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As a Greek, in response to the current controversy about Matt Damon being cast as Odysseus, I'd just like to share that one of the moments that changed my brain chemistry as a kid was reading a novelized version of the Odyssey and coming across the following description of Odysseus when Circe sees him for the first time and thinks he's hot: "his hair curled like a clematis and his eyes were very brown".
So may I present my own casting choice for Odysseus:
Maomao is one of the best main characters of all time because she's like "i just won't give a fuck for 2 years and finish my service" and then she immediately goes "ok I'll just give a fuck this one time"
one of my favorite parts of apothecary diaries is how every one of gyokuyou's ladies in waiting immediately goes, "this is our maomao. we found her in a back alley, that's why she's so scraggly and weird. isn't she gross? what an angel. we would kill and die for her. she's such a little freak. insult her and we'll eat your family :)".not kidding it's actually almost instantanous.
Apothecary Diaries is so funny. The ladies in waiting look at Maomao and are like ohmigosh a poor adorable abused puppy we must smother her in love and teach her our ways 😍 and the concubines are all like she saved my life and she saved my baby and she's so brave and smart and we love her so much and jinshi and everyone else is heart eyes about her and meanwhile Maomao is like el chupacabra in the corner barfing up goat bones
maomao is my favorite "not like other girls" style protagonist bc for one shes a girls girl through and through. to the bone. and two she's just a weird little freak. absolute lunatic. they have the whole "omg she's actually beautiful and everyone falls for her when she's all made up" trope but the punchline is that she does not fucking want to look like that. she actively puts dirt on her face every day bc she does not want to be perceived as attractive (mostly out of fear of being used for sex work though at the same time she has the utmost respect for women who do sex work like she grew up in a brothel those are her sisters). she's Sherlock level smart and solves every mystery so fast but goes "well thats none of my business. anyway back to testing poisons on myself" she has the 2nd most powerful guy in the nation head over heels in love with her and is like "man this guy is weird around me what's his deal. I guess he's fine though because he gives me rare medicines and has no dick" fucking ICON i love her. also she once slapped someone so hard they fell on the floor. 10/10
The explicitly pornographic ads paired with porn bans to appeal to advertisers is really aggravating, but I also want to take a moment to complain about really disgusting ads. Cartoon person with disturbingly photorealistic boils and shit, getting giant worms pulled out of their bodies, body horror shit like that. What the fuck is this supposed to be advertising? Why would you show this? Why can't I block it? It always pops up when I'm trying to eat, too. Why is this allowed? Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you FUCK YOU
I've seen a couple, Steve is an Addams fics and was inspired!
This is so canon divergent but the idea wouldn't leave me and honestly it brings me so much joy. I mix basically all Addams Family media i have consumed, including the musical, Wednesday(ish. I find it interesting but not enough to truly keep up with it), the old TV show, the 1990 movies, and the cartoons.
Essentially, Steve's dad (look i know they gave him a name now and it's Danny but I veto) Richard had a brief fling with a woman named Lilith Addams. It was really a one night thing because the woman terrified him. Then one night he got a call that Lilith had died and she had had a son...his son. Little Stefano Crowley Ignacio Addams-Harrington. He wanted to deny it but then he saw his son for the first time (already two years old but just barely) and well....the hair didn't lie. By this point he and Cheryl Moore had been married for two years and 7 months (they were an arranged marriage and married a month after Richard's night with Lilith) and no child had come along yet which was putting a strain on their marriage and relationship with their family which was why they hadn't spoken to them in the past two years.
This was the solution! They would say Stefano-Steve, was his and Cheryl's son!
He failed to realize how hard taking his own child would be from Lilith's family. And how...bizarre they were. In the end they allowed (allowed!? Ha!) him to take his boy but there were conditions. He had to visit at least once a year, he had to take part in every family Sabre Mazurka and also have his own, a family Sabre Mazurka did not count as the once a year, keep the name his mother gave him and he had to keep in touch with the family. Truly they were an odd family, those Addams. But Richard also found it was for the best considering his son was also...odd. At first he tried to refuse their demands but then he found Stef-Steven cuddling a hatchet like a teddy bear.....Or the time he saw little Steve take the biggest chug of antifreeze and then proceed to finish it off with no side effects or...you know...death....
So yeah...Richard stuck to the demands. Except he bargained that Steve had to be called something different in public/away from the Addams. Thus in Hawkins he was known simply as Steven Adam Harrington.
I really love the 1991 & 1993 cast of Addams Family so this will be them just set in ST timeline. Instead of Deb trying to marry Fester, Steve had been there that summer and convicned her the family could help her and would accept her and thus Deb was just adopted into the family. Steve admired how she embraced being an Addams but still lived colorfully. He really looked up to her and she considered Steve the son she would never have.
He and Wednesday are the same age.
They do still go to Camp Chippewa but instead of being forced to go by Deb, the cousins go because Stefano found the idea of it intriguing, Wednesday went to protect Stefano (they are the same age but she's a couple months older and takes the role of elder very seriously), and Pugsley went to see how much chaos he could create. It's after Chippewa that his dad starts to crack down harder on his oddness and essentially plays to Steve's love of dares and contracts to make his son act "normal" until his 18th birthday. Steve thinks it's interesting and their was a couple of prizes if he could do it. (The Harrington family house that was located more in the richer part of town's woods, a wealthy inheritance, and his Grandpa Otis's weapons collection.)
The contract is why he holds back in a fight against someone he really doesn't want to fight or someone he doesn't think deserves him at his top shape whether out of genuine concern or their skills just suck in his opinion. It's not like his personality is a lie either, as he really does enjoy sports and being active and he gets passing grades to keep on said sports but he does also not care as much for school unless a lesson manages to catch his attention and keep it which is kind of hard considering it's not Grandmama's potion classes, Cousin Itt's self care and beauty tricks, Uncle Gomez's sword lessons, Auntie Morticia's gardening tips, Mama Deb's acting assignments or Lurch's piano lessons.
He just has more interest in the darker and more macabre things much like any other Addams that he hides. He can be more himself at home alone as the contract only included acting normal when out in public or when guests were over.
Then everything with the Upside-down started and Steve had to act like he wasn't endlessly thrilled and intrigued with the monsters he got to fight. Also Barb disappearing and ending up dead really doesn't affect him much as he didn't really know her well and as an Addams, they don't fear death, they see it as another great adventure. I mean of course they would mourn family and those they love because they knew them and loved them, but if it's someone they don't know or personally care for they are pretty nonchalant about it. Steve has to try really hard to act like he cares which sounds so mean and awful but it's just how he is.
He has to push down the almost manic delight he feels getting to fight the interdimensional creatures but that delight is weighed down by his worry for Nancy as he did really love her and didn't want anything to happen to her. But! He got a nice nail bat that he named Macy as it reminded him fondly of the many different maces that were kept in the Addams Family weapons vault.
The first person to catch on to Steve's oddness was actually Robin. She did start the You Rule/You Suck Board but she began to notice that sometimes Steve's flirting looked almost performative. Dustin caught on when he brought up to Russian code and Steve got twitchy but also this almost hyper gleam to his eye despite sounding frustrated and reluctant. (Stefano knows Russian but 'Steve' wouldn't so he had to pretend)
In any of my AUs Steve is a December baby so he technically graduated "early". He normally wouldn't have been allowed into the year he was because of his birthday cutoff but his dad bribed the elementary principal to allow him in a year earlier than he was supposed to.
This meaning Steve won't be 18 until basically season 4. Of course this being the season Eddie comes in more and Steve gets to be himself! He won the bet! And he also forgets to tell everyone about the bet/contract now that it is done. But it comes up because Steve gets a visit from the Addams Family because Wednesday had a vision of Chrissy dying and how it would lead to basically the end of the world and as much as the Addams love some good chaos, destruction, murder, and overall gloom, the end of the world would mean the end of the family and that was something they couldn't stand.
Now everyone finds out and are baffled and some feel betrayed but Robin's just like, "you still my b*tch. A weird b*tch. But my b*tch" Dustin and Max are much the same while Eddie is smitten. He already had a crush on Steve Harrington for longer than was healthy but now he was downright down bad for Stefano Addams. The boy who gushed about all his weapons and who still loved sports but also the boy who's hair looked softer and got subtle blond highlights and ditched the polos for comfy sweaters or more expressive outfits. A boy who got shy but beamed when his "Mama Deb" praised him and who also barked at Jason and his goons when they got mad that Chrissy was hanging out with the "freaks" and losers.
Again, another overall crack idea but one close to my heart. And of course with the Addams there to help, Vecna is so cooked. Also Suzie is an Addams because I make the rules and I think it would be hilarious when they all find out. Steve and Suzie are just like "Cousin Stef/Suzie!?" And Dustin is having a crisis in the corner like "Cousin!?"
Ships include:
Of course, Steddie!!!!
Wednesday x Chrissy just because I think it would be endlessly funny yet endearing for Wednesday to fall for the preppy athlete. (Kind of like a combo of Enid (from Wednesday) and Lucas (from The Addams Family Musical) which turns into Wednesday x Chrissy x Robin maybe as I'm still playing around with the idea.
Robin x Vickie maybe
Nancy x Jonathan
Lucas x Max
Dustin x Suzie
Will x and maybe an Addams Family OC
Mike x Jane (El) will it last??? Idk
Etc.
Addams Family Powers:
Grandmama has excellent potion making and crafting abilities as well as witchcraft and divination
Fester has enhanced durability and manipulation over electricity and can manifest electricity
Gomes has enhanced durability (all Addams' do but his is the strongest) and slight pyrokinesis
Morticia has divination, death sense, spiritualism and witchcraft
Lurch is undead so he has enhanced durability and in my mind is immortal
Wednesday has precognition (visions) and psychometry
Pugsley has enhanced durability that is very strong but not as strong as his father's and can manipulate/manifest electricity like his Uncle Fester
Pubert has witchcraft and pyrokinesis
Stefano has spiritualism, dream manipulation, and enhanced durability
Rating: T, for references to sexual topics
CW: just sexism in the form of elf costumes
Tags: pre-Steddie, Eddie's got a fat crush on Steve, Corroded Coffin cameos, Steve's Glorious Chest Hair, shameless oogling, platonic Stobin
"I hate this costume. I look like a goddamned candy cane."
Steve isn't wrong. The elf costumes he and Robin have to wear—per their seasonal occupation of Santa's Helpers at Downtown Hawkins Christmas Crash—truly does nothing for the young man's visual appeal. The way his green shorts stick up his ass make him feel like Daffy Duck, and the red-and-white tights underneath do, in fact, give his legs the look of peppermint sticks.
Robin's isn't much better.
"Wanna trade?" A fake smile plasters on her cheeks. "Then you can look like a radioactive-hooker candy cane."
Her elf top is way too low in the neckline for a family event like this, and battery-powered lights blare right in his face with the words "Ho Ho Ho!" barely legible.
"Yours is ridiculous. Can't believe Santa's a sexist prick." Steve huffs and crosses his arms. Robin's done the same for a different reason. "Isn't he supposed to say good will toward men and all that shit?"
"Yah, toward men." Robin tugs her shirt up by the collar a seventh time. "And anyway, that was the Bible, Dingus, not Santa." She gestures to the front of the 'Pictures with Santa!' display. "Our Santa can barely stay awake over there, much less try to establish world peace. Or common deceny, apparently."
The two shift their gazss toward the cardboard and plastic throne, where a costumed Ted Wheeler snoozes away instead of attending to his holiday cheer duties.
"Unbelievable," Steve says.
"Does he ever get tired of sleeping?" Robin asks.
"I think he'd just fall asleep again if he did."
A few minutes pass until Robin's ducking behind the sleigh in a panic.
"Shit, shit, shit!" she hisses, throwing a look to the left of their holiday space.
Steve drops behind it too. "What is it? What?!"
"Vickie's what!"
"Oh, is she here to visit you?" The boy peeks his head up above the sleigh's dash before Robin yanks him back down by his shirt.
"Don't look! She can't, and I mean absolutely in any sense of the English definition, cannot, see me in this or I swear I'll die of embarrassment twelve times over."
"Oh, come on, she's totally seen worse."
Robin stares at him with the intensity of a woman with everything left to lose. "I will come back to haunt you Christmas-Carol-Jacob-Marley style forever, Harrington, I swear on god." She pauses, then adds, "And on Dustin's mother."
Steve beckons with his hand. "Fine, gimme your shirt."
A choked laugh escapes Robin's throat, "Pray tell, how is that better?!"
"You said you wanted to trade, let's trade." Steve starts pulling off his uniform's shirt, exposing his chest and subsequent well-groomed chest hair to the world.
Robin wrinkles up her nose at him as he offers her the shirt, "Out of all the expected times in our lives, somehow this is the moment that you've lost your mind. Bravo, actually, I am shocked and impressed it didn't happen sooner."
Steve rolls his eyes, "Will you relax? I'm not saying you strip naked. Just put my shirt on over yours and take off yours underneath. Vickie and the world won't see a thing."
Robin stares at the shirt, then at Steve, then glances back over at Vickie's now much-closer position. Steve's ridiculous option just might just be her only hope.
With a huff of annoyed acceptance, Robin grabs the shirt and tugs it over her head. Steve acts as look-out as she wriggles out of her still-blinking elf top underneath his own.
"Alright, how's that?"
"Better," Steve says truthfully.
Robin shoves her discarded top into Steve's chest. "Your turn, Fabio Lanzoni. Put those things away, for the love of god."
Steve snorts and takes it, "Think that was in the Bible too?"
"Oh yes, I think it went something like 'cover thine man-titties up, lest ye be stoned in the streets'," Robin laughs. Steve slips the neck hole over his head and tugs down. It's—tighter than he thought. He struggles getting it past his biceps, but manages to pull it down. It covers his figure as best as the cheap seams will allow, which isn't much. Before Robin can give her full opinion on Steve's new lady-elf look, a soft voice calls out for her.
"Robin?" Vickie asks aloud, to which the girl beside him pops up from her hiding spot. "Oh, there you are! I thought I heard you…"
Steve smiles to himself behind the sleigh. Mission accomplished. He'll just stay here til she's done, they'll switch back, and he can get out of this stupid looking top. No one has to know.
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"How much longer do we have to stay here?" Gareth groans.
"I was promised hot chocolate," Dougie says.
Eddie chuckles as he lights a cigarette. "Look, we'll get hot chocolate and then go, since Gareth's such a Scrooge."
Jeff stops abruptly at the front of the group. "Guys. Look."
Eddie's eyes widen. The cigarette he just lit falls from his mouth as the smoke curls awkwardly in his lungs and makes him cough. He can't be seeing this right.
"Is that Steve Harrington?" one of the boys asks. He's not sure who. All his focus is trained on the fact that yes, Steve Harrington is not only dressed as an elf, but a sexy elf complete with glowing lights framing his chest in a very boob-like display. God, even his stupid chest hair is perfectly framed by his pecs on display. It leads down in a tamed line between each muscle, and Eddie can only dream that it drags all the way down his navel, stomach, and into a perfect happy trail…
Steve looks like a pin-up in the playboy magazines—if the pin-ups in the playboy magazines were actually catered to one Eddie Munson's homosexual gaze—and Eddie suddenly feels like someone lit a fireplace in his chest.
Not just because of the cigarette, but he's totally still coughing from that, too.
Jobs that Stobin has or would get together no matter the time!
Canon:
• Scoops
• Family Video
• WSQK
Headcanon:
• Waiters
• Chuck E Cheese Employees (Steve in the costume. Robin a party host or something)
• FNAF night guards except they survive if they were in the FNAF universe. They would just take their paychecks and never speak about the experience again.
• They would apply to be Robins in the Batman universe but nothing comes of it so they work at Batburger. Up until they get hired through shenanigans to be butlers-in-training with Alfred. (The Batfam feared if the two weren't employed they would accidentally (or not) join a gang or become the new rogues)
• Daily Bugle workers with Peter Parker if it was the Marvel universe.
• Limo chauffeurs except Robin is a permanent passenger who gives instructions to all passengers like a flight attendant.
• Flight attendants or Steve is a pilot and Robin is the permanent flight attendant for all his flights.
• Librarians
• Pet Sitters
• Disney Cast Members (They work in the Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Tower of Terror or Space Mountain. Or Steve got cast as one of the princes or someone on avengers campus and Robin is his handler or Robin and Steve get cast as a famous Disney couple much to their disgust)
I have so many Rockstar!Eddie and Cook/Baker!Steve ideas it's not even funny.
Here's another one I've been cooking up (;D)
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No Upside-down AU where the kids and Steve did go through some crap but it wasn't related to the Upside-down. Like Will does go missing but he wasn't taken by a demogorgon, he was kidnapped and escaped and hid out in the woods for a week while trying to get away from his captor. A body was found in the quarry but it wasn't Will. It was another victim of his captor that was wearing Will's jacket. Barb was still killed, but it was by Henry who is a wealthy serial killer in this au.
Basically, every traumatic event that happened in show happened in this au just with a twist but this au takes place after all that happens. It does get mentioned though!
This is also modern au which I thought would be a fun break from my time "accurate" ones XD.
Steve and Robin are still our Codependent Queens who after the horrors they went through forwent college. Steve's parents weren't suprised but Robin's were (she does online college and as does Steve, they just didn't know before they started shouting. They're better now but in the beginning they weren't very understanding of her decision.) The two decided to travel despite Steve being very reluctant to leave the kids behind but his PTSD and anxiety was getting so bad that his therapist basically demanded he take a vacation. The kids were all very supportive of it and of course were always in contact. He and Robin loved it. She got to practice her language skills and so did Steve. They sent the rugrats many postcards and gifts (like Steve wished his parents had done for him).
Also while traveling, Steve rediscovered his love for cooking and next thing he knew he was learning recipes everywhere they went and even cooked with grandma and grandpa's from around the world who wanted to pass on skills or just someone else to teach to. This literally happened everywhere they stopped and Robin was in awe of it every time. Steve charming older people is nothing knew and I love it. He basically gets adopted everywhere they go and he gets family recipes taught to him. It was worse in Italy. So many nonnas and nonnos tried to introduce Steve to their single female family members in the hopes he would marry into the family. When they found out he was bisexual it was like fair game, he was introduced to anyone and everyone.
All the while though, he learnt recipe after recipe. Robin even got into it and she found she really like it too. The structure yet openness for creativity was fascinating to her and the repetitive actions helped calm some of her nerves. Steve wasn't really one for social media despite having it so it was Robin who started filming their adventures and cooking. Soon she started a channel on YouTube for them in a vlog style called The Traveling Foodmates.
That's how it evolved into Steve and Robin learning recipes and cooking techniques. They did this for eight years and finally came back home and moved to Indianapolis where everyone else in the party moved.
Well most everyone! Nancy and Jonathan lived in New York as Jonathan's photography career really hit it off and he had a couple galleries while also being a camera for hire where he saw fit. Nancy was, of course, a journalist who climbed the ranks and ended up as one of the companies leading investigative journalists. Argyle also moved to New York to run the new location of Surfer Boy Pizza (which I headcanon is a family business that got so successful it branched out) and co-owns High Tide Dispensary with Jonathan but not many people know that. Max and Lucas were living in California. Max was an actress who was known for her roles in horror films, doing her own stunt work, and who was doing online classes to get her doctorate in psychology. Lucas got scouted by the LA Lakers and has played for them ever since, he also does online schooling. He and Max live together. Erica is also in California but in Stanford as she goes to Stanford University to pursue her law degree.
In Indianapolis was El who was working towards getting her Early Childhood Multicultural Education Degree and her Masters in Special Education. Will is a comic book writer and artists with a good following under his pen name but he. Dustin and Mike are working towards making their own arts production company called The Sorcerer's Light. (Look up Meow Wolf). Mike is a writer and budding film-maker. Dustin is an engineer and computer scientist who still loves creating inventions and Will is very supportive and encouraging of Dustin to put those skills to use in the company. Hop and Joyce opened a flower shop after he retired and they moved and are doing pretty good!
Anyways, once Robin and Steve move back they actually have a good amount of money saved up from doing odd jobs wherever they stopped and by odd I mean they worked at food stalls to full blown restaurants to food trucks XD. Now they are looking for a new but stable job to apply for. And yes they will always make sure wherever they apply knows it's a two-for-one or two-for-none deal. They are never to be separated. That's when Robin sees an interesting job listing that she didn't think was real but thought would be funny to apply for her and Steve. Because the post didn't seem legit she sent in one application/resume for both her and Steve that definitely had joking/funny yet truthful answers.
It was a job listing for being a private chef for the band Corroded Coffin.
Eddie was never involved in everything because as soon as Wayne got custody of Eddie he knew Hawkins would never be good for his boy so he moved them to Indianapolis. All the Hellfire boys in this au went to school in Indy along with Vickie and Chrissy who befriend them and end up working with them. Vickie is one of the band's nurses while Chrissy is their social media manager. After a rather pathetic firing of their newer private chef ("He was so stuck-up Chris! And he kept feeding us ridiculous portions! And he got mad when Grant asked for a plain grilled cheese! Who does that?") the CC boys got wasted and gorged themselves on fast food when Gareth declared they needed a new chef and not some fancy pants one and the boys collectively made a job listing (while absolutely smashed) and basically forgot about it until Chris angrily demanded why she was getting hundreds of emails about a job listing.
Oops.
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Title: GOOD Private Chef
About Us: We are Corrodedd Cofin, the most metal band to exist (beside Metallica)and we want you (what are we Uncle Sam?) to be our new Private Chef. We are based (is that a fancy way of saying we live?) in Indianapolis but do travel for tours, concerts, interviews etc.
The Role: Private Chef duh. Make tasty delicious meals that aren't portioned for American Girl Dolls (I was going to say Barbies but that works too). Respect our allergies and tastes. Be flexible, if we say we want like McDonald's or something one day don't get offended and lecture us please.
You Have: Experience cooking and eating food! Like if you can make a good grilled cheese that seems good enough.
We Offer: So much money holy shit. Oh and benefits!! The people like benefits
Apply: Send your resumes to corrodedchrissy@-
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Thus Chrissy made them go through every email with her as punishment. It was grueling but the boys made it through and even made a pile of actual possible hires and another of possible restraining orders. There's one resume they kept going back too though and it was for two people and the tone of it matched their listing. They could have written it off as a joke but something about it caught their attention, mainly Eddie's. The people were named Robin Buckley and Steve Harrington and they claimed they were sharing a resume to save the trees (despite it being sent digitally) it had made Chrissy and Gareth giggle. Both their numbers were listed of course along with emails and links to some socials. Their references took up like three and a half pages with notes that some of them don't speak English. One of their work experience points was: We have cooked in Nonna Bea's kitchen that even her children are banned from for two whole days.
It was silly yet serious and maybe it was stupid to follow the YouTube link considering it could have been a virus or something but Eddie, Chrissy, and Vickie were hooked from the start. The rest of CC were too but not like the others. And yeah, it probably wasn't smart to hire from a drunken job posting but that's exactly what they did and that's how Steve and Robin were hired to be the new private chefs of Corroded Coffin.
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Yes! Private Chef Duo Robin and Steve for Famous band Corroded Coffin!!! Eddie falling for this gorgeous clueless man and Robin crushing on Vickie and Chrissy. Of course they'll run into problems here and there but Steve and Robin somehow always know how to fix the problem or know someone else who can and CC is so very impressed. Also Steve absolutely still has his nail bat because ✨️PTSD✨️ and it will have it's moments because Steve is a protective Mama Bear.
My favorite thing to imagine is the Steve and Robin Halloween costumes through the year. They are the duo who has the most coordinated and well made costumes by far. And are dynamic duos in their mind, from the same media, or couples costumes. It doesn't matter if they are dating someone, they will always do "couple costumes" together.
Some of my fav to imagine:
Canon Time
• Batman & Robin (they did this many times because of the different Robins and they switched who was Batman and who was Robin.
• Jessica Rabbit (Steve) & Roger Rabbit (Robin)
• Marty McFly (Steve) & Doc Brown (Robin)
• Julie Richman (from Valley Girl and it's Steve) & Randy (from Valley Girl and it's Robin
• Daisy & Kat from Mystic Pizza (Steve is Daisy and Robin is Kat
• Bruce Wayne & Vicky Vale (1989 Batman Steve was Bruce and Robin was Vicky)
• JD & Veronica (Yes Robin is JD and Steve is Veronica. They love switching the genders because it confuses people)
• Mario & Luigi
• Velma & Daphne
• Shaggy & Fred
• etc
Modern time!
• Sam & Dean (Supernatural: Robin is Sam and Steve is Dean)
• Rapunzel & Flynn (Robin Flynn and Steve Rapunzel)
I have this image in my head that is totally inspired by Hopper killing a Demogorgon with a sword but replaced by Steve.
I have no idea what season it would be other than after one.
But I imagine that it might be in season 4 and an AU where Eddie and Hellfire become involved in everything before Chrissy dies.
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The drama club needed their room back on Friday despite Hellfire having an agreement with them that they would get to use the room every Wednesday and Friday and weren't told until after their campaign on Wednesday.Hellfire had it's upcoming finale of their campaign! (And Lucas had his game though he was still upset and torn on having to choose). Dustin volunteered Steve's house in a moment of desperation (before even asking him).
Steve, of course, agrees but with the condition that they go to Lucas's game. He had heard them planning on getting Erica to sub in and it pissed him off. He knew how important this was for Lucas and he thought the boys were all about loyalty. He doesn't care if Munson and his friends go but he'd be damned if Mike, Dustin, and Erica missed. This means the campaign is later and the boys and Erica would get to spend the night which they have no complaints about.
Munson and the rest of Hellfire do though and Steve flashes the kids a smile before pulling Munson and the three others a little bit away before absolutely, softly, tearing into them all with a smile on his face. He goes on about loyalty and how that's one of the major points of their game, Dragons & Donkeys (Eddie so badly wanted to correct Harrington but the dude was kind of intimidating with all the smiling), then he stared them all in the eye as his smile sharpened as he plainly told them that their attitude towards Lucas was the same as the jocks towards them that they were so against.
"For someone who made speeches about fighting against the societal norm, Munson, you and your little club seem to be doing the exact same thing you "hate". Nope. Zip it. I'm talking. Lucas is a nerd. He loves the Dungeon & Dancing thing but guess what? He also loves basketball. Does that mean he no longer gets to enjoy the nerd game? Does him liking a sport exclude him from the "outcasts"? If so...doesn't that make him the biggest outcast? You're to him what everyone else is to you! So here's what's going to happen! You're going to run this game for the gremlins at my house AFTER the game. You can come or not but that's how it's going to be for the kids. The kids who are oh so looking forward to it. Are you going to be the one to tell them no?"
Yeah Eddie, Jeff, Grant (unnamed Freak), and Gareth cave. Harrington is terrifying.
They're all at the game and Dustin and Mike feel a small gut feeling of guilt when Lucas spots them and does a double take, then he broke out in the biggest brightest smile. Steve and Erica are cheering the loudest when Lucas was added in. Then absolutely losing their minds along with Mike and Dustin when Lucas made the winning shot. Steve explained it as being like a last minute save against the boss in their game. (He had been doing that the whole time. Explaining basketball in D&D terms as best he could.) The team was adamant about Lucas going and partying with them but Steve saw how he kept looking at Mike and Dustin so he made Erica go and give a reason why Lucas couldn't party. With her attitude and her sell of Lucas having to babysit her tonight the team let him off with some light ribbing.
From there, Steve told Dustin and everyone to head to his house since Dustin had a key and Steve needed to go pick up the pizzas. Lucas offered to go with him, so had Jeff but Steve just waved them off and told them to go set up. So they did while Steve grabbed the pizzas he pre-ordered and made a detour to Max's trailer window to aske if she wanted to come to his house which she of course denied. Steve made sure she could always call and he'd come get her if she changed her mind before he snuck her a personal pizza he had already planned to bring her.
She didn't say anything but she didn't need to.
Meanwhile Hellfire and Erica was setting up according to her decorations. Jeff, Gareth, Eddie, and Grant were bewildered but unable to say anything back so they just listened. Everything was going good once Eddie, Jeff, Gareth and Grant got over the initial awkwardness of being in "King" Steve's house. That is until they heard a blood-curdling scream. The kids didn't hesitate to run out and see what was going on but the rest of Hellfire did for a moment but ran after them. They're just kids!! Why are they running TOWARD the screaming!?
They witness Steve's across the road neighbor being eaten by a demogorgon (or horror-film eldritch creature to Hellfire). It looks like the man had pulled into his garage with groceries. Everyone screamed and ran back into Steve's house because Eddie and Jeff placed their keys in the key bowl by the door because it was funny and fancy and now they were reaaaaally regretting that because they knew there was no way to grab the keys and get in their vehicles by the sound of that thing following them but they still pocketed their keys just in case and locked and barricaded the door. After which they ran around and grabbed whatever they could as a weapon as Dustin took out a walkie and started screaming Code Red.
Eddie grabbed the fireplace poker
Jeff grabbed the fireplace shovel
Gareth and Grant grabbed chairs in the hopes they would offer coverage and distance for keeping the kids and hopefully themselves safe.
It was all they could do before the door and their barricaded was broken down by the creature that Lucas, Mike, and Dustin were shouting was a demogorgon ...which ...hello??? No???? That thing did not have two baboon heads, ten tentacles for arms and...well...actually it did seem to have clawed feet in a way but that was besides the point. Because it was joined by two other creatures but unlike the one on two feet, these one's walked on four like a dog or something. Eddie was so freaking terrified but he had little freshies and a middle schooler behind him and his friends and they had no escape plan so he and Jeff just swung when the things got too close and Gareth and Grant jabbed with the chairs.
"The pool! There's a side door out to the pool! If we can maneuver that way we can run to the cars!" Henderson shouted.
"Should you be saying that outloud!?" Gareth yelled back.
"It's fine! They don't understand English! They're basically animals!" Sinclair, oh so helpfully, chimed in.
"They don't und- how do you know that!?" Gareth's voice was getting really high pitched. Not that Eddie could blame him.
"We've dealt with the demodogs before but not the demogorgan." Wheeler said as though it wasn't the craziest shit.
"Technically that was Steve. And he's faced both." Henderson pointed out.
"We helped!" That was Wheeler again. Eddie would have loved to turn around and snap at them but he was too busy focusing on the damn demo-creatures!
"You know what's not helping? Your chatter!" Baby Sinclair said. "While you decided to tell us your lives' story, one of those demodogs is now blocking the side door path!"
And...fuck...she was right.
"Is there a back door?" Eddie gritted out.
"Yeah!....but I don't remember which room leads to it but I know it's the same room that leads down to the basement." Henderson said.
Well that was helpful....
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Steve had been pulling into his neighborhood when he heard his walkie go off and when he registered it was Dustin calling a Code Red he floored it. His tires screeched with the force of his stop in the middle of the road. He was panicking. His bat was left in his room and he knew he would have no time and probably no opportunity to go get it but he could hear the screams and he needed to do something!
His kids were in there!
It was as he got out of his car that he noticed the drag marks coming from Mr. Blackwell, his across the street neighbor's driveway. He noticed the garage was open. There wasn't even a thought or hesitation for Steve to run into said open garage because he knew Mr. Blackwell is-was a historian who had a big interest in historical, functioning weapons since he helped Mr. Blackwell build shelves to display some of them on the previous summer.
He grabbed the first things he could see and that were accessible thanks to the cabinet being broken.
A shield and sword.
With weapons in hand he sprinted faster than he could ever remember doing to the short distance of his house. As he ran through the broken door he made sure the sword was sharp enough by giving his forearm a small slice. It required little effort which meant he was good to go. The scent of his blood thankfully got the damn demodogs and demogorgon's attention on him and away from the kids and Munson and friends.
The demogorgon opened it's petals and screeched at him to which he answered with a yell of his own. He needed to keep the attention on him. Everything was a haze, all he could focus on was keeping the kids safe. Maybe that's why the fighting seemed to pass by so quickly. He could see Munson and his friends trying to corral the kids through the side door while he fought off the two demodogs that had gotten a couple lucky bits in and the demogorgon that had managed to slice his arm and chest with a claw.
But when his focus was on the dogs more than anything he heard the group scream but Erica and Munson scream louder. He didn't hesitate, he ran towards them heedless of the two demodogs trying to devour him and put himself between them and the demogorgan that lunged at them with the shield raised. He grunted at the force it hit the shield but he wouldn't back down. He yelled as he used his strength to push the demogorgan back and back before he whipped the shield to the side and struck with the sword.
He cut it's arm off and apparently that was all the abuse it would take because it broke its way out the side door with the two demodogs following, one of which was carrying the demogorgans dismembered arm. He was panting and now more aware of his injuries but he had to make sure the others were okay.
They flooded around him and he was so happy to see they were fine with the exception of Munson and his friends who had varying bruises forming and scrapes and gashes. He didn't know why he did but he hugged each of them and thanked them for protecting the kids.
"What do we do now? What were those things? Wh-" Munson started but was cute off by the sound of someone running up his driveway. Steve pushed Munson behind him and nodded his head at the others to do the same as he readied the shield once more but thankfully he recognized that red hair anywhere.
"Max?"
"Steve! You guys! You're okay! I jead the Code Red and I-" Now it was Max's turn to be cut off as Steve gathered her in a hug and the kids joined.
After a while they heard frantic footsteps that Steve would recognize anywhere, "Steve!"
"Robin!" And she too was added into the hug.
"I heard the Code Red!"
"I thought you were going to that band geek party?"
"I was! I was but I uh...I might have chickened out and just went back home..."
"Robs..." But whatever Steve was going to say was cut off by the sound of sirens. "Shit. Okay....okay...you guys let me do the talking and if you are asked something directly just play off what I say or stay quiet and play at being traumatized."
"I don't need to play at that...." One of Munson's friends muttered.
They heard the police shouting to see if anyone was okay or there and Steve took a deep breath and squared his shoulders.
Show time.
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Little drabble for the idea! But that was basically the scene I couldn't get out of my head that kick-started this whole au. Steve is the one to plant a false story of a murderer who killed his neighbor and went after the kids and everyone at his house because they witnessed it. The "murderer" was also accompanied by violent dogs. "Sucks man....it looks like he had them trained, they don't know what they're doing." The police run with this and advise everyone to be on the look out. Chrissy dies on her way to Eddie's trailer as she got his address from a member of the basketball team who bought from him before but Eddie wasn't there as everyone was still at Steve's house trying to figure out where they should all stay considering his house was now a crime scene.
The kids refuse to leave Steve and the rest of Hellfire and are adamant that no one be separated because of what happened. None of them know about Chrissy yet and that's when Steve gets a light bulb moment but also groans because he totally forgot about it. His grandparents left their house in his name and he was finally old enough to claim it, he just totally forgot about it because of all the Upside-down crap.
The house is in an even richer neighborhood, ("Steve! The mayor lives here!" ), and it's even bigger than his parents. (He's already planning his move. F*ck his parents.) It took a lot of convincing for the kids parents to let them continue their sleepover but Steve said they can drive with them to the house and see the security and if they feel better taking the kids home they can. (They can't. All of them see how their kids are clinging to Steve and the puppy dog faces.)
This house becomes their new base.
Besides that their plan to take down Vecna is way more successful because they have extra hands to help! I'll expand on this later probably but this is what I've got so far! Also yes....this is of course Steddie
My Personal Steve Harrington Headcanons/Lore that will almost always be present in any of my AUs: Part 1
• I know we know his family is wealthy and we're led to believe it's because of his dad or whatever but my headcanon is that the Harringtons are old old money. Like live in a mansion type old money and the only reason they don't is because Richard Harrington had a big fight with his dad and was kicked out. (Poor rich boy 😔 not like his dad and mom still made sure he had his trust funds and money and bought him the house he lives in now. They just didn't want him in their house anymore.) But I also headcanon his mom being from old money too.
• I fully headcanon that his grandparents' (both sets) passed but left all their properties and valuables to Steve and Richard hid it from Steve because he was jealous and angry. Steve only found out after the "earthquakes" and rogue "serial killer" when he went to make sure the house was okay. This is if his parental units are awful human beings like the common headcanon.
• He also found his real birth certificate and found out he's the same age as Robin (some aus this might change). His parents lied about his age to get him out of the house faster. They had a kid because that's what was expected of them but they never wanted one really so they had a fake birth certificate forged.
It was better somewhat when he was younger. Only in the way that his mother paid more attention to him and actually spent time with him. She does love him in her own way but she will always pick Richard over Steve.
I know some people headcanon Steve's dad being a cheater but I just have the weird thought that it would be worse if his parent's actually really love each other, they just don't care for their son. (Somewhat reminiscent of the Willoughby parents from The Willoughbys)
• Okay either his parents are awful and neglectful or they genuinely are just really busy and love their son. There is no in between for me XD I read a fic that I can't remember the name of where they had Steve's parents really love him they just had to travel because they were government agents/spies and I loved the idea.
• Was sent to a fancy rich kid camp every summer until his Junior year of high-school.
Meaning this boy can and has ridden horses and can do so well.
Took archery and is really good at it. (He just has never mentioned it to his kids and when he whips out this particular skill they are all SHOOK).
Can play Chess and Go very well.
His love of swimming started there at camp.
Etc.
• is Italian. Always. His full name is Stefano Giuseppe Nicodemus Luca Harrington.
Stefano (form of Stephen)
Giuseppe (Form of Joseph, given at his baptism by his Godfather)
Nicodemus (His grandfather on his mother's side's middle name)
Luca (his grandfather on his dad's side's middle name)
Harrington
• Cooks and cooks well! Boy begged one of his nannies to teach him and his Nonna and Nonnina also taught him when they visited.
Also bakes Hella good.
• Was teased for how well he bakes until his teammates tried his stuff. They learned quickly that teasing "King Steve" about baking means they didn't get any treats and they refused to be denied access to such deliciousness. Well until King Steve "fell". They all jumped on the shunning and teasing and were all for it until they didn't get the custom Harrington after game treats....
Sad boys.
• Basically a Disney princess. Animals love him. Flock to him! Listen to him!
• Can sing and was in church choir when he was younger before his grandparents passed and no one was around to take him anymore.
• Did take tap dance lessons because his Nonnina was a fan of Sammy Davis Jr, Eleanor Powell, The Nicholas Brothers and Gene Kelly. This was also stopped once his grandparents passed as his father did not see it as a "manly" activity.
• Was very sheltered as in he wasn't allowed to consume any media or do any activities that his father deemed unworthy of the Harrington name and that's why he doesn't know a lot of pop culture
Before the Upside-down situations he followed those rules but after he just did not care anymore and is trying to play catch-up without letting his little gremlins know.
• His mom sends him cookbooks from wherever her and Richard travel but she makes sure that Richard doesn't see if she does.
• Is very emotionally intelligent just doesn't know how to express himself or explain very well.
• Is also smart! This boy was on multiple teams!!! They require good grades!!!! It just takes him a while to understand things. Especially if it's something he's not interested in or confused about. This boy is a visual/ hands on learner.
• Is a polygot. He's just always clicked with languages and because of his father's work and his father's need to be seen as important and the perfect man with the perfect family he made his son and wife learn the language of whoever he wanted to impress.
Luckily it was something Steve enjoyed.
He speaks: Italian (first language due to being basically raised by his grandparents before they passed), English, French, and Spanish but he wants to learn German and Russian. (After starcourt he frantically learned Russian, Robin thought he would avoid it but Steve has a nagging feeling that if he learns it he'll be able to convince the Russians he's one of them in case they ever end up in a situation like that again.)
