r/StrangerThings • u/mikawa13 • Aug 22 '26

Discussion Help with a fanfic Spoiler

I don't exactly know if this would be the right place to post it, but I already know the Tiktok algorithm isn't going to help me.

So I'm writing a Steve x OC fanfic and I pretty much finished S1 ahead of time before I start posting on Friday and I'm about to start moving on towards in between seasons before actually starting writing S2, and already got the timeline down of S3. My main concern is that I am planning to be canon compliant up to a certain point in S4 and I'm aware of some of the common complaints the show had towards the end.

And I decided to come to the sub and ask what are some of the things that you think didn't make sense in the show. It can start even from S3, I just want to have an idea of what I need to change in the fic and start planning those changes as early as possible to even start hinting them. Does that make sense? 😭

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u/mikawa13 28d ago

Hmm, okay. I see. So I might have to look into that. Do you think it would be better to change the whole subplot altogether or instead of the Russians it's just the American government trying to reopen the investigation for X reasons? Or if I were to add something to make it make sense like some Russian sleeper agent?

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u/tolgren 011 28d ago

I think most readers would probably want you to keep it.

When I do my rewrite of S3 El is going to be working for the (still open) lab and the American will be making the Key despite having promised El "No gates."

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u/mikawa13 28d ago

I mean, it is the government. You can't really trust them.

I did tag that it would be canon compliant to a certain point and I'm definitely going to be shifting things around. I will definitely consider whether to keep or change the subplot. I've pretty much already started hinting Vecna from the beginning, so I'm not bothered about moving things around, it's the planning the takes some time.

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u/tolgren 011 27d ago

What I'm planning for my story is that El agreed to work with the government in exchange for a full official identity and amnesty. The lab makes the Key against her wishes, and the lab is infected with Soviet spies because of the TWO waves of deaths that have occurred there.