#1 sodapop fan tbh

liv :)

[illfoldthelaundry]

hey guys

this pride month i want to speak to any others still closeted. you matter. there are safe spaces for you. you will be loved and safe and welcomed somewhere someday. there’s not a worse feeling than being so out of your own skin and not being able to tell anyone.

i’m sorry. i see you.

[dallasgallant]

Something on my re-read I found myself focusing on was Johnny.

The way he slaps his pockets at his sides when he gets worked up, he paces and pats at his sides. There’s something in just how often he says “it’s okay.” And “it’s alright” before someone’s even finished speaking or trying to apologize. How he movies automatically to appease.

It’s not really forgiveness or acknowledgement of whatever it was it’s a move to appease how quickly he jumps to being fine and moving on. Johnny doesn’t start conflict, he doesn’t get upset— he just “it’s ok” and will go on with his day. I wonder how “easy to get along with” he is with kids in the school… some quiet, slow, JD in the back of class, he’s alright if you get a word out of him.

Johnny doesn’t cry, he’s cried twice- maybe three times that Ponyboy knows of/seen. He doesn’t make a sound or form a tear when he’s beaten by his father (and why it’s such a big deal when he’s jumped) and he doesn’t freak out. It’s not just his quiet behavior that’s from his Homelife but his need to appease.

Somewhere down the line he’d blow up, like the rest of the guys had done before— but with him I also think it would’ve been bad. The end, if he never had before.

[disgruntledbabysocialist]

Actually, headcanon that WCKD tortured Minho with images of Thomas and Newt hurting him to induce fear into him and make him less likely to go back to them whilst they still came after Minho.

And when he gets them back, despite every urge in him telling him to be afraid of them and that they hate him, he forces himself to be near them and believe they wouldn’t hurt him and learns to love them again just to spite WCKD.

Because how dare they try and tear his desire and peace when he’s with Thomas and Newt away from him?! How dare they think for one second that they could ever make Minho afraid of the boys he loves?

[glowingseaurchin]

Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed.

You will never be lovelier than you are now.

We will never be here again.

- Homer, The Iliad -

[ashley-foster-13]

all fanfics are SOOOO cliche. I mean, if your reading about nightmares(one character comforting another, but you probably got the trope without this explanation), there will inevitably be phrases like "red puffy eyes", or, you know, "hugged them from behind", "blushed harder", "ORBS" my favourite. Why does nobody(barely anybody) write something unique and eloquent and ACTUALLY WRITE, not just scribble down some chunks from their imagination?

I know that fanficiton is not meant to have super elevated vocab and actually have a lot of sense, but still

caught myself rereading my own works and got so damn frustrated :(

[ju-nebugg]

an alternate version of that scene…hmmmm…

[illfoldthelaundry]

someone pls write a fix-it fic please

or recommend one

please

[lovebillyhargrove]

An au where instead of "were you dropped too much as a baby" Steve asks that.

Billy punches him anyway

[nrtrnwnd]

can someone please tell steve harrington that staring at a man’s mouth is not a normal response to conversation or conflict

[maymadx]

he recognized the sound of your breathing through a WALKIE TALKIE. sweetheart that's not your tammy, that's the love of your life.

[corgicrafter]

I have many thoughts

[bubblegumflavor]

"They grow up so fast.." *dramatic sigh*

"Shut up, asshole.."

"You better not cry like a bitch, Harrington. ..Damn, are you crying??"

"I'm not crying you're crying."

They are both wearing sunglasses because they are crying.

AU where Billy and Steve drive Max and Dustin to their first day of college in their brand new, blue 1989 Chevy Silverado.

The sky is blue, the birds are chirping, everything's right with the world.

(Billy's new tattoos show a flower, shaped like a Demogorgon and the kill count he scored. The bat is a symbol for Steve though he might tell people it was the weapon he used and if anyone asks why the crown and the date, Billy will say it's the night he became Keg King of Hawkins, but actually it's the night he met King Steve Harrington for the first time.)

[mikewheelerisaqueerler]

not him turning into his father (canon fear for queer people)

not him ending up alone (canon fear for queer people)

not him getting the life will byers was fucking terrified of

[weeeezey]

Yeah ok then

[caramelwhim]

so..! to recap !!!!

we don't know why will was taken specifically

hopper and joyce just happened to conveniently forget going to school with henry

the painting lie hasn't been addressed

we don't know why el recognized will in season 1 without having ever seen him before

we don't know who opened the door the night will was taken

mike and will's colors just HAPPEN to be blue and yellow and the cast, crew, and WRITERS THEMSELVES telling us to "pay attention to detail" was deadass just generational queerbait

after everything, mike STILL couldn't say i love you to eleven

patty newby is non-existent and creelby just happens to parallel byler for literally no reason 🩷

will was about to FORGIVE henry.

the duffers genuinely forgot their OWN MAIN CHARACTERS BIRTHDAY AND AGE MULTIPLE TIMES

the russian involvement in s3 and s4 was never explained so it was prob just capitalist propaganda except they don't want us to realize that so they gave jonathan an entire anti-capitalist film storyline for the sake of "screwing conformity" i guess

ohhh but! critiquing society???? fuck that! because they also didn't show us vickie in the epilogue at all, giving her and robin a completely ambiguous ending in which 90% of the fandom believe they broke up off-screen!!!!!!! A+ for representation !!!!!!

not only that, but will doesn't even have a CONFIRMED epilogue boyfriend. that is full well a cute lil headcanon that MIKE has for him.

terry ives, lonnie, enzo, max's mom, suzie, argyle, dr kay, the turnbow family, the school counselor with the clock necklace, and dr owens just vanished into thin air, ALONG WITH ALL THE DANGERS OF THE UPSIDE DOWN???? where were the demodogs, the demogorgons, the demobats????

max's letters were just completely insignificant and had no reason to be mentioned again i guess

november 6 just happened to be a funny coincidence

they ALSO happened to forget that nancy had a vision of mike being killed by vecna in s4 bc that boy wasn't even remotely in danger at all while every other wheeler was put through hell

dr brenner's obsession and fascination with the upside down and abyss stemming from how his father was involved in project rainbow was also not addressed

not to mention that the dude is literally horrendous at drawing animals but when it comes to the flipping hexcore he's da vinci

melvalds, the general store, just happens to sell milkshakes

will adores getting lost in the woods because that's such a fun activity for him

henry just gave holly her favorite song because he was feeling kind

they never actually defeated the mind flayer !!!! which is wonderful

we actually never find out whether or not will lost his powers

el's water tank in the upside down being completely full although there has literally NEVER been water in the upside down before

mike is somehow the only one who has ever understood el even though she was 10x happier with max. could they not have just admitted that they made the elmax reunion so incredibly lackluster because they refused to let ANY gay ships win regardless of how much chance they had of being canon?

the 'lovebirds' parallel between jonathan + steve and mike + eleven??? what was that even for

all the dick jokes, mike listening the a band called the BUTTHOLE SURFERS, the camera panning to mike 7000 times during will's coming out scene, mike not being able to touch will, all just happened to be fun coincidences

not only that, but the mike-will-eleven and nancy-jonathan-steve love triangles were resolved by none of the couples working out! wow.

they really just made us wait 3 whole years for something BEYOND mid.

[gadaver]

starting a collection of my new favourite type of st post

[msbirdy48]

I feel like Mike being reduced to just Will's Tammy is very disrespectful because it's making it seem like Will's love for Mike is invalid just because it's queer.

that's just how I interpreted it don't come for me lol

(also Mike is NOT Tammy byler is canon trust)

[toobusybeingdelulu]

the fumble of the century was not making Steve a BASKETBALL coach instead and yell at one of the kids to “come on, Thomas, man, how many times have I told you to plant your feet??”

Dumbasses.