#elmax nation

[bylertruth3r]

using food to indicate queerness

this scene was so queercoded for both Mike and El like Mike calling fruit on pizza blasphemous (against God) and not wanting to try it because he grew up in a homophobic and conservative town and he has internalized homophobia and prejudice but then when he tried it he said it was good (while the camera was on Will) while El grew up in a lab and obviously she doesn't have any prejudice or bias against things so she just tried it without complaining because Max told her that to understand what you like you have to try things on and she said it was good and they already used food to indicate queerness like Vickie with peanut butter (putting peanut butter on both slices of bread and called it a peanu butter monstrosity and she had a boyfriend who broke up with her and she likes Robin and will be her girlfriend in s5 and Mike's been paralleled to her and he's in love with Will) and she's bisexual, so basically Mike's gonna kiss Will first (and Will's gonna kiss him back)

i also think Max is bisexual because she said "there's more to life than stupid boys" while Will said "a day free of girls" because he's gay and Mike said "i have an idea, boys only" because he's gay

They already used food for symbolism, Mike wants to feel needed, Will needs him and El doesn't

[swanqueenelmaxshadowhunters]

Fell first fell harder

[elmax-week2023]

Hello, nerds! Welcome to Elmax week! 💜❤️

DATE: from the 28th of August to the 3rd of September but we’ll be accepting submissions up to 3 weeks after the event

RULES

Every work you submit must be tagged as #elmaxweek2023 so that we can see it and reblog it!

Any type of work can be part of the event! Submit everything and anything as long it has to do with our girls! Ofc

This is a romantic Elmax week not platonic. Also try to avoid Elumax, please. Your works can have minor or background relationships but the main pair must be Elmax.

Also please try to keep this SFW but if it isn’t, please tag the post as NSFW and hide it under the cut so that we know!

Avoid smut but if there is, again tag the work as such!

FANFIC PROMPTS:

Roomates AU

Rink-O’-Mania fix it (Max goes to Cali instead of Mike or both go to Cali together)

1930s AU

Hanahaki AU

Post comatose Max

Second Chances

Self discovery journey and coming out

MOODBOARD AND FANART PROMPTS:

Summer days

Sleep overs and night time activities

Shopping and Music

Sports AU

Flowers and nature

Historical AU

Vacation and First Date

PROMPTS FOR EDITS AND GIFS:

First meeting

Spiderman AU

Girl In Red theme

Mileven break up

Will’s monologue played over Elmax scene

Favorite Outfits

Free day

AO3 COLLECTION

El’s Tumblr acc and Arian’s Tumblr acc

We’ll be posting some moodboards to set the mood!

And remember, we make our own rules! 💜❤️

[vvvrrroooomm]

Stuff in Stranger Things that breaks me

Dustin’s hair in season 4 is based off Steve’s

Angela’s hair is made to make you hate her (look it up)

Netflix fully embraced Mom Steve

Lucas biked 8 miles (about 12874.8 meters) to warn Dustin Jason was after him and Eddie (which would have taken him at least 35 minutes)

Steve drove Dustin to the snowball even after they were done with fighting monsters (momentarily)

“Do you know where he is? We were supposed to go out.” “Go out? I see he’s taken a step down from Max.”

Pretty much every line Erica Sinclair has ever delivered

The blue hair tie that has been passed from Sara -> Hopper -> Eleven

Hoppers badge number adds up to eleven (380)

Sadie outright telling everyone all the fan theories about the gravestone in the trailer are wrong and that it’s just a production error

The fact that Argyle was the only one acting appropriate about the dead agent Will, Mike and Jonathan are burying

El’s first reaction after seeing Dustin for the first time after disappearing at the end of season one is pointing out he has teeth 🥺🥺

“Crazy together”

The actual meaning behind why the Duffers chose ‘Deal with God’ as Max’s song (don’t search it up it hurts)

Curiosity quite literally killed the cat in season 2

Erica came to (almost) all of Lucas’ games

Steve in the background cheering Lucas on at his final basketball game

Nancy just sawing off the barrel of the shotgun in front of a child

Dustin gave Wayne the only thing left of Eddie, since the RV was destroyed, even though he misses him just as much and was practically forced to watch him die

All the cracks meet at the library, which is where Hopper and Joyce found Will in season 1

The smoke rising from the cracks resembles the Mind Flayer

The Russian government literally knows Dustin’s full name and nothing has happened

Brenner dying in the gayest pose ever

Dustin and Steve’s handshake (please let it make another appearance I love it so much)

Robins shoes that say “won’t go down in history but will go down on your sister”

“Lucas I don’t wanna die, I’m not ready”

And finally,

[elmaxweek2024]

Hello everyone❤️💜!!!

PROMPTS:

Day 1:

Fantasy AU

Tattoos

Established relationship

Day 2:

Soulmates AU

St2 Elmax

Holiday

Day 3:

The Byers didn’t move to Cali AU

Queer identity and/or coming out

Snowball or Prom

Day 4:

Apocalypse AU

Violent girlies

Roadtrip

Day 5:

Role swap AU

Hair

Sleepover

Day 6:

Different decade AU

Skate and Rollerblade

Matchmaking

Day 7:

"Crossover"

SOME EXPLANATION:

As you can see, there are three prompts for each day (except for day 7); an AU, and two "concepts". This doesn't mean you have to incorporate all three! I decided to put multiple prompts on each day so that it's more likely everyone finds something they like. Either way, if you don't like any of them, or you want to mix prompts from different days, you're welcome to do that! Remember, we make our own rules 😉.

And about day 7: by crossover I mean mixing our girls with some other thing you like. Whether that's them dressed up, in an AU of that universe, interacting with the characters from it, talking about it... Whatever that means for you!

I also want two clear up what I mean by two of the prompts: when I say "violent girlies" I mean a focus on the more "violent" side of them, and what that entails, from literal violence to "you touch her again and I'll kill you, again" to cleaning uo bloody noses. The possibilities are endless! And by "Role Swap AU" I don't necessarily mean between them; they can have any role in the whole show.

If there's any question about a prompt please ask!

RULES:

So, there aren't really any "rules". Any sort of fanwork is accepted, no matter the media (so fanfic, fanart, edits, moodboards, etc...), and you can really do anything you want as long as it's about the girls.

You should tag me and use the tag #elmaxweek2024 on your posts and I'll make sure to reblog it and comment on it!

Also please please please people reblog this so that more people can participate!

[sterlingarcher23]

Well, these two know what they are talking about (Millie about a conversation she had who she thinks El should date)...

....because they knew the context of this scene.

And now "ElMax" will happen in the most peculiar way.

"Written on the pages is the answer to a Neverending Story" 🎶

Lumax won't be unhappy but only because of ElMax.

[bylrndgm]

take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die.

@elmax-week2023 | day v | september 1st. ↳ prompt: nature moodboard

El: She is summer and cottagecore coded. After spending her early years in a lab, she wants to spend as much time as possible in the nature. Somewhere quiet so she can peacefully paint and make tasty brunches for her and her girlfriend Max.

Max: She is autumn coded. She never gave up her hobby, even after her coma: whenever she has some time she just hops on her skateboard. She likes to go on long walks in the weeds with El and sitting on some benches to listen to some music from her iPod.

[retroelmax]

simply those moments when you wonder "WHY DON'T THEY KISS?" ...the writers are so cowardly.

[byler-alarmist]

Whether romantic or platonic......Elmax are kinda.....the best? Whatever they've got, I truly believe in it

[willbyerssupremacist]

thinking about el getting into arts and crafts in lenora.

thinking about el learning how to make friendship bracelets.

thinking about el making tons of friendship bracelets for max and sending them to her each month.

thinking about max coming home from a particularly bad day at school and seeing a package and just forgetting about everything bad for a moment.

thinking of max not knowing how to make friendship bracelets so instead she sends el her scrunchies.

thinking about them carrying pieces of eachother's love everywhere.

screaming, sobbing, sliding down a wall.

[fairyrona]

The Elmax sleepover hinting at Elmax Endgame

So I don't know if it had been said here before, it probably has, but then it doesn't hurts to remind that: Max made her choose between the Wonder Woman (El) and Green Lantern (a black superhero; Lucas). El says she doesn't know, because she's distracted with the supernatural stuff. But then Max calms her nerves, and—?

When the supernatural stuff is done for, El asks Max ''Who... is this?'' meaning the Wonder Woman. Do I even have to say how much this references Mike's ''Superman landed on my doorstep''? He's wrong. El's not Superman. As we all know, she's the Wonder Woman.

''See that, is why you cant only hang out with mike all the time'' says Max. ''This is Wonder Woman. AHA Princess Diana'' [AKA El.] And so the Green Lantern goes to the side and they start CUDDLING while reading. And now the part that I am most crazy about, because this is such lesbian coding that I can't even believe it's real.

El Hopper lesbian coding in this scene.

From the hidden Paradise Island? Where there are only women Amazon warriors? Yeah, yeah, El's from a hidden lab, with other warriors blah, blah, blah— No. The hidden paradise Island, a haven, where women reside. Did you mean Island Lesbos?

And now to make it even more incriminating. The shot. Do heed my words, I am not saying they slept together, but this is the most cliché ''We find them in one bed in the morning bc, they slept together'' shot of all times.

Not to mention the rainbow covers. Because. That's just... too obvious.

Elmax belief has never been stronger.

[bylertruth3r]

oh they know Mike's monologue was bad (and full of lies) Max actually knows El and loves her for exactly who she is

[swanqueenelmaxshadowhunters]

What if Max spends the entire season in a coma, helping El from wherever she is, and in the end, she says that El needs to let her go?

sometimes I just think about the most angst shit ever

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

“Are you real? Did I make you?”

“If you touch her again, I will kill you again”

They want to kiss each other so bad

[elmaxforendgame]

avarage reaction of me when i see a romantic elmax edit with the loveliest love song but the caption says "their friendship🩷" and the creator claims that video was made for platonic elmax:

[jaegerisim]

I wanna create Elmax week. If anyone wants to do this w me, pls dm me.