[includes all actors from the tv show “stranger things”]the year is 2025, and the stranger things press tour is in full swing. season 5: part one is about to come out, and the cast is making their rounds with multiple interviews. karissa, age 21, who joined the cast back in 2018 when they begun filming for season 3, her character: jasmine hargrove, age 14 in season 3, 16 in season 5.the younger sister of billy hargrove(though she’s nothing like him), stepsister of max(the two grow a close sisterly relationship), quickly becomes a vital asset to the party. when karissa first joined the cast, she quickly became friends with finn, the pairs humor and chemistry flowing like water. what finn doesn’t know, is how big of a crush karissa used to have.. a HUGE crush on finn when she first joined the show, and it has since turned into something milder, something she doesn’t think of as frequently, especially due to finn beginning to date elsie richter back in 2021(causing karissa and finn to briefly drift apart due to elsie’s possessive nature) , but then the pair finally broke up a while later, a little after season 4 came out, and the two became close again, and something feels different.. charged.. but this time karissa isn’t the one culprit of the energy.
Princess x night. Karissa, 19 years old, the princess of Terasen. Her mother died when she was 5, due to a deadly illness. Her father, very stern and distant, leaves Karissa to her own devices. not without the company of the female knight she was assigned at 14, Kit Tanthalos(20 years old) after having had kicked the previous one in the balls for not letting her wander the gardens after dark. the only issue? Kit’s harbored love for Karissa, which of course, Karissa has no clue about, despite having a bit of a growing crush on the knight. okay, scratch that. impending issue number two, the marriage to the annoying lord her father is trying to arrange.
after the apocalypse has sent the world upside down, taking place in the plot and events of the last of us part 2. karissa (19) and her younger sister kam(11), come seeking refuge in jackson after losing their mother, having been searching for a safe place for months after the loss. soon settling into life in jackson (as settled as you can be when the world is riddled with zombies), karissa grows closer and quickly begins to fall for her frequent patrol parter, “adopted” daughter of joel miller, ellie williams.
(same cannon characters from “stranger things”)its the year 1986(a tough time to be a lesbian), the summer after senior year of high school. karissa, 18, staying at her cousin dustin hendersons house for the summer; in hawkins, indiana. karissa gets a job at the video store, family video, with steve harrington and robin buckley. robin quickly develops a crush on karissa, and karissa is a bit oblivious, but steve teases robin for it all the time. robin is unsure if karissa likes girls, but steve thinks she does( “she returned ‘fast times’ paused at 53 minutes, 5 seconds. do you know who pauses ‘fast times’ at 53 minutes 5 seconds?!? people who like boobies, robin!!”) karissa is also unaware robin likes girls.dustin is the only one so far that knows karissa likes girls, and not boys.
(following the cannon plot of the 2023 movie “bottoms”, same characters, but aged up to college) follows a pair of lesbian best friends, PJ Mitchell and Josie Marks, as they accidentally stumble into a plan that can make them both popular at their college and win over their crushes, the statuesque Brittany Hobart for PJ and the petite Isabel Beale for Josie. Isabel is in a tumultuous relationship with the school’s hunky and horny quarterback, Jeff Swanson, whose close, overprotective second-in-command, Tim Phunk, makes for an unexpected adversary. By chance, PJ and Josie team up with another outcast classmate, Hazel Callahan, and Mr. G , a teacher going through his own personal crisis, to start a fight club/self-defense class with less-than-zero qualifications to protect themselves against a rival school and learn to stand up for themselves. karissa, also a cheerleader, but more introverted than her cheermates, she prefers reading and drawing to partying , decides to join the club for shits and giggles, and hazel quickly develops a crush on her.
On break for the summer from freshman year at her artsy LA college, Karissa is staying at home with her two gay uncles, Marc(her mom’s brother) and his husband Rufus, known by most as bear, in West Hollywood. She gets a job as an intern at Bette Porters gallery. soon meets her uncles friends (the cast of the L word), instantly falling for the heart breaker, Shane Mccutcheon, and her charming masculine looks and style, who is about 5 years too old for her (Karissa is freshly 19). And despite the age difference, it seems like she might have a thing for Karissa as well. The L word drama ensues…
[stranger things 5, takes place 18 months after the events of season 4, all characters aged up to 18 years old, all attend hawkins community college, besides nancy and jonathan] hawkins, indiana; fall 1987. trapped in the upside down au, mike wheeler is a little shit. the upside down has started to seep into hawkins. mike has just been broken up with by el. after the events of the nina project, el decided she needs to focus on herself (and maybe a little to do with the fact that mike couldn’t manage to say ‘i love you’ to her). mike is clearly suprised, and asks el if everything she said to will back in lenora, when will gave mike the painting he worked on for months. of course, el has no fucking clue what he’s talking about, and mike finds out that everything will said about el “needing him”, none of it was true, none of it was ever said. mike goes outside to find will, and in typical mike wheeler fashion, pesters will about why he lied. mid convo, a gate opens, and will falls into the upside down, and mike follows after him. while trapped, eventual discovery of wills powers(tehehe maybe triggered by the need to protect mike). after coming back, will and robin have their cannon season 5 convo about signals, touches, will asks how she knew that vickie wanted to date. extra slow build, takes them a while to confess to their feelings.
(cannon “stranger things” characters, season 4 plot line, characters aged up by 3 or 4 years, making all of the party 18 years old, holly wheeler is now 8.) hawkins, indiana; summer of 1986. the party has just graduated high school. max is out of her coma, now blind, but she humors her way through it with the support of lucas. back in march, mike wheeler went to visit lenora, california for spring break, to see his girlfriend, el “jane” hopper, and his best friend since forever, will byers. during this trip, this is when mike and el have their cannon fight about all of mikes letters having been signed “from, mike” and not “love, mike”. mike cared for el, but did he love her? that he wasn’t exactly sure of. the two end up mutually breaking up, but things end off on good terms, because of course, they were friends before they started dating. el also informs mike that she didn’t have will commission that painting back in lenora, in fact she had no clue what the word commission even meant. fast forward a few months later, and none of the party knows the two have broken up, neither of them having thought or felt like mentioning it. now that it’s summer, jonathan, will, and el come back to hawkins to visit for the summer, and thus begins some strange feelings stirring up for mike, pertaining to his best friend. you know that sort of scene in a cheesy 80s movie, when the main crush has this sort of glow filter around them as the love interest notices them for the first time? that’s what it was like when mike sees will again, and he can’t quite place the feeling, he tells himself it’s just because he missed his best friend. with robin now intergrated into the group, her and will hit off, platonically of course, because the two of them are gay, respectively, and they bond over that. mike of course, doesn’t realize this, and he thinks that will has a crush on robin, and is mike… jealous? huh. he tells himself it’s just because he missed his best friend, but is that really all? and if that’s true, then why does mikes heart race whenever him and will accidentally even brush hands? mike confesses first au!!
rising model, karissa perez, who grew up in bumfuck nowhere, tennessee;now in the spotlight. karissa enjoys being a model, despite the ruggedness it comes with. she’s openly lesbian, trying to be a role model to young girls who want to be just like her. she’s chic, effortlessly cool, known for her unique style,pixie cut, and taste in 60’s jazz,and is soon to be on the cover of vogue. at an after party of an awards show she had been invited to by a “friend”(let’s be real there’s really no friends in the industry)in the music industry, some broody indie type, and there she meets the famous rapper/singer dani balbuena, better known as her stage name “070 shake”. the pair hit it off, and soon photos circulate the internet, fans of the two shipping them.
(same cannon characters and universe as the tv show “the sex lives of college girls”)karissa, age 19, a fashion major, a student of essex university. starting her freshman year, she moves in with three new roomates, kimberly, bela, whitney, and the infamous leighton murray. karissa is pretty open about liking girls, but obviously leighton is still closeted, and that creates lots of tension between the two, because unbeknownst to karissa, leighton is down bad for her, she doesn’t know how to express it.
the plot of disney’s tangled, aka.. quirky kidnapped girl who’s secretly a princess is raised in a tower, gets consensually kidnapped by a criminal for her birthday.
[all younger members of the party have been aged up to 18, all older party members (nancy, steve, jonathan, robin are aged up to 21. all go to hawkins community college, except for jonathan and nancy. el and mike stayed broken up after the season 3 fight au. will has came out and has a boyfriend named casey.]hawkins, indiana; christmas break of 1987. 5 days before christmas. slow burn and slow build romance with mike. karissa and dustin are ‘irish twins’ born a little less than a year apart, the two are and always have been close. things have settled down, and it’s going to be a normal christmas. karissa has had a crush on mike wheeler since freshman year of high school, curse her stupid teenage hormones, and curse mikes obliviousness of the past almost 5 years. the two are pretty close friends, having known each other since the first grade (yup, she was friends with mike before both dustin and lucas, but not before will.) it all started because a group of boys were making fun of will, and karissa defended him, leading mike to immediately ask her to join their friend group. karissa was the first one to befriend max when she moved to hawkins.
same plot as bound 1996.Sparks fly when Karissa sets eyes on Corky in an elevator. Karissa is the girlfriend of a violent gangster, Caesar, while Corky is fresh out of prison and doing renovations on the apartment next door. As the two women launch into a passionate love affair, they assemble an intricate plan for Karissa to escape from Caesar, with two million dollars of the mob's money -- but the important part is to make it out alive.
Dr.Harleen Quinzel, age 25, works as a psychiatrist at the Arkham Asylum. meets a patient, Kiernan Harker, better known around gotham city as, The Joker. it’s important to note that Dr. Quinzel was no angel, even before meeting The Joker. In fact, Harley is as all too eager. Perhaps to exploit the mental asylum’s patients. She’s hinted to be a conniving opportunist, as she plans to write a tell-all book about the patients to gain fame.
karissa, 19, a college freshman. karissa practices witchcraft, and has had a recent interest in necromancy. on halloween night, when karissa’s pet tarantula charlotte passes away, karissa attempts a spell to bring her back to life. instead, she accidentally invokes a 600 year old demon, who happens to look her age, and is actually really hot? so now karissa still has a dead spider, and a super sexy demon that she summoned is in her room, what the fuck?? enemies to lovers but not really because ronan immediately falls for karissa.
(same cast as the tv show “the bear”) karissa, 22, 4 months pregnant, lost her baby’s father to a motorcycle accident right after she found out she was pregnant, but before she had the chance to tell him. the two had been dating, but broke up, and then karissa found out she was pregnant.works as a waitress at the bear,she’s been working there since before she got pregnant. things are going okay as they can while being pregnant and grieving. then along comes melissa ‘mel’ king.
[based on the fanfic “touch like velvet” written by ‘ciders’ on ao3]hawkins, indiana; 1988. (will byers and mike wheeler never met au, no upside down au, they still go to the same school, will is still friends with dustin henderson and lucas sinclair. eleven doesn’t exist, max isn’t friends with the party, and neither is mike.)wills parents, joyce and lonnie, divorced when will was in freshman year of high school, he flits in between houses every other week. obviously prefers being at his moms, as his father lonnie is a alcoholic piece of shit. wills 18th birthday has recently passed, and he’s counting down the days until he’s finally all saved up and ready to leave his fathers house. will knows he’s gay, just like he knows the sky is grey(let’s be real, there’s not many sunny days in hawkins). none of his friends or family know this of course, his father has always suspected, something lonnie has berated will for since the beginning, always throwing slurs. one day, after an argument with his father, wills rides out late into town, to the only place still open at almost 10 at night, honey’s diner. wills sits with his sketchpad, a coffee, and in walks the most beautiful boy he’s ever seen. hes got this indie grunge kinda vibe going on.. lanky, shaggy soft dark curls, a light dusting of freckles, face all sharp angles, yet somehow incredibly gentle. what will doesn’t expect, is for this boy to sit down in wills booth, right across from him. he’s charming, crude, and god.. is will BLUSHING?? meet mike wheeler, wills new fake boyfriend. mike orders a vanilla milkshake (seriously? who picks vanilla instead of chocolate? …well wills gonna find out why, soon). mike scoots wills’ still hot coffee mug out of the way, tells will that he’s now his pretend boyfriend, and in walks liza fring, blonde, prissy, uber popular.. soon to be mikes ex girlfriend. she storms over, confronts mike, he’s plays it cool, says he’s done with her. she tells him “ you are NOT breaking up with me, especially not because you think you’re a quee-“ and stops short, eyes falling on will. mike tells her that he is in fact breaking up with her, because will is his gay boyfriend, and he fucks him way better than she ever could, which earns him a slap, and earns will a cold, vanilla milkshake splashed ALL over his shirt, and liza storms out. and thus begins will and mikes “fake” relationship. mike has to leave, but writes his number in wills sketchbook.
[set after the events of the “stranger things” season 5 ending. younger party members now 20, holly wheeler is almost 11.] it’s summer of 1992, about a year after will byers moved to new york for college, and the rest of the party went their own ways to their own respective college, after el is gone, and they all graduate. now, they’re all finished with their first year in college, and they’ve all decided to come back to hawkins for a little reunion. lucas and max are still together of course. mike has had a lot of time to think about things over the last two years, and boy has he thought it all. he replays the last time he saw will, all the things he could’ve, should’ve, would’ve said. he feels this immense twist in his gut everytime he replays wills coming out. and it doesn’t help that when will is back, he’s completely grown into himself. college has changed will for the better, he’s still his reserved self, but he has this quiet air of confidence to him that he didn’t quite posses two years ago, or ever, really. two years has been a supple amount of time for will to begin to find himself, try out a few boyfriends, a few drunken nights, many tears, lots of lessons. will has this art internship that he absolutely loves, a studio apartment of his own, with great light. he feels this swarm of nostalgia when he renters hawkins, the place still the same, but he is changed. mike, he is now pursuing becoming a writer, something he does quite well. mike could write a book about all the ways he’s thought of will, wondered what he was doing.. wondering if he was thinking of mike as well. they had phone calls, and letters, sure. but it’s not the same. especially not when everytime will would talk about some new guy, mike would feel the deep jealousy weasel its way into his core. he tried to be a supportive best friend, but god he couldn’t help the little flip of satisfaction whenever will would call him upset about his latest fling not working out. it must just be the distance, he tells himself, i just miss having my best friend all to myself. but is that really it? and if that’s the case, then why does mike feel like he can’t breathe without will.. but then when he sees him again for the first time in two years, he *still* can’t seem to breathe? maybe he’ll come to realize why, especially considering will is spending a few nights at mikes own house, in his room.
(the same exact plot and characters as the book “one last stop” by casey mcquiston)For cynical twenty year old Karissa, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.
karissa, freshly turned 21, back home for summer after graduating college, for the first time in 3 years. returned to texas after college in socal. the old porch, her room, her dads best friend since she was young, joel miller age 54, making her question why she ever left. before karissa left for college, she used to babysit joel’s 13 year old daughter sarah. but now karissa’s all grown up, and despite having watched her grow up, joel can’t help but notice her in ways he probably shouldn’t.
eastland party. i’m maddie’s quiet cousin who keeps to herself and graduated last year. she was the one who convinced me to come to the party, me and fez meet and vibe with each other.
[same plot as the tv show “yellow jackets”, all characters 18, canon cast of characters] the year 1996..it’s near the end of senior year, and the wiskayok high school soccer team, the yellowjackets, were headed to nationals, when their plane crashed in the alaskan wilderness. there goes their summer plans, and maybe their futures? the team of girls discover a lake, and from the lake, they spot a cabin, which is where they’ll proceed to stay for the next year and a half, although they don’t know that. before they left for nationals, karissa and nat drunkenly made out at the before nationals party, and they haven’t really talked about it. they’re still friends of course.. but now things feel charged, and maybe a little awkward. good thing it seems like they’re going to have plenty of time to talk.
[same plot as the movie and book “call me by your name”, will byers in place of the character ‘elio perlman’] summer of 1983. will byers has recently turned 18, in late february, making him a sensitive pisces. will has been raised by his parents, samuel byers and anella byers. both are highly educated; Mr. Byers is a professor, and Mrs. Byers is a translator, fluent in multiple languages, creating a rich academic atmosphere in their Italian villa. they are ideal parents, encouraging will’s interests and individuality, never imposing rigid rules, and creating a safe space for his exploration of love and identity. Mr. Byers offers profound wisdom, encouraging will to feel deeply and not shy away from pain, viewing heartbreak as essential to living fully. each summer, will and his parents travel to their summer home, a 17th century villa in lombardy, italy. will soon meets mike wheeler, nearly 25, a doctoral student working for his father as an intern. that’s another guarantee.. each summer, wills father has an intern who comes to stay alongside them in their home for the summer. amid the sun drenched splendor of their surroundings, will and mike discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will change their lives.