#80s post modern

[retroness-is-fabulous]

[hammity-hammer]

steve harrington realizing that he’s got no purpose if he’s not protecting the people he loves from outer-dimensional beings, and has a minor (read: major) spiral about it post-vecna & the party fixing everything. he’s just a regular ole 20 something with no purpose— his friends are all in school, except eddie, who managed to pick up an apprenticeship as an electrician; putting all of that wire knowledge to use (just not in cars, he hasn’t hotwired one since 1986 and he’d like to keep it that way si vous plais) and making the rich houses have even cooler guts than they deserve.

the kids end up graduating (their first tries) and heading as one little pack to the same school (don’t ask me which, i’m a college drop out) and steve, eddie, and rob end up staying just outside of indy. rob finished school early, because of course she did, and she found that she may have a knack for hanging around high schoolers, so why not teach them how to become polyglots like she is?

steve still doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing— he bartends at a little club in the gayborhood, because they went there so often that the bartenders just kind of pushed him into it, and don’t get him wrong— mixing drinks and flirting all night is super fun, but it also… is kind of depressing? even if he gets to be around people like him and see them happy— he knows that a lot of alcohol and drugs causes that happiness and he wants so badly for his people to be out and proud and not murdered for it. but he can’t do that,, so he does the next best thing.

he talks with one of the regulars, andy, who owns a little tattoo shop on the corner, and andy invites him to come check it out. so he does the next day he’s free, and holy fucking christ. tattoos aren’t his thing— at least not on himself, but on other people they’re gorgeous. and they’re painful, but you’re turning the pain into art and you get to live with it in your skin and look at it and think about the fact that you’re here and you made it and you fucking survived. and people purposefully put scars into their bodies? and not in the i-battled-literal-other-dimensional-beings-and-won kind of way, or the i-battled-my-personal-demons-and-won kind of way, which both are things he’s dealt with so fucking intimately— but in the i-will-decorate-this-flesh-prison-and-make-it-a-castle kind of way, and that’s fucking beautiful. queer people taking their bodies and making them into art with ink and hot metal and needles and the love that they have for each other and the passion and the fucking spite at the world that keeps them going and making their presences KNOWN.

and maybe he gets some piercings while he’s there— it’s fascinating and feels so weird and freeing when the needle punctures his flesh and the jewelry goes in— and now he’s got a shiny little ring hanging through his earlobe; his nostril; his lip.

he learns that piercings take time and effort and care and that he has to treat himself with love to be able to heal— and that he is deserving of that love and care and dedication, especially from himself.

he keeps going back, maybe not always to get stabbed, but to watch others have it done. to see how different people’s anatomy takes different piercings, how he can’t have a piercing through his cheeks because he bites them too much when he’s anxious, but the girl that just left got both of hers done and they looked good. they fit her face, like little shiny dimples.

eventually, the piercer, killie, asks steve when he’s going to help them with their needles and their piercings— and he doesn’t know how to react because he hadn’t even thought about it and yet… maybe he could help other people fall in love with themselves and their bodies and help turn them into art one day

maybe he could be a pretty boy with his scars and his metal and his missing chunks and his polos and his jeans and his sneakers.

[vintage-tigre]

Jean Michel Basquiat, 1985

[spaceistheplaceart]

I miss when shows had stupid goofy shit in them that you were supposed to take seriously. I miss robins "holy ____ on a ____, batman!" I miss spiderman crawling around like an insectoid, I miss weird shit that doesn't make sense like "a meteor crashed down on Earth and awoke mummified lion people that lived in caves for thousands of years", I miss when in scooby doo they'd eat fog or dracula hosted races every year, i miss "Columbo has a skateboarding descendant Boronco" or "Napoleon's descendant runs a terrorist organization that wants to take over the world bc its noisy and he wants to sleep". I love batshit plots with weird circumstances that make no sense but they're fun and entertaining-- give me shit that comes out of nowhere and baffles me but is still fun. I miss that kind of stuff man :/

[libraryofgage]

WIP Weekend Snippet

The title says WIP but this bitch is FINISHED

Anyway, here's a little sneak peek at my Modern Steve in 80s Hawkins fic--- now titled "(if someone asked me at the end) i'd tell them put me back in"--- as I prepare to begin posting to ao3

Steve glances over his shoulder only to meet the barrel of a gun. He stiffens and drops Dart, trusting the demonspawn to land on his feet, before shoving Eddie behind him as well. “What do you think you’re doing?!” Steve hisses, glancing at the street to make sure nobody else can see Nancy pointing a gun at him.  “I knew something was up,” Nancy says, her eyes narrowing as she rolls her shoulder to push Mike’s hand off. “You have two seconds to explain the demodog before I blow your head off.” “Okay, first of all, two seconds is not nearly enough time to explain anything,” Steve says, and because humor has never failed him before, he adds, “And, honestly, you’re not my first choice for any kind of blowing.” He hears a snort from behind him and can’t help a slight grin even as Nancy becomes visibly more confused and Mike scrunches his nose in disgust. “What the fuck are you talking about?” Nancy asks, her hands lowering slightly, which Steve would take as a win if the gun wasn’t now pointing at his dick. He can even feel the phantom pain of getting his dick blown off, and it takes every ounce of control to not cover his crotch with his hands. “It’s called humor. Great for diffusing situations,” Steve explains, keeping his eyes on the gun and praying Nancy doesn’t accidentally pull the trigger. “Look, I get it. That’s a scary puppy that just jumped on me, and you’ve dealt with much meaner ones before, but can we please take this inside? I promise you can keep threatening to shoot my dick once we’re off the porch.” That, apparently, is what gets Nancy to realize where she’s pointing. She hesitates for a few seconds before clicking the safety back on and lowering the gun.

I'm in the process of moving, so I'm not sure when exactly I'll be able to post the first chapter, but it'll definitely be in the next few days!

In the meantime, you can either subscribe to my ao3 or keep an eye on my Tumblr for a link when it is posted!

[stevepasztor]

[emily-mooon]

Tumblr in The 1980s

👾gaypacman follow

You know I’m sick of people thinking my main man Pac is dating Ms. Pac. No he’s in a loving relationship with the fruity fruity ghosts

🔁🦖digdugs-littleguy follow

Is she going steady with Mr. Driller?

🔁👾gaypacman follow

No she’s a lesbian

🔁🦖digdugs-littleguy follow

That’s even better

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🎀lsbianphoebecates follow

Just got back from Fast Times and oh god oh jesus oh fuck I’m so gay holy shit.

🔁🦞lobstercindy follow

op are you ok?

🔁🤿spicolistan follow

I live with her and can confirm she is not ok. She’s been screaming about that pool scene ever since we got home

🔁🎀lsbianphoebecates follow

As if you haven’t been screaming about the fucking pizza scene 😒

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🌸bratpackstan follow

✨Emilio Estevez Imagine✨

Imagine Emilio taking you out on a nice beach date. You both get some ice cream and have a nice walk that ends in a steamy kiss under the sunset

🔁🐜 mikeanthall follow

Then Anthony Michael Hall shows up and holds your hand and looks at you with his blue or-GUNSHOT

🔁🐀thebratrat follow

Nooooooooo I wanted more!!!! 😭 blue orbs are ho-GUNSHOT

🔁👒molly-ringworld follow

No he should be crawling in my e-GUNSHOT

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🌃iancurtisss

It’s been a few years and I still miss them 😭😭😭😭😭:

🔁💐new-bernie

Girl where in the shadowplay did you get that photo of Ian?

🔁🌃iancurtisss

I have my ways😉

🔁🎸hookysbass

I see that photo of him in my nightmares because of you

🔁🌃iancurtisss

🔁🎸hookysbass

Fuck you

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🥀morriussydeactivated1981215

If you are a cure stan and want robert smith carnally, DNI with me. Block me cause the cure sucks ass

🔁💋robbiesmith follow

Says the guy who wants to kiss a man who has no taste. Your man isn't that charming unlike mine so stfu and ride that punctured bicycle of yours up that hill

🔁💋robbiesmith follow

Guess that double decker bus finally crashed

🔁🕸️spellbndgrrl follow

Rob stop he’s already dead

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🌃iancurtisss

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🔁🛤️stephmorriss

Uh guys I think our moot is broken

@hookysbass @new-bernie and @gilllbert

🔁🎸hookysbass

Quick! Show her their first tv performance before she fades away

🔁💐new-bernie

On it boss🫡

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[theopiumeater]

[postpunkk]

Hey guys!! tagged there's a debut single by a new goth band, Miss Teen America. It's a genuinely good song and I'd love if you guys gave them a try!

[bubbledtee]

modern!80s!james the typa guy to scream along to songs while driving. especially when you’re on a road trip together.

[retroness-is-fabulous]

[fanaticalthings]

Lil rant about the Outlaws webtoons here:

I was really hoping the webtoon would do robin!Jason justice but nope. They just went the stereotypical "Jason was the edgy, angry and violent robin" route, and I fucking hate it.

Slight spoiler for the next unreleased ep:

First thing Bruce does is call Jason a petulant child after the Outlaws cause a mess in a city, and he doesn't even ask for an explanation for what happened.

While the JL plan to fix their mistake, Jason offers to do watchtower duties in their place and Bruce tells him he'll give him 1 month not to kill or steal and to basically do what the JL do. Which is fine and all, seems fair..

but the issue is what he says after, that "If you fail, you and your team will be treated as true outlaws. No more money, no more Waynetech, no more weapons."

and THEN he adds on that they'll "spend the rest of their lives running, or in Arkham" which, personally this will always rub me the wrong way, that Bruce is totally fine throwing his son and his friends into the place where he would throw people like the Joker in.

and on top of all that, Bruce tells Jason "Let's continue this when you're done crying." Jason was wearing his helmet but it was revealed he actually was crying, and I just hate how cold-hearted Bruce is written because it's so fucking overused.

I hate this relationship dynamic between these two because it's just so OOC of Bruce to treat his kid this way, and calling him a "petulant toddler playing with toys in the mud, angry at the world that is begging to wash the stench off" is just so demeaning?? He says all this after knowing all the shit that's happened to Jason??

I can't read modern comics with this characterization of Bruce because all the older comics had Bruce as this compassionate and patient father, which we basically never see again in today's comics.

You're supposed to tell me that these are the same character? 80s comic Bruce would probably rather die than treat his son like every other sociopathic killer in Arkham. He would also probably feel like shit for making his son cry as well.

Same goes for Jason, where writers portray him as this murderous robin that doesn't think before he acts. Literally none of this is true. Jason was probably the most well behaved out of all the Robins. If you read his 80s comics, you'll see him even stop Bruce from killing people, and even spares the person who killed his bio father.

Jason being the happy, sweet, child is what makes his story so tragic. He came back different and broken, and I hate how writers just disregard that altogether just to have some cheap tension/drama between Bruce and him.

I just don't think I'll be continuing this series even though it's free. DC writers need to get their shit together.

[death-by-mercury]

Dieter Bohlen is an 80s Barbie

[dustofeve]

This week’s goth music showcase is dedicated to Harsh Symmetry!

This is a post-punk/darkwave project from Los Angeles released through Fabrika records, home to Selofan, Lebanon Hanover, She Past Away*, and several others. My favorite songs are Pugilist and Like an Opiate.

If you like Clan of Xymox, Twin Tribes, and Boy Harsher you will love this album!

*P.S. Doruk Öztürkcan of She Past Away mixed and mastered this LP!

12/12/22

[libraryofgage]

A side effect of not posting a fic until it's completely written is that sometimes they're very long

And now I'm just vibing with Modern Steve in 80s Hawkins, which has officially reached 50k and is only, like, halfway done, but on g-d I'm gonna finish writing the bitch

[custer-mp3]

if i don't look up weird goofy shit on ebay i will perish: Lamps You Could Buy At Spencers edition