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“For Forever” from Dear Evan Hansen but it’s just Dustin singing about Eddie at Eddie’s funeral.

[bluelancelion]

So, I've been re-watching Stranger Things S1 - S4 and I got things to say just to let them out of my system.

First of all, kudos to the Duffer Brothers for one of the best found family ever created. I love the gang, I love the later addition of Max, Robin and Eddie. The characters are clean.

But here's the thing, let's talk about characters and, more specifically, Steve and Nancy.

So, we pretty much got a weird vibe between Nance and Steve in S4, kinda heavy hinting that Steve is totally not over Nance and they might get back together.

Now here's why this is a bad move.

First of all, I heard somewhere that Stranger Things is supposed to end like a circle, so many things that we've seen in S1 might return by the end of S5 (aka last season).

IF that's true, quoting some fans theories, then:

- Robin is gonna become Nancy's bestie (taking Barb's place)

- Steve and Nancy are gonna get back together (?)

Look.

I know what you're cooking here.

Steve and Nancy started their relationship when they both weren't fully evolved as characters, right? We're gonna pull a "right person, wrong moment" move in S1 that's gonna come back in s5 because after their MASSIVE character development, Steve and Nancy are basically two complete new people.

THAT could've worked IF Johnathan didn't exist.

Cause let's be real here, if Johnathan didn't exist, this trope would've been perfectly fit. BUT-

You guys gave us the whole "Nancy likes Steve but she's not in love with him" and then you pull out Johnny boy and pretend like we don't pick up the fact that Nancy loves him?

Plus, if Murray says so, then it's law.

I don't make the rules here! He's basically jesus, everything he says is right and if that man says Nancy and Johnathan love each other, then they love each other. If he says Hopper and Joyce love each other, then that's true, no questions asked.

"But people change, and Murray could always say that as things are now, Nancy and Steve are perfect for each other."

Yeah, maybe, but then what was the point of giving us such good chemistry between Johnathan and Nancy? They've hit it off since season 1, carrying it all on season 2, had a difficulty overcome TOGETHER in season 3, making their relationship even stronger if you ask me-

Only for it to... to what? In season 4? (I haven't rewatched season 4 yet so I don't remember the details except they wanna go to different colleges, but I'm dead sure they don't break up yet)

But noooo, the Duffer Brothers want to give us a lesson. Every person in our life is important to us and they shape the person we are today. Nancy needed a Johnathan in her life, in that specific moment of her life, not a Steve. But as we get closer to the future, or the present in s5, we might find out that the character that is Nancy Wheeler in that season, in that period of her life, doesn't need a Johnathan anymore, but a Steve.

And I don't say "need" as if boys can be swapped like socks, I mean that maybe Nancy is building her future somewhere where Johnathan doesn't want to be, or maybe Johnathan is growing into a man who's goals are far away from Nancy's.

And this is heartbreaking, cause you know these causes might lead to a break up and it had NOTHING to do with their feelings for each other. Nancy and Johnathan love each other, no matter if they break up or not because what they want in life is different.

Which brings us back to Steve getting back with Nancy.

Look, I'm all in for people finding happiness, but it feels a bit odd to give us such a good couple, make them break up (and thus breaking our hearts, but no matter what, we'll still love them both because life led them to break up, not their feelings)... Only for Nancy to be RANDOMLY back with Steve? Like???

I don't know, it gives me a bittersweet taste.

Now. Let's not forget this is Stranger Things, and stuff might go fucking south like:

- Johnathan dies and Nancy is left grieving. We have a timeskip into the future where Nance and Steve are together again, fighting the grief in the company of each other. Maybe in the past, Steve and Johnathan fought side by side in the Upside Down and it was Steve who failed to save Johnatan. In the meanwhile Steve and Nancy got closer as well, so it's easier to digest their reunion if it's under this perspective.

But seriously? Are we gonna pull that, Duffers?

OR Steve dies (please no) and Nancy's right there to hear his last wish and maybe she kisses him? Like a goodbye forever kiss, they might've worked out if it weren't for Jonathan and how things went in the end, yadda yadda

Honestly, I can think of a bunch of theories about how this could go, but no matter HOW it goes, I still think that making Steve not over Nancy is a tiny bit of an insult to his character development.

After Robin, his character was peak. He was supposed to get with her (which let's admit it, we all low-key rooted for it) but when Robin's actress proposed her idea of making Robin a lesbian, literally everything went from perfect to THE EPITOME OF PERFECTION. King (hair) Steve Harrington, popular once douchebag, now single mom besties with a lesbian? Peak writing. PEAK. WRITING.

You know what could've been even more peak? Making Steve come out as bi and have a little thing with Eddie but y'all were cowards

BACK TO MY POINT. Steve wishes for and deserves a soulmate, never ending love and a family. And, in a way, he has that already through the kids, through Robin, his friends-

I just... I don't think, and I neither see Nancy being that person for Steve. And it sucks cause they could've made a character specifically for Steve to fall in love with (I know, that was supposed to be Robin but since she's not anymore, either give Steve someone new cough Eddie would've been a good match cough OR give us a new female character so he can have his dream love story and we'd all be happy) instead of recycling old characters who had an awesome journey just to end where it all began.

And I get it, this is supposed to be Stranger Things ending, right? To finish where it all started.

And again, the Steve and Nancy of S5 might be exactly who they need in their lives at that moment.

But after EVERYTHING we've seen so far in these 4 season? Nah man. Just... It doesn't work.

I'd be happy to hear your thoughts :)

[chirpsythismorning]

Do you think the duffers received a fair pay (like an exception to the rule)? Sometimes i see pro strike fans saying something like "pay the duffers better" and Im here like hmmm i don't think the strike is about the duffers at all hun

The Duffers represent the sector of show-runners that are top earners, especially considering they also take on the roles of executive producers/directors, which have separate negotiations, and that obviously increases their salary a hell of a lot more than what they get as show-runners.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of instances of show-runner's being screwed over and not compensated for their work, even despite massive success. I mean look at Squid Game, a series that went on to make Netflix a billion in profits and yet the creator did not see any of those profits because of the slimy deal they got dealt (which is so painfully ironic considering the plot of Squid Game is the very cutthroat impacts of capitalism).

I guess the only thing that might be worthy of considering is the fact that the Duffer Brothers are in fact two people, like the Wachowki sisters or the Russo Brothers. So are they getting paid as if they are two separate entities, or are they getting slightly less than they would if they operated separately?

Regardless, you are in fact right, as this strike is about the majority of writers and actors, many of whom cannot even qualify for health insurance because of how little they make, based on a system that is going along with outdated conditions that no longer apply.

If you break it all down, it should not be an issue to pay their workers a living wage. That should be the absolute bare fucking minimum which is what the writers and actors are asking for AT LEAST.

The problem is that breaking it all down would reveal things that studios don't want to contend with. It would reveal that the actors all across the board are getting underpaid, based on the profits they are seeing.

It would be one thing if Netflix made no money from the content they make, but they do. And so why is that profit not being shared with the people that made it possible? Why are they prioritizing the wealth of CEOs, who are getting in the 500 millions of profits?

If they gave everyone what they deserved, based on the profits they are seeing, they wouldn't make those hundreds of millions, but instead millions... And that's a problem for them and their shareholders who want to make as much as possible, and are willing to make cuts anywhere they can.

And we're seeing this across all industries, where we have infighting with everyday people saying that only doctors or experts should be making a lot, while those working in a drive thru shouldn't make x amount because it's a starter job and mostly minors working... Like... What? Who do we think works in those drive thru's during the school hours? Do those people not deserve to afford rent? Many essential workers across the board are seen as not worthy of existing based on these conditions and that's because it's all about record profits and short-term exponential growth and that can't happen at an unfathomable rate if they are paying their workers fairly in all areas.

The Duffers will be fine. I'm more concerned about their writers room and other writers rooms across the industry that don't get what they are worth and are treated like they are replaceable just because they aren't as in demand for viewership. The reality is they could still pay the Duffers big money for what they're worth, based on the profits Netflix gets from their show, AND writers/actors less known that are still incredibly essential and deserve a livable wage and health insurance AT THE VERY FUCKING LEAST.

But the studios don't want to do that and they're doing everything they can to make anyone and everyone out to be the bad guys in this situation other than themselves. This means you're going to be seeing a lot of people infighting in a way that doesn't acknowledge the real problem, giving the studios what they want: eyes on everyone but them.

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random but what are your unpopular stranger things opinions?

mine are as followed:

billy did not deserve a redemption arc. at all. 

once they decided to add a russian subplot whether the spies or the prison, the show started to fall off

the lab side plot took too fucking long and having el lose her powers is sexist

steddie is cute sometimes in fanon but the way some of yall act should be studied.

vecna giving nancy a vision was a great cliffhanger but it went nowhere

when you move will from the center of the show to the side it greatly suffers

lucas sinclair is the best friend out of the friend group and they should have gone to his basketball game.

kali is overhated

erica sinclair is not annoying, she’s a little sister archetype, yall are just racist.

erica had the potential to fall into SBW stereotype but priah’s acting shut that shit down.

the duffer brothers have no idea what to do with jonathan, they haven’t for awhile. 

season 3 robin and season 4 robin feel like two different characters

even though he is my husband, eddie is dead and to be honest, should stay that way because the duffer brothers wrote him into a corner with death or prison as the only solution. 

nancy never misses and deserves more of a story arc.

with the exception of lumax, the duffers do not know how to write meaningful romantic relationships.

eddie is eddie, not eds. i don’t know why this annoys me.

this fandom has a very sexist and racist undercurrent and needs to understand that what a headcanon is to you is not a fact nor reality to anyone else. 

younger st fans and older st fans need to unite to defeat our own true enemy, “ ______ is cringe” fans. 

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down on luck.

premise: you win a bet that eddie is more than happy to lose.

pairing: eddie munson x (f)reader

word count: 1.9k

warnings: eighteen+ content, oral sex (f receiving), fingering, illusions to sex, barest amount of dirty talk.

etc: just a disclaimer i only know the bare minimum of d&d therefore there’s the bare minimum of mentioning of it in here, which means if i got the verbiage wrong pretend you didn’t see it ok thanks lmao.

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omg i saw that tik tok about the explicit graphic novels in eddie's room earlier today and my brain went WEE WOO WEE WOO 🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

it killed me, i am dead, who was i before this knowledge??!! i’m a new brand of whore because of this man i swear ok i can’t be tamed, hence this filthy thot!

dirty magazines

premise: upon finding one of eddie’s dirty magazines you find out something new about yourself.

pairing: eddie munson x (f)reader

warnings: eighteen+ content, mentions of sex and light choking.

part two

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rainbow in the dark

premise: there’s so many things the both of you could say to each other about what happened that night, the night you almost lost eddie for good, forever. but words are hard to form, hard to get out, so kisses and touches become your words, saying all that needs to be said.

pairing: eddie munson x (f)reader

word count: 9.6k

warnings: eighteen+ content, fix it fic therefore there’s vol 2 spoilers, established relationship, porn with plot, soft!rough sex, dry humping, m receiving oral, unprotected sex, spanking, dirty talk, praising, comfort, fluff, trauma, our boy graduates, mentions of scars and blood, weed, group bonding, time jumps and flashbacks, hawkins doesn’t split and el fixes everything basically.

etc: this is a duffer brothers hate account. i literally rewrote the timeline, months it took place in the show are changed, and miscellaneous character things because fuck it.

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this is your daily reminder to write that fic! who cares if it’s a dying fandom, bring it back to life! who cares if you only have a sentence, you’ll get there don’t give up! who cares if it’s a self indulgent fic, we love to see it! who cares if it’s an overdone trope, you’re making it unique in your writing style! who cares if it takes you a month to write a fic and then you dip, you’re still writing and sharing your work and that’s what matters! who cares if you write for yourself and never post it, you’re still writing and getting your ideas down and that matters just as much as if you posted it! just keep writing, you got this <3

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Thoughts on some unexplored pairings in s5? Would you want to see any of these?

El and Nancy

Will and Steve

Joyce and Lucas

Hopper and Robin

Dustin and Jonathan

el and nancy interacting would just be girlboss2girlboss communication. el paraded around in nancy's clothes in s1 and thought she was pretty so already i want them to interact so that el can see what a Woman Wanting Independence and Selfhood^tm looks like, but i know that they will undoubtedly at least in passing interact bc el's got her powers back, knows all about henry, and nancy's got to tell them about her vision and took the leadership role, too, while they were gone and i don't think she'll relinquish it and suddenly go quiet. but! i do think it'd be cool for them to be in a fight sequence together. nancy with her gun n el doing her jedi mind tricks. the usual, u kno.

will and steve aka mr steal yo girl + mr struggle <3 jk they are both mr struggle, but will very much less so bc at least the boy he wants wants him back and he's just too blind to see it unlike steve who doesn't realize his dream is nancy's nightmare n thought he somehow still had a chance jus cos they were talking again LMAOOOOO L sorry, steve. teehee. anyway i think it's kinda funny that steve got roped up into all of this bc of will and yet... they've never Once said anything 2 each other. like, at all. unless u count the group responding to him when they're sneaking through scoops ahoy's backdoor as an interaction, but i don't. i would like to see it jus bc i'm so curious how the duffers think they'd interact with each other but i doubt we'll get it. sadge</3

joyce and lucas ok. did mike call the byers when will wasn't at school and then weasel his way inside to stay by will's side even at the lab? yes. but lucas went to the gate BY HIMSELF with only a SLINGSHOT and some POCKET LINT! joyce is a mama bear ok she has enough love to go around n i feel like she can have scenes that aren't with hopper without her fucking dying or smth. let her interact with anyone else please for the love of byIer 🙄 and lucas is a sweetie so i think everyone should love n appreciate him always n forever all the time so. i'll take it<3 omg imagine them protecting n standing guard for the injured ppl in the monster war in s5... or joyce reassuring lucas about max in general since she has some experience when she almost lost will... i'd Ascend

hopper and robin. hmmmmmmm. see in my brain i could headcanon something between them but in canon? lol. i'm tired of the same people being paired up for the ENTIRE season so tbh i would welcome anything new and this would definitely be new!

dustin and jonathan give off the BIGGEST responsible big brother x annoying little brother vibes ever. their mini interaction in s2 when the junkyard crew meets up with j*ncy and dustin greets him + dustin literally sounding and acting like a little kid when he pushes jonathan out of the booth and says "LeT mE tRy, jOnAtHaN ��😤" bc he wants to be the one to push the button is so funny to me lol. also, him calling their mom joyce instead of ms. byers is just... lmao. okay, dustin. clearly, they amuse me so yes i would love to see them!

in general, if it's a pairing that hasn't ever interacted before or has interacted only once for two seconds, my answer is always goign to be Yes I Want To See Them bc gah daMN all them characters in that ensemble and for WHAT? to show the same team up every time? cringe. (except for byIer i want them paired up 24/7 forever. or else.)

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Ugh sorry to rant about dumb media but like I’m gonna complain about the recent seasons of Stranger Things sorry

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The first season of Stranger Things was so fucking iconic. It had the perfect balance of references to 80s media which it was taking inspiration from and it’s own extremely original story line. The lights on the wall, the eggos, Eleven’s dress and wig, it was all literally iconic and invaded the media and I think that’s a good thing.

Despite the fact that it was dealing with alternate dimensions and aliens and shit it felt somewhat grounded. I mean, a small town in 80s Indiana, that is my bread and butter right there (partially because I’m from Indiana but whatever). I wasn’t alive during the 80s but everyone that I know who was tells me that it was so right about everything. The brownness (Like the color) that pervaded, the DnD, riding on bikes, I know these aren’t exclusive to the 80s but it felt right. Even the fact that the kids were pulling names from their DnD both felt like a great plot point but also believable. Of course they would, if they weren’t into DnD these 12 year olds probably would have pulled their names from something else because that’s how kids are.

Even the second season was pretty good. It didn’t have the iconic-ness that the first season did, but the Mindflayer was still a decently scary villain, Will got more screen time, and at the end it seemed to wrap the story line up nicely what with Mike and El getting to go to the snowball, Will finally being safe, etc.

And then season 3 happened. I will maintain as I’ve said to IRL friends before that Season 3 and 4 feel as though the Duffer Brothers got contracted for 4 (actually 5) seasons, finished the story and 2, and then went “well shit now we have to keep this going.”

It started to rely why way more on the stereotypical 80s, with the neon colors and the mall and GAP, not saying that its necessarily bad but its a complete shift from the og mood of Stranger Things.

They keep adding characters that they immediately kill off. And like, Barb had a purpose in both season 1 and 2, Billy technically had a purpose (although I think he could have been left out if they had ended on season 2). But what did Eddie, as much as he is a fun character, actually add to the story? I love Bob, but did he add anything if they were willing to completely forget about him season 3?

They also went from fun monster hunting and honestly a seeming criticism of American government to going Russia bad (And I know that there is a war happening w Ukraine rn but it wasn’t when season 3 came out and also do you honestly think they’re doing that out of sympathy for Ukraine or to push an overall pro America agenda), and they’ve even sanitized the monster plots. The demagorgon was Iconic, but what has it been reduced to but a weird plot where Hopper and some Russians have to fight one (that looks so different from the original one) in a work camp/prison. The mindflayer was reduced to a shitty cgi blob, the demogorgon/demodogs are basically nonexistent, and now we have some shitty guy that looks like a cross between a burn victim and a tree stump.

It’s insulting! It’s not the original stranger things. Even the parts that people praise such as Will being officially gay feel awkward and lackluster.

They took a group of kids who obviously loved one another and made them seem to despise each other - and they can’t seem to give a clear answer as to why except “growing up.” There’s so much potential conflict but they ignore it for this dumb shit.

They sacrificed the original main groups (the kids, the teenagers, and the adults) for ~quirky duos~ such as Dustin and Steve, and while I always expected the groups to overlap some its not as fun when Steve and Dustin don’t even know what Mike, Lucas, or El (or Will) are doing because they’re off having their own independent adventure.

It outgrew itself. That much is clear. And I get that that’s what shows do and what getting a bigger budget does but it’s disappointing. Especially because I go online and see people lauding it and I feel like an idiot. Do you guys genuinely think Vecna is good character design? No seriously. I’m asking, because everyone seems to think so and in that case I can only imagine that I’ve lost my mind. Is Eddie really that interesting, or is he just easy to ship Steve with?

Please, if you agree with me reach out because I need someone to not just complain to but also discuss how I think it could have been done better.

[chestharrington]

I hate the Steve dies narrative so fucking much because it started since s3 really. People really went all out with it in s4 and when he lived they immediately went to oh but in s5 he'll die. It feels like they want him dead. Especially on tiktok people are like Steve doesn't have any purpose other than dying because that's the only way to resolve the love triangle. I hate this sentiment so much because they really don't see him as his own character but part of Nancy's love life. The dumbest take is that he'll die for her and even thinking about this makes me sick if he dies not for his cheater ex but his bff and little brother.

But you have to look at the overall story, especially with Dustin they can't kill off his brother. Nobody is scared for Jonathan or Nancy because they are the siblings of the party members, but Steve is also one if not by blood but he still is. And Dustin will do everything to keep him save, he will not repeat Eddie's death. But nobody sees it that way and they make me so anxious with their posts because I literally can't see them without having a panic attack lol. I know my takes are logical but the mass theories of his death make me insane.

Idk if I agree with Hopper tho because that would make the whole Russian plotline even more useless and yeah. :/

I do not have faith in the duffers, HOWEVER I do not believe they’ll “resolve the love triangle” by having Steve die. Bc that’s like insane, you know?? I feel like if jancy OR stancy ends up together that’ll be a huge disservice to all three of the characters and just lazy. They’re teenagers. They get together and break up, and then life moves on. If you ended up with your hs partner or died I’d be six feet under.

And you’re so right. Eddie’s death felt like it was a version of a potential Steve death by proxy. Dustin has already lost a brotherly figure in his life, so there wouldn’t be any purpose in killing steve in s5 except as like a ‘fuck you’ to majority of the viewers. Steve is THEE fan favorite, up there with Eleven. He’s more popular than Eddie, and we saw what happened when he died. I don’t think they’d even dare try it at this point.

I mean I hope Hop doesn’t die bc I think he’s great!! But it’s just a tiny gut feeling. He deserves a nice happy ending w Joyce, El, Will, and Jonathan I think <3

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it truly fucks with me how shauna as an adult tries to mimic what she thinks that jackie’s life should have been. marrying jeff, having a kid, brunch with jackie’s parents, the fucking rabbits, it’s all jackie except not jackie because shauna isn’t jackie and never will be. she’s so consumed by her grief she loses herself into jackie and even if she didn’t try to emulate jackie, who would she be? how would she move on from the trauma and loss? how could she be her own person after what happened? in a way she felt like she had no choice but to become jackie.

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i just finished i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston and it reminded me of my favorite thing about their books: the relationships between queer friends. they continue to nail the dynamics, the jokes, etc. in a way that i really love and appreciate. anyway go read iksw for some academic rivals to lovers, wonderful queer friend groups, and some fun mystery and rebellion

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i swear to god if any of the fruity four die the duffer brothers WILL feel my wraith

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Let's Talk About Inflation (the unsexy kind)

Okay so, before I go into this, I wanna first preface this by saying that no one is under any obligation to listen to me or implement a single goddamn thing I say here. If you don't like what I'm saying, you're not required to do any of this. I'm not your editor. I'm just some weirdo on tumblr who thinks too hard about a show that is arguably super badly written and pays no mind to any sort of logic. It barely keeps a coherent timeline. This is just one of my pet peeves.

And that pet peeve is I think people should stop putting actual dollar amounts in their Stranger Things fanfiction because so many people just put wildly high numbers for things and it just immediately is jarring to me. And below the read more, I'll explain why in way too many words and way too much detail.

So the bulk of the canon of Stranger Things takes place between 1983-1986 currently. There are earlier dates in books and plays, and there are also flashbacks in the show, but the bulk takes place in the 1980s because the Duffer brothers can't jerk off to completion unless they're thinking about the 80s and explosions.

And of course because the show is so badly written that you can drive a tank through the plot holes, it attracted fanfic writers. Including me. And so you get people writing about these characters going about their lives, except then they say shit like a character spends 50 dollars at a convenience store, and I'm left going, "No, he fucking didn't."

Because the thing is that economics are extremely complicated and there is a difference between inflation and relative buying power. So you can't actually take the price of a thing today and then plug it into an inflation calculator and then go 'tada, here's the price for 1986'. There are items that have, in fact, in terms of pricing, progressed below the inflation rate, and then others that went way way way above the inflation rate.

And that's also not taking into account the ever shifting prices of things depending on time you're buying it and also location you're buying it. Also the store matters. For example, a gallon of milk from walmart is more expensive than getting a gallon of milk from my local chain. Shockingly, buying from Aldi in my area is the most expensive for buying a gallon of milk. But also walmart in a completely different state has milk for cheaper than the walmart in my area.

So already for the same item on the same date in 4 different stores, I've got 4 different prices. And the price would still be different if I compared it to how it was 6 months ago. And go back further and that's even more true. Especially with Aldi since Aldi used to be the affordable store to go to. And now it's absolutely not. So you can see how trying to figure out the relative buying power of a small fictional town in Indiana in 1986 could be extremely complicated.

One of the reasons beyond just relative buying power being complicated is that Ronald Reagan fucked the economy so hard it literally never recovered. And during Stranger Things, they aren't yet feeling that. The economy actually won't fully show signs of this kind of fuckery for another decade. And then 9/11 made things even worse. That's not to say that no one writing fanfiction of Stranger Things was alive pre-9/11, but most of us weren't keeping track of prices of things outside of like, gum and candy. Or at least I wasn't. RIP to cheap Baby Bottle Pops. You are missed.

But that's just words and opinion, right? So where's my fucking proof?

What up, it's moneynotmoney.com and specifically their extremely detailed analysis on how the price of coca-cola has evolved over the years. And I'm really excited that it's coca-cola because the show loves to jerk that beverage off.

Here's their graph for the absolute price of coca-cola per year going from 1970 to 2022.

And here's their graph for the prices of coca-cola for those same years adjusted for inflation.

So can you accurately put a dollar amount on things for a fic set in the 80s? Sure. Is it easy? Absolutely not. Do I recommend it? No. And I'm gonna be real with y'all, this isn't to call out any individual person, and I'm not blaming anyone for doing this, but literally every single time I've seen someone list a dollar amount for something in your steddie fic, y'all do come across as:

Like even the show avoided putting actual prices on things for most of their run. The only times I remember actual prices being listed being in season 1 when Joyce is buying all the string lights in town multiple times. And a new phone. Like this is a thing I've put way too much thought and research into and I just straight up do not put prices in my story because it's not necessary and also it's way too complicated for my taste. No one's ever asked me to put a number on what 'barely scraping by' means, nor have they asked what having 'enough money to comfortably live the rest of his life without working' means. Even though those are two things that are never stagnant. That's not to say you have to go my route. Once again, I'm not your teacher and I'm not your editor. I'm not your fucking keeper. Do what you want.

[details-later]

“EVERYONE SAY IT WITH ME NOW” i say as we collectively point at the Duffer Brothers.

“HOMOPHOBES!” we shout at them after they butchered every queer character

[sinnerlillith]

“being bad feels pretty good, huh?”

Eddie being a soft dom switch is cannon. argue with the duffer brothers, not me /j

[yes, the title is a quote from The Breakfast Club.]

includes: praise kink, uses his bandana as wrist restraints for reader, hickeys, oral (F) receiving, short jokes of drug use, slight overstimulation, safe sex, cursing

A/N: i couldn't tell if i wanted to write him as a boyfriend or fwb, so you can pick.

word count: 5k

summary: Cuddling with Eddie while watching The Breakfast Club turns steamy- like your wrists are tied and your brains get fucked out steamy.

"John- or Bender, whatever they call him, is so hot" you comment nonchalantly, unexpectedly getting the attention of the man you're cuddling with. You feel him shift under you as his neck lifts from off your pillows to look at your head resting on his chest, his face littered with mock concern. His eyebrow then raises as if he's confused at your attraction to the delinquent on screen.

He looks at the screen in your room, then back at you, then at the screen again in. "Him?" He questions, a ringed finger pointing to the TV. "The dirty looking, loud pothead who- ooooh wait," he catches himself in his words, "you have a type don't you." He says.

You giggle at him finally catching on to what he's rambling. You snuggle back into his chest as you both lay up against your pillows, half sitting up half laying down so you can see the screen and cuddle comfortably. Your legs are tangled together intimately. You both keep watching silently with occasional giggles. 

"I wonder what we would do if we had detention like them." You think out loud.

"Probably fuck." Eddie blurts almost immediately, as if he didn’t just say something near vulgar like its nothing. You slap his chest in a flustered manner, feeling his chest vibrating below your hand as he laughs. His arm snakes around your torso as the opposite one comes up behind his head of hair. The back of his skull rests on the palm of his ringed hand, exposed biceps flexing from out of his black band tee.

"No seriously though," you start finishing your thoughts through a smile "I think we would sneak out of the library and smoke, just like they did."

"Yeah I see that," he agrees. "And then we would have high sex in my van."

"Oh my GOSH, EDDIE." you try to say seriously, but it comes out as a flustered giggle, the thought giving you full on butterflies. He laughs once again at your flustered manner. He finds you so cute when his flirting gets your mind racing like this. He lifts his arm that was on you, fingers tracing up at your exposed waist from your cropped pajama top.

"I'm serious.." he mumbles lowly. "If I have to spend several hours with you, and- I mean, I find the opportunity to have just you and me alone-" A sigh leaves his pink lips. "Yeah. Your panties aren't staying on sweetheart. That's for sure." a boyish grin creeps on his face shortly after his explanation. 

Shit. You think to yourself, a smile creeping onto your face at his boldness. "Well..." You get bold too. "We are technically alone" you say, lifting your head up to look into his deep brown eyes. Your chin rests on his chest now as he looks down at your own eyes, taken aback at first. The smile long gone on his face, replaced by a surprised eyebrow lifting at you matching his directness. You jokingly grin at him. His eyes looking down at your lips, then quickly back up again. Smile slowly creeping back onto his face.

"What are you suggesting, miss y/n?" He playfully replies. 

“Oh nothing... just saying. Thats all.” you place the side of your face back onto his chest, eyes focused on the movie. Eddie actually is slightly let down at your boldness fizzling out so suddenly. 

His eyes turn back to the screen, and his lips flatten against each other into a line. More time passes by and his hand creeps up your waist once again, except it reaches past your ribs to the lower fat of your breast. “Can I?” he asks under his breath. You nod, allowing him consent to grope your chest with his big palm after brushing your crop top over your breast, exposing it. His rings are cold on your warm flesh, but he’s not focused on your shivers, his eyes are dead set on the film. His groping gets firmer and needier, his calloused finger tips from guitar playing pinches at your hard nipple. Your butterflies return at his technique, your breathing waivers, but only slightly, and he’s still not paying attention to you. He’s so interested in the movie meanwhile your legs pool with heat.

Your eyelashes flutter, thighs begin to squeeze. His groping doesn’t stop. He’s so focused on that damn movie, he doesn’t even notice your thighs squirm until you exhale a shakey breath. His eyes quickly shift down to you and then over your body to your thigh tightening on top of his own. He grins as he finally realizes what he’s doing to you.

He sucks his teeth “Aw sweetheart” he tuts, “looks like you’re not focusing on the movie anymore huh?” 

“Shut up” you snap, but it comes out shakey and stirred. You smile, coming up with an idea to get back at him. Your hand that was resting on his chest lifts, just barely hovering over the warm fabric of his metal band shirt. Your finger tips graze down his torso, touching over his firm clothed stomach, finally landing at the hem of his shirt. They brush up under it, resting a few inches above his pelvic line. you flatten your hand there, thumb and pointer finger begin to pet delicate circles. The seemingly innocent gesture drives him crazy, and now it’s his turn to exhale a shakey breath while you watch the movie. Your hand travels further up his warm stomach, simultaneously making his shirt rise, exposing his skin to the cool air in your room. You can see the hem line of his boxers underneath his black ripped jeans, his dark thin happy trail below his belly button. You gulp at the sight.

“Those hands of yours are too curious, babe.” he comments, trying to keep his composure. 

“And what are you going to do about that, babe?” you ask, using the same pet name on him. 

He notices your fire from earlier is back. “Do you really want to know?” he questions, cautiously. 

“I mean..I’m hoping you just go ahead and show me” you say through a smile.

He takes this as an invite to get up from underneath you, walking to the TV to turn it down. His pocket chain dangles and makes noise with every step. You are laying on your back now, pillow under your head. Your legs are straight and crossed, one hand in your hair, other over your stomach. He turns around fully facing you. He eyes your bare legs, then looks back at your face. 

You make eye contact as he reaches in his back pocket to grab the black bandana that is always hanging from his pants. He holds it up with 2 fingers in his right hand and dangles it eye level, with a smile. “You know what this is?” 

You sigh. “A bandana, Eddie.” 

“Nope.” he closes his eyes and shakes his head, bandana still dangling. 

“What is it then, if it’s not a bandana?” you say, eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

He sighs and rolls his eyes while dropping his shoulders. “Jeez sweetheart,” he says walking towards the edge of the bed, “you really don’t know how to have fun.” 

“Then show me.” you state, like its nothing. But to Eddie, it’s the chain reaction starter to a swarm of dirty thoughts. 

He grabs both of your ankles, separating your legs, and yanks them towards him at the edge of the bed making you gasp. His motion dragged you along your back and off your pillow, making you lay flat and horizontal to the bed. Your arms are above your head at both sides of your body, cropped top ridding up slightly. A shy smile is on your face after, even when you covered your face with your hand to try and hide it. 

He looks down at you, legs spread, clothed in sweat shorts and a crop top thinking that you have too much clothing on. He looks back into your eyes, bandana now scrunched up in his right hand. “You wanna have some fun, right?” he asks you suggestively. 

You heat up, especially between your legs at the position he has you in. You gulp and nod, “mm hmm.”

“No, no,” he shakes his head to each side once, “use your words.”

“Yes, I want to Eddie.” 

He smiles at your words. His ringed pointer and middle finger lift and gesture at you. “Lift your wrists” you now are fully aware of what he’s about to do with that bandana. You get excited at the idea and lift both your wrists together.

He grabs them gently, weaving the bandana around and then between them. Curling it, bending it, folding it, tying it, so it can keep them firmly together without hurting you. As he ties it around your wrists, he pays close attention to the knots. He’s so focused that the tip of his wet and reddish pink tongue comes out to lick at the top center of his lip, then out to corner of his mouth. Cute. 

“Now,” he moves your wrist above your head, laying flat against the sheets, “keep em there for me, will you dear?” You nod as he uses his fingers on both hands to brush down from your spread knees to the in betweens of your plush thighs. This causes your thighs to get goosebumps and your skin to tingle with arousal, and he’s barely even touched you. It makes you want to close them shut, but before your body can react that way, he’s dropping down to his knees and gripping them open. 

His head turns to the right, making eye contact with you just before kissing your left thigh lightly. Once, twice, three times. His eyes are serious, deep, and dark, you cant focus on them anymore, it’s too intense. Your head falls back and you sigh as his kisses begin to get heavier, teeth involved now. You hear his wet kissing noises grow until-

You gasp.

Did he just bite me? He licks at the gentle bite he gave your thigh. He gives the mark a kiss, then harshly sucks at it. Your back arches at the discomfort, and he takes advantage of this. His veiny left hand rises up from your right thigh, the opposite of the one that he’s giving a harsh warm hickey to, and travels down your middle body, under your shirt. His palm goes to your right breast and he cups it. He’s palming it slowly, opening and squeezing his hand over and over. His brown locks tickle in between your legs, but you're more focused on his groping.

His mouth continues to latch onto your thigh and bruise it, except you notice his mouth is going further and further down, closer to your core. He moves your shorts down to the side to get the most inner part, and he’s incredibly rough with you there. Your arms above you squirm at the intensity, your eyelids are squeezing together tightly. His licking, sucking, biting, kissing, coming from his wet and hot mouth makes you exhale heavy and whine. 

“Eddie” you whine out a warning. He ignores you. He smiles up at you, seeing your back arched, breast in his hand, arms tied back and head tossing. Your chest heaves. 

“You’re so pretty” he says innocently. “How about I take your shorts-”

“yes, fuck, take them off” you interrupt him with your ramble.

He slides them off, leaving your underwear on. He looks down at your wet patch, licking his lips. He applies a kiss to it, then moves his head to your opposite thigh with no hickeys. He kisses hot and wet open mouth kisses up from your inner thigh to your knee. Thighs now in both hands, his thumbs caressing circles. 

You’re getting desperate, you want his mouth on you somewhere else. You lift your tied wrists, placing your hands on his dark messy hair. You push on it, but he grabs the bandana with his right hand, taking it off of his head. He gets up on his feet just enough to hover over you without standing fully so he can move your wrists back to their place. His guitar pick necklace falls out of his shirt and dangles over you. 

“Keep them up here, y/n” He cautions clearly, “Or else I’ll stop everything.” he warns, looking into your eyes. Thats the only warning you need. “Do you understand?” He asks, and you nod while saying yes. 

“Good girl.” he says, smile returning. He’s now moving down your body again, on his knees between your legs. His face is back in front of your covered hole, eyeing your wet spot. His hands return to your thighs to keep them open. He's back to placing hickeys on your right thigh while pondering how he should tease your wetness. He lifts a middle finger up to it, pressing the center and rubbing up and down, spreading your wetness underneath. This pleasure mixed with the pain of his harsh hickeys makes you turn your head into your arm to muffle your moan.

Your hips move up into his singular finger, grinding against it. None of this is enough to alleviate your ache, so you begin to beg for him.

"Just- just put your finger inside already, please" You mewl, face still in your arm. He smiles against your thigh, his middle finger switches out for his thumb, which rubs circles over your covered clit.

"You sure you want it inside, princess? You look plenty satisfied with just my finger outside... all that squirming you're doing."

You look at his teasing eyes, "It's not enough" you huff, hips moving up, chest rising and falling rapidly. The stimulation to your clit makes your back arch and your face heat up.

"Whatever you say, love" Eddie replies, moving his palms off your leg and on your hips. Both index fingers curling over the top of your underwear to tug it down over your thighs, then calves, then feet. This time, you didn't wait for his palms to open your legs up, you did it yourself. Watching you spread your legs for him automatically made him tuck his bottom lip in his mouth. He stared at the transparent shimmer of your wetness, that tightness in his pants got suffocatingly tighter.

"Hmm." He says flatly, "I think I got something better to do with this instead of fingering it." And he does indeed. He took his right hand, used his pointer and middle finger to spread your glistening lips making his fingers in a V shape, and leaned forward into it.

He first kissed your entrance, then slid only the tip of his tongue out of his mouth from the bottom to the top of your slit, drawing out a squeak from you. You wanted his full tongue to flatten against you, but just the tip of it wasn't a bad sensation. Just as you starting enjoying the pressure from the tip of his tongue against you, he fully flattened it against your core. He dragged it up and down slowly, curling it through your folds every now and then.

Hearing his wet mouth against your wet pussy was such a nice sound. The sound alone could get you hot and heavy. He sucked at your clit gently, then harshly, then broke away from it fully just to lick back up again. Your legs got harder and harder to keep open, so he put his hands back on them again helping you out.

"I got you, I got you" he said against your pussy as he kept you open. His skilled tongue moved faster, harsher, and more sensually. He starting pushing his tongue inside your dripping wet hole, practically fucking you with it. You were moaning out his name along with curses. His mouth really does drive you insane, but what drove you more insane is that your wrists are still restrained, not allowing you to run your fingers through his dark hair. It somehow aroused you further, being at his mercy like this.

Your stomach tightened, your legs shook more violently. You were close to your climax, and of course Eddie noticed this. He momentarily detached from you to tease you one last time before your orgasm.

"Gonna make a mess?" You hear from between your legs. You can't help but nod.

"yes- yes fuck!" his mouth is back on you, causing you moan loudly. You keep saying his name, and you would be wiggling around if it weren't for his amazing grip. Your body does a full on tremble as you orgasm all on his mouth and chin.

And he's still eating you out. He chuckles at your failure to bring your arms down to push on his head since he threatened to stop if you brought them down again. His chuckle vibrates against your pussy, and you could tell him to stop and he would but you don't want him to. Even though it's over stimulating, it's also hot. It’s hot that eating you out brings him so much pleasure that he wants to keep doing it until his jaw hurts. His tongue slows down, and his kisses on your clit gets lighter. His sucks are less harsh as he finally stops. All you can hear now is both of your open mouthed breathing , then a swallow. That's right, he swallowed what you just gave him.

Your body relaxes, legs fall open naturally, arms stilled after releasing all that pent up energy from holding them back. You feel the bed dip as his arms come up to rest against the side of your body.

"Don't look so tired now, y/n," his palm comes up to cup your face. "You didn't think I was done, did ya?" He questions, chin and lips glistening from you. You feel heat come back to your face, too embarrassed to look any longer at the mess you made on him. The back of his veiny hand rubs off the wetness, you watch him do so.

"Earth to y/n, you still in there?" He says. You nod lazily. He thinks you look so cute after a good orgasm.

"Can I hold my wrists over your head and kiss you?" You ask, making his heart leap. He swoons at you wanting to kiss him.

"Of course" he smiles, using his left hand to grab your right elbow and help lead your wrists over his head. His hair falls around you both before your lips meet for a kiss. He nips at your lower lip as you open your mouth, tongues lay against each other and swirl, causing you to taste yourself. His left hand slides down to your waist, giving it a squeeze. His mouth moves down to your left side, kissing your throat. Your legs hook onto and around his firm and toned back, bringing him closer.

"Is this the part where you fuck me?" You ask impatiently.

"Getting there" he says in your ear. He gets up off of you, helping your hips shimmy back further up the bed so half your body isn't on the edge anymore. Your head is now back on the pillows and his full body can hover over you now. He sits up straight to take his shirt off. You eye how his arms flex and hair poofs out of the neck line. You lick your lips at the sight of his tattoos and necklace. He's fucking pretty.

He settles himself between your open legs. He looks down at you tied up and only wearing a crop top. "You're the cutest thing" he blurts, followed by that golden smile of his.

His head lowers again to your neck. "Don't forget to keep your arms up, ok?" You nod.

His head tilts down his own body, still next to your neck but eyes looking at your clothed chest. He sees your nipples poke through the fabric. "Can I push this up?" He asks softly. You grant him permission so he slides your top above your breasts, exposing them though the fabric is still on you. He kisses down your collar bone, skips over your shirt, and then back to your skin below it.

His head lifts above your tits, just eyeing them. He takes both of them, one in each of his hands.

“Do you think if I put a stick of lipstick between these-”

Oh no.

“Oh god Eddie, shut up”

“-I could apply the lipstick to myself like that chick we just watched?” he asks through boyish giggles. With his hands on either sides of your tits, he’s separating and then squeezing them together rapidly. 

You can't help but giggle at his stupid jokes in such a heated moment. He starts kissing at the swell of your breast, still smiling. He then pops your left nipple into his mouth, his hand on the opposite breast finds your other nipple. He pinches and squeezes it while his hot mouth is on the other. His sucking sounds and the pleasure he's giving you makes your head go further into the pillows with a sigh. You want his dick in you already but instead his mouth finds his way to the other breast.

You whine. "What are ya cryin for, princess?" He teases, mouth back on your flesh.

"Eddie please, I just want you to fuck me." You whimper, sounding so desperate that you surprise your own ears.

"Really? How bad?" His head begins to lift from off your chest. He eyes your face.

"So fucking bad, I need it" you're almost crying now. He's just doing all of this teasing and no railing. It's not fair.

His hand comes down to cup your cunt. "You need me here?" He taunts.

You nod vigorously, tears about to prick your eyes.

"As you wish, darling" he comes up, back straight now. Necklace that was once dangling over your skin comes up to rest against his chest. His hand runs through his dark frizzy half curls as he exhales, looking down at your pussy. His hands trail to his jeans, unbuttoning them. He slides them down his thighs, just enough to expose his boxers.

His hands come into his boxers, pulling out his dick and Jesus, it's hard. Much harder than you expected. It's already leaking pre cum. You can't stop staring at it, the way he's touching it, the veins-

"y/n? Did you hear me?" You snap out of it, looking at his deep brown eyes. "I asked where your condoms and lube are." You look to your night stand.

He grabs a condom and the lube, settling back between your legs. He brings the condom up to his teeth as he tears it with his mouth, puffing air through his mouth to blow the piece in-between his teeth away. Well fuck, that was hot you think. He slides the condom on effortlessly to his hard shaft. He lubes himself up and places the tube of it behind him. He shifts to where your wrists are above your head and grabs one of you many pillows. He lifts up your hips and slides the pillow underneath it so he can fuck you easier. His hands come down to grip your hips once the pillow is snug underneath, preparing to enter you.

"Ready now, pretty girl?" He asks, but you've been ready. You're more than ready. You nod and he lines his tip up with your wetness. He pushes gently into you, watching as your eyes shut at the pressure of him entering. You feel him stretching you open, but it's such a good stretch. He watches your face scrunch up then relax in pleasure as you gasp when he fully enters inside you. His palms go to the part of your thighs below your knees. He forces them open wider and a bit more upward.

He pulls out slowly, to the point where just his tip is in you. Then he pushes in again, slowly. He moves in and out like this at a slow pleasurable pace. He's taking his time with you, his face heats at your gasps. Your walls feel so good squeezing around him. You feel so warm. His mouth slacks open, watching your pussy swallow him up, forming a glistening ring around his base.

“God, you’re so perfect.” he huffs

“Faster... Eddie" he hears you mewl at him.

He exhales a short breath at your request, but picks up the pace anyway. He’s moving in and out faster, but not harder. Abs flexing each time he’s fully in, and relaxing each time he’s out. 

He exhales heavier, hair sways forward and back with each thrust. “Mmm” he moans, his head throws back in the air, hair falling back with him “Fuck, y/n” he says to the celling with a groan. Muscles of his neck are more exposed as you look up at them. His Adams apple is more defined like this and you can see it bob.

“Harder” you moan. Arms struggling again, chest heaving. 

“Jeez babe, so naughty” he smiles down at you. He pushes your right thigh down so it lays flat against the edge of the pillow, slightly touching the mattress but this causes your hips to shift right too. So he has to take your left leg and swing it over his shoulder, ankle now next to his face. He gives it a quick kiss. Such a sweet, gentle gesture only to be pushed aside because now he’s hammering into you harder, just like you wanted. It makes the bed creak, your tits bounce and shift, your moans rip though the air. He’s hitting your sweet spot at this new angle. You cant keep your eyes open.

"Yeah? Right there, huh?" He huffs, but you cant even respond normally.

“Yes, yes,” a few small tears are actually coming out now, “oh my g- fuck!” you cry and beg for him not to stop.

“So beautiful- you sound so beau- shit” he wines. Your voice, your pussy, your cries, it all sounds perfect to him. He knows he can hear more of you though, so his hand slides down to your clit as he’s railing you into the mattress. He circles it, nice and easy at first just to get your reaction. 

Your eyes shoot open, mouth falls with drool. It gets so much harder to not move your arms down.

“Look at me” he says, your teary eyes move to him, but the moment your eyes connect, his thumb rubs on your clit faster. This makes your eyes shut and your head goes back. 

“You like that?” he sighs out, and you cry out several yeses. 

“No- keep looking at me, pretty” he begs. Your head turns back to him and you struggle to keep your eyes open. “Keep looking or I’ll slow down” he teases while panting, half jokingly, but you take it seriously. 

“No no no, oh god Eddie, please-” you cry “I cant-” your eyes shut then quickly open again “I cant do it, but don’t- ah shit, don’t stop Eddie!” 

His eyes widen at you begging for him to continue fucking you. His thumb slows on your clit.

“Say my name again, y/n.” he whimpers. And you do, its music to his ears. 

“Again.” he begs, and you just don’t stop. Your stomach flutters at his requests.

He’s now fucking you so good that you cant stop squirming. You clench around him as his thumb goes back to your clit. He’s moaning at how good you feel and you can’t take it. You’re definitely gonna cum soon. 

“You’re doing so well, look at you” he praises. Your body is shaking and tightening at his praise. You cant stop making noise, and you would be embarrassed at your loudness but you feel too good to care. You repeat the words “I’m gonna cum” until you cant anymore, and you finally climax.

He’s now chasing his own orgasm, shifting your legs. He makes you thighs come together, your legs touch together as he fucks into you, both ankles on the side of his head now. This new position makes you feel tighter and he can’t take it much longer. He’s exhaling though his mouth, short and pitchy exhales before he finally finishes in the condom. 

He just kinda stays there, both of you catching your breath, his head between your ankles around his neck. You now lift your still tied wrists to cup his face, one of his large hands coming up to grab your own. He smiles against your palm. “Let me get this off of you.” he unties the bandana, and slowly slips out of your heat. The pull out feels good for both of you, hearing both your breaths hitch. The pillow is now shifted away from under your hips, to down under your knees. He falls forward, laying down next to you making the bed dip.

You move the pillow away fully, legs now resting against the mattress. You turn over to your side facing him to curl up into his body heat. His hand rubs on your back, tracing your dips and curves. “How are you feeling?” he asks, voice slightly muffled against the sheets. 

“Tired,” you mumble “but also like I just got the daylights fucked out of me.”

He chuckles. “Yeah, that was fun.” The film still plays in the back very quietly, but thats not your focus anymore. You lift yourself on your forearms to give him a quick kiss on his face. He smiles, fingers rubbing at his tired eyes.

You looked back down at your inner thighs covered with his hickeys. He’s curious as to what you’re looking at, so his eyes follow your line of sight. “They don’t hurt too much, do they?” he asks.

“Not really, they’re hot though. But you don’t have any hickeys on you anywhere...” you say, eyes trailing up his body. “I think I should help with that.” you tell him and he excitedly nods his head. 

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Tag list: @eddiesmxse

(LMAO I only have 1 person 💀 y'all lmk in the comments plz if u want to be added to the list, and then let me know if it's for every fic or only sub / Dom eddie) please reblog if you enjoyed! this is my longest fic at the moment but idk if i wrote it well or not? I did have fun making eddie be goofy tho so let me know if you enjoyed the way i wrote something

[moonflowerdamie]

ok so i just watched volume 2. gonna tell you guys my thoughts because WHAT THE FUCK.

⚠️STRANGER THINGS V2 SPOILERS!!!!!⚠️

seriously. what. the fuck. did i just watch.

i have so many thoughts about ep 8 and 9 so i’m gonna try and condense them into lil sections for y’all so. here goes.

•brenner’s death•

-we were supposed to find it…sad? the death of the man who kidnapped and abused children for his own gain? yeah, nice fucking try duffers, with the ‘sad emotional music’. honestly i’m glad the fucker’s dead. one of the only good things to come out of vol 2.

•will and mike•

-i now understand why the duffers waited until after pride month to release the new eps because wtf??? they’ve built it up that will’s in love with mike the whole season (the whole damn show) and then he just…doesn’t say anything? sure he had that monologue where we all know he was talking about himself and not el but. he didn’t even come out to mike? or anybody for that matter. sure, the scene with jonathan is undeniable that jonny boy knows and accepts him and it was a really sweet scene, but it felt like a cop out. will didn’t ever actually confirm anything. fucking bullshit. william byers get behind me, i’ll protect you from the duffers this time.

•stancy•

-fuck ME i hated this storyline. i fucking HATED it. i’ve already spoken on here about why steve and nancy should never be romantic again, and the fact that the duffers tried to push that arc was bad enough but. also. did you guys clock how ooc steve was because of it??? like, he just starts spouting shit about wanting six kids and a perfect life to nancy, who just NEARLY DIED, and then does it again in the woods when robin runs off alone—completely ignoring her well-being and safety in favour of trying it on with nancy again. that’s so not the steve we know. the steve we know and love would never let robin run off alone, and he certainly wouldn’t be basically ambushing a girl with his fucking life plans that make no fucking sense. and if that all wasn’t bad enough, THE WHOLE PLOTLINE WAS IRRELEVANT ANYWAY. they don’t get together because nancy’s still with jonathan and it never gets addressed again. fucking idiotic storyline.

•jancy•

-ok so can we all agree that this ship has run its course? like, don’t get me wrong, they’ve been cute the past few seasons, and i wouldn’t hate it if they were endgame, but. come on. jonathan is STILL LYING TO HER about college, their plans clearly don’t align anymore and they just want different things in life. and i get it, it’s cute that the actors are dating in real life, but that shouldn’t be the only thing holding the ship together. i just think the duffers have made it clear throughout the season, then with that ending scene in vol 2 when jon and nancy are repairing hop’s cabin, that these two are going to inevitably part ways.

•jopper•

-one of the saving graces of these eps. they FINALLY kissed and it was sweet and cute and perfectly built up, in my opinion. joyce and hopper stay one of the best ships in the show.

•max•

-is she alive? is she dead? WHO KNOWS???!!? honestly the HORROR the duffers have put me through with her this season. it was fucking brutal having to watch her bones snap like that. i was honestly shaking, like holy shit. and then she died, and then she didn’t? hmm? what did el do that saved her? what consequences will that have??? so many unanswered questions. but, i will say this: sadie sink deserves a fucking emmy.

•ronance/vickie x robin•

-i am so beyond pissed at the duffers brothers for the shit they pulled with robin in these 2 eps. like, vickie’s not in the season except for one two minute scene in ep 1 and then they bring her back for the last ep? and yeah, her and robin could be cute i guess, but it felt so shoehorned in. like they clearly just shoved that scene in at the last minute to fill a diversity quota and makes me fucking ANGRY. the opportunity was there for robin to have a fully fleshed-out, meaningful, poignant romance with nancy. they’ve been together all season, they’ve grown closer, understood each other, looked out for each other. hell, i even thought the duffers might go there with that scene where robin grabs nancy’s hand outside the creel house. but no. because why give us an actually good wlw relationship when you can shove it to the side and give us absolutely crumbs of representation? bullshit.

•eddie’s death•

-tbh i was expecting him to die, and so i wasn’t shocked but. it felt very anticlimactic. like, the whole focus was on him dying a hero—but then he didn’t technically save anyone? he just…died? for seemingly no reason? and yeah, dustin’s reaction BROKE me, but like then nobody else ever mentions it? not even steve, robin or nancy, who have been with him the whole season. it just all felt so rushed. joe quinn, you did a great job man, and you deserved better writing.

•elmax•

-is it just me or did every one of max and el’s scenes together feel very…romantic? like, yeah they’re best friends who haven’t seen each other in a while, but all of their interactions were framed and built up to seem almost like lover’s reuniting? like they’re touching each other’s faces constantly when they first see each other again, max is looking at el’s lips, max’s ‘death’ involved el crying over her just as much as lucas. and when el visited her in the hospital everyone like made way for her as if she’s the most important person to max. am i going crazy here??? someone tell me they get what i’m trying to say. anyway, another saving grace of the season, elmax remains superior.

•the ending•

-i actually think the ending was pretty cool. like it sets up a vastly different, darker and more epic final season. we actually saw the battle with the upside down and vecna having disastrous effects on hawkins. and i thought the return of the mind flayer actually was kinda cool, and the way everything was explained was pretty good. but, after these 2 eps, i’m not sure i trust the duffer brothers with another season. well. we’ll see what happens i guess.

overall, volume 2 was a let-down. ooc characters, messily wrapped up plot lines, shoved in, shitty representation. it all felt rushed and like the duffers kinda gave up halfway through. highlights of the eps include: the jopper kiss, elmax, robin grabbing nancy’s hand when she was scared, hopper beheading a demogorgan, eddie playing guitar, erica kicking that one guy in the balls and natalia dyer, noah schnapp, caleb mclaughlin, millie bobby brown and sadie sink’s acting.

what did you guys think?

[hogwartsandhawkins]

Prove Me Wrong

Prologue: We're Not Friends

Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Masterlist

Ok here it is! The prologue for my nine (maybe longer) part fic for Billy Hargrove. I haven't written anything for a very long time, and I've never written an imagine or fic before so be mindful and go easy on me! But hopefully, it's well-liked despite the trash writing.

Also, I gave her a name, considering I'll be writing the same character for 9 parts, I feel like not giving her a name wouldn't feel right.

Summary: Max convinces you to watch over Billy.

Word Count: 1992

Warnings: Mentions of blood. Lots of swearing. I mean it's Billy Hargrove. Let me know if I missed anything

Author's Note: Please, do not steal my work. This prologue and all the following chapters of this story are my original work, and I have worked very hard on each part I post. Reposts are always appreciated but copying and pasting any of these and posting them as your own is not, including translations without my permission.

The characters from the Netflix series are not my own, excluding the OC, and belong to Netflix and the Duffer Brothers.

Jess Logan sat at the edge of the Byers’ couch, anxiously staring at the floor, or rather, the person laying on the floor unconscious. Blood slowly found its way from the boy’s nose to the wooden floor. Jess was unsure whether to stay seated or to hurry and wipe the blood away, ensuring Joyce would not have to deal with a stain later. She began to rise, but then the sound of leather rubbing against the floor disrupted her and forced her back down. A feeble attempt to stand up from the boy was met with a groan. 

“What … the fuck?”

Billy Hargrove held his head between both hands and began to look over his setting. He wasn’t at a party. The house was much too empty for that. He also could hold his liquor, so this couldn’t be a hangover after blacking out. Did he get knocked out? Lose a fight? Hell no. He was Billy fucking Hargr- wait. It started to come back to him. Max. Where was she? Panic began to kick in as he realized where he was and why. He started to look around much more frantically, making his head spin and his eyes water. 

Jess did nothing except hold her breath and sit completely still, hoping that maybe, Billy would miss her entirely. It was only when Billy propped himself on his elbows did he notice the girl staring right at him. She looked as if she has just seen a ghost, and that if she were to move, a bomb might set off, disintegrating the entire house. Embarrassment began to set in, which quickly turned into anger as he realized she has been here the whole time, witnessing him like this. He was about ready to unleash this anger on her for continuing to stare wordlessly when he suddenly hears Max’s voice in his head. SAY YOU UNDERSTAND. He winces at this, remembering the numbness traveling through his body and the sound of cracking wood. 

Jess notices this reaction as well but chalks it up to be pain. If this monster even feels pain. Jess too has a flashback from earlier this night, but it included what happened before Billy’s memory. It included how Billy wouldn’t stop, even after Steve didn’t, couldn’t, fight back. It included Billy’s pin-pointed yet blank eyes, hyper-focused on her best friend’s pain-stricken face as he continued to wail down on the helpless boy, wearing what Jess remembers as a smile on Billy’s face, as if he was enjoying the show he put on only for himself.  

He shifts his wince to a sweet, charming smile, quite different than the one Jess remembers earlier, scrunching his nose ever so slightly, and begins to devour every inch of this girl with his eyes. He quickly recognizes her as the co-captain of the cheer team, Jessica Logan. He then slowly drops his grin, morphing it into a smirk as he continued to eye her, hoping to have some effect on her, waiting for her to relax her features at least slightly. She doesn’t move. He again flashed her his winning smile, and threw in a head nod, hoping to get her to budge, but what little effect his silent advances would normally have on Jess were further dulled by the blood-caked teeth, bloodied nose, and split-opened knuckles, which further reminded her of why she couldn’t wait to be out of his presence and made her even stiffer, if possible. When it became obvious the girl across from him had no intention of breathing, let alone talking, he sighed and decided to break the silence, dropping his smile once more. 

“Sorry, dollface, but cou- “

“Don’t call me that.”

So she speaks. “What?” 

“Dollface. Don’t call me that.”

“Okayy... so what do I call you then?” His question dripped with honey as he attempted to shift himself closer to where she was sitting.  He watched her intently, shifting the inside of his cheek between his teeth as he did so. He watched as she squirmed, trying to think of how to answer him, and he enjoyed the effect he had on her, the effect he thought he had on her. 

“Jocelyn.” 

“Isn’t your name Jess?” 

Shit “Well yeah.. but it’s my middle name.” She beat herself up for one, thinking about the ridiculous idea to try and lie about her name, and two, for continuing the ridiculous lie after she’d been caught, but she prayed that this would be their final confrontation, and she’d graduate, or even better, he’d drop out sooner than she graduates, and they’ll never have to see each other again… 

“… Right. So, uh, Jess Jocelyn,” Billy continued to eye her until turning his attention to the now empty kitchen, the last place he remembered Max being. Still propped on his elbow, he continued, “would you be able to tell me where Max is?” 

“Uh, your sister? Well she’s-“ 

“Don’t call her that.” 

“So what do I call her then?” She mimicked the way he previously asked this question, leaning in as if she was interested. She hated the way Billy treated his stepsister. At least, hated the fear in Max’s eyes when she talked about him. Jess never saw anything behind the scenes, but she didn’t have to. She could recognize that kind of fear from anywhere.  

Billy genuinely beamed this time, finding her mocking tone amusing, even if it was a jab at him. “Just call her Max.” 

“Right, well,” Jess began to falter. She couldn’t exactly tell him where she was, let alone why she was there, “Max. She’s gone.” 

“Gone? What do you mean gone?” The anger crept in again, and when he reached for his keys, he had no intention of keeping it in any longer. “Where. the FUCK. are my KEYS.” He was no longer looking into the empty kitchen, but straight back at her. He was no longer smiling. Instead, he attempted to sit straighter than he was previous and sent an icy cold stare at Jess, jaw clenching as he did so. 

“likeisaid. She’s gone.” 

Jess tried to force herself to become smaller somehow and avoided Billy’s piercing eyes, finding the Byers’ random array of throw rugs a better sight than Hargrove’s angry gaze. His eyes widened at her answer. “No. nonono this cannot be..” Panic began to replace the anger. He started to pat himself down, hoping that Max and her stupid friends left by anything other than his beloved Camaro. How was he going to bring her home now? “How long ago did they leave?” Desperation coated his question, and Jess almost started to feel bad for him.  

“Dunno, awhile ago, Billy. Wait!” 

Billy began to turn from his elbow onto his palm and pushed himself up. His head began to spin as the blood found itself elsewhere, but Billy could not focus on that right now. He needed to leave, he needed to catch up to them. “Where did she g-“and with this, he stumbled, causing Jess to leap to steady him, which she instantly regretted as he may have fallen unconscious after falling, maybe hitting his head, and that seemed to be a better alternative to him conscious and asking all the wrong questions. Maybe if I just dropped him… She shook these intrusive thoughts from her head and brought him over to where she was sitting for the entirety of their interaction and helped him lean against the back of the couch. 

“Shit. SHIT.” Billy smashed the backside of his fist against the couch, making Jess jump. “Sorry.” Billy sighed, then his smirk slowly made an appearance again, but this time it wasn’t aimed at her. He began to chuckle at himself and continued until he started shaking his head. Acceptance replaced the fear in his tone, and he knew. He was utterly screwed. “Fuck Jess, I can’t leave here without her.” He was looking up at the ceiling now, the back of the couch pushed up against Billy’s neck, perfectly cradling his not-so-steady head. and Jess looked up as well, wondering what he could be possibly staring at. “Neil is going to kill me.”

 “Is.. is Neil your dad?”

“Mm.” 

She looked back over at him as she continued, “Well, she’ll be back, and then you guys can go home.” At this, Billy looked over at the clock which indicated it was already midnight. 

“Great.” 

Billy cracked a smile again, chuckling at what awaited him at home. “Could you maybe rinse your mouth with water or something?” Billy immediately dropped his smile and looked over at her with confusion, visibly hurt by this request. Billy proceeded to lift his hand to his mouth, but before he could try and “discreetly” gage his breath, Jess began to laugh while wildly shaking her head back and forth.  “No! No, it’s just, you know, the blood.” 

Billy had somehow forgotten his fight with Harrington but was relieved to know it wasn’t a lack of personal hygiene that was causing her to wince at every smile this whole time. Jess then hurried to the kitchen, avoiding the smashed plate and the fallen clutter on the floor, to grab a glass and fill it with water. She then proceeded back to Billy and began to attempt to bring the glass to his lips.

“I’m not paralyzed, you know.” 

“Right” She hands, more like pushes, the glass into Billy’s palm, causing some of the water to spill onto Billy’s arm, however, he doesn’t even notice as he starts to realize how thirsty he truly was with the reminder that water exists in this house. He washed the glass down within seconds of it reaching his hand and gives it back to Jess. “You were supposed to – “

“Yeah. Uh, could you?”

“Yup,” and you’re up again, soon handing him another glassful. This time, he takes the water and swishes it in his mouth, then stops, unaware of whether he should spit it back into the glass or swallow it to save you from having to see the orange-red liquid return into the cup. As if she was able to read his thoughts, she nods and tells him to “go ahead”, and Billy does as he’s told, spitting the water back into the glass.

“Uh, Sorry.”

“Don’t worry bout it.” 

She takes the cup from him and pours the liquid down the drain and rinses out the glass thoroughly. Poor Joyce, she thought as she maneuvered through the kitchen one last time, returning to Billy with a different glass, again full of water. Billy thanked her, and without another word, downed the water with two gulps and set the glass between his legs. He then repositioned back to where he was previous, and Jess followed suit. 

“So why are you here?”

“What do you mean?”

“Why are you here, and not with them?”

“Someone had to stay here and make sure you didn’t get into any more trouble.”

“Yeah, but why you and not someone else?” 

“Max thought you would be more civil since, according to her, we run in the same circle, and well, Steve wasn’t in any position to stay…”

The thought of Steve having to be carried away stuck with Jess, and it was her turn to be angry. “So Max told you to stay. I didn’t realize a thirteen-year-old child ran this shit show. I guess she’s right though, considering we’re friends now and all.” Billy now stared back at her, and she didn’t like this new twinkle in his eye. He then flicked his lips with his tongue and flashed yet another not-so-original smile, one she could see right through, one that he seemed to have practiced in the mirror a dozen times before this interaction, and though his mouth was no longer dark red, she liked this smile much less than the ones previously. 

“Steve Harrington. He’s my friend. You and me. We’re not friends.”

[dekusleftsock]

Izuku is such a weird character when it comes to a shonen fandom, bc not only do his stans and antis completely misunderstand and fanonize his character, but they also end up pushing misogyny and homophobia onto him too.

On one hand, you have Izuku the smol boy. He needs to be protective, he’s nurturing, etc. overall he posses more “feminine” traits bc people want to fit him into a specific gay stereotype. Sometimes people even mix this up by making him more “feral”, when people knowingly make him ooc, but end up actually making him MORE accurate than if he was the former. Because to them, gay men fit into two boxes: mean/creepy (Katsuki, todoroki, etc.) or nice/feminine. They view him and many other gay people as simple cookie cut out stereotypes that were a mixture of fandom culture and also propaganda going back decades in the US.

They don’t view him as a full fledged hero, nor a capable man and human being. Someone who is responsible for his own actions, masculine, etc. because if they actually did see his full CHARACTER, they could no longer see him as the gay stereotype they want him to be. People want to have heteronormative dynamics and relationships, someone always has to be the “woman” or “man” in the relationship. Regardless of the actual gender they are, they need to fulfill an agenda. And because deku cries a lot or was bullied and is often seen as weak in the story, he is automatically the woman in the relationship. It stems from both misogyny and homophobia.

But bkdk CONSISTENTLY defy that! They are defined by their masculinity. It’s seen as something positive to be, and dekus constant crying is never inherently seen in the story as feminine. I’ve seen time and time again where gay relationships/people are pushed into a certain role in a heterosexual relationship they are supposed to fill. Take Robin from stranger things. Now, I love Robin, don’t get me wrong, but the first time that we see IN OUR FACE that she is openly a lesbian and attracted to a woman, it’s with Steve. Steve is fine, sure, but the problem is that steve presents an immediate heteronormative narrative in the first episode of season 4. Going on and on about how boobs are great and that it’s not a bad thing to just say boobs, but this is child’s play. This feels inherently *heterosexual*. I’m a gay trans man, so idk if I can voice this for anyone, so I’ll just screenshot my sisters response.

(She’s awesome, love her to death. Really fucking intelligent too)

This heteronormative narrative that the mha fandom continuously tries to push is the same one that the duffer brothers use. Wills character has kinda been reduced to the fact that he pines for a man he can’t have, once again pushing a character into a female or a male in the relationship. Usually the lesbian or gay one.

This rule has exceptions of course, like Luz is reduced by her fandom as the masculine one. Which is not only rooted in homophobia/misogyny but also racism. Or raine as a nb character in a sapphic relationship being put into a more feminine role because Eda has already fit that narrative according to the fandom.

But it doesn’t change the fact that Izuku is not a “feminine” man. They want him to fulfill a role in their smut as the bottom in the relationship, he has to be sexual, etc. because if he isn’t, then they have to see him as a full PERSON. Izuku possesses “masculine” traits. He has the worst sense of style, has anger issues, gets a little nervous around girls, likes heroics (something that’s been established as being seen as “masculine” in the show), is a bit creepy, etc. and people seem to throw these traits out the window in fics or other media.

These are just a few things you see when you look up bkdk ALONE! There’s more too! These are full on adults a lot of the time too! Sexualizing a character that hardly looks mature either. It’s weird and entirely rooted in homophobia and misogyny.

And on the other hand, you have the dudebros. People who entirely believe that there is no way Izuku is gay in any light and disrespect anyone who does. On top of that they completely erase and or make fun of his more “feminine” traits in favor of pushing more masculine ones. They will erase any characters queer coding and call anyone weird for having a head cannon about a character.

They fully believe that Izuku should be a “real man” and beat up Katsuki, maybe tell him off, etc. because they too want him to fulfill a role in toxic masculinity no matter HOW MUCH this show calls it out! A lot of Katsuki’s character is based in toxic masculinity alone with deku’s. When deku bottles up his emotions like what he’s “supposed to do”, people think it’s normal or character development even.

They entirely lack both literary analytical skills and basic knowledge on the character you’re looking at. “Manga deku” does not exist. It was his vigilante arc and from start to finish it was never good. The story itself shows that this did nothing but hurt deku and almost kill him.

This is, once again, rooted in homophobic and misogynistic stereotypes and make an assumption of a main character based on other shonen animes. Deku is not allowed to be a crybaby or he’ll show emotions, Izuku is not allowed to have too close relationships with other male characters or it is a detriment to his female love interest, or even that Izuku is not allowed to ask for help in his battle with shigaraki. Even though, pushing the people he lives away was the entire reason all might and nana failed.

So, what, the point is that mha’s community on all sides is misogynistic and homophobic? PRECISELY. No matter which angle I’ve looked at any shonen community there is always always always at least half of the fandom consists of people who have zero clue how a gay relationship works. That it’s different from a straight relationship. And the fact that horikoshi is really leaning into the direction of bkdk being canon I’m gonna say that he’s well aware of this and wants to break it. Show a couple that is defined by their homosexuality rather than wrapped in a thin sheet of “heteronormativity” like many other shows choose to do. Namely, shows written by non queer people. Like the duffer brothers.

I only hope for the best when it comes to these two. They’ll definitely be a symbol far bigger than the mha community. Maybe even something for the queer anime community as a whole. And I’ll fucking love it if it happens.

[quercus-queer]

More absurd stranger things “hot takes” from tiktok that I know the intellectuals on tumblr will chuckle at followed by homophobia:

Steve was framed as an asshole in s1 for no reason: he was a douche bag… he used queer as a slur to Jonathan, brought up his abusive father and missing brother as well as his mothers mental health, he was extremely insensitive about Barb, self centered, and slut shamed Nancy for the whole town to see… this starting point is why his development is so good and why everyone is surprised he’s actually a nice person every season afterwards. He wasn’t even right to break the camera, Nancy has agency and the ability to fight her own battles, Steve doesn’t own her. Jonathon and Steve were both assholes and treated as such by the narrative.

Barb gets brought up for no reason and was a bad friend to Nancy: Literally what??? She gets brought up because of Nancy’s guilt for getting her best friend killed??? Barb was a good friend to Nancy. She didn’t want to go to the party but did after Nancy pressured her and told her to “make sure I don’t do anything stupid.” Nancy pressured her to drink, which resulted in her cutting her hand which is why she died. When Barb tried to make sure Nancy didn’t do anything stupid like sleeping with a guy after she’s been drinking, Nancy told her to go home… but she DIDNT. She stayed there to make sure Nancy was okay afterwards and drive her home and ended up dead. Also she wasn’t being clingy because Nancy was “branching out.” Steve was a dick! He was a fucking douchebag hanging around absolute assholes that mocked Barb at every opportunity!!!

Steve’s reaction to Robin coming out was unrealistic: I’ve been seeing comments practically fantasizing about hatecriming gay characters like straight up saying Steve would’ve hit Robin or sneered at her… not even citing the fact Steve used queer as a slur in s1… just wanting homophobia for the vibes… like fuck off it’s not realistic nor is it even in character, Steve’s development includes not being a dick to people different from him

Homophobic reactions to Will and/or Robin coming out: NO CENTRAL CHARACTER IN THE SHOW WOULD HATECRIME OR CALL ANYONE A SLUR. Or even be that weird about it, literally no one. This includes Hopper actually. Joyce, Jonathon, and Hopper have KNOWN Will is gay since s1. Mike, Lucas, and Dustin are Will’s friends and have been dealing with the slurs and bullying Will has faced… they wouldn’t do the same. Robin already came out to Steve. El literally does not know what gay people nor homophobia are unless Jonathon decided to tell her. Nancy is the most likely but she is also too smart for that and rebelling against conformity and her parents lifestyle is her thing. Gay people existed in the 80s!!! And the defining trait of all the characters in the show is that they don’t fit in with society and are outcasts (except for Nancy and Steve… and Hopper) the main theme of the show is unconformity or whatever.

The fucking pronouns thing: They’d just be confused or think you’re stupid, Nancy would probably tell you to get a tutor. Also it is a tv show with monsters who CARES if someone makes a stupid video for the trend. Also again since people forgot, GAY PEOPLE EXISTED IN THE 80s JESUS CHRIST THIS INCLUDES TRANS PEOPLE

Eddie’s bandana means nothing: Nah, the duffers know. Forgetting wills birthday? Bad. However, will also had august 28th as a bday pre-s2 and no other birthdays are ever relevant or even mentioned except for the offhand thing from Suzie. They don’t care about birthdays, character design though? They very much care about that. Eddie is an entirely new character that requires zero continuity… plus he has handcuffs in his room… the show runners know lol. Definitely won’t say anything though because Eddie is gonna die and they don’t want that backlash