#actually harringrove probably works better tbh

[thatscrazyrandom]

Dude. Openly Straight but Steddie

[dasecretnebula]

Rating Stranger Things Ships:

Byler - 10/10

It’s cute and it makes sense! I feel like it has a lot of evidence! Like the parallels between canon ships! Also the fact that Will is canonically in love with Mike! I don’t think I thought this could be a thing before, but I later realized how beautiful this ship really is! It’s what I’ve been obsessed with for the past few weeks!! <3

Mileven - 3/10

I used to kinda like it more but idk. It’s not the worst but it’s a little weird. I don’t think the first thing El needed after being raised in a lab was a romantic relationship. Like Mike had to teach her what privacy was! He basically kinda raised her too?! And even in S4 it still wasn’t very good. I kinda wanted them to be friends from S1 tbh

Lumax - 8/10

I was just okay with it at first then I started to like it! It’s a pretty good ship! :) love how supportive Lucas was in S4. They’re totally endgame!

Elmax - 7/10

So cute!! I love the fanart! I don’t really ship it (mostly because of Lumax) but I still like it! I loved the scenes they had together. It was nice seeing El do things she actually likes with Max! I definitely like it more than Mileven.

Jopper - 10/10

Yess!! It’s my favorite canon ship and it’s nice knowing that it’s definitely endgame! (unless something happens in S5? Which it probably won’t) I looveee the idea of the Hopper-Byers family! It just feels so perfect! I need a Jopper wedding!!

Ronance - 7/10

I don’t feel like it’s canon but I like the idea of it! The fanart is so cute! Also they’re part of the “fruity four” and I love the idea of that! They make a good duo!

Steddie - 9/10

Also part of the fruity four. This might not have a lot of canon evidence and I didn’t really see it at first, but seeing all the fanart and stuff really made it grow on me! They would make a cool couple! I like headcanons that come along with this including bisexual Steve (because bi and lesbian solidarity) and then being Dustin’s dads!

Stancy - 2/10

Eh no. I don’t know why the shows trying to kinda make them a thing?? I don’t think it’s very good writing. Like it’s weird that they broke up in high school because Nancy realized she didn’t actually love him then she loves him again? Idk

Jancy - 7.5/10

Not my favorite but better than Stancy. I know they have problems or whatever but I think they can work it out. Like as long they don’t break up for Nancy to get with Steve! I think I mostly like this because I find it funny that three kids of the same family like a Wheeler lol! I like the Byler parallels too! Also Murray ships it so I say it’ll be endgame probably

Stonathan - 6/10

I kind like the idea of this! It would be interesting. One thing I think about a lot is how a “love triangle” usually isn’t actually a triangle, it’s more like an arrow ^, but if it were to be complete the two people in love with the one person would also be in love so then it would have three sides! It’s like:

Canon (typical “love triangle”). If Stonathan were a thing (real love triangle):

Steve Johnathan. Steve. ————Johnathan

\. /. \. /

Nancy. Nancy

So that would be fun and kinda satisfying! For a while I’ve wanted to see something like this happen!

Jargyle - 6.5/10

It’s wholesome but I don’t really ship it. The idea of weed smoking boyfriends chilling together is cute! Also them being dumbasses together

Harringrove - 1/10

Nah Billy is a jerk plus him and Steve really don’t get along

Anyway I’ve spent too much time on this 💀

[hargrove-mayfields]

so sorry im late asking this (i was waiting for you to get more, super surprised you didn’t get more asks tbh) but could I hear more about your wips “I have a crush on Barbara Holland” “baby fic” and “HOH Steve” also if it’s not too much “girlyfriends” and “cali house” and “medical emergency” ik ik that’s a lot but I’d honestly want hear about ALL of you wips in that list if i could. thank u in advance

It’s alright anon! I’ll accept these asks until I run out of WIPs to talk about!

I have a crush on Barbara Holland- This one is a soulmates au, where Steve has his soulmates initials, B.H., on his wrist, and he is whole heartedly convinced that that person is Barb. He’s very much in love with her, and there’s lots of talk about how pretty and nice she is (hence the title lol) but eventually she reveals that he isn’t her soulmate. Before she had hid the initials on her own wrist under a watch or a chunky bracelet, but she feels guilty, and shows Steve that her mark had long ago faded, because her soulmate passed away when they were in elementary school. Steve decides, despite how much value he used to hold in the whole soulmate thing, he doesn’t care about who some stupid mark says he should be with, so him and Barb date until her death. He’s heart broken, but the sadness very quickly turns into so much anger after Billy Hargrove, another B.H. rolls into town with a little S.H. on his wrist. He feels like the universe or whoever is even in charge of this soulmate bullshit is spiting him for thinking he could fall in love with someone he wasn’t destined to be with, so he rejects Billy for a long, long time, even after he himself figured it out that Steve is his match. When he does start to feel that way about Billy, he struggles with so much guilt and has to go through a very long grieving process to be comfortable with his feelings, because he’s not even sure if they’re his genuine feelings or the work of this soulmate bond. Very long and very angsty.

baby fic- Nancy gets pregnant that first time at the party with Tommy and Carol, and her and Steve try really really hard to make things work out for their baby, but it just isn’t meant to be. They make an arrangement that the Harringtons are very not pleased with, where Nancy has the baby at the Byers house half the time (because let’s be honest I think the Wheelers house is not really a safe place to be raising a baby) and Steve has her the rest of the time. Because it was like, a much more mature breakup without the cheating and the drunken confessions, they’re still pretty close friends. When the upside down starts making an appearance again, they have to try to figure out how to navigate it with this little four month old baby, and that means getting some help involved. Billy shows up at the Byers and instead of a fight, Steve’s all exhausted like oh good, you’re finally here, and gives him the worlds fastest run down of this monster fighting shit with a crying baby on his hip, and like, Billy just can’t say no to him asking him to go into the tunnels while he watches the baby. There is eventual Harringrove after a while, but it’s a slow burn for sure. This is also probably the least serious and least angsty thing I have ever started to write.

HOH Stevie- They’re all in the government hospital getting their post Starcourt once overs, Billy and El of course being rushed into surgery, and Steve’s about to get discharged when he gets addressed by name and just, does not respond at all. The doctor is like hmm, and checks his ears, and they find out he has almost no hearing in his left ear, and only about forty percent in the right. All that head trauma from the Russians and then all of the explosions of the fireworks, it leaves him deaf.

Everyone tries to be supportive, but his dad refuses to let him get hearing aids because he doesn’t believe he actually needs them (Steve’s a diagnosed hypochondriac) so for the next several months while his parents are still home waiting for their next trip, he’s struggling. He basically gets iced out by the party because he just can’t hear anything they’re saying, and the kids get tired of repeating themselves, and Nancy got insulted the one time he told her her voice is too quiet, and Robin wants to do things right for him, but she forgets sometimes, and will ramble on about something without looking at him and everytime he’s like great, I didn’t catch a single word of that, lovely talk though. It’s very frustrating and isolating and nobody seems to want to make accommodations for him.

The very same day that his parents leave for their latest vacation, he goes back to hospital. At first he just has to get more testing done, since it had been upwards of six months since the last time they saw him, and on his way out he notices Max in the waiting room chairs. He hadn’t seen much of her at all since Starcourt, so he checks on her, and at first she tells him to go away, because her friends have said some not so nice things about how much time she spends at the hospital, and assumes Steve is there to tell her Billy isn’t worth it too. Because that’s not the case, he ends up going in the room to visit Billy with her.

They do the small talk, the awkward, sorry about the fact that you’ve been in the hospital for six months now and nobody wants to come see you thing, and at some point Billy realizes that Steve can’t hear a damned thing he’s saying. He tests his theory by saying Steve’s name when he’s not looking and just waiting for him to answer but, surprise he doesn’t because he didn’t hear it at all, and Billy’s just like, you’re deaf aren’t you?

The progression of the fic is basically Steve coming to visit Billy everytime he has an appointment for his hearing (and more, but Bill doesn’t know that) but the day of his last appointment to make sure his hearing aids are functioning as well as they ever will for how bad off his hearing is, Billy’s acting different.

When he’d first walked into his room Billy had been surprisingly bright eyed and bushy-tailed for what he went through, but now he’s just acting all mopey. Max makes him tell Steve what’s wrong, and he confesses that he feels like he’s going to get left behind now that Steve’s all better, because then he has no real reason to visit him anymore. But Steve has one very good reason, and the rest of the story is him making sure Billy knows it.

girlyfriends- This’n’s sort of a non-canon compliant character study about aromantic! Billy, focusing on how awful and uncomfortable he felt with his past girlfriends, messing up dates and never going as far as they wanted him to, which at the time he pinned on liking boys instead, but then after he gets with Steve, he feels like this is different and he likes it, but he’s still not too big on all the lovey dovey, romance stuff. He rationalizes it as like, maybe just being a side effect of him being an asshole or something, but he‘s actually super insecure about how he is in relationships. There is a fluffy resolution though where he embraces his identity, it’s really not all doom and gloom, boo hoo I hate myself stuff.

cali house- Years after Starcourt, the boys have moved to a decent house in California using their government hush hush money, and they’re there for only about a month when Billy’s mother shows up at their door.

She says she caught wind that her son was back in town and wanted to come see him, after all this time. Billy of course lets her back in his life immediately, his mom meant so much to his recovery process and now that she’s here, he can’t turn her away, but Steve’s a little suspicious of her intentions.

He thinks that if she wanted to see Billy, she would’ve done that years ago before he ever even left Cali in the first place, or that you know, she wouldn’t have fucking left him behind. He tries to bring it up with Billy gently, but he won’t hear it, and he feels beyond hurt by the suggestion because he thinks Steve is just jealous that he’s spending time with his mother, who he hasn’t seen for upwards of fifteen years at this point.

They fight and avoid each other for a few days until Billy’s momma admits when he brings it up, over lunch or something saying like, “Steve thought you were using me or something, isn’t that crazy?” and she’s just like “Well, actually...”and tells him that money was tight, and she needed a little extra money, so Billy and his disability checks and his rich (boy)friend seemed like the perfect opportunity to get some.

He goes back home to Steve and expects him to be mad, to rub it in that he was right, but he’s really not, he’s super supportive, and you know, Billy finally realizes he doesn’t need to have this bullshit family thing with his mother, because he already has one, Max and Steve and his friends and all the people that actually care about him.

medical emergency (tw attempted suicide)-

Billy, who’s living on his own in an apartment downtown after Starcourt, deliberately doesn’t get his prescriptions refilled because he’s so done. He’s weak and he’s hurting and he doesn’t feel like himself anymore, and he just feels like he wouldn’t care if his body gave up, if he suffocated in his sleep or had another heart attack. So he doesn’t take care of himself, and when he runs out of oxygen he just doesn’t go get anymore, but he’s halfway to choking on his own blood when he realizes he doesn’t want to die.

He calls Steve, because he’s not calling the cops and he can’t remember anyone’s numbers in his panic, but Steve’s is written on his calendar, scribbled there because they were supposed to make plans for something with the kids. Steve takes him to the hospital, having to fight him to put the CPAP on him to make sure his lungs didn’t collapse before they could get him to Hawkins General, and Billy’s just, so bone tired.

They do all their treatment stuff and get his body back under control, so Steve finally asks him what happened, if maybe he needed someone around to help him remember his meds and stuff, and Billy just, he breaks, like a dam overfilled he just pours out with all of this helplessness and sadness he’d been feeling, how he doesn’t want to live the way he does or at all anymore, and Steve’s heart just breaks for him.

He moves in with him, nobody’s willing to leave him alone after what happened, and Steve (along with Billy getting a new therapist because the old one was incompetent enough to not notice how bad off he was) helps him to realize he has something to live for.

[lemonflavouredspatula]

Tagging Game

tagged by @sdewan6 (thank youuuuuuu:))

Rules: answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people who you want to get to know better. (bold of you to assume i know 21 people)

Nicknames: Luce, Loops, Loopy, Lucifer, Satan (i’m not evil, my name just means the same as Lucifer sooooo ye)

Zodiac: Capricorn

Height: 5′ 10″

Last movie I saw: I can’t tell you the last film i actually put on and sat down to watch cos i can’t remember lmao, but there was a film that came on after something i was watching the other day called the maiden heist(?) i think??? it had william h macy, morgan freeman and christopher walken and they were all like horny for art it was weird but yeah that happened

Last thing I googled: okay no this is too funny so i just googled the exact definition of bigot cos i needed it and this is what came up

I died 

(apparently it only comes up if you accidentally type ‘bigoty’ definition which i may or may not have done lmao but nonetheless, trump is the definition according to google and i, personally, 110% agree)

Favorite Musician: Tonight Alive is my all time fav band but classical wise it’s my main man Shosty

Song stuck in my head: heaven by bryan adams cos i've used it in the fic i’m writing and you can bet your arse it’s for a sad reason (i love my harringrove boys, i do, but this fic is currently 20k words of heartbreak and i’m not sorry, pls love me)

Other blogs: i have one but i barely ever use it and it’s just filled with sad shit tbh, i only ever use it when i’m mentally in a v bad place and tbh it probably doesn’t help but LOL oh well, queen of self destruction me

Do I get asks: occasionally and i treasure each and every single one like a dog does its human

Following: 1958 lmao

Amount of sleep: 6 hours on a weekday probably but like maybe 8 on the weekend providing my mental health is okay™, if not then like 4 maybe

Lucky Number: 10

What I’m wearing: grey ripped jeans, a black t shirt and my school leavers hoodie

Dream job: can i get paid to write fanfic for a living? I do that whilst i’m at work now lmao. But seriously, classical flautist in a classical orchestra would be my ultimate dream yet i currently work in tv go figure (i did previously want to be an editor but since having this job and being able to do some of the edit, i have realised that mentally i cannot cope with 12 hour days stuck looking at a screen in the same bleak office with strict deadlines and arsehole supervisors so yeah, tv is fun and all, i like the fact that you’re not bound to the same people forever and there are some lovely people in the industry, the hours make you go mad granted but i get to drive the actors around and stuff in my current job and they are lovely, but i need something more creative and freeing and yeah, i like my job, i really do, but i think mentally it is having a negative impact on me and that isn’t great™) music has always been the one thing i fall back to and never really leave though so if i can’t get paid to write fanfic for a living then i guess i’ll have to go with that lmao (jks, music is my life i can’t live without it, i need to work in music to stay somewhat sane)

Dream trip: travelling round Scandinavia because it’s all so pretty and also maybe a visit to Ōkunoshima island becuase so. many. BUNNIES.

Favorite Food: any and all fruit, mainly strawberries, kiwis and pears though like omG they are a blessing but yes give me fruit all day every day

Do you play any instruments?: i play the flute mainly and i love it with my whole heart, but i can also play piano, sing and dabble on violin and guitar

Languages: I speak English fluently, but i know a bit of Italian, very basic Norwegian and i studied Spanish for like 4 years so i think i’d probably know a bit if i tried lmao (my teacher was s h i t)

Favourite songs: Power of One by Tonight Alive is like an all time fav of mine and 'Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente' by Ermal Meta&Fabrizio Moro has a very firm forever place in my heart but i’m currently obsessed with ‘Dance Like Nobody’s Watching’ - Saara Aalto, ‘Go Beyond’ - Rasmussen, ‘Чудова Мить’ - Mélovin, Candlelight - Jack Savoretti, La Venda - Miki Nuñez and Freaks - Jordan Clarke because i’m still in denial about our entry (i am severe eurovision trash if that wasn’t obvious lmao) but there are so many i love and like it depends what mood i’m in, they can all be my fav in that moment but you’ve caught me on a good day so you get the happy ones, not the really sad and depressing ones that would make everyone severely worry about my mental health lmao

Random Fact: i have metal plates in both of my knees cos i used to be a wonky bitch

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: a long drive through the night, warm enough to have the windows down but not too warm it’s uncomfortable, you’re favourite album is on repeat, the sky so clear you can see each and every star lighting your way, feeling so relaxed, there isn’t a single thing bothering you or making the moment seem less than what it is, it’s just seconds, minutes, hours of unwavering, blissful, happiness, it doesn’t solve your problems, but it makes you feel the best you’ve felt in a while. (whelp that got out of hand, but my god do that if you never have, it is so f r e e i n g)

Tagging: @billyscamar0 @harringtons-bf @billnsteve @absolutedad @call-me-haley @uncle-keery @bananase221 @pretty-pendragon @spacegaiys and literally anyone else out there who wants to do it, i tag you all 

feel free to ignore, i won’t take it personally lmao

[writer-in-theory]

HIIIIIIIII JAY. <333

you know what time it is.

yeah, yeah, i really played myself didn't i 🙄 /lh

Do you have freckles?  yes i do !! i have several across my cheeks and nose and several on my arms.

Do you drink tea or coffee? How do you take it?  COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE. if i'm making it at home then it's iced with frothed creamer and some hazelnut syrup

What was the last song you listened to? 29 by demi lovato!! 

Do you sleep on your back, stomach or side?  i am a hardcore side sleeper. but sometimes i wake up and i've rolled onto my stomach!!

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? YES. i sleep with about four of them on my bed but i cuddle with the same lil penguin 

Do you prefer drawing or writing?  writing. i am new to drawing and it's something i've always been super self-conscious about so we're working on it.

What’s your ideal number of blankets to sleep with?  twelve. actually, i sleep with a top sheet, comforter, and 1-2 blankets depending on the season

What’s your favorite band/artist?  oooh that's so hard. sleeping with sirens probably just bc of my history/nostalgia

When is your birthday?  may 24!!

How tall are you?  barely 5'1", some say 5'0"

What color are your eyes?  green!! with a bit of central heterochromia

Who are five (or more) people you want to hug right now?  dacre montgomery. my brother. serenity. cj. my cat bean.

Fears?  everything. heights, spiders, germs, drowning, fire, home invasions

What’s your favorite color?  light blue!

What’s your favorite season?  autumn!!!!

Want any tattoos? What of?  yeah!! i have two already but i want a mortar/pestle, a quote, the bird relating to my surname, and an olive branch

Want any piercings? Where?  maybe a nose piercing. maybe.

Who is the last person you texted?  my momma <3

Do you have a best friend? How long have you been friends? i wouldn't say i have an obvious best friend.

What/who do you miss?  i miss having less responsibility. i miss my cats. i miss having the energy and mental capacity to do hobbies tbh.

How was your day today? it wasn't the best day but i'm sure there will be others that will be better.

How much sleep did you get last night?  1 hour.

Do you believe in aliens?  yes but like not lil green guys that are gonna come start a war or something.

When was the last time you cried? Why?  today. ive been in a lot of physical pain today and just have stuff going on lmao.

What are some seemingly childish things you like?  oooh i like cutesy pajamas that are super soft. and "kids movies" and plushies and all that.

How are you, really?  eh, i'm alive.

Does it take you a long time to make decisions?  oh my god yes. it takes forever. i'm either incredibly impulsive and making a decision in a millisecond or it takes me as long as possible.

What are you looking forward to in the near future?  i'm looking forward to dinner and wine night. i'm looking forward to getting to read this one harringrove fic tonight that i have bookmarked.

What are you looking forward to in the distant future?  i'm looking forward to being out of school, to having a career and not having to worry about it. i look forward to being able to drive, i look forward to a lot of things about the future lmao.

Do you sleep with your door open or closed?  CLOSED. i've learned my lesson.

What’s your favorite flower?  i love magnolias.

Do you currently have a squish?  YES I HAVE SO MANY SQUISHES AND I LOVE THEM.

Do you like your middle name?  it's alright.

Do you prefer dogs or cats?  cats. i'm very scared of dogs though i am trying to fix that.

Do you have any phobias?  dogs, heights, trypophobia, spiders, germs

Do you stay up late? every night even when i probably shouldn't. i stay up until a can't physically keep my eyes open anymore basically.

Do you like the beach? Do you prefer it sunny or cloudy? YES I LOVE THE BEACH. SUNNY AND HOT AND WARM YES. 

What’s your favorite cartoon?  oooh that's a good question. at the moment it's danny phantom.

Do you have siblings? How many?  i have one younger brother! he's two years younger

Who was the last person you said “I love you” to?  my momma <3

Is there anyone you would die for?  yeah ofc.

What do you need when you’re sad?  i really do need physical contact. i need to be held or hugged, i need to be reminded i'm not a burden for being sad <3

Have you memorized your phone number?  ...yes?

Who’s someone you can trust with your life?  my brother, probably.

What does your last text say?  it's to my grandparents 'hii pop i wanted to show you my record setup in my new place. thanks for all of the records you gave me they'll be well loved ❤️'

[lemonflavouredspatula]

Q&A Tag Game

Tagged by: @billnsteve and @demogrove tysm ily both

Rules: Answer 30 questions + tag 20 people you want to know better

Nicknames: luce, loopy, lucifer and satan (my name means the same as lucifer, i didn't do something and make everyone hate me lmao)

Gender: female

Sign:  capricorn

Height: 5'10 i think???

What time is it: 2:54am

Fave Band(s): Tonight Alive are my all time favourites but i mean i just love music like give me a shostakovich symphony and a metallica classic and then some rick astley followed by a bit of the shires like i love them all dearly

Fave Solo Artist(s): does panic! at the disco count lmao?? Or shostakovich??? Okay no i love them but alexander rybak and måns zelmerlöw are my eurovision beauties so yes

Song Stuck in My Head: 'Guilty' - The Shires and 'I Want It That Way' - Backstreet Boys which i blame Jake Peralta for entirely

Last Movie I Saw: i mean a film called 'the voices' came on a little while ago after something i was watching and basically what i'm getting from it is deadpool literally has an evil cat and a dog that's only solution so far has been to tell the cat to shut up and make deadpool take him for a walk idk what i've come across but i haven't turned it off lmao

Last Show I Watched: shadowhunters and it has killed me

When did I Create My Blog: god in like 2014??? Maybe even 2013 i can't remember but i've been here too long

What Do I Post: a shit load of fandom stuff and anything else that interests me tbh so basically it's either gay or it's dogs

Last Thing I Googled: the synopsis of this film that's on cos it's pulled me in lol

Do I Have Any Other Blogs: i do lmao but i don't really use the other one, i need to like sort it out or something lol

Do I Get Asks: sometimes and i appreciate the hell out of them (even if i take like 3 days to answer them)

Why Did I Choose My URL: god i wish i knew, all i can tell you is that my previous one was an absolute shit show and i hated it (it was superwholock related, i've been here too long, actually kill me please) but i love lemons and spatula is my favourite word so? Yeah??

Following: literally anyone who posts about anything i'm interested in (aka tv shows, music, autumn/halloween/spooky stuff, dogs)

Followed by: everyone who for some reason thought it was a good idea, i love you all and i apologise

Average Hours of Sleep: idk like 4, maybe 6 on a good day

Lucky Number: 10, don't know why but it has actually brought me luck on a number of occasions so something is working

Instruments: i've played flute for like 12 years, can play tin whistle, dabble in guitar and piano, have played violin and i sing as well (music is my life if that hadn't become clear lmao)

What Am I Wearing: i'm in bed so pyjamas

Dream Job: flautist in a classical orchestra or a video editor (or literally anything that isn't my current job tbh)

Dream Trip: i want to go on an adventure around scandinavia like p l e a s e @ the world give me a friend who doesn't only talk to me when they need a lift somewhere

Fave Food: basically like any kind of fruit

Nationality: british 

Fave song [at the moment]: my current obsession is 'Guilty' by The Shires

Last Book I Read: does fanfic count cos like, i haven't read anything other than fanfic in a while

Currently Reading: like every harringrove work on ao3

Top 3 Fictional Universes I Want to Join: stranger things, shadowhunters, lucifer, middle earth, probably more but like anything to get me away from here lol (i know it said 3 but i got carried away so here we are lmao)

tags: @billyscamar0 @harringtoxic @tonguepopperr @writerblender @dacresass @ravenclaw-90 @letshargroovetonight @sidexpilot @ohmybgosh @music-majorlife

I know it's not 20 but hey ho, feel free to ignore this friends