#i personally love steddie and platonic stonathan so...

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

I like bi Steve because Steve trying to impress girls is funny and him kissing boys is perfect for his role. We got the bi mom of the group

[farfaras]

First part to this prompt I posted the other day. This is gonna be eventual steddie (sorry, stonathan) and I’m really excited. Title from the song ‘nonsense’ by Sabrina Carpenter.

I think I got an ex but I forgot him

Part 1. (You’re here)

Part 2.

-

If he heard the words: Robin and in love, in the same sentence, with the melodious voice of one Dustin Henderson, one more time. Steve was sure he was gonna lose it.

Listen, he understands where he’s coming from. The kid just wants him to be happy. But he is! Dustin just doesn’t seem to get that. Happiness doesn’t only come in the form of a relationship. His teenage brain can’t comprehend that fact just yet. He wishes he did though, because he’s absolutely insufferable about getting Steve and Robin together.

No excuse or explanation he gives is good enough. Dustin still insists that he needs to try, that this is his chance at true love. Robin is kind of the love of his life, sure, but the platonic love of his life. His best friend, his soulmate, sister from another mister. All that jazz. Dustin doesn’t buy it though.

And Steve’s tried everything! He even told Dustin about that time in starcourt when they were high off his asses. Told him that he confessed his crush to Robin but that she rejected him, and that they were best friends now and nothing else. He obviously left out the part where Robin came out to him. He’s never gonna reveal Robin’s secret to anyone. The only answer he got was that “It doesn’t even matter now! Things could’ve changed! You never know.” Steve knew. He knew that he would never be into his best friend like that, and she would never be into him. Apparently they were the only ones who knew that.

Because of all the fuss Dustin was constantly making, other people started giving their input. Thanks Dustin. They didn’t get it either, didn’t believe they were just Platonic with a capital P. They made sure they knew it too, the whole party, Nancy, Jonathan, Eddie. Not Argyle, he said that the energy between Steve and Robin was intense but completely friendly, almost like they were twins. Steve liked Argyle. Of course he had to be miles away.

Most of their friends dropped the subject after the second time Steve or Robin explained the nature of their relationship. Even if they weren’t convinced, they didn’t push. Except for one person. Yep. Dustin.

Who was currently harassing Steve at his job. He didn’t know what else to tell him. If family video wasn’t empty he would just ignore him to do his job but there was nothing to do. He couldn’t even sweep or anything because everything was already done.

“Okay well! There must be a good reason why you guys haven’t gotten together!” Dustin exclaimed. He is so fucking stubborn.

“I already told you, Henderson. We’re. Just. Friends.” He knew it wasn’t gonna do anything. It was just a routine at this point.

Dustin’s expression changed to determination. “Nuh uh. There’s a reason there. And I’m gonna find out!” Shit. Could Dustin figure out Robin? He doesn’t think so. But he’s starting to panic. What if he finds out? Robin doesn’t deserve that. He’d feel like it was his fault, and everything would go to shit.

“Okay! Okay! There is a reason.”

“I knew it! You have to tell me.” Dustin demanded. Well, Steve hasn’t thought that much ahead. He needs to come up with something and he needs to do it fast if Dustin is gonna believe it.

“Look, I haven’t told anyone this before.” Building suspense, nice.

Then, an idea popped into his head and it seemed like the perfect response to all of this. Or maybe it’s the only thing he could think of in such short notice. ���I’m gay.” He blurts out. It made sense in his head, really. Robin doesn’t get outed, but she can still look at the reaction she might get when she comes out. (It doesn’t hold any kind of truth at all. Not one Steve can see right now at least.)

Dustin is just staring at him. “What? I don’t, you’re not, since when?”

“Since I was born?” It sounds like a question. Steve didn’t prepare for follow up questions to the reply he literally just crafted.

“There’s no way you’re gay.” At least he didn’t seem disgusted or upset? Is this a good or bad reaction?

“Are you not okay with it?” Steve dared to ask.

“What?! Of course I’m okay with it, I’m just. I don’t care, but you don’t really seem gay. It’s hard to believe.” At least he’s okay with it. He’s still being stubborn.

“Way to stereotype, Henderson.”

Dustin sputters. “Wha- can you even blame me? Who could believe you?”

The next words that came out of Steve’s mouth didn’t actually ask for permission to be said. “My boyfriend can believe it.” He said it so matter of fact that he surprised himself a little. The way he usually took the route of action before thinking was gonna bite him in the ass some day. Would that be today?

“Boyfriend?!! And you didn’t tell me? You don’t have a boyfriend!” He accused Steve. “Who is it?”

Oh. Shoot. Quick, brain. Who could be his boyfriend? Someone his age, that was single, and could be believed to be in a gay relationship.

“It’s Jonathan.” Why did he say that? He just broke up with Nancy, that would just seem like a messy situation. Also is he literally just doing what he scolded Dustin for and stereotyping?

“But he just broke up with Nancy.” Hmm. Did Dustin read his mind or something.

“It’s new. That’s why I haven’t told anyone.”

“Not even Robin?” Oh, crap. Is he gonna have to tell this to people? Well, he should probably tell Jonathan first that he is apparently in a relationship with him now.

“Not even Robin.” Dustin beamed at this.

“You know, even if you and Jonathan are kind of a weird sounding couple, and this is surprising… if you’re happy then I’m happy for you, Steve.” That was weirdly sweet of Dustin.

“Thanks, bud.”

After that and renting a movie, Dustin was on his way. He gave Steve a hug goodbye and hopped on his bike to go home.

Steve had a lot of things to get done now. And he hoped that the first one went well because he didn’t really have a plan B if it didn’t. What had he gotten himself into?

First things first. Asking Jonathan to be his fake boyfriend.

At least for a while.

What could go wrong?

-

Step 1. Get Jonathan to be his fake boyfriend.

Step 2. Probably get Robin in on it?

He’s not sure about that one. This situation was kind of embarrassing, he’d rather just share his embarrassment with the one person who is absolutely necessary. Also Robin doesn’t seem like the type to lie to their friends. Even if it was harmless.

Step 2. Probably get Robin in on it?

Step 2. Make a game plan.

They’d probably need to talk about how this was gonna go. Get all their facts straight in case there were any questions, which there were going to be. Plan how long this was gonna be for. He was getting a bit ahead of himself, but there was no plan B.

Step 3. Hope it’s believable.

He was already outside of the Hopper-Byers home. This shouldn’t be hard, Jonathan is a pretty understanding guy. He wouldn’t judge Steve, or make fun of him. At least that’s what Steve hoped. They’ve been developing a friendship for a while. Which has been going surprisingly well. Fuck. Was this gonna mess it up?

He got out of his car and walked to the door, knocking. El answered the door, she gave him a smile and let him in.

“Is Jonathan home?” Him asking for Jonathan wasn’t a rare occurrence nowadays, so El just nodded and pointed to his room.

He knocked to make his presence known. “Hey, Jon?” He opened the door and stepped inside the room.

“Hiya. What’s up, Harrington?” Jonathan grinned at Steve. Ah. Shit. He didn’t look completely sober. Must’ve smoked something earlier.

“Well, I wanted to talk to you. I’d rather wait until you sober up though.” Jonathan just gave him a thumbs up.

“Happy to have company.” Steve knew Jonathan was having trouble dealing with the break up. They had been together for a while and he thought that those two were gonna beat all the odds and marry each other or something. Maybe they still could find their way back to each other someday. Right now though, it probably sucked.

Nancy was off to college, Jonathan stayed here in Hawkins doing community college. There was no way of knowing how Nancy was taking it, she barely called and when she did it was kinda cut and dry. Although Steve supposed that was a way of telling she wasn’t doing so good either.

They hung out, doing nothing in particular. Just talking, listening to music and Steve sobering him up.

“Did you say you wanted to talk about something?” Jon asked. He looked sober now. Or as sober as his perpetual stoner face could look.

“Yeah… I kinda did something stupid.”

“Don’t we all.” Cute. Was he trying to make him feel better? It would’ve worked if what he did wasn’t as stupid as it was.

“No, seriously. I think this is the dumbest thing I have done.” Understatement.

“It can’t be that bad.” Jon’s words weren’t aligned with his face because it looked like he was starting to worry.

“It has something to do with you too.” With those words, Steve definitely made Jonathan start to worry. “Hear me out first!”

Retelling the events from earlier was excruciating. Steve has never felt this embarrassed before. It sounded so dumb saying it out loud.

“You really couldn’t come up with anything else? Like oh I don’t know. Saying you don’t like Robin like that?” It was like he wasn’t even listening.

“I tried that thousands of times! He wouldn’t buy it!”

“Why haven’t you just dated anyone else? To prove that you’re not hung up on her?” Interesting line of questioning. Honestly, it’s been a long time since someone has made him feel anything at all. No girl caught his attention like before. Has the upside down messed him up so bad that he can’t form romantic connections anymore?

“I just, I don’t really. Taking a break from dating sounded good to me.”

“Uh huh. Sure.” Jon didn’t believe him, whatever.

“Look I just panicked, spoke without thinking.”

“You know, I actually thought that Dustin was right about you and Robin before. But if you’re so determined to prove you’re not, to even come up with something like that.” Steve hated this. Was Jonathan getting a kick out of this?

“Are you amused? I’m kinda suffering here.” Steve lamented. “Can you just please help me?

“Oh god, what do you expect me to do? Pretend to date you to get Dustin off your back?” Yes. Please.

“Look! I only ask for a few weeks! It doesn’t have to be for long. Just, a few weeks of fake dating and then just say it didn’t work out and we decided to stay friends. All that cheesy stuff.” God, he was not being convincing at all.

Jonathan still looked skeptical. But at least he was considering it now. “I’ll owe you, big time. Whatever favor you want.” Steve offered.

Jon looked resigned now. He huffed out a breath. “I never thought my first boyfriend was gonna be Steve Harrington.”

“What?”

“Yeah. I always pictured a nerd or maybe a stoner.” He was confused now. Was Jonathan? “Yes, Steve. You should probably know if we’re gonna do this. I also like guys. And I’m assuming you’re okay with it, considering what you just asked.”

“Of course! Thanks for telling me. I’m glad you could trust me.” He was being genuine. Even if Steve was a little surprised, and now felt even more guilty about words he used in the past to insult Jonathan. All the past apologies seemed insufficient. Even so, he was happy that their friendship could develop into this.

“So? How is this gonna work? You really owe me now, you know.”

“Trust me, I know.”

So their friendship wasn’t ruined. Who knows? Maybe this could make it stronger.

[thatkeira9000]

Fav steve ship? Or if you dont like any? Personally i like steddie and stonathan is super underrated!! I also like to indulge in aro!steve sometimes :DD it makes sense to me. Platonic steve & robin are so dear to me i kdkakdkskJDKQJFKIQIGISI I LOVE THEM UDIQKRK

hello again my friend

I love Steve and I just want what's best for him and him and Eddie are sooooooo cute everyone always hates on stddie cuz it's "overrated" which I agree with on some level but it's still really cute and a good ship

platonic Robin and Steve is my heart song and they're dynamic is perfection and the fact that Will pulls more girl then both of them is hilarious

I'm not completely against Steve x Nancy but it's definitely not my favorite 😅

Steve and Jonathan is a paring you wouldn't really expect but I think that just adds to it's appeal. Two boys that are not expect to love each other go against the odds and care for each other!? Amazing.

over all stddie is my favorite Steve ship

[spicysix]

Fanfic Writer Appreciation day ♡

i stole this idea from @1lostsoul0fishbowl, and in celebration for Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day, i've decided to list 21 of my favorite fics! a few of them i've talked about before, and a few are very well known but still deserve to be talked about again. i'm tagging the authors if i know their tumblrs!

i divided them into two lists, a purely Steddie one (my otp y'know) and a second one for everything else (other ships, X readers, other fandoms etc)

without further ado, in no particular order, here is (under the cut cause the lists are LONG, babes):

Steddie

The One in Which a Time Loop is Fucking Exhausting. by @badpancakelol - timeloop

You're Divine by @azrielgreen - Kas!Eddie

i can give you a heartbeat by soupbitchin - ghost!Eddie

Looks like we're in for nasty weather by @geddyqueer - modern AU, ghost whisperer!Eddie, cryptids

Straight Knife Through The Heart by @relenafanel - modern AU, rockstar!Eddie

New York Hardcore by @grandmastattoo - punk!Steve

your cosmic call sign by @nancywheeeler - aliens!AU

Wild Geese by watchcatewrite - roadtrip

the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by @greatunironic - rockstar!Eddie, found family

your love is standing next to me by @fivecenturiesverse - rockstars AU, social media fic

STEVE’S FIRST BRUISE by cairparavels - spider man!Steve

took you for a working boy by @pukner - genderqueer!Steve

this love came back to me by @strawberryspence - rockstar!Steve

i could be honest, i could be human by @steves-strapcollection

what's left of my lungs by WirtWilt - hanahaki disease

echo by @grandmastattoo - timeloop

wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name by DotyTakeThisDown - BDSM, sex club master!Eddie

Petals in a Storm by @inairbinad

Eddie's Memory Log by @harmonictechnicality

this demo will save your life by oh_simone - 'rockstar'!Eddie, band manager!Steve. characterization of all times

STRIKE TEN. by @metaldeads - scoops era

Others

The Entire History Of Human Desire by KidA_666 - ST / stonathan

Dreaming Of You by Koken - Marvel / stucky X reader - reader has powers

Harmless by @shurisneakers - Marvel / bucky X reader - 'villain'!Reader, lovely crack, perry VS doofenshmirtz dynamic

Hive by Rattle - SDV / sebastian X sam X farmer - there's a big plot twist here. best SDV fic ever

Trinity Epoch by @heli0s-writes - Marvel / stucky X reader / pacific rim AU (honestly anything by helios is amazing)

matters of taste by @fairyysoup - ST / steddie X reader - bakery AU

half of my soul by @graysonnightwing - ST / steve&robin - platonic soulmates get platonically maried

Over & Over by @beetlesandstarss - ST / ronance - this one hurts like a bitch but it's delicious

burning yarrow by @storiesbyrhi - ST / eddie X reader - witch!Reader, vampire!Eddie (literally anything by Rhi, but this one's my favorite)

don't delete the kisses by @stevenose - ST / steve X reader - camboy!Steve

We Tried The World by @upsidedownwithsteve - ST / steve X reader - roadtrip (again, anything by Emmy is great but her roadtrip Steve is top tier and this fic was a huge inspiration to me personally)

No Such Thing by lattebiscuit - Marvel / bucky X reader - college AU

We Got A Lovin' Thing by lattebiscuit - ST / steddie X reader

Helping Hands by MutantsandSoldiers - Marvel / bucky X reader, stucky X reader - ABO, mutant!Reader

Howler & the Black Cat by bajablessed - Marvel / bucky X reader - vigilante!Reader

Sunshine Blend Dark Roast by @icallhimjoey - RPF / joe quinn X reader - barista!Reader (again, anything by this author is an instant hit. i had to close my eyes and point at the screen to choose randomly because i couldn't pick one myself)

no good at waiting by @familyvideostevie - ST / steve X reader - farmers market AU

in a dark, dark room by @carolmunson - ST / Eddie X reader - kas!Eddie. this one just dropped and it's an instant hit. it's dark so beware!

Like Real People Do by @myosotisa - ST / eddie X reader - drug addicts, rehab clinic, beware of triggers

Bad Influence by @dearest-readers - ST / eddie X reader - pornstars AU

coffee shop blues by @ghost-proofbaby- ST / eddie X reader - barista!Reader, barista!Eddie, grumpy VS sunshine trope

WHOOF! *wipes forehead* that was some work. i obviously couldn't fit all my favorite fics of all times here, but i did my best to bring great content! (i thought about dividing into 3 lists and make an X reader specific one but....i was too tired of searching for links already lmao)

i have many other great recs in my fics recs tag here and on my ao3 bookmarks so if you trust my judgment and want more fics to read, those are always public!

shout out to all the amazing fic writers on all sides of these fandoms that i love and admire, and know that you are very appreciated on this fic writer appreciation day! ♡♡

[rybonucleic-ket]

st ship rating nobody asked for

because I can

byler ~ 1000/10 best endgame bfs

bywheelclair ~ 9/10 henclair truther but THEY <3

elumax ~ 9/10 henclair truther but lucas gets all the bitches and this is basically canon

henclair ~ 100/10 they make me so happy I love them so much they need more love

steddie ~ 100/10 oh my god I love gay people

ronance ~ 9/10 let's go lesbians

elmax ~ 10/10 LETS GO LESBIANS

jopper ~ 10/10 feel like this is the one thing we can all agree on

henderhop ~ 5/10 ...interesting.

lumax ~ 8/10 iconic

jargyle ~ 100/10 I love them sm I'm not sorry

rockie ~ 5/10 very disappointed the duffers copy pasted Robin's personality onto her first love interest but still kinda cute bc I love robbie

jancy ~ 4/10 ronance and jargyle truther and I hate the love triangle but this is tolerable ig

stancy ~ 0/10 no.

milkvan ~ -10/10 el deserves better, mike is a gay homosexual

eddissy ~ 3/10 platonic, mlm/wlw solidarity

buckingham ~ 6/10 usually I don't like ships with no screen time but shit this is pretty cute

stonathan ~ 7/10 he was steve's bi awakening you can't tell me he wasn't

harringrove ~ 1/10 maybe if billy wasn't a racist douchebag. ik he's got trauma but he was a total dick and it's not excusable

mungrove ~ 0/10 NO

murray x alexei ~ 8/10 idk their ship name but this makes my heart happy

hopper x antonov ~ 6/10 jopper truther but smth was fruity there

chrason ~ 1/10 chrissy deserved better but he cared about her in a really fucking weird way so there's that

erica x dustin ~ -10/10 remind me why this is a thing?

ednancy ~ 2/10 I just learned this was a thing and I don't know how to feel about it. eddie gay as fuck though. feel like they would be fascinating as besties.

stargyle ~ 8/10 um yeas absolutely

[harringrovesuperior]

harringrove fandom

I feel like, in my honest opinion, harringrove hads the best fandom(not st fandom as a whole) the harringrove fandom is like a family for the most part, and in my experience I havnt really seen much toxicity in the harringrove fandom, it’s very welcoming.

We have so many talented artists, talented fanfic writers, etc. the fandom is extremely funny when it comes to harringrove memes, and quotes and stuff, and overall I just feel like, being a part of the harringrove community is amazing. Yes some of the harringrove fandom is toxic, I’m not saying it’s perfect, ik it’s not, but overall it’s a safe place to be in, and the people are fun to be around.

when I go in here, it’s amazing how the harringrove community is still going strong, till this day continuing. I didn’t expect that. I thought it was gonna die off because of s4, but I’m honestly glad it’s still alive. I just love scrolling thorough memes, quotes, incorrect texts, photos, art, and just everything in harringrove. It makes my day better honestly when I see lots of it tbh.

In my personal opinion, harringrove deserves as much love as steddie gets, as much as stancy, stommy, stonathan, and I find the ship getting more and more hate, till this day actually. Which I can see why people don’t ship harringrove and I respect that, but the hate is not needed. I get that people don’t ship it, and they don’t need to, nobody is forcing you to ship it, but do you have to hate on the ship?

honestly I love the ship for its dynamic and tension, it’s like rivals, to friends, to lovers? If that makes sense. I don’t see them dating straight away if it did become canon, I feel like they should be friends, for a while and then become lovers yk? Like not rushing things, and collecting their feelings.

Honestly the ship in general is my favorite, it has my favorite dynamics, and it just as a whole is my favorite by far. I usually don’t ship ships this much, but for harringrove it’s just so different, it’s like I’m obsessed with the ship? But not like crazy. I just love it a lot, and it deserves so much more love and attention honestly.

don’t get me wrong, steddie is cute, I can see why people ship it, but in my opinion, they would just be platonic friends, like Steve and Robin. I don’t personally ship them, I seem them more as friends then lovers, like really chaotic friends. Having a really good friendship. But I 100% respect those who ship steddie, but for me it’s harringrove all the way( no I don’t ship harringroverson/mungrove)

I genuinely love this fandom so much, the harringrove fandom is just so, amazingly talented and funny, it’s amazing to be around those people, it’s nice to know others actually enjoy or love this ship as much as I do.

I just wish more people would respect the shop honestly, or at least respect the characters as a whole. The ship isn’t the worst ship. It’s not the most toxic. It’s valid to ship them, it’s 100% valid.

just kinda sucks when you really love to ship them, but get lots of hate because of shipping them.

But seeing people make a whole community for the ship, actually wanting to make fanfics, drawings/art, memes etc just makes me so happy honestly, the harringrove community deserves better

[beansthebylershipper]

Stranger things teens ship analysis

disclaimer: I can’t write about all the stranger things ships in one post, so I have another post about stranger things kids ships (Byler, Lumax, etc.), and am also planning to make one about the adults.

Jancy: Jancy was really cute up until season 4. Then their relationship became kinda toxic. But in all the other seasons I definitely shipped them, and I’m pretty confident that they are an endgame ship. Rating: 6.5/10

Stancy: I’ve never shipped Stancy, and I don’t think that the duffers want us to either. They were clearly just used as a prop to get Jancy going, and they were quite a toxic relationship. Steve and Nancy are better off with other people, and I hope that Steve will realize that like Nancy did. Rating: 0/10

Ronance: The idea of Ronance is cute and I ship it about as much as I ship Jancy, but I don’t see it becoming canon because Robin and Vickie both canonically like eachother, but who knows, I wouldn’t mind much if I were wrong 🤷. Rating: 6/10

Jargyle: Jargyle is awesome, and I love it. I ship it about as much romantically as I do platonically, and you guys are really out here doing gods work with the fanwork. I don’t see it becoming canon because it’s pretty clear that they are just besties, but I’d love it if it was. Rating: 7/10

Stonathan: to be honest I don’t see the chemistry at all with this one, but the idea of the ship is cute. And I mean, Steve was pretty chill with the fact that Jonathan literally slept with his girlfriend in season 2. Rating:4/10

Steddie: I liked Steddie at first, but Steddie fans have kinda ruined it for me. A lot of them are either Eddie stans/simps, or fujoshis, both of which are a red flag. The ship it’s self is really cute, but some of the fans are problematic and we all know that if one of them wasn’t white there wouldn’t be nearly as many fans, I mean look at them compared to jargyle, both are healthy ships, but only one has a large amount of creepy fans, and yet that one has WAY more shippers. I think that that’s a little suspicious. (Also I’m aware that there are plenty of normal Steddie shippers out there, I just think that there are more problematic ones than there should be.) Rating: 4/10

Stobin: NO. NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. ROBIN IS A LESBIAN. IF YOU SHIP STOBIN ROMANTICALLY, GET OFF MY ACCOUNT. Rating: -100000/10

Rockie: (is that the ship name for Robin and Vickie?) I don’t have that much of an opinion on this ship, but it’s pretty cute I guess. My only problem with it is that I wish that they had given Vickie more screen time or introduced her earlier in the series because it’s hard to me to care about a ship when I hardly know anything about one of the characters. I feel like that was kinda bad writing on the duffers part, but that’s my only problem with it, other than that it’s fine. Rating: 6/10

Buckingham: The fanwork for this ship is everything, but they literally have zero moments together. I get why people ship it though because the dynamic would be cute. Rating: 5/10

Chrissy x Jason: (what is the ship name for this????) Jason really cared about Chrissy, but they barely got any time together on the show, plus Chrissy was giving me lesbian vibes so- Rating: 3/10

Harringrove: Billy was definitely a simp for Steve, but Billy was rasist, abusive, and just a terrible person in general and Steve deserves a lot better. Rating: -100/10

Barb x Nancy: where is the hype for this ship?? It’s so cute! Barb wasn’t alive for very long so I don’t have that much to say on the ship, but i definitely shipped them while she was alive. Rating 7.5/10

Hellcheer : I didn’t see any chemistry for this tbh. They interacted once, when Chrissy tried to buy drugs from Eddie and then got vecnaed. I just dont see where people are getting a romantic relationship from, I guess. Rating 3/10

Part one ⬇️

[jonathanbiers]

Listen I don’t care for hellcheer particularly, but I’m rooting for them for your spite! I hate when people forget that filtering tags exists and then make it out to be someone’s fault for running their blog how they see fit. Especially since the ships you post aren’t like morally reprehensible in any way. Anyway as a ride or die steddie who respects those who are mutli shippers I’m sorry you’re getting so much hate.

i feel like saying i'm getting hate is a stretch. i never said that gjfdgk it just really fucking gets me when someone sees a ship (ESPECIALLY when it's a rare pair like edancy) that isn't hurting anyone and, like you said, isn't morally reprehensible in any way, and instead of just going, "oh, that's not for me, lemme ignore that real quick," they go out of their way to reblog or interact with a fanart or gifset someone spent hours making just to be like "???? i don't like this ship romantically." because guess what, no one asked and that creator sure as hell doesn't care if you like it, they made it because THEY like it. i saw this happen more than once in my notes today while i was at work and it irked ME and i wasn't even the original creator. it was just people who happen to follow me (it wasn't any of my mutuals but honestly i'm so picky about who i follow i don't think any of my mutuals would ever say something like that. i love y'all)

it's not like we're out here condoning abuse (cough h*rringroves) or ignoring characters canon sexualities. (cough ppl who ship romantic stobin) and it's also not a problem for people to hc eddie as exclusively gay. but it's really fucking weird when people act like even the thought of shipping him with a girl character is gross (and no, i'm not making this up, i've seen with my own eyes people saying shit like: "it feels gross to ship eddie with a woman") i'd actually really love it if they could explain to me why it's gross without it being misogynistic. and i know it's not just 'cause they don't like to see steve and eddie shipped with anyone but each other (also something i'm not making up; i've seen ppl say this shit too) because then they'd have that same energy with stonathan or other mlm ships involving the two. you know how up stargyle's ass i've been lately and i haven't seen a SINGLE person opposed. some "huh never thought of that" but no one explicitly saying "no i don't like that, platonic only." it's just when there's a woman involved. no one unfollows me for posting about stargyle every damn day, yet EVERY time i reblog hellcheer at least 2 people unfollow me. half the time someone unfollows me when i reblog edancy. (getting unfollowed is not something i'm upset by, i don't give a shit about numbers. it's the double standard there)

[stars-and-birds]

fandom confession: i honestly hate every single ship steve is involved in

stancy cannot work bc him letting go of nancy was important for character growth. stonathan doesn't work in my mind bc there's no way in hell jonathan would like him. harringrove makes me sick bc billy is an awful person and i refuse to believe that steve would associate with him in any way. steddie is so boring in that the two of them have very little going for their ship outside of being pretty white boys

this makes me sad bc i LOVE steve!! i love his character growth and his caring for his friends and the way that he interacts with ppl platonically (specifically robin, dustin and max) is written so well and he's so important to me, but there is literally no one in the show that he's interacted with that would make a good ship for him

it's one of the things i dislike most about the shipping in fandom is that there really isn't anyone i like seeing steve interact with despite him being one of my favorite characters :(

tbh… yeah

I hate st*ncy. It’s probably my least favorite ship. In my opinion it’s toxic. I have a soft spot for st*nathan, but like, not as an otp. h*rringrove is terrible because even tho some ppl try to ignore it, billy is a racist asshole. And honestly I’d probably like st*ddie more if the st fandom didn’t have an obsession with them, especially since their just two hot white boys. Jarglye interacted more than st*ddie and they don’t get nearly as much love. Take a guess why.

And i think it’s fine not to ship him with anyone! All of his other interactions count. Him and Robin, him and Dustin, him and even everyone he’s shipped with (except billy) but like platonically. social media has a weird problem with shipping. Especially when a character like Steve is considered hot (I don’t see it tbh) it’s like he NEEDS to be in a relationship, which like, no.

Anyway tldr yeah, I agree

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Steve still thinks he's an asshole. He never got to apologize to Jonathan because the Demagorgon came. He never got to say sorry to Barb for not including her because she died. He never got to let himself feel free from the shame. The shame of being an asshole.

And when Jonathan grabs him by the arm and forces him into another room right before the final battle, Steve cant even look into his eyes. And Jonathan lifts up his chin so Steve looks into his eyes. "I know you have some messed up fantasy where you think you're as asshole, but you need to get it through your thick head: you are not an asshole, okay?"

And Steve doesn't say anything. He just feels his eyes sting, but he forces the eye contact to stay. When he finally finds his voice, he says in the smallest voice he's ever used, "But I am an asshole. I literally called you a queer because I didn't like you. I've done things in the past, things that I could never forgive myself for..."

And Jonathan grabs the side of his face and kisses him. "You're not an asshole, but if you want to think of yourself as one, go ahead." And he kissed him again. And Steve kisses back, but only for a bit, before pushing away.

"I-I need to go find Robin-"

As he tries to run away, Jonathan holds his hand, "wait, Steve, good luck. And don't hit your head in this battle." And he let's Steve go. Jonathan touches his lips and smiles. Steve better survive so they could talk about this.

[tired-bisexual-brainrot]

rating stranger things ships because why not :)

(these are my own personal opinions, it’s cool if you think something else but pls don’t be rude or anything thank you)

(also this is rating not ranking tho i might make one wear i rank from favorite to least favorite)

byler: 10/10 no further questions your honor.

lumax: 10/10 i love them sm <33

elmax: 9/10 god i love them (btw i only docked a point bc by itself it’s not like my favorite ship, i’d go with lumax over it but yea i still adore them)

elumax: 10/10 top. fucking. tier. it doesn’t get better than this.

stancy: 2/10 they were a little cute in s1 but they would literally never work

jancy: 10/10 jancy my beloved <3

ronance: 9/10 what can i say they’re perfect for each other

jargyle: 8/10 stoner boyfriends, they’re cute

steddie: 6.5/10 it’s good, but not great. there was potential, but the shippers ruined it for me. and if they weren’t white y’all wouldn’t even bat an eye be serious.

m*leven: … moving on. jk they’re like a 1/10 no chemistry there at all, mike wheeler i know what you are.

madwheeler (platonic): 10/10 they’re best friends. i will always push the madwheeler bff agenda. they act like they hate each other but they’d literally die for one another I LOVE THEM! romantically tho NO that feels like you are asking me to ship willel romantically like they’re siblings they’re family madhweeler brother and sister wlw mlm hostility.

duzie: 10/10 who doesn’t love them? give us more duzie in s5 or else i’m gonna riot

jopper: 10/10 need i say more?

job/boyce (what’s their official ship name anyways?): 7/10 they were adorable you can’t lie. i mean jopper was always endgame for me but bob and joyce were so cute together they would’ve been great and as incredibly sad as bobs death was, i’m glad that we never had to see joyce break up with him bc that would’ve been painful

harringrove: 0/10 wtf.

stonathan: 5/10 i can see why people ship this, it’s not a bad ship tbh i’m just personally not a fan ig. you’re cool if you’re a stonathan truther tho, you keep doing you bro, keep being unproblematic thank you

stoncy: 5.5/10 i actually don’t hate this tbh, it’s cool ig, and the stoncys out there are so chill shout out to y’all for being unproblematic cuz you deserve that recognition

platonic with a capital P steve and robin: 10/10 i fucking love them sm there friendship is so important to me

murray x dmitri: 8/10 idk why but i find this ship both great and funny, let the russian and the conspiracy theorist uncles be together

murray x alexei: 8/10 as well they were definitely together tbh

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

I ship so many ships, but not in a poly way, in a "if there was a different time frame au" way. Like I ship Steddie, stonathan, and Jargyle. Not all at the same time, but all in the same au.

I mean this post is about the spicy six, it's the spicy six, they're all gay and they basically all dated each other at one point.

Steve knew he was bi when he was thirteen. He knew instantly that he liked boys and girls because he'd get crushes on both genders. Jonathan knew he was pan when he was eleven. He used to collect magazines from the trash and have a collection of them, he would look at the boys and girls on the paper.

In middle school, I headcanon Steve and Jonathan actually were friends with each other. They knew each other from photography club. And they used to have playdates all the time. And when Steve was fourteen and Jonathan was twelve, the younger one told him about him being queer. And Steve got scared because what if Jonathan finds out? So, he shoved Jonathan away and ran.

In high school, Steve dated Nancy, who had a crush on Barb and Jonathan. When Jonathan was dating Nancy, he realized he didn't like her. And when he was in Lenora, he wanted to kiss Argyle the whole time they were friends. And he did.

And when Eddie called Steve 'big boy', that awakened something in him. And when he threatened him with the glass. Steve realized that he had a new crush. And it had to be on Eddie "the freak" Munson. And when Eddie came back as a vampire, Steve told him the truth about his feelings. And obviously Eddie, who had been crushing on him for years, liked him back.

Nancy wasn't upset that both of her exes were dating men. She herself, was dating a woman. Robin, Steve's best friend, cought her eye when they were fighting against Vecna together.

You see what I mean, though? I ship so many ships, but not all at the same time. Like, I also ship Lucas and Max, and Max and El. But not at the same time. Or at the same time. Poly Max is amazing.

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Which ship do you ship? (Stevie and the boys)

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Why is it Stonathan when Joneve is right there? Who wouldn't proudly say they ship Joneve? And if that's too long, just shorten it to Jeve.

I think I'm funny, let me be

[burtonbabygirlguster]

dont worry about it being long! :)  

yeah, steve did treat Jon like shit in the past- absolutly, and at least they recognize that i suppose? but it seems like nobody cares about Steves season one behavior untill its stonathan.. but he apoligized and grew because of jonathan, as you said! and that makes it better, because for someone to actually change for and because of Jonathan, he’d love it. because instead of him doing something good for others- others are doing good things for him, and because of him, which, whether you ship stonathan or not, youd have to admit that Jon would love that. 

and i hate it, HATE IT, when people say to ship anything other than something else. and ESPECIALLY when they say to do it just because other ship has a more attractive partner? thats fucked up.  and, also, Jonathan is, like, the best boyfriend you could ever get? he read Will like a book, he’d know when and how to comfort you, he’d be perfect? maybe a few mishaps, but nothing big that’d last or have a drastic effect.  hed be amazing, everyone needs a Jonathan in their life.  like, had I had Jonathan as a brother, friend, or signicant other, i’d be the happiest i’d ever been. steve and nancy most definitely deserve some jonathan in their life, platonic or romantic. could you imagine Jon helping Steve with his parent issues? im pretty sure its canon that steves parents are at least a little neglagent. and any other issues- everyone in that shows been to hell and back, they need Jonathan to comfort them.

and the jonathan haters groups i just call them Jonathan Antis.  and your right, they do act as if hes worse than a mass murderer. which is so stupid. and they also over-exaggerate ANYTHING slightly wrong he does. ive seen people wish him death over the Season 4 “Steve [chuckel]” joke...

and yeah, they insist on coming into our safe spaces. a while ago, i made a post that was primarily me venting about relating with Jonathan, and this was about ONLY season four, and someone came on and commented about the photos? which had absolutly nothing to do with the post? in the first paragraph i said that Jonathan antis twist things (which they do) so i guess the person read one sentance and decided “OH, but the photos!” again, even though the entire post was season four related and me literlally venting about my anxity and worst insicurity and how i felt unwelcome and unsafe within the fandom and just people in general. and then they made it about jancy so i had to edit the post to let poeple know it wasnt about jancy. 

 but yeah, like, no matter how much i hate something, i’ll let it be, im not going to barge into peoples safe spaces and demand they are wrong, unless if whatever theyre doing is like pedophelic or some shit. 

the most id ever do is talk about it and why i dislike it on my own post, not theirs, but in a respectful and non-hatefull way

[and like you said, im just also going to clarify, this does not mean that i think all steddie or harringgrove shipers do this type shit, plenty of them r chill]

people that only ship stonathan as a joke and think that the only thing about it is that it’d be funny but have absolutely no value other than that or make fun of people who ship it and treat it morally bad <<