#stranger thngs

[timetobeaghost]

Made up my mind about the fruit Pizza scene

I was always questioning what Mike really wanted to say, but am sure now he wanted to break up like El. She was clearly going to suggest being friends, and he was basically about to do the same, only that he was going to apologize and explain himself and emphasize how much he really DOES care about her, but not in that way, and will always be there for her, while she would have made it short and sweet.

Basically they were on exactly the same page and everything would be fine if Argyle had not interrupted. ARGHgyle! But he does interrupt and they enjoy getting to delay the somewhat difficult conversation and just be friends. Which Will of course interprets as true love and an outstanding example of heterosexuality. Oh, Will.

Mike was under the influence of the van scene, in which he got a lot of mixed messages, but one of them being that El needs him and he always will. But he was also still under the influence of the "Sometimes it's hard to tell the truth... because what if they don't like the truth" conversation and I think that was an extremely important one, putting him on the path of mustering the courage to tell the truth.

Then after the both conversations we have him reunite with El, deliriously happy that she is well and he found her. She makes it romantic, putting their foreheads together and cradling his face, while he breaks the romantic tension within seconds as per usual. (Which is what made El come to the conclusion that they really should be just friends)

Then there is the extremely interesting fact of his face falling and him looking between Will and El with a sad expression. That is the moment he really decided or realized that he can not love El "the way she wants him to". All leading up to his attempted confession in the Surfer Boys.

But all went to shit when El was in trouble and Will insisted that Mike must confess his love to El or she would literally DIE. Also Max would die and the world would end. Medium pressure.

WILLLLLL, no! Mike looks so desperate and pained because he already decided to be honest with El and that this would be the best for both of them. He is forced far back into the closet at gunpoint by the boy he is in love with. It's heartbreaking shit.

Disclaimer: All credit to the gif makers. Don't know their names nor would I dare to name them because many are probably milenvens. Sry..

[eddieslittlefreak]

our sweet poison - steddie ff

summary: wanting someone who you can’t have is probably one of the most painful things in the world.  a short story about how prince eddie lets the dagger of his mate, steve’s soft rejection sink into his back.

i love writing angsty shit to angsty songs, even tho while being in the happiest realitionship i’ve ever had. this is my toxic trait, there is literally no reason for me to write these, sorry everyone lmao <3

Eddie always thought he needed no one. He grew up in one of the richest families in the land, as a respected royalty. He thought being alone in wealth was just as good as being with someone.  But soon that mirage was shattered by the refreshing drop of Steve’s caring pair of eyes, which sometimes stared at Eddie for way too long, like a lost, homeless puppy. Soon heavyweights got wrapped around his ankles and his wrists which he carried wherever he went.

Prince Steve was charming and kind, he had a bride too. But Eddie’s naive little heart was full of hope toward his mate, who never seemed to take interest in boys. So Eddie resisted. He took the punches of seeing Steve with all of those pretty ladies right into his guts, and managed to straighten his back whenever Steve’s future, and a planned marriage was brought into the conversation. 

Until it was too much.

Until one night he asked Steve to follow him to the hill right behind the palace. Steve was a bit late and Eddie had too much wine. They ended up on the grass, Eddie soft curls falling into Steve’s lap as he mumbled the words, as he cried out every love soaked confession that ever tripped on the tip of his tongue. Steve led his fingers through those familiar curls with a shaky hand and glossy eyes.

“Eddie? Eddie, breathe.” Steve’s voice was barely above a little whisper. Eddie got a handful of Steve shirt into his fist as he tried to stop sobbing. “Eddie.. I’ve got a bride.” he bit his lips and Eddie felt the words cutting right on the skin of his back. 

“I know. I know, God, I know.” he nodded, pressing his face into Steve’s tummy.

“Good, okay.” Steve nodded, a pearl of tear rolling down on his face. “My boy.”

The rejection was hard, since Eddie felt like him and Steve had the same sins. The same tone painted their skin and their lips touched the same porcelain cups. Like their hands played on the same strings, the exact same notes. But Eddie couldn’t follow a light that eventually led him into darkness, where it faded and he lost trace of it. So he took a deep breath in the sharp pain and let it sink. 

[wendydarlingfics]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler Characters: Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers, Nancy Wheeler Additional Tags: 1990s, Alternate Universe - 1990s, Slice of Life, Polyamory, Polyamorous Character, Fluff, Domestic Fluff Series: Part 5 of Stoncy Week 2023: Peter, Paul, Mary Summary: Nancy doesn't understand why Steve and Jonathan like soap operas so much.

[11-6-1983]

Why Nancy might not have been out of character in season 4.

I think part of the reason Nancy started to notice Steve romantically in s4 even tho it seemingly goes against everything in her character development so far is bc she is scared.

First, we know from the start that one of Nancy's biggest fears is ending up like her parents in a nuclear family. That is one of the reasons she is unhappy in her relationship with Steve. At the start of the season 4, her and Jon are clearly growing apart. Would it be crazy to think it might be because similar reasons? (at least on Nancey's end)

I think Nancy might be somewhat coming to the realization that she is not happy with what she has with Jon. She may feel guilty because she feels like she should be. Jon is a great guy. They have a relationship much better than what most women in the 80s ends up with. They have the real shit: shared trauma. But she isn't.

All of this doesn't change the fact she will still end up in a nuclear, heteronormative family with Jonathan. He might not be a jock like Steve was, and they aren't terrible for each other like her parents are, but it will still be the nuclear family she wanted to reject so badly in the first season (and arguably every time after that).

I think its completely possible that when Nancy realized how she felt and how complicated those feelings about what she wants for herself she may have panicked. In this panic and ultimate absence of Jonathan, she regressed a bit. Because of the time the show takes place in, you can imagine that simply deciding that you don't want a committed relationship with a man is not easy like it would be today. Especially after she has been with Jon for a few years and has another man (steve) who is completely in love with her. She may be trying to test things out (consciously or unconsciously) to try and find a scenirio where she could be happy with one of them. This would include and cause everything with Steve. She isn't happy with her perfect boyfriend Jonathan, so maybe she would with Steve? someone she knows loves her?

All of this, (if im right) is futile bc Nancy will never be happy (at least in this point of her life) living a heteronormative life with a man. My hope, is that season 5 will hold Nancy coming to this realization and letting go of being with Jon, Steve, or any man for the time being. Listening to what would make her happy rather than what society tells her she should do, just like she wanted in season one.

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All of this requires s5 to pull through lmao. I could be completely wrong and maybe it all is truly Nancy out of character, but until then we won't know

[timetobeaghost]

Big fat I TOLD YOU SO to all the Will or whoever is actually the heart of the party, Mike is just the heart to Will because he is in love - truthers. Yeah, no, the Duffers are also in love with Mike and/or he is - very much - objectively the heart of the group.

Will sees Mike for what he really is, actually.

OH WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT MIKE?? OH HES THE LEADER?? HES THE HEART??

[willow-lark]

oh what’s THAT… is that a sneak peek of my @bylerbigbang fic?? 👀

please stay tuned for ai! ai! (fūnestaque littera ducta est) coming to you on nov. 29! ☀️🌻

[robyboh]

Some tv show-inspired designs you can find at my Redbubble Shop (link in Home!)

If you like them, go check the link ;)

[emma-exsanguia]

spent nearly all day and into the nite outside. riding trains n busses. selling the last few thngs i hav tht r of any value 2 anyone else. got a new obama phone at the walmart. it wz a good day. it wz productive. it felt good 2b outside. ppl wer nice 2 me. i helped a guy hook up a trailer thng 4 kids 2 his bike so he cud haul recyclables. strangers smiled at me and said hi. i said hi back. i felt comfy on the bus and ther wer friendly conversations.

thn i got bak home n greeted each of my many housemates as i saw them and not a single one said a word to me.

[timetobeaghost]

You mean an awful boyfriend?

Welll, maybe we both.....

I want you to be - you to be happy

..blabla..... Friends!

Of course, I mean if you want to ..., we can do that *cutest smile*

I mean, we're friends

guys I slowed it down hope that helps

[coolerdracula]

the girl I dislike wrote her thematic analysis about stranger thngs and how it appeals to “people who age” so I’m doing fine I think

[bluehwale]

SO I was like travelling in bus for my.classes nd im usually a person in public transport who is like quiet minds my own business nd doesnt talk to anyone cuz maybe either om too sleepy or using my phone nd yesterday in saw this guy on my bus he was wearing all black suit nd he had his ear pierced (cuz men over here dont like to pierce their ears cuz its feminine 💀) nd that guy was standing in front of me I was like observing him like I liked men black tuxedo okay cuz they look so good 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵😮‍💨😮‍💨nd I was thinking of completing his outfit nd I was like contemplating whether should I or should I not nd I was get so FUCKING anxious 😭😭 like me who has never complimented a stranger (not even a women is going nd complimenting a MAN ITS A BIG THNG ND IM LITERWLLY MY MIMD EAS SO BUSY DESPITE RUNNING ON 4HRS OF SLEEP) nd ykw im the end I ended up complimenting him nd before my stop I said ur outfit looks really good nd I like ur bag too nd he was literally smiling ear to ear so cite nd before he could say smth my stop came I was literally SCREAMING THE WHOLE WAY UNTIL I FOUND MY SENIOR 😭i jad to pull my my shit together nd talk to him ndi after I finished talking to him I was literally screaming nd sending voice notes to my frnd (hey sending voice notes r a BIG THING nd I never send voice texts unless I cant type.out my thoughts nd to arrange them properly im a text message nd I couldn't call the fuck.down I LEGIT WENT TO RESTROOM ND SCREAMEDDDDDD WELLL im becoming more loose like ND WJEM I COMPLIMENT ITS LIKE I DESCRIBE EVERY ASPECT OF IT ND TELL IT TO PPL ND IT ENDS UP WITH THEM BLUSHING ND I WAS Literally TRYIJG MY BEST NOT TO STUTTER 🥴🥴ND I ENDED UP GWTTING SHT AFTER GIVING THE COMPLIMENT 😭😭😭💀💀LIZ IT WAAS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER ND I TOLD ANT THIS TO 3 OTHER FRNDS ND THEY ALL HAD fucking diverse opinions like 😞😞😞imma cotinue it in the next ask 🥴🥴

olay so I told abt my adventure to 3other frnds one of then whom I told first thought I jad a crush on the gut like a fleeting crush who im never gonna see again (sue was genuinely.confused olay so o said I just liked how he dressed up nd yes black tum 💀🥴🥴im on my knees okay )

another frnd I told (she is the most logical one) she said guys get less compliments than girls nd u just made his day nd said when u get dressed up nd someone acknowledges it u are jiet over the moon nd she was also proud of me for implementing a stranger cuz it takes alot of courage

thw last.frnd I told she said u go on doing this nd make.every guy fall for.u 😭 im like im an over exaggerator who compliments in a very descriptive way nd I cant change it cuz it what it is nd imo descriptive compliments >>>>one line compliments (idk why I prefer it )

anw liz have a good day taake care of urself.ilyyy (2/2)

MISS DIORWOO!!!! IM ALWAYS THE HAPPIEST GIRL WHENEVER I HEAR FROM U <33 (my response is under the cut, u better bUCKLE UP !!)

HI HELLO SORRY IM??? ON THE FLOOR??? ALL BLACK SUIT WITH HIS EARS PIERCED???? PHEW 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 U BETTER SIGN ME UP BCS I ALSO LIKE MEN IN BLACK TUXEDOS rawr (also i’d probably simp for u if i ever see u in a bus BCS U GIVE OFF THE MYSTERIOUS QUIET VIBES😵‍💫sorry oops off topic!! ANYWAYS) SMNDNDNDNS RUNNING ON 4 HOURS OF SLEEP BUT U STILL HAVE UR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT MHM I KNOW THATS RIGHT !!!!

ANNDNDB. FBDBDBSBSJJSJSS KYAAAAAAAAWQAAASSS WHEN U COMPLIMENTRD HIM OMGG FNDNDHDJ 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 HIM SMILING EAR TO EAR !!!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 HELLO THIS IS LIKE THE START OF A ROMANCE MOVIE ?????? A SCENE OF THIS (ghibli style) IS LITERALLY PLAYING IN MY HEAD RN I CAN SEE THE VISION OMG AND 😭😭😭 STOPPPPP HE DIDNT GET TO SAY ANTUTHING BEFORE U GOT OFF UR STOP OMGMDNDHDHD IM SO UGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH THIS WOULD BE A HOLLYWOOD HIT ISTG 😭😭 also

u: *internally screaming and dy1ng* 🧍‍♀️

ur senior: 😃👋 (HE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT U JUST WENT THRU!!!!!)

ALSO URE RIGHT VOICE NOTES ARE A BIG THING!!! JSNSJSJJSHS I WOULD ALSO DO THAT IF I WERE U BCS MY HANDS WOULD BE SHAKING AND I WOULDNT BE ABLE TO TYPE 😭😭😭 (im hoping no janitors were traumatized in that toilet </3) ALSO YEAH UR COMPLIMENTS ARE SERIOUSLY THE BEST ITS PEAK BCS I BLUSH BEHIND MY SCREEN ALL THE DAMN TIME !!! JWBDJSJSJ

A FLEETING CRUSH WHO U WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN???? PLS DONT BREAK MY HEART NOOOO 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔😞😞😞😞😞 (im gonna manifest that u’ll meet him again soon I HAVE MY PRAYER CIRCLE READY !!!!! 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️) honestly,,,,, so relatable i too would get on my knees for any man who dresses well and esp in black (the bar is so low its IN HELL)

NAH BCS IM GONNA GO WITH UR LAST FRIEND BCS IM PRETTY SURE HE FELL IN LOVE WITH U !!!!!! WHEN U COMPLIMENTRD HIM AND UR GAZE MET HIS, THATS WHEN HE KNOWS !!! ITS U !!!! U’RE THE ONE HES BEEN LOOKING FOR (sorry im obv over the mOON THIS IS TOO CUTE) but yeah im also so 🥺🥺proud🥺🥺 of u for complimenting a stranger bcs that takes balls that i dont hv I MEAN IVE NEVER ATTEMPTED TO DO IT BUT IK I WOULD GET 😨😨😨 *sweats* 😨😨😨 AND “hi i just wanna say that i rlly like ur outfi- well would u looK at that cat over there!! aHaHahah” WOULD PROBABLY COME OUT OF MY MOUTH INSTEAD SNBDDNNSNS (i hv 0 rizz) but anyWAYS IT PROBABLY MADE HIS WHOLE DAY AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT YOU’VE BECOME “THE GIRL IN THE BUS” TO ALL HIS FRIENDS BCS HE WOULD FOR SURE TELL EVERYONE THAT HE GOT A COMPLIMENT FROM U </333333 (im suffering thats so cute) U’RE IMMORTALIZED IN HIS HEAD AND IN HIS STORIES !!!!!

i loVE the way u give compliments u’re literally the sweetest and i know hE thinks that too </3 im hoping for another adventure of u meeting that guy OR ANYONE ELSE IN PARTICULAR REALLY BCS EEEEEK THIS MADE MY WHOLE DAY I LOVED THIS SM SNSBDBDNSBNSS 😭😭😭😭

thanku sm for sharing this adventure of urs !!! 🥺🥺🥺 i missed u and i love u and i hope u have a great day as well !!! take care always <333

p.s. I NEED UPDATES IF U EVER SOMEHOW MEET THIS GUY AGAIN👹👹👹👹 UNIVERSE !!!! DO UR THING !!! 👹👹👹👹

hashtag my current mood:

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

DANCE HALL OF BEAUTIFUL RADIANT THNGS

[This is an event that my son hosted in 2014]

Passion and desire mix with propriety and restraint when we create the '20s/'30s dance hall.

Which side will you be on? Will you keep a spot open on your dance card for the comely stranger across the room? Or will you sweep into the arms of a willing taxi dancer, knowing that a dollar a song is all you are to them?

We will teach you to slow dance (something appropriate for any level of dancer) and provide you with a card to arrange your prances for the night. Wallflowers beware: our roving matrons will match you up.

A bevy of Taxi Dancers will also be in attendance. Who, for a dollar a dance, will "teach" you slow dancing for one song. (and feel free to inquire about our 'private classes" behind the screen.)

Doors at 7:30. Arrive early. Start filling your dance card. Music begins promptly at 8:00, with intermissions between songs. Music ends at 11:00. Slow dancing lessons provided throughout the night.

RSVP so others can start filling in your dance card. Tickets are limited.

About the name "Dance Hall of the Beautiful, Radiant Things"; with regards to Emma Goldman - http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman

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“If I can’t dance I don’t want to be in your revolution” is probably Emma Goldman’s most quoted phrase. And it’s easy to see why. It beautifully captures an anarchist vision of freedom, full of joy and vibrancy. But did Emma Goldman actually speak these words? Alix Kate Shulman explores the origins of this famous anthem of anarchism in her article “Dances with Feminists.” She reveals that it in fact sprung from a passage in Goldman’s 1931 autobiography Living My Life and was later condensed into the quote we see today. The quote still holds as a powerful expression of Goldman’s free spirit, but here are Goldman’s original words, detailing an incident at a dance party:

“At the dances I was one of the most untiring and gayest. One evening a cousin of Sasha [Alexander Berkman], a young boy, took me aside. With a grave face, as if he were about to announce the death of a dear comrade, he whispered to me that it did not behoove an agitator to dance. Certainly not with such reckless abandon, anyway. It was undignified for one who was on the way to become a force in the anarchist movement. My frivolity would only hurt the Cause.

I grew furious at the impudent interference of the boy. I told him to mind his own business, I was tired of having the Cause constantly thrown into my face. I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from conventions and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement should not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. "I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody’s right to beautiful, radiant things.” Anarchism meant that to me, and I would live it in spite of the whole world–prisons, persecution, everything. Yes, even in spite of the condemnation of my own comrades I would live my beautiful ideal.” 

[Living My Life (New York: Knopf, 1934), p. 56]

For the rest of the article, visit

http://ucblibrary3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Features/dances_shulman.html

[humanmutate]

tbh. want to rewarch stranger thngs

[merchantfan]

part of the genius of reading things in their original hebrew though is there's wordplay and even possible puns we're missing out on in the translation. There are a lot of poems that are basically acrostics that go in alphabetical order and that element isn't translated.

on an unrelated note, it's even stranger that modern Hebrew doesn't have vowels. They even made vowels you can use, but then in practice they 99% don't use them. Why?!? Y cld prbly d th sm thng n nglsh bt wy?

thinking about the strangeness of biblical hebrew. no vowels, for centuries. no pointing, no indication of who is speaking when. no reverential capitalization. thinking about how we read gen 4:10 as "and god said [to cain], 'what have you done?'" but just as easily, the passage could be: "and cain said [to god], 'what have you done?'" both translations work. both translations fit as much as they don't. and so we don't have to pick which we like; we don't have to insist that either god or cain is being blamed for the death of a brother. both can be at fault, bloody fingers pointing at one another, two mouths agape in horror

[redriot]

Going through my likes to fill up my queue, trying to tag stranger things after three drinks like

Strangest things

Strangest thingers

Stranging thers

Strangirst thngs

Stranrg things

[timetobeaghost]

I honestly don't like people implying El and Mike are mutually not in love, just to make it tidier and not to offend El? Nevermind the fact that El is a fictional character, I feel that is actually very offensive to her. Respect her feelings LOL or the writing and Millie's acting if you want to be realistic about it. She was clearly completely heartbroken in Vol.1. Completely. Totally. Heartbroken. The stuff they write songs about You don't get out of that with saying she's just obsessive and she doesn't know life without Mike. Yeah, whatever, her heart still broke.

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Furthermore as this netflixgeeked post pointed out helpfully. she has the reflex to touch his face which is an exceedingly intimate romantic gesture. (her thumb proceeded to caress his cheek, just so you know) Apparently she is very attracted to that face and person. We saw it three times. In the first ep of S3 when he removed her hands, in the last Ep of S3 when he froze and outside Nina when he is busy being happy he found her safe and alive but wastes zero time breaking the romantic tension to point out Will instead of doing the natural thing and kiss her.

They are NOT on the same page. They need to get there. Vol. 2 is a bit more debatable. I would say she was ready to let him go at the Surfer Boy's because she can take a hint (not because she realized she wouldn't want him) and then angry at him in the end because he does not love her but said he did and now she is confused and hurt again or something. This is an actual conflict that will have to be resolved in the future. It is not fine as of now and it won't just turn out fine off screen.

She is probably not exactly in the headspace to ship Byler anytime soon either. But yeah, it would be cute if she did eventually.