the king of hellfire

(he/him) i am normal about eddie munson

[roartowrecks]

long time no see hello tumblr is where i know i can be myself (embarrassing). anyway i think they should have kissed

[mellongamma]

man in love with best friend 5667 dead 293829 wounded

[somebodycallixii]

Love as Acceptance

Caitlyn Siehl // Leonard Cohen, "Anthem" // Rumi, "Bitterweet" // trans. Anne Carson, "Euripides" // Sade Andria Zabala, "Coffee and Cigarettes" // tumblr acct @/gayassnatural // Anne Carson, "H of H Playbook" // William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 116" // Clementine von Radics, "Mouthful of Forevers" // Toni Morrison, "Jazz"

[norseminuteman]

[mellongamma]

going to uni in another country kinda gay for women … wdym you wanna study a broad

[exene]

[wintercorrybriea]

[mellongamma]

i miss my girlfriend so much

[agoddamn]

The one way I can parse Steve backsliding to Nancy is that the guy seems almost fixated on love, you know? Not a lot of highschoolers daydream about having a Winnebago full of kids. He's genuinely upset at the idea of Nancy not loving him in S2, but he's so desperate for her to love him that he's willing to roll up begging for forgiveness in spite of not having done anything egregious.

That's it in a nutshell--desperate to be loved. He's a serial monogamist, can't be alone. His whole ramble to Nancy about how if some other girl had slapped some sense into him before they met feels like him hanging all his self-worth and destiny on Nancy loving him. He'll officially have a good grade in Person if Nancy loves him. It's like he never got over not being with her, never stopped taking it personally.

With most male characters the whole "fixation on an ex" deal usually comes with a side of subtle (or unsubtle) resentment towards the woman for not being with him, but Steve's blame seems to be entirely focused on himself.

[littleststarfighter]

When you survive the end of the world by partying with your (maybe?) Monster hunting boyfriend. Or are they ‘steddie’ already XD 

(Yeah, yeah. I make dad jokes. My Gen X arse owns that. I’ll see myself out. ;p)

[littlemisstwihard]

no but why is this low key giving Eddie Munson ?! IM IN LOVE

[rylandsgrace]

I mean, the good news is, I get a big enough thump on my head, I can change, you know? I can learn. I can crawl forward.

Steve + caring for everyone when nobody expects it

[theseymourbirkhoff]

[lakeshor]

Some of my recently saved photos of Eddie

[extrabigsuperlargeboobs]

Steddie + Textposts (pt ??)

[trans4trans]

where were you and what were you doing when the queen died. i was just sitting here

[kedreeva]

rewatching episode 7 and... well.

The moment Eddie tries to tell Steve he's impressed, and he uses the best niche compliment he can think of- likening Steve to Ozzy Osbourne. Steve doesn't understand the reference, but instead of giving up, Eddie broadens the reference by telling him it was very metal of you, which considering the high opinion Eddie has of "metal" things, should relay how impressed he was, but Steve still doesn't get the reference. And instead of giving up after 2 tries? Eddie looks him over, thinks for a second, and then pulls in common ground by telling him Dustin told him Steve was a badass. That's when Steve's whole demeanor changes to interest, to paying attention to Eddie, and we see the physical shift of their bodies reflect the swap of their conversational tones. Where before Eddie was trailing behind Steve as he was trying to get Steve's attention, as soon as he has Steve's attention, Eddie moves ahead of him and it's Steve following him trying to get him to say more. And then when he's finally got Steve engaged in the conversation and paying attention properly, that's when he very smoothly switches into talking about what he thinks of Steve, and they're walking side by side then.

I just. I absolutely love Eddie's ridiculously fast ability to pry people open and get them to talk to him, get them to relax. You see the same tack with Chrissy at the opening. He tries to reassure her about the safety of the meeting place and that doesn't work. He switches to joking about the prices and that doesn't work. He looks her over and switches to trying to put her at ease by being silly for her, and that finally works and he's able to go forward with his original intent of making the deal. Same pattern with Steve, of getting to his original intent of complimenting him. It's a fantastic little parallel of his behavior. I'm still picking through this rewatch, I'm gonna see if he does it with anyone else too (I don't think so, but twice is enough for me to think he is used to pawing through reactions to figure people out, chameleoning his way through masks until he finds one the other person likes to look at).

[babushkadyke]

straight people will listen to somebody to love by queen and be like “i understand this” but my hot take is that they don’t and they never will

[carnations-and-violets]