#robin and billy friendship supremacy

[glassofapplejuicee]

ok ok so the idea of a camp au has been floating around in my head forever and at this point i just need to put pen to paper! now i’ve never been to camp so keep that in mind. and god only knows if this will become an actual fleshed out fic or a WIP that will collect dust in my drive forever-

anyways, it's called Camp Spruce Trails (get it, Spruce Trails, ST?) and I'm imagining this au is still set in the mid 80s, but none of the upside down stuff happens ya know? or maybe upside down stuff happens while they're at camp? but i'm kind of leaning towards letting these guys have a normal childhood-

the camp itself is your classic 6 week sleepaway camp, there’s canoeing, arts and crafts, knot tying, competitions, campfires, etc. going to camp is a borderline religious tradition for The Party and they will do everything in their power to make sure they attend. one of their favorite parts of camp, is the staff:

Argyle Franco: 17, Kitchen, he isn’t huge with the kids but Jonathan convinced him to apply for the job, fridays are always pizza nights, he keeps to himself usually but cheers on his favorite campers during their games

Robin Buckley: 18, Blue Cabin Counselor, frazzled 24/7 but trying her best, wears the handmade jewelry from her campers like it’s made of gold, knows all the camp songs by heart, cries when camp ends, no longer allowed in the kitchen after the incident of ‘84

Nancy Wheeler: 18, Yellow Cabin Counselor, by the books and her campers know that, but they still have fun, always excels in the art competitions (much to Billy’s dismay), she's the most strict counselor however she takes great pride in her ability to get all the campers in bed by lights out

Jonathan Byers: 18, Groundskeeper(?), no one really knows his exact job title, he just sort of shows up every summer and nobody says anything, he fixes leaky pipes, kitchen appliances, pulls weeds, whatever needs done, he helps out a lot in the art cabin though

Steve Harrington: 19, Green Cabin Counselor, mostly stable but the coffee rings stained into his clipboard are telling, tries to be the "cool counselor", and if you stay on his good side you’ll be fine, however he will not hesitate to drag your ass to the office and call your parents if you step out of line

Billy Hargrove: 19, Red Cabin Counselor, parents hate him, but his campers are loyal, they demolish every single athletic competition, stole Eddie’s whistle (now annoys everyone with it), also no longer allowed in the kitchen after the incident of '84

Eddie Munson: 20, Lifeguard, but he sort of pokes his head in wherever he pleases, was deemed unfit to be a camp counselor so they stuck him as lifeguard, plays guitar around the campfire at night, multiple writes up for smoking on the job

if i were to flesh this out more into a full au fic (or more realistically, a series of ficlets??) you can bet your bottom dollar that there will be a giant love hexagon thing that will be going on as a subplot to the camp activities. i'm not even a huge multi-shipper or anything but picture it: Nancy asks Robin to watch her campers for a minute so she can go flirt with Jonathan? yeah sure why not. Nancy gets back and finds Robin sulking cause she's jealous? i'm sure Nancy would be happy to cheer Robin up with a kiss! Eddie and Argyle bump into each other smoking behind the shed? oh whoops my finger slipped and now they're shot gunning a joint. Steve find's Billy and Eddie chilling at Skull Rock? well shit now all three of 'em are making out a la Challengers.

[eclipsewxtch]

a outtake i had to be restrained from adding into the why finney black can’t have nice things:

bandana boy ✓ @robinrockurworld

you guys ever wake up and instead of being met with the face of your soulmate you’re staring down William Fucking Showalter who’s got whipped cream all over his sleeping face, a pink feather boa tied around his ankle and his phone ringing for a 8:30 alarm — playing Britney Spear’s “If U Seek Amy”

big pimpin’ ✓@paperboy

replying to @robinrockurworld

die.

pinballer ✓ @vancehopper

replying to @robinrockurworld

Billy just tackled Robin to the ground, and I think this is hilarious

[upside-down-theater-kid]

1-stranger things

2- uhhhhh idk you can pick

3- davey

for ‘please’ asks

I was mostly done answering the first part and tumblr deleted the draft so here we go again!

Favorite character: El!

Least favorite character: Lonnie

5 favorite ships

Elmax

Byler

Ronance

Boyce

Literally all of the characters x therapy

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Character I would be best friends with: Dustin

A random thought: We need scenes of Dustin being a theater kid since he’s canonically in Drama Club

Unpopular opinion: Billy is a piece of shit and him dying doesn’t redeem his actions and I have no idea why people ship him with Steve (probably not unpopular on the side of the fandom I’m on, but unpopular in the fandom at large I think)

Canon OTP: I don’t ship any of the canon ships, but I’ll go with Lumax since it’s the healthiest canonical romance and I see the appeal

Non-canon OTP: Elmax

Most badass character: El

Most epic villain: Heteronormativity (well, not very epic, but still)

Pairing I am not a fan of: H*rringrove. Billy is a piece of shit whereas Steve showed actual character development and they never had a single positive on-screen interaction. I have no idea why it has the most fics for Stranger Things on ao3

Character I feel the writers screwed up: Lucas, since he’s not the most fleshed out. Hopefully he gets more depth and screen time next season

Favorite friendship: Steve and Robin (Bi dumbass and swaggy lesbian is just the dynamic of me and @melencholypolywog)

Character I most indentify with: Maybe El?

Character I wish I could be: Robin ig?

Boyf riends

When I started shipping them: Even before I was into Be More Chill because I heard of the ship and I was like “huh that makes sense” then I actually got into it and I was like THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CANON IT’S SO OBVIOUS!

My thoughts: Autistic Boyf riends supremacy

What makes me happy about them: Just how cute they are and how supportive they are of each other when Jeremy isn’t SQUPed

What makes me sad about them: How Jeremy let his internalized ableism get in the way of his relationship with Michael, his so-called “favorite person” (yes autistic Jeremy isn’t bank canon but I don’t care)

Things done in fanfic that annoy me: I haven’t read a ton of Boyf riends fics so I can’t really say

Things I look for in fanfic: I haven’t read enough fics to tell, but I love it when they’re autistic!

My wishlist: Cuddles and infodumping to each other

Who I’d be comfortable with them ending up with, if not each other: I can’t think of any character for Michael, but I guess Christine for Jeremy. Out of all of the canon ships that I don’t ship, stagedorks is pretty good.

My happily ever after from them: For them to never break apart because they’re so cute

Davey Jacobs

How I feel about this character: He is amazing, he is everything, and he needs a break (and a hug)

Characters I ship him with: JACK KELLY! JAVEY SUPREMACY!

Favorite non-romantic relationship with this character: Him and Les. I like the dynamic of siblings that are polar opposites of each other

I don’t think I have any unpopular opinions about him (unless headcanoning him as autistic is considered unpopular)

One thing I think should have happened with him in canon: Him kissing Jack

Favorite friendship for this character: He doesn’t interact too often with most characters, but probably him and Katherine (mlm and wlw solidarity)

My crossover ship: This is hard! Uhhh him and Jeremy Heere ig?