#I also think Nancy would be kind of a bad tutor idk shes like me I get it but I can't explain it well

[livesindelusionland]

snippet from a steddie fic I'm working on and I'm making myself kick my feet and giggle idk

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Eddie’s jaw clenches for a moment before he visibly shakes it off and shrugs. “Thanks. I still think I’d have failed math anyway. Mrs O’Donnell is a hardass who hates every Munson with everything in her. I think she’d have failed me just out of spite.” Eddie snorts but Steve bumps their arms together.

“She’s a dick. I only passed that class because Jonathan helped me.”

“Jonathan? Not Nancy?”

Steve outright laughs at the question and Eddie stops them so he can turn Steve to face him. “Sorry, sorry. No, not Nancy.” Steve squeezes Eddie’s hand. “She didn’t have the patience to explain the formulas to me, she kept over explaining or using really weird examples and then she’d snap at me so I’d snap back and we never got anywhere but Jonathan was just good at making it click in my head. I don’t know. He never got angry or exasperated with me. We didn’t actually hang out much outside of school but I’m grateful he even offered to help. He didn’t have to.” Steve shrugs and gives Eddie a bit of a sheepish smile, lifting their joint hands up to inspect Eddie’s rings so he can avoid eye contact as he waits for a response. When he looks up Eddie is smiling softly at him and Steve cocks his head. “What?” He laughs, wondering what on earth has got Eddie looking at him like that.

“I just really want to kiss you.” Eddie says it so bluntly that it shouldn’t be romantic. It should be cheesy and absolutely not something that has Steve’s cheeks reddening but it works on him.

[mrs-steve-harrington]

Fics I enjoyed this year #1

It’s the end of the year and I thought it would be nice to do this again. I read significantly less fic this year than ever before. Partially because I’ve been writing so much, but also I think because of how draining 2020 has been.

But I did read and enjoy some stuff and want to share the love!!

These will be in no particular order beyond me trying not to shove all the pairings together in one post at a time.

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It's not like people live like this by @pterawaters

Fandom: Stranger Things | Pairing: Stonathan, Stoncy

Summary: Concerned that Steve's less-than-stellar grades might have been making them look bad, his parents hired him a tutor, Jonathan Byers, they were sure he wouldn't find as distracting as his last one. Sure, Jonathan had good grades in school, but he really wished he didn't have to take the extra work to help his mother put food on the table. After all, everyone knew Steve Harrington was a jerk. Right? It turned out, not so much. After an impromptu study-session-turned-party and a game of spin the bottle, Steve and Jonathan both found themselves dating Nancy Wheeler. And that wasn't even the strangest thing that happened to any of them that week.

My Thoughts: Where to even start with this fic? It is so, so good! There are going to be more than one season 1 aus on my rec lists this year because there have been more than one great fics written for it. This one is definitely up at the top for me. You know how sometimes it’s nice when the relationship part of the fic works out fairly well and the conflict is more from outside of it? Yeah, this fic hit that just right. The way Stonathan get together still makes me smile. And when Nancy is brought in? Damn! So good :D And of course there’s actually a plot because this is ptera, queen of plots tbh, and it’s awesome!

A Nice Ring to It by @beatrice-babe

Fandom: Knives Out | Pairing: Benoit Blanc/Marta Cabrera

Summary: Inheriting the estate of a well-known reclusive mystery author, especially inheriting in the specific circumstances in which she did, Marta learned a lot of things quickly. She learned that there was a wine cellar in the house, which housed the kind of liquor she was afraid to breathe on, after Googling how much it was worth. She learned that after the Instagram Live video of her and her car, Marta had to get a new car and fast to avoid being tailed by press and fans. And it meant, fastest of all, Marta learned to dread lawyers. Luckily, Benoit is a good friend to have in a tight jam.

My thoughts: There’s just something about marriage of convenience that is so good, you know? This fic is short and sweet and doesn’t need to be longer because it gives you everything you need. Harlan has a flare for the dramatic and I have no trouble believing he would keep causing Marta a headache like this. The Benoit voice in all of this author’s fics is just *chef’s kiss*. So good! I can hear him so clearly when he speaks, it’s lovely. Just a great fic!

'Cause I dream about nothing but you by comedy-witch

Fandom: Stranger Things | Pairing: Steve Harrington/Reader

Summary: You promised yourself that you would never rewind time unless it was for a fight or to save a friend. The night Steve Harrington confessed was the night you broke that promise.

My Thoughts: This is a gut punch of a fic, wow. I don’t have the words to adequately express how good this was. The angst in this is done so well. The power to repeat something over and over but still remember how it went that first time? Wow. IDK man, I can’t do it justice. It’s just one of my favorite x reader fics. It still crosses my mind all these months later.

[skywaklers]

i got a lot to say about s3

okay so i enjoyed this season, but i didn’t really like it. it left me really unsatisfied. i watched the first three episodes on thursday and i loved them, but the episodes on friday just weren’t as intriguing to me. i’m not sure what it was. maybe just being really excited on thursday? 

i think it could be how will was sidelined after the first few episodes. i love him with all my heart and just want him to be happy, so watching him be sad and unloved hurt me and there was no real resolution to his storyline. after he destroyed castle byers he was just there to say he’s here which... well sucked

as for hopper, i really disliked him this season. he was just mean and bumbling and unlikable imo. i wasn’t rooting for him and joyce like i usually am and the only reason i was sad about his death was for how it affected eleven and joyce.

billy was much more likable in s3 while being the host than his true s2 personality. billy sacrificing himself for el felt so ooc and i am just going to assume that he truly does feel remorse for killing all those people and more out of self hatred than wanting to protect eleven. also max caring for billy so much felt odd. that is her step brother so i’m sure she does care for him on some level and didn’t want him to die, but the amount of compassion she had felt wrong considering their interactions in s2

steve and robin!! they’re not meant to associate with one another, but they end up becoming bffs and accepting each other wholeheartedly. it just warms my heart. steve’s arc about popularity was great, though it wasn’t the story line i really wanted. one of my fears was that steve would be stuck in some minimum wage job he hated. i wish the epilogue would have been robin tutoring him or something instead. though i did love them being a package deal.

also just robin. loved her! and her coming out scene was so good and really touched me. also as new characters go i loved alexei (slurpies out). i wasn’t a huge fan of erica. i didn’t find her cute or funny, just really annoying and taking up screen time for old characters and relationships

and that’s what i found to be a huge problem for this season. a lack of balance between characters. like jonathan might as well as not been there. he felt like nancy’s sidekick which is really unfortunate because i think his best scenes are with joyce and will and they were nonexistent. i don’t even remember him talking to will. and like last season, nancy and mike’s relationship wasn’t there. max and eleven were the only kids to get good scenes and even then.... max wasn’t really in the right. max vs hopper vs mike were just all extremes and i thought it was hard to be on any of their sides. also i think dustin being away from all the other kids and them really not care hurt the season too. and again, how they treated will with no resolution. the only kid i really liked this season was el and kind of dustin. lucas just felt like he was there. 

nancy and jonathan are just boring. i don’t care for either as character and i really don’t care for them together. their fight was interesting, but then it was dropped and jonathan will never doubt her again. i mean, both arguments were valid, though jonathan didn’t have to go with her. idk he was in the wrong, but true points were made. i think nancy best scene was with karen and that was really good.

karen, karen, karen, i felt her thing with billy was unnecessary, uncomfortable, and a huge waste of screen time. that should have been cut in favor showing the friendship of the kids. maybe it was just there to show billy’s mommy issues?

the russians felt over the top, but since it’s 80′s tropes we gotta go all out i guess. loved btf and steve calling mjf alex p. keaton. true eightiesness.

i still don’t understand why they were all eating fertilizer, but maybe i just didn’t pick up on the reasoning.

and having suzie and dustin sing was just... weird. it really out of place and took me out of the moment.

also dacre and millie’s acting was so good this season. i really felt things solely on their performance (especially dacre’s since i dislike billy)

i’m sure i’ve said many unpopular things, but this may take the cake. i’m not sure if i want another season. the ending felt final to me and frankly, i’ve lost interest in the upside down. i love the show and will continue to watch, but how many times can they fight the big bad?

also stancy is dead as heck lol. officially jumping ship to steve x happiness