Bluenose Shiners (Pteronotropis welaka), males, family Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, in a freshwater spring in Florida, USA

photograph by Isaac Szabo

So this post pointed out that Steve is actually the one who has the resources, time, and lack of anyone keeping tabs on his whereabouts to be able to go explore the gay scene in the nearby city, and that kind of combined with some ideas i've been having into this subplot idea.

I talk about it more in this tik tok, but the basic premise also draws from the fact that Steve is a super strict compartmentalizer and also from the fact that he seems to channel a lot of what he's feeling into physical things, from basketball and dancing at parties to taking practice swings with the bat and even cleaning up the Byers' house at the end of season 2.

So what I picture is Steve, frustrated and lonely at the end of season 2 because there's nothing from the Upside Down to fight and hes been cut off from his social and physical outlets at school by Billy, just grabbing his keys one injury-and-anxiety-induced insomnia night and stumbling into a club with amazing music that he just loses himself in dancing to. And he just. compartmentalizes the fact that its clearly a gay club.

And over time, i see him getting more and more involved in all aspects of the scene, to the extent of becoming a full-on, painted-up glam performer with a stage persona at this club, getting an incredible amount of catharsis and expression from the way this alternate self gives him a physical and emotional outlet to explore these thoughts and feelings and ways of being that he can't or won't let himself engage with in Hawkins.

But also, because it's Steve, I just picture this split between what he can and can't do and be in these two different lives just torturing him, and him struggling with which one is the performance and which one is his authentic self, until he finally realizes he doesn't need to be so compartmentalized and split asunder but can instead embody these seemingly diametrical truths of who he is and what he wants in an integrated way.

And yeah, his stage name is SHINER, cuz he gets the shit kicked out of him for love, and he's got his heart on his sleeve and bleeding out on his cheek.

(And here's a Steve/SHINER playlist to go along with this!)

Fishuary Day 12: The Underappreciated Shiner

Many overlook him.....

@fish-daily @fishyfishyfishtimes

Redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus

Bit chilly out today in North Texas but cold Shiner beer and sunshine sure helps! Cheers to this beautiful Saturday and to the weekend. 🍻 #beer #craftbeer #shinerbeer #saturday #weekend #texas #shiner

Chace Crawford out and about in LA with Shiner | December 15th, 2023

Listen to my band 🖤

Halloween beers!

Rodan // Shiner

After last night I'm surprised the day even came But it came, it came A train of obscene images Moving through the black hedge Aching and thick with rust All showing as soon as the sun comes up It takes light to the paper It burns its head and throat Spreading a rash of arsenic Magnolias and crushed coal A fire in its heart Will not let it die It roars and fumes and cries all day Shoot me out the sky

Have you ever heard that gordon ramsay has a great recipe for frito pie? No you haven't? Well that's right. You haven't. Because this recipe is the work of a fool and madman. So, you know, an average cook from england. This is the worst cooking I've ever seen by a professional chef. He got almost every part of a frito pie wrong. Wildly wrong. He added salt to canned chili and flamin hot fritos. He added salt three times. He put french onion dip and velveeta into scrambled eggs. Hatch chilies from New Mexico for an iconic Texan dish. He didn't even use the fritos in it as anything but a garnish. The table has tabasco sauce and an entire second bag of a different flavor of fritos and neither of them get used.

EGGS DON'T EVEN GO IN A FRITO PIE, GORDON. WHY ARE THERE EGGS? WHY ARE THERE EGGS IN IT, GORDON?

Why did he empty all of the fritos out of the bag, then pour those abominable eggs into the empty chip bag?! If he was going to do that all along, why was there a stack of plates on the table? It's not even like any version of a frito pie that I've ever seen. It's almost more like chilequiles? That is, if chilequiles were served at a grade school cafeteria in hell.

It's just wrong at every step.

It deserves the wrath of Tanara Double Chocolate. GORDON RAMSEY'S SO CREATIVE. However, all I can do attempt to give him a brain hemorrhage with my psychic powers. I believe that Texas should go to war with england, strictly for revenge. We'll ally with Scotland and Ireland, all we have to do is send them some smoked brisket and a few cases of Shiner and they'll join our coalition to and destroy england and dissolve the UK.

My good friend Ava will be on the Kelly Clarkson Show on Monday!🤠🎙🎸🎶🇺🇸❤️

Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus), congregating in a mating school, family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes, in a stream in Kentucky, USA

photograph by Isaac Szabo

I’m getting rid of a huge amount of my KPOP poster collection, they’ve been sitting in a box, taking up space, and I’m not using them. I’m keeping some, but I’m probably getting rid of a couple hundred posters of various sizes and from a bunch of different groups.

That being said, I have no idea what I’m doing, or how to get rid of them. I don’t want to throw them out, but idk how to get them out to people who may want them. If anyone has any advice, I would love to hear it!!

It's not a good time for me to get into a relationship. I need to focus on my droid.

Myn Donos

Chace Crawford taking a walk with Shiner in Los Feliz | January 21st, 2024