#eddie had a huge crush on steve since they both were teens and steve first was pushed into fame

[tartarusknight]

Okay but Steve Harrington who somehow landed a talk show/late night show host job. I'm basing this on a clip of the Kelly Clarkson Show, so let me cook.

Steve was pushed into the public eye by his parents either singing or acting. But as he grew up still under his thumb, married to someone they chose who was as controlling and manipulative as his parents, he started hating it all. The fame and money were just reminders of it all. But slowly with a lot of support from Robin, Steve cut those ties. He fought to get the money that was always supposed to be his but in the end he walked away with little money to his name. Even though his name was still quite popular.

He took a break and stayed with Robin, who pushed him to keep going out and doing what he enjoyed but it was hard. He stayed online and people loved seeing his clips. He thought about stepping out of the light completely but then Robin got him a job as a host. The show did well for a late night show and he was enjoying it the best he could. Sometimes he had a bad experience but as he aged, he stopped letting it affect him as much.

He was easy going and made everyone as comfortable as he could. Sure there were people who'd try to start rumors but he did his best to get through it. He was a single bisexual man who divorced his last husband, there was always going to be rumors going around. He didn't get out much for his own life but he gained many friends through the people that came through his show. He just never filled that spot in his heart that longed for love.

That is until Eddie Munson, lead guitarist and singer of Corroded Coffin came on the show. Steve instantly liked the man but forced himself to stay on script. He refused to flirt or show his attraction, even as the man flirted with him. But as Steve was in the middle of asking Eddie about a question on the topic of the lastest tour a photo popped up on his screen.

Steve's voice caught and his train of thought flew out the window at the picture of Eddie mid performance, shirt off, sweat dripping, and his guitar low on his hips. Steve could've died right there as he tried to formulate his question.

"Wow, do you- that's a lot of- right, you must work out- like those muscles- sorry, your shape- you're in shape! Do you have a routine?" Steve finally spit out and only barely stopped himself from hiding his face in his hands.

Eddie smirked at him and slid back in his chair more, "oh yeah. Never used to but Jeff made a good point one day. You gotta be ready to lift your partner," Eddie's grin went from wicked to charmingly innocent in a second and Steve got whiplash, "Over all the mud puddles."

Steve barely managed to keep it together the rest of the interview and Eddie didn't make it any easier on him. Slowly calling Steve more and more pet names. It made Steve want to say fuck it and climb the man, but he stopped himself. Well until later when he knocked on Eddie's dressing room and the two of them finally got in the same page.

After that, well Steve and Eddie were seen together more and more.

[steveshairychest]

previous anon! :D

child actors steve and eddie who worked on a movie together and developed crushes on each other. after the movie, they dont see each other again until eddie is playing music at this fancy party. he recognizes steve immediately because steve became a famous model. it takes steve a second to recognize eddie, but steve knows it's eddie because of his eyes. they have a reunion and kiss. 💅🏼

oh this is delightful! Child actors steddie has got my brain worms spinning around.

The first and only movie they ever did together became quite a hit. Steve and Eddie both played the love interest for the other young girl in the movie, but the reason the movie became so popular is because of the amazing chemistry between the supposed rival characters that Steve and Eddie played.

They spent a lot of time together on set. Eddie was 14, Steve was 13, so they got in quite a bit of trouble for causing mischief on set, as was to be expected of teen boys. They also rehearsed their lines together and when no one was looking, Eddie would lean in close and kiss Steve's cheek just like he had to do with the girl. "I've got to practice!" He'd say.

Steve never denied him. Not even when he accidentally misjudged and planted a kiss right on Steve's lips.

That was Steve's first kiss. Eddie's too.

"Look at her, not at Steve!" The director would scold Eddie while he was giving his lines. He never looked at Steve on purpose, he just found his eyes wandered while giving the sweet lines.

It was just a coincidence that his eyes always found Steve while delivering the line, "I think I love you."

After the movie and all the press was over, the boys went their separate ways and very rarely saw each other.

Eddie sometimes saw Steve's face plastered on billboards while he walked the streets because Steve had abandoned acting and chosen to model. If he stopped and stared for an obscenely long time, well that was his own business. Eddie always used to tell Steve he was pretty.

Acting didn't work out for Eddie either. He got enough money from the one gig to set him up but now he spent most of his time making music and performing at other famous people's parties. It's not the type of stage he wanted to perform on but it was better than nothing.

He was performing at his old co-stars party that night, the girl from the movie, he barely remembered her name. The only thing he remembered from back then was Steve. He still knew that Steve's favourite colour was sunflower yellow and that he liked 3 sugars in his coffee. They used to drink so much coffee at that age to stay awake.

Sometimes he wondered if Steve would even remember him. Would he stop and say hi if he saw Eddie on the street or would he keep walking? Would he add him back if Eddie was man enough to follow him on instagram? Probably not.

Eddie had changed since they were kids. Lots of tattoos and piercings and long hair instead of a buzz cut made him nearly unrecognizable. Steve had barely changed. Eddie could still see the young boy he'd had a crush on in the handsome face that stared at him from billboards.

He's tuning his guitar while the party guests meander into the crazy huge mansion when he spots a familiar face in the crowd. A face that caused him to stop and just stare, his eyes unable to look away from Steve Harrington. He watched Steve glide through the crowd, his smile bright and friendly as he hugged and greeted people, some he kissed on the cheek which made Eddie remember the first time he kissed Steve's cheek.

Steve didn't see him at first, his focus on the people around him, but then Eddie bumped into the mic and caused a feedback screech to echo around the building. "Sorry." He laughed into the mic.

And then Steve's eyes meet his and Eddie could see no hint of recognition in them at all. He smiled up at Eddie as if to say, 'It's ok', but then something changed. His smile dropped and his mouth fell open into a surprised little oh.

Eddie could see Steve mouth his name, could see the realization wash over him as he took in Eddie on the stage.

"Hi." Eddie said into the mic, both to the audience and to Steve, who was walking slowly towards the stage.

"Hi." Steve mouthed the words to him.

Eddie was glad that he took this gig, was glad that he took the time to put on his best outfit and brush his hair.

But most of all he was glad that Steve remembered him.

[amongthegraham]

Resurrecting a Classic

“Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.”

If you read that and busted up laughing, congratulations, you are a fan of the nonstop off-the-wall humor featured in 1985’s “Better Off Dead.”

“Better Off Dead” may have a very strong cult following, but outside of the fans that cherish it, many people just don’t get it and think it’s an awful movie. Much like the comedy series “The Kids in the Hall,” you either love it or hate it. There is no middle ground.

I can specifically remember introducing it to someone and they just kept repeating “this isn’t funny” and quit watching it. The final straw was the math class scene when the students are ecstatic over the complicated material and the way they unanimously rejoice over their homework assignment of memorizing “pages 39 to 110 for tomorrow’s lesson.” True, no teenager would groan when the bell rings and they have to leave the class, but that’s precisely what make “Better Off Dead” so unconventionally hilarious.

Even the star of the film, John Cusack, is anti “Better Off Dead.” According to “13 Facts About ‘Better Off Dead’” from Mental Floss, after fighting to cast Cusack as the lead, Lane Meyer, Cusack crushed writer/director Savage Steve Holland when he walked out of the screening in the first 20 minutes and then confronted Holland the next day, saying, “You know, you tricked me. ‘Better Off Dead’ is the worst thing I have ever seen. I will never trust you as a director ever again, so don’t speak to me.” This was quite the predicament since that was the same day the two would commence working together on Holland’s follow-up film, “One Crazy Summer.”

However, recently Cusack has come to appreciate the film and told The Nerdist podcast that he didn’t hate it, he just got sick of talking about it, and that he did feel “terrible” the cast and crew thought he truly disliked “Better Off Dead.” Costar Curtis Armstrong, who plays best friend Charles De Mar in the comedy, commented on Cusack signing a “Better Off Dead” poster in the past few years, telling The Nerdist, “That was huge, because he literally would not sign anything.” He added, “Somebody would hand him something and he would push it away, it was like a cross in front of a vampire.”

Cusack’s view of the movie is even more exasperating when you consider how phenomenal he is as the heartbroken teen who ponders suicide when his girlfriend dumps him for the captain of the ski team. His deadpan performance is positively unforgettable and definitely helped cultivate his acting skills.

So, why am I talking about this 32-year-old movie this week? Truthfully, I have an early deadline due to Labor Day so won’t be able to review Depeche Mode’s August 30th Tinley Park concert (that will be the subject of next week’s review). Therefore, I am revisiting this classic film.

This past August 24, I randomly texted my buddy that I was hankering to watch “Better off Dead.” He immediately responded, “I’m in!” Interestingly, my buddy was 13 when “Better Off Dead” was released and saw it in the theater. I was 3, but would later discover it thanks to USA always airing it during “No Class Movie Daze” marathons.

Despite the age difference, we both deeply revere “Better Off Dead.” Though we have both seen the film countless times and know every little detail, a fly on the wall would have thought it was our first screening judging by how uncontrollably hard we were laughing. Maybe the Schlafly Pumpkin Ale played a role, but at what point I had tears in my eyes.

As we watched, the two of us incessantly pondered how anyone could possibly not like “Better Off Dead?” Even after the movie, the praise continued for quite some time. One characteristic we could not get past was the fact that there is literally no down time in “Better Off Dead.” Every scene is one bizarre situation after another.

What makes the movie even more enjoyable is that it’s actually a true story.

The movie is based on Holland’s own experience with losing his girlfriend to the high school ski captain. He actually tried to kill himself in the garage, but the pipe he was hanging from busted and his mom only cared about all the water raining down. He began keeping a diary of his experiences and people found them hilarious, not depressing.

There is no other movie on the planet quite like “Better Off Dead.” An animated hamburger emulating Eddie Van Halen, a scary paperboy hell-bent on $2, Japanese drag racing brothers (only one speaks English, but only by channeling Howard Cosell), a mom that cooks disgusting food that moves (Holland’s own mother was the basis for the character and she actually gifted him TV dinners for his birthday), snorting snow and Jell-O in lieu of real drugs, and a little brother that picks up “trashy women,” never speaks, and builds his own spaceship…these are just glimpses of this extraordinary cult classic.

Though not everyone is on the same side when it comes to this comedy, one thing is certain: I will go to my grave continuing to spread “Better Off Dead” awareness.