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for the omegaverse fic recs weekend - among the leaves sae green by StarsHideYourFires

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/51561370/chapters/130320499)

its sort of a mix of fantasy/fairy/folk tale and its so good, I was totally hooked on it! I can't wait to reread it and I feel like it needs more love for sure!

among the leaves sae green by StarsHideYourFires

@sweaty-peaches

Rating: Explicit

37,909 words, 10/10 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Omega Verse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Eddie Munson, Omega Steve Harrington, Dark Fairy Tale Elements, Inspired by Tam Lin, Fae & Fairies, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Handfasting, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mpreg, Pregnancy, Human Sacrifice, Steve Harrington Has Good Parents, for once, Steddie Big Bang 2023 (Stranger Things), Oral Sex, Vaginal Sex, Knotting

Summary:

Hawkins is a village in the woods. Everyone knows to be careful of wolves. To steer clear of fairy rings and elves’ trees, to carry cold iron or an offering of bread on forest paths. But in Hawkins there are tales of darker creatures. The devil is in their woods. He controls great faceless demons, eight feet tall, and hungry for blood. Grasping beasts with horrifying maws that hunt in packs and steal livestock. Monsters to frighten children and explain the rituals that drive community life. Every year, a sacrifice is made to the old gods. A sacrifice for prosperity, but also protection. No one is to leave the village after sundown. Always wear a protective amulet when in the forest. All is well in Hawkins. The rituals keep them safe. Until young Will Byers goes missing. Barbara Holland, next. Kindly tinker Bob Newby is found dead, chest ripped open on the forest edge. A Tam Lin-inspired Dark Fairytale Omegaverse AU Work #089 in the Steddie Big Bang

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It's finally all up all 188,888 words of it .

Welcome to the world's slowest slow burn ( 18 years of it ) miscommunication, Cowboys, rockstars, sickfic ,mechanics ... friends to lovers, get your tropes ... its steddie bingo up in this fic .

And it's finally , finally finished .

Thanks again to Sami and @sweaty-peaches for the support and the beta and the art and just generally being awesome human beings .

@steddiebang 23 was super fun.

I swear next Time I do one of these I will not write a novel.

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Final chapter of my dark fairytale, omegaverse, Tam Lin-inspired AU fic is up! Thank you to everyone who has been reading along and commenting, and to anyone who’s been waiting for it to be complete, now’s a great time to start!

And be sure to go tell @sweaty-peaches how perfect the art is! The vibes are immaculate!

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The Rainbow Connection  | E  | 200k

Author: @hellfireloserclub

Artist: sweatypeachesBeta Reader: passthesteddie

[Link to fic]  |  [Link to art]

When Rainbow Graveyard made it big, performing as their alter egos Knocks and Munster, it should have been everything Eddie had ever wanted - sold out gigs, number one platinum selling albums, and a band made up of people he had fought through hell with at his side. The upside down might not have killed him, but Eddie never imagined that being on stage with Steve every night would be the thing that finally finished him. 

Eddie is not a person that was built to be loved, he has no idea what to do with the feelings that threaten to tear him apart. Since they dragged each other from the brink of death, he and Steve have been doing a dance to which neither knows the steps, building a life out of the trauma that follows them like a shadow, seeping into each and every crack it can find. 

Being a rockstar hadn't been in Steve's future plans, but it was impossible for him to deny Eddie anything, full stop. He’d helped Steve put himself back together when the upside down literally pulled him apart, and now he was pretty sure that Eddie had kept a piece of his heart and held it hostage. Steve was too much, loved too fast and too hard and destroyed everyone and everything he touched. But when he got on stage, Knocks took the wheel, and what Knocks wanted was Munster. 

They say that sometimes you can have too much of a good thing, and sometimes you don't know what you've got till it's gone. But how much of you is left when you're living as the personified version of your worst self?*

Pairings: Steve/Eddie Eddie/Chrissy Nancy/RobinCharacters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers, Chrissy Cunningham, Argyle ,Wayne Munson, Claudia Henderson, Max Mayfield, Dustin Henderson, Lucas Sinclair, Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, Suzie Bingham, Eleven Hopper, Jim Hopper, Joyce Byers

Tags: Band Fic, Post canon, Future fic beginning in 2002, Angst, Romance, Friends to Bandmates to It’s Complicated. 

Trigger Warnings: Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Drugs, Sex, Alcohol, Alcohol Withdrawal, Mental Breakdown , Medical Procedures, Medical Inaccuracies.

@steddiebang

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Part 1 of my Steddie BB exchange

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Fic Banners for tumblr or whatever.

I made it for a friend thought others might like them.

Please reblog if you use 💕💕💕

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lmao adobe/pantone charging a subscription fee for color palettes & replacing those colors with black on old pieces of artwork if you don’t pay up

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Artists, let’s talk about Instagram commission scammers

There’s been a huge rise in commission scammers recently, mostly on Instagram. A lot of new artists don’t know what to look out for, so I figured this might help people.

How they begin

Usually the scammer will write to you asking about a commission. Something deceptively cute - mostly I encounter asks about pet portraits, with one or two photos sent. They’ll probably try to sell you a sweet little story, like “It’s for my son’s birthday”. They will insist that they love your artwork and style, even though they don’t follow you or never liked a single piece of your art.

What to look out for:

Their profiles will either be private, empty, or filled with very generic stuff, dating at most a few years back.

Their language will be very simple, rushed or downright bad. They might use weird emojis that nobody ever uses. They will probably send impatient “??” when you don’t answer immediately. They’re in a crunch - lots of people to scam, you know. 

They’ll give you absolutely no guidelines. No hints on style, contents aside from (usually) the pet and often a name written on the artwork, no theme. Anything you draw will be perfect. Full artistic freedom. In reality they don’t really care for this part.

They’ll offer you a ridiculous amount of money. Usually 100 or 300 USD. They’ll often put in a phrase like “I am willing to compensate you financially” and “I want the best you can draw”, peppered with vague praise. It will most likely sound way too good to be true. That’s because it is.

Where the scam actually happens

If you agree, they will ask you for a payment method. They’ll try to get to this part as soon as possible. 

Usually, they’ll insist on PayPal. And not just any PayPal. They’ll always insist on sending you a transfer immediately. None of that PayPal Invoice stuff (although some do have methods for that, too). They’ll really, REALLY want to get your PayPal email address and name for the transfer - that’s what they’re after. If you insist on any other method, they’ll just circle back to the transfer “for easiest method”. If you do provide them with the info, most likely you’ll soon get a scam email. It most likely be a message with a link that will ultimately lead to bleeding you dry. Never, and I mean NEVER click on any emails or links you get from them. It’s like with any other scam emails you can ever get.

A few things can happen here:

They overpay you and ask for the difference to be wired back. Usually it will go to a different account and you’ll never see that money again. 

They’ll overpay you “for shipping costs” and ask you to forward the difference to their shipping company. Just like before, you’ll never see that money again.

The actual owner of the account (yes, they most likely use stolen accounts to wire from) will realize there’s been something sketchy going on and request a refund via official channels. Your account will be charged with fees and/or you get in trouble for fraudulent transactions. 

You will transfer the money from your PayPal credit to your bank account and they will make a shitstorm when they want their money back, making your life a living hell. They will call you a scammer, a thief, make wild claims, wearing you down and forcing you into wiring money “back” - aka to their final destination account. 

Never, EVER wire money to anyone. This is not how it’s supposed to go. Use PayPal Invoice for secure exchanges where the client needs to provide you with their email, not the other way around.

You can find more info on that method HERE.

What to do when you encounter a scammer:

Ask the right questions: inquire about the style, which artwork of yours they like, as much details as you can. They won’t supply you with any good answers.

Don’t let the rush of the exchange, their praise and the promise of insanely good money to get to you. That’s how they operate, that’s how they make you lose vigilance. 

Don’t engage them. As soon as you realize it might be a scam, block them. The sense of urgency they create with their rushed exchange, and pressure they put on you will sooner or later get to you and you might do something that you’ll regret later.

Never wire money to anyone. Never give out your personal data. Never provide your email, name, address or credit card info. 

Don’t be deceived by receiving a payment, if you somehow agree to go along with it. Just because it’s there now doesn’t mean it can’t be withdrawn. 

Here is a very standard example of such an exchange. I realized it’s a scam pretty fast and went along with it, because I wanted good screenshots for you guys, so I tried going very “by the book” with it. 

Please share this post, make it reach as many artists as possible. Let young or inexperienced artists know that this is going on. So many people have no idea that this is a thing. Let’s help each other out. If you think I missed any relevant info, do add it as an rb!

Also, if you know other scam methods that you think should be shared, consider rb-ing this post with them below. Having a master post of scam protection would AWESOME to have in the art community.

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The ex-king and the banished

A small little (not so little) collaboration with @sweaty-peaches (their IG & Twitter)

The idea is Steve as a prince that left his throne to help his merpeople, while Eddie is always lurking around fascinated by his beauty and braveness

it was so much fun ngl <3 <3 thanks a lot for collaborating with me!

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Fic Banners for tumblr or whatever.

I made it for a friend thought others might like them.

Please reblog if you use 💕💕💕

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The ex-king and the banished

A small little (not so little) collaboration with @sweaty-peaches (their IG & Twitter)

The idea is Steve as a prince that left his throne to help his merpeople, while Eddie is always lurking around fascinated by his beauty and braveness

it was so much fun ngl <3 <3 thanks a lot for collaborating with me!

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#himbo steve harrington #steve harrington #stranger things

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Hello all requesting anything you can spare or please if you can crisis comms option ~ found out today we are 11k in debt and I maybe out of one of the 3 jobs I’m currently running.

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#stranger things 4 #fruity as hell #fruity four #painting exercise #sketch #paint practice #eddie munson #Steve harrington #robin buckley #nancy wheeler

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Part 1 of my Steddie BB exchange

#steddie #steddiebbxch1 #steve harrington #beach #eddie vision #first date

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#Loki #loki laufeyson #loki odinson #black widow #natasha romanov #iron man #bucky barnes #tony stark #steve rogers #captain america #falcon #wintersoldier #Sam Wilson #brock rumlow #cross bones #hawkeye #Clint Barton #hulk #bruce banner