'd "beat you quiet" if you didn't shut up. you were quick to be quiet. you're told to wait until it was deemed appropriate for both your father & you to see your mom & your baby brother. you decided trying to rest, lacking the proper sleep due to a loud & rough night, until it was time for you to see your mom & brother.you can still remember how he looked that day, a smiling baby boy pressed against your mother's chest. she urges you into bed with her to see your brother. she tells you his name is WILLIAM BYERS. you didn't think you'd love your brother as much as you did. you knew you were going to do everything to help & protect him. in a world full of dragons, like he's found in some illustrations in board games, he hoped that will would be seeing the light of their lives...— 1973 - 1975. . .. the fighting ramps up & it gets worse. you are able to hear it through the walls, semi-thin in comparison. you have cried & cried, days on days on end, your father becomes horrible. more horrible than before. he makes it a point to try & change you to what he wanted you to be -- a strong, no "bullshit," manly man of a son. he makes it a point to do everything he can to have you do things he saw as "manly," like sports.he takes you to go hunting for the first time. something about "toughening you up" to be like all the other boys, & would often hurt you if you enjoyed anything that wasn't. you vocalized your love for photography, still going strong ever since you laid hands of that beloved camera, you even made the miraculous decision to go to new york university when you were older, at the measly age of six.you also found yourself doing the world for your brother. you try to protect him from your father's abuse, taking blame & taking the hits. anything that meant to keep will safe -- no one, especially will, deserved that torment. you learn to keep it up, becoming the "horrible son" in your dad's eyes for doing what you do, taking blame on everything & anything imaginable. sometimes, you can hear his screaming. you'd often find yourself shutting the door of you or your brothers room anytime you hear the screaming, locking the door as a precaution. you & your brother isolate -- you keep your brother safe from harm's way by any means necessary. sometimes, you even snuck out of your home with will, to get away from everything & to go play in the woods, getting away from the chaos that resides at home.you become friends during one of these journeys with a neighbor boy named STEVE HARRINGTON, a boy who didn't live far away & resided within walking distance of your home, a home that is isolated on the road that it sits on. you grew fairly close with steve, trusting & sharing secrets with each other, playing from sunrise to sunset ( or whenever it was most convenient for them ). sometimes, when your father wasn't home, you'd even invite steve over to play, welcoming him into the worn down home that was filled with horrid memories for you. STEVE HARRINGTON BECAME A SAFE HAVEN. & for that, you're grateful. he was your first & only friend, having had issues at school making friends -- & truthfully, you're the happiest you have been in a long time.despite the happiness you felt with your friend, back home was a different story. your father insists you're going to be "going on a trip" without your mom, packing bags for you & your brother. you weren't really aware of what was going on -- but looking back, you have figured out he was trying to take you & your brother away from your home. you have heard him talking on the phone with someone, unaware of who it was, something about bringing the boys in for money to do research, insisting that you & your brother were considered "special." you didn't know what that means or what that entailed. you weren't sure if you wanted to find out, either, staying quiet & nodding along. your mother caught you guys heading out of the door & was quick to keep you guys home, despite you & your brother's confusion. you remember her screaming at your dad, something about don't sell my kids for money. no matter how hard finances became, with your father's deep spending habits putting them into what you've heard as "debt," she refused to be apart of lonnie's plan of selling the kids.you find out much later on that the man on the phone that your dad had been speaking with was his half - brother, notoriously known for changing lives & a government employee : DR. MARTIN BRENNER OF HAWKINS LABORATORY...— 1976. . .. you begin to realize that there are things about you that people would disapprove of, especially your father. your father has been calling you names & been more hateful than ever before -- you think it's because he didn't get his way with the whole trade deal the year prior. you find that the names he calls you have been hitting closer to the heart & you fear that they might be right. f-ggot, q-eer, disappointment -- you've been angry, you've been sad. you've been trying to figure everything out, as much as you can behind your father's back, hiding everything away from him the best you possibly can.you figure out yourself to an extent, in regards to your sexuality & how you feel about someone in particular, embracing it as head on as you possibly could. it's not something you fully understood -- but you figure out that you have feelings for your friend, steve. ones that society & the norms have told you time & time again that you shouldn't be feeling towards someone of the same sex. all you know is you feel a good kind of sick around steve -- a nauseating feeling of butterflies in your stomach, choking up a bit around him, getting flustered around him, & you find your heart racing. he became a safe space for you, a place where he feels comfortable. for a moment, more often than you care to admit to, you think: is there something wrong with me?you even tell your mother in secrecy, when your father wasn't around, & she assures you that you're okay & that there is nothing wrong with you. she insists she loves & supports you no matter what -- & in your eyes, that's all that really mattered.it was different than it was at school. at school, you are not very well - liked, keeping to a very select few of people & not often to extend the hand out for new friends. you'd get picked on, tormented, bullied, by kids who didn't really know you & didn't care to know you. kids that steve was friends with. you can remember steve there, staring, watching as you get hurt & called named, bullied & tormented & humiliated in front of the student body by kids known to be steve's friends. you remember looking at him, tears in your eyes, begging & pleading for him to defend you from his friends. HE DOESN'T. from then, he makes his choice & you can feel your heart break. did anything we do matter? were we friends? did you even care? you lose the one person you considered your best friend & you deal with the heartbreak that came with the loss of someone you saw as important. pain & sorrow that built up within your chest that bubbled & festered until it released all at once, in the safety of your mother's arms. you went into your mother's arms as soon as she got home, telling her about everything that happened. you & her made promises to not tell a single word to your father, fearing the consequences of what you feel & insinuate. you didn't need to handle the abuse right now...— 1977 - 1980. . .. the people around you have grown meaner & meaner, more than you'd care for. watching how other people act & behave, it makes you wonder if they have any sense of humanity left with them. as you stand in the sidelines, your ex - friend has gone to focusing on popularity, joining alongside your bullies & making it a point to torment you so long as he stood before his group, the leader herding the cattle. while you're not sure if steve spoke about it or not, rumors were starting to go around about you. adults were finding out, & as it is in a small town, as you have discovered, everyone talks. your father gets the news & he becomes angrier. he insists he "beat the gay out of you" & you'd believe it. for once, you'd believe it. the torment never stopped, even as you roll into school injured & hurt, avoiding everyone. kids kept calling you slurs, they kept bullying you, & you become more & more awakingly aware of how alone you actually were now. you find yourself growing more distant. you stick very close to your mother & your brother. your brother becomes your best & only friend. you don't want to deal with the heartbreak & sadness anymore. your photography becomes your comfort through the worst, savoring & enjoying vhs disney movies when you were allowed to as a means of coping with what you now call: childhood.your father picked up on some of the issues you were having. it's your 10th birthday & he believes this would help you -- he takes you hunting, wanting you to connect with nature, in hopes it would bring you into a new light. you go with it, to at least please him & avoid further conflict. he hands you a gun, a revolver that feels a little too heavy in your hand, a little too upsetting at the thought. he forces you to shoot a rabbit, yelling at you & eventually taking your hand & having you pull the trigger. you kept thinking about thumper from bambi the entire time & how much it hurts you to kill a character you loved. you cried immediately after, your childhood innocence gone from murdering something so innocent & undeserving of death. you get slapped in the face as a result to stop you from crying anymore in front of him, & you try. you cry for weeks, months, & even years over this different trauma you have endured. it becomes harder to watch bambi, your comfort disney movie, until later on.this is your breaking point. you start fighting back. you start to grow as an individual, as a protector, & as a substitute parent to replace that of a shitty one. you become more determined. you become a fighter...— 1980 - 1983. . .. transitioning from middle school into high school comes with quite a bit of complications in itself. you have become the loner, the freak of your class. you try to stick to yourself, the only reliable person you know you can be around. you'd stay a bit after class as everyone else leaves, avoiding torment & bullies. you do what you can to stay out of people's ways, your eyes staying averted downwards & you stick close to exits & walls. you have no friends. you don't really know what it's like to have a true friend anymore. you feel nauseated at seeing the sight of couples kissing in the hallways, knowing you don't know what it's like & you assume you never will. you don't have the time to know, either. you spend most of your time at home, listening to music, watching movies, & spending time with your family. you've begun to get into a new genre of movies: horror. & you love every bit of what it has to offer.your father finally abandons the family when you were twelve, a divorce being filed between your parents, & cases where you & your brother get questioned for a lot of how you were treated. the beatings have stopped. you have fought back in the few times lonnie came around to grab what was left of his things. you are aware that you won't ever heal from the trauma he caused you, the amount of aches & pains, mentally & physically, that bombard you because of him.at fourteen, you pick up a job, not necessarily by your own wishes & desires. the local movie theatre was hiring & you have overheard your mother's frustrations while doing bills & her hard attempts of getting by each month. you choose to work as soon as you were of age, to help her. you make it known, once you get the job, that most of the money will be given to her to help with bills. you work endless, as much as they could work you with you still being a minor, but you do not get to live a normal life. you don't get a social life. your obligations to your family stifle you into this hard spot, becoming burdened by your family, but never finding the need to express it. you help look after will & provide for the family, overall. you officially get your "parent promotion" that falls naturally onto your shoulders, with everything.

..— NOVEMBER 1983. . .. SEASON 1 EVENTS. you don't understand why it had to be you. you were 16, your beloved brother not far behind. things remain the same, steady, until november 6th, 1983. that night, you decided to pick up an extra shift at work -- your coworker, eric, had a family emergency & came to you for help. you agreed -- you worked the extra hours of the late night, past 10. you were never supposed to take up extra shifts, not while your mom had been working, but you were aware you needed the money. & besides -- eric has been there for you when you needed him to. it was a trade, a pay - off. you didn't know it would happen -- coming home to silence, sneaking off to get cleaned up & to your room, to wake up & make breakfast, only to realize your brother wasn't there. you can feel the anxiety that builds up in you, your mother's voice gnawing at your head unbelievable. it was your fault, she hinted at. it was your fault, you decided. your mom & you spent hours searching, getting the police involved, & declaring him missing. unusual events, unusual phone calls that can't be described, more, keep happening. you think your mom is losing her mind, wallowing in guilt & grief both -- you don't have time to process your own grief. you play parent for your mother, ensuring she tries to take some sort of care of herself through the hardships. a few days pass since will's disappearance, he is found dead -- body retrieved in the quarry on down past the laboratory. someone from state found it. you & your mother go in to see the body -- she comes out screaming it wasn't will. you're letting out your grief in the one way you can to be heard: yelling, tears of agony, balled up fists. you are the one who is left to plan out will's funeral with no aid by your side. your mother insists that it's a fake. you later find out the truth -- you pair up with nancy wheeler, after an unplanned visit during coffin - picking. she affirms the belief of what monster your mom had been describing -- there had been multiple witnesses now. you take it in stride -- lockpicking your dad's vehicle at the funeral & stealing his gun & bullets, pocketing them & practicing with them later on that day as the sun was setting. nancy meets you. & with that, you are on your way into the woods, ready for what may be faced. you find it. there was a deer that had been whimpering, wallowing, bleeding. it snatches up before you, leads you to its hibernation. you continue on, nancy growing quiet. you can hear faint yelling, you follow the yells. nancy is stuck, a hand reaching out to him from what he assumed was sap of a tree trunk, you yank & pull until she is freed from its grasp. she's traumatized -- you can tell. you hold her, take her home. you stay the night. & the next day, you decide to kill it once and for all, going downtown to the army surplus store & gathering supplies. you are interrupted by a passerby driver, nancy the target. can't wait to see your new movie. you rush to the movie theater, following behind nancy -- your work place is graffiti'd with slurs & comments from none other than STEVE HARRINGTON & his crew. a fight ensues, resulting in you being arrested for accidental assault of a police officer ( accidentally hitting their nose ). your mom finds out. you are set free. you end up meeting eleven, an experiment from the lab that is being hunted. she helps you & your family find will. she tries to help find barbara, nancy's friend. barbara was presumed dead. will was alive, there was hope. you try to go, but you are told to not dig too deep, to stay behind & take care of the others. chief jim hopper & your mom go to the lab to find will, where they assumed he was stuck at, the upside down. you weren't good at following those directions, anyways. you and nancy break into the police station, steal your supplies back, go back home, & summon it -- cutting a large cut through your hands with a knife. steve comes to apologize, but becomes apart of everything going on -- they were going to kill it, setting it aflame...— NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1983. . .. you had your brother back, but at what cost?/ he's in a coma for a short while while in the hospital, you're there when he wakes up. he looks shocked, scared, unsure, & you can't help but wonder what it was he had seen, what he was actively seeing. you assure him that it's you, it's joyce, it's his family. you reach your bandaged hand over to him to meet his. he smiles -- you cry. you welcome him back into the world, after everything you guys have been through. when he was ready, his friends get invited in to see him, spieling about everything that has happened in the privacy of those who know. things were going to be different. nothing will ever be the same, & you become aware of this.for christmas, unknown to you, steve harrington makes amends -- gifting you a brand new camera for nancy wheeler to extend to you, to make up for everything. a silent apology, amends to be made...— OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1984. . .. SEASON 2 EVENTS. you were right. things weren't the same. will seems quieter, more isolated. he doesn't talk to you quite as much as he normally would, as with everyone. he's been attending care at the hospital, hoping to have answers to everything that they may have concerns over. ptsd, what have you. you understand almost completely, being in a similar boat, once you hear about the details about it. it was still new in hawkins, they were still learning. you stay silent.your mom starts dating bob newby, to your distaste & distrust. something about him seemed unreal, something that you couldn't trust after what happened with lonnie. you hoped he wouldn't hurt you guys, wouldn't hurt joyce. there wasn't much you could say or do, you just trusted that your mom was careful & knew what was right to do.little did you know that there's more than what was at the surface -- a being taking control of your brother, a flock of demodogs, presumably children of the demogorgon, that made up the army underneath of what you would assume is the chief in control. you & nancy had taken off, searching for proof & anything to take down the laboratory / reinvented hospital. you two set up a plan that'll ensure being able to get in, to be suspicious enough to the government. they take you to the lab, nancy records the conversation discreetly. & they went off, visiting an investigator known as MURRAY BAUMAN in illinois for guidance. once there, you drink a little, in celebration. you mail in letters, tapes, to all the big news articles that murray had on file, ready to expose the lab for everything they're worth & revealing the truth of barbara holland -- that she didn't run away, she died, & was covered up.upon the return to hawkins, your home was empty, covered in numerous drawings of tunnels, polaroids that you don't take. you knew. you knew almost immediately. & you hurry to the lab, where the truth is revealed to you. will is not in control. there's a mind flayer in control. & there's an army of demodogs that have hurt everyone in that facility. you never thought that night would happen. you exorcise your brother of the mind flayer that night, having to hurt him & put him through the works until it couldn't stand its host...— JUNE - JULY 1985. . .. SEASON 3 EVENTS. you graduated high school in May of 1985. your life was now ahead of you, you had to decide what to do, where to go, & so forth, even if your mind is already set on where to go. you find a job at hawkin's post, as an intern photographer, working on the side as an odds-and-ins guy (moving furniture, mowing, etc). it wasn't much pay-wise, but it was enough for your future. you were able to provide for the family still, while doing something you loved. &, if everything went right, you were bound to get a letter of recommendation, ticketing your way into New York University once you applied. things seemed normal, thus far. things were relaxed. you almost had hope that things will be normal for once. boy, were you wrong. the day you & nancy investigate driscoll's home for the rapid rats, under guise as investigators of hawkins post & without approval of their bosses, things went wry. you two end up returning later upon seeking further information, only to find out driscoll has been taken over by something unusual, found eating fertilizer & chemicals. calling the ambulance & police to investigate what is going on, you two lose your jobs. you don't pay attention to your boss, your heart and body aching & growing sadness, pain, towards you're friend, nancy wheeler. you didn't know things would get worse. the next day, nancy calls you & informs you about driscoll, asks about will. you shot up immediately from your sleepy daze, ready to run. you guys meet up, get information of what happened. & you investigate. you see there's a missing driscoll in her hospital room, your former boss & coworker find you guys. they're different. they're possessed. & they're determined to get you guys. you fight them off, battling it out, & eventually, end up killing them. they explode before you, guts & organs that make their way to one another to form something -- the mind flayer. it was back. & it took physical form. it makes you wonder how many more people are taken, that there's an army. you do all you can, alongside the others, getting through the nights & trying to figure out where the powerhouse was. el risks her life in doing so -- & you guys get invaded by the monster. it was time. it was time to fight. & end of the night on july 4th, there was more below the surface -- russians underneath the mall, opening the upside down up. the monster that was hunting eleven. billy hargrove, who became a leader in the mind flayer's army, a more convenient vessel for the mind flayer. you reunite with everyone -- your mom, hopper, joyce, murray, steve, erica, dustin, & robin. that night became shambles -- the mind flayer is defeated with enough fireworks, eleven's powers, & billy sacrificing himself for them. the russian lab below has their machine torn apart, exploding & causing fire to the mall, taking hopper along in the process. the government arrives upon retreat, investigating the mall, getting survivors out. you begin to feel aches & pains, weakness, things that nearly have you paralyzed, if you weren't careful, in your back. you don't realize anything is wrong -- you figure that it's just stress, pain from the damage done to it in the night. you didn't know it would last...— AUGUST 1985. . .. you stay silent about your pain. your family has a new family member in the household, taking in eleven as your own. things are being figured out amidst your family. to your knowledge, you receive money compensation not just for eleven, but for you guys. you have to be hush - hush about what happened at starcourt. the house is being sold and there's a new home on the way, in only a month. dr owens has worked with you guys to being able to relocate the family elsewhere, in a home that he owns elsewhere, making it possible to live a somewhat normal life now. you were upset at the news -- but you understood. there was too many bad memories in a place like hawkins, even if it became a home to him finally, with people he love surrounding him. you were argumentative at first. but slowly, you saw. you understood...— SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1985. . .. END OF S3. your family has decided that it would be best to move, after everything that they have went through, somewhere where they hoped would be bigger, better, & safer, where bad things won't happen. you're skeptical about the bad things following you, feeling like you're CURSED no matter what. you didn't want to move, but you understood the circumstances & reasoning behind the move. you have a new family member -- JANE "EL" HOPPER, making you the big brother to two. you're happy to help her, guiding her through this new chapter of life, much like you did for will. you are surrounded by people that have become your friends & found family -- offered to help your family pack & move, helping through the moving process. you're still recuperating from what happened in the hospital a few months prior, your back aching & stinging with severe, paralyzing pain if you moved even slightly wrong. you do your best to work through it, anyways. you have saved enougb money, with the help of friends & family, to get you a wheelchair to help with the aches & weakness that you occasionally get, ever since. maybe things will get better, maybe he will seek medical help once they get to their destination, now that finances seemed to be a little easier -- with dr. owens providing a home to relocate to, hush money from the starcourt incident, & more. you're upset & afraid of leaving everything & everyone that you've grown to love & surround yourself with, unsure of when the next time will be. you're mourning. you kiss your newly found family goodbye, if only for a little while. you'll be back. you know you'll be back. you just don't know when. & you hope the curse doesn't follow you to your destination: LENORA HILLS, CALIFORNIA...— MARCH 1986. . .. SEASON 4 EVENTS TBA.

..— NAME. . .. jonathan glenn byers..— PREFERRED NICKNAMES. . .. jon...— OTHER NICKNAMES. . .. jonny, byers, creep, freak...— AGE. . .. 19 ( s4 )...— BIRTHDAY . .. march 2nd, 1967...— ZODIAC. . .. pisces sun. pisces moon. virgo rising...— GENDER. . .. cis male...— PRONOUNS. . .. he / him / they / them...— ORIENTATION. . .. biromantic bisexual.

..— BIRTH PLACE. . .. hawkins, indiana...— RESIDENCE. . .. lenora hills, california...— FATHER. . .. lonnie byers ( biological ). bob newby ( deceased ). jim hopper ( closest to a father figure )...— MOTHER. . .. joyce byers...— SIBLINGS. . .. will byers ( brother ), el 'jane' hopper ( adoptive sister )...— CHILDREN. . .. none...— PETS. . .. chester ( deceased in 1984 ), mozus ( year 2000 - 2009 )..— EXTENDED. . .. martin brenner ( half uncle via lonnie byers ), glenn maldonado ( father to joyce byers )...— ASSOCIATIONS. . .. the wheeler family. the henderson family. the sinclair family. the mayfield - hargrove family. steve harrington.

..— FC. . .. charlie heaton & norman reedus...— VC. . .. charlie heaton...— EYE COLOR. . .. brown...— HAIR. . .. brown. tends to photobleach with enough exposure to the sun. usually shaped & trimmed, with some evidence of cutting & styling from himself. evidence of "mental breakdown" cutting & styling too...— HEIGHT. . .. 5 ' 8 "...— APPROX WEIGHT. . .. ~155 lbs...— BUILD. . .. average, but lean sided. tends to not really gain or lose weight necessarily, but average for his height & weight...— SCENT. . .. homely vanilla with a cinnamon & forest fragrance that lingers. a very clean smell...— DIST. MARKS. . .. prominent eye bags, a deep cut & scar on left hand, scratches & casual burnmarks. tends to bruise easily.

..— PIERCINGS. . .. 1 ear lobe piercing...— TATTOOS. . .. none...— OCCUPATION. . .. surfer boy pizza delivery driver & employee. freelance photographer. odds & ins jobs (i.e. mowing, moving furniture, etc.)..— FORMER OCCUPATIONS. . .. movie theater employee, intern at hawkins post...— KNOWN LANGUAGES. . .. english, beginner spanish...— FINANCIAL CLASS. . .. working class / poor to average...— ECUCATION LEVEL. . .. high school graduate...— INSPIRATIONS FOR THE FUTURE. . .. wants to attend college. dream school is new york university, got accepted into lenora hills community. aspires to get into photography.

..— HEALTH STATUS. . .. alive. average health...— PHYSICAL ILLNESSES. . .. spinal cord injury sustained from the events of s3 -- surgery covered upon moving to lenora hills...— MENTAL ILLNESSES. . .. depression, anxiety, ptsd...— DISORDERS. . .. none to note.

..— PREFERRED HAND. . .. right...— THREAT LEVEL. . .. average...— ABILITIES. . .. connected to the upside down indirectly -- jonathan has become able to connect to the upside down in the way of knowing & feeling what & who exists within its space...— WEAPON OF CHOICE. . .. axe...— CRIMINAL BACKGROUND. . .. arrested for accidental assault of a police officer...— MEDICINAL. . .. uses marijuana to relieve pain, stress, & more. on & off use of anti - depressants, no longer using due to finances to afford medicine & focusing finances elsewhere.

..— POSITIVE TRAITS. . .. creative, artistic, mature, caregiving, protective, brave, family - centric, responsible, hard - working, loyal, hopeful, optimistic, quiet, observant, reliable...— NEGATIVE TRAITS. . .. asocial, blunt, smart - mouth, quick witted, loner, sensitive, heavily reserved, distrustful...— LIKES. . .. music, art, photography, movies, reading, horror genre, board games, arcade games, video games, cooking, baking, smoking, relaxing, poetry...— DISLIKES. . .. parties, social events, hospitals, clowns, animal death, gunshot noises, loud & sudden noises, parental male figures, overworking.

..— TV TROPES. . .. be yourself, it's all my fault, loner, loyalist, observer, badass normal, beware the nice ones, beware the quiet ones, camera fiend, big brother instinct, cool big bro, genre savvy, loser son of loser dad, loners are freaks, final boy, nice guy, parent promotion, wise beyond their years, like parent like child, friendless background, blue collar hero, determinator, no social skills, the unfavorite: downplayed, the reliable one, sensitive guy, an axe to grind, brooding boy, commitment issues, the confidant, the stoner...— DND CLASS. . .. monk.

i. MAIN VERSES.

..— ONLY A KID, NOT A HERO. . .. threads that take place before ST events occur -- this includes exploring jonathan's childhood.

..— CREEP OF HAWKINS HIGH. . .. threads that take place within the S1 era period between september 1983 - january 1984.

..— WISE MAN ONCE SAID. . .. threads that take place within the S2 era period between january 1984 - january 1985.

..— DEAL WITH IT LIKE THE REST OF US. . .. threads that take place within the S3 era period between January 1985 - september 10th, 1985.

..— RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CURSE. . .. september 10th, 1985 on. this is the s4 verse. this takes place in lenora hills, california & eventually, hawkins, indiana.

..— GLENN BYERS. . .. a verse where jonathan byers is a twin & his twin's name is glenn byers.

ii. AU VERSES.

..— BE LIKE ONE OF THE COOL KIDS. . .. a modern verse where jonathan is his age but in today's world. on top of doing photography, he opts to stream & play video games as a fun sidegig, particularly in horror. he's a memester, folks, i'm sorry.

..— AN OLD SOUL. . .. modern verse where it follows jonathan's main timeline, following his life until his death. this is a main au verse. he does die in my canon in 2009.

..— I FEEL LIKE I'M DYING. . .. au where jonathan becomes part of the mind flayer's army. upon investigating alongside nancy about the rabid rats at driscol's, the rat explodes in front of jonathan as he is taking pictures of it. it crawls to him & attaches to him. whether he lives or dies is dependent.

..— ROCK N ROLL. . .. a band au. as a soft nod to charlie heaton being a musician, he would primarily do drums & some vocals.

..— I DO IT FOR EVERYONE ELSE. . .. a paranormal investigator / monster hunter au. inspired by the events that happened at home in hawkins, indiana, jonathan set to try & relieve others just like him & those around him -- anonymous tips that become answered, he investigates what has made people concerned, camera, bat, & gun in hand.

..— DBD ( REGULAR ) . .. jonathan byers, an outcast photographer from hawkins, indiana, is never one to turn down a chance to find evidence. alongside nancy wheeler, jonathan investigates the disappearance of barbara holland, as well as try to uncover the truth about what happened to his brother, will byers, who got the better fate of the two disappearances. jonathan keeps his camera close, especially while working on a case, in hopes to find evidence, reading through images & details of photographs. following the lead of nancy wheeler & alongside an ally of steve harrington, jonathan gets swept up by a swirl of black mist, his camera left behind in shatters. he ends up in a place that seemed so different, & yet -- almost familiar.

..— DBD ( ESCAPED ). . .. ( in light of loss of licensing )there was going to be a way out someway, right? that's what jonathan, steve, & nancy had came up with. always told & assumed that the portals led to nowhere in the hawkins laboratory in the entity's realm, they took the risk -- & little did they know, they would have found a way out, to back home. their time, their location, back to where they are. jonathan tries to save others -- but he wasn't aware that it would send them with him & the hawkins gang.

..— STALKER ! . .. AN UNCOMMON JONATHAN BYERS PERK.
when you are in the killer's terror radius & not in chase, the killer's aura is revealed to you. auras will not reveal if the killer has an aura hiding perk or ability.

..— PROTECTOR ! . .. AN UNCOMMON JONATHAN BYERS PERK.your will to keep others safe is in your blood. you become obsessed with another survivor. both players will be able to see each other's aura throughout the match. within 8 feet of each other, your progression on totems, healing, gens, & other actions will be 10 / 15 / 20% faster. you will get 20% extra bloodpoints in the cooperative category.

..— RUNAWAY ! . .. AN UNCOMMON JONATHAN BYERS PERK.when successfully stunning the killer with a pallet, you gain 3 / 5 / 7 seconds of movement haste. sounds of pain will be decreased 5% when active.

..— IT . ..jonathan byers was a kid from hawkins, indiana, with a family of two -- consisting of his mother & his brother. there was always something unusual about hawkins, but little did he know that there was more out there beyond that small town. at age 18, the byers family move to new york, where jonathan begins college at new york university for photography.he participates in & out of jobs in the meanwhile, successful in school with a 3.0+ gpa & eventually, receiving his degree so he can go into a professional photography field, alongside companies, businesses, & more. at age 30, he lands a steady job as an investigator, working alongside the police force to uncover crime scenes & to find any evidence that may be found, specializing in keening in on photography.in 2016, age 49, jonathan took it upon himself to take a break from his work, going up to derry, maine. little did he know he was going to be faced with his biggest fears & witness the cruelties of PENNYWISE THE CLOWN.

..— FEAR STREET 1978. . ..jonathan takes up a second job during the summer as a counselor at camp nightwing, coming from shadyside, unknowing of the events that were about to occur. he needed the money for college, after already working plenty of double shifts & long, gruesome hours during the rest of the year. it would give a change of scenery -- at least, until the nightmare begins. up to plotting on whether or not jonathan will die to the hand of the nightwing killer.

..— FEAR STREET 1994. . ..jonathan survived the camp nightwing massacre with a grain of salt, scraping by. he lives his life somewhat protected & does what he can to protect his younger brother through the years, in hopes that the witch's curse doesn't get them too, yet again. jonathan aids the 1994 gang by sacrificing his life for them to get a head start at the mall.

..— RESIDENT EVIL 8. . .. worked on with @dimitresca.jonathan moved to the village, not necessarily by choice, but by familiar circumstances. will was missing. & jonathan takes it upon himself to try & find his brother amidst the chaos that surrounds the village, watching as people go missing or dead before him. He keeps his camera close, he watches & observes from the shadows any detail he could muster -- he carries his bat closer & closer, his gun at his belt. he was ready to face what was thrown at him, if it meant he was able to find will.jonathan will become a hand in heisenburg's productions, as a tech - savvy young man who has seen the corruption of cult. He sides with heisenburg through his plans for overthrowing miranda, upon the realization of what was going on -- the lords, & everyone, were under her firm grasp, broken & trapped. he does not kill anyone as he doesn't have the heart to do so, but he does fight back. He wants to help them rather than kill them.

..— NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. . ..jonathan & the byers move to springwood & try to make a new life for themselves, away from hawkins, & with hopes that they got away from the curse that lingered within hawkins. despite no longer being around the laboratory & the dangers of hawkins, little do they know that there is a new trouble & a new danger to withstand, freddy krueger. jonathan attends the school in springwood & does get active dreams where freddy is present.

..— FRIDAY THE 13TH. . ..after moving to a new town, jonathan had to pick up his feet & get to work. working part - time as a freelance photographer & a pizza delivery driver wasn't enough. he decides to sign up to be a counselor at camp crystal lake, after hearing about the opportunities it would provide him & even give a new check to his resume for college. little did he know that one night at camp crystal lake would go to shit.

..— SQUID GAME. . ..as an adult, Jonathan becomes an investigator. & while his focuses are more towards american - related cases, seeing the heightened increase in numbers in korea gives jonathan a nice concern. people who went missing, people who are presumed dead, all about the same time each year, all that seem to have something in common -- debts that are hard to pay for. jonathan overhears a coworker talk briefly with another about something called the "squid games" in korea & admits, upon further trust & attempts to befriend the coworker, that the coworker was considered a "VIP" who attended yearly. jonathan decides to keep befriending the vip -- using them as an access gate to get in, to be invited with him, to be able to go to Korea & to the squid games, in hopes of uncovering some sort of truth. jonathan may or may die within this verse.

..— NEVERMORE (WEDNESDAY). . ..jonathan is a boy with a psychic sense, as well as his family, a line that he knew of to be psychics -- ever since the discovery of these powers, albeit still fresh & new, his mother enrolls him into nevermore, an academy dedicated to the "strange" & "outcast" types, where he could learn more about his powers & what lies out there in the world, able to be truly & utterly himself, & be able to find a guidance on the powers he holds.

..— GENERAL FANTASY. . .. CAN BE USED IN ANY FANTASY THEMED VERSE.eruantion, a young travelling elf that tends to stay out of trouble, is a helping hand. found in libraries, studies, & set up camps for wounded soldiers & people, he uses his gifts of healing to aid those surrounding him. not a fighter, he finds comfort in being able to aid & guide, to heal & welcome change. surprisingly, he is quite easy to find, if you know who you are looking for.

STEVE HARRINGTON.

..— STEVENHARRINGTON. . .. penned by frankie. 📸my heart flutters -- you would think things would be history by now, with our past, but they're not. he's a dork, he's funny, he's charming. maybe he doubts himself some days, but he is a better person, despite what he thinks. here's to our new future.

..— HARRINGTONTM. . .. penned by rosemary.he has a heart so big, i think it grows out of his rib cage. we’ve been friends for… since I can remember, really. we just fit weirdly into each other’s lives—it makes sense. even despite our differences, he somehow puts up with me. brave, admirable…

NANCY WHEELER.

..— NANETTEWHEELER. . .. penned by rainbow.she's a princess, truly. surprisingly, one of the kindest souls i know. she's a no bullshit kind of lady, knows what she's wanting, & takes the lead to get it. determined. kind. smart. she's beyond wonderful -- she's perfect in my eyes. who else is going to call me out on the shit that i won't admit to myself? who else is going to make me live a little?

BILLY HARGROVE.

..— FUCKBILLY. . .. penned by kathleen.he can be an asshole, that's no surprise. you'd be surprised, however, on how much of a nerd he actually is. in a world that has tested him & left him alone, it's not easy. i know how he feels, surprisingly. he's weirdly just like me -- he's a victim, too. his hospital room had been quiet, lacking visitors. i wonder if anyone in his family actually cares that he's still around? i'm going to hate having to move . . . i'll try to send letters & pictures. maybe max or someone else would be able to give them to him?

ROBIN BUCKLEY.

..— ROBINBCKLEY. . .. penned by reed.probably my chaotic twin, if i were to put a label. the chaos of our lives, no matter how relatable. i wish we didn't drift as much as we did during school -- the shit with the demogorgon kinda escalated. i hope to hang out with her soon again -- she's cool.

ARGYLE.

..— ARGYLCS. . .. penned by ozzy.in a place as terrifying as california, argyle welcomed me with open arms, shockingly. he helped me get a job, he helped me become accustomed to the new world that was lenora hills. i am forever appreciative of him. & in such a short amount of time, he has become my best friend. i trust him with my heart & soul. i'm grateful.

HAK JIWOON.

..— JEOKWOL. . .. penned by jules.it's weird how we bonded. i can't say i understand it, either. we just . . . somehow clicked. now, it might be weird alone to be friends with a known murderer, but in a place like this where you feel trapped? you could end up friends with anyone. jiwoon was no exception to this. surprisingly, he's fairly likeable as a person. he's a little spoiling, though.

DAVID KING.

..— LEONINES. . .. penned by adam.it's funny, in retrospect, how david has accepted me under his wing. it's hard knowing a figure who is willing to put his life on the line for me -- it's weird. it's different. & i would do the same. i feel like when i look at him, i see a different version of me. kinda scary. but he has a heart of gold past that harsh exterior, i've learned. i think i'll miss him when we're gone from here...

LEON KENNEDY.

..— DEADSURVIVED. . .. penned by jay.i like him, personally. he's a little rough, maybe a little dry. i think he's admirable. even in a world so cruel to him, he gets through it & finds determination to get through anything. he kind of reminds me of myself. he's a role model.

EDDIE MUNSON.

..— TOMORDCR. . .. penned by pat.freaks stick together, right? that's what they say? i guess this is the case, anyways. eddie is a pretty cool dude, if you ask me. we like a lot of the same music & he can be really fun to be around, in my experience. it's good to see him finally get his year, after everything the world puts him through. i can't wait to be a witness to eddie's greatness.

WILL BYERS.

..— 07ROLLED. . .. penned by anya.he's my brother, he's like a mini - me in a lot of ways. with everything going on around him, i can't believe he is still that sweet boy that i remember so fondly. the only difference is now there's more trauma than either of us have exoerienced before. i hope he catches a break. i won't let anyone hurt him. not anymore.

CAROL DAVIS - BRENNER.

..— BRENHEIR. . .. penned by earth. 📸who would've thought that we would have ended up being related? who would've thought that we actually get along a lot better than you would imagine? it's kinda weird, really, how things change in a span of a year -- & luckily, not for the worst. she has family now, i have family now. she's became like a sister to me.

TOMMY HOCKSTETTER.

..— PSYCHEDELICHORRORSHOW. . .. penned by billie.ever since carol & i chilled out, he seems fairly chill. I still don't know what his problem is, though. can't say i really care, either. doesn't seem too bad. i don't really trust him yet, really.

ARNIE RILEY.

..— ARNIERILEY. . .. penned by billie.we've been friends for what seems like a while. he's pretty chill -- i consider him one of my good friends. he never was mean to me, despite everyone around him. i don't know why he quit school -- but it's whatever, as long as he's happy. i think he's going to accomplish more than he, & everyone, thinks he will. he also knows where the good marijuana is.

DANNY FENTON.

..— EKTOS. . .. penned by bunny.we're both weirdos. not a bad thing, but we bond fairly well, i'd say. i can tell he has a lot of weight on his shoulders. i hope he's okay . . . the most i can be is a friend, right?

MARK RILEY.

..— HXDXGUN. . .. penned by ozzy.we're both weird. he's standoffish, but i swear he's a nice guy beyond that. we bond over quite a bit, to say the least. he pushes me away, tries to hide things... I wish there was more honesty. but he will come to me when he's ready, right? i hope, anyways.

NICOLE HIGHLANDS.

..— PSYCHEDELICHORRORSHOW. . .. penned by billie.friends for a while, we do photography together. she's a sweet girl -- she's probably my best friend, really, if i were to be fully honest. she's caring, she's sweet . . . she doesn't deserve the shit that happened to her dad, didn't deserve to lose someone because of the damn lab. i hope things get better. i hope they get easier, knowing the truth.

BRAEDEN SINCLAIR.

..— JOCKCLAIRS. . .. penned by bunny.we're childhood friends, simply put. with our brothers being friends, too, it makes it convenient for us to hang out often. while i think time drifted us a little bit & how i wish things started back up when they were better, i am relieved to be friends with brae once more. he's my friend. my heart flutters around him -- have i said too much?

JAMES GALLOWES.

..— GALLOWES. . .. penned by gates.we're not exactly the same & i think that is what makes things fairly ironic. he's a very kind guy who has his heart on his sleeves & would do the world for anyone. he's truly a special guy & i'm thankful & grateful to even know him. he seems fun to be around.

..— CHILDEATER OF HAWKINS. . .. x.

..— CHILDHOOD. . .. x.

..— FASHION. . .. x.

..— THE PHOTO INCIDENT. . .. x.

..— META 5. . .. title.

..— META 6. . .. title.