#Every hour is loving Steve Harrington’s chatacter arc hour and pretending the writers aren’t trying to undo it hour

[bigboysteveharrington]

Thinking about how two key points in Steve’s character development are:

At the end of season one when he chose the girl he liked over his shitty friends that treated her poorly

At the end of season three when Robin turned him down and he chose having her feature just as heavily in his life as a friend (even if it could potentially send confusing signals to some girls) instead of keeping his focus romantic and writing her off or just hanging out with her at work

I just think it’s so interesting how at first glance it’s like he’s learning to prioritize romance over friendship then friendship over romance and there is a contrast there, but really it’s very complementary development

Like he’s learning a balance of people you’re interested in romantically matter more than shitty friends who treat them horribly and make fun of you BUT ALSO friends that actually matter to you and make you happy are just as important and being with someone romantically isn’t everything

And what it all really comes down to is the core of his character development: prioritizing the people he cares most about instead of taking the self-centred/easier road out and putting in effort to fix his mistakes/show the people he cares about that they matter to him