#no but it's so funny bc I like lumax MORE than elmax

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I will headcanon every fictional woman EVER as a lesbian. every single one. except max mayfield. she is THE most bisexual to ever bisexual. congratulations to the brothers duffer for making me fully, completely, and actively believe in her attraction to men

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🔥 + ST

I love that you still sent this to the Taylor blog lmao but HERE WE GO

(Also a lot of these will be hot takes within the Byler community but may be agreed among other fans idk I’m just in this corner of the fandom 90% of the time)

Steve actually IS that good a character? Like I understand it can be annoying when he clogs up every tag and ship but there’s a reason he’s that popular. He was basically DESIGNED to be the fandom’s favourite and it worked, I don’t think anything’s wrong with that. I adore this funky bi himbo and his kids and lesbian bestie and loser bf. And I *will* continue to project parental issues on him based on like 4 lines of dialogue bc frankly in this fandom that’s so far from the biggest leap we’ve made it’s not even funny. He’s my second favourite character and if he dies I will be genuinely inconsolable.

The only Byler proof I need is the s3 finale moving scenes. Finn’s acting choices in the El vs Will scenes, the parallels to the quarry scene, the shot of him looking back at the house? That’s all it took to solidify it for me. And the master doc is fun but I do think a solid 70% of the stuff on there is a huge stretch and is honestly harming more than helping our case lmao. If I want to convince people I just use that one scene and it works 90% of the time.

If you ship H*rringrove I think you’re genuinely a bad person. He’s a racist abuser and I’m glad he’s dead <3

STEDDIE IS SO CUTE MY FAV STEVE SHIP EASILY? It’s such a fun dynamic to work with, Eddie is CLEARLY queer coded much more than certain other characters we will get to, and the tropes that emerged in the fics post s4 were super fun and also SO interesting. Genuinely some Steddie fics I’ve read are just some of the best fics I’ve read period. (If anyone wants recs ESPECIALLY if you love a time loop fic hmu).

I wouldn’t hate them bringing back Eddie if they could pull it off in a way that made it seem genuinely planned and not just fan service. His death actually did piss me off (not just bc I was sobbing lmao) bc it seemed so rushed, and only getting to see Dustin’s reaction just felt like either terrible writing or a very purposeful lose thread. Also I’m still thinking about the profile picture colours bc I feel like we moved on WAY too fast.

Stonathan is fine. Good even but I just don’t see the appeal the way the rest of y’all do. Same with Ronance, I just genuinely prefer their dynamic as friends. I do love Stoncy in theory but post s3 I just don’t see it really working anymore, early Stoncy fics still hit though.

Lumax>Elumax>>>Elmax. The girls are adorable together ofc but I think Lumax is easily the best written relationship in the show rn and completely ditching it just seems odd to me? Obviously ship whatever you want I just can’t imagine not liking them together? I’m not blanket stating it’s for racist reasons but we all know Lucas is treated like dirt by the fandom in a way none of the other kids are

Dustin is my least favourite of the kids. I still love him, I just find him by far the least interesting. I obviously adore him and Steve but I feel like separating him from the party really has put him at a disadvantage these last few seasons. I’m really hoping the loss of Eddie will take him in an interesting direction though.

I will be genuinely upset if Jancy aren’t endgame but also I’m equally worried their issues won’t get addressed next season, idk they were my fav couple in s1/2 so I just hold them very close to my heart.

Flickergate is the superior Bylergate, especially if I had to pick one to actually happen in the show, it’s so romantic it makes me want to pass out.

I definitely have more but this is already way too long and I have 1989TV Clownery to get to so take this mess I guess

[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

[jjtheresidentbaby]

Rating Stranger Things Ships

(I’ve seen so many people do this so I wanted to)

(Some of these don’t have ship names as I can’t remember them or just can’t spell sheubeud)

(Btw feel free to send in any asks you have any these or just want me to talk more abt them)

- Byler 8/10- I love them but I understand the people who don’t. Honestly before season 4 Will and Mike were low on the favorite character tower, they were basically at the bottom actually. But I love Will in season 4 and season 4 Mike is so good to me (even if he’s oblivious). Also them being absolute idiots when they start dating is canon, just little whispers back and forth, Mike crushing will in his sleep, wills constant need to do laundry bc Mike drools in his sleep, Mike posing funny for paintings, Will getting his picture taken by Mike every five seconds- just awe

- Mileven- 4/10- Eh. I didn’t even like them in 1&2 so there isn’t much to say, I think season 3 showed some cute moments and the part in the pizza place in 4 was so cute to me. I don’t really love the idea of them staying together but I get peoples liking to them

- Jopper- 10/10- I mean come on, the best, love them, they need to get married and move in together

- Jancy- 5/10- I loved them in 1&2 but three ruined them, it was just so bad and then 4 on top of that proves they need to break up. It’s that thing where the build up is way better than the actual thing, they just aren’t it and some of their fans get crazy so it makes me dislike the ship even more

- Stancy- 8/10- my loves <3, would be a 10/10 if steve didn’t do that billboard sign thing in 1. Steve being a housewife while Nancy is out making the money sounds like heaven to me. Lovers to enemies to friends to lovers again trope give me (I know they weren’t really enemies but shush) (also if anyone tells me Steve would force Nancy to have kids, fuck off and shut up, disrespectfully)

- Steddie- 3/10- IM SORRY!!! They just got so much hype and for what?? I don’t hate them or anything but they do nothing for me. They’re just eh. Meh. Bleh. Bland I guess

- Ronance- 6/10- I could see it and I could get behind it but it’s not like my otp or anything. They are super adorable and I love seeing fanart for them so yeah, good ship just not my fav

- Jargyle- 10/10- if you don’t think they’re gay you’re just plain dumb. Stoner bfs for life

- Stonathan- 8/10- need I say more? Steve and Johnathan? Yeah. Yup. 1&2 just make them have the best enemies to lovers arc known to man

- Steve x Johnathan x Argyle- 10/10- I feel like this is self explanatory but yeah them, them over so many

Steve x Johnathan x Argyle x Nancy -11/10- YES I NEED IT!!! It’d solve every single problem ever!! Omg I would sob so bad if I ever found a fic of them

- Stoncy- 10/10- one of my favorite ship of the older kids. They’d be perfect and having Robin third wheel at all times is great, they are everything to me. The three of them in 2 makes me feral

- Lumax- 10/10- how can it not be a 10/10??? It’s perfcet!! Max is so great for Lucas and Lucas is so great for max!! I love them!! Would die for both of them <3

- Elumax- 10/10- give it to me now!! They’d be so fucking adorable and just so pure. I’d die for the three of them

- Elmax- 9/10- add Lucas and boom 10/10, I’m a sucker for these two together though and that mall scene remains one of my favorites out of the whole show

- Byclair- 5/10- okay so I see potential but it’s nothing I’m actively thinking about a lot, they’d be cute tho

- Madwheeler- 7/10- id pay money for them to be together in a different universe where they’re snarky sarcastic partners that shit on everyone and love doing it!! Their relationship would make me giggle and I know it. They have actual potential for enemies to lovers but just not canon cause y’know Lucas is <3

- Wheelclair- 8/10- yup I see it and I love it. Nerdy broody boyfriend with jock teasing boyfriend?? Yup. They’d be so smart together don’t even lie, also Lucas teaching Mike how to play basketball is a must. Them skipping hellfire to make out- yup! Mm them <3

- Dustin x Suzie 4/10- okay I like season 4 them as Suzie is a queen but season 3 made me annoyed a bit, like girl shut up about a song when the worlds collapsing

- Henderhop - 6/10- I can see it and they’d be adorable but I wish they had more interactions in the show. Like yes they’d be adorable but I have a hard time picturing it with how little I can think of them that relates to actual scenes

- Lucas x Dustin - 5/10- I see it okay but they just meh for me, like season 1 them yeah but I much prefer max and Lucas

- Dustin x Max- 2/10- I remember rooting for Lucas when watching 2 for the first time and my points still stand, it wouldn’t work out good and I know it. Max is too mature (?that sounds mean but I can’t think of another word) for Dustin and it’d crumble so fast

- Will x Lucas- 5/10- okay yeah I can see it but I think it falls into the category of the not enough screen time together for me to get a good visual of how it would play out

- anything with Billy- 0/10- he’s racist and abusive stop trying to pretend he isn’t

[lumaxramblings]

wanted to join in with the elumax ask game woooo - 1, 2, 8, 9, 18, 20 (most likely sending in some other asks too, i need to escape reality for a while lmfao)

1. Preference: Does the trio get together all at once, or do two people start dating first and then confess to the third?

lumax definitely start dating first and then max gets a crush on el but she doesn't talk to lucas about it bc, yknow, 80s, and then when she falls into her coma, lucas and el start getting closer and closer and they realize they like each other, but they wait until max wakes up to decide what to do. el's the one to propose the idea of them all dating, and then they decide "fuck it, we've seen weirder stuff than 3 people dating" and just Do it.

2. Who organises the best date nights? Who puts the most effort into said date nights even when things go wrong? Who shows up in sweats and graphic tees but always knows exactly what to say or do?

i'm torn between lucas and el, but i'm going to say el. she doesn't like bring them out to restaurants but she sort of specializes the dates to cater to their tastes specifically, either individually or apart. like going to the skate park and learning how to skate or going hiking in the forest, stuff like that. and lucas has been assured he doesn't Have to look fancy so he just shows up in like. a hoodie or smt and they're all cool w it cause they're all wearing the same thing

8. AU or Canonverse?

i don't understand this question so imma skip shsjhshs sorry

9. Happy Ending or Angst for the crew?

HAPPY ENDING. max ends up blind but they don't care and keep going on date nights, they can't lose this or i will lose it.

18. How does their confession go? Is it romantic? Funny? Sad?

lucas's and el's confessions was romantic and max's was sad because she's my favourite. it was cute, but she also admitted that she'd never been loved so much, never felt so loved, as when she's with the two of them and also admits that it's a pretty low bar to jump in the first place. lucas and el both confessed after max woke up though :)

20. What got you into Elumax/Lumax/Elmax/Hopclair?

Lumax: i instantly fell in love with max the moment she came on screen and their interactions were so cute and i was instantly sold, but after deeply psychoanalyzing max i realized just how good lucas is to her and for her and vice versa, so i really just adore it <3

Elmax: i have to admit, i didn't really get requited elmax vibes in st3, unlike most people seemed to think (though it's growing on me!!!), but the elmax interactions were way too fruity to pass over my head, and my brain just rang the alarms

Elumax: same as the above, really. i saw how they interacted and just fell in love with the dynamics. after all, you can't go wrong with two golden retrievers and their angry red chihuahua

Hopclair: idk whether i like them more as besties or as lovers, but either way i do know i completely adore them and i get why people ship them :D one-sided-rival to tentative friends to best friends to lovers baby!

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adding more bc the gays love me and i love them

•when heathers came out, the wonder twins, robin, and max LOVED it they were total dorks about it they all saw it in theaters like a minimum of 3 times(steve goes with but hes not incredibly entertained after round 2.) will and joyce made halloween costumes for the whole group(i feel like you can go figure who was which heather, but mike was jd, nancy was betty, steve was miss fleming, and lucas and dustin were kurt and ram(they never saw the movie but wanted to be included)) and had a mini halloween party in the wheeler’s basement(they decorated the place and mostly just watched movies and played music and probably got drunk at most)

•mike counts/does addition on his fingers. you could ask the motherfucker what 2+2 is and he’ll have to use his fingers

•will drinks tea. el drinks hot chocolate. jonathan drinks black coffee and the twins look at him in pure terror while he drinks the entire mug with zero reaction before saying its time to start moving before theyre late for school.

•joyce loves anything coconut flavored.

•will would do track because idk i just feel like he’d be the kind of dude to do track, and he’d be pretty good at it. he and lucas go on early morning runs together. will occasionally agrees to play one-on-one with him, too, but he he fucking sucks at basketball. lucas knows hes getting zero help actually practicing but he thinks the way will scrunches his face when hes concentrating on guarding is cute sorry sorry spreading the byclair agenda let me live, but they go back to one of their houses(or steves) and make breakfast and just sit and talk(and maybe kiss idk)until they have to go and do their own thing/the party calls them over.

•max and mike are besties but theyre so fucking mean to eachother that you’d think they’re sworn enemies or smthn if you listened to their conversations . they were asked once if they were dating(by someone that has only seen them talk) and they both immediately started laughing. “why would i go out with little orphan annie?” “you’re literally built like a spider why would you even think you could kind of talk to me like that!” theyre especially mean to eachother when the other is being all lovey dovey. “im literally blind and i can still somehow see the stupid face youre making watching will explain this project to lucas and el.” “yeah, and i can see YOU making probably the same goddamn face while listening to lucas and el respond and laugh!” “fuck you!” “fuck YOU!” “we are in sparkly pink quicksand.” “yup.”

•yes, i made a byclair hc and then an elmax/lumax(elumax, if you so please) and byler hc right below it. theyre poly.

•robin has autism. so does will. so does eddie. so does dustin.

•steve does not have a crush on nancy. he actually just cares about her a lot because she was his first real friend. nancy knows this, and it means the world to her. im saying this because i hate how they did that in season 4 when they had such a good opportunity to just stay friends without whatever that was.

•steve REFUSES to let robin pick what to watch on movie nights bc once she said she was going to pick a funny movie and put on the exorcist and he wanted to turn it off but he was paralyzed with fear and all he could do was just keep death gripping robins shoulders.

•steve buys those candy cigarettes for dustin every time he buys himself a real pack so that if he and nancy and/or eddie are smoking while hes with them, dustin feels included without actually smoking(steve hits him with the “dont mess up like we did” but he doesnt want the kid to just sit there)

•will and max sit next to eachother in every class they have together and they mostly end up drawing on eachothers shoes/hands and passing stupid notes and trying not to laugh

•mikes best kept secret actually isnt that hes gay, its that he enjoys country music. he would rather die than let any of hellfire or will find that out and be seen as not cool. max knows and he can feel all the hair stand up on the back of his neck when he insults her and she does that evil smile. the day she spills the beans is the day he dies.

•will has smoked with jon and argyle at least once. as one of the youngest cousins, you dont spend time around stoners without doing it at some point. its like the trippiest bonding experience.

•el has a really fucking weak immune system. she spent 12 years in a lab with people that haven’t made physical contact with the outside world for longer than that. shes vaccinated now but that doesn’t stop her from getting sick insanely easily. will as well but thats just bc he’s immunodeficient. one has gotten sick, given to the other one, gotten better, and then caught it again multiple times.(my brother and i do this regularly. our record is 6 times back and forth with the stomach bug. it was not pretty.)

•will has the sickest fucking scar on his side from when nancy hit him with the fire poker in season 2. i mean, hes probably got plenty from all. that. but the ones gotta be super visible. el also has a really sick scar on her leg from that ordeal at starcourt. when someone sees one of them and asks about it, will and el come up with a stupid story thats barely believable(aka not at all) and then poke fun at each other about it later. “i was stung by a wasp the size of a frog, really?” “at least its not like the time you told janet coleman that i got mine from falling while climbing mount everest and somehow fell perfectly onto my side!” “i panicked, okay?!”

•the byers are jewish-catholic(my only basis is that winona and noah are jewish)the only catholic things they do now that lonnies out of the picture are like christmas(or chrismukkah) and easter but like just in like the chocolate eggs and stuff like that kinda way

•max, eddie, robin, and will all walk like they’re in a constant panicked hurry to get somewhere. max and eddie get visibly(and sometimes verbally) frustrated when someone walks too slowly in front of them. will and robin just slow down and look so awkward doing it bc their bodies arent built for going that slow.

•will has like a plain old brown leather cover journal bc he didnt want anyone to see it and call him gay and whatever but the inside of the diary is all like colorful pens and like his i’s dotted with hearts(not really im just being dramatic for the comedic effect but i dot my i’s with hearts so maybe idk) and shit like that

•the best gift will has ever received is the x-men 134 comic. dustin gave it to him when he got back from the upside down and will read it over and over until he got out of the hospital and then put it in a clear plastic cover to keep it safe

•steve makes the meanest french toast you have ever seen. once the hopper-byers were settled in back in hawkins, the entire party+erica and probably nancy and eddie were at the door that morning asking for steve to make them french toast now that the gangs all back together. he ofc did. robin came downstairs like 15 minutes later and he was like “OH MY GOD- how do you keep getting in?? id get you a key but you seem to be doing just fine without it!! do you want french toast?” he loves them a lot its okay

•mike has braces. ik he doesnt actually like in the show but like i think he should, like not that anything is wrong with finns teeth, i just think michael should have them.

•nancys an avid friendship bracelet maker. all of her friends have one. all of mikes friends have one. hell, all of hollys friends probably have one. will, dustin, and max have two of them bc theyre also her friends.

•lucas and jonathan are absolutely terrified of horses. neither of them have an actual reason. they just think they look creepy.

•mike can tap dance. his mom made him take classes when he was little. he honestly really liked it but he’d rather die that say that out loud.

• el and will do art projects together all the time. el’s good at sculpting and pottery and wills good at drawing and painting. that ends up working really well other than the mess they always make(will now permanently has a tarp on his floor).

•steve and robin both still say the little bunny ear thing when they tie their shoes(have yall guessed that i love steve and robin yet??)

•nancy plays tennis(and she looks soooo good doing it-WHO SAID THAT).

•dustin will straight up peel lemons and eat them like apples. no one knows if its to freak people out(he’s succeeding if it is) or just because he likes them.

•el and will LOVE bugs. jonathan, lucas, and mike, however, will scream bloody murder when they see one. one of the wonder twins will just tenderly scoop the bug up and set it outside and just go back to what they were doing.

•lucas can make really good flower crowns. he makes them for max on dates and she pretends like she hates it but she loves her dorky bf.

will there be a part 3? probably! i was planning on putting like maybe 10 hcs to this one and i accidentally put 30, so the chances are high!

some stranger things headcanons(mostly ending up being ramblings bc im autistic)! feel sososo free to share yours with me or ask if i have any for a specific character! and shoutout to my bestie griffin for helping me come up with some of these

•max leaves like the most random shit in mikes locker. like he’ll open it and find like an origami armadillo or a piece of macaroni covered in glitter or like a singular fuzzy christmas sock. he has no idea its her(everyone else knows). he shows up to lunch every day with the item and gets more and more terrified every day.

•eddie has nicknames for all of the kids bc he loves them and hes alive and happy. he calls max ginger snap or little orphan annie or something along those lines and she acts pissed off but she loves it. he calls lucas number 8 bc even if he doesnt like basketball, he supports his kids in anything they do. dustin is just henderson ofc or the occasional like curly sue or smthn of that nature. he obvi calls erica lady applejack or miss america. he calls mike training wheel(nancy is steering wheel and holly is tricycle) or michael in the most ominous way possible. he calls will lil buddy or “sir william the wise, my lord” while doing the most dramatic curtsy ever, no in between. he calls el stupid shit like elton john or eleanor roosevelt and if hes greeting her he just asks her what number hes thinking of. i just love him and want him to be happy.

•el and mike are lesbian and gay solidarity argue with the wall. they were the first to find out about the other’s crush on max/will and they both encourage each other to go for it. el especially bc she hears how much will talks about mike. mike tries to get info from max but shes just like oh my god leave me alone(lovingly, ofc) with the reddest face ever and mike is like 🤔.

•max sees erica like a little sister and vice versa.

•will, robin, max, and eddie tell eachother all about their relationships/crushes and it ends in a nightmare every time. will told them about something really stupid mike said and eddie brought it up, laughing, at hellfire and mike was like “oh my god i fucked up so badly that will told eddie” and eddie tries to come up with another explanation like will wasnt the only other person there. “nonono, it wasnt will that told me! it was… nancy! she was… in the… bushes! for uhm……. newspaper stories???” and mike just thinks about it for the rest of the day

•idc abt canon they all go to lucas’s games and theyre huge dorks about it. they make signs and everything and then have a party at steves house regardless of whether they won or he even got to play. steve also helps lucas practice sometimes and is always like “go easy on me im old.”

•steve and robin worked a good few jobs in the months between the mall getting destroyed and the family video. they were there for maybe a week before one of them got fired(steve) and the other quit in protest bc theyre besties and share one braincell.

•lucas is a history kid, dustin and el are math kids, mike and max are english kids, and will is a science and art kid.

•steve hates his house because its always so lonely and he tells robin this like once in passing and she just shows up randomly with a duffel bag with her pjs and stuff. she probably has a key at this point so like he’ll get back from the shower or smthn and she’ll just be sitting on his bed watching tv like she lives there(she pretty much does), not that he minds obvi. he loves hanging out with her

•will and el are practically inseparable. they tell each other absolutely everything and have “sleepovers” once a week. when will realized that el doesnt know her birthday, he decided that they were gonna share his because everyone already jokingly calls them the wonder twins anyway. i literally just adore them and want more content with them.

•dustin and max will argue over the absolute dumbest stuff EVER. absolutely anything and everything. like max threatened to kill him over whether els shoes were mustard yellow or yellow-orange.

•mike acts like he hates steves guts when he finds out he likes eddie. like he’ll regularly be like “wow, you date my sister and now you’re going after my mentor.” and steve is just like “yeah, and ill go after your mom next. pipe down.”

•nancy and argyle vibe like no other and not a single person understands how. jonathan jokes that he cant believe his best friend would leave him for his ex and they all think its really funny.

•robin and steve cant spell restaurant or communicate or fairly simple words like that. they pass a singular braincell back and forth wand it probably belongs to nancy.

•steve taught all of the kids other than max how to drive. eddie taught max while steve had to like hold robins hand because of how nervous he was.

•dustin has zero rhythm(affectionate).

•el sat hopper down and asked him about his intentions with joyce like an overprotective dad when they got back from russia and always messes with him about the three inches rule.

•will gets along really well with nancy and holly. sometimes he’ll show up at the wheeler house and mikes pleasantly surprised to see him, thinking will there to see his bf but hes actually there for a tea party that holly invited him to or for his scheduled gossip session with nancy and probably steve, max, and el.

•el is an avid abba stan. she and will regularly end up having dance parties in her room when she plays it. argyle always joins in if hes over and jonathan does too, but not before he gets a couple of pictures bc he loves them a lot.

•eddie and robin smoke together on the occasion(they cried one time bc robin turned off the lights on accident and they were convinced they both went blind).

if you read this far i literally love you oh my god

[themikewheelers]

Max for the ask meme!

favorite thing about them: she’s honestly rlly rlly mature and self-reflective like u can tell in the show she rlly does care a lot about being a good person and wanting to make friends and not hurting anybody and you can tell she cares a lot about that stuff like she even says to lucas how she’s scared of ending up like billy but it’s sm more than just that like she rlly is super mature in the sense that she can tell when she’s being off base and apologizes and want to be better but she also has zero problems confronting people and standing up for herself and it’s a v rare and special form of maturity where you’re simultaneously able to accept that you’re not perfect while retaining your own self-worth and ability to stand up for urself to others 

least favorite thing about them: i think she is a bit entitled in the show, but not even really in a BAD way, more just like a normal human level of it ?? but yeah idk there’s certain moments like how she just kinda expected that the boys had to be friends with her that dont rlly rub me the right way but i hold nothing against her in that bc ??? i mean that’s literally how almost any human person would feel in that scenario lol 

favorite line: when she’s TELLIN OFF billy after hitting him with the syringe !! 

brOTP: Honestly her dynamics with all the other kids are so good ??? Like I can’t even pick just one bc there’s such underrated details in all of them and we haven’t seen much of her relationships so far in the show beyond with Lucas but god there’s SO MUCH potential for her friendships with all the kids that I want the show to go into ?? 

OTP: Lumax 100% 

nOTP: I don’t think I rlly have any ??? I mean the only 3 ppl I ever see her shipped with her Lucas, El, and Mike. I love Lumax, I’m p neutral on Elmax, and Madwheeler aint rlly my thing but I wouldn’t call it a notp bc I DO love their dynamic, just not romantically. 

random headcanon: the other kids always assume since she’s from california she loves the beach and the sun and all that but in reality she HATES it, during her first summer in Hawkins they take a trip up to Lake Michigan to go to the beach and she spends the whole time complaining about the sand and the heat and everything 

unpopular opinion: the fandom mangles her character SO MUCH like she’s such a fun and interesting character but in the fandom ppl treat her like such a jerk most of the time tbh. like she’s such a nice person and she’s funny and friendly and easy-going and ppl have somehow turned her fanon personality into this mean girl who bullies all her friends and i ??? dont like it ?? man off topic but entirely on topic but god raise ur hand if ur as tired as me of “tomboy” characters (or rlly any female character who’s not perfectly feminine) immediately being stereotyped as cold and emotionless despite that not going along at all with their actual characterizations bc yeah 

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