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Not to hurt anyone’s feelings tonight but I think the Mindflayer targeted Billy specifically because he had no support system in Hawkins. 

The Upside Down goes after Will Byers twice. His friends are there to save him both times without fail. Will has a caring, determined mother who won’t give up until she finds him. He has an older brother who’s invested in his growth and supports his interests. Will has an entire group of like-minded, tight-knit pals who refuse to accept his loss twice in a row. They fight tooth and nail to keep him away from the Mindflayer’s control and they WIN both times!

By the second possession the whole squad knows about the Upside Down. They know “he likes it cold”, they know strong emotions can help bring the victim back into control, and they know how to take out Demodogs.

But Billy Hargrove? He doesn’t have anyone.

His Mom is gone, his Dad is a piece of shit, and his stepsister can’t see past the vitriol and frustration to notice that he’s the same as her - hurting and afraid. He’s brand new to the town and the Midwest (which has a very different culture than the West Coast lemme tell you). His friends only stick around because he’s top dog at school and his fangirls think he’s hot but aren’t invested in him personally.

(If I get into the queer-coding aspect this will become a ten page paper. I’m saving that for later.)

As a psychic monster, the Mindflayer likely understands that the kids are afraid of him after the fight with Steve. It knows that there’s no way they’ll try and save Billy the way they saved Will… and the Mindflayer is right. As soon as the Party figures out that Billy has been possessed, they immediately start planning how to defeat him. 

Even after the sauna test, when they know Billy isn’t totally in control of his actions (because Will only feels the Mindflayer’s presence after Billy apologizes and begs Max to help him) they rally for violence. That’s all he knows from every side, violence, and nobody is there to say how loved he is or how important he is. He doesn’t have a Mike or a Joyce or a Jonathan. 

The Mindflayer knew that Billy Hargrove had no one to save him, and that’s why he was chosen.

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Billy Hargrove IS queer coded. Will post more about this later.

This is still the most gayest shit I saw in st. And there's people out there saying he's not queer coded. Some even dare to say he's hom*phobic lmao bitch get a glasses. Spraying the front curl and putting back again??? Looking at booty in the mirror and shaking it??? Checking his face to see if he's pretty enough?? Damn he is the definition of babygirl. Also a slut lol.

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 50 likes!

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UNQUIE STEDDIE IDEA!!!!

Rodeo. It’s called “Spur of the Moment” it’s somewhat inspired by the movie “8 seconds” and from personal experience. I’ll update when it’s posted on Ao3

In it:

oblivious/normal guy steve

bull rider eddie

Robin gets a girlfriend and is super awkward

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Eddie:….oh….DAMMIT YOU TOOK THE DRAMA OUT IF IT WAYNE!!!!

eddie as a fifteen year old: i know you think i'm just a fuck up

wayne: what

eddie: well guess what

eddie: i'm gay too

eddie: so if you want to kick me out-

wayne: BOY I DON'T GIVE A FUCK I JUST WANT YOU TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM

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this…this is the best.

Coming out to your sister? Check ✅

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If I had a nickel for every time a closeted gay boy, who lived in Hawkins Indiana in 1985, had daddy issues, and whose full name is William got possessed by a monster from an alternate dimension known as “the Mind Flayer”….

…I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice!

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he….omg he would’ve WORSHIPPED Chappell Roan….Naked In Manhattan?! HOT TO GO?! PINK PONY CLUB?!?!?!?!,!?

rip Billy Hargrove you would’ve loved HOT TO GO!

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Literally…bro actually does his hair, wears fancy cologne and wears an EARRING

People will be like, "Billy's not gay! Billy's not queer! You can't say that about him!" and yet he dresses like every queer man from the 1980s.

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IM DYING

"men always lie" yeah, lie on their back and hold their legs up and moan

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add Billy in there

steve’s pre-bi awakening was a rough time

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st cast >>>>>>>>>>>

st cast >>>>

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…..yes….just yes….

It was a well-known secret that Jonathan Byers sold Steve Harrington’s photos at cutthroat prices to the students of Hawkins High.

People wanted to get mad at it but a picture of shirtless Steve in tiny green shorts was enough to silence their protests.

Although his buyers ranged from all genders, Jonathan wasn’t surprised at all. Because he, too, was a victim of that Harrington Charm—the very reason he had started collecting every picture of Steve in the first place.

His side business was just a front for him to do so without being harrassed by Tommy H. who, ironically, was one of his regulars.

And why was it a well-known secret?

Well, because Steve had no idea about it.

In a rare sense of solidarity, the whole school had joined forces and done their best to keep their king out of the loop.

(Even Eddie ‘The Freak’ Munson—who loved to run his mouth—seemed to understand the gravity of the situation and managed to keep the secret.)

Jonathan had never enjoyed photography more in his life.

When Steve eventually figured it out, he was surprisingly willing to let Jonathan take more… audacious photos of him.

Suffice to say, the profit had skyrocketed once Jonathan found the right group of customers.

(i.e. Eddie Munson had paid for the Bunny Collection with three bags of weeds, Tommy H. had paid a hefty amount for more Stockings, and Billy Hargrove kept coming back for Higheels & Lipstick.)

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Note, I DO NOT HATE Stancy…I just don’t ship it. I think both of them have WAY BETTER people to choose from.

can you tell i hate that ship /s

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ROBIN LOOOOOL (also Billy was so happy)

Steve doesn't come out like a regular babysitter. He comes out like a cool babysitter.

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This is the funniest shit ever…”oh shit! His tits aren’t out! Smths wrong!” And they were RIGHT

Sometimes I think about the kids seeing billy lounging at the pool with a shirt on in s3 and literally going like “oh no, he hasn’t got his tits out, something is wrong!!” and the funniest thing is that they were right

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Me, scrolling through tumblr: "Oh I love this thing that I'm seeing for the first time ever. I need to like and reblog."

But I see this: