#hellcheer underrated 8

[harringrove-heroes]

tag game: stranger things addition 👻

1.ride or die ship (your otp): harringrove obvi. they make me feel things.

2.most annoying ship: no shade, but steddie. the fandom is out of control lol

3.second favourite ship: buckleway or hellcheer

4.favourite platonic relationship: the chrissy & billy friendship has me in a chokehold

5.underrated ship: i always need more kegboys in my life

6.overrated ship: ...steddie lol

7.one thing i would change in canon: BILLY LIVES GODDAMMIT

8.something canon did right: billy's tits always being out & most harringrove scenes in s2

9.a thing i'm proud of creating for the fandom PLEASE BRAG ABOUT YOURSELF I WANT TO SEE/READ YOUR ART: my trans Steve, harringrove story. https://archiveofourown.org/works/31362443

10.a character who is perfect to me (wouldn't change a thing): billy hargrove baby. he's a sloppy bitch

11.the character i relate to the most and why: i relate to chrissy a lot, we have a similar energy/demeaner and i too, would be the first to die in a horror movie lol

12.character i hate the most and why: the dude who threatened to break erica's arm. oh, and neil bc he’s traumatized my boy

13.something i've learned from the fandom: controversial ships are more fun 🤷🏻

14.three tags i seek out on ao3: protective billy hargrove, hurt/comfort, daddy kink lol

15.a song i strongly associate with my otp/favourite character: so, so many. Start a Riot by BANNERS. True Blue by boygenius. Amen by Amber Run. all for harringrove <3

Tagging: @memes-saved-me @ariesbilly @demobats @dragonflylady77 @shieldofiron @wixterirox @andromedaspark @ratbastardbilly @harringroveheart @prettyboy-like-you @ickypuppi3 @decadentworld @lovebillyhargrove

[dragonflylady77]

tag game: stranger things (again)

I was tagged by the lovely @callieb and I decided to do it again after some hard thinking.

1.ride or die ship (your otp): Harringrove

2. most annoying ship: any ship that has Mike Wheeler in it, he annoys the hell out of me.

3. second favourite ship: I don't really read anything that's not Harringrove but when I do it's a tie between Hellcheer and Munver (extra points if background Harringrove).

4. favourite platonic relationship: Robin and Steve definitely. Special mention to Max and El as well.

5. underrated ship: Billy and Heather friendship

6. overrated ship: I wanna say Steddie because the push from the rabid fans has been scary. Non rabid fans welcome to it, though

7. one thing i would change in canon: Apart from Billy's demise? The Stancy revival in ST4. Or like, season 4 as a whole...

8. something canon did right: Max, Steve and Robin friendship, Max and El friendship

9. a thing i'm proud of creating for the fandom PLEASE BRAG ABOUT YOURSELF I WANT TO SEE/READ YOUR ART: My July 4 fic, definitely better than being dead. It went really angsty on me but it's sweet with a happy ending, because I'm all about the happy ending. Also my Harringrove Micro Poems!! I love them so much.

10. a character who is perfect to me (wouldn't change a thing): Joyce.

11. the character i relate to the most and why: Joyce (tired mums unite), Robin (I talk too much and tend to overshare), Max (sarcasm)

12. character(-s) i hate the most and why: Neil, for obvious reasons. Karen, for not putting a stop to the thing with Billy. I have kids the age Billy was and ew ew ew no way.

13. something i've learned from the fandom: Use the block button freely, it will make your experience so much better. The ST fandom seems very toxic but the Billy fandom is a haven of lovely people and full of friends I love.

14. three tags i seek out on ao3: I don't really, because when I look for a tag, I end up making a list of fics and post that list on tumblr. I do like College AU fics and soulmates AU fics.

15. a song i strongly associate with my otp/favourite character: Right now, Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) by the Buzzcocks is helping me work on my Harringrove Big Bang fic. You Got It also helped me write a fic (one you'll have to wait to read). Separate Ways by Journey is a very harringrove coded song. Oh and 5SoS songs.

No pressure tagging: @destroya2005 @peanut-booi @whataboutthefish @memes-saved-me @deedoop @lemongizumo @iloveyoubillyhargrove @pleasdonttalktome @starkstruck27 @a-redharlequin

[discodeviant]

tag game: stranger things edition

Tagged by @bigdumbbambieyes, thank you Bambi!!! 😚

ride or die ship (your otp): Harringrove <3 <3 <3

2. most annoying ship:

I'm not answering this, but no it's not st--

3. second favourite ship: honestly this changes every week so idk but right now probably hellcheer

4. favourite platonic relationship: Mungrove!

5. underrated ship: Hopper/Murray I said what I said

6. overrated ship:

7. one thing i would change in canon: oh god ONE THING??? I'd like to see more of Steve's home life than what we got, so I'd add more depth to him there.

8. something canon did right: DAD HOPPER HELLOOOOOO *slams table*

9. a thing i'm proud of creating for the fandom PLEASE BRAG ABOUT YOURSELF I WANT TO SEE/READ YOUR ART: I feel so annoying talking about this so much but Not Duke, Not Prince sdjkfhdsf, I think I pulled off the angsty emotional terror revenge thing well :')))

10. a character who is perfect to me (wouldn't change a thing): Murray!!!!!!!! and you're all lucky I've kept my murrayposting private because he lives rent free on his own couch in my brain

11. the character i relate to the most and why: Honestly probably Will or Jonathan because I've always sorta been the one that my friend group outgrows, and I keep interests in things longer than they do, and I feel like the odd one out all the time. I keep to myself, my hobbies don't necessarily always include other people. I'm also gay and hate parties, so there’s that.

12. character i hate the most and why: IYKYK but they are a very boring and one-dimensional character that's just there to be fucking annoying, and they rightfully fucking annoy me, so I don't feel bad for hating them lmao. They just add nothing to the story. I don't care about their past because nothing alludes to it. Nothing would change if they weren't in the show, so when you couple that with being a nuisance, well.

13. something i've learned from the fandom: Love comes in many forms and from many places within oneself, which I knew in theory but never as personally as I've discovered through my Harringrove peeps, and I'm very grateful for it <3

14. three tags i seek out on ao3: Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Falling In Love

15. a song i strongly associate with my otp/favourite character: I feel like I've said this at some point but Pretty Baby (You're So Ugly) by Ty Segall is a fav that makes me think of Billy getting ready for a night on the town while he hopelessly pines for Steve and hopes to be something more to him 🥰

idk who all has done this already so @whenyouwishuponastar7 @billydeservesbetter @lovebillyhargrove @mid-nightmare13 @soldotnaandqueens @callieb @thediktatortot no pressure ofc 💖

[thediktatortot]

tag game: stranger things edition

I've been tagged in a few things over the last few days and hadn't been able to get to any of them but i'll do them now all together :3

Thank you @discodeviant & @weird-an

ride or die ship (your otp): Harringrove!

2. most annoying ship: I don't consider any ships annoying really. I might not generally enjoy the fans of a ship, but not a ship in particular.

3. second favourite ship: Mungrove! This is only listed as second because Harringrove came first but Mungrove is at the same level as Harringrove for me as far as love/enjoyment wise :3

4. favourite platonic relationship: Hollogrove!

5. underrated ship: Calicheer! I just- I love them.

6. overrated ship: Eh- I mean there's popular ships but nothing is really overrated. All ships, even popular ones or ones that don't makes sense are worth while to someone.

7. one thing i would change in canon: One thing....that's hard uhm- Keep Billy Hargrove alive of course :3

8. something canon did right: Lumax. They are just good for each other. Probably one of the most wholesome, true to life ships that just feels right.

9. a thing i'm proud of creating for the fandom PLEASE BRAG ABOUT YOURSELF I WANT TO SEE/READ YOUR ART: My J.C.Leyendecker inspired pieces are like- my bread and butter pride of this fandom. Hellcheer | Eddie

But also my Billy Hargrove Accidental Christ Figure piece I did :3 and my Mungrove Cowboys piece.

10. a character who is perfect to me (wouldn't change a thing): Murray!!!!!!!! and you're all lucky I've kept my murrayposting private because he lives rent free on his own couch in my brain

11. the character i relate to the most and why: Steve is the one I personally relate to the most. I do have a few things that I relate too with Billy & Eddie, but Steve is the one I find myself reminded of most. Not for what people would think, but for certain personality qualities.

12. character i hate the most and why: Hate is a strong word for fandom because these are just characters in a story that have no real effect on me. However my least enjoyed characters are Nancy and Jonathan. I see a lot of my own family in them for various reasons and I just don't enjoy them. No hate though. I don't subscribe to the concept of vitriol against fictional characters or those who enjoy them.

Jason is a close runner up, but I don't necessarily hate him in any way but I just am uncomfortable with shipping him for myself. He's a great character and I truly wish I could enjoy him in fics.

13. something i've learned from the fandom: Mistakes aren't the end all be all of who we are. We make them and if we make up for them through action, then they don't have to define us forever.

14. three tags i seek out on ao3: Hurt/Comfort | Whump | Slow-Burn

15. a song i strongly associate with my otp/favourite character:

Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight" Corey Hart's "Sunglasses At Night" Ricky Montgomery's "Lover Man" TOTO's "Hold The Line" Nick Lutsko's "Sometimes" Dido's "White Flag"

These are all songs that are intrinsic to my personal Steve Harrington vibes for various reasons.

[jaylikesrainbowtigers]

Tag game, Stranger things edition

@hargrove-mayfields tagged me so you know I have to do this. Thank you so much!!

Ride or die ship: Hollogrove. Heather and Billy are my bread and butter. Like so much of my stranger things content is them. I just love them healing and growing together.

Most annoying ship: St*ncy. I just hate it. What Nancy did to Steve was kind of something you can’t return from. I have seen the effects of a similar relationship on one of my irl besties and I would never wish it on anyone. I would cry if that ship happened in S5.

3. Second favourite ship: Either Elumax (platonic Elucas) or Eddie x Chrissy x Steve x Jonathan (with Jonathan, Eddie and Steve dating Argyle and Chrissy dating Robin. If someone has a ship name please suggest in the comments). I adore these ships as the developed relationships there are just *chef’s kiss* but the people who haven’t met? Just so much cute potential for love!

4. Favourite platonic dynamic: Stobin is my platonic tea. I adore Steve and Robin and believe whole heartedly that they are disabled besties. Platonic soulmates.

5. Underrated ship: Hollogrove obviously but Cunningway, Cheerscoops, Photocheer, Stargyle, and Murrlexi. Those ships are also so top tier but underrated. There are so many more.

6. Overrated ship: M*leven. Again I hate it. It is so teenage abuse romanticized. And too many people think that it is healthy or OTP. To be honest, Mike is a bit of an ick for me anyway.

7. One thing to change in canon: Destroy any hints or hopes of St*ncy or M*leven or any abusive relationship. Stop the characters putting up with it, to the extent that it is romanticized. Abuse is not good or something to be idealized. And actually include canon disabilities please.

8. One thing canon did right: Making Robin a lesbian and allowing Max and Eleven to have a strong friendship which is not focused on the boys. That trope is so overused so I am glad it was not used.

9. A thing I am proud of creating for the fandom: I am really proud of my Hollogrove stuff because there is so little content for my babies. But some of my work for @disabledbillyandsteveweek is also something I am super proud of and I can’t wait to show people.

10. A character who is perfect to me: Heather Holloway is my queen. Like she is so sweet and caring but obviously has so much depth potential. The Duffers really made a mistake not giving her more screen time. They could have done so much.

11. Most relatable character and why: Robin is the most relatable character for me. Her social awkwardness and passion for certain topics is really relatable to me. We are both band kids, lesbians and we even look fairly alike!

12. Character I hate most and why: Karen. Moral trash who willing flirted and tried to seduce a child her daughters age. She also put down other teenagers simply because she was being petty??? Like she is the adult in this situation. Even though she backed out of meeting Billy, the fact that she ever flirted with him is creepy. If you reversed the genders, the fandom would be freaking out and be like it’s so creepy!! It’s still the same situation?? Of course, it is creepy. Neil Hargrove is a close second.

13. Something I have learned from the fandom: To be more confident in sharing my opinions and work. Before I met a lovely group of people in the fandom I was so scared of being attacked for my preferences in the fandom but they showed me that despite us all not shipping or producing the same thing, we can all still support and respect each other. It really helped my social anxiety around sharing stuff, particularly for this fandom, online.

14. Three tags I seek out on ao3: I don’t actually read much stranger things on ao3 but Hollogrove, Hellcheer, and fantasy au’s are probably my top three for the fandom. I really want to see more fantasy au’s that aren’t just werewolves or vampires. I might actually write one now.

15: A song I strongly associate with otp and/or my favourite character: Pretty Brown Eyes by Cody Simpson for Hollogrove for a YouTube edit I saw. Love that song for them. Love Story by Taylor Swift is a close second.

I’m tagging @stranger-themes-blog, @carito-dorito , @mrsblackruby , @iloveyoubillyhargrove. Please don’t feel obligated to do this but I thought that I would share this with other stranger things fans.

[hellcheercaine]

tag game: (Horizon)

1.ride or die ship (your otp): Aloy/Seyka

2. most annoying ship: none

3. second favourite ship: Aloy/Erend + Aloy/Talanah (to be honest, I was struggling between this and Aloy/Talanah. Can we have both?)

4. favourite platonic relationship: Aloy/Kotallo

5. underrated ship: Aloy/Petra

6. overrated ship: none

7. one thing i would change in canon: I believe Rost should live, and join Aloy in the fight against Nemesis. As her guardian who holds the weight of living as an outcast (as he lost his biological daughter and mate), Rost is one hell of an amazing man.

8. something canon did right: The introduction of Beta (the clone of Aloy). It shows a great philosophical examination of nature versus nurture and how much Rost meant to Aloy (Rost’s hologram which was in her heart locket). In a nutshell, Beta is Aloy without Rost.

9. a thing i'm proud of creating for the fandom PLEASE BRAG ABOUT YOURSELF I WANT TO SEE/READ YOUR ART: None, but here are some of my text posts. I'll be considering picking up drawing for some of my fav ships besides Horizon.

10. a character who is perfect to me (wouldn't change a thing): Erend. Despite his recklessness, he's a ride-or-die homie you can count on.

11. the character i relate to the most and why: Aloy. As I was an outcast in high school, college and university, I can totally relate to her.

12. character(-s) i hate the most and why: Ted Faro. I find it stupid that his project would include a separate AI for destruction/extinction when they are already suffering from the result of "peace" robots gone rogue.

13. something i've learned from the fandom: This fandom helps you to connect with people you don't know who like the same things (Hellcheer from Stranger Things) as you do. Despite being new to the community, I’ve learnt a lot about the Horizon universe in quite a short while.

14. three tags i seek out on ao3: I don't really look at tags except for the ships that I'm interested in. So I'll pass.

15. a song i strongly associate with my otp/favourite character: Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls. This song perfectly encapsulates the brief time Aloy and Seyka had together that changed Aloy, in that she began falling in love with Seyka (which Seyka already did).

tagged by stolen from: no one (it was a fresh tag game that I had in mind after seeing other tag posts) tagging: anyone that wants to do this one for whatever fandom you want to do it for!

[decadentworld]

tag game: stranger things addition 👻

Thank you @harringrove-heroes for tagging me.

1.ride or die ship (your otp): To be honest Harringrove and Steddie are a tie here but… see text below

2.most annoying ship: I don’t know if I find it annoying per se, but I’ve started to become annoyed by Steddie if it’s written in a specific way.

3.second favourite ship: Stonathan😁

4.favourite platonic relationship: Um… idk if this will sound controversial but I love to think of Hellcheer as a more platonic friendship😁 And also Billy & Heather!

5.underrated ship: Stonathan😁

6.overrated ship: … Steddie again (CEO of hating on my own faves)

7.one thing i would change in canon: K*ren gets treated like the groomer she is and not a cougar MILF uwu feminist icon💁‍♀️

8.something canon did right: Um. None lol

9.a thing i'm proud of creating for the fandom PLEASE BRAG ABOUT YOURSELF I WANT TO SEE/READ YOUR ART: This Kas Eddie artwork and this Lucas artwork ft. Patrick😁

10.a character who is perfect to me (wouldn't change a thing): Actually🤓☝️ no character in Stranger Things is perfect and that’s what makes all of them interesting. I can admit that even the ones I hate the most can have interesting plots as much as I might hate to say it, because a lot of the things that don’t make sense about a character are a direct fault of the writers and maybe even the higher-ups in N*tflix, given that they’re usually extremely out of touch with reality and can oversee or think that something that’s fucked up in real life (like thinking grooming a teenager is fine and/or sexy) is normal/logical or that people are going to think it’s normal as well; hell, if they hadn’t gone down that path with Karen she would’ve been one of my favorite characters but as it stands I can only say that I like my faves because they can have complex, imperfect stories, and as for other characters, I can handpick little things here and there that interest me even if I hate those characters.

Just kidding it’s Patrick Lucas and Chrissy

11.the character i relate to the most and why: No one really lmao. Maybe Jonathan because socially awkward besties🤝

12.character i hate the most and why: Karen and Neil, no explanation needed.

13.something i've learned from the fandom: Many of the people in the fandom have really selective ‘critical’ thinking or none at all. As in, will say an abused 18-year-old who sacrifices himself for others in the end is somehow worse than a pedophile or a child abuser/womanbeater or someone who tortures kids. I wasn’t on Tumblr for this but apparently people were hating on Will when he was possessed? So… yeah.

14.three tags i seek out on ao3: Umm… Billy Hargrove & Maxine “Max” Mayfield, Billy Hargrove Needs A Hug😔 I don’t remember any more (<-liar)

15.a song i strongly associate with my otp/favourite character: Soldier’s prayer – Timo Tolkki for Billy. Emerald Sword – Rhapsody of Fire for Eddie. On niin helppoo olla onnellinen – Olavi Uusivirta for Jonathan. Also Glory Days – Stratovarius for Lucas but it must be because I put it as background music for a process reel of an artwork of him I made😁

Tagging: (no pressure tags) @hellfirefucker , @orchidmunson , @boldlyshadowytrash , @c-nstellati-ns , @raincloudxyx , @killthepurplemusic , @lilacdesired and anyone else who wants to do this…!

[safehellcheer]

Here is this week's HellCheer Underrated 8, where I sort AO3 fics by kudos, and go to the very last pages to find some diamonds in the rough.

Be sure to show some love to these fics, to encourage the authors to continue writing! - - - - - -

Eddie Munson & the Upside Downers by lifeonpangea https://archiveofourown.org/works/42756816/chapters/107412048

An Angel's Smile is What You Sell by bravehery https://archiveofourown.org/works/41674161/chapters/104537775

Bad Blood by Monsterunderthefedora https://archiveofourown.org/works/42701433/chapters/107271294

Because The Night by MCRMCX51 https://archiveofourown.org/works/41525799/chapters/104146530

No Saving Throw by Eilinelithil https://archiveofourown.org/works/41474571/chapters/104010819

Musician Wanted by Willow1850 https://archiveofourown.org/works/40800216/chapters/102232341

Eddie and Chrissy's Totally Excellent Adventure by badfanfictionaire https://archiveofourown.org/works/42489570/chapters/106717512

like a heartbeat, drives you mad by kieranfae (hobofaerie) https://archiveofourown.org/works/42893211

Please follow the #hellcheerbookclub tag for the weekly Underrated 8 and Random Rolls

[dragonflylady77]

tag game: stranger things edition

I was tagged by @harringrove-heroes

1.ride or die ship (your otp): harringrove (took me by surprise and i'm never looking back)

2.most annoying ship: steddie (blame the rabid fans)

3.second favourite ship: I don't really stray far from harringrove but @shieldofiron got me into munver and i'm also a lowkey hellcheer & buckleway fan.

4.favourite platonic relationship: stobin!

5.underrated ship: buckleway

6.overrated ship: steddie or byler (will deserves better)

7.one thing i would change in canon: billy lives (also billy doesn't get perved on by middle aged housewives)

8.something canon did right: lifeguard billy, also el and max friendship

9.a thing i'm proud of creating for the fandom PLEASE BRAG ABOUT YOURSELF I WANT TO SEE/READ YOUR ART: A frankly ill-timed visit aka burrito steve aka the harringrove husbands

Special mention to Steve can't take it anymore (steve kisses billy instead of telling him to get out, that night at the byers')

10.a character who is perfect to me (wouldn't change a thing): billy freaking hargrove

11.the character i relate to the most and why: joyce (i'm a mum of teenagers), also robin (i talk to much and tend to overshare)

12.character i hate the most and why: neil hargrove (obvious reasons), also, mike wheeler (whiny little twat)

13.something i've learned from the fandom: we must protect billy from the antis, also billy stans are lovely people and i love all of you

14.three tags i seek out on ao3: i don't go on ao3 looking for tags, but those would be the ones i'd look for: getting together, ghost billy hargrove, alternate universe - college/university if i go looking in a particular tag, i end up with a list of fics for that tag added to my pinned post...

15.a song i strongly associate with my otp/favourite character: Separate Ways by Journey (Billy is stuck in the upside down) You Got It (cover) by Welshly Arms (secret fic i wrote) Mary on a Cross by Ghost (fanvid on twitter)

Tagging (no pressure!): @spaceofentropy @whenyouwishuponastar7 @lalazeewrites @harringrovest @bigdumbbambieyes @writer-in-theory @greyghoulclub @grey-sides @fizzigigsimmer @thissortofsorcery

[safehellcheer]

Hi Hellcheers!

This is @hellcheerclub from Twitter~ It's nice to join the Tumblr side of the fandom, and connect with everyone here.

If you don't know me from Twitter, HellCheer Club is a safe space where I boost art, fics and headcanons, all about Eddie and Chrissy ❤️ sometimes I like to chat with people from the fandom, and add silly little replies here and there. My Tumblr blog is open for asks and submissions. I'm happy to share this safe space with everyone.

Also, please look forward to the HellCheer Book Club! Every Sunday I will do the Hellcheer Underrated 8, and on Wednesdays, I will do the HellCheer random roll, to help boost fics and help writers gain some visibility.

I'll add some more activities to the club as I can. As some of you may know, I'm also the head mod for the HellCheer Zine, Kindred Freaks, so I'm super busy with that. If you'd like support for anything you're working on, or want to share headcanons, you can submit posts/asks anytime, that's what I'm here for!