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Bitchy Steve Harrington Stranger Things 4

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They're being chased by a monster and yet their first instinct at hearing Dustin singing on the radio is to judge him. I love them so much.

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me, quietly whispering to the ao3 page of an author who doesn’t even know I exist: I am obsessed with you

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*screams into the void*

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Okay, we need to have a heart to heart, Eddie Nation... This is a mullet:

Not a mullet:

Mullet:

Not a mullet:

Mullet:

Not a mullet:

Eddie's hair is layered, which the majority of styles in the 80s were (Billy has a mullet, and Steve is pushing boundaries). A mullet--all business up front, and party in the back--was not really the thing for metalheads. Long, flowing, full locks were. Bonus points by the late 80s if it was longer than most women's. Actually, the mullet became a big part of lesbian culture in the 80s.

But, just so we understand one another, Eddie's hair... not a mullet.

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i drew a little scene from the ficlet i wrote earlier

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MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE 2.01 Traffic Jam

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Run baby run

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me, everyday, feeling like i should make myself get a hyper-fixation on one of those really popular fandoms, or on a really popular ship so that there is a heap of media to consume and im not just reading and watching the same things over and over: yes, this is smart.

me at 3 a.m, going back to a really small fandom with only 600 fics on ao3: fuck.

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The Harrington Parents

What if Steve is not actually an only child. He is actually the youngest. The reason his parents are never around and we never get any mention of older siblings is that there is a very large age gap. Is sibling closest to him is more than 10 years older than him. His sibling or siblings are in were in college or close to it when he was born.

His parents never wanted another child. They had done their WASPy due diligence and had the appropriate number of children and raised them to adulthood. Then Mrs. Harrington got pregnant. They thought is was menopause at first, but, no, it was another child. They were looking forward to being empty nesters, and they did not want another child.

Steve grew up knowing his parents didn’t want him. He was a mistake that got in the way of their perfect retirement plan. He would hear his parents talk to his siblings on the phone and seem so proud of his lawyer brother or his senator’s wife sister. 

His parents went to his sister’s wedding anniversary, it was the same day as an important swim meet. They were there for when his brother made partner, it was Steve’s 10th birthday. 

He tried to be more like his brother. His brother in high school was on the basketball team. He was swim captain. It didn’t work. His parents still were never home.

He is not close to his siblings. They did know what to do with a toddler begging for their parents attention. Then they had their careers and their own kids to focus on. Steve was left at home, alone, watching his parents be good ones to the children they actually wanted. 

It wasn’t them. They were good parents. They never forgot an important date. They were attentive. They called on birthday’s and visited on holiday’s. So the problem wasn’t them. He watched them be great parents, ones that any kid love to call their own. He was just watching it happen to other people.

His parents were good parents. They just didn’t want him. 

So, he must be the problem.

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The only good thing staff added recently

Mutuals we are doing this

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new uquiz omg. what kind of warmth are you? been working on this forever pls take it <3

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Ah yes. The boys.

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First ‘I love you’s

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PRETTY WOMAN 1990 | dir. Garry Marshall