#murrlexei

[jaegerisim]

STRANGER THINGS SHIPS AS GRINDR TEXTS

[thedeadestmeme]

we can’t have shit in Hawkins.

today’s complaint: Alexei and Murray Bauman, the ship that got shot down before it even hit the water

listen. if you didn’t watch that scene of Murray opening his door with a gun in hand, pointing it at Alexei, and switching to Russian at the drop of a hat to insult the man— if you didn’t see that scene and think about how that’s the perfect set up for a meet ugly, then i’m here to provide some thoughts.

i’m not saying that they have to be together. if you liked them as a bromance, that’s totally cool. please feel free to be equally as pissed that your bromance was robbed from you in only 3 episodes.

but if you do… c’mon, there’s no way Alexei didn’t find that *a little* hot.

yes, Murray is a total mess of a man. he’s mostly characterized as the overly-paranoid, overly-blunt conspiracy theorist. however!! he has some valid reasons in this universe for being like that. bc well. some of the conspiracies were true.

he isn’t the most likeable, but i think he could have benefited a lot from having a friend in his life. especially when that friend actually shares his humor, which seemed like a hell of a shock for Murray!! (see: the car scene where Murray says, “I told them they should have sex” and Alexei, without hesitation, responds, “they have not had sex?” And the two start losing it).

and the fair!! the FAIR!!

me, @ the writers: you wrote an entire scene of two characters that go to a fair. it’s a spontaneous decision. one of them wants to take the other somewhere fun bc they’d never been. and they want to be the one of watch them experience it. and they decided that bc they wanted to show this person that life could be so fun, especially if that person was able to stick around

the writers: yup!!

me: …you wrote one of the most basic dating setups. this is a dating trope. this was a date—

the writers: what was that? couldn’t hear you over the sound of another character that you’d just started to get attached to dying:)

i don’t have to repeat that this is bullshit.

the most bullshit thing tho?? MURRAY HAVING TO WITNESS IT. LIKE WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE.

Murray thought he had a friend. this man that’d rather spend all his time alone, never trusting anyone— he finally had a FRIEND.

HE DIDN’T EVEN GET TO WITNESS ALEXEI PLAYING GAMES!! HE DIDN’T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK HOW HE WON THAT HUGE WOODY WOODPECKER PLUSH!!!

WE WERE ROBBED OF AN ENTIRE MONTAGE OF THEM PLAYING GAMES TOGETHER. I AM. SCREAMING.

side-note: get you a man that’s so good at carnival games that he manages to win the biggest prize in one-go.

anyway. if Alexei would’ve survived, i think it would’ve been great. i mean, can you imagine how funny it could’ve been to see Alexei and Murray living in Murray’s safehouse?

they would’ve had the energy of bickering gay uncles.

like. imagine that in this universe, Alexei would’ve survived the bullet wound. so, understandably, he’s not looking forward to getting involved with anything else. hell, Murray doesn’t want ANY part in anything anymore bc he nearly watches Alexei die. so, sue him if he doesn’t want either of their lives at risk. and the entire time that the other characters are trying to convince them that they should help, you’ve got these two men — probably standing in their grungy tank tops and boxers bc they had visitors barge into their place while they were having a lazy day of watching cartoons —, and they’ve got their arms crossed as they’re just trading the most annoyed looks.

they keep bickering in a mixture of Russian/English as they try to decide if it’s worth it to bother with these people.

bonus idea: every time that someone tries to ask how Alexei deals with Murray as a roommate, Alexei tries not to look done as fuck. he realizes that Murray was totally right — these people are oblivious as fuck to relationships of any kind.

and just to make it worse: he’s *literally* wearing Murray’s boxers. Murray’s wearing his shirt. the guest bedroom is obviously untouched. he’s stolen Murray’s cup from the man’s hand on multiple occasions in the past hour — not bc he doesn’t have his own to drink, but bc it’s funny.

Alexei, after staring blankly at Joyce/Hopper/whoever for a whole minute, tells them in Russian — “we have fucked three times and that was only this week.”

somewhere, Murray fucking chokes. he stays laughing for like an hour as Alexei continues to explain nothing.

[chopinrefound]

So I did a thing with the grown-ups:

And, my personal favourite:

[amarithegreat42]

Ships and whether or not I ship them

Most definitely ship:

Byler / Will x Mike

Elumax / Eleven x Lucas x Max

Ronance / Robin x Nancy

Jargyle / Jonathan x Argyle

Jopper / Joyce x Hopper

Rovickie / Robin x Vickie

Murrlexei / Murray x Alexei

They're cute:

Stonathan / Steve x Jonathan

Jancy / Jonathan x Nancy

Steddie / Steve x Eddie

Henderhop / Dustin x Eleven

Byclair / Will x Lucas

As friends:

Stobin / Steve & Robin

Henderhop / Dustin & Eleven

Madwheeler / Max & Mike

Stancy / Steve & Nancy

I don't see it:

Mileven / Mike x Eleven

Stancy / Steve x Nancy

Harringrove / Steve x Billy

Murroyce / Murray x Joyce

Hellcheer / Eddie x Chrissy

I'm shocked why is this a ship:

Max x Billy

Willel / Will x Eleven

Karen x Billy

(Be nice in the notes, tell me why you might ship something)

[byler-alarmist]

Alexei was really the perfect little guy for Murray, huh.....

[salamandergoo]

STWG Prompt “You’re Shaking”

“You are shaking.” Alexei’s voice was low, his accent a balm for Murray’s aching head.

Murray tried to answer, but it came out in a sneeze. The trip from Russia had been harrowing and long, he might argue longer than the trip there. At least being drugged had let him get some sleep. He sniffled and tried again. ��Just a cold.”

“You are too warm.” Alexei pulled another blanket over Murray’s shivering form. It was embarrassing, even hidden in the little room in the back of Jim’s partially destroyed cabin.

Murray had called in a favor before leaving for California, had Alexei stay with the Harrington kid. Judging by the way the kid had looked like he’d been dragged from hell, Alexei had gotten into some shenanigans here in Hawkins. “You could lay down with me.”

“No funny business.” Alexei shrugged off his jacket and got into the bed, sharing his warmth.

Murray wasn’t much of a touchy person, never had been. But something about his companion made him want to hold and be held. He liked tucking his head under Alexei’s chin and listening to the slow, even beating of his heart.

He felt loved, and it was… nice.

[idksjdhshdhd]

Hey guys! I need a quick break because I’m watching THAT scene in Stranger Things 3 (the carnival scene. Iykyk.) THX!

Quick vent: THEY COULDA BEEN BOYFRIENDS! 😭😭😭 THEY COULD’VE BEEN MARRIED 😫😫😫 WHHYYYYYYYY 😞😞😞

[robertdownerjunior]

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[ronancebyler]

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[itswhatyougive]

Nothing makes me smile like that scene of Murray and Alexei laughing together in the car in S4. They were so cute and silly!!!!

[mac-n-cheeseeee]

y’all someone make new murrlexei contnent I’ve read every single one that exists and now I don’t know what to do with my life lol

[anonym1sblog]

I decided I needed to make more fics about eagle’s nest+ Alexei

[thedeadestmeme]

i’m screeching. i am forever going to be losing my mind about Alexei. it’s NOT FAIR. not only were we were robbed, but what do you MEANNNN that it had to happen at the FAIR. and what do you mEANNN that it had to happen RIGHT AFTER he and Murray became FRIENDS. WHAT THE ACTUAL fUCKKKK. THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY ON A CUTEASS DATE AT A FAIR AND YOU DECIDED THAT *NOW* WAS THE PERFECT TIME TO END HIM??? aAAAAAAAAAAA