#dustin says stuff

[thegrimreepurr]

i just had a thought [i know, crazy]

so like, people always think about how sans would be soooo mad if you killed papyrus and he would hate you and want to kill you and blah blah blah right? like thats basically what the majority of genocide timeline aus are kinda about [dusttale {kinda}, aftertale, etc etc]. which makes sense because fanon sans is overprotective or whatever but thats fanon and that doesn't count for the sake of this ramble.

so anyway when you consider the in-game route, sans doesn't do anything until he has no other choice. he doesn't want to fight you because he'd rather just give up or take a nap, but he feels like he has to because he knows he's the last line of defence before asgore. he knows he has to at least try. if sans was truly that overprotective of his brother, then he would have fought you the moment you killed papyrus. however, he instead waited until the last moment. why? because he's not the hero and he knows it.

because we know who the real hero is. i mean, it's literally in her battle theme name in the geno route. it's undyne.

now, you may be wondering, 'well dustin, what does this have to do with your original statement? just get to the point already!' and yes i admit im getting kinda off track sorry about that

anyway my point is that while sans certainly wouldn't appreciate that we killed papyrus, y'know who would be more pissed? who would have likely killed us on the spot if she'd been present? who was extremely close to papyrus and probably the only person who was nearly as close to him as his brother? who was practically a sibling to him? spoiler alert: IT'S UNDYNE.

so no, sans wouldn't be the one to be pissed that you killed papyrus. sure, he'd be hurt, but not as pissed off and filled with murderous rage as fanon sans. however, undyne would. sure, she cares about everyone in the underground, but i imagine that she would be especially pissed after hearing about papyrus's death, and i imagine she'd search even harder for you. after all, undyne seems to be far more of the vengeful type than sans is.

...y'know i could make an au out of this

BUT ANYWAY, you get my point at this point. i'll stop yapping now lol

[whathehonestfuk]

Some guy Steve and rockstar Eddie

Steve sees Eddie out in public and partially recognizes him, no idea he's famous but in one of those I've definitely seen your face before but he can't get his concussion riddled brain to place where

Eddie meanwhile is bracing himself for either an over eager fan or based on how angry Steve's confused face is for him to start shouting about 'satan worship'

Imagine Eddie's surprise when Steve does finally approach him he simply asks 'do you know Dustin?'

[lunabug2004]

Sometimes I randomly remember that we're getting og4 moments in s5 and get very giddy

[transmechanicus]

Kills me inside that Dustin Bates has a masters degree in aeronautical engineering and has done research and taught classes on space exploration, and this bleeds from the first two Starset albums how full of hope and promise he was for space travel and science, and in retrospect the arc of story and tone of songs across TRIALS, HORIZONS, and [REDACTED] is deeply sad to me. All he wanted to do was explore and learn and teach, and now those dreams are doubtlessly being crushed by all the wicked problems of the world that drag us down into darkness and dirt.

[starry-eyed-steve]

I feel so bad for Scoops Troop fr. Erica and Dustin have to play grown-ups. They are now responsible for Steve and Robin, who can't function because they were drugged. And again, the show makes this out to be a comical situation because those two were acting in a funny way, ignoring the dark subject matter.

(Literally compare Steve's torture with Hopper's in s4.)

[thegrimreepurr]

i have no idea what you're talking about i did nothing wrong im simply giving an amazing artist the notification spam that... [cutely goes to discord to check your pronouns] ...that she deserves :]

i am once again stalking your blog :3 suffer my notifications >:D

*explodes

[thelastbatwings]

what the fuck, actually

[drangues]

henclair not realising that theyre not so straight by saying not so straight stuff that not even will would say

[oldfashionedmorphine]

mondays have become my new wednesdays (for wips) since i work on wednesday instead of monday now lol…so with that said, here’s a wip for my byler + henderhop 10 things i hate about you au :)

it’s much longer than i would usually share but i worked a lot on these scenes the past two days and i wish i could start posting this story already, but unfortunately i keep writing everything out of order and there’s a lot that still needs work for the first chapter 🥲 but for now, please enjoy my two favorite schemers; dustin and lucas <3

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“Dude, you’ll never guess what happened!”

“What?”

Dustin looks around at the bustling hallway. “On second thought—not here, too many ears,” he says, then he leads Lucas into the nearest bathroom. And Lucas sighs at him when he checks under the stalls to make sure the coast is clear first. “Okay, so get this—she didn’t say no!”

“Huh?”

“I asked Jane out and she didn’t say no.”

“Wait—she actually said yes?”

“Well, no—she still isn’t allowed to date, just like you said—but stay with me a moment, ‘cause here’s the kicker—her dad just changed the rules! She told me she can date once her brother does. Can you believe it?! All we have to do is find someone for him and then it’s a done deal!”

“Uh…we?”

“Yeah, well, I thought since I don’t exactly know enough people around here that maybe you’d have a better idea of who’d be up for such a challenge. ‘Cause Jane said Will’s kind of a—”

“Dick?”

“Yup,” he says, nodding. “So?”

“So, what?”

“Do you know someone who might be interested in dating a difficult guy?”

“Uh…yeah, so here’s the thing…Will’s—”

“Gay? Yeah, I know—Jane told me that already.”

“Right, but that’s the problem—I don’t know of any other gay guys in school. He’s kinda the only one.”

“Oh—shit. That sucks."

“Sorry.”

“No, no—it’s fine. Like every other problem there’s always a solution. We just have to think outside the box.”

“Uh-huh.” Lucas checks his watch. “Well, we only got five more minutes until class starts, so maybe we should—”

“Hold on, I just need a sec—it’ll come to me…” Dustin taps a finger on his bottom lip as he starts to pace back and forth while Lucas folds his arms and leans against the wall. Think, dammit—if no one else in this school is gay, and finding someone outside of town would be too much of a logistical nightmare to try and arrange, then how could we get this to work? It’s not like we can force someone to be gay…but maybe—maybe someone could just pretend—yes! That’s it! He snaps his fingers. “I got it! What if—what if we find a guy and we convince him to pretend he’s interested in Will?”

Lucas furrows his brow. “What?”

“Think about it—we don’t need them to actually be gay, they just need to pretend they are.”

“And how would you convince someone to do that?”

“Easy—with money. Everyone has a price, right?”

“I don’t know about that—would you fake being gay for money?”

“I’m not a potential suitor, so my own personal answer to that question is completely irrelevant to the point I’m making.”

“In other words; no?”

“What?! I never said that! All I’m trying to say is that there’s gotta be one guy in this school willing to date Will for a couple bucks!”

“Well,” Lucas shrugs, “I guess…potentially there is at least one guy I can think of who’d maybe be up for it if the money’s good enough—I mean, I don’t know him that well, I’ve just heard some stuff, so no guarantees—but I definitely don’t have enough money to convince anyone of anything.”

“Me either…” Dustin hums, then he snaps his fingers again. “Which means we’re also gonna need someone to help finance the operation—someone rich, but also stupid enough to believe it's all their idea. Know anyone like that?”

“Actually…yeah.” Lucas grins. “You remember Troy, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, the other day after practice, I overheard him in the locker room talking with some of the guys…about Jane.”

“Oh yeah? What’d he say?”

“They were kinda ragging on him a little about how he’s never had a girlfriend and he mentioned that she was the only girl in school he was interested in and how much it sucked she can’t date anyone. So…it’ll probably be pretty easy to convince him to try and pay a guy to date Will if he truly thinks it’ll give him a chance with her.”

“Okay—yeah. We can work with that,” Dustin says. “Think you can get him on board?”

“I’ll talk to him during lunch, but we gotta get to class before—” the bell rings, “—and we’re late.”

“Shit. Sorry.”

“Man, you owe me a soda.”

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Halfway through lunchtime, they get the ball rolling on their ploy with Troy.

Lucas hangs back for a couple minutes while Dustin gets into place. He slides into a seat at a table adjacent to Troy and his friends as nonchalantly as possible—Lucas told him the plan would work best if he didn’t hover, so the compromise was for him to sit within earshot while pretending to study his chemistry textbook. So far they hadn’t noticed him. He gives Lucas a thumbs up from across the cafeteria, then he watches as Lucas signals back before he moves to approache Troy’s table.

“Aye yo, Troy,” Lucas says with a casual upward nod.

Troy looks up at Lucas, seeming mildly annoyed at the intrusion. “Sinclair,” he replies.

“Got a sec?”

“For now. What’s up?”

Lucas takes a seat in one of the empty chairs. “So, uh…couldn’t help but overhear you talking the other day,” he says, then lowers his voice to a whisper and Dustin can barely hear him, “about Jane Hopper.”

He huffs. “Yeah, what about her?”

“I just…I had a thought—figured it couldn’t hurt to run it by you, you know, just to see if it’s something you’d be interested in.”

Troy shares a quick look with one of his friends—James something, from what Dustin can remember—then he looks back at Lucas, shrugging a shoulder. “Shoot.”

“Okay, so, basically, the situation seems to be that you wanna get with Jane, but her dad won’t let her date anyone until her brother starts dating, yet the odds of that ever happening are practically zero, since you’ve got two major factors working against you when it comes to Will Byers; obviously, everyone knows he’s gay, so the—”

“Are you planning on telling me something I don’t already know anytime soon, Sinclair?”

“Dude, let me finish.”

“Then spit it out already.”

“Hire someone. Pay a guy to take him out—ideally someone not afraid of a little challenge since he’s a bit of a headcase.”

Troy frowns, and when it seems as if a cat had got his tongue, his friend James speaks up, “Got anyone in mind?”

Lucas scans the cafeteria, then he points to the guy he told him about earlier—Mike Wheeler. “Him.”

“Frogface?” James says, laughing as he nudges Troy in the arm.

“Yup. He’s the one you want.”

“Okay, but why him?” Troy asks, brow still furrowed.

“Well, I don’t know what you’ve heard, but the word is that his parents cut him off after he got sent to juvie during sophomore year, so he’s always strapped for cash now—my friend Greg said he was even bragging to some guys in his English class about how he sold part of his liver on the black market to buy a new bass guitar last summer. So I highly doubt he’d say no if you make it worth his while. Plus, he’s clearly done way worse shit than having to date someone like Will Byers—just seems like a solid investment to me.”

“Right,” Troy says—he doesn’t seem convinced or all that interested. “If you say so.”

“Hey—all I’m saying is it can’t hurt to see if he’s willing. You’ve really got nothing to lose if he says no, but everything to gain if he says yes. He gets paid, you get laid—just sayin’.”

Troy’s face turns the slightest shade of pink. He glances around the table at his friends, then looks back at Lucas, nodding. “I’ll consider it…but why the hell are you even telling me this anyway? What’s in it for you?”

“Simple. You get Coach to let me start for finals. I’m tired of being kept on the bench until the last five minutes of the game in the hopes I’ll score him a Hail Mary. Because it’s complete bullshit. You know full well we wouldn’t even need a Hail Mary if he gave me more time on the court, but for some strange reason Coach doesn’t see it that way, and we all know you’re the only one who can change his mind—seeing as he’s your dad and all.”

“Fine. But I swear, Sinclair, you better not choke if—”

Lucas snorts, then he gets up from the table. “Trust me, I won’t…anyway, I’ll catch you ladies later at practice.” He starts to walk away and nods at Dustin, signaling him to follow him, and then they both head toward the cafeteria exit.

“Are we sure we can trust him though?” Dustin asks once they’re in the hallway.

“Man, I wouldn’t trust Troy any farther than you could throw him…but if he can’t convince Mike to take out Will, then it won’t even matter anyway. Right?”

“True…”

tagging some of my fans: @boahey @total-serene560 @magentamee @greenfiend @foodiewithdahoodie @smalltownwheeler @stranger-things-yapper

[thegrimreepurr]

indeed it is

anyway, how are you?

boo

it is i, death

HOLY [s%#i] IS THAT THE ONE AND ONLY [WINGED CROW]?!

Anyways hi hi :)

[thegrimreepurr]

guys. guys.

yall have some explaining to do bc aint NO way people are drawing onceler nsfw anywhere other than tumblr

also we're not gonna talk about the first or third images

[whirlwind-armor]

I understand from an outside perspective that my tag system is absolutely insane but I’ve been tagging the same way since I joined in 2012 and I will not be stopping until me or this site dies.

[emptygrvve]

I've been really loving Scarlet Hollow in general, but as someone who grew up in North Carolina it's also been fun seeing all the cities they name-drop and all the local folklore that gets mentioned.

I have a fond childhood memory of doing a (very) dramatic reading of Tailypo for my friend over the phone, so seeing Tailypo show up in the research montage was a delight :)

[lunabug2004]

Did Stranger Things Get Worse Over Time?

I'm curious what people think bc I've seen so many people (YT videos, specifically) claiming that Stranger Things has gotten worse with every season, and I definitely don't agree, so I wanted to hear people's opinions :D

[nebulaoz]

"he would not fucking say that" in the nicest way possible i dont care

acceptable if its one of those overused ones like the office ones (sorry if you like them but)

let me and my headcanonned blorbos exist peacefully

[starry-eyed-steve]

Thinking about Scoops Troop today (like so many others) and how they probably never escape the horrors of those two days and nobody cares about it in the show.

Thinking about Steve, who probably feels guilty for going along and encouraging Dustin in the first place and dragging two innocent bystanders into this mess. Thinking about how he took the torture from the Russians in hopes they wouldn't touch Robin. Thinking about how he probably thought he was going to die at 18 years old. Thinking about how he feels guilty of telling the Russians Dustin's name and putting him in danger that way. Thinking about how he tried his best but still failed the people he loves.

Thinking about Robin, who didn't know what was going on. Thinking how she saw Steve being passed out, thinking he was dead. She probably feels guilty that Steve took the brunt for her. She definitely beats herself up for suggesting that Erica helped them and how she didn't put a stop to it in the first place. Thinking about how she also thought she was going to die at 17 and how she wasn't able to live out her life as her true self.

Thinking about Dustin, who literally killed a man at 13 years old in order to save Steve. Thinking about how he feels guilty because it was his idea to go after the Russians in the first place. He was crawling through the vents with Erica for hours while not knowing what was happening to Steve, who is his brother. Thinking about how he thought him and Erica would get to Robin and Steve too late.

Thinking about Erica, who was just 10 years old, who had to witness Dustin killing a man. She couldn't even rely on Steve or Robin because they both were out of it. Suddenly, she was in charge of getting them to safety. Thinking how her whole life got changed now that she knows about the monsters from horror stories are actually real.

Thinking how all four were just kids and saw more than anyone else. Thinking how nobody really checked up on them in the show and that they only have each other because nobody would understand what they went through.