#jancy has the angst factor of Jonathan NEVER remembering

[strangerwheelerthings]

Just thought of a really interesting approach to time travel for a Stranger Things fic. It's based around the idea that the timeline for the Upside-Down paused and saved at the moment the a gateway opened again.

Imagine if every time a gateway opens, time continues forward in the Real World, but branching off from the saved checkpoint. Whenever the crew manages to close the gate, time resets to whenever it opened, except this time it plays out without the Upside-Down interferences. However, the only people to remember are those with direct exposure to the Upside Down, aka those who have been there before. (For season 1, it'd be El, Will, Nancy, Joyce, and Hopper.) If a person dies in the Upside-Down, they're gone forever, they've been taken out of the Real-world time stream. The season one timeline would reset with Barb just disappearing or dying. El has to re-escape, but thankfully, Hopper is aware and on the job of protecting her.

Alternatively, you could also do everyone only gets their memories back when the timeline catches up to their entrance to the Upside Down. Will has a few days freaking out by himself before Nancy barges into the house mid breakdown and on a mission.

#i don't know if this would be better as #jancy #or #ronance #jancy has the angst factor of Jonathan NEVER remembering #and Nancy having to reconnect with him #ronance has the comfort of FINALLY someone else Nancy's age who KNOWS #who Understands #jopper #byler #are both givens #along with #hopper byers family #byers hopper family #nancy wheeler #el hopper #will byers #jim hopper #joyce byers #stranger things #yes this is inspired by the ml timelocked AU #trying to think of a name for this #Reloaded AU #???