#(bc Steve needs an education)

[shieldretired]

@espercr liked for a starter (still accepting)

                            STEVE IS FED UP WITH HIS FRIENDS MAKING FUN OF HIS BLAND-TASTING FOOD, so he signs up for a cooking class at the Byrdene Bakeshop & Cafe (he visits it to buy a snack, and the sign is there, and he impulsively says fuck you and puts his name down). He thinks he misinterpreted the class, though: everyone showed up as a couple (or with a friend), and Steve feels like an idiot for standing here alone, while the instructor, Miss Baxter, is walking to the front of the class to start teaching. Maybe he should ask Bucky the next time? Only Bucky can cook and would just make fun of Steve trying to separate an egg or something.

[johnnycakesswitch]

what do you think the gang was like when they’re at school? like socially but also academically stuff idk if that made sense but yeah. like I can see soda being the kid who tries his best but just can’t get good grades (rip sodapop curtis you would’ve loved having an iep/504 plan). we know a little bit about this from the books (like Johnny got held back once and he’s a slow learner but he takes his time) but i like hearing people’s opinions lol. I can see so many of them just falling through the cracks or getting forced to move on when they weren’t ready bc kids didn’t get the support they needed or diagnosed with learning disabilities back then and as a education major it breaks my heart lol I have a lot of feelings about this stuff

This is super interesting to think about! Academically we know some stuff from the book which you mentioned, like Soda and Johnny struggling in school while Steve is canonically said to be smart. We know Pony and Darry thrived in school and I think Two-Bit isn’t necessarily dumb, he just doesn’t care lol like he’s definitely been held back by choice. I think Dally also doesn’t care about school whatsoever but I see him as being veryyyy good with numbers so math would come easily to him. I feel like Johnny and Pony would love history class the most for some reason, they both think it’s cool and Johnny finds it the easiest to understand opposed to like math, science, or English.

Socially, I think they’re chill with most of the other greasers. I can easily see Two-Bit being quite popular and even Steve, he just knows a lot of people from school and working at the DX. Soda was definitely a popular kid before he dropped out, he was just friendly with everyone and lots of girls had crushes on him, so as his best friend, Steve was kind of well known by association. This also goes for Pony since Soda and Darry are his brothers- everyone knows the youngest Curtis brother. They all kind of give me the vibe that they’re cool with/know a lot of people but ofc have their very small inner circle. For example, they’ll talk to whoever is around (like the scene in the movie when Two-Bit talks to the other greasers while Pony talks to Randy) but they still canonically don’t eat lunch in the cafeteria, Pony, Steve, and Two-Bit instead opting to leave school and go to the store together. I imagine pre-canon Johnny would be with them too and I can see Dally meeting up with them sometimes too.

Thanks for the ask!! It was very interesting to think about

[samthetrekkie]

quick shameless review of the first three seasons after having binged them for over a week straight: this show has some weird and lowkey cringy plotlines going on, but overall I love it. and I think from season 1 onwards it only got better.

some of the characters annoy me immensely, like karen, and - for completely different reasons - a little bit fiona (even though she's obviously a great person) and steve/jimmy bc they are a bit overacted imo (and why does she look so perfect all the time?). but apart from them, I think most of the characters are incredibly authentic. sometimes I really forget they're acting, like veronica and kevin.

and of course mickey and ian have my heart. takes me back to the early seasons of sex ed with adam and eric (except a little more violent). I only wish they had more screen time, but I hear that will be the case in the later seasons. someone said "I wish this show was only about those two" and don't get me wrong, I still like the show as it is, but I would love that. I honestly sometimes just wanna skip to their scenes, especially when there's some dumb plot going down again...

season 1 mandy (visually) reminded me so much of maeve too. (and the actual maeve and lip would really like each other I think) the recast made a completely different character out of her imo - no hate though, I still think she's an interesting character. I only loved her friendship with ian in season 1, but then the chemistry kind of disappeared with the new actress.

plot wise it's a little like sex ed too bc of all the teenager stuff and many sex scenes, but in general it's more like oitnb to me. perfect dramedy with the really serious stuff paired with dark humour (which doesn't make me laugh exactly, but I weirdly love the vibe) and I guess the social setting as well. but it also kind of reminds me of house m.d. (I think about that show all the time btw but I haven't watched it in so long), for one thing probably bc they are both set in the early 2010s. but house and frank would also have a great time drinking together - completely different ends of the education scale, but same sly cleverness and drug addiction. and very random thing to add, but that I keep thinking about: frank's not a good person but he's has been sexually abused (and actually raped) a lot in this show so far and it either gets laughed off or completely turned around. anyway, so weird that I thought this was gonna be like a comedy sitcom, but I'm so positively surprised by what it really is.

now I'm taking a break though bc it honestly got a bit too much and I unfortunately need to do other things besides watching shameless as well...

[welcometogrouchland]

ok another silly one: the amount of ppl in luz found family (and by extension hunters) means that sometimes theres ppl hanging out that otherwise wouldnt. why is king napping in camilas couch? why is darius showing up to vees parent teacher reunions? why is the collector at the advanced bardic theory class that raine teaches? nobody can tell, lest of all themselves

YESS WHACK ASS CHARACTER COMBOS MY BELOVED!!!

Also that comment specifically about Darius showing up to one of Vee's parent teacher meetings reminds me of a plot bunny I had abt Darius and Camilla fake dating when her relatives visit. I don't feel qualified enough to write it but it lives in my heart rent free 💖 I'm not even the biggest darimilla stan I just think it's such an interesting crack ship <3

Anyway back to the actual topic I love the idea of the owl house slowly evolving from this solitary fortress that Eda used to hide from the world in S1 to this revolving door of family and friends that pop in and out for quick visits, catching up or needing help with a problem or a scheme or getting up to some whacky antics. It makes you realise how far Eda has come and how so much of it is because of Luz :')

Anyway funny combos to me are:

Hunter and Lilith (straight up I think they could be besties with the right life changing adventure but at the beginning it's SUPER awkward. Lilith's trying to be nice BC she feels bad but she's Lilith so she sucks at it (/affectionate) and Hunter's just confused as to when Lilith got so polite. This feels like a trap to him. Eventually Lilith gets to infodump about how ancient witches did chair upholstery and Hunter starts talking about the intricate lore of the non-canon cosmic frontier spin-off books from the 2000s and they get on like a house on fire! The house is not on fire though. The house is flooded by hooty's tears. They don't know if he's jealous or happy)

Matt and Eda (Steve is visiting Lilith who's staying with Eda for a week or so and now Eda's educating Matt on how to scam a scammer, which would be sweet if she hadn't done this after Matt had already undergone his getting involved in local politics and leadership arc in FTF. Straight up I think if we get a timeskip to the kids as adults at the end of the series I think Matt's gonna be the BI's first democratically elected president)

Alador and Camilla (alador is. Such an incompetent, bumbling dad but he is TRYING. Good lord Camilla knows he's trying. And Amity loves him, she really does. But oh my god Camilla is worried. He got distracted by a cool bug and nearly took his hand off helping Camilla chop vegetables for the owl house potluck. He doesn't know the twins birthday, and Camilla was about to get mad, that's messed up, but apparently he also doesn't know his own birthday??? She's seen his abomatons in her and Luz's fight with kikimora, hell she's seen him study and understand human realm technology! This man is the most genius inventor on the boiling isles. She knows this. She doesn't know how he's still alive)

Willow and Raine (doesn't actually happen at the owl house, Raine was staying the night with Darius and Willow is waiting while Hunter gets ready for their date. There isn't even a profound connection or funny contrast between the two. They really do just get on well. It's nice. Raine finds out that Willow listened to Eda's old breakup mixtapes and asks what was on there. They gossip a bit. It's nice!)

[jonathanbyersphd]

Jancy Academic Rivals AU thoughts

Based on this post. I have spent all day thinking about it and here's what I have so far

1996 Maine

Robin is Nancy’s roommate 

Argyle is Jonathan’s roommate (I personally love the idea that Argyle is secretly rich)

Steve is also Jonathan & Argyle's roommate but he's never home so Jonathan goes like 3 weeks before ever seeing him in their dorm

Nancy’s best subjects are Chemistry, English, and Polisci-Debate

Jonathan’s best subjects are English, Polisci-Debate, Art, and Latin

Jonathan is from Hawkins and was friendish with Nancy but moved to Montauk, NY when he was like 7 so Nancy doesn’t remember him 

He remembers her bc of course he does 

Nancy is class president because she’s top of the class and is in charge of touring students around campus

Nancy begged her parents to send her here at the age of like 13 and she’s been there since

Jonathan is just now transferring in as a junior and a scholarship student

Jonathan applied because he wants to go to The National School of Photography in France or the Rhode Island School of Design 

While touring Jonathan Nancy makes an off comment about how that’s essentially a waste of an education and how she went to Paris over the summer

Jonathan is understandably annoyed because his assumptions that everyone at the school is going to be nothing but spoiled, pompous rich kids are proving true 

He’s also annoyed she does not remember him at all (but never brings up that they sort of know each other bc awkward)

So he asks in a snippy way what she plans to do and she tells him she's going to go to Oxford to study Journalism and he asks how that’s any better

They are very much giving pretentious and just another suburban girl in their initial introductions

Jonathan resolves to attempt to ignore her as much as possible which is very difficult because he has a crush (He may think she's ambitious and overly competitive but she's also gorgeous and wasn't mean about him being a scholarship student)

Anyways one night while looking for somewhere to smoke Jonathan & Argyle find Nancy, Robin, and Steve breaking into the school pool for a late-night swim/hang out (Picture s1 pool scene minus the murder and st*ncy scene)

And naturally, our intrepid little art hoe takes photos 

Nancy finds out and gets even madder at him because if anyone else found out she’d be in trouble and it could ruin her reputation

THEN as though all of that wasn’t enough Jonathan corrects Nancy’s Math error in class and she gets pissed 

Because she’s right she's always right (except this time)

And Jonathan teasingly offers to tutor her if she needs it 

Thus academic rivalry is born

Nancy is pissed because Jonathan’s Advanced Latin class counts as more credit. Jonathan is pissed because Nancy is so much better at Chemistry.

Nancy tries to transfer into Latin for the extra credit, and Jonathan tries to transfer out of Chemistry because he's better at Earth Sciences (Jonathan isn't successful and Nancy does transfer in but she's completely lost)

It gets to the point where the whole school knows that these two are just insane and trying to one-up each other 

Their polisci-debate class is just the two of them arguing over various issues (not that they necessarily disagree but they both approach issues with different viewpoints i.e. gender v class in s3) while the class watches

And the sexual tension is BAD which Nancy knows and hates because she’s mad enough he can challenge her academically but then he’s also hot??? (Robin is unrelenting until Nancy finally admits to thinking that Jonathan is hot but Nancy insists nothing is going to happen)

Jonathan is lowkey-highkey dying inside from the tension but he’s thriving in teasing Nancy over academics (Argyle thinks he's crazy over this and can't figure out why they won't just do hanky panky)

Argyle and Robin end up bonding and forming the “Jonathan & Nancy just make out already club” which they definitely treat like a skull and crossbones-ish secret society

Steve is also an unwilling member

This leads to Jonathan & Nancy having to hang out more outside of class because of their roommates 

This also leads to Nancy buying Jonathan a new lens for his camera ( I don’t think she’d get him a whole new camera) for his birthday (I HC his birthday as October 10th) and he feels guilty because it’s too nice of a gift 

So to "pay her back" he makes a mixtape for her (Purely platonic he assures Argyle. Can you believe she doesn't know The Cure?) (He def puts Just Like Heaven & Friday I'm in Love on it though)

And maybe on Halloween Nancy and Jonathan end up at a party in the woods behind the school and maybe he lets her borrow his sweater because she’s cold 

And maybe he walks her back to her dorm after this party because she’s been drinking a little (not like blacked out though) and there’s allegedly a bear in the woods (Jonathan might also be high and a little paranoid)

On the walk home, he finally reveals that they went to elementary together.

Plot Twist Nancy did remember him but she was still holding a grudge because he disappeared without saying goodbye

Jonathan then apologizes and makes a big deal about saying goodnight to her 

She returns his sweater a couple days later and everyone starts gossiping about why she had it and Nancy retreats after this 

But then it all comes to a head when their Polisci-Debate professor (Murray) assigns them to be partners on a research article (because he knows) 

One minute they’re whisper-arguing in the library and then Jonathan kisses her 

Nancy kisses him back 

They are hot and heavy making out in the stacks until the librarian catches them

They have to talk their way out of detention 

Then they go up to Nancy's room (because Robin is in Jonathan's with Steve & Argyle) and share a bed

They don’t tell anyone though (again Murray knows) because they don’t want to give them the satisfaction

They continue business as usual then one night over Thanksgiving break Robin, Argyle, and Steve catch them holding hands as they’re walking back from the woods and are like “busted”

Steve owes Robin money 

They still continue the academic rivalry part though because Jonathan knows Nancy likes the competition and he’s happy to indulge her 

They end up tying for the top of the class at the end of the semester effectively ending Nancy’s streak. 

I am attempting to write this as a full fic but I cannot write fanfic to save my life so if someone wants to take this plot bunny be my guest (just tag me when you're done)

[pabst-bravado]

This whole thing is inspired in a post created by: @fizzigigsimmer

Hello world, about the people (antis) who got zero critical thinking skills and have to be spoon feed bc 'the writers say so', I got something to say.

They actually can think, and that's surprising, their behavior looks like a toddler that was bad educated by their parents. But anyway, they can not just think, they actually can create a new whole story for someone with NOTHING AT ALL.

A trait in common with antis that say "billy bad deserved to die boohoo" is, they love Eddie. Not hate to Eddie, I like him too much for the exact same reason I like billy. But, there's three interesting things about antis that evolve Eddie, that are at least, corious:

1. They erase billy completely like he never existed BUT, they put his whole personality on Eddie 🤠🤡

2. They try REALLY HARD make steddie something real with a total of 0.1 proves

3. They assume stuff for no reason.

³. Well, Steve parents and all. Everyone assume that they are like super abusive, and even they are not showed, people hate them. And like op said, they never home and they could be neglecting Steve, is an kind of abuse, but also, they could be just parents of a teeneger who were (and maybe still being) spoiled his whole life. Steve was a bully preppy boy, is not a possibility he just treat his parents badly? And yeah he changed, but changes takes time and convince your parents that you changed also takes time. Idk man, I'm just trying to say, we don't know them. They were never shown or talked about enough to take notes in a such fixed way. Also, Billy, they assume things about billy, that just, is not there. "yeah he probably would be homophobic, he would bully Eddie, he would kill the kids, he would, and if, if, if..." they don't even try to prove their points, or when they dare to make their brain work, is just a poor explanation.

Like, you can see, especially here and on that shittiest app ever created (tikt0k) that people created a whole tragic lore to Eddie. Is not a surprise that writers like to write sad stuff about their fav characters, but is not a fanfic, is not a theory, they claim what they say like Canon. I swear, I saw someone on tiktok showing "proves" that Eddie was depressed and suicidal. Yk, I just-

². I don't dislike the steddie thing, I think Steve need to kiss at least one man till the end of the season, also, I think they could make them kinda romantic too, but they didn't, nothing happened. Even Joe keery was asked about it, and even he didn't think they could be this one true perfect pairing.

¹. Do I need to bring up the fanarts of Eddie like a mechanic? Like a car lover? Do I need to?

And about ignoring things and "I belive that bc the writers says so", we saw mostly of the parents of everyone. I think we can say that we don't like Lonnie and Brenner for the same reason: They abused their kids.

Guess who parent, especially a dad, antis pretend not to see and maybe even say that his was right for everything that he did?

Antis HATE more Steve parents that were never shown, than Neil, that were shown several times doing awful stuff with his ex wife and his kid.

Also, a warning for you dumbass who love El but don't like billy: If u say that u don't like billy bc he's violent, he don't communicate, or any kind of shit like that, you don't like eleven, bc they are basically the same.

I already say this once and I'm gonna say again: everyday I wake up, see billy hargrove situation, and I make this everyone's problem.

[gunmetal-ring]

Thats partly why im absolutely baffled that ppl ship steve w eddie and/or billy bc like the boy could not be straighter and no there is absolutely NO internalized homophobia there, the reason he was homophobic in s1 is bc he was a homophobe (and also bc jonathan is so obviously bi) and now hes not homophobic bc thats character growth and the reason hes obsessed w trying to find love is bc hes desperately trying to get over nancy and he cant bc i think he genuinely does love her and want her to be the mother of his children bc he realizes that its ok not to have educational/work ambition, and also bc he has been abused and neglected by his parents and is determined to do better and also needs to feel loved

Anyway that digressed but if someone wants to explain to me their headcanon that Steve is bi/gay im happy to listen but i just cant imagine a world in which id actually be convinced. Also if you take that invitation as an opportunity to be a sociopathic jackass dont bother lmao hellcheer4lyfe

[theresebelivett]

Sending another bc those other two sound amazing. 📓

YAYAYYAY THANK YOUUUUU, ENJOOOOY

college au: i have to break ur heart here cause, very likely cause i had a miserable time in college, i literally never read college au's. as a consolation, here's pity the freak which is an agonizing (SLOW BURN, MISCOMMUNICATIONS, REFUSING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS UNTIL IT'S ALMOST TOO LATE) but lovely fic where steve going to college in new york (after maybe following eddie there but he doesn't need to know that....) and being an education major is a big part of the story, it's a good one

[steviesmarigold]

episode one of m’s bedtime stories but actually this is a new one i thought up on my drive home from school today

featuring: robin hood-esque mafia boss steve rogers and down on his luck bucky barnes… or something like that

anyways, my thought was that steve, while trying to eat the rich (and somehow becoming rich himself), ended up taking so many children under the care of his… business… because the people that should have been caring for them simply were not, for whatever reason that was, that he had to invest in childcare. so he did some careful research and hired some people that may or may not have known that they were working for a mafia boss to take care of said children and make sure that they could get the care and education they need.

so in comes bucky barnes a few years later, unable to get a job in his preferred field for whatever reason that is. his sister (who has two children) suggested he go into childcare bc he’s really good at being an uncle. so he does, but for some reason the only place that will hire him is… you guessed it, the mafia run childcare “business.”

despite bucky’s suspicions about how good of a childcare place they are and why the pay is so good, he finds that it’s actually a really good place. apparently their background checks are incredibly rigorous and then he did have to go through several trainings in the course of a week (paid for by the company, of course), but they really do seem to care about the wellbeing of the kids there. and he enjoys working there, the kids and his coworkers are great (the excellent paycheck definitely helps too).

and then he finds out that not only is it a mafia run business, the mafia that runs it is headed by steve rogers……………… except, he can’t really seem to connect all of the horrific things that he’s heard to the man that all of the children seem to love, the man that sits at the tiny tables with some of the younger ones and colors pictures while asking about their day, the man that, when one of the four year olds pulled him over and excitedly introduced him to “mr bonky,” winked and said, “it’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bonky.”

and it doesn’t help that steve comes in at least once a week to check on the kids and make sure they’re all doing alright, because with every passing week of watching those adorable interactions, bucky just wants to pull steve away and kiss him senseless… and maybe steve would like to do that, too.

anyways if that’s a story that anyone actually would like to write… i would like to read it so very much

i don’t have time to write (nor can my mind put logical creative sentences in writing anymore) but i have had so many stucky fic ideas and it simply makes me so sad so this might become somewhere i just create run on sentences describing the bedtime stucky stories i tell myself

[ragnarachael]

okay but honestly? nomad steve in infinity war was a fucking look and i would be so fucking thankful if he stomped on my face.

[causatum]

robin was 3 when her mother died, 23 when the argument over steve's book money happened, and 29 when nellie & their father died.

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Hi I just need to put these thoughts here: Steve auditing all sorts of higher education classes after he defrosts. At first he's taking history classes just to catch up, but then he realizes people will pretty much let Captain America sit in on whatever class he wants. So he takes a modern lit course, and music appreciation, and astronomy. And when Bucky's back he convinces Steve to take art classes again, and maybe Bucky takes some classes too, and they both revel in getting access to all this knowledge that both didn't exist and would have been impossible for them to access as poor kids. Maybe they set up a scholarship fund for queer kids? That's all <3

Yesss I love them deciding to get a post-secondary education after everything.

Steve getting some gen ed credits and going to art school is incredible, but also what about Steve teaching art himself?!!?

I also love to hc Bucky taking physics or astronomy (or even biotechnology) bc he's a science nerd 🥺

and omg yesss, with all the backpay they have they would totally set up a scholarship fund for low-income queer kids

[dickplinko]

MY LAST HEADCANON POST DID SUPPER WELL AND PEOPLE LOVED IT SO IMMA MAKE ANOTHER ONE

I have fun ideas but am awful at writing so you get this instead of fanfics

Some of these carry over from the first post so here’s that link for context

•Steve needed to replace the brakes in his car and Eddie helped him and taught him how to change brakes. Steve kept rubbing the grease from his fingers on Eddie. He thought it was cute.

•Steve doesn’t really understand D&D so he says the most unhinged shit “Can I befriend the Bugbear and give him chips” “I eat their kneecaps for a snack” “I will impale them like a kebab” “I will throw my shoe” “I will turn him into a grill” “Steve they don’t have grills” I don’t care roll for grill”

• Steve really likes Eddie’s hair when it’s put up into a messy bun with hairs flying everywhere and it sagging on the back of his head. Eddie noticed this and started wearing it like this

•Eddie skates with Max sometimes and they have chaotic hart to harts and talk about their partners

•Max is blind now and has a service dog his name is bucky and it’s named after robin because she was the first girl that max ever met who was confident in her queerness and max really looks up to her

•Lucas and El braid max’s hair while she’s in a coma. Nancy and Robin visit her quite a bit in the hospital and are there when she wakes up.

• Eddie stops wearing his bandanna when he gets with Steve. Steve is clueless to hanky code but he notices Eddie doesn’t wear it anymore. He asks about why Eddie stopped wearing it and Steve makes this face 😳

• Steve knew he liked men for years and never really thought much of it bc he never met one he was interested in dating until Eddie. He never really tried to hide the fact that me was bi. Everyone is shocked when he came out and he is confused because he thought everyone knew

• the fruity four volunteer at hospitals during the aids crisis because of the lack of medical care for gay men. Eddie gets really scared that him and Steve are going to get hatecrimed because of the homophobia that is running rampant. The four protect each other in public. Nancy started carrying one of her guns in case something bad happens. They four go to protests and try to educate people in Hawkins about the crisis.

• Dustin starts bringing aspects of Eddie’s style into his own. He starts wearing a jacket and it’s covered in a bunch of nerdy patches and pins. Eddie is proud

• Eddie fucking eats up Nine Inch Nails when they start making music He loves them so much. Him and Steve have sex to closer.

• Steve really likes ABBA Eddie thinks it’s cute how into the music Steve Gets

•Eddie takes Steve to concerts with him and he sits on Steve’s shoulders. Steve gets really into rock music and loves going to shows. One day Eddie gets really hurt in the pit and Steve carries him out of the crowd and to the car. When they get home Steve cleans all his wounds and Eddie falls asleep in Steve’s lap while he plays with his fair

•When The Lost Boys comes out Eddie loves it so much. Steve and Eddie talk about how hot the vampires are together

• When Nancy and Robin first start dating Robin like never shuts up and just always is flustered and babbles all the time. The first time they kiss Robin I’d on a tangent and Nancy can’t stop thinking about how cute Robin is and how much she wants to kiss her girlfriend. Mid sentence Nancy just leans over and kisses Robin cutting her off

•Robin geeks out to Nancy about movies all the time they watch movies together and Robin lays in her girlfriends lap while she plays with her hair. Robin just talks about the movie and info dumping to Nancy. It’s so peaceful and Nancy loves listening to Robin talk about things she loves

•Steve and Eddie’s room is covered in posters just like Eddie’s room. It’s a mix of movies, bands, and nerdy things. It’s of thing they both like. Metallica next to ABBA, WASP next to Billy Idol. Back to the future next to Halloween. Breakfast club next to Lost boys. There’s corroded coffin posters. Will made some D&D pictures that are hanging on the wall. There’s pictures of the party on the wall. It’s a personal eclectic space and they love it.

•Eddie loves reading and Steve loves listening to Eddie read. They make a habit of reading before bed Steve in Eddie’s lap while his voice reads. Eddie reads with the same theatrics as D&D. They read The Hobbit, Stephen King, Orwell, And Vanuget. Steve loves hearing Eddie do different voices and the suspense he builds

•The whole hang goes to Eddies shoes and gets super into them. Mike and Dustin even join the mosh pit with Steve looking out for them of course. Steve teaches them proper mosh etiquette.

•Steve ends up getting really into rock music because of Eddie. He gets a bunch of band shirts and makes a jacket of his own. Steve wears a lot of muscle tees and he cuts the sides really low. A flannel wrapped around his waist Eddie loses his mind over this.

•Robin and Nancy go on picnic dates and sometimes they bring max for bonding

•When max got out of her coma she was really struggling with her disability and Robin and Nancy helped her and Max stayed with them for a bit. Lucas and El were over at their place every day to visit.

• Nancy and Robin also get a trailer and there’s is right next to Steve and Eddie’s

• the four of them have a separate walkie channel that they use in addition to the one the whole party uses. They always have chaotic conversations talking about movies. It's a lot of robin and Eddie yelling at each other or steve and nancy talking about their dipshit partners.

[dhaaruni]

I wish dem messaging would be less school-marm-y as well. I live in a deep red area and i guarantee you i'd get jumped for (sadly) talking abt trans people and banning guns, but like whenever i talk about socially liberal things in terms of "well its no-ones BUSINESS how i raise my children, it may not be how YOU would do it but my kids ain't your kids" like even THAT gentle pushback gets some people to scratch their heads for a second. Guns are a total no-go here bc of all the white nationalist chuds but the truth is a bunch of my lefty friends here have guns too so its like. Ok we all got guns now what like that should be the conversation in these areas. I start losing hope bc whenever someone starts messaging RIGHT someone on the squad or ~~liberal media~~ gets them cancelled or smthn it pisses me off lol

That's what I'm saying!

I’m not claiming that Americans agree with the nitty-gritty stuff activists are saying on abortion or LGBT issues (most people don’t support abortion “on demand without apology” and are divided on trans girls in sports) but most Americans don’t really care what other people do if it doesn’t impact them. America’s very individualistic, borderline libertarian in many ways, and it’s probably the best thing about this country. Like, Trump banning transgender people in the military had like 20% support, and people overwhelmingly support trans people not being professionally discriminated against, which is leaps and bounds better than most other countries.

So many "liberal" policies, both social and economic, are really just common sense, and we should frame it as that instead of claiming we want to revolutionize these people's way of life. Like, Steve Bullock, the former governor of Montana, said it in his NYT op-ed: most people want the same things for their families, the opportunity for a good education, a job they don't despise that puts food on the table and can provide for them and their families, to not fret about going bankrupt over an emergency appendectomy or whatever, and some occasional leisure. It shouldn't be rocket science to win enough of these people over when Democratic economic policies ARE better for most Americans than Republican ones, they do agree with us on the essence of social issues, and yet, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden lost non-college voters to Trump while Barack Obama won them, which that should be a major electoral red flag given only about 35% of Americans even have a college degree.

And even with social issues, if you frame abortion as "Do you really want your 14-year-old daughter to be forced into having a baby when she's a straight-A student and sports star and could get a scholarship to college?" or "Do you really want your beloved wife to die a painful death when that baby you both desperately wanted is already dead inside her?", you're going to get a whole lot more support even among avowed conservatives than if you scream about abortion being rad and joke about celebrating abortion, you know what I mean? I don't celebrate a root canal or appendectomy, why would I celebrate an abortion? It's just a medical procedure, and glorifying it as as bad as moralizing it.

But you're right, like it's partly misogyny in the Democrats = feminine Republicans = masculine stereotype, but even aside from that, Americans associate Democrats with being lame and didactic and out of touch with normal people, and that's both untrue given what the party actually stands for and electorally devastating. And when half the House Republicans voted to overturn the 2020 election, Democrats need to win as much as possible for the sake of our democracy like we don't have another option right now other than to win over moderates. If you have another idea, let me know lol.

[reachfolk]

i hate how much bethesda half assed the reachfolk storyline/culture bc i have SO MANY QUESTIONS ?? but in order to fill this huge gap i will just make a up a quadrillion headcanons and y'all will have to deal ❤

like the thing on my mind rn is the subject of cultural exchange. how closed off are the reachfolk from outsiders? have they always been like that, or is it just bc of their strained history with their neighboring lands? if not for that, would they be more open to sharing their knowledge of magic, alchemy, prophecy, etc? what's considered closed practice and what's the stuff they'd be open to sharing? like!! i have so many questions!!

my personal hc's? i think the only 100% closed practice they have is the briarheart ritual. like that's something reserved for reachfolk only; they guard the details of it with their gd lives, and i think the ritual has to be preformed by a hagraven anyway else the subject won't come back Right, ykwim? i also think a briarheart tree needs to be tended to in a very specific way, and that role (and the knowledge of how to perform it) is reserved for a select few people. it's sacred and not for just anyone to take part in, and that's something every tribe collectively agrees on.

other than that, i think most of the reason why they're seen as such a mystery is because very few people have in good faith tried to engage with them*. there have been a handful of scholars who seemed genuinely curious and had no ill will, but trust doesn't come easily for the reachfolk ⁠— ESPECIALLY not to nords or imperials. they don't take kindly to being called savages or barbaric, and they are a deeply religious people, so shitting on their gods is an easy ticket to getting your ass tossed in the karth river. if you worship talos, you're on their shit list by default and there's no hope to get off it. if you follow the eight divines, you're on thin ice (i have a buuunch of hc's about this but i'll leave that for another post).

* there is also of course the matter of how most of their traditions and knowledge is passed on orally, so unless a specific scholar got their approval to publish something (which is rare in and of itself), the only way to know about it is from the source.

so they have a lot of unique techniques in alchemy and magic that no one rly knows anything about because they think: 1) "what could those savages know? if you want any REAL training in the arcane arts, you have to get a Proper education at the college," or 2) "their magicks are dark and evil and sinister, and we're Moral Upstanding Citizens who won't resort to their foul deeds." and sure, certain practices of theirs can be seen as immoral, but people kinda fail to understand that morals are subjective and their sense of right and wrong is shaped by their upbringing. there's also a lot of unfaithful jumping to conclusions; ex. people hear that the reachfolk often use body parts in their potions and immediately think "oh god they're gonna kill me and harvest my organs!!" and not just "oh yeah steve over there was worried about his mom getting frostbite in the harsh winter so he donated a bit of blood to make a really good resist frost potion to make sure she'll be okay."

it gets kinda ridiculous because the reachfolk are goddamn amazing healers, and if not for the tensions between them and the nords/imperials, they probably could have stopped a lot of preventable deaths.

[theoreticslut]

O’ Captain, My Captain // s.r.

steve rogers x reader

requested: no - # 2/7 for my 2k writing challenge where I used all of the day’s prompts!

summary: A stealth mission gone wrong leads to some injuries and an accidental sharing of feelings. 

word count: 2.8k

warnings: mentions of fighting & injuries, very slight angst if you squint, fluff

A/N: I debated posting this tonight bc I already posted a fic, but you know what? fuck it. I don’t want to wait forever to post this bc I like it. I’m pretty sure this si the first marvel fic I’m posting?? I know I’ve got some that I’ve started before this one, but I don’t think I’ve posted any yet?? Idk. I hope you like this!! Xx

“Would you be quiet?” You huff, shaking your head at the blonde man walking beside you.

For someone who has supposedly done stealth missions before, you’re questioning how he ever managed. You swear that since you step foot in the base, he hasn’t stopped talking. Honestly you’re not sure how you haven’t been found out or caught yet.

“At this point, if we get caught, I’m blaming you.”

“We won’t get caught, y/n. Settle down.” Steve huffs, rolling his eyes in mock annoyance.

As soon as the words leave his lips, you hear a loud clang from somewhere behind you, although it could be in front of you as the hallway you’re currently in is awful echoey. 

Senses heightened, you find yourselves surveying the entirety of the hallway before even considering moving.

“Won’t get caught, huh? Say that again and I’ll try to believe you.” 

“Just stay alert. I’m not going to let you get caught, but that doesn’t mean anything if you don’t make it out of here.”

“Got it. Stay alive.” You quip, not able to keep your sarcasm at bay.

~.~

“Cap!” You shout as one of the bad guys sneak up on his backside.

You had managed to get through the hall, and even all the way to the basement laboratory before the two of you encountered hydra goons. 

It would have been fine, if you had paid attention when they first attacked you. Instead, you twisted your ankle and fell backwards when trying to dodge their advances because you hadn’t paid attention to the layout of the room. This meant that Steve had to help you up before helping himself, leaving him open to attack.

“Got it. Are you good?” He checks, glancing back at you as you get your footing, your ankle already screaming at you.

“Yep. I’ve got it. Let’s take care of them.” You reassure, ignoring the pain in your ankle as you ready yourself for combat.

Dodging an attack from some short, dark-haired hydra agent, you sweep your leg out to trip him, pinning him to the ground with a few simple jabs at certain pressure points.

You catch sight of Steve fighting off a handful of agents himself, but before you can even think of helping out you’re being cornered by two new agents.

It doesn’t take you too long to take them down, but as soon as they're taken care of there’s more advancing. 

You honestly can’t tell how long you’ve been fighting now. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long, but time passes differently when you’re trying to survive.

In all honesty, you’re getting worn out, but you know that the second you let it fully take over your body will be the second you fall. That means that even though your muscles are burning and you’re hardly able to take a deep breath anymore, you keep pushing and fighting.

“Y/n, look out!” Steve shouts, spotting a stray agent getting ready to attack you.

You don’t register his words in time though as you get thrown back by the agent, hitting the wall with more force than you had expected. It’s not until he’s stalking towards you do you realize that he must have been another test subject of theirs - gaining super strength at the cost of his humanity.

You attempt to get up to fight back, but the combination of being tired and hitting the wall has your head spinning. As soon as you’re attempting to push yourself up, you’re stumbling down again and dozing off.

~.~

Coming to, the first thing you make out is the small room you’re in. You’re guessing it’s a hotel of some sort by the setup - a small table with a coffee maker, a single dresser with a TV set on top of it, and one sole full-sized bed. The second thing you notice is just how tired you still feel, along with the ache in your entire body.

You groan as you try to sit up, but as soon as you do you begin feeling lightheaded.

“Oh, you’re up. How are you feeling, y/n?” Steve asks as he comes into sight, carrying a couple bags in his hand.

“Sore...those hydra agents were relentless.” You groan, still attempting to push yourself up to a sitting position which is proving to be more difficult than it should be.

He catches you wince lightly, frowning as he sets the bags down on the table to help you.

“Let me help.” 

You sigh, nodding lightly as he carefully wraps an arm around your waist, giving you his other one to pull on.

“Thank you.” You murmur, resting your head against the wall as you shut your eyelids.

“Are you alright?”

“Yeah...yeah. Just a little lightheaded.”

He nods, pursing his lips in a frown, watching you take a few breaths to steady yourself.

“You hit that wall hard, after you had already hurt your ankle. I’m sure you’re going to be sore for a few days at least.” He tries to console. He may be good at pep talks, but he’s never been all that great at comforting people.

“Just get me some ibuprofen and I’ll be fine. When are we heading back?” You question, opening your eyes enough to look at him.

“Not for a day or two at the very least. You need to heal some before I’ll even think about getting us back.”

Before you can even register or question his words he’s continuing.

“You might just have a twisted ankle and some soreness here and there, but I doubt it. You’ve got a broken ankle and a concussion at least, on top of various bruises from fighting.”

“And how are you so sure?”

“I’ve seen broken bones and concussions on the battlefield enough times before to have a pretty good idea that you’ve got the same.” He deadpans, but cracks a smirk nevertheless when you roll your eyes.

“Alright Rogers, whatever you say.” 

“I’m really hoping those bags you were carrying contain food. I know for sure that I could eat.” You blatantly hint, drawing a chuckle from the blonde man.

~.~

You can’t stop the yawn that wants to escape your body. It’s been hours now since you woke up to Steve returning, and you are thoroughly exhausted.

Not that you’ve done anything to warrant such exhaustion - since he returned the two of you ate, he tended to your injuries, you both changed into lounge clothes he had picked up, and then watched some tv and chatted.

It’s certainly been nice, but it feels wrong all at the same time. Sure it’s been lovely having the entire evening to hang out with Steve, but you can’t help but feel like you should be doing something. If you’re not trying to get back to headquarters, then you should at least be trying to gather information on the hydra operations you’re trying to take down.

Instead, the two of you have just been laying around, talking and laughing. You’ve watched some rather boring tv before you found a movie that interested the both of you. You can't lie and say it's been torture, because in all reality, it's been more like heaven. 

You never really had a chance to get to know Steve aside from missions and running the Avengers. You had obviously heard stories from some of the other members, but you didn't really know him. 

You've always found him pretty attractive, but he was older than you - even ignoring the 70 year time period that he had been frozen. That, and he was your superior in a way. You knew that you would never have a chance no matter how much you hoped for one.

That's partly why you never got to know him. Sure, you've been dying to every day since you met the man, but you figured that the best way to keep from continually falling for him was to avoid any unnecessary socializing.

“Are you tired?” Steve asks softly, catching you yawning. 

He can’t help but admit to himself that it’s rather adorable seeing you so sleepy, a small smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

“A little bit.” You admit, another yawn escaping your body as tears line your waterline.

“Get some rest then. It’s been a long day, y/n.” 

You nod lazily, carefully adjusting yourself to a more comfortable position. 

You hiss, wincing as you put just a bit too much pressure on your ankle and twisting your torso more than you should have. Immediately Steve is checking you over, trying to figure out what happened.

“What happened? Why are you wincing?” He asks, eyes bouncing all over your figure  - from your pained expression to how you're holding yourself tensely.

“I moved the wrong way.” You hiss, trying to breathe through the pain as tears brim your waterline.

“Where does it hurt?” He asks, features relaxing slightly. He had tried his best to tend to your injuries, but there’s only so much he can do here without the proper education or equipment.

“My ribs and ankle.” You sigh, gently relaxing yourself as you attempt to lay down in the bed more.

He nods, pulling the blankets back to grab ahold of your leg to prevent you from applying pressure to the ankle as you wiggle down into the mattress.

Once you’re settled, he helps you get your leg situated so you’re comfortable but the ankle won’t hurt. Then he pulls the blankets back up over your body, tucking you in with a little smile.

“Good night.” He murmurs, starting to walk away from the bed.

“Wait! Where are you going?” 

“Just to the chair over here.” He chuckles, pointing towards the piece of furniture as he watches you pout slightly.

“You’re not sleeping there, are you?”

“Yeah…?” 

He watches your frown deepen, wondering why you’d care. He didn’t want to spend too much on a room, which is why he just got a single. He had already planned on you taking the bed, not thinking it’d matter to you.

“No. That’s going to be so uncomfortable, Steve. You need a bed too.” You pout, watching him as he watches you, confusion plastered on his face.

“….but there’s only the one bed.”

“So? I don’t mind, and I mean, I-“ you stutter, warmth blossoming in your cheeks as he watches you with furrowed brows. 

“You….what?”

“I don’t want to be alone.” You mumble, watching as it finally clicks in his head that you want to share the bed with him.

He mouths a little ‘oh’ before smiling and making his way back over to the bed. You watch with bated breath as he pulls the sheets back again only to crawl in beside you.

“You okay?” He asks, smiling lightly at you, taking in how beautiful you are as he does so.

“Mhm. Are you?”

“I’m perfect. Now get some sleep, y/n.” He chuckles, pulling the blankets over himself.

You whine but nod nonetheless, situating yourself the tiniest bit before you’re closing your eyes, hyper aware of just how close Steve is next to you. If you were brave, all you needed to do was wiggle back about six inches and you’d be curled up in his side. As much as you’d like to, you figure it’s probably best to keep that little bit of space, opting instead to just try to fall asleep.

~.~

Steve groans lightly as something hits him in his sleep. Rubbing his eyes he looks around, frowning when he doesn’t find anything out of the ordinary.

He finds that he fell asleep to the tv playing, some irrelevant sitcom playing on the screen. Sighing lightly he goes to find the remote, finding that he can’t move.

Looking down, he can’t help the groggy smile that fills his face. Somehow in your sleep you had turned onto your other side from which you fell asleep on, entangling your legs with his while your arm was thrown over his stomach in a hug. He could feel his heart swell as he admired your sleeping form. 

There was no denying that you were attractive. He himself had been attracted to you since you first joined the Avengers. The sole reason he never made any moves was because he could tell you were trying to keep your distance from him. It hurt, but it’s not like it was the end of the world. He figured that you had your reasons for staying away and he wasn’t going to push it.

Now that your body is practically on top of him, though, he can’t help but wonder what the exact reason is for you keeping your distance. He’s tired of it in all honesty. He thought that maybe he could get over his little crush if you were going to stay distant, but his feelings have only grown tenfold.

He can’t walk into any common area of the compound without wondering if you’d be there or if you’d walk in. He’s constantly wondering if you’re thinking the same things of him. He’s always watching you whenever you’re in sight - including during battle, which isn’t the best thing to be doing, but he can’t help it.

“I’m going to take care of you, I promise.” He murmurs, going to press a kiss into your hairline.

“We’re going to get your ankle all fixed up and then I’ll make sure your concussion is getting better. I promised you that you wouldn’t get captured, and I’m promising you now that you’ll heal up just fine.” 

As he talks, he mindlessly plays with the ends of your hair, gently waking you in the process.

“I’ve never broken a promise to you before, and I’m not planning to now. I care for you too much to ever think about hurting you. God it killed me when you passed out. There were still so many hydra agents and I-I just couldn’t let them hurt you. I think I blacked out myself, honestly” he rambles, chuckling lightly, not noticing that your breaths are deeper against his chest.

“I remember watching you pass out and worrying that they’d hurt you while you were out, and then, I don’t know. It’s like I woke up and all the hydra agents were taken care of.”

“All I knew was I had to make sure you were safe. We may not be close, but god do I wish we were. I get that you have your reasons for wanting to keep your distance, but I can’t keep pretending that I don’t have feelings for you. I just wish I could say that to you awake…”

You can feel him sigh, and you can tell he’s frowning without even looking at his face. You can’t help but smile lightly, a small blush covering your cheeks as you bury your head into his chest slightly.

“You’re awake, aren’t you?” He mumbled after a moment.

You nod lightly, gently lifting your head to look at him as he chuckles and shakes his head, his hand rubbing at his temples.

“I have feelings for you too, Steve. That’s why I put distance between us. I-I didn’t think I had a chance….” You admit, looking away from him as you continue your thoughts.

“I thought that having some distance between us would help me stop falling for you.” You chuckle.

“Did it?”

“Not at all.” You laugh, blushing wildly as you look up to him to find a large smile on his face.

“Good.”

With a smile he leans down, capturing your lips with his in a near mind blowing kiss. Years of pining and hidden feelings are finally brought forth, and it’s more than you could have ever dreamed. You swear it felt like fireworks were going off throughout your body - your stomach twisting, your heart racing, and every nerve hyper aware of his touch.

Pulling away you can’t help but giggle, giddy off of his touch. He smiles, tucking some hair behind your ear before pressing kisses all over your face.

“I really like you, y/n.”

“I really like you too, Steve. I’m glad that you were there to make sure I was okay.” You giggle, pressing one last soft kiss to his lips before settling back into bed beside him. 

Making sure that the tv is off, Steve wraps his arm around your waist, pulling you into his body so there’s not an inch of skin without yours upon it. Of course he makes sure you’re comfortable first and that you’re not hurting anywhere. As soon as he’s sure that you’re okay, he presses another kiss to your hairline, whispering sweet words and promises to you as you drift off to sleep once again.

As he feels your breaths become shallower, he can’t help the content smile on his lips. Playing with your hair as you sleep, he drifts off for the night with you.

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