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I don't wish to come across as rude or anything when I say ronance in the show is just not going to happen. That is not at all to say it's a bad ship, I see it, it makes sense, as far as fanon ships go, it's a brilliant one. But realistically it's just not feasible as actually being canon with the amount of time we have left.

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I would like to watch them discuss the concept of boobies together

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These scenes being near identical but we never talk about it

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Vickie 🤝 Nancy

being demonised and accused of leading people on simply for being the centre of a love triangle

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Extremely low effort stobin memes. You're welcome

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I do get agreeing to disagree, but there is still some things here I want to dispute, aside from just saying it's reaching or jumping through hoops to conclude.

By your logic, Vickie did laugh at Robin's joke. Vickie said she thought Tammy sounded like Kermit, then Robin said she thought it was Miss Piggy, and then Vickie laughed. That was Robin's own take on the muppet joke, and that is what made Vickie laugh.

I'm also going to play the audhd card here, when Vickie answers Robin with "no" at her perceived prompt to continue a conversation, I don't think that's her shutting her out. She answered her question truthfully, interpreting it the way exactly the way it was worded. Robin asked if she was asking her a question, and Vickie wasn't, so she told her so, maybe not even realising her answering as such would embarrass Robin. Disaster audhd coded sapphics are just going to act like that, it was very unlikely a move out of disinterest on Vickie's part. Robin most likely didn't even mean it to prompt a conversation, she just lost sense of what she was saying out of panic. Neither of them choosing to keep whispering in this moment doesn't indicate a lack of interest or trouble between them.

The thing with Vickie in warzone I really do think is up to her being underdeveloped and not given any more time to indicate her growing feelings and probable sexuality crisis. I guess it really is up to interpretation, but her face and actions to me in that moment just read so much like she's conflicted, pushing away the picture perfect relationship she has, because she's having thoughts she maybe doesn't quite understand, or maybe even doesn't want. She has the perfect loving boyfriend, but she can't stop thinking about that girl from band, who is suddenly right over there staring at her. She's suddenly confronted with it when she's in a situation she thinks she should be happy in. Her reaction just feels too dark for it to be something simpler.

Steve licking his lips also to me just appears like he's in thought, wondering how to react in the face of his best friend seeing her crush is taken (and seemingly straight) when he convinced her she liked her. He's bad at comforting people, he was with Nancy in s2, here he hesitates to even touch Robin's shoulder to comfort her. None of it seems at all selfish, or anything to do with a connection between him and Vickie.

Again with Vickie at the relief centre, it really does seem more simple to read it as her looking at everyone she's supposed to be here to help. She feels bad she's prioritising her own "dumb" love life problems when there's real issues going on around them. This is exactly what Robin does, too, telling Steve she doesn't care about Vickie having a bf when they have to save the world. They both feel there's more pressing issues to deal with, but can't help the pull of thinking about their love life. Whether this comes up again in s5 with them or not, we'll see.

The thing about the Maya interview... that is constantly misinterpreted. It's from a video interview, not a written one. Quotes are pulled and twisted and written in such a way that screws her meaning (she actually didn't even say the part about the pb&j interpretation, that was whatever reporter wrote this up). They always do it to her, and she's stated multiple times how much she hates it.

In my interpretation, when Maya said she felt mixed (all the way back in mid 2023 btw, before she'd gotten all the s5 scripts), it was to do with what people would focus on with Robin's character. She values Robin's friendship with Steve because she values family and friendship in her own life. She doesn't want Robin having a gf to be the centre of her character because Robin is so much more than a lesbian in a relationship. She's intelligent, she's funny, she's a good friend, she is more than just her sexuality, but the first question she was asked about s5 long before filming even started was about her having a gf.

(she also always gives the vibe she hates questions about Nancy always being about the love triangle, even she gets those questions as well as Natalia, and has made it clear she thinks Nancy is so much more than which boy she chooses)

(she then answered no to both Steve and Jonathan but I couldn't get the cc ugh)

Basically, at least in my interpretation based on how I believe I know her, Maya wants female characters to be more than just romantic interests, sapphic or not. She wasn't at all hinting at any sort of alternative interpretation of rovickie, and has even since filming started said that she is rooting for them.

A lot of the stuff about misleading and upturned interpretations barely makes sense to me, I will be honest, but I do think that that isn't the case every single time, and we shouldn't expect it to be. Some things are face value, and some things aren't, I think it depends on how easy the subversions are to spot. This feels too hard for it to be intentional.

Steve being in their only three scenes to me just feels like they need to drop him in as the supportive bestie because sapphics getting a scene on their own would either be missed or taken badly by general audiences. They need Steve to do stuff so they can clap and cheer, because he's their golden boy. He isn't even relevant in the pb&j scene (at least by the common interpretation), but they stick his face at the end just because "look he's a supportive bestie and supportive ally, don't we all love him, look at that smile, our bestest babysitter". It's not plot relevance, it's for the vibes.

(minor s5 spoiler hint) Steve is also seemingly separated from Robin and Vickie for some time in s5, so him being in every scene of theirs won't last.

I think I went on longer than I intended to about some points, but some things I really wanted to explain properly, and apparently the way I do that is a lot of words. Again, subverting the expectation with Vickie would be malicious queerbaiting, one I don't believe they would be able to get their actors involved in, particularly Amybeth, who is proudly bisexual and advocates for queer and trans rights and representation. We also just get so little about them anyway, so if the queerbaiting was intentional, they'd give us more to make it more convincing.

Vickie is straight

... and she has a crush on Steve

I know how controversial it is to state such an opinion given how Vickie seems to be one of the few characters in the show who actually seem queer. Yet if we are being honest she has never expressed any direct or indirect signs of actually being in love with Robin. It's Robin who is incredibly biased as she has a crush on Vickie and Steve who is trying to be supportive of Robin who gave us this assumption.

This whole thing is not as bad as it seems though. I can promise you this. So if you still care let me explain to you why I think Vickie is straight and has a crush on Steve.

Part 1: The Muppet joke

While still in the car with Steve in early S4 Robin gets reminded of her own advise: Just be true to yourself and stop pretending to be someone you're not. We need to keep this in mind as she is soon shown to not follow said advise.

When Steve reminds Robin at the basketball game that Tammy Thompson does sound like a Muppet she agrees with him. Vickie overhears this and in turn agrees with Robin.

The joke however doesn't originate from Robin. She just repeated what Steve told her before. Therefore the joke that made Vickie laugh comes from Steve. Or in other words: It was Steve who made Vickie laugh and not Robin.

We even get conformation of this a bit later in episode 2 when Steve admits and agrees out loud that it was his joke that made Vickie laugh.

Robin wasn't entirely herself.

While everyone is looking straight ahead it's Vickie who makes a point not to look in Robins direction after Robin is embarrassed of herself. There is distance between them.

Part 2: Vickie and Robin (and Steve) meet at the Weapon Store

It's Robin who notices Vickie first in the weapon store which is followed by Steve looking at her as he knows she has a crush on Vickie which is then followed by both of them looking sad as Vickies boyfriend enters the scene.

Robin is obviously sad because her crush has a boyfriend while Steve is just sad for his friend.

This shot is often brought up to proof that Robin is standing between Vickie and Dan as it's believed that her crush on Vickie is reciprocated but I don't think this is what it means exactly. It's Robins POV and she believes her feelings to Vickie are reciprocated so she sees herself as standing in between them.

But is it true? Let's look at what Vickie sees next.

Vickie notices the both of them and while Robin is just staring at her Steve is licking his lips. Then Robin turns around and leaves while Steve is still looking at Vickie and Dan and then smiles awkwardly at them.

So Steve is licking his lips and then smiles at Vickie and Dan. What message would Vickie receive here? My guess would be 1) Steve and Robin are close and 2) Steve might like Vickie as well.

This however is the last look we get of Steve in this scene. It's his back while he is still looking after Robin. So whatever made him lick his lips and smile is no longer of interest to him the moment Robin leaves. I think this means that he is Robins friend first and foremost. He is not romantically interested in Vickie and doesn't reciprocate her feelings at all.

Robin is gone and Steve has turned his back on Vickie but her gaze still lingers. Maybe her feelings towards her own boyfriend aren't as sincere as it seems and everything considered I think it's fair to ask who this is truly about? Robin or Steve? Is she saying the truth when she makes it about Robin who she did meet in band or is she using Robin as a shield as she doesn't want to admit to her boyfriend that she has a crush on another man aka Steve?

In the end she looks back towards her boyfriend and then again to the place where Robin and Steve just were. Is he perhaps still standing there?

Then we get a scene transition to Nancy holding a very long gun. It's not subtle at all.

Part 3: Providing Food for the Suffering

There is light behind Robin which can indicate that she is the one who is most sincere in this scene. This makes sense as it is true that Robin has a crush on Vickie.

It's Vickie who gives her the information that Dan is no longer her boyfriend but from the scene in the weapon store she also knows that Robin and Steve are close. So everything she says to Robin is likely to reach Steve as well which means that Robin could be the one to tell Steve that Vickie is single again and therefore available to him.

First notice how Vickie wears spiral earrings. This is very interesting to me as it's triangle imagery that is used to indicate queerness in the show. So here we have the supposed love interest of one of the only confirmed queer characters in the show not wearing triangle imagery when it really matters. Why? Because she is straight.

Vickie also mentions how she rambles about her boyfriend when there are people out there suffering at which point in time she looks up and slightly to her right. Later when the scene transitions from Robin and Vickie to Steve we also get him at a alight angle which to me indicates that Vickie was looking at him as she was lifting her head.

It's Steve who Vickie perceives as the one suffering and who she wants to provide with food. Or to put it a bit differently: It's Steve she has a crush on and who she wants to be with and support.

Steve on the other hand is also smiling and looking at Robin and Vickie. He is happy for the both of them as everything seems to be working out for Robin and Vickie which could not be further from the truth. He's also shaking his head just slightly. Most likely because he thinks a certain assumption he's made just an episode earlier turned out to be wrong.

That assumption about Vickie pausing Fast Times at 53:05 however might be true after all. Steve is just misreading the signs Robin and Vickie are giving off at the gym.

Tbc in a reblog because I almost hit image limit. Look here.

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Let's get something straight... and that is that Vickie is not.

I genuinely didn't think this needed stating but okay, apparently Vickie being as straight as a rod or even that she "could still" be straight, is a popular opinion, here or on other platforms. Let me make this clear to those who may not know or understand.

Vickie is bisexual. Definite, confirmed, no doubt, swings both ways bi. Yes, it is only hinted at in the show itself, but things said and shown outside of the show are impossible to ignore. Mainly Amybeth.

(minor spoilers for very possible s5 hints ahead)

She posted this the day vol 2 came out, showing Vickie staring at Robin (yes, Robin), directly addressing the gays. Seems like she's implying Vickie is a part of them. Doesn't explicitly say she's bi, so okay, let's move on.

Also something she posted after vol 2 came out, captioning it something along the lines of "how are we enjoying vol 2 of s4?", but I believe she's since deleted it. The song is girls/girls/boys by patd (I know, swallow and move on), which is about a bisexual woman.

Another tiktok she posted some time after vol 2 came out, saying very explicitly she plays a bi character. Amybeth's filmography is (wrongfully) not very big, her other biggest character being Anne from awae, which ended 3 years prior to this, and in which she (as far as I know) only had a romance plot with a boy. Her other notable movies, which I've watched for the most part, also give no indication that her character is queer, in fact she's pretty straight in them. Vickie is the only character she's played that at all indicates queerness.

(if awae stans come for me I stg)

This she posted after only vol 1 had come out, which was to the running up that hill audio. She literally pointed at the camera and herself singing "it's you and me", pointing at Robin, then smiled because it was technically true.

Okay, more recent, she has joked about kissing Maya Hawke. This on top of all she's said about filming with her a lot for s5 is so... yeah you wouldn't joke about this if it was a lie.

She also signed a VHS tape of fast times (respect for the fan for that idea), specifically asking to use the purple pen because "bi colours". Amybeth is bisexual herself, but signing something specifically indicating Vickie's sexuality in the show with a colour she said herself looks like the bi flag colours feels pretty specific to me.

There is also other things Maya has said about them, fan interactions talking about how she's rooting for rovickie, and how Robin has a kiss scene, and even that god forsaken twisted interview answer where she said she doesn't want Robin having a gf to overshadow her entire character (I don't have time to get into why that was blown out of proportion now). Even if Vickie isn't labelled bi, she sure as hell is doing something gay with Robin.

Finally, as I mentioned before, Amybeth herself is openly and very proudly bisexual. She very commonly advocates for queer and trans rights and representation. If Vickie was not queer, and she knew that, she would never willingly participate in active and intentional queerbaiting. No I don't know her personally, but that sounds so out of character for her that I feel anyone who even takes a glance at her instagram page will get that. Maya too, although there's much less debate about Robin's sexuality (but surprisingly still some?).

Robin and Vickie are the only two confirmed queer women in the show, among the only three confirmed queer characters. That is being celebrated by the actors even before we get much of their romance. Just take it at face value and join the queer fun for the love of god.

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Vickie Turnbow, Derek's older sister

Vickie Hammond, Benny's daughter

Vickie Owens, Dr Sam's daughter

Vickie Andrews, no relation to anyone I just hc that

Vickie nolastname

Vickie Stranger Things

Vickie Buckley, Robin's wife

no because like who is she.

why wouldn’t they tell us her last name bro. WHO IS SHE.

Vickie Kline, the mayor’s daughter?

Vickie Maldonado, Joyce’s long-lost niece?

Vickie Cunningham, Chrissy’s sister?

Vickie Hopper, Sarah going by her middle name?

Vickie Brenner, Martin’s daughter who he Doesn’t Talk About

Vickie WHO. WHAT IS HER LAST NAME IM GOING INSANE.

Vickie Carver, Jason’s sister?

Vickie Benson, Fred’s sister?

Vickie Mayfield, Vickie Clarke, Vickie WHAT. VICKIE WHO.

Vickie SOMETHING. BUT WHAT. WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT INVESTIGATING THIS. WHO IS SHE. WHO IS SHE.

it can’t possibly be that she’s underdeveloped because she’s an important character. who is she. WHO IS SHE OMG.

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"Nancy's going to dump Jonathan for Steve" "Vickie has a crush on Steve not Robin" THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND STEVE HARRINGTON

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I want to be nice. I'm going to be nice. I don't even know if this is a serious post or not. But we need to talk about this because no take has ever baffled me more.

With the muppet joke at the basketball game, I think it's entirely possible Robin and Vickie could not actually hear Steve, Robin could only read his lips and they whispered for the audience's sake. If Vickie could hear him, the rest of the band and everyone else between them would have been able to.

(and as a side note, the muppet joke actually is Robin's joke, Steve stole it from her. She just made it in the first place about Steve instead of Tammy.)

Vickie looking away from her after she said too much also just... doesn't prove anything. She's not looking at her, she's not looking at Steve, she's just carrying on with her day.

While it isn't clear exactly where Vickie is looking in warzone, it's just much more likely to be Robin, she could be looking at where she was stood or where she ran to. In this moment she also very subtly shakes her head, which personally to me reads as if she's dismissing her own thoughts, about Robin and/or girls in general. She wouldn't appear that panicked if she simply liked another boy.

(another side note, there is an unused dialogue between Robin and Vickie in warzone that I always bang on about, it was written for Vickie's audition tape and included Vickie telling Robin to "stay safe". No sight or mention of Steve or even Dan at all.)

Also, the gun cocking? Are we really going that childish?

The start of the pb&j scene very clearly shows Vickie short circuiting at the sight of Robin. Not Steve. She doesn't even know he's there. Vickie even glanced at Robin's lips in this scene. The way Vickie acts with her and the things she tells her in this scene would be quite a stretch to assume she's simply hoping Robin will gossip to Steve about her being single.

Not using triangle earrings... it doesn't matter. The earrings are just earrings because Vickie probably thought they were cute. Omitting an opportunity for symbolism does not indicate the opposite (that was a sweet amount of Os). In this very scene there's very clear pb on pb symbolism if symbolism is what you need.

In what way, may I ask, does Vickie think that Steve is suffering? In what way does Vickie want to support him? He's very clearly volunteering, folding clothes with a big name tag, it'd be safe to assume he came here with Robin. He's rich, has a nice car, lives in a big house. Vickie's desire to volunteer and help people suffering is just a part of her character, she's charitable, she wants to help people actually in need, which is a point about her character that could come up in s5 and link to her involvement.

(moving on to the second post)

The time stamp for Fast Times can vary depending on which video you have, due to logos or whatever differences between releases. I have looked myself on different versions, and gotten the scene with Phoebe Cates at 53:05. Even if here it was Judge Reinhold she paused it on, it could have been an after reaction to the pool scene. There's barely anything to look at in the Judge Reinhold frame; if she was interested in that, she'd have replayed it and it would be paused at the end of the scene.

To make my own points now, while Vickie's sexuality has not been made explicitly clear in the show itself, Amybeth has communicated multiple times, both vaguely and directly, that Vickie is bisexual. Both Maya and Amybeth have spoken about supporting rovickie and hinted at future scenes between them, including romantic ones. If s4 was written with this switcheroo in mind, they wouldn't have lied to their actors, and if they did, that would be textbook malicious queerbaiting. I don't believe they would do that.

Logically, this interpretation makes no sense, whether you want it to be real or not. It's just reaching and reading too much into things, when the basic truths are much more obvious. This just reads more like a sad alternative angle than a genuine theory or analysis.

Vickie is straight

... and she has a crush on Steve

I know how controversial it is to state such an opinion given how Vickie seems to be one of the few characters in the show who actually seem queer. Yet if we are being honest she has never expressed any direct or indirect signs of actually being in love with Robin. It's Robin who is incredibly biased as she has a crush on Vickie and Steve who is trying to be supportive of Robin who gave us this assumption.

This whole thing is not as bad as it seems though. I can promise you this. So if you still care let me explain to you why I think Vickie is straight and has a crush on Steve.

Part 1: The Muppet joke

While still in the car with Steve in early S4 Robin gets reminded of her own advise: Just be true to yourself and stop pretending to be someone you're not. We need to keep this in mind as she is soon shown to not follow said advise.

When Steve reminds Robin at the basketball game that Tammy Thompson does sound like a Muppet she agrees with him. Vickie overhears this and in turn agrees with Robin.

The joke however doesn't originate from Robin. She just repeated what Steve told her before. Therefore the joke that made Vickie laugh comes from Steve. Or in other words: It was Steve who made Vickie laugh and not Robin.

We even get conformation of this a bit later in episode 2 when Steve admits and agrees out loud that it was his joke that made Vickie laugh.

Robin wasn't entirely herself.

While everyone is looking straight ahead it's Vickie who makes a point not to look in Robins direction after Robin is embarrassed of herself. There is distance between them.

Part 2: Vickie and Robin (and Steve) meet at the Weapon Store

It's Robin who notices Vickie first in the weapon store which is followed by Steve looking at her as he knows she has a crush on Vickie which is then followed by both of them looking sad as Vickies boyfriend enters the scene.

Robin is obviously sad because her crush has a boyfriend while Steve is just sad for his friend.

This shot is often brought up to proof that Robin is standing between Vickie and Dan as it's believed that her crush on Vickie is reciprocated but I don't think this is what it means exactly. It's Robins POV and she believes her feelings to Vickie are reciprocated so she sees herself as standing in between them.

But is it true? Let's look at what Vickie sees next.

Vickie notices the both of them and while Robin is just staring at her Steve is licking his lips. Then Robin turns around and leaves while Steve is still looking at Vickie and Dan and then smiles awkwardly at them.

So Steve is licking his lips and then smiles at Vickie and Dan. What message would Vickie receive here? My guess would be 1) Steve and Robin are close and 2) Steve might like Vickie as well.

This however is the last look we get of Steve in this scene. It's his back while he is still looking after Robin. So whatever made him lick his lips and smile is no longer of interest to him the moment Robin leaves. I think this means that he is Robins friend first and foremost. He is not romantically interested in Vickie and doesn't reciprocate her feelings at all.

Robin is gone and Steve has turned his back on Vickie but her gaze still lingers. Maybe her feelings towards her own boyfriend aren't as sincere as it seems and everything considered I think it's fair to ask who this is truly about? Robin or Steve? Is she saying the truth when she makes it about Robin who she did meet in band or is she using Robin as a shield as she doesn't want to admit to her boyfriend that she has a crush on another man aka Steve?

In the end she looks back towards her boyfriend and then again to the place where Robin and Steve just were. Is he perhaps still standing there?

Then we get a scene transition to Nancy holding a very long gun. It's not subtle at all.

Part 3: Providing Food for the Suffering

There is light behind Robin which can indicate that she is the one who is most sincere in this scene. This makes sense as it is true that Robin has a crush on Vickie.

It's Vickie who gives her the information that Dan is no longer her boyfriend but from the scene in the weapon store she also knows that Robin and Steve are close. So everything she says to Robin is likely to reach Steve as well which means that Robin could be the one to tell Steve that Vickie is single again and therefore available to him.

First notice how Vickie wears spiral earrings. This is very interesting to me as it's triangle imagery that is used to indicate queerness in the show. So here we have the supposed love interest of one of the only confirmed queer characters in the show not wearing triangle imagery when it really matters. Why? Because she is straight.

Vickie also mentions how she rambles about her boyfriend when there are people out there suffering at which point in time she looks up and slightly to her right. Later when the scene transitions from Robin and Vickie to Steve we also get him at a alight angle which to me indicates that Vickie was looking at him as she was lifting her head.

It's Steve who Vickie perceives as the one suffering and who she wants to provide with food. Or to put it a bit differently: It's Steve she has a crush on and who she wants to be with and support.

Steve on the other hand is also smiling and looking at Robin and Vickie. He is happy for the both of them as everything seems to be working out for Robin and Vickie which could not be further from the truth. He's also shaking his head just slightly. Most likely because he thinks a certain assumption he's made just an episode earlier turned out to be wrong.

That assumption about Vickie pausing Fast Times at 53:05 however might be true after all. Steve is just misreading the signs Robin and Vickie are giving off at the gym.

Tbc in a reblog because I almost hit image limit. Look here.

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Robin Buckley Appreciation Post

It has come to my attention that perhaps we are not appreciating the WLW rep we already have in Stranger Things and I would like to make an appreciation post for our girl, Robin Buckley.

People often talk about being annoyed by Robin, but she is so funny, clever and smart. Reminder that she taught herself to translate a Russian code and also cracked said code in two days. That’s dedication and crazy intelligence.

I love her awkward personality, she feels very real and she’s great comedic relief. She never has the right thing to say, but she’s never a detriment to the party. She always contributes and offers a fresh perspective. Her interactions with Nancy were a huge highlight of ST4 for me because they’re such a perfect balance of comedy and cunning.

Nancy is correct in her hunch, but looking in the wrong places. Robin redirects them to the right source to continue their research and without her they probably wouldn’t have followed that lead any further.

After a scene that almost proves they’re incompatible as friends or teammates we see them work together on a plan overnight.

Nancy takes the lead when getting them into the asylum, but are almost turned down. It’s not until Robin improvises the most insanely hilarious yet clever story that they are allowed to make contact with Victor Creel.

After their meeting, who connects the dots that music is the key? Robin. Her ability to put the pieces together in this scene literally saved Max’s life just in time.

All of this makes her a fantastic and entertaining character, but let’s talk about her as representation.

While it’s basic decency when approaching an LGBT character, they really don’t set her far apart from the rest of the group. It’s normalization. They also make it very explicit that she is queer, they don’t beat around the bush about it. They really made a great choice in having Nancy and her pair up, I think a lot of young people should look up to their relationship. Even though Nancy is unaware of Robin’s sexuality, I don’t think it would matter. Heterosexual-queer friendships should be more commonplace in a way that isn’t commoditizing or dehumanizing queer individuals.

Robin and Steve are a great example as well, with Steve demonstrating how to be a good ally and being exceptionally accepting for that time. Steve coaching her to go after Vickie is super supportive and her love plot line is given equal weight to the other love plot lines. While I hope ST5 fleshes Vickie out more, I think they did a good job with her introduction among the chaos of what was happening in Hawkins.

Overall, I have loved Robin since her introduction in ST3. I was excited for her character since she was announced and I think she’s just as integral to the plot as any other character. I’m really excited for what they have cooking up in ST5 with her and Joyce working together. I really hope to see more interactions with her and the rest of the party. She has always been equal parts humorous and helpful and I hope we really get to see her shine and get her own spotlight this season.

In conclusion,

Live, Laugh, Love, Robin

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Pride Kisses - Day 6 : Giggly Kiss

its a little difficult for robin and vickie to manage their first kiss when they’re both so relieved that the feelings are requited that they cant stop laughing <3

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And we've reached the epilogue... enjoy some wholesome rovickie, platonic stobin, rojoyce, and a sneaky little bit of stonathan

'I see my chance, I'm gonna dance'

a stranger things fic by smalltownrobin 📖

(12 chapters, 54,076 words)

"Dreaming of Paris, Robin Buckley is trapped as a servant in her own home, forced to cook and clean by her wicked stepmother. Her freedom is a miracle away, but miracles can happen. (The rovickie Cinderella AU where Steve Harrington is a talking mouse)."

(rovickie, platonic stobin, Robin & Dustin, platonic ronance, platonic rojoyce)

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steve and rob's excellent adventure !!!!!!

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I can't believe this just happened!

We flew to New York to see Eurydice and it was SO GOOD! After it was over we were waiting outside the stage door. Maya came out and walked by and I caught her eye and she turned to me and said "I'm just going to say hi to a few friends of mine and I will be right back!"

Five minutes later she came back over, SOUGHT ME OUT and said, really cheerfully, "I'm back, like I promised!" And we took the pictures. For mine the light was behind our heads so I couldn't see our faces and so we kind of spun around together so we would be in the light!

That's me in the first picture. That's Robinsotter in the second!

She stuck around to talk to everyone (maybe 20 of us) who were waiting for her. Maya is so unbelievably and genuinely NICE!

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For rovickie I need a reference to Robin as Jo March from Little Women and Vickie as Anne from Anne with an E cuz their actresses played those roles respectively, both set in the 1800s and both very gay!!!

Very gay? Ok now I gotta watch Little Woman

Thanks for the idea!! ❤️

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Chapter update ONLY THE EPILOGUE TO GO 🥲

'I see my chance, I'm gonna dance'

a stranger things fic by smalltownrobin 📖

(INCOMPLETE, 11/12 chapters, 50,712 words)

"Dreaming of Paris, Robin Buckley is trapped as a servant in her own home, forced to cook and clean by her wicked stepmother. Her freedom is a miracle away, but miracles can happen. (The rovickie Cinderella AU where Steve Harrington is a talking mouse)."

(rovickie, platonic stobin, Robin & Dustin, platonic ronance, platonic rojoyce)

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