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agalychnisspranneusroseus · 5 months ago

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What do you think would have happened if Anne remained at Newtopia with Marcy at the end of A Day at the Acquarium?

Ooh what an interesting question! I think it'd depend a lot on why she stayed behind, because if she stayed because Marcy insisted that she had to it would be very different from her staying because she wanted to help Marcy.

I think Anne leaving Marcy behind is very thematically relevant because it show her forming bonds and connections outside of her two middle school friends. She and the Plantars refer to each other as family repeatedly during that episode, with Polly jokingly calling her "sister", and when they're leaving, Anne says "let's go home". She's really come to see Wartwood as her home and the Plantars as her family, and rewatching that episode I kept thinking about how the calamity trio drifted apart as they grew up and I realized... if course they did, and that isn't a bad thing. It means their world grew. They grew. Losing friends, making new friends, leaving some people behind, reconnecting with them... it's all an important coming-of-age process. It's also worth noting the Plantars are the healthiest bond Anne has in Amphibia, with Sprig and Polly being the only people that never betrayed her and were consistenly honest with her. Sprig in particular helped her heal from Sasha's abuse and break free from her influence. No wonder she put him above Sasha and Marcy during True Colors 😭 like at this point he was the only person she could trust.

So, Anne choosing the Plantars over Marcy in ADATA has a double meaning for her.

Firstly, it's an important step forward in Anne's arc. It's her loosening her ties with her old friends a little bit in favor of expanding her world and making more connections. I think this is ultimately a positive thing, because her relationship with Marcy and Sasha was a very toxic one and the distance, growth and perspective that represents her relationship with the Plantars is what eventually saves the original friend group, not to mention Anne's relationship with herself, since her bond with the Plantars encouraged her to grow and form a stronger sense of self (something her friendship with Sasha stunted).

Secondly, it's a step backwards in her relationship with Marcy. You can't have everything. Anne and Marcy's relationship before Amphibia was defined by Anne's lack of interest for Marcy's inner world (not only her interests but her insecurities, her passions, her fears etc) and Marcy's comformity with the crumbs of affection Anne gave her. Marcy repressed her pain until it exploded in the most destructive way possible, kidnapping her friends, taking their lives, families and futures from them so she could have them all for herself. That's some very toxic yuri if I've ever seen any. In this case, Marcy is asking Anne to stay with her, and Anne chooses the Plantars over helping her friend who she hasn't seen in months. She doesn't care much that she's leaving Marcy to do the bulk of the work before their mission alone, or that Marcy may want to keep her friend close after so many months away. You could easily read this as Anne disregarding Marcy's needs and feelings.

Now, I think there were a lot of assumptions Anne made there that contributed to her making that choice. If Marcy had explicitly told her she wanted her close because she missed her and didn't want to be separated again, or that she'd be moving away with her family once their adventure was over, I think Anne might have seriously considered staying. Anne's decision to leave with the Plantars was greatly influenced by her fear of not seeing them again and her desire to make the most of their time together. She also saw Marcy thrive in Newtopia and likely believed she didn't really need her. Marcy kept giving these "logical" explanations instead of telling Anne how she felt, and Anne bought it, so as soon as Marcy told her her presence wouldn't be so crucially required, Anne felt free to go, not to mention Marcy herself validated her desire to leave.

So when we ask what would change if Anne stayed, I think it's important to consider what that would mean for both Anne and Marcy, and that would be determined by what made Anne stay in the first place. It'd be entirely different if Anne stayed because Marcy didn't tell her to leave vs. If Marcy had opened up about why she wanted Anne to stay and Anne made the decision to be with her. And even then, it would vary depending on how much Marcy tells her. Does she just tell her she didn't want them to be separate again? Or did she also tell her she'd move away when they went back home? The more honest Marcy is here, the "healthier" it is when Anne stays.

In that way, we have a spectrum, from More Healthy ( + Marcy honesty) to Less Healthy (- Marcy Honesty).

Best case scenario: Marcy tells Anne why she wants her to be with her and Anne freely chooses to stay in Newtopia. She says goodbye to the Plantars and tells them she really needs to be with Marcy, and that Marcy really needs her. It makes her realize she hasn't really been all that aware of Marcy's emotional needs and she takes note to pay more attention. It would also be a miraculously big jump in Marcy's character arc, since she's pretty much not in the place to open up like that yet. Still, let's imagine something pushed her, maybe they had a bit of an argument paralleling the one they had in Marcy at the Gates in which Anne admitted to being overprotective because she was scared of losing Marcy again. A great step, since she would realize that, huh, maybe being honest about your emotions DOES work!

So, Anne tries to stays in her room in the Hemisphere Hotel for one full night but the loneliness is haunting. Insert some typical Amphibia episode hijinks in which she tries to beat feeling alone and kinda anxious in her lonely hotel room by going to some kind of bar inside the hotel to chat with some tourists until she unexpectedly has an emotional conversation with some stranger about how this is her first time being all alone in a big city, or something like that, which leads her to realize that 1) she's not all alone - Marcy is in the palace! And 2) this was probably how Marcy has been feeling for the past three months. Am I saying she sneaks into the castle for an improptu sleepover and almost gets killed by the security measures installed by Marcy herself? Probably. But she does show up knocking on her balcony door with a few cuts and scratches, and with a bag full of snacks to convince Marcy to let her sleep in her room for the night.

Marcy didn't need to be asked twice.

The next day, she's assigned a new room in the palace, likely in the same hallway as Marcy's. Palace hijinks ensue: sleepovers every week, Anne helping out with the research (though mostly she just provides snacks), little adventures in Newtopia in which Marcy shows Anne all her favorite spots in the city and teaches her about its secrets, and eventually, Anne beginning to realize Andrias means bad bussiness and trying to talk to Marcy about it, though Marcy denies the possibility a little too much.

The whole Temple stuff is a lot more lonely without the Plantars, though I imagine Anne may want to ask Marcy to take her on visits to Wartwood regularly. It's also likely that the Plantars might want to join them in the temples, though I think it's more interesting, for the sake of this AU, to wonder how the first and second temples would have been like if we only have marcanne around. It'd possibly be more personal? I don't think it'd change toooo much at this point, the meat of this AU would really just be marcanne adventures in Newtopia together.

Now, worst case scenario: Anne stays because Marcy just insisted so much, but she never really opens up to her about anything. Plot-wise it's similar to the first scenario but more depressing. Instead of Anne going out of her way to have fun adventures with her best friend before they have to separate, she's just dragging her feet through the preparations for the journey, trying to smile whenever she sees Marcy being happy, but it's not easy. She keeps wondering if she'll ever see the Plantars again. She jumps at any oportunityn to leave Newtopia on Joe Sparrow in hopes of convincing Marcy to take her to visit Wartwood. Marcy originally thinks this is Anne wanting to join her on her travels, only to slowly realize Anne keeps thinking about places far away from her with people who aren't her. This is a scenario in which Marcy doesn't make the selfless decision to send Anne back with the Plantars, so she's being pretty morally questionable here, priorizing her own desires over Anne's in a very possesive way. This Marcy probably feels a lot of guilt about keeping Anne trapped with her but whenever she thinks about sending her back to Wartwood, she's overcome with the fear of losing her together. In her mind, she's just trying to spend time with her best friend and strengthen their friendship. She tries to take Anne on little trips and adventures that she thinks she will like, and Anne does enjoy a lot of these, don't get me wrong. It's not all bad times. But she does miss her frog family.

In the end, I think a different understanding of Marcy's motivations (like the fact that she's scared of losing her friends, and that she was going to move away) might affect how Anne sees her betrayal later on.

#amphibia #anne boonchuy #marcy wu #marcanne #my posts #amphibia meta #this post was so hard to write 😭😭 i couldn't save it on my drafts fffffuCK #but i finished it so here you have it!#TL;DR: fun marcanne adventures in newtopia! little romantic Newtopia dates!

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stevebabey · 4 months ago

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you're the only one for me, baby

1.7k, steddie, one of them getting so drunk that they don't recognise the other and telling them back off i've already got a boyfriend, it's all sweetness <3 likely a modern!au and actually just goobers in love

Eddie doesn't really drink. He's not against partying but he's much more attuned to smoking a little weed to take the edge off, sometimes a spliff if he wants to mix a little business and pleasure.

Eddie doesn't really drink—so when he does, it goes about as well as expected.

From zero to a hundred.

Steve had lost track of him after directing his stumbling feet towards the bathroom to take a leak. But apparently, as he's now found out, this bathroom has two doors.

What the fuck kind of bathroom has two doors, like some weird thoroughfare?

Regardless, it took all of five minutes with no noises coming from the inside before Steve had loudly announced he was coming in, no matter what, getting quite worried for his boyfriend.

He trusted Eddie to not be too sloshed to handle a piss, even if he was on the wilder side tonight, but still leaned up against the door to chase off anyone else looking to knock—because Eddie hilariously gets pee-shy.

The door had opened easily, apparently unlocked, and Steve had stepped into the empty bathroom. The other door across the room, the one he hadn't noticed until now, was wide open to the party.

So, now he's on the hunt for Eddie.

Which is a task that feels a little bit like herding cats because drunk Eddie isn't something Steve has a lot of experience with. But what he does know, is this: it's the opposite of high Eddie.

Stoned, Eddie likes to find the comfiest place he can (usually Steve's lap, or so he proclaims) and sink into it, like melting wax. Then, given he has access to adequate snacks, he doesn't move for quite some time.

Drunken Eddie cannot even fathom the concept of sitting still.

Either way, looking where there's food is a good as a place to start as any.

Steve ambles out the strange two-doored bathroom and flips his head back and forth, trying to remember the direction of the kitchen. He hasn't been here before—one of Eddie's band connections—and Steve's still had a couple beers himself.

He shakes his head and takes a left, relieved when it leads to the stairs. Okay, he sort of knows where he's going now. They had only come upstairs to find the quieter bathroom for Eddie.

As Steve reaches the bottom of the stairs, a faint stir of irritation flashes through him. Eddie just left him behind? That wasn't that nice, even if he was incredibly drunk.

He can hear the din of people chattering just above the music and he follows it, leading him into the half-full kitchen, people dotted around. There's a few pizza boxes scattered around and Steve eyes each of them specifically, looking for the tell-tale wipe of Eddie's greasy fingers. No dice.

Steve wrinkles his nose, spinning around and double checking before he moves on.

If not by the food, then... where?

Steve takes a few steps forward into the living room, his heart beginning to sink and shrivel all at once. There was a miserable feeling attached to looking for his partners at a party, a wallowing and awful memory tied to the feeling.

Steve pushes a hand across his chest roughly, as if trying to shove the feeling away.

Eddie wasn't... her. Eddie wouldn't do that.

But the moment he's thought it, it's stuck in his head. Steve's feet begin to speed up, checking a little more carelessly as he starts to stick his head in different rooms, his hazel eyes jumping around. Not Eddie, not Eddie, not Eddie—so many people and none of them are Eddie.

Until—there. Steve spots a very familiar looking behind as it leans over the back of the couch, the owner of said-behind talking to someone sitting on the couch.

He blinks, just to be sure, but the details come into better focus. There's chains on his belt loops and when he shakes his head, Steve can see the curls he loves to bury his hands into.

Eddie.

Steve's relief pulls him forward, his feet almost stumbling, his mouth pulling into a relieved smile. He puts a hand out, fingers spread, across the leather-clad back.

"Eds," Steve says, relief colouring his voice.

Eddie swings up abruptly, pushing himself off the couch. When he turns, a bit of liquid sloshes out of the beer bottle he's holding.

"Heyyy," The words come out a bit slurred and when he finally stands straight, he doesn't look right at Steve. "Handsssss off the merchandise, buddy."

Steve chuckles, reaching out and plucking the bottle from his boyfriend's grasp. Eddie gawps, an adorable little hiccup interrupting his shocked expression.

"Hey," He says loudly, reaching forward for it fruitlessly as Steve pulls it out reach. "That's mine." Eddie whines.

"You've had more than enough, I think." Steve says. He steals just one gulp of it before he turns at puts it on a nearby table. When he turns back, Eddie is frowning at him, brows pulled together tightly and bottom lip jutting out.

"Listen—" Eddie leans forward, jabbing a finger into Steve's chest. "I dunnowhoyouthinkyouare," The words come out in a one big jumble and Steve frowns.

What? Something sour claws into Steve's chest at the frosty greeting.

"Eddie," Steve says, his hazel eyes wide and worried as his gaze darts between Eddie's squinted face and swaying form.

Steve reaches out to put a hand on his waist, aiming to steady him, but Eddie sees it coming and widens his eyes comically. He swerves back to avoid it, his boots tilting dangerously on the wooden floors. If he was still holding his beer, Steve bets half of it would be on the floor by now.

"Wo-oah," Eddie exaggerates, waving a hand out and batting Steve's outstretched arm away. The rottenness in Steve's chest blooms, rancid and freezing. He sucks in a sharp breath.

"Ed—"

"I—" Eddie says, holding up his hand and waggling one finger at Steve, like he's a naughty schoolboy. His words still have that drunken slur to them.

"—already have a boyfriend, thank you very much. He's much too pretty to be throwing it away for the likes of you, you weasel of a man..." His ludicrous and nonsensical insult trails off under his breath as Eddie's attention is drawn away by a shout across the room.

As he watches Eddie drape himself back over the couch, the sourness between Steve's ribs shifts, transforming into something infinitely sweeter. He lets out a dazed laugh, a wild smile spreading on his face before he can smother it beneath his hand.

I'm dating a lunatic, Steve thinks happily.

He reaches out and steals Eddie's beer once more, taking another large swig before giving it another go.

This time, he sidles up beside Eddie who's engaged back in conversation with one of the guys on the couch, and just waits. It only takes a minute before the dude on the couch seems to realise who Steve's waiting for and he nudges Eddie, gesturing behind him.

Eddie, still bent over the back of the couch, twists only his head to look. This time, the recognition is immediate.

He springs up, pushing the couch forward an inch in his excitement and leaps forward, his hands clawing into Steve's shoulder with a fierce delight.

"Steeeeve," Eddie croons, crowding in close. His hands start moving, fingers searching like curious spiders, fingertips dancing along the sensitive skin of Steve's neck til he's squirming back, laughter betraying him.

"Stop it." He laughs. Steve arrests Eddie's wrists in his hand and Eddie cackles, using the pause to surge forward, kissing him square on the mouth.

Eddie tastes like the beer he's been drinking and Steve barely gets a moment to enjoy it before Eddie's pulling back, leaning forward so they're forehead to forehead.

"I was looking for you." Eddie says, his doe eyes wide. His pupils grow larger the longer he stares at Steve.

Steve grins. "Uh huh. Looking for me between the couch cushions, were you?"

Eddie rears back, his head flipping as he stares back at the couch and then back at Steve. "Nuh uh. I came out the bathroom and you were goooone."

That explains it. Eddie must have left out the other door — and then thought Steve had left him behind and gone hunting for him. Something else settles in Steve's chest, relieved.

"And—" Eddie hiccups. "—and some guy tried to- to freakin' flirt with me. Can you believeee?"

Steve's grin widens by a mile. "Is that so? What you'd tell him?"

"No, of course!" Eddie says, head pulled back as if he's appalled Steve would think otherwise. He shakes his hands out of Steve's grip and drops them, fumbling for a moment to get his fingers into Steve's belt loops.

When he does, he yanks Steve forward a tad too forcefully, their bodies colliding in a way that's more sore than sexy. Eddie continues on as if he doesn't notice. "Even if he was particularly tasty," He murmurs, his lips tracing the column of Steve's throat.

"I let him know, baby." Eddie all but purrs.

And perhaps if the competition Eddie was beating off was literally anyone other than himself, Steve would be right there with him.

Instead, he can't contain his snort of laughter. Eddie was perfect; he was a possessive and drunken dog, barking up the wrong damn tree. Steve loves him.

"You're laughing," Eddie states plainly, even as his doe eyes manage to grow even more round. Steve can't help it, it just makes him laugh more.

"Treason." Eddie declares. Then using the belt loops to keep Steve captive, he leans in and blows a raspberry on his neck.

Steve lets out an unattractive squawk, his laughter melting into Eddie's as he pushes his boyfriend's face away — to which Eddie simply lets himself go limp, his face cradled and held up solely by Steve's hands.

"Christ," Steve says between his laughs, shifting his hand to hold him more tenderly. Eddie smiles dopely, then puckers his lips and closes his eyes.

Steve rolls his eyes, entirely too endeared. "Alright, c'mere," He gives in, leaning and kissing Eddie, short and sweet. When he pulls back, Eddie's eyes are open, starry and gazing up at him. He gives a dreamy sounding sigh. Steve's heart fizzles, like it's full of pop-rocks.

"Ready to go?"

"As long as it's with you, baby." Eddie says, sounding every bit like he means it.

#steve asks him if he can remember the other dude in the morning #eddie: i do recall him being distinctly super hot..... [his ass still has no clue]#steve never tells him for the fact that eddie is so chuffed to 1) get hit on and 2) get to defend his relationship #its steve lil secret :-) he does tell robin tho and she laughs so hard soda comes out her nose #i love this silly trope !#even better if they’ve only been together a short -ish time #does eddie ever find out you may ask? why yes he does. at their wedding 😇#if you take anything from this its my headcanon that eddie is pee-shy #it's gooberish but after months and months of 'you're not from around here' i'm okayyyy with that #its nice to have simply written and finished something sillay #steddie #ruby writes steddie #steve x eddie #steddie fic #steddie ficlet #steddie fanfiction #steddie fluff #established relationship #steve harrington #eddie munson #if u have more of this trope SENDDDD PLEEEK #eddie rlly is the most in love in this

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