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Regular Customer | Steve Harrington x Reader (ch.11)

Series Masterlist.

Chapter Ten.

Pairings: Steve Harrington x fem!reader|plus-sized!reader|nerd!reader

Word count: 7018.

Warning: Self-esteem issues.

Regular Customer | Chapter Eleven.

On October 31st, 1986, her house dining room had become the darkest and spookiest dungeon in town. After she woke up in the Hawkins Hospital it took two weeks for her to be discharged, and after that, she had to prove her worth to the community college professors. She was smart, a genius, but that didn't mean that she could learn new things in just half an hour. It took time for her to adapt to her new scheduled, which meant that her movie rental decreased forcing her to see Steve less and less until he took the initiative of going to her house at the end of his shifts just to have a small five minutes talk by the front door. Steve had been great at respecting her space and her priorities. Eddie did too, although it was harder for him not to see his best friend every other day after what happened.

Steve and Y/N still hadn't had their first official date. Steve had promised to go to the Arcade on a Saturday she wasn't too stressed out with the amount of work she had. Robin offered her help. She'd been in college since the beginning so she should've had the work up to date, shouldn't she? Well… She was Robin Buckly so… Both of them were screwed on that matter.

That being said, the first-afternoon Y/N had truly been free with everything up to date, had to be the same afternoon Halloween took place. Eddie had organized an amazing campaign for the Hellfire Club and had decorated Y/N's dining room himself for hours promising to clean it up with the same efficiency. She was excited to see her friends again because that's what they definitely were now, friends. She'd been a little reluctant to think about herself as their friend just because of what happened last March but after her little adventure to the Upside Down with Max and her six weeks of sleep she knew they were her friends. All of them.

Y/N looked at her reflection in the mirror of her room. She had it all. The blue jeans, the white Nike shoes with the mark in red (just like the ones Steve had), the red plain t-shirt, the white plaid shirt, the denim jacket and, on top of that, the red puffy vest. Yup, she dressed up as Marty McFly from Back to the Future and she was nailing it. She had some controversy with her hair; a part of her thought she had to be stylish like a fashion magazine to complete the outfit, but the other part of her was certain that if Marty McFly had her hair, he would probably tie it up. In the end, she did what felt better to be comfortable.

As she went down the stairs, Eddie took a good look at her nodding in approval. He was wearing a greenish Hawaiian shirt, very hurtful to the eyes, his usual jeans, and a white lab coat with a bunch of stuff in its chest pocket. His hair was covered in talcum powder to make it white; she had helped him straighten it up with her hair iron, he had coated it with the white powder, and then had used quite an extraordinary amount of hairspray to get that look of an insane inventor Doc Brown had. Of course, he had those cool black lab goggles that completed the look.

"I wish I had a Delorean right now, dude. You and I, driving through town screaming that the Libyans had found us."

"We can always rent one next year," she offered.

"And repeat an outfit? Are you insane?" He pretended to be offended.

The doorbell rang and Eddie ran to answer the door, anxious to see the amazed expression on his friends' faces when they saw his costume. Dustin and Mike's compliments were the loudest. Y/N came closer to take a peek at who had arrived. Max was dressed in plain black with a mask under her arm. Lucas was dressed as The Terminator. Dustin was The Godfather, with all his hair pulled back and a mustache painted on his upper lip; he even had a cat plushy. Will was Indiana Jones and Eleven was Madonna. Mike, on the other hand, was sulking because his idea was to dress up like one of the Top Gun guys, and seeing that Steve not only had the same idea but looked better than he was souring his soul. Robin had dressed up as David Bowie in The Labyrinth while Vickie was a very redhead Jennifer Connely.

Steve had taken the babysitter-driver duty, again. He'd picked up Robin, Vickie, and some of the kids, while Hopper had dropped off the rest of them at the very same time. Coparenting was interesting.

As they walked in admiring Eddie's costume, they found Y/N dressed up as Marty McFly and they loved every part of it. They were too comfortable with her house by now, therefore they didn't need an invitation to roam around, go to the kitchen, and find something to nibble on if they wanted. Mike lingers a little more with Eddie and Y/N complimenting their outfits until Robin trapped him with an arm and pulled him inside the house. Steve was the last one getting in and had been watching the whole exchange silently from the door. Once they were alone she looked at his outfit. It wasn't much different than the one he wore on their mission against Vecna; he had jeans, military boots, a white t-shirt too tight to his body, and the amazing jacket from The War Zone. Some pilot sunglasses were the cherry on top.

"You look good, Harrington."

"Do I?" He lowered his sunglasses to look at her over the frame. She tried not to smile and failed. "I have to say I'm not that surprised about your costume choice. Robin guessed you'll go for something out of your comfort zone, something too flowery and girly and puffy," she pulled a face. "That's the expression I made. I guess I know you better now, don't I?"

"I guess."

She openly smiled now that he was closer and had taken out his sunglasses. She grabbed the sides of the open jacket and pulled him closer. Steve chuckled leaning in to give her a slow kiss, barely a press of their lips. She complained so he, smiling, without tearing his mouth away, cupped her face upgrading the kiss. It wasn't intense, but it was better. They moved against each other as if they had all the time in the world. A flash made them stop. Eddie grinned, a camera in hand.

"You looked too good, lovebirds. Come on, big boy, it's time for you to pop the cherry, but first, take a pic of us," he put his arm on Y/N's shoulders and smiled wildly before Steve took the photo.

It was time for Dungeons and Dragons. The very first campaign with Steve Harrington, or King Ahoy, as he was also called.

The evening went on smoothly and fast. The campaign was a complete success. Mike and Will were still tense with each other, although no one really knew what they argued about, and with the campaign, they had talked more to each other than in the last weeks. Eddie's amazing world was able to build bridges between people. Steve was having a great time, especially since he wasn't the only one who had no clue about what he was doing; Robin and Vickie were also virgins on this matter, and oh, how they flirted while playing was ridiculous. It was a shame that Erica couldn't make it because she had a party with friends her own age who weren't nerdy losers, as she had said. They wasted five film rolls taking photographs all the time, most of them were going to come out blurred and unfocused, but they were having so much fun it didn't really matter.

"Can I use the phone?" Eleven asked Y/N when the campaign was over.

"Sure. Do you need to call Hopper?"

"He'll pick us up."

Y/N showed Eleven where the phone was and went to the kitchen to put some order to the disaster of candy wraps and empty plates. They haven't had a proper dinner, but they had eaten some mini-sandwiches, pizza, and all kinds of snacks. As she was sorting the leftover pizza to know what to keep for tomorrow and what to just throw, someone pressed their fingers on her sides making her jump and turn to find Steve Harrington with a toothy grin on his face. The times she'd seen him surprise Nancy like that on the school corridors wishing it was her… and now she was.

"Did you have fun?" She asked him honestly curious.

He gave it a good thought, "Yeah… Yeah, I had more fun than I thought I would. And, let me tell you, the best part was rilling Mike up. That boy is always so angry at the world."

"He doesn't like changes."

"He's very possessive and jealous, though."

"Indeed. So is Lucas. I think Dustin is the only sane one."

"Why of course, he's my child."

She couldn't help to laugh, unable to stop. Steve cornered her against the kitchen counter without imposing himself, always offering her an out if she disliked the proximity. Y/N was enjoying it, though, so she pulled him closer.

"Is Eddie staying tonight?" He whispered.

"Yeah. He'd picked a lot of terror classics."

"Do you mind if I join? I promise I won't intrude."

"I was going to ask you if you wanted to stay."

"Really?"

"Really."

He looked at her adoringly and hugged her. He surrounded her waist with his arms and hid his face on her shoulder; he felt so vulnerable and so lost in his house that when he was with the kids, with Robin, Eddie and Y/N he felt alive again. Dustin and Robin made him feel needed, useful, they gave him a purpose in existence, he wasn't just a shadow that consumed oxygen. However, the moment Y/N landed her eyes on him, paid him attention, smiled at him, and… well, loved him, he felt just that, loved. Truly loved. It was overwhelming and he wasn't sure he deserved it.

On December 19th, 1986, the release of the new version of The Little Shop of Horrors in theaters got the party all together again.

It all started with the film being announced on TV and Eddie freaking out because he loved the original in black and white and was very excited to see this new musical version. He begged Y/N to go with him during a D&D campaign and Dustin claimed that he wanted to watch it too. It ended up feeling like an excursion.

Mike and Will's friendship was still cold, and Mike's relationship with Eleven was turning more into a friendship than a romantic relationship. He'd swallowed his pride and asked Steve for advice on the matter. Mike was still thinking about his words because no matter how much he wanted to dislike stupid Steve, the truth is that he was right. Mike's argument with Will came from the fact that he, Mike, had unattended his friendship with Will. He didn't have that problem with Lucas or Dustin; maybe because they weren't as attached to him as Will was, or maybe because Lucas had opened up to other people, especially Max, and Dustin had found his best friend in Steve. Will, on the other hand, was a sensitive boy and Mike had always been next to him until he wasn't anymore, too busy thinking about Eleven. They grew apart and he didn't even notice until Will had had enough and exploded in front of him. How to fix it? According to Steve, he had to show that he still cared for him, he had to be the first one talking and offering plans to hang out, always open to Will's rejection at first. He had to be his friend again. As for Eleven… Well, Steve told Mike that he shouldn't push something he didn't feel because then he could end up in a perfect friendship with resentment. But, the most important part was to talk to her and ask her. Eleven didn't have much experience with social life and she might not know that she had other chances. Mike hated to admit it, but stupid Steve had a point.

That being said, this little excursion with everyone helped Mike to his purpose and reinforced their friendship. There weren't more demogorgons to unite them, they had D&D and movies.

As for Steve, he decided to count every moment with Y/N as a date, he didn't care if Dustin burst in or if Eddie and Robin joined… He liked his friends and he gave up on trying to be alone with her. She thought it was a very positive way of thinking.

That's how they all ended up at the theater, occupying two different rows, with a lot of popcorn, snacks, and sodas.

Y/N had Eddie to her left, munching his popcorn fiercely, and Steve to her right, holding the popcorn they were sharing. She smiled at him when the first song started and he was very tempted to kiss her right there, although Dustin had made him promise he wouldn't make out with her in the theater.

"He's cute," she whispered to herself when Rick Moranis appeared on the scene. Eddie nodded vigorously to her affirmation while Steve looked at her with his mouth open.

"You think he's cute?" His whisper was so loud a few people complained.

"Yeah. He's small, nerdy, with big glasses, and he looks like a good dude. Very cute." Eddie kept nodding to her list. Steve looked at him.

"What about me?" He pouted.

"You're hot, Steve. Not my type, though. That, that's my type, man."

"I only said he's cute, Steve. I'm not saying I find him more attractive than you." To prove her point, she rested her head on his shoulder.

The movie was fun. The plant was sassier and more manipulative than the original, and Steve Martin as the dentist was hilarious. The fucking bike! And, of course, all the guest cast that appeared for a couple of sentences were cool. Eddie and Y/N missed the flower-eater guy from the original, played by Dick Miller. The ending was more positive in the new one than it was in the original, but that was alright.

As they got out of the theater their voices fused into an incoherent sound of places to go to grab a bite and things to eat. Steve and Y/N were a little separated from the group, watching their friends as proud parents watched their kids arguing about stupid shit. Steve was still questioning the type of boy Y/N liked best.

"Rick Moranis or Harrison Ford?"

"Steve, they're different."

"Yeah, but you must like someone better."

"Jesus Christ… I find a lot of people attractive, Steve, with different body types and different qualities. I do find Rick Moranis cute. I do find Harrison Ford hot. I do also find Tim Curry sexy as fuck in heels. Tom Cruise is too cocky for my taste, but also hot, and he knows he's hot. I think Eddie Munson, right there, is very cute and handsome, too. You're not so bad yourself."

"You think I'm too cocky too, admit it."

"I mean…" She shrugged.

"Hey, where do we eat?" Robin fit herself between Steve and Y/N unaware of their conversation.

"Ronnie's Diner sounds good for everybody? They have a large menu, and you can order from the breakfast menu even for supper time."

The option Y/N gave them seemed satisfactory for them all. Ronnie's Diner was a new establishment that had a lot of good food for a very good price. Eleven was excited about the idea of having breakfast for dinner; it didn't matter how much time had passed, she still was obsessed with Eggo's and other sweet things.

Having dinner all together was as noisy as it seemed. Several conversations took place at the same time, with people screaming from the other side of the table, laughing too hard, and eating with their mouths open. It was heartwarming. Y/N glanced at Eddie, who was explaining something very interesting and very nerdy to Will Byers, who paid him all the attention he was capable of. She could barely remember the time when there was only Eddie and her in their little bubble because people didn't approach them. Having the town wanting Eddie's head seemed so long ago… like a dying echo. Eddie's eyes met hers from across the table and the boy winked at her. Eddie deserved this, he deserved to fit in, to have people who loved him, who would bleed for him, bleed with him. Right there, at that table, there were people who would throw themselves under the bus for one another. They were family. Their family.

Steve complained about his route to drive back his friends, although he always waited until they were safe inside their houses before resuming his driving. Robin, Mike, Dustin, and then they were all alone. Y/N played with the zip of her coat in the passenger seat as the radio played quietly in the background and Steve kept complaining about the last thing Dustin had told to him.

He stopped the car in Y/N's driveway and turned the engine off. She was already staring at him when he turned.

"Do you want to come in?" She asked shyly. "It's still early. It's also the first time Eddie's not around. I mean– I know how it sounds. It's not what I was thinking. I mean– I was thinking about it. A little. Maybe. Not right now, though. Um… I mean–"

"I know what you mean, Y/N. I would love to come in. My parents aren't home again and we can watch a movie or something. It's not like something has to happen."

With that being established, they got into the house. The situation was awkward at first without Eddie to fill in the silence; they found their way in the end. An old movie was running on one of the local TV channels and they watched it for about fifteen minutes before the idea of just making out seemed the perfect thing to do in this situation.

Y/N was the one to lean into Steve's space and started the kiss. Steve asked her before putting his hands on her body. He'd never taken intimacy for granted. With Nancy, for example, he begged for kisses and knew what buttons to press for her to lower her walls and kiss him, but he never pushed her to have sex with him; when she thought she was ready, she was the one who initiated the whole thing. Unfortunately, it was also the night Barbara died so… Anyway, with his latest hook-ups after Nancy, he'd been with girls that already knew what they wanted and how they wanted; most only wanted one thing from him, that's why he ended up being an automaton until Y/N got under his skin.

The kiss became a quick succession of multiple kisses with short breaks for breath in which they stupidly smiled at each other, bumped their noses, and kissed again with red, slippery lips.

Her skin was burning, an uncomfortable tickling kept her looking for something to make it stop not knowing if she was ready for it just yet. Steve's hand, which had been enjoying her thigh over jeans, traced the hem of her jumper, crawling inside although not going up just yet, still considering the jeans a wall. She wasn't aware she had tensed up and stopped breathing until Steve took distance and, very slowly, took his hands away from her. He looked at her eyes intently searching for any sign of how to help.

"I– I'm sorry," she mumbled pitifully, hating the lump that was growing in her throat.

"Hey, don't be sorry. We won't do anything you don't want to do. It's fine."

"It's not fine! I want to, that's the worse part. I really fucking want to but this–" she gestured to herself, "this doesn't help."

"Alright."

He waited as she opened and closed her mouth a couple of times not finding the proper words to express her feelings. "You can say I never liked my body very much," she laughed joylessly. "I tried. I sometimes love my body, you know? Mostly when it's all clothed up. I used to think that my wobbly body with its stretch marks was the worst and nobody would find it attractive. I mean, people had been telling me that all my life, and the media doesn't really help, does it?" Her sad smile was killing Steve, but he stayed put, listening carefully. "Now– Now it's different. I miss those times when my major concern were my stretch marks and not having a flat abdomen. Now I have very disgusting scars that look very rough, Steve. I can barely look at myself in the mirror if I'm naked anymore. So, yeah, I want to be with you but then I think about how disgusting I look and I know you won't find it hot and–"

"Enough. That's enough." Steve brought closer some tissues from the coffee table. "I know all that there is to know about self-esteem issues, Y/N. But, look at this," he pulled up his shirt showing his abdomen; he pointed to a few thin silver lines on his sides. "I have stretch marks too. I used to be very small in middle school, and one summer I grew tall so fast that my skin broke. Not a big deal. Look at these," carefully he pointed to the awfully looking scars on his abdomen, they still looked angry pink. "Those bats got me good. Tell me, do you like me any less now that you've seen my body? It looks bad."

"Of course not. You're still attractive but that–"

"I know. You still like me although I have all these scars. Why do you think I would like you any less because of your scars? And let me remind you that I've seen you shirtless when I healed your wounds in Max's older trailer. Trust me when I tell you that I like your body. I wish you could see you as I see you, as we all see you because you have such a great amount of amazing qualities not based on your looks. You're brave, you're smart, you're funny… but, baby, you're also stunningly gorgeous, so hot and cute and beautiful. So god damn perfect that– You're perfect, Y/N."

"Steve…"

He sighed running a hand through his hair. "I'm the opposite of you," now it was his turn to smile sadly. "While you're so confident in everything but your looks, all I have are mine. Yup. Do you want to know how many friends I had until I helped Dustin Henderson hunt that stupid demodog? None. Not even one. Even since primary school, kids just came close to me because my family got money and if they played with me I bought them stuff.

"Yeah… I'm not smart. Never been. According to my dear father, I'm a waste of time, space, and oxygen. Cool, isn't it? I'm not good to study. I'm not good to work. My social skills are expired and the only thing I was barely decent at was sports, although I never actually win anything. So, worthless. I'm fucking worthless. I– Jesus, Y/N, I try every day to be useful, to be reliable, to be unexpendable because I am. I am expendable. What do I have to offer? Really. Let's be honest here, I don't have anything to offer but my looks, my hair, and my stupidity."

"Steve!"

"It's true!! I'm still waiting for you to come to your senses and see that you can do much better than me because I'm not worthy and–"

Her hand covered his mouth forbidding him to keep talking. "None of that is true, Steve."

Slowly, carefully and with affection, he took her hand away from his mouth and held it between his. He looked at it for a few seconds before smiling sadly again. "It's what I've been hearing my whole life, Y/N. I'll give anything to be able to look at me the same way you all do because you seem to have a very different idea of me that the one I'm familiar with. It's something I can't control, though. Sometimes it overpowers me. Other times I can control it. Those are my self-esteem issues.

"What I'm trying to say is that I understand when that echo hunts you down and you're unable to control it. I just want you to know that I'm not going anywhere. I'm still going to be here if you have me. I don't mind waiting ten days or ten fucking years for you to be comfortable enough to be naked around me, I'll be here. And let me assure you, that the moment you let me I'm going to worship you and your body the way you deserve."

Words had been spoken. Feelings had been shared. They were both exhausted and decided to go to sleep. It didn't take much for Steve to stay the night in one of the guests' rooms, just for her to ask. The perspective of going back to his empty house, alone after opening his heart wasn't very appealing. Also, after a few nights of staying over with Eddie and Robin, Steve owned one of the guests' rooms and had placed a few clothing items there, which made him feel more at home than in his own bedroom.

The echo of the voices from his past didn't allow him to have a proper rest that night. Y/N had been the first person he'd trusted with his real issues, his real feelings, and his mind had decided that was the perfect trigger to just torment him all night long. He got a couple of hours of sleep once he was too exhausted to even think; he still woke up too early and decided to prove himself of use by cooking some breakfast for his girlfriend. He made pancakes, scrambled eggs, french toast, and bacon. Y/N didn't drink coffee, but she had a huge jar of orange juice, so he poured a couple of glasses.

All the cooking had consumed so much time that he thought it was a good idea to go woke Y/N. He took off the apron he'd borrowed and climbed the stairs.

"Good morning, honey. I made us breakf–"

Steve swallowed at the sight before his eyes. Y/N was in her underwear in front of a big mirror in her bedroom, looking intently at herself. She glanced at him to acknowledge his presence but did nothing to cover herself up.

Her night hadn't been nice either. She'd woken up to the muffled noise of Steve cooking in her kitchen. Since she'd been out of the hospital she had covered that mirror in her room, a big body-sized mirror, with a sheet that was now laying on the floor. She had gotten out of her bed with a purpose and she felt more powerful now. How long had she been looking at her naked body in the reflection? Hours. She wasn't sure how many hours, but enough for her to stop seeing its ugliness and start seeing the story behind it. She was a survivor. She was a protector.

Steve's presence made her anxious, nonetheless. Well, maybe not anxious but excited, nervous. She wanted him to do or say something that proved his point from last night. She needed that.

"Can I– Um… May I come in?" He asked shyly from the door.

"Yeah…" Her voice was raspy from sleep and disuse.

The young man took measured steps closing the distance between him and his girlfriend not wanting to break the enchantment she seemed to be under. He could see, on the reflection, that she was bound and determined, fiercely looking at herself as if challenging her reflection to provoke her rage.

He placed himself on her back admiring the way her skin broke into goosebumps when the fabric of his clothes barely touched her naked skin. He found her eyes on the reflection, already looking at him, already expecting him to do or say something. Wetting his lips, Steve placed his hands close to her sides, hovering over the area.

"May I touch you?" His needy whisper made her gasp a yes.

Steve's hands weren't cautious when they touched her, they didn't caress her scars with feathery fingers like they could reopen the wounds. He just touched her, recreating himself in every touch trying to take in as much skin as his hands could handle. Closing the distance between their bodies, he pressed her against his front and she leaned in enjoying the warmth. His right hand abandoned her side to place itself in the middle of her chest, just at the end of her sternum, his thumb slipping under her bra just between her breasts. His left hand also abandoned her side, covering the whole area of her belly until he was touching her other side, holding her in place. Steve nuzzled behind her ear. "May I kiss you?" He asked and she couldn't find the voice to say yes, she just gave him room on her scared neck and he enjoyed every inch of it.

The reflection in her mirror showed her pure lust, desire, and love. She would still have her self-esteem issues hunt her down from time to time, of course, but as Steve had told her, some days were better than others.

Y/N grabbed Steve's hair, pulling it to move him away. He moaned in her ear before locking glances with her; she was staring right into his soul and he was doing the same. Steve gave her enough room for her to turn around, not quite tearing his hands away from her. She slipped her hands under his shirt feeling the rough scars under her fingertips; she grabbed him harder making him groan.

"Steve. Take it off?"

One fluid movement and he was shirtless.

They shared a kiss then. This kiss wasn't like the others, it didn't start slow and build its intensity up, no, it started strong, heated, and hot. His hands touched her back until they reached her butt and squished it. She smiled at the kiss and let him try to pick her up. She was all about trying new things now, why not?

Steve fucking Harrington picked her up like she weighed nothing and walked, with her surrounding his hips, towards the bed. He did as he promised he would. After asking, of course, he worshiped her taking his time with every inch of skin, never rushing, always with his adoration for her in mind. He wanted to show her, to let her know how much he liked her.

How much he truly loved her.

On April 15th, 1987, Aunt Catherine showed up in the middle of a date. Y/N and Steve were saying their goodbyes still in his car, in front of her house, with rain pouring outside. She was caressing his face, trailing her fingers through his neck while kissing him. Moaning, Steve leaned into her space, holding his weight with one hand on the back of her seat and the other against the dashboard. The car wasn't very comfortable for a make-out session but, boy, how he was enjoying it.

A rapid succession of knocks in his window scared the shit out of both of them. Aunt Catherine was on the other side, showing her always perfect face without a raindrop in it; she was wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a red umbrella. She made a gesture with her head towards the house and started walking. Steve and Y/N looked at each other dumbfounded before getting out of the car and running towards the house getting soaked in the process.

Before they could even think about asking Aunt Catherine about what she wanted she gave them both a file.

"May I tempt you to accept a job proposal? We've been watching you and the way you dealt with the Underworld, as we call it, was remarkable. We're aware that your feelings for Hawkins and your friends played an important role in your performance. We've been thinking that, with Hawkins being the center of weird activity in the States, having a permanent guardian would be the most appropriate thing to do. We'll teach you the little things you still don't know, both medical and tactics, although we also expect you to instruct our agents; I don't know how, but they're unable to recreate your actions. So?"

"Wait– Wait, who is 'we'?" Y/N had an idea, of course.

"The government?" Steve guessed.

"Oh, no, sweetheart. Not the government. We're an independent agency that tries to prevent useless governments from unleashing forces they would be unable to control."

"I'm sorry, Aunt Catherine, but I have to say you're not doing your job very well," Y/N complained. "Like, the Russians have a whole lab slash prison with demomonsters in it."

"Not anymore, but I get your point. That's why I'm offering you a job. I've already talked to Jim Hopper and his daughter, Jane. They accepted, of course, even if it was only to have access to our files. We're not so sure about Nancy Wheeler, yet. She might leak our existence to the press, you know? Also, Dustin Henderson and Mike Wheeler are still too young to even think about it."

"Why do you want us, exactly?" Steve looked at her warily.

"Your leadership skills, teamwork, planning… there's something in you, in both of you, that we need in our fight. Before you ask, we don't have political tendencies or an evil plan, we don't want to study and use the Underworld. No. We want to keep it separate from us and keep everybody safe."

Did they sign? As might've been expected, they did, in fact, sign after some negotiations of course. Robin was pretty good with foreign languages and she could be an asset in the communication department. Eddie… Eddie could be trained. Aunt Catherine expected that already and just laughed as she lent them a beautiful fountain pen to sign their contracts.

On July 11th, 1990, a familiar car parked right in front of Family Video. The moment the two nineteen year-old boys saw it, they ran behind the counter in an effort to busy themselves. They elbowed each other and stepped into each other's feet. The door opened and two regular customers of the video store entered the deserted place.

"Hello, boys. Do you have anything new?" the twenty-three-year-old woman asked them with a toothy grin as her fiancé put on the counter the tapes they were returning.

"You asked the same thing yesterday, Y/N. No, we don't have anything new," Mike stated taking the tapes away from the counter.

"This customer service is awful. I was much better," Steve complained.

"Well, we'll probably be nicer to you if you actually came here for rent stuff and not to bother us," Dustin argued.

Faking a gasp of surprise Steve looked around the store. "Point number one, Henderson, the store is dead. Point number two, you little shits were always in my jobs when I was trying to work."

"How resentful."

"Revenge, baby. So, movies. We need movies," he gave a look to his fiancée, who was playing with the ringer on her finger absently. He still couldn't believe how lucky he was.

"Robin's been down lately, and we want to cheer her up. Some recommendations?" she smiled sweetly at the boys. Mike blushed, as he always did, and disappeared with her between the corridors to find some movies to take with her.

Steve still couldn't believe that those young men with Family Video uniforms were once the little shits he knew. Both of them had been admitted to MIT and only came down to Hawkins for summer work at the store; a very good job they got thanks to him and his influence with Keith, thank you very much. It still was sad that Will Byers was too tied up to San Francisco to come more than twice a year, and Lucas Sinclair was working his ass out in Chicago. Jane went to community college and worked the weekends and holidays at Ronnie's Diner; a year ago she decided that she was tired of the whole Eleven thing because she wasn't a number anymore, she was a human and her name was Jane Hopper. Mike's friendship with Will had gotten better with time, but not as it used to be, and his relationship with Jane finally broke; they were still good friends, though. Max had had some identity crisis and spent her first year since graduation working at Ronnie's Diner until she found what she wanted to do, just like Steve in a way, because she also got to the conclusion that she wanted to be a police officer.

Jonathan and Nancy lived in Indianapolis working for the best newspaper in Indiana. Robin took a job teaching music at Hawkins Middle School as well as the very secret job with The Agency. Eddie was a great car mechanic and his charm provided him with very loyal clients; also The Agency. Both of them lived with Steve and Y/N who were just a couple of straight people taking care of the gay disasters they had as friends. He was a police officer and she was the new librarian; plus the very secret and dangerous job with The Agency, of course.

If Steve looked carefully at Y/N, he could see the greenish shadow on her jaw, a testimony of the last encounter with a demogorgon that had bruised her. He didn't like the idea of the person he loved being in danger so often, but damn she looked so hot with her sword in hand fighting monsters…

"You should come, seriously," Steve turned in his surroundings. Y/N was trying to convince Mike of something. "Eddie's upset. He believes you're mad at him."

Dustin scoffed at her words and Mike busied himself with the new tapes they were renting.

"I'm not mad."

"What happened then?"

"It's just–" for a moment it looked like he was going to lie. "Have you seen his new boyfriend?" Mike exploded. "Eddie can do so much better! Why that loser? He's at least two hundred years old and I'm sure he's a pervert. I don't trust him. I don't like him."

"Jealousy doesn't look good on you, Wheeler."

"Shut up, Steve!"

With all the patience in the world, Y/N took Mike's hand between hers. "Honey, Alan is the sweetest man on earth. He's nerdy and cute. He cares about Eddie and loves him very much. He looks a bit like Rick Moranis and he's not two hundred years old, Michael, he's my age."

"He also bakes."

"Great priorities, Steve," Dustin claimed.

"Hey, man, I'm just saying. Eddie loves sweets and he got himself a man that bakes."

"At least you should meet Alan before complaining about him, don't you think?" She tried to be helpful.

"Like that would work! I already knew Steve before you two started dating, and I told you not to do it. I told you you could do better. Look at you now! You're about to be a Harrington."

"Hey!!"

"Well, you were trying to pair her up with Eddie," Dustin noted.

"Yeah, no shit. If they had told me that he was gay I wouldn't have."

"Mike, dude, don't you have a crush on some very smart boy or girl in your nerdy college?"

"Shut up!"

"That's a yes," Y/N staged whispered to her fiancé.

"I hate you both."

"Every time you say that I believe you less and less, honeybun."

Blushing, stunned due to the pet name, Mike was unable to answer which gave Dustin the perfect opportunity to finally talk to someone about Mike's crushes.

"He has a big fat crush on the very young Assistant Professor Prescott, Richie Prescott."

"Shut up!!"

"There's also this girl in one of our classes… Samantha Goldman, I think. Oh, and that boy from the dorm, Timmy something."

"I fucking hate you. All of you."

"Well, Dustybun, not all of us can find the love of our lives in a science camp, can we?" She changed the subject.

"True. Suzie and I are happier than ever. Her dad's still against the relationship, but I think my mom's convincing him."

"A battle between them must be epic," Steve stated.

A bunch of teenagers entered the store. One of the girls looked at Steve and blushed.

"Now we have work. Get out."

"So bossy, Michael. Remember, tomorrow after your shift. Come home and talk to Eddie."

Leaving the store behind felt wrong somehow for Steve. A part of him missed working behind the counter with Robin, waiting for Y/N to show up every day. He used to think he hated the moment she crushed on him, that time when he didn't quite know her, but now he was mature enough to confess that the moment she entered the store and talked to him, looked at him with sparkling eyes and smiles shyly were his favorites moments of the day. His most beloved regular customer walked to the driver’s door of his car and arched an eyebrow at him when he stared at the store instead of getting inside the passenger seat.

"Are you alright, Steve?"

Turning towards her, he smiled, "I love you."

The end.

This series was a great journey I'm glad I took. I hope you liked it. I might write some more Steve Harrington x Reader fics in the future, maybe even some Eddie Munson x Reader, and Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson x Reader. If you have requests, plots or suggestions don't be shy, I'm open to new ideas. Thank you for your love and support.

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freetobeeyouandme · 1 year

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Genuinely though I think an underdiscussed part when it comes to S5 speculations is the fact that the Duffers straight up already told us how Vecna is gonna go down -- in code. We just have to crack it?

Like if the DnD game with Dustin rolling an 11 and Erica a Nat 20 is foreshadowing that Eleven will lose and the second try is gonna kill him, then Erica’s character being who she is must also mean something.

[ID: A screenshot of a transcript of Stranger Things Season 4 Episode 1 “The Hellfire Club”. Erica’s lines are “My name is Lady Applejack. And I’m a chaotic good half-elf rogue, level 14. I will sneak behind any monster you throw my way and stab them in the back with my poison-soaked kukri. And I’ll smile as I watch them die a slow, agonizing death.” /end ID]

This is a wonderful piece of dialogue because Erica matches Eddie’s energy and puts him back in his place by proving her newfound identity as a nerd as she knows what she’s talking about -- but it‘s insanely specific in some instances. Plus the DnD game is foreshadowing, and it‘s not anyone that gets that Nat 20 hit in but Erica specifically, whose character we know more about than tbh anyone else in the party. So it does seem like this has to mean something, right?

I absolutely want to know what y’all think, but also here’s my attempt at codebreaking under the cut:

First, let’s break down the facts. Based on what Erica says at Hellfire this is what we can conjecture happens to Vecna: Lady Applejack, a chaotic good half-elf rogue, lvl. 14 rolls a Nat 20 and stabs him in the back with her poison-soaked kukri.

Lots of information, so let's break it down:

Lady Applejack - Applejack is the name of a character from My Little Pony (MLP), which is in line with Erica's previous interests, but it's interesting because it is the only pony that has been named by name before in ST. Namely during Dustin's MLP Hypothesis in S3, which was supposed to cement that Erica is a nerd like the rest of them. But it also includes a plot summary of an episode of MLP, and well. "Applejack gets turned into a dragon". Which interesting as it is on its own only gets better once you actually look at the full episode in question: Applejack is one of four ponies to get turned into dragons by an evil centaur (Tirek) so they can pull his chariot and allow him to take over the world with his "rainbow of darkness". Furthermore Applejack is technically the fifth pony kidnapped by Tirek because one of the previous ponies is too small and therefore not suitable. The parallels to S4 are self-evident I think, but when you try to map the episode onto the show you get the issue of who is Applejack. The first answer seems to be Max, and it could be her because Vecna attempts to take her, she is saved and then only gets taken in his fifth overall attempt. However with Max alive unlike the other three she may also be the unfit pony and there may yet be a fifth victim -- especially as Applejack in the episode only gets taken once the heroes enter Tirek's castle to free the ponies and steal his rainbow of darkness. Interesting is also, I think, the way they end up defeating him: Rather than sucessfully taking his rainbow (his powers) away from him they take over the rainbow with a rainbow of light. Specifically Megan, the audience insert human character does so (while Firefly, the special other protagonist pony, fails in her attempt to take away the RoD)

Chaotic good - this is the only thing I'm not quite sure about the meaning of. It certainly simply fits the vibe of the character, so maybe it does not have a meaning. But it might also just signal a wildcard option, and also nonconformity: Chaotic alignment means doing what seems to be the best course of action in the moment without following a code of conduct, be that societal or otherwise. Combined with "good" it means doing everything you can to the benefit of others but more on the basis of gut feeling.

half-elf - This one's a bit puzzling as well, mainly because there weren't a lot of elf mentions in ST yet. There's the boys talking about Nancy dressing up as an elf in 1x01, but none of the boys characters have a clearly defined race (in DnD terms). However, "The Hunt for the Thessalhydra", an officially licensed DnD Adventure based on Mike's campaign in S1 does come with character sheets that have races listed. The half-elf is a wizard. (The cleric is an elf and the paladin a human.) Now you can argue that's not canon and that would be fair, but it does seem to maybe point in the direction of Will the Wise, who is a Wizard/Cleric.

rogue - Is a very fun class to choose for Erica because it's anachronistic as hell! AD&D, which they would be playing in the show, didn't have Rogues but instead two equivalent classes who would have been called Assassin or Thief. Rogue only became a dnd term as a class grouping in 2nd edition and then a proper class in 3e. Which may just be an oversight because the Duffers (and the rest of the writers room probably) weren't old enough to be playing AD&D in '86, but if I was making a TV show set in the past I'd look that stuff up (It's 20 mins on a wikipedia page, if I can do it they could have too). Especially because they are careful about other stuff they reference and there ARE equivalent classes. However Rogue made me think of another anochronism in the show: X-Men #269. That's the issue Will wants to have from Dustin in the OG Montauk script, and it wouldn't have come out until 1990. However it is a thematically apt issue, as it features an X-Man getting stranded in The Savage Lands, this primeval rainforest with Dinos and stuff, and having to survive on her own like Will in the UD. It also features her fighting a zombiefied and possessed Ms. Marvel whose lifeforce she's sharing due to previous issues' shennanigans. That X-Man, if you haven't guessed: Rogue. Whose powers are taking others' powers. Which is interesting because S4 implied Vecna can take others' powers and lifeforce, which means these things are transferable and theoretically maybe others can do as he has done. Like Will, perhaps, who is associated with Rogue.

lvl. 14/Nat 20 - This one feels most like a stretch, but a) 14 is what Will rolls at the end of S1, his winning number, and b) is 2x 7, the Byler number. In 5e lvl. 14 Rogues also deal 7d6 sneak damage, so another seven. 7 is also a lucky number generally speaking, and nat 20 is the luckiest you can be in dnd. Nat 20 also means double damage in 5e (idk about Nat 20s in AD&D I have to confess), so we have that idea of 2. Further Nat 20 also more or less means hit no matter what. So all of this may just be a level high enough for Erica to fit into the difficulty of the campaign and the Nat 20 be the clearest roll that she won. But I think at the very least there is something here about the connotations of "natural" 20 and "critical hit". I also wanna say something about luck and the dragon motiv, but that is a whole other post I think.

stabs him in the back - This part is just very Rogue, because that's what dnd rogues do, stereotypically, they come at you from unexpected corners and stab you when you don't expect it. Especially with extra damage weapons like poison. But I want to bring it up on its own already because the motion of stabbing is different than say slashing at someone with a sword. This imo is relevant because of the vampire imagery surrounding Vecna. He is "undead", they talk about "driv[ing] a stake through his heart" and there is a OST Track called "Sleeping Dracula" which refers to Vecna hanging suspended by vines. He also acts vampire like in the way he does seem to survive by killing and taking over others, metaphorically drinking their blood in a way. And the way you kill vampires is by stabbing -- in the OG Dracula their heart specifically (And then you cut their head off to make sure they really stay dead). While sunlight (=fire)? Doesn't hurt Dracula, actually.

poison-soaked - A very Rogue weapon choice, but I like that it's poison instead of like fire or frost or a billion other damage types that exist in DnD. For one it's interesting in the sense that it's most associated with corrupting and taking over, so one could say, going back to MLP, that Tirek's RoD is poisoned by the good RoL. Poisoning is also kinda what is going on with the plants and stuff in S2 through the UD tunnels. Poison is also mostly green in pop culture (or purple), which, y'know, is what you get from mixing yellow and blue. (Also no coincidence that the weird substance in S3 was green and when it got out it was so acidic it ate through metal. That's Poison with a captial P). Green Dragons in dnd also spew poison (at least in 5e).

kukri - last but not least: What a specific ass weapon choice. I love it because it's a nerd thing to do, but it's also curious because there are no kukri stats in dnd. You can use one, but you'll have to reskin another more basic weapon choice, so it's not like this is an extra special weapon. It is the kind of weapon you might come across when reading up on rare and exotic weapons from all over the world, but it's not exactly a common weapon in western pop culture. In fact, afaik the only famous pop cultural kukri is that of Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker's "Dracula" -- which is one of the two weapons that kill Dracula in the final confrontation at the end of the book. Did I mention the Vampire imagery surrounding Vecna? Well it gets even better because Dracula lets itself be mapped onto ST as well. Will is obviously Jonathan Harker: He gets kidnapped, escapes, has a mental break down, and when he finds out the monsters are real after all he goes vampire hunting with the gang. Jonathan's wife Mina is their chronicler, always associated with writing and she's also kinda the plan lady because when the boys don't involve her in their planning their plans tend to go awry - so that's Mike. Mina's bestie Lucy who gets turned into a vampire and dies is Max, which also fits because Lucy has three suitors who are all besties with each other: Her fiance Arthur, gallant gentleman, has societal sway, and has to watch her die - Lucas; Jack Seward, a psychiatrist, the scientist among the bunch - Dustin; and Quincey Morris, a foreigner with a funny way of speaking sometimes and their fighter - El. I'm not quite sure who would take the role of Seward's mentor and vampire expert Van Helsing, but I could see maybe Steve (or maybe the return of Mr. Clarke) or the older kids collectively. It's two different stories so the match up won't be perfect. But this match up certainly fits with some expectations one might have after ST S4, because it's Jonathan and Quincey, Will and El, who kill Dracula together.

So where do we stand after that? I'm not sure about all the points, as I mentioned, and so the details are a bit hazy. But I think some things we can say for certain are: It's most likely Will and El defeating Vecna together, as we have that idea of double damage from the Nat 20 as well as Jonathan and Quincey working together in Dracula. Will and El are also both associated with magic and wizardry, so they're most likely the half-elf part of Lady Applejack's identity. I think Will's way of defeating him is what the poison soaked kukri refers to, and I think it also goes back to his association with Rogue i.e. he's going to poison Vecna's RoD with his RoL, probably take over the mindflayer and with it Vecna's powers and so metaphorically cut off his head while El stabs him Quincey Morris style. I think that entire siutation is also going to involve someone else getting "turned into a dragon" though, as I doubt Applejack refers to Max. Considering Mike's position as Mina Harker that makes him the most likely (Mina gets attacked and turned by Dracula). However it confuses me that Lady Applejack is the one acting while Applejack is the one getting turned into a dragon -- while invading Tirek's castle. So Applejack kind of becomes Jonathan Harker, which means maybe Will gets taken instead. Maybe he goes to the mindscape to free Max and gets attacked there, leading to him destroying Vecna from the inside out. However in that case I'm not quite sure about the roles of everyone else, especially Mike. But regardless I think those four, Max, Will, Mike, and El are the most important players here and Will taking over the Mindflayer will be the key.

#st5 speculation #byler #<- target audience #erica sinclair #will byers #el hopper #mike wheeler #max mayfield #not gonna mention quincey's weapon the same way I'm gonna ignore Mina's full name. It's a reach as much as her name is a funny coindience #*coincidence

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madmaxinealt · 1 year

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Platonic with a capital P! (Eddie x Reader) [17+]

-Before anyone says practically anything yes I'm aware that the name of the post is technically a Robin and Steve kinda thing but I don't ever see enough of eddie being just best friends with the reader.-

Summary: You had a rough time babysitting and went over your childhood best friend's house to unwind and relax.

Warnings: !Underage smoking! (The reader is 16 and eddie is 18), !Explicit language!, Talk about past relationships/situationships, !talk of death of a relative! Other than that this is just a simple fluff. Completely PLatonic with a capital P!, If i missed anything please let me know!

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I'd be lying if I said I hated babysitting these nerds, but sometimes they can be so incredibly difficult to manage. Things were a lot easier when jonathan would pitch in from time to time at the Wheelers residence. But that was a while ago, now that he is with Nancy a lot of things are different now. I never had anything against Nancy, personally that is we were never close though after finding out what happened to Barb..I guess we decided to try and build a bond.

Things have been pretty rough here in Hawkins, It's like the town never sleeps. Being Hopper's daughter it was already hard enough to try and have a calm and quiet life, more now than ever. I have a little sister again...who has insanely cool super powers.

Speaking of which.-

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY MIKE-" A small brown haired girl came running into the room soon followed by a taller boy with black chin length hair. "OH come on el it's just a soggy eggo! Does it really bother you that badly!?' He yells continuing to chase her.

Mike wheeler and my sister Eleven have been dating for what feels like ever now but he's been a bit distant so I snuck her over while I watched him before I have to take her back home and figure out any plans from there.

I stand up and grab a pillow from behind me and whack the boy beside his head, "What the hell have I told you about tormenting her, you're lucky she cares so much about you otherwise she'd make you fly across the damn room!" He lets out a huff and goes upstairs with El clearly learning nothing and following close after him giggling like a mad man. I roll my eyes and spin over to the phone and tap it slightly with my fingernail. There are a few people in mind that I could call, one of them being Jonathan but then again he is probably working with nancy at that little newspaper place Nancy had been non stop talking about. So that's a no go. There's Robin Buckley who has been my best friend since the middle of 7th grade, we met in art class and honestly since then we just clicked and sometimes we drift but it's no biggie I'll end up seeing her tomorrow at work anyways let's just hope I have a shift with her and not the infamous King Steve. Oh well I'll find it out later besides she was gonna come over to my house to watch The Dark Crystal. Even though it's a little too nerdy for Robin she still gives into that side of me-. Holy shit! I completely forgot.

I take the phone off the receiver and dial the numbers.

-brrinnngh....bbbbbrrinnghhh...-

I start to dance in place anxiously waiting for him to pick up.

-BBRRIIIIINGUHHH....BBRIINGGUH- -

Finally someone picked up and a tired grumble came through, "What do you want wheeler?" I smile happily, Eddie mother fucking Munson. My best friend. My best mate if you will.

"Wrong not a wheeler. Just youuu know pshhh the only cool person you talk to." I wasn't that much more popular than eddie being called "The freak Munson." Which genuinely made my blood boil. Suddenly I hear a quick shuffle.

"Oh damn sorry (Y/N), what time is it? Why are you calling aren't you supposed to be third wheeling the wheeler." I roll my eyes at his comment. "oh har har god I hate you." He gives a sleepy chuckle causing me to laugh too. "Anyways I'm gonna head out soon since it's almost 8:30 and my sister's curfew is 9, but I was wondering if you wouldn't mind me coming over and you know..chilling out..for a bit..? I'll pick up a movie too and maybe a pizza your choice."

The line went silent for a few minutes, so he was obviously thinking about it. "Hm..fine come over at 10:30 that's enough time for "the maid" to do her cleaning rounds."

I laugh ending the call, smoothly cleaning up after the two and driving Eleven back to the cabin and getting her settled in. I ended up making her dinner and saving some for Hopper putting it into the oven for it to stay warm by time he comes in and I wouldn't get yelled at two badly for leaving El' to hang out with Munson. I gave Eleven a quick kiss on the head. "You remember where the notepad is with all the numbers are right? If you need anything I'll be at eddie's so call there first if I don't answer call joyce okay? hmm...OH yeah and don't forget-" she interrupts my rambling, "And don't forget to only open the door to the special knock and give you a status report, I got this." I smile down at her and ruffle her hair and grab my bike lock key and run out the door and unlock my bike riding over to the trailer park where Eddie stayed with his Uncle Wayne.

After a while I finally make it, I quickly pull out my inhaler taking a few puffs regretting not taking my drivers test when I was supposed to instead of picking up an extra shift at scoops.

I ran up to the door and did my own little knock so eddie would know that it was me and not some rando. I anxiously tap my feet doing a shaky little dance humming some metallic song to ease my nerves, I was terrified of the dark more so after the fall of '83 seeing hints of the upside down and the demogorgen. If you really wanted to go back into my roots it started right before my sister Sara had passed. We were convinced that there was a goblin that lived under our house and scratched at the walls and bed frames as our parents slept and they were gonna steal our toes and eat our candy. Of course after she got sick it was just me in our old room dealing with the "little goblins" in the dark as I would always hide under the blanket holding my secret bag of candy and my feet safely in a pair of mismatched socks. When I met eddie he showed me metallica and a bunch of different sick rock music some of them I already knew about but metallica really stuck between us, that and Ozzy.

The screen door soon swings open and eddie is standing there and a woosh of the sweet scent of chocolate chip cookies smacked me in the face. "Oh munson you shouldn't have." I squeezed past him setting down the pizza box and taking the movies out of my jacket and placing them on the table before rushing to the cookie tray taking in the aroma. "Well hello to you too I guess." He chuckles and makes his way to the counter hopping up onto it watching my facial features. I turned over to look at him happily, he didn't get too dressed up just a shredded/cropped Dio tank, with a pair of very loose grey sweatpants with miss-matched grey and black socks and lastly had his hair in a messy low bun his bangs still being able to cover his eyes by the smallest amount.

"Oh sorry master Munson, I acquired our dinner and entertainment for the evening." I smile after giggling through my words at my nonsense accent I had put on. It made him laugh too, two times in one night god I'm on a roll! I spin around and open the pizza box, I got the pie split into three halves because I know how indecisive he is. One side is plain cheese, The second is Cheese and sausage and lastly my personal favorite hawaiian pizza. I grab a paper plate and put a cheese pizza and a sausage pizza on it and hand it to him, "Oh Hopper! You do love me" I place the back of his hand on his forehead and swoons almost falling off the counter. I burst out laughing holding onto the chair right next to me.

As the night slowly moved on it started to rain which means I had to call back home and let Hopper know I was spending the night at Robin's house since she owed me a get out of jail free card and cover for me. It was about 11;45pm Neither of us could stop talking even after I put on the movies I had brought over, so he pulled out "The magic bag" from in his pillow case and in which thank go already had some pre rolls in it. I pulled out my lighter and tossed it at eddie which he had smoothly caught it, he placed the joint gently on his pretty pink lips. Then lighting it and tossing my lighter back at me, he laid back crossing his arms behind his head relaxing. He took a long drag from the bud pulling it away from his mouth."So..." he began to speak handing it to me. "You never gave me an update on harrington, are you guys dating? Kissing partners? Or what? What's the scoop cap'in."

I scrunch my nose at his question. "Uhm well we are nothing just two people who used to go to school with each other and now unfortunately work together.." I hesitate before bringing the bud to my lips and taking the longest drag I could handle trying not to cough my brains out. "Yeah just two people who totally co parent a group of little kids around hawkins and had steamy and you know what veryyy detailed makeout sessions according to-" I cut him off and whack his arm causing him to burst out laughing. I mean sure yeah maybe me and Steve have a little something but it was kinda clear that he didn't want anything serious seeing he was still in love with Nancy. And we both exchanged some very not so nice things to each other.

I feel his rough hand rub my back, "Hey we don't have to talk about it, just curious is all. Hm.. How about we try and get some sleep and go fuck around at the Hideout or something Garreth missed seeing you around actually they all have, considering you aren't into the whole DND game thing soo." I think for a moment before nodding setting the joint down in the ashtray on his bedside table. "You're right I'm getting kinda tired anyways." I say after stretching back onto the bed cuddling in my spot on his bed closest to the wall. He chuckled slightly as he got up to turn off the lights and layed back down on the bed.

We used to split whenever I'd sleep over, like taking turns on whoever would sleep on the couch or bed but id make him clean his nasty ass sheets before hand. But after the upside down I refused to sleep alone whenever I wasn't home, even though he knew nothing about the upside down or anything about what I went through he didn't ask any questions and was right here and lay with me and waited until I fell asleep first.

I don't really know where I'd be without Eddie. He is definitely a big brother I've always begged for on every birthday wish. And I could definitely count on him with my life and soul, I just pray he knows I'd do the same for him.

"Goodnight Ed's..Thank you for.." I sigh sleepily. "..everything." Though I couldn't see him I could tell he was smiling, I felt his hand pull up the sheets and move the hair from my face. "Of course weirdo..now get some rest." And with that I soon drift off to a comfortable slumber.

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And that's it! I hope you enjoyed reading this little blurb I really loved writing this and if there's any requests please let me know!Maybe a [art two?:0 It doesn't have to be with just Eddie or platonic though this is my first time posting something like this lol. I might end up posting my Masterlist soon with a small plan I have with some characters :P

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strangerfigs · 2 years

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mike constantly blaming his relationship issues on other people rather than holding himself accountable for his own actions (like he does, repeatedly, with will) really says a lot of things about his relationship with el and the lack of respect thereof but I think there are multiple layers to peel back with this issue, and when taking into account that mike, even when disclosing his own securities, still brings it back to el with “one day she is just going to find out i am some nerd”, implying that when el finds out about this, she is going to dump him and not need him, or whatever, and also in s3, when mike, who is defiant in the face of authority figures, just listens to hopper and lies to el, and then again, in s4, he says “this feels like a fight you can’t come back from” like it just… idk. like it feels like he wants to have some external (but not dangerous) factor be the result of their separation because he does not want to have it be on him because a part of him does not want to be in this relationship with el, so he self-sabotages, but blames it on others because it can’t fall back on him because he needs to distance himself from that feeling of not wanting to be in the relationship, so he tries to fix it because he has to because then he has to admit to himself that he doesn’t actually want to be in this relationship with her. i think that what he said to el in the monologue is all bull shit so it really feels unauthentic and coming from a place that he believes will fix the relationship, what she wants to hear and what he needs to say to prove to not only el but himself that he wants this relationship.

and I think it also goes back to mike saying, “you practically sabotaged the whole day” to will. he tries to address this/cover his feelings with how will was treating el, but will calls him out on it and then mike kind of folds, but also is defensive. of himself and his relationship with eleven and his relationship with will and how they are supposed to be different. he feels a need to explain it. and I feel like, this is probably how it felt, too, when the both of them left. he redirected his thoughts and longing to be about el, and he did miss her, but the deeper longing belonged to will. and mike covered up that deep longing with el and told himself it was about el, and convinced himself it was about el but it wasn’t, and he knows that, deep down, but he refuses to accept it as reality and believe it’s real, and even so, refuses to even act on that feeling of longing. which is why he doesn’t hug him at the airport and why he didn’t write him letters when he couldn’t reach his house phone and why he didn’t try harder because that would be proof that he longed for him. and i think this peeks out too in “maybe you should have reached out more, why am I the bad guy?” because he did wish to talk to will but will wasn’t calling him either and he was not only hurt by this but also could not admit to himself how much he longed for will. especially after seeing how dustin and lucas were handling losing him. but obviously that led him to being insanely, deeply depressed. but I think that is how he felt with them gone. he missed el, but he longed for will. he likes el, but he loves - [gunshots]

#byler #mike wheeler #will byers #anti m*leven

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hey y'all i am a super giant nerd so i decided to assign all the tf2 mercs (plus the administrator) magnus archives entities. i think about this an ungodly amount lolz.! i'll start w/ the ones i have actual explanations for and then do the silly ones.

starting with the administrator. i feel like this one is somewhat obvious but she's being assigned the eye and the web. She spends her life sitting in a surveillance room watching the mercs, learning everything about them. As for the web, she's spent 100 years working for both RED and BLU without telling anyone why, and actively tries to avoid anyone finding out that she's doing this. At this point, the battles are pointless. both Redmond and Blutarch are dead . yeah saxton hale and gray mann have whatever they've got going on but my point still remains. The administrator just enjoys lying and violence #tbh

secondly, pyro would be the desolation and the spiral. The desolation is for obvious reasons. pyro *has* to be the fire entity lol. Now, the spiral, on the other hand, is a bit more complicated than that. Pyro is spends all his time in pyroland, and on the surface it looks all happy and colorful and fun. However. it is much more sinister. pyroland is meant to confuse and distort reality, and hurt people. Now, sure, it's heavily implied that he's just drugged 24/7 or his goggles on his mask are weird and fucked up, but either way pyro still has a couple screws loose. And pyroland is still a distorted version of reality no matter what, is it not?

moving on to spy. He is most definitely aligned with the stranger. As a spy, his job is to not reveal his true identity to anyone. And he actively attempts to convince others he is someone he's not. for example, he can literally shapeshift into the other team's mercs and change the way he walks, speaks, and acts based on who he's pretending to be. He also is extremely meticulous about nobody finding out who he truly is. bro literally kept his balaclava on when he fucked scouts mom

Last of my ones that have actual good reasons is heavy. He would work with the web. Heavy is extremely smart, and a lot of the time people assume he isn't, due to his broken english and him being a big guy. Dude has a PHD in russian literature. I feel like people take it for granted that he's stupid, and while i don't think heavy would manipulate anyone unless he had to, he definitely could.

now we move on to the silly goofy ones.

soldier is the slaughter; just because the slaughter often manifests itself as soldiers lol

demoman is also the slaughter, because he is fairly violent and also there's that one episode of tma where they walk through a domain of the slaughter and there's bagpipes in the background

medic is the flesh just for the sillies!! idk how to explain why, but the flesh just fits him yk?

Engie is the spiral and the eye. He's soooo insane. he's genuinely insane. like. wow. i love you. he also has ELEVEN phds. bro is just collecting knowledge for no reason. nobody needs 11 fucking phds

Scout is the end but only because he died and then came back from the dead.

Finally, sniper. He is the hunt because he hunts go gun snipe them 👍

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ceo-of-sloppy-men · 2 years

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The Byers and Argyle getting to Hawkins is going to be fucking great.

Eddie's going to get to meet the infamous Will and nerd out over DnD games, as well as learn that this scrawny kid survived the Upside down for like a week so he'll be okay (probably).

We gonna get awkward Johnathon and Nancy as Nancy reconsiders her whole life and Johnathon tries not to tell her about college. Not to mention Johnathon's heart attack after he finds out Nancy almost died (if she doesn't straight up die to Venca before he gets there).

Argyle and Eddie are going to immediately bond the moment Argyle offers Eddie some weed.

Steve is going to go insane over having more kids to babysit.

Eleven and Max are gonna have a reunion and a chat because holy fuck Max might die.

Dustin is going to scream at Mike and Will for disappearing off the face of the Earth when Hawkins went to shit.

And, of course, Johnathon's going to be like "Wait y'all are hanging out with Eddie Munson???" (even worse that so is Steve) to which Eddie will be like "wait who are you?"

#stranger things spoilers #stranger things theory #eddie munson #eleven stranger things #mike wheeler #johnathon byers #will byers #steve harrington #argyle stranger things #dustin stranger things #nancy wheeler

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Why are guilliman and fulgrim not friends in the lore. Fulgrim is obsessed with perfection and gulliman efficiency. Those two things would probably go together very well and fulgrim would adore macragges government and gulliman would enjoy helping make fulgrim's legion more effective. They should be friends!

They SHOULD!!!

Imo, Fulgrim should have been shown as one of the most social primarch. Here, just for you friend, a list of Fulgrim's relation with each other primarchs!

Ferrus: That's his lover. Soulmate. Best friend and boyfriend and his better half. His feeling for him are so strong, he would die for him. Or kill him.

Roboute: they get along VERY well! Roboute does tease him about his indulgence of form over function, and Fulgrim bite back and say that Ultramarine blue is so out of fashion.

Jaghatai: they don't like each others. It's just... Their own personal cultures clash horribly, and what they find value is considered a flaw by the other. They will never be able to get along.

Corvus: It took them time to find common ground, since at first they seemed like complete opposite... Until someone mentioned union in their presence. They LOVE getting drunk and screaming about politics and worker right. They also realise that they both are not so cis, and love makeup. Besty before aesthetics.

Mortarion: the utilitarian nature of his legion drive him insane, where is the SPECTACLE of it all?!? Grumble a lot when around Morty, but his lowkey impressed with his plant/bug collection.

Lorgar: If there was ever a target for merciless bullying... It's Lorgar. He will tease and criticize every aspect of him, and can be quite unkind to him.

Leman: He can hang with Leman... One evening at the time. He's fun and flirty and joking, but also, fuck does shit goes up to eleven when he's around???

Konrad: Oh Konrad. He love his broken, baby brother, almost in a parental way. He's a bit more protective of him than he should be, and wants nothing more than to see him happy.

Angron: AVOID. Legit cannot deal with Angron, think the poor bastard should have been put down instead of dragged along like a rabid animal.

Lion: He.... Does not trust Lion. He appreciate the Aesthetic (tm), but his character... There is an edge there, that he does not like nor understand. He avoid him, if he can help it.

Vulkan: Forever delightfully confused by him. He's so sweet and kind, he lowkey wants to bully his ass. He's Ferrus BFF too, so he make a POINT to get along with him.

Rogal: No one exactly know how or why, but they ARE close to one another. They will also loudly argue for no apparent reasons on very obscure subjects. There is still a high degree of affection and trust between them.

Magnus: They get along pretty well! They both love culture and have an appreciation for the finner things in life... But Magnus is still a nerd and as such, deserve occasional bullying.

Perturabo: They have this... Complicated relationship. Pert is attracted to Fulgrim, more than just physically. Fulgrim see a bit too much of Ferrus in this brother. It's dangerous, those two. They are like a ticking time bomb, ready to destroy each others emotions.

Horus: They did spend years together, and they are VERY close... But they also bring the worst out of each others. They enable their worst traits, and they will excuse each others. A bad mix.

Sanguinius: they LOVE one another. They can relax and chit chat and let the pretty boy persona fall when together, they probably are true best friend.

Alpharius Omegon: DOES NOT LIKE. A bunch of fucking troll with no individuality. He try to avoid them at all cost.

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History/Math/Science Geek Masterlist

Beauty And The Geek - amazingdanielhowell

Summary: Dan and Phil are both fairly popular but in different clicks and the school ships them.

Chemistry (ao3) - howelllesters

Summary: Based on this prompt, ‘sporty!dan is lab partners with computergeek!phil and magic happens.’

Color Me Shades of Smitten (ao3) - andedan

Summary: High school au in which Dan is an introspective poet, and Phil is a quiet math geek. One day their paths cross, and their lives both change for good.

crayons and constellations (ao3) - howelllesters

Summary: “I’m the shy, quiet art major in our painting class and you’re the insane math major who’s always raving on about how the universe is full of dimensions that 3D can’t capture and how beautiful that is" AU. Or, the one where Phil takes Dan stargazing, and shows him the beauty in not knowing.

DBC - full-dark-no-starss

Summary: It’s 1995 and five kids are stuck in detention the night of year eleven prom. There’s the bad boy; Dan, with his battered leather jacket, bad attitude and lame crush on Phil, the hot-headed geek who hates him. Then there’s Emma; the strange red-head with no voice, Louise, the pretty rich girl and Joe, the guy who’s captain of every sport in the school, but his only interest is drama.

How to make a star (ao3) - okasennascribe

Summary: Space is amazing, there are planets, galaxies, and stars made out of pop cans?

In The Area (ao3) - Elleberquist6

Summary: Excerpt: Dan admired him for a moment, running a hand down his milky thigh before paying him the compliment he was due, “You’re a marvelous specimen of humanity.”

“You too,” Phil whispered, but then said louder, “I can tell that you’re a testament to your kind, too.”

Dan noticed where Phil’s eyes kept flicking and he laughed. “Want something?”

Phil’s cheeks got pink and he was having trouble maintaining eye contact, but he said, “Um, well, are you ready? To study me I mean…”

Pastel Princess - analphancones

Summary: Phil is at a loss for what to give Dan for Christmas. He doesn’t have the money he wishes he did to give Dan the best Christmas gift ever. Dan is a poetry geek, a pastel boy with a passion for being a teen poet. Phil is a punk with no clue how to write, but for Christmas Phil gives it a shot and writes Dan a love poem. In return Dan does the same and in way of a gift, they recite their love poems to each other while having sweet, slow, and romantic sex on Christmas eve.

Science Projects And Bullies (ao3) - Angel_Of_Darkness1

Summary: Dan Howell is one of the popular kids who is invited out to parties all the time and is every ones friend. Phil Lester is one of the losers who is hated by everyone and beaten up everyday by Dan and his friends.. So when Phil finds out that he has a science project, and his partner is the one and only Dan Howell, you can only imagine why he is so absolutely terrified and done with life.

Teach Me How To Kiss (ao3) - cityscaped

Summary: Dan is a typical notorious bad boy smoker who couldn’t give a shit about anything. Phil is a quiet librarian nerd who spends too much of his time in an abandoned tower in school. After rumours were spread that Dan had slept with many girls, and his two friends finding about it, Dan’s dirty little secret is exposed. Dan has no idea how to kiss. And what does he do? He gets kissing lessons from Phil.

That Damn Project (ao3) - developerdaniel

Summary: "I love you," Phil purred softly before he slowly pushed into Dan, taking his sweet time to ensure he didn't hurt his boyfriend. He let out soft grunts and moans as he used all of his willpower to not buck right into the younger boy, but his tight slick heat was almost too much around his cock and he knew he wasn't going to last as long as he usually could.

~*~*~ aka: the sequel to Class Partners that literally no one asked for featuring punk!virgin!bottom!Dan giving all of himself to geek!top!Phil with lots of fluff and some p great love making.

The Partner Project - fakecouple

Summary: The AU in which Phil is the nerd, and Dan is the rebellious bad boy with witty quips.

You're As Cute as 3.142 (ao3) - phanetixs

Summary: “Dan, sweet sweet Dan. All the girls in our class are mad about Phil Lester with his blue eyes and cheekbones and what is he doing about it? Dan, all he’s doing is staring at you,” Louise raises an eyebrow whilst saying this and Dan’s mind becomes increasingly fuzzy in connecting the dots.

or, the story of Dan & Phil, Math rivals, who are secretly into each other.

#phanfictioncatalogue #phanfiction #phanfic #phan #masterlists #geek #geek masterlist

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OH OH I JUST THOUGHT OF ANOTHER ONE how did they say ily to eachother? (who said it first? how did they both react? when?)

oh oh oh oh oh ✨🤲💕🥰💞🤩💖

i think there would be a big time jump between when they both individually realized they loved each other and when they actually said it

and there would be vicious ongoing debate about who actually said it first

sirius was head over heels obsessed from their third date, when remus brought him the little glass bird, and he secretly freaks out about the depth of his feelings for a month or so before he finally admits to himself that yes, he’s hopelessly in love with the biggest nerd on earth. for a second he’s like ‘how the hell did i manage to fall in love with someone that travels with slippers and owns more than three cardigans??’ but then he remembers the little bird on his windowsill and how pretty remus looks when he laughs and how he listens even when sirius is being ridiculous, and he’s like ‘yeah actually that checks out’

meanwhile remus knew exactly how he felt about six weeks in, when he’d called sirius after a shit day just because he needed to hear his voice, and sirius just went ‘literally come over right now.’ and remus was like ‘wait you have work super early tomorrow’ and sirius goes ‘okay and?? get over here’ and, of course, he goes. and when he gets there sirius is wearing that sweater remus thought got lost in the laundry weeks ago and his hair is tied up all messy and he’s so so so pretty, and he smiles all sweet and hugs remus close and goes ‘hi baby’ all soft near his ear, and remus is putty in his hands as sirius pulls him to the couch and turns on the sitcom they’ve been watching and lets him just…..sit. in silence. and they’re still learning and getting to know each other at that point but no one has ever learned remus this fast before, no one has paid attention like this before, and yeah he’s totally and completely in love with sirius, no question about it

so the next two months is just both of them trying really hard not to say it. remus is freaking out ab it because ‘it’s too soon, i don’t want to scare him off’ and sirius is freaking out because he’s never told a boyfriend he loved them before, and they’re both giant losers so afraid of losing each other that they’re kind of blind to the level of each others’ devotion.

a week or so after they’ve officially been together for three months, sirius is on the phone to james gushing about how remus found him a second little bird, this time just plain crystal clear glass, to go with his little green bird in the windowsill. and james is a good sport about it so he listens, and when sirius is like ‘i’m still so worried that i’m gonna do something and he’s gonna leave’ james goes ‘um no sirius he’s so in love with you it’s insane.’ and sirius’ brain just…..breaks?? and then immediately switches back on because 😦 ‘HE WHAT’

and the next four minutes is james trying to do some damage (and volume) control over top of sirius screaming about ‘when did he say that did he say that to you when was this where were you did he say that exactly are you paraphrasing tell me exactly what happened right now’ and james tells him that they were out at lunch with lily one day that sirius was at work and remus just…..wouldn’t stop talking about him. so james (being james) went to crack a joke and said ‘what are you in love with him or something 🤪’ and remus just kinda frowned and said ‘well, yeah’ all matter-of-fact and confused, like he thought this was common knowledge & everyone already knew

and james didn’t know!! he didn’t know remus hadn’t said it yet sirius please don’t be mad!!

and sirius drops his phone and grabs his shit and storms across town and bangs at remus’ door until he answers, all confused and on edge because it’s almost eleven at night, sirius, what the fuck is going on. and sirius just huffs and puts his hands on his hips and goes ‘you LOVE me?????’ and remus is confused for a second and then he goes white as a sheet. and sirius is tapping his foot and waiting, hello??? and remus is going to kill james, but he just sighs and goes ‘i was going to tell you, sirius, i just wanted to do it right—of course i do, you’re so fucking smart and you’re thoughtful and kind and funny and good and you’re the most beautiful person i’ve ever seen—of course i do.’

and then he gets absolutely tackled in the doorway, like it’s a really close call that they don’t both tumble to the hardwood floor & break something, and sirius is kissing all over his face and smiling so so big and saying ‘i love you i love you i love you i love you’ over and over and over and over

so now they argue about who said it first, because sirius technically said ‘i love you’ first, but remus technically said that he loved sirius out loud before that, and it’s an ongoing fight that their friends know to stay out of and that normally results in them leaving parties and outings early to go home and have fake fight sex with about four hundred too many ‘i love you’s to be convincing

#u ask tortoise answers #anon #tortoise writes a novel ab an ask for no reason #AAAAAAA #maybe my favorite one yet bffbfbfb

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Yes big brain to your Stancy post. If Steve was the one who acted like Nancy people would constantly bring it up regardless of how much time passed. They wouldn't even doubt him cheating like they do with Nancy.

See I didn't like Stancy and I was rooting for Jancy but the way it happened made me absolutely sick. I couldn't even enjoy them getting together because it was literally cheating and nobody really acknowledges in the show and even in the fandom a huge part still denies it. They blame Steve for Nancy's behavior, because of s1 Steve but they fail to realize that one year has passed and he isn't the same person in the beginning of s2 than in s1. And then they blame him for not being supportive enough, even though he goes to the dinners with the Hollands. They bring up the library talk as evidence how unsupportive he is while failing to realize he tries to protect Nancy from herself. She wants to go after the government you know the people who killed Benny for simply helping Eleven and are known for watching over them, he is terrified something will happen to her and their families if Nancy acted on that. Him trying to distract her isn't him being a shitty boyfriend, people tend to forget Barb died in HIS pool it's probably a coping mechanism to simply try to live a normal life.

The only shitty thing he did in s2 is leaving her alone at the party after she told him he was bullshit, he should have made sure she is okay regardless but that's it.

Nancy on the other hand pretended to love him for a year, she admitted to emotionally cheating while talking to Jonathan, she said to him she waited for him to make a move and then got mad when he brought up Steve you know her actual boyfriend. I swear if Steve would have said that to another girl while dating Nancy people would have lost their minds.

And she never apologized for it either she let Steve know till this day he was the major reason why things ended. I mean Nancy always has problems with accountability, the way she treats people in the show is sometimes gross and I'm sick that the show overlooks her flaws and paints her as perfect. And I'm also sick for being called a misogynist for pointing out that Steve didn't deserve Nancy's treatment or in general for calling out her flaws.

Steve probably doesn't even love Nancy, he loves the romanticized version she played for a year with him. Why else would he try to win her back with his dream, which is her nightmare. I hope he realizes in s5 he deserves someone who actually loves him and shares the same dreams with him.

anon, i am in love you. you get me in a way no one else ever will

people like to pretend that nancy didn’t cheat, but she did. nancy was very adamant in murray’s basement that she loved steve, and they were together. and that night she slept with jonathan.

i never cared much for either stancy or jancy, i don’t really care about ships in the show, like i can just read fics, you know? but s2 very much put me off canon jancy. the choice to have nancy lust after jonathan the entire time she was dating steve is fucked, and uncomfortable. it’s like some weird nerd fantasy, that the girl dating the popular jock actually wants the nerdy loner.

and it’s so weird how people act like s1 steve and s2 steve are the same person!! it’s been a year! and with steve’s behaviour in s1, nancy willingly chose to get back together with him, knowing that he had aided his friends in slut shaming her, so her behaviour in s2 can’t be explained by saying steve was an arse in s1 because she chose to still date him.

and the way people talk down steve’s trauma in s2 drives me insane! like steve is scared the government will come after them and their families if they tell anyone. nancy never explained her little plan to get proof and anonymously share it, she just said she wanted to tell barb’s parents the truth, which sounds like a fun way to get killed.

and with leaving her at the party, i’m not even sure he does! we see him pop outside to cry, and jonathan looking back at him, and the next day jonathan knows exactly what the argument was, and what nancy said, and says that steve told him to take nancy home. and jonathan doesn’t seem the type to lie to make steve look better! so i honestly believe him.

that scene in the hotel is literally insane, and people use it for cute jancy edits?? it’s nancy admitting she’s wanted jonathan for the entirety of her relationship, and then getting pissed when jonathan says “what about your boyfriend”. what about that screams healthy relationship? and the way they get together is insane too. what shared trauma do jonathan and nancy have that steve doesn’t also have? and trauma is not a good basis for a relationship, whenever we see jonathan and nancy outside of end of the world events, they don’t even seem to like each other much? she literally calls him oliver twist.

nancy honestly treats every single person in the show like shit, and you can say it’s because of trauma, but she treated barb like shit too, so i think at some point we’re just gonna have to accept that that is the way nancy is. she likes people when they’re useful to her, and if they aren’t, she’s snide and kind of cruel. (nancy changing this about herself could actually be a really cool character arc, but the show will never admit that nancy is anything but perfect, so we’ll never get it)

and yeah, it’s insane that steve still thinks he’s to blame a year and a half later when she literally cheated on him. like steve was as supportive as he could be, what do people expect him to have done? say, yeah we absolutely should reveal government secrets and probably get killed? he was trying to help nancy in the only way he knew how.

and with nancys dream, she’s never told steve about it. we see her say to jonathan that she doesn’t want to end up like her parents, but she never has that convo with steve. probably because he was just a placeholder for her until she could get jonathan, so why get attached?

honestly, i don’t hate nancy, i think she’s a really cool character (or could be if she wasn’t written by men), but the way people girlboss-ify her behaviour, and the way she treats other people is just horrible. and the more people excuse her actions, the more i dislike her. and i don’t hate stancy or jancy either. there are some fics of the relationships that i love, i just think in canon they’re honestly horrific, and the love triangle never should’ve been brought back in s4.

#also. sorry it took so long to answer this #stranger things #steve harrington #nancy wheeler #jonathan byers #anti stancy #anti jancy #asks #anon

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I'm kinda working on my own Sims 4 Legacy Challenge...

Generation One: The Baker

Major sweet tooth lover with a passion for baking…

Aspiration(s): Big Happy Family ✔️

Traits: Foodie, Clumsy, and Family-Orientated ✔️

Career:

Self-employed

Goals:

Own a bakery

Sell baked goods

Own a cupcake machine

Own a nectar maker and shelves

Own a Juice Fizzer

Make money by selling baked goods and drinks

Generation Two: The Farmer

Growing up with a parent who loves sweet, they really want to know where everything comes from…

Aspiration(s): Country Caretaker/Championship Rider/Expert Nectar Maker ✔️

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Rancher, Animal Enthusiast, or Horse Lover ✔️

Career:

N/A

Goals:

Live on a Simple Living Lot in Henford-on-Bagley or Chestnut Ridge

Take care of cows, chickens, llamas, baby sheep, baby goats, and horses successfully.

Optional: To make it extra challenging get a cat and dog or either or too.

Hire a ranch hand.

Generation Three: The Actress

Hating the simple life of her parent, they want to be in the spotlight…

Aspiration(s): Master Actor/Master Actress ✔️

Traits: Vegetarian, Self-Absorbed, and High Maintenance, or Hot-Headed ✔️

Career: Actress/Actor

Goals:

Master the acting career and aspiration.

Generation Four: The Fashion Photographer

Their parent lost many people throughout their life and so the kid had to step up and fufill the role to keep their parent’s legacy going…

Aspiration(s): Fabulously Wealthy ✔️

Traits: Creative, Self-Assured, and Art Lover ✔️

Career:

Drama Club all throughout childhood and teenage years

Join the Freelance, Fashion Photographer career once they become a young adult

Goals:

Master Photography and Painting skills

Generation Five: The Bartender

Their grandparent encouraged them to pursue mixology enable to get free drinks and to look super wealthy for the public eye so they did, but do they love it?...

Aspiration(s): Master Mixologist ✔️

Traits: Neat, Lactose Intolerant, and Party Animal ✔️

Career: Culinary/Mixology Branch

Goals:

Master mixology skill, career, and aspiration - top notch!

Generation Six: The Writer

Out of love for the stories from their parent who works at a bar, they wanna create their own…

Aspiration(s): Bestselling Author ✔️

Traits: Creative, Loyal, and Socially Awkward ✔️

Career: Author Branch/Writer

Goals:

Master the aspiration and career.

Generation Seven: The Astronaut

After falling in love with sci-fi so much, they dreamed of becoming friends with an alien…

Aspiration(s): Nerd Brain ✔️

Traits: Genius, Romantic, and Geek ✔️

Career: Astronaut

Goals:

Build a rocket

Go to Sixam and meet an alien

Optional: Get pregnant from the alien.

Optional: Have 2 kids. One for either branch of next gen

Master career.

Generation Eight: The Tech Guru

Their family was always so insane so much so that they hardly left their bedroom just to hide from it all…

Aspiration(s): Computer Whiz ✔️

Traits: Loner, Freegan, and Glutton or Slob ✔️

Career: Tech Guru/Either Branch

Goals:

Get the “Indoorsy” Lifestyle

Master the career and eventually go outside to find a soulmte to have a kid or a couple of kids with…

Optional: Have 3 kids one for each next generation’s careers.

Generation Nine: The Criminal

Their life of always staying inside and never leaving home ever lead them to go insane…

Aspiration(s): First Public Enemy then Chief of Mischief ✔️

Traits: Erratic, Kleptomaniac, and Noncommittal ✔️

Career:

Criminal/Either Branch or Secret Agent/Villain Branch

Goals:

Complete both aspirations and the career

Generation Ten: The Zen Guru

They need to calm down, stop, and breathe so they focus purely on yoga, meditation, and spas…

Aspiration(s): Zen Guru ✔️

Traits: Cheerful, Proper, and Active ✔️

Career:

part-time Simfluencer

Goals:

Master the Wellness skill

Get the media production set-up from Get Famous

Generation Eleven: The Veternarian

Their life of always being around people made them desire the company of animals just a little bit more…

Aspiration(s): Friend of the Animals ✔️

Traits: Cat Lover, Dog Lover, and Horse Lover ✔️

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Own a veterinarian clinic

Master Pet Training and Veterinarian skills

Generation Twelve: TBA

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jorvikzelda · 2 years

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I've been updating my SSO spreadsheet today and I don't think I realised before how absolutely batshit insane (loving) their horse release schedule has been this year. There is simply no regularity to it whatsoever! Several horse breeds have been released very closely after one another, and yet we're not looking at a particularly high probability of getting more than the usual six yearly breeds (potentially seven, if they churn out one real quick to be released at the end of December). How is this, you might ask? Well. The Paso Fino was released a whole eleven weeks after the Welsh Pony (which is a lot, considering that they've never waited more than twelve weeks between breeds) and because of Halloween being in the way now, at least fourteen weeks will pass between the Shire's release and the next horse's release.

That is so fucking unprecedented in gen 3 that I can hardly wrap my little calculating nerd mind around it! I am LOVING this unpredictability but. But . SSE my beloveds what is all this ruckus. What does it all mean

#Another interesting thing is that the horses have been added to the game files way earlier than usual #Before we've pretty reliably seen cccreations videos and the like 2 or at most 3 weeks before release #but the Shire was leaked a full 8 weeks before its release and the next horse (albeit without animations) was leaked over 3 weeks ago now #so at least 7 weeks before its earliest possible release date #It's interesting as fuck imo #I feel like it's because they're giving more weight to festivals?#sso #ssoblr #z talks

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15-lizards · 1 year

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My dear darling @wendawyllawillow tagged me in this so here’s a get to know you better tag game!

Three ships: okay I talk ab ASOIAF ships a lot so let’s do smthn different

-I know Kakeguri is misogynistic queerbait, but god damn call me a fish the way I’m taking that bait. Mary/Yumeko is just such a perfect ship like this mean hard headed princess of the school and the sweet new girl who’s literally batshit insane like it really is delicious. Sayaka/Kirari is also a great ship too like the obsession is perfect how far will you go for the girl you love.

-Taissa/Vanessa from Yellowjackets is so cute I love when ships are one half determined and headstrong and the other half is super reliable and steady :D also cannibal lesbians in the wilderness sign me up

-Harrow/Gideon from The Locked Tomb series is so perfect like I really don’t know how to put them in words. I hate you I love you I am at your throat but you are the only person who I want in my life Being SO distraught and someone leaving you that you give yourself a magical lobotomy to forget that they were ever there that’s real romance

Last song: okay technically the last thing I listened to was a podcast (shoutout to Nerd Soup) but before that it was Circus by Brittany 🕺

Last movie: okay I hardly finish movies if I’m not at the theater but the last one I watched most of the way through was Fellowship of The Ring which then reignited my high school LOTR passion

Currently reading: Harrow the Ninth, A Clash of Kings, The Convert (it’s really good), and my psychology textbook 😗

Currently craving: not much actually I’m kinda nauseous rn but I guess I could fuck up some lemon water

Okay let’s tag some ppl @matrose @garak @babylonfelldown and whoever else wants to do it I don’t know enough people to tag eleven of them

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teddybeartoji · 4 months

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ৎ୭ CINEMA, BABY!

hi there! this is my massive list of recommendations including films, directors, series and videos about films (and stunts and games). the films are rated by going from the easiest watches to the hardest and i've added the trailers or clips and a few words myself.

also! some of these have more text, some have less - please don't be discouraged if it has less, i probably have seen it only once and i didn't wanna start making up stuff! everything that's on here is genuinely changed me in a way or two.

please please please! if u watch anything from this list - let me know! i wanna hear all of your thoughts and ideas and if u have any recs for me i am one big ear!

⚠︎ this got very fucking long but i refuse to apologize i love having fun!

+ here are more recs!

FILMS

·:* RATING: ALL FUN AND GAMES

SNATCH (2000) - dir. guy ritchie

this is my feel-good film, whenever i'm feeling down i put this on and i'm fixed! this is exactly my type of humor and it just never gets old (i've seen it like ten times)

INDIANA JONES (1981 & 1984 & 1989) - dir. steven spielberg

don't you just love it when the main character is a bit of a loser? well, i definitely do. he's getting hit, he's fucking tired he just wants to nap but there are snakes and screaming companions and everyone is so greedy and he just wants to be a nerd and keep the artifacts safe:( please take a note of how fucking good the lighting is in these films goddddd they seriously don't make them like this anymore.

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (2022) - dir. ruben östlund

absolutely fucking ridiculous i literally cried from laughing in the theather and trust! i was not the only one

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018) - dir. peter ramsay, rodney rothman, bob persichetti

c'mon. C'MON. you have heard that it's good but you haven't watched it bc they're probably lying, right? they are not, i promise. it's soooooooo good. the animation, the voice acting???? the friendships, the action, the soundtrack - i wasn't the same after watching it and i'm so grateful

THE FABLEMANS (2022) - dir. steven spielberg

i laughed. i cried. me and my friend and then an elderly couple were laughing outloud in the cinema during this it was very wholesome i loved it.

SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (2023) - dir. anna hints

"in the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion." took the description right off the page but i couldn't have said it better; i cried while watching it, it reminded my of my grandma and how much i miss her i loved it a lot

OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001) - dir. steven soderbergh

SO GOOD SO SMOOTH?? so satisfying to watch george clooney my charismatic king i love u so

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (2003 & 2006) - dir. gore verbinski

okay look! these are very important to me! they raised me they changed me! i actually might be jack sparrow; no but seriously, the score the characters the story the tropes elizabeth swann overall elizabeth swann dressing up as a man elizabeth swann being called 'the pirate king' the fun action the wheel fight the VILLAINS OH MY GOD BARBOSSA AND DAVY JONES ARE INSANE THEY DON'T MAKE CHARACTERS LIKE THEM ANYMORE i could talk about these silly movies for hours

(note! i do not fucking support j***** d*** though! that man can go kill himself amber heard i love u you u did absolutely nothing wrong!)

WHITE CHICKS (2004) - dir. keenen ivory wayans

hey. it's okay. you don't only have to like oscar-winning films, okay. nobody will judge you. it's okay. this movie is a banger and it makes me laugh every time. literally so funny.

EMMA (2019) - dir. autumn de wilde

"IF I LOVED YOU LESS I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE." BITING MY FINGERS RIPPING MY HAIR OUT AAAAAAA such a great cast wowww it's all so pretty and funny plus a special shoutout for my favourite little guy josh o'connor i love u josh

AFTER YANG (2019) - dir. kogonada

it's so beautiful, oh my god. and quiet. and it just burrows itself deep into your heart and change you the way you look at things and life and people

THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017) - dir. sean baker

will take your depression, throw it in a dumpster and then smack you in the face with the whole thing

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (2003) - dir. donald petrie

YOU'RE SOOOOOO VAINNN i love them both soooooo so much my all-time favourite rom-com no explanation needed matthew's best role he's so fucking hot in this

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) - dir. rob reiner

i only saw this like a month ago and i have to admit that i've been missing out IT'S SO FUNNY?????? it's fucking ridiculous "there's a shortage of perfectly beautiful breasts in this world it would be a pity to damage your"??????????????? ten out of ten for that already + the link is a clip from the film and not a trailer

·:* RATING: ACTION, BLOOD, VIOLENCE AND JOKES

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009) - dir. quentin tarantino

very rewatchable, i know every single line in it i think...... rather violent so beware but then again it's quentin tarantino

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) - dir. george miller

an important fun fact! the director of this film asked his wife to edit the action sequences (she had no experience editing action films) and the reasoning behind it was "because if a guy did it, it would look like every other action movie." (it won an academy award for 'best editing' btw)

ATOMIC BLONDE (2017) - dir. david leitch

i think it's great how the mc fights with using her surroundings, and it's gritty - she gets hit and hit hard but she can't stop she has a job to do. great action scenes, no unnecessary cutting and they show everything + charlize theron did most of her stunts. and as always the soundtrack is so sexy, oh and btw it's gay!!!!

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - dir. guy ritchie

now, i do realize armie the cannibal is here but i might be biased bc i looooove the soundtrack and the director and the humor of it and the action of it and the tropes in it and okay i'm just gonna say that i love this movie ok

BODIES, BODIES, BODIES (2022) - dir. halina reijn

another really fucking funny one, it's very meta but it's not annoying

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT (2018) - dir. christopher mcquarrie

when i say i like action movies i mean it!!!!! this has the cleanest fights in every possible term - they're shot clearly, you can see all of their moves and the fight choreographies are good, they flow very well + it's always good to see the mc's take hits and ethan gets his shit rocked a nice couple of times!! another plus is to know that the actors are dedicated to their films and they take the extra step to do as many of their stunts as possible, it's so cool!!!!

DON'T BREATHE (2016) - dir. fede alvarez

actually made me feel like i had to hold my breath with the characters on screen. definitely scared me and that's a good thing!!!!

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (2023) - dir. chad stalhelski

this is rated 5+ by my friend who does not watch action. like at all. and she fucking loved it. we (and the whole room) were literally laughing and gasping during the whole thing it's so entertaining. the action is mmmmmmmmmm giving me a boner honestly. this is what u get when the director himself is a stuntman and your lead is doing the majority of his stunts. they're so invested and it fucking shows

DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012) - dir. quentin tarantino

blood. very blood. very red. u have been warned. tarantino's dialogue is so mwah he's on some next level shit. i know everybody is always talking about christoph waltz in this but JAMIE FOXX IN THIS????? HE'S LITERALLY THE GUY. HE'S DJANGO. HE'S THE WHOLE FILM. AND THE OUTFIT?????? FUUUUCK HE'S SOOOOO GOOOD AAAAA I LIKE THE WAY U DIE BOY

READY OR NOT (2019) - dir. matt bettinelli-olpin & tyler gillett

SO FUN. AND BLOODY. YAY.

·:* RATING: INTERMEDIATE

UNCUT GEMS (2019) - dir. safdie brothers

adam sandler nation rise up!! the man is actually good just trust me on this! very very exhilarating and fast and intense and yeah i was getting so anxious during it it's great

PARASITE (2019) - dir. bong joon-ho

best picture winner for a fucking reason!! bong joon-ho is on a completely different level. the way it's shot????? ohh i feel all warm and fuzzy just by thinking about it. the dialogue the story itself?????? mmmmmm please watch it you'll never be the same (in a good way)

THE FAVOURITE (2019) - dir. yorgos lanthimos

oh yeah gay as hell everybody go watch it. saw in the cinema four times in a month. it's fucking great. + here is olivia colman's best actress speech bc it's great

ARRIVAL (2016) - dir. denis villeneuve

insane. hypnotic. braingasm. the sound design people were on something bc holy shit i just came?? anyway i've heard people say that they didn't understand it the first time but you know what - it's totally fine if you don't understand it the first time or even the second time or however many times u watch it u can watch it for the soundtrack and the visuals alone hehehe

THE WITCH (2015) - dir. robert eggers

very intense performances, overall very eerie and spooky.

DUNE (2021) - dir. denis villeneuve

godly sound design. like it's fucking crazy. rather slow paced but you will love it nonetheless. there's a lot of lore but it's interesting and it's not as hard (or too much) like i thought it'd be. plus there's an almost fully naked oscar isaac

ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023) - dir. justine triet

oscar worthy performances from everyone. unrequited love trope (i will love this tiny lawyer man myself sandra move aside)

DECISION TO LEAVE (2022) - dir. park whan-wook

very very unique. especially the how it was shot. came out of the cinema and thought about for the rest of the day, couldn't get it out of my head. i also loveddd the characters, the dynamic was so cool.

GOOD TIME (2017) - dir. safdie brothers

who doesn't love having a panic attack? this is what you'll get when u watch this :D it's good though i promise i promise

·:* RATING: FILMBRO 101

BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017) - dir. denis villeneuve

what did i say about the loser main character? here's another one!! the visuals and the score is insane and not to mention the performances (especially sylvia hoeks who plays luv!!!!! she's terrifying in the best way)

SE7EN (1995) - dir. david fincher

tw: gory. if ur sensitive it might not be a good watch for u. the plot is so cool i'm so sad i couldn't see this in the cinema yk considering i wasn't even born yet smhh i would've loved to have the full experience of the climax.

THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) - dir. christopher nolan

very entertaining!! heath ledger is just... wow. and i know that has been said i'm not original but well it's just the truth. the way he plays the joker mmmmmmmmm scratches my brain fr. i like the part where he does the "disappearing pen" magic trick

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2013) - dir. martin scorsese

WHOOOOOWEEE BOYS!! coke and naked women and coke and money and some more money. it's great. after every watch i am CONVINCED that i also need to be doing that. every single time.

FIGHT CLUB (1999) - dir. david fincher

THE NARRATOR NATION RISE UP!!!!! WE ARE ALIVE AND WELL!!! MY BELOVED IKEA BOY!!!!

NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) - dir. dan gilroy

very thrilling! he's not a good guy why are u still watching? ok it's probably just jake gyllenhaal being a very good actor.... the mc is so fucking weird it's almost hypnotizing. also! this isn't a trailer just bc i didn't like the trailer so i put a link of one of the first scenes from the movie i think it gets its point across really fucking well

·:* RATING: SILLY LITTLE MOVIES (VERY EXTREME)

SALTBURN (2023) - dir. emerald fennell

this one is most defintely not for everyone but it's for me ok! very erotic and peculiar and i hadn't been this mesmerized in a minute i was leaning more and more toward my computer screen just because i needed to be in it

MOTHER! (2017) - dir. darren aronofsky

actually this is also one of those, hmm, weird ones, let's just say that. it's very very intense so a big trigger warning for that but there's nothing alike this movie. very one of a kind and you can decide for yourself whether that's a good or a bad thing.

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2016) - dir. yorgos lanthimos

my very first yorgos lanthimos film and i was hooked from the very second the trailer started playing in the cinema, immediately knew it was gonna be a freakshow and i was not disappointed!! very wtf but so good

HEREDITARY (2018) - dir. ari aster

scary. idk what else to tell u. scary in a sense that you'll feel sick in your stomach. sound design goes crazy along with the soundtrack. amaaaazing performances from everyone toni collette the very first mother of all

REVENGE (2017) - dir. coralie fargeat

VERY GNARLY i think that's a good word for it (a tw for rape here bc that was a very hard watch) and later it's very bloody but i fucking loooved the ending the final chase around the house it felt very comical???? funny even though it's really not the moment for giggles

DIRECTORS

wasn't gonna put them here but i fucking will sue me

GUY RITCHIE - snatch, the man from u.n.c.l.e.; THE MOST LIKE ME ok it's the fast pacing, it's the quips it's the music it's the action it's the car chases it's the characters it's the dialogue it's the humor i think i'm repeating myself but i do genuinely think that his films have had such an impact on me and how i imagine things in my head lmao

DENIS VILLENEUVE - blade runner 2049, arrival, prisoners; rather slow paced but intense, it's all about the visuals, the soundtracks always slap

DAVID FINCHER - se7en, zodiac, gone girl; very dark and intense, also rather slow-paced

QUENTIN TARANTINO - inglourious basterds, pulp fiction, django unchained; now i realize that i'm coming off a real filmbro but it is what it is i love these movies with my heart they're very much my style my taste - blood and violence and good jokes

YORGOS LANTHIMOS - the favourite, the killing of a sacred deer, the lobster; literally so weird i fell in love with his work from the first time i saw the killing of a sacred deer (and i'm so excited for his newest one!!!)

SERIES

MINDHUNTER (2017-2019)

oh my god, especially the first season!!!! i think i like it so much bc i love holden i don't think i've seen a character who i resonate with so much in a minute. he's so naive and so curious oh man i love this guy. and bill!!!!!!!!!! i know these people are based on the book (which i loved too btw!) and real life and well i hope these people are having a great time ok. i love holden's and bill's dynamic, how bill kind of lets him do his thing but is still lecturing him about it. while being very caring i love how soft-spoken he is most of the time??? and ahh the way it's shot wait wait also need to mention the whole ed kemper and holden dynamic too (this is also where i feel like me and holden are the same fucking person bc i would too believe everything that man says lmao)(i would too think that we're somewhat buddies) AND THE SOUNDTRACK GODDD THE SOUNDTRACK full of bangers anyway i really really love this show and i hope mr fincher will get his shit together and make the third season too

JUJUTSU KAISEN (2020-)

the animation IS INSANE, like i mentioned before i have a habit of leaning closer and closer to the screen when something is getting exciting and well if i wasn't wearing glasses before i would have to get them now bc i was almost inside the fucking screen ok, not for a second was i able to tear my eyes because so much was happening (in a good way)

TASKMASTER (2015- )

literally the funniest show i almost peed my pants (although i've been wondering how different is european humor - will people from everywhere else also find it hilarious idk you let me know)

my favourite seasons are 4 and 5 and 7!!

SUCCESSION (2018-2023)

sooo funny. so stupid. it's so fucking straightforward it catches you off guard all the time. the shit that comes out of their mouths? hilarious. they're all a bunch of losers and i love them for it. and i love tom.

MANIAC (2018)

life-changing honestly, the idea of it is so cool i was completely obsessed with it when i first saw it (and then i immediately watched it again)

LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS (2019-)

the first episode i saw was 'sonnie's edge' and let me tell you, i've never been more enthralled!! it's the animation it's the blood it's the gore oh my god it's the horror of it!

season 1 - three robots, the witness, sucker of souls, beyond the aquila rift, helping hand, the secret war

season 2 - pop squad (hehe on a side note one of the greatest voice actors, nolan north, is in this), the tall grass, the drowned giant

season 3 - bad travellling (directed by david fincher btw)

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (2015)

this season specifically because - lady gaga, lady gaga as a vampire, lady gaga covered in blood, lady gaga in a suit, lady gaga with bleached eyebrows, angela bassett, angela bassett's arms, angela bassett's outfits, angela bassett and lady gaga kissing. enough said.

BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023)

the animation!!!!!! i love when animation has fighting in it and this was just great. very good action scenes, very bloody and very brutal. PLUS such an amazing main character????? not your typical badass, oh no she definitely got her fucking ass beat all the time but she just kept going. actually shoutout to all of the side characters too they were all so good i loved them + my favourite episode of the season was ep4

VARIOUS VIDEOS

·:* AND ACTION!

inglourious basterds - the elements of suspense

annihilation - the art of self-destruction

nightcrawler - empathy for the antihero

the social network — sorkin, structure, and collaboration

parasite's perfect montage

how david fincher hijacks your eyes

when the director reallyyyy respects the audience…

hereditary | what the script teaches us

zodiac | when truth is stranger than fiction

pirates of the carribean | accidentally genius

·:* BOOM! CRASH! POW! BANG! ZAP! POP!

movie stunt coordinator breaks down ‘atomic blonde’ fight scene

knife expert breaks down atomic blonde stairwell fight scene

john wick 2's stunt coordinator breaks down the opening car chase

artial artist scott adkins breaks down 'john wick' fight scenes

chad stahelski breaks down 'john wick: chapter 4' fight scenes

martial artists break down john wick’s knife and judo skills

stuntmen react to bad & great hollywood stunts + this + the full playlist

·:* CUE CONTROLLER SOUNDS

searching for disco elysium

what games are like for someone who doesn’t play games

#ceo of letterboxd says hello #no this is ACTUALLY what zero pussy and dick does to a mf #this is crazy #it's a lot i know #and well #there will be more #(that's a threat)#PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAASE IF U WATCH ANYTHING FROM HERE TELLLL MEEE LET ME KNOWWW I'M SO DESPERATE #i might change how this looks later but this'll do for now!#mayor of loserville #movies #films #film recommendations #movie recommendation #succession #saltburn

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