A whole mess

Oh so we don’t say hi or hello in anons anymore? Ok cool 😅

I’m not doing whumptober (zero mental space for it right now), only the Ellipsus #spookysus prompts, so I’m making this a fun one.

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Eddie was wheezing.

He could hardly breathe. He was leaning against the doorframe for support and worried that if he uncrossed his legs he might piss his pants.

He shouldn’t be laughing. He should be trying to fix his mistake an apologising profusely, he should most definitely not be wiping big fat tears from his eyes.

Steve, his dear beautiful blissfully-unaware-of-his-current-state boyfriend Steve, got a knock on the head earlier that morning and had some stitches put in. No big deal, no lasting damage, except maybe a scar through his eyebrow. Eddie assured him he’d look pretty badass but Steve, who had already been given a fairly hefty sedative on account of his fear of both hospitals and needles, thought the love of his life was admitting to not liking his butt.

again sorry this took so long

i had unfortunately deleted my original reddit post and could not find that. a lot of my interaction w this person was just through comments on my draft on ao3 which also, unfortunately, got erased before publishing. im sorry that so much of the proof is just of the transaction but that was documented well enough i guess. and im sorry for most of the discord chats not having anything riveting. we mostly just checked in there and had set up the initial base line on discord during the first day i talked with them. most of our conversation on discord just went like it did shown on the 4/18 date, and there are probably ~10 more screenshots similar to that one that i could include, but i didn’t include them for the sake of not cluttering up this post with repetitive screenshots that don’t contribute anything more. i did want to make sure to show my first interactions with them (4/10) and last interactions (4/27.)

i don’t know what else to include that can help legitimize my claim besides what i’ve shown. like i said, there was still much of that conversation with the editor that i did not include. while it’s not any new info besides us back and forthing edits, if showing the full conversation would help i will post it from the top if needed. if there’s anything else i can post as well please please comment/anon/ DM about it so i can do the most that i can for this situation.

i feel i should also specify the whole part of me giving them access to my account. still, this was only my 3rd time ever interacting with someone for beta work, so i had/ still have 0 idea if that request is uncommon. i personally did not have an issue with sharing my login at the time knowing they would be getting paid by me afterwards, which was something i figured gave incentive not to mess with anything since doing so would result in them not being paid. i’ve done similar sharing of login info through services like account piloting on online games, which was similar in the sense i trusted giving a person my login knowing they had the collateral of payment to lose if they abused any of the access. again, with having that kind of prior experience i felt comfortable exchanging my login with that person. (!! if this is common in beta-ing please ignore. i just thought i should specify in the case that it’s not and wanted to address any red flags it could give anyone.)

i want to state again that i do NOT use AI. i do not use AI, i do not support AI, and i will never do either of those. i did not work with this person again after “the space between,” so there has been no overlap of any of their edits in any work after 4/27. i do not use AI in any of my works, and “the space between” was no exception of that when i was writing. i did not use any AI while creating that work, and what the claude skin detected was AI i did not even know was edited in until i was made aware of it yesterday. NONE of what was used in “the space between” was to my knowledge AT ALL.

i have never been this invested in writing for a fandom ever which is why ive been doing as much writing as i can. im trying my hardest to do whatever i can to help anyone understand my side here, because i do not want this to stop me from writing. i’ve been writing so much because i’ve loved writing for this fandom and i’ve become so invested in my work and poured hours and hours and hours into everything i’ve written. the time and investment i had poured into “the space between” was just as much as any of my other work, which is why i’m so sick and heartbroken over this whole ordeal. i completely understand if people are still suspicious moving forward after this, but i also really do wish it wouldn’t change peoples views on what i’ve written and what i will keep writing. i still have so many drafts and my ongoing longfic and upcoming midfic ive been investing hours into and i want to post.

i’m not sure what to do about “the space between” after this. i feel so upset knowing whats happened, even though i know everything i wrote was written by ME. i still have my full google doc that i had written my whole draft on, and it’s even more frustrating knowing that part of what was posted went against my morals and included AI amongst my own words. it’s even more-so frustrating when i was looking at my published work and doc side by side and saw very minor changes in the last few chapters between the two, despite it being flagged for AI. that all just makes me think my work was literally being fed into AI, then repasted right back in?? i don’t know if i should delete it, edit the last few chapters, or what i should do with it.

i have not had any full editor/reader/beta since my interaction with this person (besides very minor doc-skimming/recs) because of that, i’ve had multiple instances of leaving my notes/doubling dialogue from moving things around/etc that i completely missed before posting and i want to address while i’m here as well because i don’t want suspicions further risen from anything else. any instance of out of place lines/bolding are my notes that i have missed and did not edit out. like i mentioned in my previous post, that is how i include my own notes to myself to come back an edit. that’s also the same type of notes i used at the time to communicate with my editor. any instances of that being in a fic is my OWN writing. i’m only stating this because i know there have been a few times i forgot to edit them out until i reread after publishing, and know at least some people may have saw it when reading and raised an eyebrow. i know that especially now, any recollection of that may look even worse. again, moving forward without an editor, there will still be times i miss them and i do not want to give any more suspicions.

i don’t think there’s anything else that i can say, but i want to keep writing. i want to do everything in my power so i can keep writing without anyone having to discredit what i put out as written by anything other than a human. again, if there’s anything i can post or clear up or answer please let me know. i have my documents for all my work with version histories. most of those documents don’t get cleaned out/still have notes that get removed until im in the editing box to publish but may have snuck their way into publishing. please please please ask me anything about any of this. if i have to find a way to record my writing sessions to post, i will do that if that means i can keep writing. i’ve build such an intense passion for writing here, and i do not want to have to put an end to it because of this.

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Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Out of Character, Internalized Homophobia, Homophobia, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Child Abuse, Food Issues, Cult activity, Religious Guilt, Religious Cults, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Trauma, Psychological Trauma, Childhood Trauma, Blood and Gore, Violence, Murder, Minor Character Death, Human Sacrifice, Cannibalism, Child Neglect, Drug Addiction, Classism, Kidnapping, Abduction, Unhealthy Relationships, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms Summary:

Welcome to the ultimate final roundup for all the amazing Steddie Winter Exchange gifts that were a little longer in the making. 🎁🥳💖

This officially marks the end of this event. We thank you all so much for your active participation and for sticking around so long. 💖❄️ For all those who had to wait a bit longer to receive their gifts - thank you so much for your patience and understanding. 

Here’s the final list of all gifts that were posted during the prolonged extension period:

Fic by @stevesjockstrap for @taylsart on AO3 | Tumblr | Bsky

Fic and Art by @corrodedheartsclub for @tedewitt on AO3 | Tumblr

Fic by @onyxthex for @steddiehyperfixation on AO3

Fic by @voidedfalling for @crimsongoldmoth on AO3

Fic by @emchant3d for @the-winged-doe on AO3 | Tumblr | Twitter | Bsky

Fic and Art by @tone-mariie for @little-annie on AO3 | Tumblr | Twitter | Bsky

Fic by @fuctacles for @formosusiniquis on AO3 | Tumblr

Fic by @steviewashere for @writer-in-theory on AO3 | Tumblr

Fic by @cranb3rryjuice for @meggiejolly on AO3

Fic by @writer-in-theory for @akagaminolevi on AO3 | Tumblr

Art by @lulalulens for @salamandergoo on Tumblr | Bsky

Fic by @/staymagical for @/lunarlux on AO3

Art by @quinns-shadowy-arts for @xx-punkfaerie-xx on Tumblr

Fic and Art by @hawkinsleather for @corrodedheartsclub on AO3 | Bsky | Tumblr

Fic by @do-what-the-knight-tells-you for @/dadpunsandmisery on AO3

Fic by @/writing_moonchild for @/dismaygray on AO3 | Bsky

Fic by @oh-stars for @paradimeshifts7 on AO3 | Tumblr

Fic by @ilovecupcakesandtea for @penny00dreadful on AO3

Fic by @mixsethaddams for @libraryofgage on AO3 | Twitter | Bsky | Tumblr

Fic by @oakenorcrist for @akasalv on AO3 | Tumblr | Bsky

Fic by @starryeyedjanai for @BeingMissBatty on AO3 | Tumblr

Fic by @queenofshenanigans for @seacowabunga on AO3 | Bsky | Tumblr

Fic by @/wrongwayfinder for @/eleloh on AO3

Fic by @hellfxresundays for @hawkinsleather on AO3

Art by @mission2mordor for @oakenorcrist on Bsky

Art by @nil5462 for @Medusapelagia on Tumblr | Bsky

Fic by @coffeewasamistake for @bugmusings on AO3

Fic by @xx-punkfaerie-xx for @ro15in on AO3 | Tumblr

Fic and Art by @corrodedheartsclub for @beritybaker on Tumblr | AO3

Fic by @mysteriousxmidnight for @stitchdfox on AO3

Fic by @felixir-of-moths for @metalfreaks86 on AO3

Art by @hellfireloserclub for @stevesjockstrap on Tumblr

Fic by @queensilber for @/staymagical on AO3

Fic by @soaringornithopter for @leafymerlin on AO3

If you have, somehow, not received a gift even tho you created something, please let us know asap. We kept a meticulous list, but since we’re all humans, there’s always room for eventual errors.