#anyways i’m gonna go reblog some st*ncy s1 gifsets and call it a day on this one

[buck-yyyy]

alright. i have very specific feelings about j*ncy versus st*ncy, but i’ve never actually articulated them properly so i feel like all anyone ever thinks of me is that i’m a st*ncy which is,,,,, not entirely true. so. gonna clarify even though no one cares lmao

i enjoy steve and nancy’s relationship in season one, and i think that their personalities are fun to play with together. i also think that they needed to break up in season 2, and that they shouldn’t get back together.

look, i’m the most casual of casual with them. never read a single fic, drawn or written anything about them, nor do i enjoy much of the fandom content around them.

BUT

i happen to dislike j*ncy WAYYYY more—but not for the reason that most st*ncys do?

a common belief in that community is that jonathan stalked nancy, took pictures of her nude, gaslit her into thinking it wasn’t a big deal, and then looked past the misogyny that she faced in season three.

all i have to say to that is: did you watch the fucking show

jonathan was out looking for will in the woods. he stumbled across steve’s house, where he saw nancy undressing and took photos of her, intending them to be art, not porn. was this a fucked up, stupid thing to do? yes. was steve kinda right to break his camera? also yes. BUT STOP SAYING HE STALKED HER.

jonathan didn’t gaslight her (do any of you actually know what the fuck that word means?). nancy joined jonathan in looking for will and searching for the truth, where he then apologized and explained what he was thinking, which nancy accepted.

it is up to personal interpretation whether or not you think that apology should’ve been accepted or not—but don’t fucking call it gaslighting. google is free, try a damn dictionary—we both know damn well that’s not what gaslighting is.

and with the whole “jonathan ignored the misogyny she faced at the newspaper!!11!1!!1!1!!!” NANCY IGNORED THE FACT THAT JONATHAN NEEDED THAT JOB TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY!!!!!!! and while they both apologized, jonathan’s acceptance of her apology was presented moreso as a “i should never have questioned you because you were right and i should have known that”, which, with the context they had (literally just sick rats??) is, imo, NOT ENOUGH OF A REASON TO PRETEND NANCY WASN’T ALSO IN THE WRONG.

the reason i don’t like them together is NOT because jonathan is a piece of shit terrible pervert of a person, it’s because of the abundance of miscommunication (which is doubled down on in s4), the continued favoring of nancy girlboss moments in their relationship over actual connection and communication, and the decisions that the writers continuously make with them that i just really strongly disagree with.

anyways nancy should end up with robin (or be by herself for a while. also acceptable lmao), jonathan should go to NYU like he always dreamed of, and steve should learn to appreciate what he’s worth outside of a relationship in s5 send post