#itsnotthatdeep

[lacnunga]

Amyway it's my birthday and I'm depressed about it as always

[bumblingbee1]

it really truly is not that deep lmao

Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess…

Itsnotthatdeep-ism is anti-intellectualist as fuck and is the reason why reactionary bozos have managed to get away with fucking up the sociopolitical climate.

Go fuck yourself

[steddieficrecs]

WIP/Unfinished Steddie Fics

⚠️Read at your own risk⚠️

Freak Trumps King by apatheticBlues

Okay, so not only is Steve Harrington apparently not a douche, but he’s also kind of a mess?

Now that Eddie is properly looking, he notices the slight bags under Steve’s eyes and how his face is drawn, as if he hasn’t been getting enough sleep. That doesn’t make sense– Eddie would think that Steve is living a cushy life, with his mansion and parents that probably pamper him like a goddamned baby. This Steve doesn’t look pampered at all; instead, Eddie can see a familiar haunted look in his eyes that screams he’s just like you.

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If you looked up the definition of "fucked-up" in the dictionary, Steve Harrington's face would be plastered right next to it. After living through two Upside-Down debacles now, it makes sense. Eddie Munson doesn't know about that, but he does notice how similar he and the former King of Hawkins High really are.

(Set after Season 2)

Open the Door For Me by zbee246

Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson were not friends. Sure, they had defeated Vecna together, but that was about all they had in common. That is until Robin and Eddie started hanging out.

Kickstarted by Eddie and Robin's sudden and seemingly peculiar friendship, Steve embarks on a grueling journey of self-discovery with Eddie Munson at its epicenter.

I was standing/you were there by LikeMmmCookies

“What’s Eddie going to do?” Dustin’s question is followed by a series of “ssshhh" and Robin adding, “Come on man, don’t ask him that, his house is gone.”

“He’s going to stay with me.”

Eddie’s face snaps to Steve when he says that, something unreadable in his eyes. Without really realizing it, Steve wraps his free hand around Eddie’s calf, thumb pressed gently to the back of his knee. “If he’s okay with that,” Steve adds softly, for Eddie alone.

Eddie regards him for a moment before slowly nodding. “He is.”

Steve rescues Eddie from the Upside Down and takes him home for recovery.

No One Listens to the Dead by billynsteve

Steve should have told Robin how he felt the moment she came out to him, drugged up on the floor of the Starcourt bathroom. But he didn't.

Now he's stuck in limbo. No school. Dead-end job, and his secret fling is wanted for murder.

OR

Steve is grappling with the fact that the world is falling apart around him. He is drowning. One night of sharing a joint leads to a second, and a third, and suddenly Steve can breathe. Eddie, the boy he tormented for years, is the air in his lungs. Until he's not. And then the world falls apart again, and Eddie isn't there to save him.

Fresh Start Fever by aryanightshade

Steve Harrington has never known love to go two ways. It's always him giving and everything else taking and taking and taking, and the Upside Down has taken more than anything.

It almost takes Chrissy Cunningham too, when Eddie Munson invites her to his trailer to buy drugs.

She lives.

Everything changes.

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Or, Steve and Eddie get the chance to fall in love before the world ends (again).

(And again)

Your Name Here by goldenhousesys

Canon rewrite where Steve and Eddie are gayer and eventually get together. Fluff and possibly some angst later on. Also POV switches between Steve and Eddie

The trials and tribulations of thin walls and your nephews annoying friends. by itsNotThatDeep

Robin tries to speculate on Steve's type, Eddie helps, Steve's embarrassed, and Wayne wishes he wasn't along for the ride.

excerpt:

"He?!"

A moment of silence.

"...Steve Harrington. Did you have a relationship with a guy and still not realise you were queer??" Robin demands, and Wayne almost doesn't gawk at her blatantly calling Steve queer. For the second time this evening, his brain helpfully reminds.

"It wasn't a relationship" The older teen weakly defends.

took you for a working boy by pukner

"Do you--Harrington, do you know other gay people?"

"One," Steve says, and then, after a moment, "and a half."

"And a half?" Eddie boggles at him, "What does that mean?"

"He's figuring it out!" says Steve, defensively, "Taking his time, y'know? Whatever, the point is. It's cool you're gay, man."

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Eddie comes out to Steve, and Steve's heartbroken about it for some reason. Eddie thinks Steve's dating Robin. Everyone else thinks Steve and Eddie have been dating this whole time. Robin doesn't get paid enough for this shit.

Also, Hawkins has been cracked open like a badly-baked cake, and everyone's settled into the most mundane apocalypse possible. Eddie Munson starts a radio programme about it.

Meanwhile, Steve gets his nails painted, and outsources a crisis he isn't having.

Boys Wanna Be Her by ruggedbrilliance

El comes out to the party as non-binary, and Steve has a panic attack about it. But not for the reason you might think.

Now, Steve is dealing with a gender crisis, and also his feelings for a certain metal head.

A Father By Any Other Name by towardthesun

Wayne Munson didn't hate Steve Harrington. He just really, really, really, didn't like him.

A conversation he witnesses between Steve and Dustin might just start to change that though.

⚠️disclaimer⚠️ - if you use AI to complete any of these fics i will come into your house and open a portal into the upside down

[moonboardingate]

i genuinely hate how pervasive this new brand of itsnotthatdeepism, maybe also born out of the constant stimuli we are perpetually blasted with and make people feel like they can't “care about everything”, has become

[r-calux]

The ones that want to hang with me couldn't even tie my noose #wordplay #thoughts #feelings #thinker #solo #itsnotthatdeep

[fandomshatewomen]

Got hit with unexpected feelings about this comparison lmao sooooo:

Denise is actually textually narratively sapphic. She has a wife, they have children together, multiple plots revolve around Denise being a lesbian. It’s literally core to the plot, just how much she loves them.

River… I was wracking my brain and literally cannot remember any of her plots centering around loving women. She might have made some oblique references to sleeping with women, but it was *never* plot relevant, was it? It’s been a few year since I rewatched DW so I might be incorrect about this, but I wouldn’t trust Steven Moffat to write a sapphic character uhhhh ever 😂

Of course, this is a tumblr poll so I’m very much in the #itsnotthatdeep camp HOWEVER it felt relevant to this blog to put into words why the comparison was a bit frustrating to me.

•mod dyr

Canon Sapphic Characters Tournament Round One (Bracket 4)

[sparetimedoodler]

She hated the first day of anything. No matter how much she studied, how much information she gathered, there was always unknown variables. The first day of primary school, for example, she had learned the phonetic alphabet, her numbers up to 100 and the life cycle of the butterfly. On her visit she had memorised the layout of the classroom, particularly where the toilets were, and every teacher and TA in reception. Nothing could go wrong, except of coarse it could. The unknown variable in this case was Victoria templton. Within the first week of school Victoria templton had made sure everyone knew exactly how weird and out of place she truly was.

The same thing happened wherever she went, swim class, ballet, the playground even. Victoria templtons were everywhere, able to pinpoint who didn’t belong even if they weren’t sure why. Sometimes they were the Hugh coopers of the world, or the Tracy stones. She hoped beyond hope that this time would be different, that she wouldn’t be the odd one out anymore.

That is why she found herself holding her breath, as a boy with impossibly blonde hair strode into the compartment, looking to all intense and purposes as if he owned the train itself.

This is it she thought, “I’m Hermione Granger, nice to meet you”, she cringed at herself internally, who says their full name at age 11?!

He glared at her lingering in the doorway. Now she was sure she had made some kind of social faux pas, her first interaction with a school mate and already she would be branded an outcast. She heard the thump of the heavy heavy book falling to the compartment floor. She had nudged her over packed bag and sent it toppling, the book landing at the boys feet. He picked it up, turning it over curiously.

“Draco Malfoy. Why would you carry such a heavy book onto the train?”

So relieved he hadn’t immediately rejected her, Hermione overlooked his condescending tone, “it is quite heavy isn’t it, but I just can’t put it down. I’ve read it several times already of coarse, I like to be prepared and what better what than readying Hogwarts a History, but every time I reread it there’s something new I hadn’t seen before. I’m not sure if it’s the book or me but I just can’t put it down.” Logically Hermione new magic existed, she herself being proof, she just wasn’t entirely sure of the perameters. Were evolving books normal? Or would they call her crazy.

“You’re saying the book gives you new information about Hogwarts everytime you reread it?”

She nodded, now extremely self conscious. Then the boys eyes widened from the assessing squint he’d been giving her and she saw something come alive.

“I’ve been telling my friends this! I guess if they bothered to actually read it they might actually see for themselves!”

Hermione let out a relived little laugh, this had to be the most success she’d had with a peer. Beaming at each other they spent the next hour of the train journey looking at her copy of Hogwarts a History, debating which would be the most interesting subjects and what the mysterious sorting ceremony might involve.

“If we have to stand up in front of everyone and be sorted into a house by other students, i might just beg to be put back on the train” Hermione groaned through her hands.

Draco laughed at the ridiculous idea “Don’t be dramatic, it’s unbecoming of a lady, well that’s what mother would say,” he smirked, but she didn’t even offer half smile “You’re really worried about this? I’ll just make one of the older kids chose you, and then we can be in the same house. See not so bad now.” He folded his arms and leant back.

She looked up in shock. Had someone, someone her own age no less, actually said they would choose her? She wouldn’t be left at the bottom of the rejects pile for once, alone. She lunged forward looping her arms around his neck.

“Thank you Draco” she sniffled. Hope bubbled up in her chest at the mere thought of having just made her first long time friend. Maybe I really truely do belong here, she thought.

Beep .....beep. The sound was coming from inside her bag. She quickly let go and started rummaging in the front pockets.

“Ergh my parents made me bring this,” she held up a pager, “I tried to tell them it wouldn’t work properly in the magical world but they wanted to try.” Draco stared blankly at her as she smiled at the device. “I just need to nip to the loo.”

Smiling brightly at him she practically skipped out of the compartment. When she got back he was gone, however, before she had time to wonder, another boy came in frantically looking for a pet toad, and because Draco malfoy had made her feel as though she really belonged, it gave her all the confidence to reach out.

[lamborghiinii]

[luvfitall]

Relax bra. It’s REALLY not that deep. No need to frek out over spilt milk. : Ps👉 Drink cashew milk.🤷🏻‍♀️ It’s way better👍😎#justsaying : #😏 #relax #chill #itsnotthatdeep #itsnotthatserious #lol #smh #people #😆 #🙄 #shade #chillout #lifesnotthatbad #mindset #silk #dairyfree #vegan #cashewmilk #gotmilk #nope #almondmilk #better #health #fitlife #healthylife #healthyliving #healthylifestyle #fitlife https://www.instagram.com/luvfitall/p/BwDYDJcnxE9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dec94g7itxdm

[bringinbackpod]

Interview with ari hicks

[andtohimwebelong]

How things have always been doesn’t mean how they should’ve been, and it sure doesn’t mean how they’ll be

[itsellanutella]

Headcanons can be toxic bye

[gazelessstare]

K***** still doesn't follow C***** on IG. She really just goes around lurking on her, liking and commenting stuff 🤓

[lionsfeathers]

Converting pain to laughter. I think fate is determined. In the sense that each destiny is a total of decisions and determinations made by the many which includes one’s self.

Although tbh, I don’t really feel like determining anything too far out right now, I just wanna hang out and find a state of being where we can all laugh a lot even in our pain and then see how we feel.

[crazybeautiful69]

💯Yesss and I don't even give a fuck!🖕✌❤💋 #fuckem #fuckemall #holdinggrudges #hopeitsheavy #itsonlyfacebook #itsnotthatdeep #alwayslaughing #step #funfacts #factoftheday #ifyadontknownowyaknow https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvqvh_DGalJnWJ53-wIqyTnSBDpCAXKLJxurY0/?igshid=110d0qxem3mhe

[guluna]

I leave people on read so often but as soon as someone I actually want to talk to leaves me on read i’m like... damn... can’t believe people really do this ,,, the rudeness,,,