#this song is just soooo steve coded

[onekisstotakewithme]

hi ally!! what kind of music do you like? what's your favourite kind of weather? best book you've read recently? :)

hi!!

I have plenty of music I like, but I'm my dad's daughter and mostly just love 70s/80s music (average day is steve miller band -> fleetwood mac -> gowan -> repeat), also musicals and a few guilty pleasure pop artists :) anyway go listen to guerilla soldier by gowan, hawkeye pierce-coded ass song.

weather wise? i like warm weather! nice and sunny, bit of a breeze. weather I can sit outside and read a book in. (i am a summer girlie. i can't thermoregulate, please let me bask in the sun like a lizard).

and not to sound basic but Holly by Stephen King was soooo incredibly good. It's about cannibal old people and how they get away with their crimes longer because it's during the height of COVID-19!! (people got mad about this book because WAHHH IT'S POLITICAL but you know what, I don't care. are you new to stephen king perhaps?). Also I'm going to be THEE basic b and say I finally read Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in November and read it in like two hours. It was incredible, as Suzanne Collins always is.

[scoopsgf]

nerve wracking to send but omg… pls tell me what songs do you think embody their state of mind at the moment? / associate closely to their characters in this fic (and in general)? i’m just a big music nerd / also HUGE fan of your work so i’m excited. ahh!!

oh my god okay so i'm currently trying to curate a whole playlist for it and just haven't had the time but like. rn i heavily associate el with jane says by jane's addiction. like the whole song is about her you can't convince me otherwise. also alone by heart oh my god. max is sort of giving i owe you nothing by bros, ric wake, and bob cadway but also here i go again by whitesnake. lucas is girl you know it's true by milli vanilli. will is soooo lucretia my reflection by sisters of mercy coded rn. steve is run to paradise by the choirboys and also new sensation by INXS. nancy is the passenger by siouxsie and the banshees. mike is sweet jane by the cowboy junkies but like, platonically. also the flame by cheap trick, and will too. everybody is teen age riot by sonic youth but specifically jonathan and robin. also jonathan is everyday is like sunday by morrissey. also suedehead. they're all don't know what you got til it's gone by cinderella, and one by metallica is just. the whole fic vibe.

[quiveringdeer]

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tagging: Anyone, just make a your own new post but tag me so I can read!

three ships:

kiribaku (it's consumed my every waking moment these two are so perfect together! and I just wanna be in their cuddle huddle!

my fave marvel rp polycule ship with my babe @koiwrites - Alison x Steve x Bucky x Wade = "The Loves" 💕

there are so many, but the one on my mind right now is Katara x Zuku -atla

first ever ship:

gosh I have no idea, I wanna say myself and Sesshomaru or Kurama from YYH.

I've also been a sessrin shipper since the jump cause I never saw them as familial in any way, more lord and vassal like him and Jaken. But also if you go through my fic reblog tags it's not like I'd give a care nowadays anyway if that was the coding--fiction is fiction for this here grown adult. 💁🏽‍♀️

I do stand by them being the best example of consistent mutual respect in that series though--and also that the whole thing with the new series shoulda been handled way different and taken hella different artistic choices in character design. 😒

buuuut for a phenomenal alt au, no demon powers, closer in age, beautifully paced sessrin fic with wonderful world and character building, please check out: Song of the West by Ophelly

not completed yet but it's soooo well done, seriously!

last song/album: Can't Rember to Forget You by Shakira ft. Rihanna (shuffle playlist)

last movie: Wish Dragon (recommend!)

currently reading: Lots of KiriBaku threads on twitter

currently watching: Tiktoks on watercolor basics

currently consuming: Many random ship content things on Twitter and mha comedy skits on the tok

currently craving: a true vacation where I actually get to rest and rejuvenate

[castlebyersafterdark]

please elaborate on your fav episodes and be as specific as you enjoy to be! its nice to chat about the show in depth haha.

i dont rank episodes but certain moments stick out for sure. the finale of holly jolly will always be one of my favourite moments not just in ST but in film and television full stop. when they pulled will from the water with that music and the way it all plays out, it was the moment i realised this show was something special not just to me but as a piece of art. that sequence is miles above the show somehow, it's desperately emotional. ofc the fruition of byler would elevate it even further, but even before i knew of byler, the specific line 'and we kissed - - like nothing could fall' always did something to me. its the melody and cadence of the song, combined with the way mike hugs his mom - to me it's a perfect moment of storytelling. even before i knew of romantic undertones, this was the scene that showed us how mike was not a normal boy in how he reacted, and that his and will's friendship was no ordinary one.

i'd like to hear your specific moments you love.

The Disappearance of Will Byers

The way it introduces the Party playing around the table is perfect. That hooked me, it was brilliant. The atmosphere of Mike's basement felt so lived and familiar, these boys were so charming. I was hooked by the nostalgia! Every little way it introduces characters and pulls us into the mystery was top tier the whole episode. Felt like a lived in town. Genuinely a perfect first episode of a series. My most rewatched episode.

Holly Jolly

Joyce's downward spiral (even though she's correct) is heartbreaking and fascinating. And the first time we see the colorful Christmas lights haphazardly strung all over the Byers old run down house and that gentle, tinkling music plays as Joyce walks around in wonder and hope? I think this is my favorite moment of the entire series. Iconic. Gives me chills. And then? The discovery of the body at the quarry and the Party's reaction, Mike's reaction - it's something else entirely. That sequence is on such an elevated emotional level. The song use. When it cuts from Mike hugging Karen to Joyce having thrown herself into Jonathan's arms, silhouetted by car headlights and just barely you can glimpse and hear the cop cars? Gosh, I can't breathe.

Trick or Treat Freak

The Ghostbusters costumes segments with the Party are just so good!! My favorite parts of the show are the 4 boys together and we don't actually get that as often as I wish. So these parts are special. The moms taking the photos, showing up to school, going trick or treating. I also love the party the older teens go to - soooo classic 80s movie vibes! And of course... the Will in the UD scene, Mike pulling him out, and CRAZY TOGETHER. So much in this episode. So important.

The Mindflayer

I find this to be a pretty solid episode. The escape from the lab is the right amount of tension. Will succumbed to possession and the scene where he's tied up and they're recounting memories, "best thing I've ever done" - the way Will looks here still gets me, because we can see that he's trapped in there, he's in there and is straining to react but gosh you're pained because that boy can't do anything but keep trying to fight it. THE MORSE CODE. Will Byers you are insane.

The Bite

This one is very special to me because of Robin's coming out scene. I remember watching it for the first time and feeling this icy sensation, because it's quite similar to my own first time coming out to a friend. It was both tough to watch and emotionally cathartic. When she whispers Steve's name hoping he gets it and won't hate her... my heart rips in two, but then when they start singing the song in the dumb voices together it knits back so fast I get lightheaded. It was perfect. That's why she's my girl. I rarely talk about Robin but I relate to Robin so so so much.

Also, this episode gave us Lucas and Will in the funniest moment in the show - the cereal aisle. You know what part. They're so stupid and I love them for it.

Dear Billy

Solid, solid episode. The Max storyline, of course!! But very underrated is ROBIN and Nancy at the hospital which I love, especially when Robin dramatically bullshits her way into the Victor Creel meeting, I love her so much. I cite this when people say they "dumbed" Robin down or changed her - no, she's brilliant. But also a mess. That's her charm!!

But also - remembering how you felt the first time you watched Max running through the mindscape to that version of Running Up That Hill and then the scene softens and pans out after the fall???? Holy shit. There's always something so powerful about a character who decides to fight and chooses to save themself. "I'm still here." Ahhh.

There's a lot of little moments I could list and I think I probably will in the near future - I just skimmed the episodes I listed from the other ask. What are yall's favorite episodes and why, or just moments that really hit? 😁

[crappymixtape]

💬 hey!! i wanted to submit a request for the summer mix! i really like #15 on the prompt list, cutie friends to lovers trope. i was thinking they were friends in high school, they just graduated, and they’ve been hanging out a few times that summer as “just friends”. maybe they’re high or it’s just the heat of the moment one night and steve is like “hey what would happen if we kissed right now” and it’s cutesy and stuff

you can pick wtv song but i was thinking ab “heat of the moment” by asia if that helps! 💕💕

FULL FIC HERE –– O M G, this is so late and i'm so sorry, nonny. but here it is in all it's summer glory. i changed the prompt a teeny bit, but the kiss is there and it's soooo no-game steve coded LOL i hope you love it as much as i loved writing it! ♥️

[stevie-petey]

this is gonna be sososo random but whenever i read something my brain immediately itches to resonate a song with whatever ive picked up and i finally got a song that fits the come home vibe (in my humble opinion)

idk if you’ve heard the linger x duvet mashup but the lyrics from the cranberries linger is soooo jon x bug coded with all the angst and miscommunicated/complicated feelings (this is so not to paint their relationship in a bad light at all btw! their relationship is so beautiful they just have so much love for each other they haven’t realized it all stems from a much heftier platonic branch than a romantic one!!)

AND in turn

the bg instrumental of duvet is sooo steve x bug bc you know push come to shove steves sort of like this grounding light reader always circles back to in her fog of complicated feelings i think….

ok sorry anyway rant over just wanted to put my 2 cents it!

ooooh looked up linger lyrics and </3 broke my heart. youre so so so right. it really is so bug and jonathan coded. the lingering feelings. the hurt and holding someone elses hand. ugh its so :(

and the background vocals DO feel so steve n bug coded. optimistic but also a bit uncertain but bright and lovely with a sense of melancholy oh you NAILED this anon

[djjohnnyt]

Tagging Game

got tagged by @aphrodaisyacs on this, so let me give it a shot

Rules (that I will doubtless break): answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people who you want to get to know better.

nickname: many over the years, my favorite to use is steve

height: 6' (ish? got measured a bit shorter recently, I must be getting old)

last movie I saw: In theatre? um... Infinity War maybe?

last thing I googled: Probably how to spell a word or a name

favourite musician: There are soooo many, I don't even have a favorite in any given genre.

song stuck in my head: We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Leher

other blogs: Nothing on Tumblr for myself, although holding a URL at my wife's request, not that I expect her to start using it soon

do I get asks: nope, but I do message with some mutuals regularly

following: 109 (a good number that I can keep up with)

amount of sleep: if I'm lucky on the weekends, 7-8. 5ish during the week

lucky number: I always like to say 13

what I’m wearing: pajamas

dream job: I don't dream about working, but I enjoy software design (not graphics mind you, the code itself).

dream trip: Back to Hawaii. Although Europe, especially Scotland, Wales, and Ireland would be cool too.

favourite food: yeah, there's a lot, many of which I can't really eat anymore (have to restrict the amount of fat, read cheese and cream, I can eat after having my gall bladder removed)

play any instruments: play is generous, but I can intentionally make some notes in an organized fashion with a trumpet.

languages: English and very rusty Spanish

favourite songs: again, way, way too many

random fact: I dropped out of college because I signed up for the honors scholarship which made me take writing courses that were way out of my major (computer science) or skill set

describe yourself as aesthetic things: umm...

tag 21 others: since I don't like putting anyone on the spot, I'm just going to say anyone who wants to can do the thing

[write-and-wander]

Dream:  Part 1

Pairing:  Steve Rogers x Reader

Warnings:  Mildly graphic, Swearing

Key:  As always, (Y/N) is your name.

Author’s Note:  Soooo this took me crazy long to rewrite, so hopefully you like it!  This is based off of one of my favorite songs, you can listen to it here:  Dream by Imagine Dragons.  Enjoy!

Dream:  Part 1

In the dark / And I’m right on the middle mark / I’m just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface

It was close. It was so close.  You pushed your chair to another desk to triple check that the cameras were still disabled, and turned your mic back on.

“You guys have under a minute left.  It’d be nice if you could, ya know, hurry it up?”  You insisted, frantically looking through the map of the facility for the exit points and agents roaming.

“(Y/N) I already told you this would take more than five minutes.  You need to disable full security, or something just, make it work.”  Tony responded, fiddling with the high-tech lock in front of him.  You could tell he was on edge, but then again, so was everyone else.  You weren’t even supposed to help the team, as per request of Fury.  However, Tony knew your weakness full well, and being, well, Tony, he decided to use it against you.  

You just had a bad habit of getting lost in dreams, especially ones containing a certain super soldier.  You hoped Steve felt the same way, but you never really knew.  Tony did, though.

He wasn’t always justified by his motives of using members of the team, but it didn’t matter to him.  As long as it worked and he got what he wanted.  Well, it definitely worked.  So, here you were.  

“Tony, I’ve already told you, I have no idea how to do that! I haven’t even been working with HYDRA’s systems for a month.  You can’t learn this shit overnight.”  You searched through a document filled with the commands that had already been used in the system, but you could only find ways to lock doors or mess with the power in certain sectors.  Whoever had this position last was not very good at taking notes and keeping records. You soon became lost in your thoughts, trying to find any way to cut the power to the security systems.  Without power, it couldn’t work.  Or, at least, that was the hope.  The mumbling among the team slipped passed your thoughts and hardly touched worries.

“(Y/N), I know this is a lot to take on, but there’s gotta be something you can do. We just need a little bit more time.” Steve.  Of course.  Damnit, Tony. He knew all to well how you worked.

“But, there’s no-“

“Please, try. You can surely think of something.” Steve assured you, lowering his tone as to comfort you.

“I guess it’s worth a shot.”  You sighed, aggravated.  With the extra dose of desperation, you dug through some notes in the files scattered across your desk about the power leading to the room the team was in, and without thinking, you hurriedly typed in the codes to override the system.

“I don’t know if this’ll work, but it’s the best I can do.  Tony, I sure hope you have a flashlight-…”  The alarms.  Shit. “… In there.”  You almost yelled over the sound of the blaring siren going off in the building before the lights in both the HYDRA room and your floor went out. Everything was dead silent.

And I watch from a distance seventeen / And I’m short of the others dreams of being golden and on top

The team swiftly moved into the room when Tony finished with the door.  They got a hold of the chip.  As soon as Tony’s victorious yell echoed over to your end, you heard the ominous sound of a metal door slamming against the wall.  It was so close.

“Steve? What’s going on?”  You asked quietly, staying completely still. Pained grunts resonated through the walls as Natasha tried to fight her way through what sounded like an army.

“(Y/N)? W-We can take it from here.  It’ll be fine, just… I would get out of there, go home.  Fury’s gonna be on his way and we can’t risk you getting in trouble.  Go.  Now.” Steve quickly ordered, his voice fading as gunshots began to sound in the background.

“I’m getting you guys out of there.”  You replied through clenched teeth, your head starting to spin.

“Doll, please.”  Steve whispered in a pained tone.  “I-…” His words were cut off as his earpiece fell to the ground.  In moments, you were met with static as the connection cut out.

It wasn’t supposed to end like this.

If only you stopped trying to be an overachiever, working behind the scenes. You were just fine in your previous position.  If only you listened to Fury, the team wouldn’t have been able to go in the first place. If only you hadn’t tried to be the hero Steve thought you were.  If only you couldn’t be persuaded so easily because of your feelings.

If only it hadn’t come so close.

It’s not what you painted in my head / There’s so much there instead of all the colors that I saw

You failed. Miserably.  Natasha knew HYDRA and managed to get out alive.  Although injured, she was adamant on sending you home to safety, and assured you she could get everyone else out.  

“We’ve done plenty of missions as our own team, we can do it again.  I need to go get them.  You need to get out asap, I’m sure Fury will be on his way, he probably has some weird alarm set up or something.”  She assured you, already running back to the HYDRA base.

“Nat, I want to help.  Please.” You begged, trying to get back into the servers.

“(Y/N), We’ll be fine.  Get out of there and stay out of this.  That’s an order.”

You lost it. She entered the base and gunshots echoed off those metal walls.  You could hear them fighting, you could hear their pain.  You could hear him. You couldn’t bear it any longer. So, you finally followed orders. With tears streaming, you packed up your files and hurried home, leaving no trace of your presence that night.  Your trembling hands drove you home and your shaking legs got you into your room in the tower.  You could only lie down and cry.

We all are living in a dream, / But life ain’t what it seems / Oh everything’s a mess

You didn’t go into S.H.I.E.L.D. that day.  You stayed in your dorm all day, working at your computer to contact someone. Anyone.  You called some of your coworkers to try and get intel, but they only assured you that they’d get out fine, “like they always do.”  “Always do?”  Have they ever been on the field?  There’s hardly been a mission were everyone got out unscathed.

And all these sorrows I have seen / They lead me to believe / That everything’s a mess

Two days since you lost contact.  You hadn’t slept since that night, and your body was starting to go against your notion of not wasting even an hour.  You sat on your bed, staring at your laptop for hours, trying to connect to the earpieces, trying to get into anything, trying.  At some point, you must’ve fallen asleep, but as soon as you opened your eyes you saw only a minute had passed.

But I wanna dream

You quickly got to work, and suddenly a voice came over your earpiece.

“(Y/N)? Are you there?  Can you hear me?”

“Steve! Oh my god, Steve.  A-Are you okay?  Is everyone okay?  Where are you?  What happened?”  You fired questions faster than even you could keep up.  You wanted to know everything at one.  You wanted to go save him.

“Slow down, doll.  We’re fine. Like I told you.  A few scratches, but it’ll all heal quickly.”  He replied, almost laughing.  You were just worried, that’s all.

In what seemed like moments, you were holding Steve, the rest of the team heading the med bay to patch up.

“You act like I’ve come back from the dead,” he mumbled into your hair, lightly rubbing your back as your tears trailed from your cheeks to his chest.

“You almost did.  You were so close.”  You whispered, looking up at him.  He was okay. That’s all that mattered.  Then it all went black.  You could never stay lost in a dream long enough.

I wanna dream / Leave me to dream

“(Y/N)? (Y/N), wake up.  I brought breakfast.”  It was Vision, the only one who stayed behing.

Your eyes shot open to see you were still in your dorm, your laptop dead, the next morning.

You cried. No, you sobbed.  You screamed, you punched your bed, you breathed erratically. Vision had to come forcefully hold you until you broke down into a shaking mess.  You wanted to know why.  Why your subconscious had to do that to you.  Why it couldn’t be real.  Why you couldn’t find Steve.  You were so far.

In the eyes / Of a teenage crystallized / Oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the home

Two weeks had officially passed since you last heard the cries of your teammates.  Two weeks since you lost the Avengers.  Two weeks since you lost Steve.

You had to go back to S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury already knew what happened, and used almost all of the staff to try to find the team.  You’ve been gone too long, and you knew you would get your punishment, you had to face it at some point.  Why not just get it done and over with?

So, you went in.  Everyone was at work, and the whirring of helicopters echoed outside the walls. You were ready for the dirty looks. You were waiting for the lecture. However, they didn’t come.  It was silent.  Eerily silent.  Despite the hundreds of people that currently wandered those halls, you felt so utterly alone.  The silence was deafening, and every moment seemed to drag on for ages.  What the hell was going on?

You looked around for social ques, for facial hints, for anything.  Something happened, and no one was saying anything.  You tried for Fury, but those you asked never gave you definitive answers.  You wandered the base for almost an hour, trying to get any information you could, before you decided on returning to your desk.  As you sat down, you tried not to let your imagination run away from you with the worst possible outcome in mind.

What even was the worst possible outcome?  Their death? Being captured by HYDRA? Brainwashed to the point of forgetting who you were?  You didn’t want to continue to think about it, you’d kill yourself from the inside out if you kept entertaining those ideas.  So, you sat down and turned on your computer, the soft whirr of fans in your computer finally breaking the silence, bringing some comfort.

And the cries from the strangers out at night / They don’t keep us up at night / We have the curtains drawn and closed

You looked through the database, trying to find the mission file.  They normally kept everything on record, even if it wasn’t accessible.  But this time, it seemed like the team had just disappeared.

You searched through dates, tried as many keywords as you could think of, and even tried searching by the names of each person on the team.  You combed through every file you could for hours on end, before it hit you.  You almost smacked your head against your desk, it was so obvious that it made you feel like an idiot.

Tony, prior to the mission, had given you an access code to get into files that were up to three security levels higher than where you were at, meaning you could have access to every file in the database.  Sure, it didn’t feel right to do, but you were desperate.  

You held your breath as silence fell over once again, and punched in the obscure code to search one more time for the mission.  As the last digit of the date flickered into the commands bar, the mission flashed to the top of the screen.  There it was.  There they were.  The file was closed, it had already been finished.  Whatever the hell this file said was already confirmed and sealed. You took a deep breath, you shaking hands running through your hair.  For the first time, you felt doubt.  You didn’t know what you wanted to do.

So you let your heart do the thinking, and although everything else was against it, you opened the file.

And in the silence, shimmering tears drifted down your pale, sunken cheeks.  You cried.

We all are living in a dream, / But life ain’t what it seems / Oh everything’s a mess

It shouldn’t have gone that way.  The file was riddled with horrid wounds, bruised faces, and pale skin covered in the haunting scarlet stains of fresh blood.  Everyone was in there.  You scrolled through, each picture threatening to bring you over the edge as you teetered on the brink of composure.  Bullet wounds looked like mini-explosions, and shrapnel littered absolutely everything.  You pressed your hand against your mouth as if a vice was holding them together, your knuckles turning white as tears blurred your vision.  With every picture, it was all you could do to stop yourself from vomiting all over your desk.  As you made your way to the bottom of the page, each picture led you deeper into heartache and nausea.  This was the worst condition you’ve been in at this point.

Or so you thought.

There, at the tail end of the pictures, was Steve.

And finally, the silence was completely shattered.

And all these sorrows I have seen / They lead me to believe / That everything’s a mess ...

((Sorry if there’s any other typos I didn’t catch.  The next part will be posted after Part 3 of DMEP!  Hopefully it’s okay, and I’m sorry for the cliffhanger, but this is long enough and it’s only about half of the original, so we adjust!  Don’t forget to leave feedback!  Thanks!  Love y’all!  ~  C ))

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