#and lucas is dealing with max's situation on top of eddie's death

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Reminder that Lucas WAS a part of the Hellfire Club and he DID know Eddie, so he WILL be affected by his death, just like Dustin and Mike will be.

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ST4 pt.2 thoughts under the cut! here’s my post from last month about pt.1

Brenner begging El to understand what he did was “for her” when all he did was torture and hurt her and her not giving him that understanding felt so incredibly good. I was worried they’d make his end this touching moment between them, but imo after all the shit he put her through, trying to actually save her for once (even if it was out of selfishness) was very cathartic. 

both the orchestral additions to Running Up That Hill in pt1 and the remix for Separate Ways at the end of ep8 were *chefs kiss* incredible uses of songs while adapting them for the scenes they were used for. Like holy shit, amazing editing!!

jason is supposed to be attractive, but imo the only moments he looked hot were in ep8 when he looks kinda greasy and unhinged lol

the Russians having even more Upside Down shit desperately needs an explanation! where did they get the demodogs from!! the goddamn particles!!!! this doesn’t make sense!!! to be fair though, the whole Russia plot felt incredibly bloated. Loved Dimitri though.

Lucas and Max continue to be the cutest couple out of all the canon pairs tbh. Like, I genuinely don’t care for most of the romance in the show, but these two just have so much chemistry with each other and so much love for each other. Caleb absolutely knocked it out of the park in ep9. 

i fucking knew Steve trying to get Nancy back would happen but i didn’t want it and i hate that it was so heartfelt and sweet???? The way Joe delivered that little speech about the camper van was just too charming, even though it was soo unnecessary. Nancy not saying anything later when he revealed that he imagined her at his side and then her just going back to Jonathan at the end was kinda hilarious tough. 

Both Steve and Nancy defending the other when other ppl are dismissive of them warms my cold heart though. Please, I just want them to be friendly exes!!!!!

Steve’s little anecdote about him crawling backwards as a baby and then falling down the stairs and hitting his head puts another mark on the “the harringtons are shitty parents” tally. baby your head is more craced eggshell by this point!!!!

can we PLEASE stop with the guy speeches.though!! eddie got one jason got one mike got one even the camper story felt like a mini speech. im tired!!

ppl call Billy racist for threatening Lucas and shoving him around, so i hope everyone really fucking goes after jason bc on top of having to watch Lucas actually threatened by a white dude with a gun and almost beat and chokes to death felt borderline insensitive to, y’know. fuckign everything. same thing with that guy holding erica down. 

here’s the thing: while i think it’s shitty writing for the show to leave out Billy being a victim of abuse and to simply get rid of Neil (because the writers would have actually have needed to deal with the abuser still being there), i do think Max gets to hate Billy for how he treated her. more importantly though, in the scene where she admits that she wanted him to die, she pretty obviously makes that speech to access the deepest pit of her depression and her lowest point emotionally to draw vecna in. and i don’t think that negates what she said at billy’s grave. i think she came to terms with these terrible feelings and she was forced to finally put into words both the good and the bad.

genuinely sad about the death flags for Eddie coming true. His guitar scene??? insane. that interaction Dustin had with the uncle at the end? heart wrenching

Max saying she doesn’t want to die while essentially dying in Lucas arms?? hellow??? WHO SAID THIS WAS OKAY :(((((( . 

the way will essentially did a whole speech about how much he loves mike while also comforting El was so, so sad. and jonathan of course knew. imo they’ve been handling Will’s feelings really well with this situation. Like, he genuinely loves El and cares for her. He didn’t want her to lie to Mike. He probably encouraged her to make the hero diorama in the beginning of the season because he wanted her to make sth that would make her happy. but man, that whole situation must be so fucking painful. Really, really well acted imo.

To add to that, while I don’t necessarily care for who dates who, I very much love the way a lot of the relationship dynamics are portrayed in the show and I think this season really nailed that. Robin and Steve, Steve and Eddie, Dustin and Eddie, Max and her entourage of Dustin/Lucas/Steve, so many more!! 

Jonathan taking Will aside to reassert how much he loves him was also a standout scene. There’s not much I have to say about Johnathan most of the time, but goddamn does their sibling relationship warm my heart.

Hawkins splitting into quarters was honestly an amazing culmination of vecna trying to get both dimensions connected. I had a feeling something like this would happen and I wonder if the upcoming season will lead to more of the public finding out about the Upside Down because it can’t be covered up anymore.

Some overall thoughts on the season: Some parts, especially Russia and the hatemob in Hawkins dragged on for way too long. It’s not a perfect season and for example Eddie dying was a truly shitty move- one they already did with Bob ffs!! Let the nerds have their hero moments!! Despite that, as I said last month, I think the tone and atmosphere, the mix of horror, mystery, humor and relationship dynamics was some of the best stuff I’ve seen since s1. It’s been an absolute blast watching this season tbh

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Just Another Day: Chapter 7

I'm really sorry that this update took a whole month but university has been kicking my butt!!! Hopefully it was worth the wait!

words: 2.1K

summary: Stranger Things/IT crossover in which Richie and Mike are twins, Mileven is real, and even though Hawkins Lab was shut down what lies beneath the Upside Down is still up to no good!

READ ON AO3 // chapter 6

The group stood in their spots, their feet glued to the ground in fear. None of them knew who or what the lady in front of them was but they could all tell that she wasn’t safe and that they needed to get out of there. Everyone looked around at each other, waiting for someone to say something, make a decision or a plan of how to get them all out safely.

“No thank you,” Mike finally broke the silence. “We actually all had dinner already.”

“Yeah, we’ll just be going now!” Dustin chimed in bravely. Thinking this was their chance to slip away, the group turned around to head back outside through the door.

The lady tilted her head. “What’s your hurry?” She asked. Lucas reached for the door handle to push it open, but he heard a click noise signalling that the door had been locked. They all turned back around to see the lady standing in front of them now, just about seven feet away. “Please, have a seat.” She gestured towards the long table that ran down the center of the diner. The table wasn’t there before and none of them could wrap their head around how it had mysteriously appeared.

“Just d-do what she says,” Bill whispered to the group and they all slowly shuffled their way towards the table. They each sat down carefully, sliding into their seats slowly.

Richie slipped into his chair, his hand still firmly in Eddie’s. He could feel Eddie’s smaller hand slowly grip his tighter and Richie gave him a small squeeze. Eddie turned his head to look at Richie and he gave him a reassuring head nod.

“Now,” the lady began to speak. “Mike already mentioned that you have all eaten dinner so how about some desert?” She asked. “I have some pies, a few cakes, there’s even ice cream and sorbets in the freezer too!” She walked away from the table and back behind the counter. She reached for an apron that was laying over the counter and she slipped it on. “I know you all seem to be fans of milkshakes, I can whip some of those up for you all too.” She offered as she tied the apron’s strings in front of her waist.

“I’ll have a slice pie.” Beverly said. Max, who was sitting next to her, whipped her head around to glare at the other red-headed girl. “With some vanilla ice cream too, please.”

The lady clapped her hands together in delight. “Coming right up!” She turned to move around behind the counter, putting together Beverly’s request.

“Bev, what the fuck are you doing?” Dustin asked leaning in over the table. He had lowered his voice, so the lady couldn’t hear.

“If this is your ‘I want to run towards something and not away’ crap then you can just stop it right now!” Stan ordered.

Beverly looked back over at the girl to make sure she wasn’t watching them. “Look, we’re already in this situation and by the feeling this creepy place gives me, I don’t think we’re getting out of it anytime soon, “she explained. “I might as well eat some free pie while I’m still alive.”

“But what if it’s poisonous?” Will asked with concern.

Beverly shrugged. “Then I’m going out eating my favourite food!”

Mike crossed his arms over his chest and sighed. He leaned back into his chair, slouching slightly. He eyed the lady as she walked towards the table with Beverly’s pie in her hand. She carefully placed the plate in front of her and gave her a smile and a bon appetite. She moved to the other end of the table where Bill and Mikey were sitting and started talking to them, asking what they would like to eat. Mike quietly scooted his chair closer to Eleven’s who was sat next to him.

“Is there anything you can do?” He whispered to her.

She shook her head. “I don’t know,” she whispered back. “I don’t know what she is and if I tried to hurt her, I’m not sure how much it would take out of me.”

Mike nodded his head. He knew that Eleven was capable of a lot of things, especially since her time spent in the cabin, but she was right. No matter how strong she was, they didn’t know what they were dealing with and they couldn’t afford to mess around and risk someone getting hurt. They both looked back at the lady who had now brought desert to a few of the others, but Richie, Eddie, and Will had all refused to eat anything.

Richie had his arms crossed over his chest, sitting in the same position as his twin now. He chewed on his lip as he analyzed the situation he was currently in. Across from him a few of his friends were nibbling on the desert that the mystery lady had brought them. She had yet to tell them her name or why she insisted that they all eat her food. Richie couldn’t understand why any of them were even eating the food either. Had their mothers not taught them to refuse food from strangers, especially ones who were not from this dimension?

The lady was now standing on the side of the table across from where Richie was sat and she placed her hands on her hips. “Are you sure you don’t want anything to eat, Richie?” She asked with her head tilted slightly.

“How come you know my name but I don’t know yours?” Richie asked her bravely. He wasn’t sure where his courage was coming from, maybe it bubbled up from his annoyance of being in the weird situation to begin with.

A look of shock came over her face. “Oh my, what a horrible hostess I am!” She gasped. She shuffled to the end of the table as everyone’s eyes fell upon her. She stood tall with her hands clasped together in front of her waist, her elbows sticking out from the side. “My name is Nagmia,” she explained. “Or you can call me Mia for short.”

“That’s an odd name.” Richie challenged, staring her in the eye.

Her mouth fell into a tight line. “Well, that’s what I am, Richie. Nagmia.” She said. Her gaze challenged Richie back as if her eyes were daggers and she was trying to shoot them through his glasses. Richie refused to look away first. He blinked, but as he did he could have sworn he saw her eyes flicker bright green, the same way he had seen in Eddie days earlier. A shiver fell down his spine.

A silence fell over the room as everyone who was eating went back to their food. The sound of silverware clinking against the china made Richie cringe. He hated everything about the situation. He didn’t understand where they were. He didn’t like the creepy vibe this Nagmia lady was giving him. He definitely hated that his friends were easily accepting the mood she was giving them too.

“This cake is delicious, Mia,” Max complimented as she placed her fork down on the now empty plate.

Nagmia smiled. “Thank you, Maxine.” She accepted. “I am so glad you enjoyed it. Would you like anything else?”

“A milkshake, actually!” Max replied and Nagmia smiled with a nod.

“I’ll have one too,” Beverly chimed in. Bill had lowered his fork too as he requested a milkshake for himself. Soon half of the table had ordered milkshakes and Nagmia returned behind the counter with a smug smile.

“What the hell are you all doing?” Mike asked the group in a hushed tone as the milkshake machine whirred up across the diner.

“Relax Mike,” Dustin sighed. “The food is actually good.”

“It’s probably full of poison for some shit!” Mike stated. “You’re all going to drop dead or start bleeding to death soon because of some desert and we’re going to have to get out of this mess!” He gestured to the others who hadn’t eaten a single bite of the mystery food.

“Maybe not all things are dangerous, Mike,” Lucas said, earning a glare from him.

“Yeah Mike, not all things are dangerous,” Beverly said with a smile. Her eyes were wide, staring at Mike and she tilted her head slightly to the side before her grin faded away and she looked back at her plate.

Nagmia returned with a tray full of drinks, each topped with whipped cream and a bright red maraschino cherry. She placed them down in front of them one by one. Mike watched as she placed one before him, despite not having ordered one.

“I didn’t ask for one.” Mike reminded her as she moved to place one down before Richie beside him. He pushed the drink away from him on the table.

“Just have a sip before denying it entirely.” She requested. Her voice was smooth and for some reason, Mike wanted to listen to her.

Mike looked at the drink in front of him. It did look good, it was probably silky and sweet just how he liked them. He pulled the drink back towards him but didn’t sip it, just looked at it intently. He felt a tap of his thigh from beside him. He looked to Richie, assuming that was where it came from and met his eyes.

Pretend. Richie mouthed to him. Mike furrowed his eyebrows in confusion as he watched his brother place his lips on the straw but not suck anything through it. He pulled away and pretended to swallow before licking his lips.

Mike turned back to his drink and did the same, even humming in delight the same way he would if he were drinking a milkshake at their favourite restaurant. He could feel Eleven’s eyes watching him and he did the motion again before turning to her and mouthing the same request Richie had given him. She nodded her head and joined in on the charade too.

Nagmia observed the kids as they all drank their milkshakes, each of them commenting on how sweet and delicious they were. Mike had managed to stir his around making it look like he had drunk some of the drink.

“These were delicious, but I think we should all be on our way now,” Mike said as he pushed up from his chair.

Richie followed suit beside him. “Yeah, thanks for the treat Mia.” The rest of the group stood up and gave their thanks as they all headed for the door. Just as Mike was pushing open the door, Nagmia called out from behind them.

“See you all soon!” Her voice was chipper and knowing.

And with that Mike led them all out. He crossed the street, Eleven and Richie closely behind him and into the bushes that they had climbed through earlier. Once everyone was on the other side he spoke up.

“What the fuck were all of you thinking back there?” He practically yelled at his friends. “Are you all idiots now?”

“Calm down Mike,” Stan insisted. “Nothing bad happened.”

“But it easily could have!” Richie added in. “She could have easily poisoned you all! You could all be dead right now!”

“You were druh-drinking the milkshakes too, though.” Bill stated.

They all shook their heads. “We were pretending to drink the milkshakes, so she wouldn’t suspect anything of us.” Eddie explained. “We’re not dumb enough to get ourselves killed.” Everyone who had drunk them stood there quietly.

“Yeah, I don’t want to deal with all of this sort of thing again,” Will added shyly. “I thought our lives were going to go back to normal.” He paused. “I want my life to be normal.”

“I want our lives to be normal too.” Eleven agreed. “Which is why I didn’t do anything that Mia told me to.” Mike nodded his head in agreement.

“Come on,” Richie said. He started walking ahead of everyone else. “I want to go home.”

Mike gave the group a glare before grabbing El’s hand and following his brother. Eddie kicked a stray rock on the path and crossed his arms as he jogged to join Richie at the front. The rest of the group shuffled behind them through the woods with their heads hanging low.

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