Changeling By PhemieC.

Changeling by PhemieC.

An Original Song. About feeling different and strange and even a little scary, but still ok. Recorded on my phone in one take so it’s very rough and I’ll make a nicer version at some point probably. Until then Enjoy. :)

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Still crying after ten She’s paler then the day before Can she hear us? Does she know we’re watching her? We’re taking notes. We’re asking the hard questions. Is she ours? Where is she from? I cannot say I recognize her face. Sure I didn’t look like that or act so strange when I was her age. So quiet, but so much rage she broke another toy today teacher told us no one tries to play with her at recess but she doesn’t even notice isn’t talking yet, instead she sits outside drawing symbols in the dirt Haven’t seen her walk in days but she’s always somewhere different when you turn I think I am a changeling I was born with long dark hair, the nurse was scared, I didn’t cry but I was teething I think I am a changeling I broke open all the eggs ‘cause I heard baby birds inside and they were screaming So far I cannot see a family resemblance but something in her reminds me of a story I heard as a child in the dark can’t explain the milk we found under her bed, or the earthworms in her hair can’t explain the feeling I’ve forgotten some important thing somewhere… I think I am a changeling I was born with little claws instead of nails and I was pale and barely breathing I think I am a changeling I broke the mirror because the me who wasn’t me inside was shaking, she was seething, she was screaming Oh, changeling you will find your home some day your friends among the fairies your family with the fae

autistic jonathan and will byers masterpost:

both jonathan and will are always referred to as being “strange” and “sensitive” and are seen to be shy, except for when will is around his friends

both jonathan and will are bullied for being strange

the mouthbreathers who always pick on will’s friend group

steve and his gang saying things like “i didn’t know he could talk” and “i bet he killed (will)”

they both have an audio stim of ‘should i stay or should i go’, will sings it in the upside down over and over to keep himself calm, jonathan listens to it in the car on the way to lonnie’s house, there’s a scene of them literally swaying/rocking together while listening to it

jonathan also makes mixtapes of songs he finds stimmy and gives them to his brother in the hopes that he’ll like them too

jonathan is always hung up on making breakfast A) because his mom needs to eat and he does to and B) because it’s part of his routine and he feels lost without it, his mother works nights and he’s always had to make breakfast for himself and will

will has a special interest in the x men and all of his friends are totally cool with it and just listen to him infodump all the time

jonathan has a special interest in photography and his camera is a comfort item, he loves the weight of it hanging around his neck

after his camera is broken, he goes nonverbal, you can see nancy try to talk to him and he just opens and shuts his mouth like he’s trying to form words but he can’t

he also didn’t realize that his pictures would come off as stalker-y, i’ve seen some posts that are like ‘he did this because he’s a bad abusive stalker and we shouldn’t trust him’ but i believe that he legitimately didn’t know he was overstepping social bounds, but after it was pointed out he felt bad

jonathan also immediately interprets a couple of people screaming/laughing playfully as someone screaming in pain, there is literally an auditory shift between what he hears and what’s “really” happening

will hides a lot because of his autism, he hides in the little cupboard-y thing and castle byers when he gets overloaded or overwhelmed or goes nonverbal, his fort is filled with blankets and drawings and pillows and his mom and his brother both respect his boundaries regarding it because they know how important it is to him

jonathan’s ‘i don’t like most people’ line hit home for me because its an excuse i use, just because it’s easier to say that than to explain that i always feel distant and like an outsider because i am autistic and i’m not wired the same

jonathan also totally has a meltdown when he beats up steve, he acts only through instinct and he can’t calm down until someone stops him, he’s semi verbal afterwards, his voice is so quiet and it’s like he’s struggling to speak and it only happens after someone touches him

he also is touch averse in other situations, like when hopper playfully grabs him and punches his arm, he looks so jarred. he also does anything he can to get away from lonnie when he hugs him

jonathan has a shutdown after they find “will’s” body,

he listens to the music that calms him down, and cries, and hugs himself, which is a good pressure stim

legit i do that all the time when i get overwhelmed, i just squeeze myself and listen to music and cry until it’s passed

jonathan can read people, but it just takes time to process what he’s seen

he talks about how he can see how people feel in his pictures, but not when he sees them out in the world

but he’s not perfect at it: he makes a huge mistake in his read on nancy and she corrects him for it

also, just how jonathan holds himself, he never makes eye contact, he’s sort of hunched forward and speaks quietly, he keeps his hair in his eyes and he has a naturally blank expression that people sometimes find creepy

that’s really it, sorry this post is so long i’m just !! very excited about these headcanons/analyses of these characters!! feel free to add on if you want to!