[toastbutteregg]

[izzy-hands]

STRANGER THINGS + text posts [4/?] 

[solarsyrup]

one of my favorite story elements is "character way past their prime can still absolutely wreck you, leaving you to wonder just how powerful they used to be"

[sdwolfpup]

@padlocked-quintus leaving the funniest response in the tags

[catchymemes]

[stellabat]

that bad sensory moment when you’re trying to do something that requires a lot of focus and the people around you are talking loudly and you’re just sitting there like $&@&&@@^%#%^%***++*%%#%^*+%%%

[stanningsos]

I can only explain this in cat memes

[deathgasmic]

there is actually nothing wrong with me i have just been on this website since i was 14

[lesdienne]

“Women in academia” “women in leadership positions” “women in stem” blah blah blah. What about women in Me

[banrionceallach]

Have you taken your meds?

Yes!

. . . Uh I'll be right back

Voting ended onFeb 4, 2023

[wishuponastarion]

"oh sorry, i guess i was infodumping again" - sad, shy, apologetic

"you sly dog, you got me monologuing" - cool, strong, confident

[flowergrenades]

*through gritted teeth* you are not a child taking a test with the purpose of getting the highest score, you are an adult trying new things and finding ways to enjoy your life, make mistakes, be a beginner, be mediocre, be where you need to be, be unlikeable, just. be.

[valtsv]

but if i dont see immediate results for my efforts ill die

[vampcores]

Winona Ryder I would die for you

[spacceyame]

i’m sorry but outta sight outta mind i need to SEE the fics or i’ll forget

[normal-horoscopes]

HEY SORRY WHAT I SAID WAS WEIRD I AM FULL OF CURSES

[peter-pantomime]

So I've been talking over on tik tok about Steve's application letter from season 2 (S2E1, 12:40 ish) and I wanted to share what I've been able to transcribe:

Northwest of Iwo Jima

The score is 64-42. It’s the championship game against

Northwestern, and we’re trailing by two. Our team

shouldn’t even be here. We’re mediocre at best but

here we are with a chance to win the game, and

I, Steve Harrington, have the ball. The crowd is screaming

but I only hear my own beating heart. As the seconds

tick down, I have to make a choice. Do I play it

safe and shoot a two-pointer to tie or do I go for

the riskier three point shot to win (it all)?

I dribble past half court and (start? shake?) - - - .

I have an open lane if I want to make (my shot)

but the clock is nearing zero. I put up ---

---- past --- and shoot the ball ---

I watch the ball spin through the air ------

--------------- At this moment I know exactly ---

--------- granddad felt 39 years ago ------

--------- the island of Iwo Jima. -------

My granddad was Otis Harrington, -------

---------- World War Two. His battalion was

stationed on the island of Iwo Jima

---------- to join the fray ------------

-------------- from his ship -------------

The whole essay looks like its two pages long, front and back, on lined paper. And as a bonus, here's my best tracing of how he (by which i mean joe keery or a prop person but whatever) writes his name (I like how he writes his t's).

[peter-pantomime]

@lesbianrobin no but you’re SO RIGHT for this, I think this letter is super endearing, but I HATE how often the show treats him like he’s dumb. I talk a lot on my Tik tok about the ways I think learning disabilities and head traumas impact Steve and get completely overlooked, and the more I think about how THIS was the application Nancy was reading and criticizing, the more frustrated I get

[peter-pantomime]

@steveharrington-is-awesome

@nitro502

Y’all are SO RIGHT, and especially because in season 2 they have that whole thing from Dr. Owens about how the Anniversary Effect fucks with people. Like they specifically focus it on Will, but everyone is going through it. And I love the humor in the show, I do, I really do, but sometimes it isn’t balanced with equal seriousness elsewhere and I wish it was!

[peter-pantomime]

@sailor-steve I completely agree! I’m also a college essay tutor and this is…..SO good compared to what I’ve read from HS seniors and college freshmen. It might not be the most analytical essay, but it’s got a great hook and sets up a really interesting parallel he’s clearly thought about! (Honestly now I’m thinking a lot about Steve as a creative writing student because this is really excellent story-building)

And as others have been saying, we know he CAN’T write about the actual life and death scenario he was in, but we KNOW there was a crucial moment in his life when he was faced with making the safe choice or the risky choice and how much that impacted him. And as his next scenes show, he is SO concerned with not talking about the events of last year not because he’s trying to minimize them, but specifically because he’s afraid the government will persecute them or their families. Again, he is motivated by taking care of the group around him that he has chosen to be responsible (or, more accurately, has had to rise to the occasion of being made responsible for them).

I get that the script of the show may have called for a worse essay, and that the props department may have written a better essay than necessarily meshed with other character beats, but honestly? It feels more like Nancy was being overly critical of Steve more as a symptom of their general incompatibility that they were both ignoring and the stress she felt about not knowing how to express her feelings.

[lengthofropes]

#me with any device

[tommyknards-archive]

#dustin and his older male friends dads