#Let Billy go apeshit

[diagnosed-anxiety-disorder]

I AM LOSING MY MIND OVER A SONIC ROCK BAND AU SO IMMA MAKE A BUNCH OF HEADCANONS BECAUSE I CANNOT CONTAIN THIS

this is what happens when you mix an emo punk rock fan with the sonic universe-

Sonic - Lead singer / guitar (kinda like Billie Joe Armstrong or Dexter Holland) Shadow - guitar / backing vocals (Frank Iero. NEED I SAY MORE) Tails - keyboardist / synth / DJ (it's giving Cumulus from Ghost or Sid from Slipknot) Silver - bass guitar (maybe even like the Geddy Lee pedal set up too) Knuckles - drummer (with the Neil Peart drum set up and CC from BVB vibes)

Sonic: pop punk vibe!!

probably shreads too fast on the guitar and loses his guitar picks every goddamn minute so he has his entire mic stand covered with those guitar pick holders

does the thing that Freddy Mercury does where he picks up the mic stand and walks around while singing

definitely crowd surfs and tells the mosh pit to go wild

*kicks over amp* AAAAAAAA

has random stickers over EVERYTHING, guitar case, guitar, you name it

reads all of the signs in the audience and sometimes replies to them

stops the show in the middle and starts ranting about literally whatever

*trips over every wire possible* IM OKAY!!

comes up with lyrics with Shadow. sonic's better at delivering than composing

mini list of songs he would FUCK UP /pos

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) by The Offspring

The Zoo by Scorpions (him and Shadow are probably obsessed with the Scorpions bc theyre a good band with rock ballads)

Fist Bump from Sonic Forces (i hc that he sings this as a duet with Shadow. i feel like their voices would go well together)

MeMe from Miligram (i also hc that Sonic knows Japanese if it isnt canon)

In Too Deep by Sum 41

Shadow: classic rock, hard rock, rock ballads, heavy metal and EMO

he either stays in one place the whole show or runs around

Frank Iero chaotic energy i wanna see him go wild

contrasting to his introverted personality, on stage since the audience is all dark and he cant see the MASSIVE crowd the band has, he feels like he can let loose and stuff

he probably has had his fingers start bleeding during a live but didnt notice until Silver started freaking out

has probably broke down and cried on stage once but everyone comforted him and he finished the show EPICALLY

always makes sure that the crowd is staying safe. probably did that one thing that Andy Biersack did when he jumped into the crowd to personally fight this one guy

oh yeah he will also get pissed if you diss the band at their show or if you're just being an asshole and will deal with you personally

will beat you up if you assault someone in the pit

WALL OF DEATH WALL OF DEATH WALL OF DEATH

definitely a perfectionist and probably studied classical music theory. definitely a JS Bach fan and played the piano once

comes up with lyrics and melody line

mini list of songs he would do amazing on:

Mobius by HiiragiKirai cover by Meychan

The Show Must Go On by Queen (HES SUCH A QUEEN FAN ISTG)

Dragula by Rob Zombie

Infected by Bad Religion

Gone Away by The Offspring (he's def thinking abt Maria for this one) gone away lyrics yeah ouch-

Tails: also classic rock fan but he also likes vocaloid!!

"accidentally" G notes the crowd (emos)

*plays a rick roll sample randomly*

during the parts where he doesn't have anything to do he just starts flying and tossing signed photo cards or some kind of merch into the crowd

probably manages some part of their social media as well

literally live tweeting the performance

is the supplier of Sonic's extra guitar pics and sometimes makes custom ones for him that are a bit more grippy? (idk how guitar pics work im a violinist)

honestly the most wholesome person there, everyone loves him, he goes apeshit sometimes but we love him

multi-instrumentalist and sometimes even makes his own instruments!

he plays the Theramin and nobody knows what it is but it sounds cool

makes up tracks on the spot during solos sometimes

CHORDS GO BRR

is the one that does the mixing and stuff for their songs

personal favs he would love:

Jump by Van Halen (everyone likes this song, if you dont then ur wrong /lh)

Kingslayer by BMTH & BABYMETAL

Lost Valley from Sonic Forces (I LOVE THIS SONG SM)

Silver: goth, heavy metal, Ghost specifically

owns a Mikey Fucking Way t-shirt

probably can play the upright bass or cello as well

people from the audience give him gifts and it makes him very happy

also has a lot of stickers on his bass and it's case but the stickers are color coded and organized vs sonics random bullshit GO

i like to think that he wears fingerless gloves

is the one that stops Shadow from jumping into the crowd when someone disses the band

always makes sure that everyone in the band has like a solo area where they can just go wild because he thinks it's more fun that way

probably can do improv on the spot

gets excited when they have an acoustic live show

helps come up with album cover ideas and all of the depth in their album / song lore

Last Train To London by ELO (hes probably a big ELO fan)

Detroit Rock City by KISS (this is my dad's fav so it's mine too)

The Legacy by Black Veil Brides

Knuckles: thrash metal Slayer fan TM

can do the thing where the drumset go upside down

similar to Sonic, he throws his drumsticks bc he loves playing so much so he has a bunch of extra sticks

ties back his hair during recording bc it gets in his face

HEADBANGING WOOOOO

has A BUNCH of song cover suggestions for the band

probably plays the drums randomly while sonic is ranting and sometimes does a duet with tails

sings along to the songs but nobody can hear him bc his drums are too damn loud

accidentally stabbed his snare drum once and started panicking

he definitely gives a name to all of his different drum parts (his favorite is the crash symbol and bass drum)

everyone thinks he was a former band kid but he keeps denying it

sometimes people think the band is using a drum machine but they're not

SONG HCS

Raining Blood by Slayer

1000 Memories by Bad Religion

Eyeless by Slipknot (RIP JOEY JORDINSON I WILL CRY)

You Give Love A Bad Name by Bon Jovi

ok and now for some random headcanons!!

Rouge is the agent or like manager for the group and helps pick out outfits for them and does stage design

ik i put in a lot of classic rock songs in my song headcanons but i feel like the band would be like a Smashing Pumpkins, early BVB, The Offspring and Sum 41 kinda vibe. and ofc MCR and Blink-182

everyone is a fan favorite, but they all dont know how to interact with fans except for Tails and Sonic

Silver and Tails sitting alone in the recording studio in the middle of the night writing a song aaaaa

sonic and shadow doing those song battles

they all play guitar hero, it's the law

they actually freaked out when MCR dropped the new single out of NOWHERE

sometimes their punk songs is just dissing G.U.N.

they have a fanart / fangift wall where they put all of the stuff their fans give them

the tour bus is like sectioned off and everyone decorates their space differently so it looks like 5 different aesthetics in one place

IM SORRY THIS IS SO LONG BUT IM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS I DISREGARDED ALL OF MY HOMEWORK TO WRITE THIS OKAY BYE

[buck-yyyy]

an explanation of stranger things tumblr <3

okay so the thing with the stranger things fandom is that it’s VERY divided by ships- so i’m like. in one very specific corner of it yk? i’m in the crowd of literally ~74k~ people on tumblr who are focused on byler, which is primarily about analysis.

so we’ve got the film and english majors analyzing the SHIT out of cinematography, writing, micro expressions, etc etc in order to compile evidence towards byler endgame in season five. it’s lowkey really really impressive some of the stuff that people have picked up on, i can show you if you’re curious. but we just kinda stick to our own corner? there’s a conscious effort not to cross tag, and for the most part people are chill about letting other people do their thing.

then you’ve got the m*levens, who a lot of are fine and really nice, actually, but there’s a fairly decent chunk who devote way too much of their time into invading byler inboxes to spew made up shit about m*leven and rant about byler, most of which is wildly homophobic or borderline pedophilic at worst. we don’t talk about them. for a while m*levens had an issue with crosstagging, and invading the byler tag with shit, but that’s gotten a lot better, so theyre fairly chill now. so despite the shipping war we both just tend to stay in our own spaces to quietly fire shots at the other ship that are properly tagged so the other people never see it- peaceful m*leven shippers ily and you are never included in my ranting about the other members of your tag <3

then you’ve got the st*ddies. the FUCKING st*ddies. a lot of them are really cool! but a LOT a lot of them crosstag SO MUCH. they tag their fics and posts with other ships and characters that aren’t at all mentioned in order to gain more traction, meaning that a good chunk of the byler fanfiction on ao3 is really just st*ddie fanfiction that’s horribly tagged. fuck the shitty taggers, y’all SUCK.

lumax, ronance, jopper and elmax shippers are super chill, just kinda peacefully doing their thing while everyone else goes absolutely apeshit over everything.

j*ncy and st*ncy shippers are constantly at each other’s throats, that’s,, a lot to unpack.

and one other section of the overall stranger things fandom. the fuckin weirdoes.

this section includes the billy stans who are willing to forgive him for being a racist abusive fuckwad simply because he’s pretty, the stobin shippers who enjoy erasing the fact that robin is literally gay, and the m*levens who spend their time popping into byler inboxes practically drooling over the thought of a m*leven sex scene, which is the most fucked up part of relatively surface stranger things tumblr. we don’t talk about any of these people.

i’m not even going to bother talking about the h*rringroves.

and a bit more about byler tumblr because i have a lot to say on the matter- it’s kinda subdivided into smaller sections of people each doing different things, even more so than most other divisions on the overall fandom. there’s of course some overlap, and people will reblog stuff from all over the board, but for the most part people stick to creating one or two specific things. the divisions are the artists, fanfic authors, theorizers, shitposters, and debaters.

the artists and fanfic authors are self explanatory.

the theorizers are absolutely INSANE at what they do, i’m constantly amazed by how much smarter these people are than me.

the shitposters just kinda hang around making jokes and screaming about whatever new crumbs we got that day.

the debaters are.. interesting. they’re the ones that get the most hate in their inboxes, and rather than ignore it, or post it and just make fun of the asker, they end up starting huge arguments on their blog with anonymous askers. they’re pretty cool tbh? they do a really good job of summarizing all our evidence into clear concise points, it’s just. a little overwhelming to see constant fighting over in one corner.

but yeah! stranger things tumblr as summarized by a byler who enjoys poking around other tags :)

[strangerqueerthings]

Take Me Away To The Other Side- The Monster

Eddie and Max have a bonding session over shared trauma, and Eddie is introduced to the darker side of the goings-on in Hawkins… as well as the other side to Billy.

Take heed: more mentions of Neil's abuse, and Billy goes apeshit and eats people for hurting Eddie.

(Note: my works are locked thanks to AI scraping. If you need an invite code to AO3, let me know and I'll happily send it your way!)

[nerd-at-sea5]

it’s a mini fic but longer than my usual ones so i don’t even know what it is i just wanted to see robin go apeshit

“ROBIN!” their mother yells for the third time, and robin throws open their door and slides down the stair banister, “wha-max?!” the apple falls from their hands as they take in a shaking and even paler than usual max mayfield, limping and blood coating their shirt, robin’s mom is holding a bandage and ice pack, a confused and nervous expression clear as day, but backs away quickly when robin practically shoves past her and kneels next to the smaller kid, pulling them into a hug and holding the back of their head, “i got you, i got you red.” they pulled away and robin holds onto max’s shoulders, “who did it?” fighting tooth and nail to keep the rage of of their voice, “billy.” they recoil as they say it, “why?” they can’t fight it, anger soaks through and max flinches. “i-i called him a washed up bastard with no love life.” with that, robin barks a laugh and pulls max into another hug, “of course you did. let’s get you to steve, we’ll call hopper ‘n get him to fix you up.” aware that the redhead shared a mutual hate for doctors, they stood, thanked their mom for the bandages, and said that they were taking the car, “don’t ask, we’ll sort it out.” “….fine. but explain when you get back.” they nod. halfway to harringon’s, ice pack pressed to their nose, max asks why robin’s not taking them to hoppers, “i need to pay a visit to your dear old brother.” max’s eyes widen, “he’ll kill you, robin. he-” “i’d like to see him try.” in a tone that makes it clear this is not up for discussion. max is dropped off with steve, robin is loaned a bat, and then their gunning it to the hargrove’s, slamming a fist onto the door, “HARGROVE. GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!” he throws open the door, brass knuckles glinting in the moonlight and takes in all 5’8 of robin, leaning on steve harringon’s nail bat, denim jacket sleeves rolled up and doc martens laced in rainbow. “your the dyke that’s been corrupting my fucking sister huh.” “i’m the dyke that’s gonna beat you within an inch of your goddamn life for harming a single flaming hair on that kiddo’s head.” as they raise the bat to his eye level. he knocks it out of the way and swings, faster than robin can duck-and they can feel their eyebrow split. now it’s self defense, spitting blood, they swing as hard as possible-the two years of softball finally paying off as they embed the nails into the soft flesh of billy’s side, earning a loud yell as he rips it out, impaling himself on another nail, and swing again, this time both fists slamming into their face in rapid succession, hands pushing them back as they stumble, blood and static filling robin’s ears, blinded with rage as they swing again, legs. side. legs. side. side. and their not even hitting billy anymore-it’s every kid who robin’s ever been picked on by, voices screaming in their ears and when the blur of anger clears, he’s leaning on the stoop, blood soaking through the shirt, jaw clenched and in one last moment of pure white hot fury, robin pushes the non-nailed side of the bat into his chest, spitting blood again, this time into his face, “don’t fuck with my kids, hargrove.”

bonus, nancy finding out (bc i had to write ronance)

“what the actual flying fucking shit did you just do, buckley?!” is the first thing max says when robin walks into steve’s house, dried blood on their hands and face. “i uh. i hit him a lot with a nail bat.” mike’s jaw dropped “did you kill him?!” and max’s entire face twists. ‘no, no no-i just...really messed him up?” they responded, unable to keep the small sign our as as max lunges forward and presses their face into robin’s chest, “thank you for not killing him. thank you.”

“holy shit!” there’s a loud shattering sound and they all look up to see nancy standing in the doorway to the kitchen, staring at robin with a look of pure panic, a plate of cookies in pieces on the floor.

“nance-i’m fine, really i’-” but it’s no use when nancy drops onto her knees next to robin and intently studies their face, running a thumb over their cut lip and eyebrow. “no. you’re not.” and she drags them up and into the bathroom, past steve who stares at robin in shock, “bat’s with dustin!” before nancy pushes them down to sit on the closed toilet and rummages through steve’s cabinet's for band aids.

“why?” “why what?” “why did you do that, robin?”

they sigh and bow their head, “he hurt max. i couldn’t, i can’t just let it happen.”

nancy bends down, bandaging up robin and smiles sadly, “i know, i know. i just wish you didn’t always throw yourself into danger. your not unbreakable, robs.”

and robin lets their head fall to nancy’s shoulder, “i could be.”

“sure buckley, sure.”

[every-dayiwakeup]

I really do! Want Eddie Munson to come back. Not because I hate him I actually love his character, but his return would feel like ann insult to not only his character arc and making his sacrifice meaningless. But it's also an insult to ever other character that was killed off (Barb, Bob, Alexei, Patrick, Fred, Chrissy... BILLY!) I don't mind Joseph coming back as a vision of the Vecna or a flashback to when Dustin first met Eddie but aside from that there's no reason for him to return. If you want his character to have justice and his name cleared, have Dustin tell the truth to the world or smth. The only way I'll allow him to come back is if it means everyone else who died comes back including, the Vecna victims, Barb, Bob AND Billy!

I think I'm just a little pissed because if that does happen imagine how unbearable the antis /steddie Stans will be?!!! It makes me mad just thinking about it😡😡😡😡

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to what antis and st3ddies (not all of them, some moots of mine are cool and this isn't about yall don't worry 💖💖) will be like if Eddie does come back.

I agree with what you said about his arc. His storyline was literally him running away from things, and he chose in that moment to stay. I personally think his death was both predictable and avoidable. The DB keep killing off new characters (like Bob, Patrick, Chrissy, Fred, Aleksei etc.) while stretching out plot armor for the main characters. Plus... running away is literally a human reaction.

There's no shame in running away. Every time a character has any sort of human reaction and they aren't a part of the main character crew, it's treated like something that needs to be fixed.

It would be a bad decision to bring Eddie back (so I'm sure the DB will end up doing it).

Billy was one of the most human characters on the show not just because he was relatable to so many people, but because he reacted. He felt real. He was one of the first characters on ST to have some sort of reaction to trauma.

How trauma impacts a character is not a flaw, and it shouldn't be treated as such. There's a reason why the other characters fell flat. If you're going to fuck your characters up, show how it impacts them. I don't care if it's a Sci fi show- if you want a character to come alive, let them be human. Let them be messy. Let them get angry about what happened to them. Let them go apeshit.

Personal opinion: no matter what genre you're in, if your goal is to add some sort of realism to your story, the best thing you can do is let your characters react. Think of it as improv- and I say this because the best moments of ST weren't in the script. Since the actors are in character, they are acting as they feel the character would react, which if executed naturally (instead of forced) can bring a level of authenticity to both the role and the story.

I view writing books the same way. The moment a character takes on a life of their own, I sit back and let them improvise. It's their story, and I'm just along for the ride. They start off as figments of my imagination, then I do my best to breathe life into them so that they aren't cardboard cutouts. I let them go fucking wild.

If they do bring Billy back as well... at least Dacre will be there, and we know he won't demonize Billy.

[ariesbilly]

If Billy were to go the pure evil route, do you think there’s a better way you’d go about it or like to see it play out? Like how do you feel about fics where Billy is really the tragic type

i feel most of the fics i read where billys like full dick, no redemptive qualities, are smut.... lmfao so. probably not the best scale to judge by 😂

are we talking about billy, as a human, being evil? because thats severely different from him having a better villain/possession arc. 

honestly, at this point, i think the best route to take wouldve been billy lighting everyones ass up for not helping him. and yes, i get that like, max is a kid. what is she supposed to do? or how literally nobody else knows about his abuse, so what are they supposed to do? i get that part of it

but if we’re talking billy going full villain, then fuck logic. just have him be pissed at everyone for not intervening. AND let him kill his actual abusers (neil AND karen). actually from there, have him kill karen first. and then mike and nancy will be like “you killed our mom you bitch!” and billys like “your moms a predator, hate to break it to you, but if you still wanna defend her you an die too i guess. no sweat off my back”. so like we can go that way. i think hes more than earned that. to just slaughter everyone

if youre asking me about him getting a proper villain arc fro the get go and not the lame ass shit the duffers wanted to pull...

you gotta go bigger. and you also cant have him focus on kids way younger than him like thats lame. i mean... dont get me wrong. fuck them kids. im not concerned about them. its just like... a boring narrative. keep the max shit because thats actually grounded in something. of course hes gonna take his anger out on her when hes forced to be her caretaker. thats gonna breed resentment. 

but they shoulda upped the shit with steve by a gazillion. show me REAL bullying. go further than bullying. go full psychopathy lmao. i want this man UNHINGED and INSANE.

i wanna see billy with a knife so bad why wasnt he ever given a knife oh my god. 

and play up how charming he can be. that facade he puts up to get by, to get something out of people. make him SCARY. really show how easily he can slip that mask on and off so that when he does go apeshit and starts cutting up steve in a backalley the audience FEELS something

and like... im not an abuse victim. so i cant say what is and isnt right to show in a tv show depicting one, but for me as a viewer, i wouldnt mind keeping in the neil aspect, really showing how bad it can get, so long as he still gets his comeuppance and when he does no one feels bad about it. 

like i very much understand not wanting to make the abused kid the villain. i will not argue with anyone who doesnt ever want to see that in any capacity. but for me? i very much operate under the idea of anyone is capable of being good or bad. its a roll of the dice how a person is gonna turn out. so i do think there was a way to incorporate billys history and still make him the villain the duffers clearly wanted him to be. its just... you gotta go bigger. this is not a story meant for a minor character. you gotta really commit to it. and they didnt. which was the problem. it just... fell totally and completely flat

i love how i went straight to murder lmfao like this show was ever gonna give us a serial killer kfjbgjksbg

i was thinking bout billy loomis my bad.

for me, a successful villain is one you wanna root for. which in itself will be a controversial take lmao but thats just my personal opinion okay. when theres a villain who im just watching like “i want you dead i want you dead please die”.... i dont know that thats as fun for me. and its not that i necessarily agree with what theyre doing or whatever. its more that like... you can tell a bitch is having a good time lmao whether it be the actor in the role or the character themselves or both. villains gotta be a party. like when billy was whooping and hollering and laughing during the fight? EXACTLY that energy. we needed more of that. the unhinged clapping in the sauna scene? mr dacre kayd understood the ENTIRE assignment 

i want to end this by saying i think billy shouldve held a knife to steves throat and made him bleed. i would like to see. i would also like to see steve holding a knife to billys throat and billys dick getting hard. ive said this before. i will say it again!

oh my god billy straddling steve and carving into his chest ???? imma stop imma stop we get my point by now

[seghs24]

Watched the first part of Stranger Things S4! My thoughts:

I have no idea why but something about this show..... I can never remember anyone's fucking name. Every time I watch a new season it's like "Which one is Mike again? Who's that kids older brother? Who is this?"

I really straight up forget that this is a horror themed show! Every time I think about it I imagine it as a Sci-Fi Action type show and then I watch a new season and go Holy Fucking Shit That's Terrifying. Why did they crack that girl apart like that.

I love Joyce and I would die for Joyce

I really hope Jane gets to fucking destroy her bullies with her mental powers. Rip those bitches apart girl!!!

God I'm so fucking in love with Steve. Also him immediately trying to become Robin's wingman? He's so fucking adorable

Man Mike's such a pussy "omg El what did you do!?!?!?" bro she bashed her bullies brains in??? Your girlfriend is a badass and that bitch deserved it

Eddie is insane but I love him and his wild af hair

At this point it's insane that everyone doubts Joyce. She's right about literally EVERYTHING. EVERY TIME.

Also lmaoooo Hopper just fell and she left his ass there without even checking. Just went "Damn he must have evaporated 😭" girl you didn't even look!!!

I love that Nancy was running around yelling for Fred? Freddy? And the cops didn't even fucking notice and when she went to the officer he was like "Fuck you're still here?" Yes? You didn't see her or hear her? Hello???

On one hand I hate that dumb meathead jock for immediately falling for bullshit propaganda but on the other hand, despite his girlfriend being killed, he still took the time to grab Lucas and comfort and reassure him and tell him his sister was fine.

But also if he hurts Eddie I'm gonna reach thru the screen and kill him myself

Love that Joyce has like, 40k just lying around in her bank. We love a rich queen

Johnathan and Nancy this season are just the "Clown to Clown Communication" meme. Or rather No Communication. Jesus Christ use your words and speak to each other!!! Jane's churning out letters like no ones fucking business and ya'll are just sitting there

Also...... Can people just please be nice to Will for like ONE episode. Just one. Holy fuck that poor dude. Also please someone fix his ugly ass hair what the FUCK is that shit

Lucas noooo honey you can't just pull the bullshit "Lying to your friends to impress people you want to make like you" trope 😭

I love Robin I would let her ramble to me all day.

I love that Steve became the Designated Mom Friend of the group and is in charge of all of the kids

Fucking Hopper is like 5 seconds from freedom and he's like "Fuck you I'm doing it MY WAY" bro! Stop!

Fuck the cops that questioned Jane I want them to die <3

Also I love how she learned to talk relatively "normal" but whenever she's anxious, nervous or upset her speech becomes more stilted and janky again. Really neat detail.

Honestly I always forget how weird looking teenagers are until I watch a show like this and I'm like..... Damn teenage boys really DO look fucking weird. No offense kings you'll grow out of it but in your teen years you really do look like one of them Japanese spider crabs

If Vecna hurts Max I'm gonna go fucking insane apeshit savage

Nancy and Robin bonding over possessed serial killers <3

Fucking Max's letters Jesus Christ. Bawling my eyes out at her letter to Billy

Okay that scene? With the music? Brilliant. Perfect. Amazing. Superb. Also love that no one fucking caught Max on the way down, just let her ass drop like a bag of potatoes

Also love that Vecna is apparently made out of wet tissue paper. Max just ripped a chunk out of his shoulder with no issue lmao???

NO NOT THAT FUCKING GUY AGAIN. HATE THAT GUY. EL KILL HIM FINISH HIM OFF.

Reaaaally fucking don't like that he makes all the kids call him "Papa". Really creepy bad vibes from that.

Someone please get Steve a girlfriend he's so fucking lonely

Love that the asshole jock guy was moments away from catching the guy who he's been hunting but completely stopped to make sure his buddy was okay because he stopped swimming. He's definitely not okay but it's nice he at least stopped!

Saw the description for the next episode and said something about "Steve takes one for the team" hmmm don't like that! Don't fucking like that! Bad fucking vibes from that!

Love that Murray and Joyce immediately started flipping switches and hitting buttons in the plane even though it was flying perfectly fine. Like...... They could have just sat there and figured shit out instead of fucking going apeshit

Damn no wonder El killed all those kids they were shitheads

But oh no that hot guy that was helping her :(

Antonov is really growing on me I love him. Also love Hopper stealing the guards lighter and making Antonov laugh, which made him laugh even harder. They're being friends 🥺

Also love that Hopper called Antonov's son slow and Antonov immediately went "NUH UH HE'S THE TOP OF HIS CLASS! >:(" That's adorable he's so proud of his boy

FUCKING STEVE. FUCKING STEVE. IDIOT STEVE. I WANTED TO SEE THOSE BAT THINGS UP CLOSE BUT NOT LIKE THAT! At least everyone else immediately went in to rescue his ass, that was adorable.

What the FUCK is going on at Susie's house lmao. Cornelius is funny as fuck.

LMAOOOOOO Dustin and Lucas talking about how hairy Steve got and Max immediately grabbing the binoculars like "LET ME SEE" Girl same 😭

Holy shit Murray is a badass

I love that Steve almost passed out from blood loss before going "Fuck it I'm biking seven miles get out of my way" you go dude!!!

That scene in the trailer was so cool, love those funky physics. Also oh my GOD Eddie what is up with that mattress

Love that despite Steve's severe injuries everyone was like "Move you're going last" lmaooooo poor dude

I remember as soon as that guy started talking about One I was like "Haha what if HE'S one lol" and. Well. Yeah.

Also the fact that he was Viktor's son? Amazing. Love it. Love that twist.

Also love the fact a bald child got so pissed off she turned him into a fucking interdimensional portal. Me when I have an autistic meltdown.

Fucking Third Wheel Antonov standing awkwardly in the background while Joyce and Hopper reunite

Also fucking annoying Love Triangle bullshit. Just let Steve, Johnathan and Nancy date each other. Boom problem solved.

I wonder if Will painted a picture of all of their D&D characters???

[polyghostfacehours]

Headcanons of life with Stu as the reader’s husband, in which they ended up getting hitched, pretty please heh x

This is so sweet. Dear Lord. It's hard for me to write marital stuff (and fluff in general, I suck at that lmao) but I hope I did this justice!

TW: one NSFW line

Married Life w/Stu

Stu as a husband is one who'll never mellow out, even as he ages

He somehow is able to keep his sociable personality and energy regardless, it leaves you in awe.

Children would probably come much later in life (just like it would with Billy). I can see him wanting to milk it being just the two of you for as long as possible.

Stu's a trust fund baby, and by the time his parents pass away he'll have a ridiculously hefty inheritance. So money won't ever be an issue. Which is good, since money is the leading cause of divorce lmao.

Stu'll definitely want to travel a lot. I HC him as having moved around a lot as a child due to his parents' business, so I can see him having a bit of a wanderlust.

Whether Stu continues his little hobby depends on a shit ton of variables. His personal growth, your influence on him, and how much Billy stays in his life. If Billy is still an active part, he'll could still be swayed by his influence despite your presence, it depends on his stage in life. If Billy is long gone, he could give it up, but may continue if he's never able to truly get rid of his bloodlust.

It also depends on how you HC him. If your read on Stu's character is someone who really was peer pressured and weak-willed to his high school crush combined with being off-kilter enough to commit murder, then yeah he could stop for his spouse's sake in the future. Not all serial killers are crazy. Many of them are scarily normal outside of killing. Stu could be that.

If your read is someone who really is batshit and someone who would've killed with or without Billy's influence, then I think you'd be hard-pressed to hope for change. So you'd better accept it now lol. The good thing is he has money, so he'd be able to get away with it easily. Yay?

He stays as physically affectionate as ever so I hope you're prepared for an overly-loving husband.

He'd do anything for the person he loves. So if he actually married you, it's safe to say he loves you either as much as or more than he loved Billy. You'd be able to get him to do almost anything. When Stu loves, he loves HARD.

That being said, a negative I could see is him using his money as leverage over you in your later years. It's a toxic trait and he'll bring it up during arguments, so it's best if you learn how to deal with that ASAP.

Stu absolutely adores doing sappy shit with his spouse. He's fucked up, yeah, but damn if he doesn't live for some cookie-cutter domestic shit like baking cookies at 3 am or going skinny dipping and almost getting caught.

If you're a fan of cooking, I can actually see Stu getting kinda sorta interested in learning. He wouldn't cook often and you'll most likely either eat out or hire a personal chef, but he'd see you watch cooking tutorials and just want to try it out with you. Cooking with him is a goofy fun time but also sometimes an absolute disaster lol

Your sex life will be pretty active. His kinks will be ever present and his dark-side won't go away in that aspect at least lol.

If Billy is still there, you'll be seeing a looooot of him still. They'll remain best friends even if there's nothing romantic there anymore. If you were friends with Billy before you and Stu got married, you can bet Billy would get along with you and is pleased both of his best friends are together (makes meeting up for hangouts easier). If you and Billy weren't friends before your marrying Stu, then his treatment of you will heavily depend on how well you guys vibe. Watch out if you don't lmao (not that Stu would let Billy do anything to you, he'd go apeshit for someone he loves.)

Stu is a social butterfly, so I hope you're prepared for a looot of parties or friends over in your younger years. This mellows out the older you get and when your careers and/or children take priority, but he'll still have small get togethers with pals.

He never stops wearing patterned button up shirts. In fact, the older he gets, the more he wears them.

He'll celebrate any religious holiday or cultural celebration that's important to you, with you. Stu loves celebration and he'll view it as just another thing to get hyped at for the upcoming year.

[gravegroves]

dude gotta know more about 7 (ghost barb)

7. Ghost Barb

Billy gets forcefully dragged into the weirdness of Hawkins by his own weird little quirk. He can see dead people. And Ghost Barb won't leave him the fuck alone.

Excerpt:

"He doesn't care anymore, you know?"

Billy jumps from his seat on the bleachers, almost trips and falls right off of them, but catches himself just in time. He looks down to find Barbara's face poking from between the slats roughly where his legs had just been.

She has a weird way of turning up when Billy is least in the mood for it. He glares at her and sits back up. Out of the corner of his eye Barbara melts up and out of the metal seats to sit next to him, she turns to look at him expectantly.

Billy aggressively sighs out a gust of smoke and relents, trying not to move his lips too obviously and look like he's talking to himself like a fucking loon.

"Who?"

"Steve Harrington."

Billy scowls. "Fuck off."

She laughs in a way he knows she wouldn't have dared had she still been alive. Billy supposes she's earned a cavalier attitude by way of being dead and all.

"If you apologise, he'll forgive you, I think.

"You think?"

She nods.

"He's different. I used to hate him. Even back before he dated Nancy. She used to get so flustered around him and he was such a… such a dick." She says the word like she expects the lord to strike her down right then and there. Billy doesn't know if he should tell her that out of all the dead people he's spoken to, none of them ever even mentioned a heaven or hell.

Billy sucks in another lungful of smoke, exhales into the cold February afternoon air.

"Lemme guess, she couldn't see what was right in front of her the whole time, right?" He smiles meanly at her and guesses if she could she might have turned a nice shade of pink.

She clicks her tongue. A thing Billy knows by now Barbara only does when she's trying not to cry. He lets up a little.

"That's how it goes for most of us, Barbie, don't feel too special." He says and hopes it sounds commiserating if not very comforting.

"You remind me of him."

Billy grunts, "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah," She gets up and dusts the back of her pants off for ghost lint or maybe just by habit. She looks down at him, "And I think the reason he doesn't like you is because you remind him of all the things he used to hate about himself."

"Profound." Billy deadpans, trying to cover for the way his chest feels tight all of a sudden.

She leaves without saying goodbye that time.

*****

"Look little miss priss, I don't have to do any of this," Billy says, flicking a hand between them, "Actually, I'd really prefer not to, but your friend won't leave me the fuck alone until I do. So shut up, listen to what I have to say and we can go our blissfully separate ways, comprendè?"

"You realise how ridiculous this sounds, right?" Nancy crosses her arms over her stomach defensively, looking more bony and squared than ever.

"Almost as ridiculous as monsters running around Hawkins and killing your friend, right?"

Nancy's eyes widen. "You-- who told you that?" She starts loudly and ends in a whispered hiss, shoulders hunched forward as if they'd be enough to prevent passers-by from overhearing.

Billy imitates her posture and hisses back mockingly, "Barbara! Are you fucking deaf?"

Wheeler purses her lips in that awful way that reminds Billy of a cat's asshole, but she doesn't run off in a huff like he expects. She nods tersely and shifts on her feet, settling in to hear him out at least.

Billy sighs.

*****

"I used to haunt him."

"Who? Harrington?" Billy asks, bewildered "Why? More lesbian revenge?"

Barbara ignores him and settles onto the window sill, back disappearing through the glass to the outside.

"Why'd you stop." Billy throws down the pencil, finally giving up any pretence of getting any homework done with Barbara around.

"It was hurting him." She mumbles, picking at a non-existent loose thread on her pants.

Billy stares at her.

"What the fuck does that mean?"

"He gets nightmares. Keeps getting up to check the house for monsters. I used to make noise. Kept him awake and made him think he was hearing things. Made him cry more than once..." she trails off when she notices the expression on his face.

"That's real fucked up, Barbie. You know that?" Billy says, not bothering to keep the fury out of his voice.

"I was angry."

"Try again." He snaps.

"I..." she falters, stops, a terrible look of realisation spreading across her face when she realises he's figured her out. "Billy, I--"

"You're the reason Neil's been so jumpy lately," Billy hisses, gets up and approaches her, slowly, "You're the reason he went apeshit last week. You're the reason he hit Max.

"I'm sorry, Billy." Her chin trembles as she tries not to cry. "I just wanted to help, I didn't think it was gonna get worse."

"Get the fuck out."

"Billy--"

"GET THE FUCK OUT!" He roars and with a hushed gasp, she's gone.

[sseroxy]

Okey dokey we just got our final teaser, titles and release month for stranger things 4 so I'm gonna give my little theories on some of the stuff we might get!

Heres all the stuff I'm gonna go into, lets begin

The titles for this season are Here are the titles: The Hellfire Club, Vecna's Curse, The Monster and the Superhero, Dear Billy, The Nina Project, The Dive, The Massacre at Hawkins Lab, Papa, The Piggyback

Vecna is a dnd wizard-turned-lich. Those who seek arcane knowledge can be cursed to become Nothics, which are monsters who are a shell of their former selves, sulking forever. Another curse from Vecna is his eye and hand, which can replace that part of someone and give them powers from each part(there are a few other parts but these are the important ones), the eye can let the user see through pretty much everything physical or not, and the hand gives the user the power to kill things by touch, incredible strength, can even cast spells. These artifacts can turn the user evil through possible possession.

This sounds a lot like Victor Creed. He mustve been affected by the Mind Flayer or something else that has similar powers to Vecna, and made him kill his family. Maybe he sought something he wasnt supposed to. Also, the hand and eye will fail the user when its their time to die, so maybe when Creed tries to help the kids in their search, he kills himself/dies from the curse.

Also this the 2nd time we've gotten a dnd character reveal, so that means eirher 1, this will be a whole new character, or 2 it will just be another piece of the MF

Now, the Nothic thing has me thinking, who is the wizard in the party? Will. Who else is a magic caster? El. Either one of them could be a target for this dark magic, perhaps El due to the fact she no longer has her powers. She might be willing to do anything to get them back, esp if she knew hopper was still alive.

We know that we're going to see Els life in the lab, from the trailer "Eleven, are you listening?". And theres blood on some of the objects. Maybe thats Massacre at Hawkins Lab. Dive could be literal since there was a pic of Steve under water(I think it was leaked?), or could refer to El diving into her memories, possibly to find out what they did to her in order to get her powers back, or find another number.

The Nina Project is 100% Russian ep, no doubt in my mind on that, i dont think it could be anything else

And now we're almost certain "Papa" is alive based on the title and season 2.

Onto the trailer

--

El and Will are now in Cali, and shit hits the fan real quick

El is seen in a van/car and later being held back by two men I'm assuming are from Hawkins Lab. Theres a scene with military cars and a helicopter going to this remote area that seems to be a bunker. Then theres a scene with what i can only assume is El(based on clothing) standing in front of an explosion with dead people surrounding it-either 1. She got her powers back and went apeshit on them, the way she's standing there is unsettling; fists are clenched, its a strong stance. Maybe they were trying to put her in a sealed bunked bc they thought she was dangerous but she tore them up. It could be someone else bc the hair is short, but i doubt it due to the clothing and her hair is in a ponytail so it could be in front in the scene.

Joyce gets a nesting Russian doll from Russia bc of the stamps, and we know Murray uses those things, so perhaps a warning,and we see Murray looking shocked after hearing something on his headphones

Then there's people shooting inside of the Byers house with Will, Mike, Johnathan and someone else trying to get away/out, so perhaps theyre there for El

A scene with the 2 men waiting outside a cafe at night, maybe stalking El/the Byers?

A scene of people wearing MP helmets vs I'm guessing the US based on uniform. So possibly Russians vs the US

--

Ok so remember in season 3 how El got her leg all fucked up by the Mind Flayer? Do you remember how they needed to cut it open with a knife to get that one piece out? Yeah not normal. I barely saw anyone talking about the fact her blood was moving on the ground after they left the store, and Billy found it instead of following the piece of the MF in her leg instantly.

So not only was her blood moving the way the MF does in flesh form but Billy went to it before following the flesh piece and they had to cut her leg open, which wouldnt be needed since the wound was hella deep, the wound wouldnt heal that fast. It was completely healed in a matter of hours. She legit collapsed the way Billy did. Then she lost her powers after using up the remaining strength to yeet the flesh piece out. Ive been theorizing this since I saw the eps: The MF is still in her and is laying dormant like a disease, possibly the reason she lost her powers due to them being controlled by the brain which the MF would have easy access to(like avatar bookbinding). Perhaps it would awaken once the gate is open near her? Maybe it isnt like that and she just overused her powers? Maybe her overuse of power is exactly what the MF needed to shut them down from the inside. The MF disease theory could be the explosion scene.

We might see El trying to get her powers back in a fucked up way, maybe the visions could be something like Vecnas eye.

Will seems to also play a big role in this as he is another wizard of the party and has connection to the MF

Thats all i got so far folks!

Cant wait to see how this is gonna be the most messed up season yet!

[the-thot-clown]

Got any Lenzshire hcs?

yeah, I have some.

-the first time they saw each other they fought like a couple of sewer rats fighting over a pizza crust

-in the end they agreed that they would live together because they both benefited from it, Brahms had someone to take care of him and Billy had a place in the middle of nowhere where no one would disturb him.

-Brahms tried to explain the list to Billy during the first week of living together, and although they discussed why he should still follow the list Billy ended up agreeing and began to follow the routine together with Brahms (even if he doesn’t really understand why they should) but it ends up keeping him busy and distracted, there's not much else to do around the house.

-At first Brahms doubted whether or not he wanted Billy to give him his goodnight kiss since he had never had a nanny that was a man before. The first few nights they both ignored that part of the list since neither knew exactly what to do.

-After two weeks Brahms simply accepted the situation and told Billy if he could give him his goodnight kiss.Too bad Billy understood something else and went

-Brahms didn't tell Billy that that wasn't supposed to happen and he let him do the same every night before bed. In the end he likes it.

-They are both so touch starved that they didn't last long before fucking each other :^)

-They don't talk much about what happened to them or what Billy is doing there, they just accept the situation and how they are.

-For some strange reason (and after a while of living together) they both prefer to sleep in Brahms's room between the walls. 

-My personal hc (and the one I like the most) is that both, when they get bored, play hide and seek. Both are really good at it. 

-Also both spend a lot of energy simply going apeshit in the house, who is going to stop them or tell them not to do it? no one.

-Billy doesn't like it when Brahms uses his child's voice, but when he uses his normal voice to call him he just melts.

-Brahms found out thanks to Billy that he has a huge kink for praising and dirty talking while having sex.

-In a way, Brahms likes the idea of ​​being the one getting the attention instead of the doll. Even if he feels he's very clingy, Billy won't notice because he also likes the attention he gets from Brahms.

[peabeanmilk]

911 and/or 911: Lone star?

9-1-1

blorbo: buck my most beloved… he makes me feel warm and so proud… so full of love <3

scrunkly: i will put chris in my pocket and let him see the world. but also if anything happened to nia i would go apeshit

scrimblo bimblo: athena and karen cmon thhe epic wife duo idk if thats a thing its a thing now

glup shitto: josh my guy i love his friendship with maddie so much like. so much. every time they talk i start crying a bit. he is so kind

poor little meow meow: EDDIE I SUPPOSE? 😭 i love him with my entire heart but my god is he repressed

horse plinko: taylor i think she deserves it ❤️

eeby deeby: the buckley parents. suffer

9-1-1: Lone Star

blorbo: CARLOS “PUSHY BASTARD CONTROL FREAK” REYES

scrunkly: TK!! idk man if he’s not a scrunkle why is he so small and easy to hold.

scrimblo bimblo: marjan 🥺🥺🥺

glup shitto: god i love andrea so much we need more of her

poor little meow meow: does nancy count. i need her to be in this post i adore her

horse plinko: i just want owen to be dangled and spun around a bit sorry cap

eeby deeby: BILLY LMAO

[yikesharringrove]

hello love !!! may i request steve going Apeshit when someone gets rough with the party ? he's already on a thin line trying to protect them from the monsters AND themselves so when he sees this go down, all he sees is red and it takes billy, jonathan and robin to pull him off ? thank you so much !!

Steve was leaned against his car, passing a cigarette back and forth with Billy.

Jonathan had come over to chat with them, all waiting for the kids to get out of school.

“No, I’m telling you, it was like fully hard.” Steve was driving Robin home as well, and she was explaining the boner that Ryan Matthews had gotten next to her in English, the way he stared at her, open mouthed, while he had it. “Boys are disgusting.”

“Yeah, you’re not wrong.” Steve knocked his shoulder into her’s.

“If he does that shit again, let me know. I’ll fucking snap his dick off.” Billy pointed at her with the cigarette.

She opened her mouth to reply, when the doors of the middle school opened, and all the kids came flooding out.

“Steve! Start the car!” Dustin was tearing forward, looking panicked as the kids fucking ran.

“Whoa, what the hell is going on?”

“Troy punched Will!” Mike yelled, wrenching open Steve;s car and diving inside. Jonathan grabbed Will, looking at his face.

“Oh, fuck no.” Steve stubbed out the cigarette, pushing up his sleeves. “Little fucker’s gonna have to go through me.” Two boys Steve didn’t know where coming out of the school, chasing the party.

“Get back here, Zombie Boy! Come fucking fight back!”

“Hey! Shitstains!”

Billy just barely caught the back of Steve’s shirt as he launched himself towards the boys.

“Don’t you fucking dare touch my kids!”

“Jesus Christ, Harrington!” Billy was actually having difficulties holding Steve back, couldn’t get a good grip on him. Robin grabbed him around the waist, tried to use her body weight to keep him in check.

He was swearing at the two kids, swiping at them like a cat.

Jonathan showed up, pushing Steve back so that Billy could get a better hold on him.

It was taking all three of them to hold Steve back, he was bucking and pushing his whole weight against them, trying to kill these little fuckers.

“Steve, for fuck’s sake, you can’t punch a middle schooler.”

“I can, and I will,” Steve growled back at Billy.

They were so focused on keeping Steve at bay, that nobody payed any attention to Max, who stomped right up to Troy, and decked him, got him straight in the nose.

He collapsed spectacularly, Billy was fucking proud.

“Leave, my friends, alone.” Troy scrambled to his feet, hitting James on the chest, both boys sprinting back into the school.

Steve slumped back against Billy.

“Fucking Christ. I spend all my time trying to make sure you idiots don’t get killed by the fucking Upside Down, and here you are almost getting murdered by stupid fucking middle school bullies, I’m over it.” Steve was still boneless, Billy holding him up. “Max, I give you free reign to punch out anyone that fucks with the boys.” Max looked smug.

“Okay, hold on. Don’t listen to fucking Rocky Balboa over here. You know the drill, never throw the first punch, but if they-”

“If they start shit, make sure to finish it, yeah William, I fucking know.”

“Thanks, Maxine.” They made snarky faces at one another.

“Can we talk about how it took three grown people to stop Steve from fully fighting a child.” Robin had long since let go over him, was back to leaning against the car.

“I’ll kick anyone’s ass. I’ll kick a kid’s ass, I’ll kick your mom’s ass, I’ll kick my own ass.”

“Alright, Hulk Hogan. How ‘bout you take the kids home now.” Billy pat him on the back once Steve was upright again.

He kissed Steve’s head, gesturing for Max to follow him to his car.

“Hasn’t Steve lost every fight he’s ever been in?”

“Yeah, but let him dream.”

[prince-of-elsinore]

Reasons to like (early) Season 12

I was ambivalent about Season 12 the first time around, and I know it gets a lot of hate, so I thought I'd share my (mostly) non-serious thoughts on why I am Actually Enjoying It So Far (through 12x09) on my re-watch:

- wow having your dead Mom back is so awkward! They really go for it. Dean on the phone to Cas: "It is so not normal!" Dean agonizing over a text to Mary: "I'm a thirteen year-old girl!" And Dean playing some crossword game with Mary on his iphone is cute but it's weird that the answers are so sexual. I mean that's weird, right? Weird but hilarious. Never change, show

- ok having Mom back isn't all fun and (weirdly suggestive) games, there are also some good Serious Moments. Like Dean having to break the news that he and Sam are hunters, and telling her "one thing became very clear" and it was that he and Sam only have each other. And Mary being back for--how long? idk, I didn't keep track that closely--and already straight-up killing a woman to save her son, and being very much Not Okay

- Mary having to adjust to the more mundane aspects of modern life. "Call the Internet. Did I say that right?"

- Mary and Cas's burgeoning friendship is sweet. Two outsiders, bonding.

- I'm enjoying the Cas/Crowley odd-couple team-up. Those two play off each other well

- Also some good Rowena and Crowley content. Like when Crowley explodes her cheating fiancé's head and Rowena, drenched in blood and brains, tells him it's the sweetest thing he's ever done for her

- American Nightmare (12x04) is just FULL ON American Gothic and religious horror I am HERE FOR IT. Stigmata! People dying bloody in a church! Catholic aesthetic! Protestant aesthetic! Dysfunctional families! The dark side of fundamentalism! Keeping your dirty secrets/children locked in basements! Such a call-back to 4x11 Family Remains, amirite?

- Dean kills Hitler. Yes it is ridiculous. But he's so happy about it and well he should be. Only good Nazi is a dead Nazi, have at it boys

- Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox (12x06) is such a good bottle episode that I wrote a whole meta about it. But wait, there's more! It introduces the excellent Witch Twins! It features the boys dropping in on Jody, stuffing their faces and being happy and relaxed with each other! Sam teasing Dean about his porn habits! Throw in some legendary-Winchesters-whose-reputation-precedes-them being admired/questioned by other hunters, and you've got yourself an enjoyable episode.

- Rock Never Dies (12x07) really lets the show spread its pop/celebrity culture-lampooning wings. Seeing Sam and Dean (plus Crowley and Cas) traipse around LA looking so out of place is a treat. Other good tidbits include the bros posing as wannabe-rock stars and Dean calling them "the American Oasis" which, if you've seen this post or this post, you'll know I went apeshit for. Also, I actually sorta dig the idea of having a villain who doesn't have some grand plan for world domination--he just wants to fuck shit up. That's scary.

- Side note: am I the only one who was really struck when Dean was reminiscing about their last trip to LA (Hollywood Babylon) being ten years ago? It only takes a few months of binge-watching (at my pace) to get from season 2 to 12, but that really drove home just how long these brothers have been living this life, together. And how long J2 had been filming it, too.

- When we get to LOTUS (12x08) I feel like I don't even know what show I'm watching anymore, but idk, maybe that doesn't have to be a bad thing! It's wild! Why NOT have the devil possess the president? At least Supernatural really COMMITS to its wild ideas!

- Speaking of committing, First Blood (12x09) goes SO HARD. Sam and Dean taking out a bunch of special ops in the woods with nothing but their grit, ingenuity, and bare hands? HELL YEAH. Dean "We're not trapped out here with you. You're trapped out here with us" Winchester? HELL YEAH. Supernatural became Mission Impossible or some sort of Bond-ian spy thriller for like two episodes and I'm here for it. That's not even touching on the batshit deal they made with Billie to get out. Like, these codependent morons couldn't stand being apart for two months so they literally agree that one of them will die as long as they can escape together first. And then of course Mary is the one who actually tries to make the sacrifice, only to be saved by the bell (Cas). Fuckin' Winchesters.

- I like Mick, actually

- even Ketch is sorta funny even if I hate him

- the BMOL highlight some interesting aspects of the American hunter ethos, by contrast. For American hunters, it's all personal. It's about The Life and ones identity in it, first and foremost--not necessarily eradicating monsters. There's probably a whole meta that could be written here, about the lone gunslinger archetype, living on the fringes of society, embracing his fate to stand apart from the world, to go on fighting for his own personalized sense of right and wrong. The march of "civilization," of law and order, makes him obsolete, even as it makes the West a safer, more inhabitable place (for white settlers, of course--but that's another topic). Is the gunslinger in it for himself, or for the greater good? Maybe a bit of both. His life is lived on the principle of individualism, and yet is self-denying all at once. Hm, yup, I sense another meta here.

In summary, YES there are issues with season 12 and we all know it (I won't talk about how the show completely brushes over what Lady Bevell did to Sam--oops, I talked about it. Going to pretend some stuff happened off-screen in regards to that). Overall though, I'm quite pleasantly surprised by how much fun I'm having so far. We'll see if that continues. Maybe there'll be a part 2.

[nastyatticman]

Billy headcanons: Billy always has to gingerbread man cookies heads first. He also doesn’t like structured dances like The Macarena.

Both are good! The heads are the best parts :p also yeah man let him dance how he wants as he likes...

not sure if you wanted any other Speculation or anything but I like to think it’s bc he doesn’t have to look at those accusing gumdrop eyes as he eats the rest of the body...

and idk, I remember when I was a lonely young lad I disliked stuff like the Macarena bc it seemed like everyone else knew what to do when I didn’t (in hindsight, some people were probably bullshitting to fit in better lol). I think that sounds about right for Billy, where part of his contempt for structured dances comes from not knowing it / feeling like everyone expects him to know. But also like, if he decides to dance it’s best to just let him go apeshit (as long as he’s not hurting anyone yknow??)

[queer-crusader]

(derry girls anon) sometimes i ignore the goblin that lives in the dark recesses of my mind and sometimes i hear it say shit like “black sails but its modern times n they’re all hunters” aka black sails spn au and i go. hmmm 🤔 (also if u got this twice, no u didn’t ❤️)

Ohmygod. Ohmygod anon don't do this to me I have so many au's living in the recesses of my mind don't let the brain rot sink in whY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME

Anyway, Flint chasing some demon for revenge for taking Thomas from him (not killing - taking), Miranda being the expert on all things religious and also being low-key buds with a bunch of demons and being like an go-between person ("god wrote that sexual shit too pastor" *cue all the demons going apeshit*)

John is a damsel in distress, Billy is relatively new to it all but surprisingly competent, Gates is looking after him, training him etc. Vane thinks he's the biggest baddest hunter but lmao nah every monster is 100% more scared of Flint

("And they call me a monster. I'll show them the real monster." Flint killing monster after monster to prove there are creatures worse than him in the world, to prove he's the good guy for taking these things out ("do you consider me a monster, Mr Silver?") but to those creatures he's as big if not a bigger monster than them - but at least it's not because of his sexuality. Are the spn angels homophobic? I don't remember. If they are, boy does Flint have beef with them. Again, Miranda is the go-between here too - not just for dealings with hell, but with heaven too)

Max runs the equivalent of the Roadhouse. She provides shelter and peace after the hunts. Jack and Anne always have each others backs (Vane goes off on his own too often to prove himself or whatever like the idiot he is), but Jack still ends up injured too damn often, dragging them back to the inn. Anne doesn't mind. It means she gets to see Max again

Also, I vote Woodes Rogers as the equivalent of Dick Roman. The butt of many jokes (and yes we can make so many dick jokes with a name like Woodes), slimy prick, simple baddy

Anyway thanks for giving me brainrot, i am not gonna develop this further into a fic but if anyone wants to you are so welcome to do so, this is all completely up for grabs