Blacecam

[caughtinthegrey]

i will never take bylers whining seriously considering what the duffers put mike and el through.

mike who was so happy that destroying the ud would allow him and el to have their happy ending. his constant fear of being separated and his fear of her dying happened fucking again HAPPENED AGAIN AND EVEN CRUELER THIS TIME. el who went through hell and wanted to be happy with her person (the one who stood by her and who she loves) fucking died in what’s supposed to be a heroic death but comes off as a cruel way to kill off the only main character who has been treated like shit her entire life. el who got separated from mike so often that it became part of their life but nope she couldn’t spend some well deserved happiness with her boyfriend.

[caughtinthegrey]

i will never take bylers whining seriously considering what the duffers put mike and el through.

mike who was so happy that destroying the ud would allow him and el to have their happy ending. his constant fear of being separated and his fear of her dying happened fucking again HAPPENED AGAIN AND EVEN CRUELER THIS TIME. el who went through hell and wanted to be happy with her person (the one who stood by her and who she loves) fucking died in what’s supposed to be a heroic death but comes off as a cruel way to kill off the only main character who has been treated like shit her entire life. el who got separated from mike so often that it became part of their life but nope she couldn’t spend some well deserved happiness with her boyfriend.

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

st5 really said look how independent and hot this female character is, breaking down in a bathroom covered in her parents' blood while her shitty boyfriend and ex-boyfriend (who we desperately want you to forget that they've shared a meaningful and mutual connection) decide for her that she doesn't need a man!

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

Maroon is such a nace song (season 4 especially)

[naancypants]

subtle moments of Nancy + Ace in 3.04 for @nednickersonsgf 💜

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

Nancy Wheeler, I'm so sorry for what has been done to you.

Did we really need any proof that chatgpt can't write cohesive character arcs? (allegedly of course)

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

finished my rewatch of Nancy Drew a couple days ago and as a scorned ex stranger things fan, that show really soothed that ever nagging ache that st had left behind.

It's not perfect, but the creators care about their characters and story and it shows.

also nace is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I might have something planned with them

[hypermania]

Let's not talk about that right now.

[crackers4jenn]

thinking and weeping about the lost potential and fuckery of:

"tell me you love me" never getting paralleled with Nancy actually telling Steve she loves him

Steve's look of yearning after dropping Dustin off at the Snowball dance and catching a glimpse of Nancy through the window never having a full circle moment of him picking Nancy up, on the way to some date or weekend adventure in the RV

"the rekindling of some old flames that frankly never should've been snuffed out" amounting to...... snuffed out flames part II

"I still have hope" turning into "it was never in the cards"

Steve's interrupted confession in the UD just never, ever getting addressed

"as unambiguous a sign of true love as these cynical eyes have ever seen" becoming "it was never like that with him"

[alwaysthequietones]

And this is why I can’t even interact with anything to do with ST anymore. Can’t even enjoy earlier seasons bc of the utter incompetence that was season 5.

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

will be posting the next chapter for Delicate later today.

Just letting everyone know that I didn't forget about it.

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78723396

happy (belated oops) last day of stancy week!

I hope everyone had a great time :)

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78375371

Day two of stancy week!

Had a lot of (unexpected) fun writing this one

(somehow my beef with putting links into tumblr posts continues)

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

Inject this man into my veins

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78303761

Happy Stancy Week everyone!

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

super excited to finally start posting this multi-chapter!

I'm still trying to get my groove back after the whole ordeal that was season 5 but I am looking forward to writing more again

(also I hope the link works now lol)

[heartsarehersforthebreaking]

Hi,

Would you like to share all of your thoughts about season 5? Especially in terms of Steve and Nancy? How did you feel?

oh wow, where do I even start?

Season 5 is a lackluster, unrewarding, cowardly attempt to appease the masses. It's not trying anything new, it doesn't live up to anything, I could go on and on. There was so much potential that just simply went to waste. One of which of course being Stancy. It is such a disservice to the story and especially to Steve and Nancy to sweep their story together under the rug. For some reason the Duffers decided to value the opinion of online haters instead of the all the groundwork they wrote for stancy in season 4 and now we are left with unfulfilled arcs and character assassinations. And especially after over 3 years of build up we were all served an undercooked pile of garbage.

The difficult part that I'm still trying to sort out is separating this season with the story and characters that I originally fell in love with. Stranger Things and Stancy in particular have been a big part of my life ever since I got into it around the release of season 4 and not to make this too personal but it's gotten me through some tough times. I've had (and still will have) such a wonderful time writing and sharing my fics and I have also met some amazing people who definitely helped soften the blow of that last season. So yes, this series will always be very dear to me and I know I'm not the only one who shares this sentiment.

These characters (not just Steve and Nancy) deserved so much more and now it's up to us to show them the care that their creators couldn't.

It's just a shame that it had to get to this point

[sarhcameron]

“life has been so unfair to you. your childhood was taken from you. you’ve been attacked, manipulated by terrible people, but you never let it break you."

[bloop-bloop-boop]

@archaeoporbus tags