#(answered || jonathan byers)

[jonathanbyersphd]

[babybirbb]

no bc the way i literally got excited when i saw them actually being in the same room together

[rocketkit]

this might be a long shot but if you are still taking requests could you do C1 for steve and jonathan? (stonathan) please 🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻

i actually really love this ship. ty for requesting!

for this drawing meme !!!

[carolperkinsexgirlfriend]

Frankly, we don't talk enough about how it was Jonathan's bat. HE drove the nails into it, crafting a weapon fit to take on a Demogorgon. And then fucking Steve Harrington shows up to his house uninvited one time, absolutely wails on a Demogorgon, maybe saves his life and then, what? Fucking stuffs it in his trunk without asking? ASHDLFKFLL????

[artiststarme]

With the sneaky like a ninja post, I think it would be even funnier if knowing the ending that Hop knew every time Steve snuck out of the house that he called Eddie up to let him know Steve is coming. And that if he didn't show up in a specific amount of time, Eddie had to call Hop back and they would go looking. So when Steve was bragging to Eddie about being like a ninja he knew that Hop knew just wanted to let Steve believe. While Steve felt suffocated, they were just looking out for his well being.

Such a cute story. LOVE LOVE LOVED it.

Yes, yes, yes! I love this idea and thanks for the ask!

~*~*~*~

Hopper waited until he heard the window latch closed before he got out of bed with a sigh. This kid was going to be the death of him. He ambled to the phone on the hallway wall and called the number that he knew he would be getting unsettlingly familiar with while Steve was staying there. As soon as he heard the line pick up, he started giving orders. “Look Munson, you’re a young man and I know what young men think about. You better keep it PG-13 or I will find you and I’ll make it wish you were convicted by the cops for those murders, you hear me? Steve is headed over there right now and I need you to call me in 30 minutes or I’m going to think that bastard gave himself another concussion. Got it?”

“What-” Eddie asked over the phone with a crack in his voice. 

“I said, ‘got it’?”

“Yessir, Chief. I got it, loud and clear. No getting handsy tonight and I will return him unscathed,” Eddie stammered.

“And call me back in 29 minutes.”

“Yes, and-and do that… I’m going to hang up now if that’s okay-”

Hopper hung up the phone with a sigh of exasperation. As promised, Eddie gave him a subtle call 28 minutes later with promises to drop Steve off in the morning and Hopper went to bed. He had to be up bright and early to ruin a brat’s day for getting Steve hurt in the first place. 

~*~*~*~

The next morning, Hopper woke up bright and early to go wreck some havoc. He knew it wasn’t a great thing to be so excited over tormenting children but this one had it coming. He gave a smug-looking Steve a fatherly pat on the shoulder, grabbed some coffee, and headed to the Wheeler’s.

“What were you thinking?! If Steve says no to giving you brats a ride, you don’t insult his character or push him into doing it! What were you thinking, Wheeler?” He yelled at him.

Mike just glared up at him in defiance. “I was thinking that my friends and I needed a ride and I got one!”

“At the expense of Steve! Now you won’t be getting any rides from anyone because you pissed us all off! How does that feel? Are you happy now, Wheeler?” Hopper mocked him. 

It was true, the adults and the older teens were on strike from giving the kids any rides until Mike apologized to Steve for contributing to him crashing his car and getting another concussion. His stubbornness hadn’t allowed him to yet but he was on thin ice. 

“Are you happy, Hopper? You’re ridiculing a teenager. Congratulations, you’re pathetic,” Mike sneered at him. 

Oh, that was the final line to cross. “Oh, you think I’m pathetic? See how pathetic you are without your girlfriend and best friend. You’re banned! You won’t be seeing El or Will until you apologize to Steve. And me too! I’ve been dealing with your ungrateful ass for years, I deserve a goddamn award.”

Mike opened his mouth, no doubt to complain about the hypocrisy and unfairness of it all. Hopper just lit up a cigarette and walked to his cruiser. “Deal with it, Wheeler.”

Then he took off in a puff of smoke and laughed all the while. It was about damn time that Mike Wheeler was shocked speechless. 

~*~*~*~

Any time he heard the bedroom window opening, the back door creaking, or even the one memorable time the kitchen window above the sink opening, Hopper pulled himself out of bed to call one Eddie Munson. 

He would give the kid a head’s up that Steve had left and asked him to give him a call after thirty minutes to ensure that he reached the trailer safely. In return, Hopper didn’t mention Steve’s smug expressions or his murmurings to Jonathan at the breakfast table that he ‘was exactly like a ninja, see’.

And when he told Steve that he knew about the many times he snuck out, he did Munson a solid and didn’t mention that he called him every single time. Lord only knew the shitstorm that would arise if he figured that out.

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[pinkeoni]

I’d like to hear Jonathan yell next season. At someone. As a treat <3

[bylertruther]

oh fack.... just had my biweekly reminder that jonathan has only ever wanted to protect will from harm, offer him a safe space, and encourage him to love what he loves without shame, and it's all of that which literally saves will's life and keeps him safe when he's in the upside down and later in the shed scene.... will singing "should i stay or should i go" his favorite song which jonathan first showed him... will hiding out in castle byers which jonathan built with/for him.... the song then helping to give will an opening to take back enough control for him to speak to his family in morse code... the shadow monster + vecna + lonnie all symbolizing forced conformity vs jonathan protecting will from that time and time again by being there for him, seeing him, and loving him as he is... jonathan carries so much guilt because he feels like he's never there when will needs it most, but it's his love for will that kept will alive.... he feels like it's his fault that will was kidnapped, that he should've been there for him that night and onward, but he was there for him! he was with him the whole time, helping and protecting him as he always has!!! when stranded alone in a world so dark and so cold and full of monsters, will used the tools his brother had given him to protect himself... i just... they're so... 🥺 THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUUUUUCH 😭😭😭😭

[pzyii]

have u ever drawn stonathan :D

I mean… now I have

Also feat platonic stobin

[gayofthefae]

Jancy are endgame because of the way that none of this is contrived. It's all based in patterns in their parents, we know that, but it's also not just coded, but set up. They dropped those Murray psychoanalyses of "trust issues" and "retreating to safety" and just never came back to them. Did what they always do: fake solution so you don't ask questions until it becomes an issue again. They put them together because they framed them as "what's preventing them from being together" but what's preventing them from being together =/= being solved by them being together.

They're just coming back for something they planted like with everything else.

[findafight]

Controversial headcanons/opinions! That are mostly about Steve now that I read them back.

1. Stancy’s biggest roadblock is Nancy’s inability to admit she’s wrong/makes mistakes.

2. Jancy’s biggest roadblock is Jonathan’s parentification. Jon loves Will, but some of his devotion to him is tied up in that - something I think fandom tends to overlook. We’ve already seen that Nancy either forgets or underestimates how much the Byers rely on Jon and I would not put it past her to view him looking after Will on the same level as her having to look after Mike & Holly.

Even once it’s revealed and they talk about it, it’s going to open a rift between them.

3. Joyce doesn’t give a shit about Steve and never will. Hop gives a shit reluctantly, in a mostly professional capacity but will be haunted with guilt if Steve dies.

4. Karen Wheeler is a shitty person and if the Duffers wanted me to think different maybe shouldn’t have teased her considering sleeping with a kid her daughter’s age. Also doesn’t give a shit about Steve, but is better at hiding it.

5. Billy, while being in the closet and brimming with self hatred, did not have a crush on Steve - he wanted the weird codependent yet weirdly void of sexual tension friendship that Steve would go onto have with Robin.

The fact that Steve hated him and was constantly ignoring him or pushing back at him was part of the appeal. That and the fact Steve’s a bitch - Billy thought that was hilarious.

6. Steve intelligence wise is average and actually has a fairly broad general knowledge - he just has difficulty with the terminology and isn’t great at explaining things to other people.

7. Steve’s kids are Dustin, Max, Lucas and Erica. He will absolutely protect the other three, but any presence he continues to have in their lives is a by-product of the other four.

8. Mike has a on again/off again crush on Steve and it’s part of the reason he turns into an angry cat around him.

9. We will meet Vickie’s entire family before we see the Harringtons on-screen.

10. Jon would *not* react well to Stargyle happening - he refuses to believe Steve is queer, assuming he’s just messing with Argyle/trying to get revenge on Jon for cheating with Nancy (for added tragicomedy, this is how Steve finds out about that).

11. Eddie likes ABBA. I have no fucking idea why fandom seems to think that he’d hate it and has me genuinely questioning how many people in fandom have met an actual metalhead. I know he’s a pretentious douche, but *Jesus*.

12. Whatever else happens between them, Robin will always hold a grudge against Nancy for not knowing who she was when they were first introduced. Steve has the excuse of being a popular kid who was ignorant of his surroundings at all times. Robin is the person who could swipe Valedictorian out from under Nancy but chooses not too. See also, Barb and the handful of grudges she has with Nancy regarding Steve.

omg so many anon! let's do this. long post so I'm going to add a readmore!

Yeah I mostly agree? The inability to let Nancy apologize or be wrong I think really sets back her growth as a character no matter what, and it's really pronounced with stancy! It is something that could be resolved but I do not think the show will do that. Steve wasn't the person Nancy needed in s2, but maybe he is now. Idk there's better stancy meta out there haha There are issues they have I'd love to see addressed but. doubtful they will. Idk if nancy will end up single (like I think she should) but I also don't know if they're actually going to follow through on stancy revival in s5 or just leave jancy as is.

2. Jonathan's parentification!! Absolutely agree. He needs to work through his inability to move on and look to the future for himself. His focus is on Will, who needs more of an older brother from him than another parent, especially now Will is closer to the age Jon was when everything started. Jon is defined by his family, and them needing him. But we sort of see in s4 that Will is growing up, El is too, and they don't need him in the same way Will needed to depend on him in earlier seasons, and Jon is spending time smoking with Argyle, but not actually dealing with what he's feeling.

this is room for Jonathan to develop character-wise, but it's also so interesting how his parentification has been an issue with Nancy! Like she wants to be a priority, but Jon can't do that, because he hasn't figured out how to 1) focus on himself and his wants 2) let himself look at the future as something that isn't looming but something to look forward to!

God I would love to see him figure out what he actually wants and how to balance that with his loyaty to his family in the show! or read a jon focused fic where he gets to deal with these things.

3. Joyce doesn't like steve :'| why would she? he's just some guy to her that Jon didn't like and who used to date her son's girlfriend. Steve's not on her radar at all she doesn't give a shit about him lol (I should write more of the joyce doesn't like steve fic)

4. uhg yeah I think I've already posted about alternatives to the stupid Karen side-plot where it's like. random pool middle age affair man, flirting with mr. clarke, or just her making moves on her own husband to show she wants to make changes in their marriage and the fair being a little date for the wheelers or SOMETHING to make her not creepy and actual have it mean something to her character? or just. not! include! any karen plotline at all!

5. billy is interesting because i would say there might be some one-sided sexual thing happening between him and Steve, and Steve hating and ignoring him would totally egg him on with whatever was going on in his brain. idk if he wanted it actually actionable but was probably going for some weird and very intense pscho-sexual homoerotic relationship. maybe not what could be described as a crush but certainly not whatever stobin has going on (though if he had lived stobin would have also pissed him off lol)

6. Yes! steve can understand a lot if he's given time to understand it. like he's just not a genius or talking fast, and he asks clarifying questions so he (and everyone else) knows exactly what's happening. maybe that might look like he's getting left behind but he's making sure everyone is on the same page, which is actually an important part of plans and sharing info. I'd also say he'd probably have pretty good head for strategy!

7. Dustin, Max, Lucas and Erica are absolutely steve's kids! thank goodness we got Steve and Max content in s4, but I'd love to see more of Steve and Lucas and Erica! I do love Steve with El too, because I think they should and could have a great dynamic, but that's all fanon, unfortunately. Mike and Will having some kind of relationship with Steve are just byproducts of Steve being friends with the others.

8. Mike and his mortifying crush on steve is so precious to me. He'd be so mad about it. It'd be so funny. to me. not for him. but for me :)

9. Harrington parents will remain an unsolved mystery haunting the fandom forever and always. We will know the names of Robin's grandparents and their pets before we see or hear anything more than Mr. and Mrs. Harrington.

10. I am obsessed with this idea. I love stargyle sort of coming out of nowhere for other people. My favourite. They can bond over having great hair and being a chauffeur for children not related to them. Jon side-eyeing this so hard even tho maybe he's been focusing on Nancy and their relationship when steve and argyle are having their Bonding Moments. The confrontation of Jon accusing Steve of getting with Argyle to mess with him, Steve going "what the hell. why would I have an elaborate polt to mess with you that included pretending to be queer? and kissing a man? multiple times??"

and Jon blurting about how of course he would to get back at jon for cheating with Nancy and steve just stopping. and trying to clarify. and Jon digging himself deeper. ooooooh. something to think about and expand on?? 👀👀👀

11. it was the 80s and disco was way out of style but also. who doesn't like ABBA. don't trust anyone who doesn't like at least one ABBA song. suspicious. Eddie would be vocal about his hatred for Progressive Rock though.

12. Robin and her grudges!!!! omg yes if robin was holding herself back from being valedictorian she'd be Pissed that Nancy didn't know who she was. like at least know your rivals! that in combination with the barb thing and all the steve things. Robin's not letting it go. I love her pettiness she's so funny and great. Queen.

[jonathanbyersphd]

Overthinking how Jonathan tells Nancy he's been doing photography for a while but Joyce didn't notice??? Like did she not know it was his hobby at all or did she just not know how good he was???

[rocketkit]

Can you do Jonathan and Nancy for either 2A or 2B :0?

jancy🥹!

for this drawing meme 🫶🏻

[pearlypairings]

For the writer asks: 12, 18, 27 (any or all please!)

12. a trope you’re really into right now

Comfort tbh.... I love feeling the character's angst or stress and then finally getting to that comforting moment that like in this tiny little moment all is right in the world again. It can be so rewarding as a reader and a writer :)

18. if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

OOOOOH okay! Well back when I considered Chrissy might possibly become confused/upset upon discovering Jonathan had her necklace in TIAL, the original outline had her cold-shouldering him and giving him back her photos and being extremely upset that he'd had this extremely sentimental and important gift from her grandpa all along. And so I'd brainstormed this dialogue of Jonathan eventually coming to Chrissy and trying to explain himself, not understanding why she'd pushed him away (he confesses his feelings big time!). I ultimately decided I didn't want this misunderstanding and they admitted their feelings in a less grand and more private way:) but here's the unedited, deleted monologue: "I wanted to tell you that I didn't know why or how this all started. But that wouldn't really be the truth and I don't ever want to lie to you. When you asked me for help, I overcharged you because I knew your family could afford it…. But every time we met after that, I saw the truth behind your stormy eyes. You were real. You had kindness and pain and concern for everyone around you. You paid attention to the details, knowing my work and my faces and these things that I didn't even recognize about myself. You wanted me to ask for more, not settle. And by then, I was scared. Scared because I knew it was too late to turn back. Your heart embedded itself in mine, like a landmine waiting to kill me upon impact. And I didn't care if you did, because I…. I fell for you, fell harder than I ever wanted to admit aloud to myself, let alone you. I didn't want to lose you, but never telling you? Never making this up to you? That would be so much worse."

27. your favorite part of the writing process

My favorite part has to be when I'm finally in the middle of writing and words just pour out of me. Like that deep hyponotic flow of creation, enjoying the journey and following where the characters and the inspo take me. It can be so relaxing and exciting at the same time!! But lately I've been stuck with very short, stilted sessions due to timing and scheduling which can be a little deflating. I'm hoping with the cooler weather, I'll be able to have more freedom to write in my free time :)

[finnsfunworld]

jonathans short 👍 hes much shorter then argyle, prob shorter then steve idk i havent watch the show in a hot min but hes short and im standing by that.

[letprecioustimegoby]

I am also convinced he listens to siouxsie and the banshees he was just anxious at the party and panicked I swear

YOU GET ME. YOU GET ME. THANK YOU ANON. GOTH JONATHAN BYERS RAAAAH RAAAAAAAH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥