#he’s not who the duffers keep saying he is

[elcorhamletlive]

it really really really grinds my gears when people say will can't/won't get a boyfriend in season 5 because "he isn't there yet". putting aside the fact that will is a fictional character and the writers in control of his every action absolutely could have done better to set this plot up for him if they cared to, "there" does a lot of work in this sentence, and it basically stands for "coming out". but will doesn't have to come out to the straight people around him in order to find love. it's an extremely heteronormative perspective to assume he does.

like will has very clearly already realized he likes boys. he has received clear support from at least one of the most important people in his life in this matter. he also knows he has feelings for someone who will never feel the same way about him. what is stopping him from meeting someone else, feeling a spark and letting it happen? people act like will getting a boyfriend would only happen if he were able to create a grindr profile or something, or if he came across a dude who was already openly gay. but this is a story! there is absolutely nothing stopping the duffers from writing a dude who gets wrapped into the mess, bonds with will, and in an intimate moment they end up kissing or coming close and a romance blooms. this is how most couples get together in stranger things. why is this normal and expected from straight characters, but when it comes to a gay character he needs to get express approval from all his friends before he even smiles at some dude? like it just shows a tendency to center straight people in will's storyline, and it really, really sucks.

[muertawrites]

the last part of my eddie fix-it fic is........................... it’s a lot, y’all!!!! 

[bonkerstogether]

Mike not having a birthmark might be because of byler.

For people who don't know, originally the Duffer's wanted Mike to have a large birthmark on his face but they ended up scrapping that idea for an unknown reason, but I think I might know the reason.

All the kids from the main party in season one are all ridiculed, hurt or made fun of for something about themselves, something out of their control

Lucas is bullied for being black, Dustin is bullied for having a disability, El is treated like a lab rat because she has powers, Will is bullied for being gay and Mike.. Not really anything, he's bullied but there's not an obvious reason for it like with the others.

I'm going to use Will as an example for what I'm about to say, I think Mike is also bullied for being queer even if he doesn't know it. Will is absolutely not open about his sexuality, he keeps that hidden as much as he can and yet people bully him for it anyway because they can tell there's something different about him. The same could easily be true for Mike as well, he's bullied because they can tell something is different about him. If they had given Mike a birthmark however, everyone would assume he's being bullied for the birthmark, not for being queer, and that's not the story they're trying to tell with Mike here.

[carigm]

About Dyersfilm’s “leak”

For all of you who don’t know, dyersfilm is an insufferable individual who used to go by the name of swiftlynatalia. She is racist, homophobic, transphobic, and even made fun of her supposed favorite actress’ eating disorder. However, people on Twitter (especially mlvns) entertain her because she had reliable sources during the filming of S4, and after during post production. She had some true leaks, many being the same that Reddit got right, while others only she had. She was also wrong about quite a few things, but generally she was reliable.

It is worth noting though that she is extremely biased against byler (many of the leaks she got wrong for S4 were pertaining their storyline) and absolutely hates the ship.

This time around, she was getting some leaks during the first couple of months of filming to her curious cat, but she herself claimed that these were not reliable leaks whatsoever and that she was pissed because this time she doesn’t have access to the real sources she had for S4. She has complained about this repeatedly for these past few months. The leaks she has gotten tho, many she has mocked and made fun of because they don’t align with what she wants from the show. She also made a “disclaimer” when the show started filming again that she would not be posting leaks about Byler because she hates us all, and yet every single one of those most likely fake leaks she got she posted, and many of them talked about Byler. She would post them and mock them for “clearly being untrue”. She has barely gotten a single Mlvn positive leak this whole time, and when she’s gotten at least something that alludes to them having scenes together she immediately ran to post it and alert all her friends, even tho she herself knows all of these are most likely fake.

For weeks now, her curious cat has been dry af because I guess nda’s are stronger this time, or no one wants to leak shit to her (she’s rude as hell). she posted the following ask 10 days ago. Someone asked her if she knew about any Mike and El scenes and she said no. Keep this in mind for what’s coming next…

Then suddenly yesterday, she alluded to a Jonathan spoiler she’s supposedly pissed about, but refused to post it like she’s done for everything else. People quickly thought it might involve Byler because she said she wasn’t going to post “leaks” about it, even though she had already lol. So they asked her and she said that “yes, it has to do with Byler.”

Then shortly after this someone asked about Mlvn again, this was just today. Again, note how she proceeds to say she knows nothing about Mlvn 😭

Bylers on Twitter noticed her answers about Mlvn and her comment about a supposed byler leak involving Jonathan and started speculating. She ofc noticed this, and not even after an hour of her saying she knows nothing about Mlvn she goes on to say this.

….

She knows nothing but somehow she knows Mlvn is stable? The bipolar disorder of these answers could rival my own bipolar.

Mind you, we all know that she would’ve jumped up at the first opportunity to post any leak that implied Will was pining and miserable, her and her friends would’ve had a field day over it. And yet, she only clarifies this after…

Not to mention how utterly ridiculous this all is. They’ve filmed stuff up until episode 4 (from what we know), why the hell would Will be pining and hung up over Mike if Mlvn is endgame? That makes absolutely no fucking sense. They would have him immediately fully patch things up with Mike and move on, not be hung up on someone he can’t have in the middle of an apocalypse. Especially not after the Duffers said he’s getting a happy ending. Will getting a happy ending but still being in love with Mike halfway through the last season with Mlvn being endgame is absolute lunacy.

Especially when you consider the fact that narratively, in a sense, Will has already moved on. He doesn’t expect anything from Mike, he doesn’t think Mike can like him back. He saw Mike confess his love in front of El, he helped that confession happen. Will literally has no problem with Mlvn anymore pls 😭 He saved them!!

This is the most ridiculous shit I’ve ever read.

Will is somehow upset at Mike not feeling the same way…when Will already believes Mike doesn’t feel the same and doesn’t ever expect any reciprocation 😭

Either she’s wildly twisting this supposed leak out of context to fit her own perceived narrative of what should happen, or she’s straight up lying about this.

And we know she’s lying about Mlvn so…you people decide what you think of this buffoonery lol.

Wait for Reddit leaks y’all. This woman could get a legit leak saying Byler is endgame and dig her own grave before posting it.

[mothellie]

I think the Duffer Brothers' history with racism in their show goes a lot deeper than a lot of people realize.

Lucas as a character has three distinct B plot stories that get assigned to him: being a minor antagonist to Eleven in season one, being a good friend to the rest of the Party, and being in love with his girlfriend. While Mike's plot is directly centered around two of the most pivotal characters of the show, Dustin is given two different role model characters that shape his arc and is overall the genius that helps the rest of the cast get out of several difficult situations, Will still being connected to the Upside Down after his disappearance in 1983 and that playing into several major plots, Max having a multitude of centric storylines especially in season four and Eleven literally being THE main character- Lucas is only ever given plots that help serve and uplift the other (white) characters. Unless you count him... playing basketball and being friends with Jason. I guess?

Erica is similar to Lucas, but to a much larger degree. I'd like you reading this to think of any single Erica standalone plot in the show that has nothing to do with/does not predominantly or solely benefit the white characters around her. I'll wait.

The Sinclair parents are only touched on in brief sections for the sake of filling the episodes, only ever playing a more major role in Season Four. If you could call it that. I'm sure most of you couldn't even tell me their names off of the top of your heads. (It's Charles and Sue, by the way.)

Argyle was the first somewhat major character of color to be introduced to the show after Erica played her part in season three. I could say similar things about his role in the season overall that I can about Lucas and Erica. Except they set him up to play a bigger role in the next season at the end of season four, going as far as to show him in Hawkins and have Jancy verbally allude to him sticking around, only for the show heads to ghost Eduardo Franco and let him find out he wasn't being brought back through an official social media cast photo.

Kali was a former subject from the same lab El came from, having escaped and subsequently began to lead a vigilante life of enacting revenge on those who played a hand in her suffering. She was the first subject El ever met after leaving the lab, shown to be incredibly powerful and strong-willed. Her and El had an immediate connection, calling themselves sisters right after meeting. But after El was finished with her self-discovery period on the S.S. Kali Gang for one (1) often-forgotten and poorly-written episode, Kali was quite literally abandoned both in spirit and on screen, never to be seen or even mentioned again.

All other characters of color are either killed violently (Patrick), have like ten minutes of screentime total (Jeff and Calvin Powell), or are just straight up background only and may not even have names.

They can dedicate an entire section of season four's plot to Suzie's family, but not to genuine character development for Erica or for Kali to return. They can make room for a whole pointless predatory plot between Billy and Karen, but not to give a more important role to the Sinclair parents. They have room to include a whole plot about El getting bullied in school, but not for Lucas to have a more meaningful story outside of his white friends and girlfriend. They can platform three known white zionists while Palestine currently undergoes a gruesome genocide even as I type this, but they don't have room for Argyle in season five (or even the decency to give Eduardo a fucking phone call).

Not only do the Duffers constantly write themselves into holes because they keep adding unnecessary fodder to the plot, and refuse to kill ANY of their main characters in favor of just creating new characters for the sake of killing them off in mediocre ways despite the fact that they're trying to fit 20+ B plots into 8-9 40-50 minute episodes per season and wondering why half their show doesn't make sense- The time they DO dedicate to character-specific B plots and character arc progression visibly favor the white characters.

If I watch S5, and that's a huge if, I will be sailing the high seas. Between all of this, the fact that they filmed part of season four in an old Nazi prison and tried to turn it into a fucking AirBNB, and the fact that at least four people who play major roles in the show actively support the current genocide of Palestine- I won't be giving them (or Netflix for that matter) another cent of my money.

While you're here, please do your completely free daily click to send aid to Palestine, and here's a list of other resources for how to help more directly.

[steveharrington]

can you elaborate more on steve being abandoned by the narrative?

yes <3 so i think there are two very unfortunate circumstances surrounding steve's character that have led to the current state of his plotline: 1. after not killing him in s1 like they originally planned, the duffers have never really had a plan for steve and 2. they are extremely influenced by audiences. when they were conceptualizing steve to fit in among the ensemble cast, the duffers were picturing him as a douchey boyfriend who unceremoniously dies. lonnie was originally going to come back to the byers house to save jonathan and nancy. there was no need to picture where he'd be 4 seasons down the road, so they just didn't account for that. then joe keery charmed them so hard that they literally couldn't bear to kill him, so steve ends season one still somehow alive.

but we've already established the nancy/jonathan plotline, because jonathan was once the duffers' self-insert who must defeat the evil jock and win over the girl. they couldn't just backpedal on that right away, so they needed to give nancy and jonathan a plotline alone, away from steve. but steve only ever functioned as an extension of nancy until this point, so what do we do with steve now? in an accidental stroke of genius that the duffers have admitted was a last second decision, they pair him with the children and make him into a babysitter. it almost instantly boosts steve into being tied with hopper and el for most popular character from the show, potentially even beats them both out. in 2017 when s2 aired, you could not escape mom steve jokes. it was everywhere, steve was everywhere, joe was everywhere, it was arguably the second coming of #justice for barb, which, in netflix business-y terms, was the exact viral meme type situation that the show wanted and needed to sell merch and remain relevant and say "see we still got it!!!"

you know who has the 2nd most lines in the entirety of season three? directly behind hopper? ahead of winona ryder? steve. think for a second about how absolutely insane that is. the character who was written specifically to die in season one. joe keery's name wasn't even in the season one credits, because he wasn't considered a series regular. and now he has the 2nd most spoken lines in the big blockbuster season because he rocketed up in popularity so intensely. season three marketing features the mall so heavily, creates a literal physical shrine to 80s nostalgia, and when the very first promo is released an entire year before the season airs, who's the star of that teaser trailer? and who, pray tell, is featured in the main brand sponsorship ad that plays in movie theaters worldwide? thats right its america's little darling steve harrington.

but here is the issue. the duffers look at what made steve popular and they see: funny exasperated babysitter, heartthrob action hero. they're like oh okay so we should keep putting him directly in the center of the action, bang him up every season to give him his classic bloodied aesthetic, but. he still needs to be funny. we can almost kill him, but we can't actually kill him because he's profitable. we can let him get horrifically injured because it's badass, but we still gotta let him crack jokes. it creates this very weird tone to steve's role in the story starting in season 3 because he's both the action hero and the comedic relief and protected by plot armor, so we get scenes where he's being literally tortured until he's begging for his life and gasping for breath but the tone is still.......fun? comedic? light and goofy? i think the duffers also forgot he's supposed to be a teenager.

now this is partially me making educated guesses but i feel pretty confident about this: once again, like gollum, joe keery uses his big shiny eyes and manages to evade death again in season four by being so likable and charming and marketable that netflix execs or shawn levy or maybe even the duffers themselves were like oh fuck we just can't do it. they were obviously tossing around the idea of taking mom steve all the way by letting him die sacrificially for dustin, so in season four they make eddie, transfer steve's relationship with dustin directly onto him, ctrl f steve's name in the death scene and just type in eddie instead, and once again steve is alive but he's directionless.

so what does he have now, in season four? i think the duffers have a whiteboard somewhere with steve's name and around it are little circles that say "funny" "cool" "DO NOT KILL" and steve is now stuck in this endless cycle of getting beaten up, popping back up somehow unharmed like a looney tune, saying something cute and oblivious, rinse and repeat. because that's what worked, that's what made him popular all the way back in season two. that's what the duffers are obviously keeping in mind when they're writing steve: popularity. not realism, not depth, not growth, just literally how to continue making him popular. meanwhile, other characters get to be part of the actual story. other characters get to serve a purpose other than selling merch. when el is bitten by a monster, she gets to actually feel pain and need help because that's realistically what any human would need. when hopper is tortured, he gets to suffer and ponder his existence and reflect on the relationships in his life. steve never gets any of that, because the writers just don't see steve as the 19 year old boy on his 4th straight year of traumatic events that he actually is.

they literally just see him as a money maker, there for cool viral moments and witty lines and maybe the occasional emotion experienced but only if it's about his romantic prospects. and the narrative that other characters get to have and be apart of just kinda runs parallel to steve. he's there, technically, but he's not really in the story. and it's like actually crazy because you'd think after all the funko pops he sold, he'd have earned an actual storyline!!!

[aliea82]

What if Eddie’s little speech about getting back with Nancy is interrupted?

Cause seriously, what were the Duffers thinking?????

What If?

“See?” Eddie was saying as Steve kept looking around.

“The only reason I came in here was ‘cause those ladies came in straight after you. Now, I was too ashamed to be the one who stayed behind.” Eddie touched his arm, stilling him, making him look and he did, looked right into Eddie’s eyes as the other kept talking

“But Wheeler right there, she didn’t waste a second. Not one second. She just dove right in.” Eddie looked at him then and paused as he saw Steve staring, he was about to continue when Steve caught movement behind Eddie. Covering Eddie’s mouth he pushed Eddie back against a tree, pressing himself against the other man, his other arm tucking between them to hide the flash light as a Demogorgon appeared a good twenty meters away, its pale body hunched as it sniffed at the ground, it’s weird clicking sound filling the air.

He kept his eyes on the monster as he felt Eddies hands on his hips, fisting the material of the denim vest he was wearing. He could feel Eddies breath on his hand, coming fast and sharp through his nose, but he didn’t dare look at Eddie, too afraid to take his eyes from the monster.

The creature moved around before taking off in the opposite direction.

Sagging, Steve closed his eyes as he lent against Eddies shoulder, taking much needed deep breaths as he had been holding his breath the whole time.

The hand over Eddie’s mouth slowly moved, landing on the other shoulder, while Eddie’s hands unclenched themselves but didn’t move, just stayed, resting on Steve’s hips.

“What was it?” Eddie asked directly into his ear, and Steve shivered, his whole body lighting up at the sound of that voice in his ear, and there was no way Eddie didn’t feel it.

Pulling back, but keeping himself pressed against the other, he looked at Eddie as his breathing returned to normal.

They stared openly, their eyes locked until Steve looked down at Eddie’s lips, lips that parted as Eddie took in a shocked breath. Glancing back up, the hand on Eddie’s shoulder moved, finger grazing over a lightly stubbled chin.

“Steve?”

“I don’t want Nancy, I haven’t for years.” He moved his fingers to Eddie’s bottom lip, watching as Eddie’s eyes darkened even more, his pupils impossibly huge.

He could feel his own heart and Eddie's through the hand between them, and he once again looked at Eddie’s lip before back up, questioning.

Eddie barely nodded and Steve kissed him, soft, gentle just lips against lips but it was enough to answer the question he had racing through his head since Eddie pushed him against the boat house, his lips really were as soft as they looked.

[madelynraemunson]

mini series

GO BACK | NEXT LEVEL 🔒 | theme song: new divide - linkin park

player zero: level one

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴍᴇᴛᴀQᴜᴇꜱᴛ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇꜱ ʏᴏᴜ — ᴀ ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀ ꜰᴀɴ — ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇꜱᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ (ᴠʀ) ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱ ᴠᴇɢᴀꜱ ꜱᴘʜᴇʀᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏᴍᴇʜᴏᴡ ꜰɪɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟ ꜱʜᴏᴡ.

I remember black skies, the lightning all around me.

disclaimers: 18+, psychological thriller, blood, violence, sexual themes, swearing, reader interacts with the st characters, eddie falls for reader who goes by “zero/000, player zero”, reader’s gender identity isn’t specified but does have a vagina, unintentional plot divergence, upside down exists, vecna/001/henry exists, everything is basically canon until reader shows up… 😳, joseph quinn cameo at the end | pairing: eddie munson x reader x joseph quinn

a/n: enjoy everyone! i’m sorry this took so long to come out but i am committed to only releasing my best work to you guys 🩶 i hope you all enjoy level 001!!

[WC: 2.0k words]

“Player Zero…do you copy?”

🎮

By the grace of your headset, you begin to scan the dark, almost void-like, aperture that’s hijacked your surroundings.

“Copy,” you report back to James.

“Excellent.”

Everything around you is black, a noisy puddle sits at your feet. The room is crisp from the AC, and the props smell like rubber tires. And soon, with a push of a button, you will come face to face with the Mind Flayer, saving everyone from this ill-fated town once and for all.

You can’t believe this. What thousands will pay to do, you get to experience for free, having been one of the few selected to try out the new Stranger Things: Virtual Reality Game at the Las Vegas Sphere. (Not to mention, you're the biggest Stranger Things fan in your hometown and quite possibly the biggest Joseph Quinn fan in the state of Nevada).

Eddie's death left you completely shattered. He just fit in so well with the older members of the party that you were almost certain the Duffers would keep him around. But to your despair, alongside many others, they did what they do best and killed off another fan favorite.

But there was something beautiful that came out of Eddie's death. Because of Stranger Things 4, Joseph Quinn has been getting booked for acting gigs left and right, getting asked to come to fan conventions, and you were able to find a community on Tumblr who shared the same love for him and Eddie Munson, and with that notion alone, means the silly metalhead lives on through you guys.

Your dream is to meet Joe one day. You’ve been frantically saving up for the day you get to hug him and thank him for everything he’s done for you and others. Whenever that may be. Until then, all you could do is support his work and contribute to all of his supporting franchises. Much like this one.

“I can’t wait to tell all my mutuals all about this game,” you think to yourself.

James permits you to walk around in order to adapt to your environment. You’re already planning what to tell your friends based on your observations so far. But since pictures aren't allowed, your phone remains in your back pocket for the time being.

“Alright Player Zero,” your guide further instructs you. “You’re going to walk through the gate. And from there the game will begin.”

“And what if I need to pee?”

The comment earns you a chuckle from James. “That’s fine. You’ll just have to take your headset off and call out to me.”

James asks you if you have any other questions. You couldn’t help yourself.

“Will I interact with any characters? Like Eddie?”

“No Eddie unfortunately, it’s primarily the Mind Flayer,” James answers honestly. “Goal of the game is to fight the monster.”

“Understood,” you pout in disappointment.

“Hey but I’ll be surprised if you run into anyone though,” James laughs. “Tell ‘em I say hi if you do.”

Just then, a neon orange projection appears from the corner of your eyes, followed by some squelching noises that gnaw uncomfortably at your ears. And as you get closer to it, you can hear the shrieks of some very familiar, unearthly creatures.

“Walk through the gate now, Zero,” James instructs you.

You take a deep breath, a little scared at how vivid the graphics are but reassuring yourself that all of this is just a game.

“Walking,” you report.

Hobbling into the gate, the synthetic warmth massages your ankle as you squeeze your way on in. You land on the bottom tier, a floor below the floor you started on... one that you weren't aware existed until you continued to walk around.

“This isn’t so bad,” you mutter to yourself.

Just then, the noise around you cuts off and your headset broadcasts to black.

Tssssss.

Unsure whether or not this was part of the game, you continue to tread around the nothingness that is around you. Holding your arms out to keep your balance doesn’t seem to help, because the more you graze onto nothing, the more panicked you become.

This is odd. Where’s the Mind Flayer?

“James?!” you call out, your heart nearly beating out of your chest now.

Nothing.

Suddenly, obnoxious TV static overpowers your headspace. It’s accompanied by lightheadedness, the brightness of it all mercilessly stinging your eyes, and the high-pitched feedback noise that soon fills your ears is probably enough to make you go deaf for the day. Great, now you know why this is a trial run.

“James!” you hiss again quietly. “Anyone?!”

No response. You were never warned about this part. Was this even supposed to happen?

Absolutely frustrated now, you reach for your headset to get out of the game yourself. But to your surprise, you’re stunned to have gotten two palms full of your hair, and part of your face. There was no headset on your head. You’re walking in a void of nothingness, with no one around to help you.

“I need to pee…” is your final attempt to connect with somebody.

The ear-piercing, scratching sounds start up once again. This time grainier, louder. It continues for a while as you run around in a panic before halting to complete radio. silence.

“Wh-” you pant. “What’s happeni-”

JOLT!

“OH SHIT!”

You’re then met with an abrupt, devastating PUSH that sends you flying across the room and down — what you could only describe as — an endless black hole. Your hand clutches at your chest as an attempt to soothe yourself. You’re almost sure your heart stopped for a minute due to absolute shock.

SMACK!

In a millisecond, your body lands on a prickly patch that you soon make up to be loose straws of hay. Blending into the scenery now is that of a remote grass field, with the smell of fresh trees and newly cut blades of grass dancing around your nose.

You can’t think of any place in Las Vegas that would have a barren field like this. Nor can you think of a town nearby with this much of a Midwestern flare, this much empty — and grassy — land, and this much Kodak green undertone to its atmosphere. Unless…

It can’t possibly be. Are you in Hawkins?

You're standing around like an idiot trying to figure out how this could've possibly happened.

You knew this experience was 'all-immersive', but judging by the description, you were supposed to be taken to the Upside Down... and the backwoods by Reefer Rick's hideout was a long commute from. Was this Mind Fight going to be after-the-fact?

Trudging towards Reefer Rick’s now, you begin to think of other ways to get James' attention. But when you hear the faint voice of someone else coming from inside the abandoned lake house, suddenly getting out of the game becomes less of a priority.

“Eddie…” the familiar voice softly commands.

Eddie?

The voice you register belongs to no one other than Gaten Matarazzo, or Dustin Henderson in this sense. But that’s impossible, you think to yourself. James said that there were no characters in the game.

“We are on... your side...”

Oh, it’s this scene. Peaking through the door that was open a mere three inches, you're stunned to see the four dimensional manifestations of the characters you've grown to love right in front of your very eyes.

IMPOSSIBLE.

It's them. You almost stumble backwards when you see Sadie Sink and Maya Hawke alongside Gaten; and despite having their backs towards you, you know it is for sure them, and not some workers hired to play the part.

Your eyes travel to the corner of the room. Very much to your surprise, evident by the butterflies in your stomach, you're met with Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, and Joseph Quinn... the love of your life... in the flesh... your Eddie. Both characters are too focused on each other to even register your presence. If they are even able to see you at all.

You continue to be the fly on the wall while taking a few collected deep breaths. There's no way that they're in front of you right now. There's no way a whole SCENE from the show is panning out in front of you right now. Almost as if it's real time.

“I swear on my mother!” Gaten Dustin continues, trying to reason with Eddie so he can drop the knife and let go of Steve. He turns to the others for help.

“Right?! Guys?!”

“Yes, yes we swear,” the party clamors together in attempts to calm Eddie down.

“On Dustin’s mother,” Maya Robin attempts.

“Yeah, Dustin’s…Dustin’s mother…”

Keery’s voice is strained as he gulps in fear. Reasonably so, because there’s a knife pointed at his throat in this scene.

You clear yours at the doorway, causing everyone to deadpan to you in shock. So they can see you. And sure enough when this happens, that’s when your gaze lands on him. And his gaze lands on you.

It’s insane. It’s like you are looking Joseph Quinn in the eyes, but at the same time, it’s not him. It is literally — Eddie Munson. He's even more beautiful than you imagined.

“On Dustin’s mother?” you speak.

“Jesus, where did YOU spawn from?!” Gaten Dustin exclaims.

“Who’s that?” Sadie Max wonders.

“I…don’t know,” Maya Robin answers.

Immediately, Dustin runs to shield Eddie from your sight. But it’s already too late. And plus, Eddie’s eyes have already met yours. Studied yours.

“I’m…” you speak. “I’m here to help.”

You figured while James figures out what the actual fuck is wrong, that you’d interact with the characters. They’re right in front of you after all, and actually responding.

"I'm Zero..." you explain to them. "I'm not... I'm not from here, but I know a hell of a lot about this place. A lot more than you guys think."

“You know about what’s going on around here?” Robin inquires.

You nod. “And I know part of who is behind it all, and what we can do to stop him.”

"H...him?"

Eddie's timid stare pierces straight into you. It's enough for your knees to buckle, but you know you have to keep yourself collected otherwise the projections of these characters would probably freak out at you.

You hear a tiny thud sound against the wooden floor. Eddie has dropped the knife. Breathing a sigh of relief now, Steve sinks to the ground to gather himself. Meanwhile, a small circle gathers around you.

“There are… greater forces at bay,” you explain. “And it goes way beyond what you know about the demogorgons, the shadow monster, the Mind Flayer… There’s this... really powerful warlock…and a shadow that looms over him to do some really horrible things. And it’s not who you’d expect.”

“You know about those too?” Steve asks.

You nod. Eddie only seems more confused.

"A lot more than you know..." you warn him. "Trust."

"What else do you know about?" Dustin questions.

"I know about Eleven, and Will," you answer. "And how they're safer in California than here, but that doesn't necessarily exempt them from danger."

They all exchange looks with one another.

You can't help but look over at Eddie again.

"I know what happened to Chrissy," you say to him. He looks back up at you. "She's that nice girl from the middle school talent show, right?"

"I left her there," is all he says. He knows you understand what he meant by it. "I'm just a coward."

"You're not a coward, Eddie. Nothing you could've done could've prevented what happened at the trailer."

“Zero…” Dustin whispers to himself. Then he looks up at you with suspicion. Pointing an accusatory finger at you, he says, "How do we know you weren't sent by Hawkins Lab to spy on us?! You're a number after all."

"I'm not a number from the lab, trust me," you roll your eyes, slightly annoyed at Curly and his superstition. But it makes sense. "I don't even know Eleven, okay? Just think of me as... a guardian. From another universe. I think I was sent here to help you guys. I know how this shit ends, after all."

“How does it end?” Eddie asks you. “F-for us? For me?”

You turn to him in anguish.

“Not well, I’m afraid,” you respond honestly. “But if you guys are open to my help, I can get us out of this mess unscathed. Build up some leeway.”

You turn to Max who only seems to be backing further away from you. It's definitely in her character to do so, Maxine has always struggled to ask for help. But you know, deep down in those fearful blue eyes, she wants your help as much as she wants to run away from it.

"And we're gonna break you out of that curse," you say to her.

You're no expert on the laws of space-time, but it doesn't take a scientist to realize that you're in a different Hawkins reality. And knowing there are countless outcomes and experiences for existence, you can make this reality your own.

Which means, if you choose to stay in this 'game', and play the cards correctly, the Eddie standing directly in front of you has a second chance at life.

Now’s your chance to fix it. And experience an altered timeline. You don't know how this is possible, but it is. And after all, the Rule of Probability states, "the probability of an impossible event is Zero."

“If you guys want to save everyone in Hawkins, including Eddie and Max, you guys have to do EXACTLY what I say do you understand?”

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[fizzigigsimmer]

This has been nibbling at me for days, but "Billy's Fantasy Girl" is such a weird awkward as fuck inclusion in the VR game. Allowing for the fact that I am not male, and I do not know for certain how the average hetero dude is conceptualizing their existence and processing their deepest desires and insecurities, but it just feels incredibly clunky and odd that Vecna is filtering Billy's weaknesses through a female of no face and name.

Do men project their weaknesses onto their partners and search for meaning within their relationships just as much as women do? Abso-fucking-lutely. My issue is not with Billy's Fantasy Girl's existence within his psyche, but with how she exists and why she exists. FG exists to reveal to the audience something about Billy. Several things, in truth. One of them, quite deftly, that Billy has all the insecurities of a budding abuser himself. His fantasy woman is someone so broken and desperate that she will put him first in everything, because he's the only one or thing that can make her feel like she has any kind of value or presence in the world (because that's how he feels). And before anyone climbs down my throat about it, lets just all agree that this is the bed soil of many a toxic relationship.

Because Billy is never going to find that, the resentment/pain/frustration will continue to build and it is likely he will seek to control his partners in the future and try to force them into the shape he needs - keep them locked in the trunk and by his side. We see the seeds of this developing in the canon with him and Max. He cares about her whether he's accepted that or not, and when she steps outside the box or does things that put her or him in harms way he lashes out.

The second thing FG exists to do of course is flip the script and show us just how broken Billy is. How worthless and desperate he feels, because he is a victim right now. More important than any potential abuse he could visit on some imaginary girlfriend or wife of the future is the abuse Billy has suffered and is suffering right now, which has made him the perfect target for The Mind Flayer - an abuser, who has literally come along to tell Billy that he's seen, understood, and he can have everything he wants if he just literally gives up control of his self and devotes himself to the monster and his monstrous desires.

All of that tracks, and is frankly the kind of deep exploration of trauma cycles that the Duffer Brothers failed to do. My issue with it is that there were much cleaner ways to make the same points, without filtering Billy through a female lens. Choosing to focus on a female and filter Billy through that female is what we call A Choice. They did not need to do it, and in just about every way there were easier ways to get the same points across without risking loosing less media literate players in the muddy waters of nuance, metaphor, and symbolism.

We could have seen Billy filtered through the eyes of the wounded child again. Vecna could have promised him a picture perfect family, like maybe his mom never left, or maybe he gets to punish her for leaving and Neil for being a piece of shit. IDK there are just dozens and dozens of ways they could have shown us he is love starved and just as desperate to give up control as he is to control his world, without literally forcing the audience to imagine a female and then saying - this is Billy btw. LOL like, y'all don't understand. Choices were made.

[sinnerlillith]

“being bad feels pretty good, huh?”

Eddie being a soft dom switch is cannon. argue with the duffer brothers, not me /j

[yes, the title is a quote from The Breakfast Club.]

includes: praise kink, uses his bandana as wrist restraints for reader, hickeys, oral (F) receiving, short jokes of drug use, slight overstimulation, safe sex, cursing

A/N: i couldn't tell if i wanted to write him as a boyfriend or fwb, so you can pick.

word count: 5k

summary: Cuddling with Eddie while watching The Breakfast Club turns steamy- like your wrists are tied and your brains get fucked out steamy.

"John- or Bender, whatever they call him, is so hot" you comment nonchalantly, unexpectedly getting the attention of the man you're cuddling with. You feel him shift under you as his neck lifts from off your pillows to look at your head resting on his chest, his face littered with mock concern. His eyebrow then raises as if he's confused at your attraction to the delinquent on screen.

He looks at the screen in your room, then back at you, then at the screen again in. "Him?" He questions, a ringed finger pointing to the TV. "The dirty looking, loud pothead who- ooooh wait," he catches himself in his words, "you have a type don't you." He says.

You giggle at him finally catching on to what he's rambling. You snuggle back into his chest as you both lay up against your pillows, half sitting up half laying down so you can see the screen and cuddle comfortably. Your legs are tangled together intimately. You both keep watching silently with occasional giggles. 

"I wonder what we would do if we had detention like them." You think out loud.

"Probably fuck." Eddie blurts almost immediately, as if he didn’t just say something near vulgar like its nothing. You slap his chest in a flustered manner, feeling his chest vibrating below your hand as he laughs. His arm snakes around your torso as the opposite one comes up behind his head of hair. The back of his skull rests on the palm of his ringed hand, exposed biceps flexing from out of his black band tee.

"No seriously though," you start finishing your thoughts through a smile "I think we would sneak out of the library and smoke, just like they did."

"Yeah I see that," he agrees. "And then we would have high sex in my van."

"Oh my GOSH, EDDIE." you try to say seriously, but it comes out as a flustered giggle, the thought giving you full on butterflies. He laughs once again at your flustered manner. He finds you so cute when his flirting gets your mind racing like this. He lifts his arm that was on you, fingers tracing up at your exposed waist from your cropped pajama top.

"I'm serious.." he mumbles lowly. "If I have to spend several hours with you, and- I mean, I find the opportunity to have just you and me alone-" A sigh leaves his pink lips. "Yeah. Your panties aren't staying on sweetheart. That's for sure." a boyish grin creeps on his face shortly after his explanation. 

Shit. You think to yourself, a smile creeping onto your face at his boldness. "Well..." You get bold too. "We are technically alone" you say, lifting your head up to look into his deep brown eyes. Your chin rests on his chest now as he looks down at your own eyes, taken aback at first. The smile long gone on his face, replaced by a surprised eyebrow lifting at you matching his directness. You jokingly grin at him. His eyes looking down at your lips, then quickly back up again. Smile slowly creeping back onto his face.

"What are you suggesting, miss y/n?" He playfully replies. 

“Oh nothing... just saying. Thats all.” you place the side of your face back onto his chest, eyes focused on the movie. Eddie actually is slightly let down at your boldness fizzling out so suddenly. 

His eyes turn back to the screen, and his lips flatten against each other into a line. More time passes by and his hand creeps up your waist once again, except it reaches past your ribs to the lower fat of your breast. “Can I?” he asks under his breath. You nod, allowing him consent to grope your chest with his big palm after brushing your crop top over your breast, exposing it. His rings are cold on your warm flesh, but he’s not focused on your shivers, his eyes are dead set on the film. His groping gets firmer and needier, his calloused finger tips from guitar playing pinches at your hard nipple. Your butterflies return at his technique, your breathing waivers, but only slightly, and he’s still not paying attention to you. He’s so interested in the movie meanwhile your legs pool with heat.

Your eyelashes flutter, thighs begin to squeeze. His groping doesn’t stop. He’s so focused on that damn movie, he doesn’t even notice your thighs squirm until you exhale a shakey breath. His eyes quickly shift down to you and then over your body to your thigh tightening on top of his own. He grins as he finally realizes what he’s doing to you.

He sucks his teeth “Aw sweetheart” he tuts, “looks like you’re not focusing on the movie anymore huh?” 

“Shut up” you snap, but it comes out shakey and stirred. You smile, coming up with an idea to get back at him. Your hand that was resting on his chest lifts, just barely hovering over the warm fabric of his metal band shirt. Your finger tips graze down his torso, touching over his firm clothed stomach, finally landing at the hem of his shirt. They brush up under it, resting a few inches above his pelvic line. you flatten your hand there, thumb and pointer finger begin to pet delicate circles. The seemingly innocent gesture drives him crazy, and now it’s his turn to exhale a shakey breath while you watch the movie. Your hand travels further up his warm stomach, simultaneously making his shirt rise, exposing his skin to the cool air in your room. You can see the hem line of his boxers underneath his black ripped jeans, his dark thin happy trail below his belly button. You gulp at the sight.

“Those hands of yours are too curious, babe.” he comments, trying to keep his composure. 

“And what are you going to do about that, babe?” you ask, using the same pet name on him. 

He notices your fire from earlier is back. “Do you really want to know?” he questions, cautiously. 

“I mean..I’m hoping you just go ahead and show me” you say through a smile.

He takes this as an invite to get up from underneath you, walking to the TV to turn it down. His pocket chain dangles and makes noise with every step. You are laying on your back now, pillow under your head. Your legs are straight and crossed, one hand in your hair, other over your stomach. He turns around fully facing you. He eyes your bare legs, then looks back at your face. 

You make eye contact as he reaches in his back pocket to grab the black bandana that is always hanging from his pants. He holds it up with 2 fingers in his right hand and dangles it eye level, with a smile. “You know what this is?” 

You sigh. “A bandana, Eddie.” 

“Nope.” he closes his eyes and shakes his head, bandana still dangling. 

“What is it then, if it’s not a bandana?” you say, eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

He sighs and rolls his eyes while dropping his shoulders. “Jeez sweetheart,” he says walking towards the edge of the bed, “you really don’t know how to have fun.” 

“Then show me.” you state, like its nothing. But to Eddie, it’s the chain reaction starter to a swarm of dirty thoughts. 

He grabs both of your ankles, separating your legs, and yanks them towards him at the edge of the bed making you gasp. His motion dragged you along your back and off your pillow, making you lay flat and horizontal to the bed. Your arms are above your head at both sides of your body, cropped top ridding up slightly. A shy smile is on your face after, even when you covered your face with your hand to try and hide it. 

He looks down at you, legs spread, clothed in sweat shorts and a crop top thinking that you have too much clothing on. He looks back into your eyes, bandana now scrunched up in his right hand. “You wanna have some fun, right?” he asks you suggestively. 

You heat up, especially between your legs at the position he has you in. You gulp and nod, “mm hmm.”

“No, no,” he shakes his head to each side once, “use your words.”

“Yes, I want to Eddie.” 

He smiles at your words. His ringed pointer and middle finger lift and gesture at you. “Lift your wrists” you now are fully aware of what he’s about to do with that bandana. You get excited at the idea and lift both your wrists together.

He grabs them gently, weaving the bandana around and then between them. Curling it, bending it, folding it, tying it, so it can keep them firmly together without hurting you. As he ties it around your wrists, he pays close attention to the knots. He’s so focused that the tip of his wet and reddish pink tongue comes out to lick at the top center of his lip, then out to corner of his mouth. Cute. 

“Now,” he moves your wrist above your head, laying flat against the sheets, “keep em there for me, will you dear?” You nod as he uses his fingers on both hands to brush down from your spread knees to the in betweens of your plush thighs. This causes your thighs to get goosebumps and your skin to tingle with arousal, and he’s barely even touched you. It makes you want to close them shut, but before your body can react that way, he’s dropping down to his knees and gripping them open. 

His head turns to the right, making eye contact with you just before kissing your left thigh lightly. Once, twice, three times. His eyes are serious, deep, and dark, you cant focus on them anymore, it’s too intense. Your head falls back and you sigh as his kisses begin to get heavier, teeth involved now. You hear his wet kissing noises grow until-

You gasp.

Did he just bite me? He licks at the gentle bite he gave your thigh. He gives the mark a kiss, then harshly sucks at it. Your back arches at the discomfort, and he takes advantage of this. His veiny left hand rises up from your right thigh, the opposite of the one that he’s giving a harsh warm hickey to, and travels down your middle body, under your shirt. His palm goes to your right breast and he cups it. He’s palming it slowly, opening and squeezing his hand over and over. His brown locks tickle in between your legs, but you're more focused on his groping.

His mouth continues to latch onto your thigh and bruise it, except you notice his mouth is going further and further down, closer to your core. He moves your shorts down to the side to get the most inner part, and he’s incredibly rough with you there. Your arms above you squirm at the intensity, your eyelids are squeezing together tightly. His licking, sucking, biting, kissing, coming from his wet and hot mouth makes you exhale heavy and whine. 

“Eddie” you whine out a warning. He ignores you. He smiles up at you, seeing your back arched, breast in his hand, arms tied back and head tossing. Your chest heaves. 

“You’re so pretty” he says innocently. “How about I take your shorts-”

“yes, fuck, take them off” you interrupt him with your ramble.

He slides them off, leaving your underwear on. He looks down at your wet patch, licking his lips. He applies a kiss to it, then moves his head to your opposite thigh with no hickeys. He kisses hot and wet open mouth kisses up from your inner thigh to your knee. Thighs now in both hands, his thumbs caressing circles. 

You’re getting desperate, you want his mouth on you somewhere else. You lift your tied wrists, placing your hands on his dark messy hair. You push on it, but he grabs the bandana with his right hand, taking it off of his head. He gets up on his feet just enough to hover over you without standing fully so he can move your wrists back to their place. His guitar pick necklace falls out of his shirt and dangles over you. 

“Keep them up here, y/n” He cautions clearly, “Or else I’ll stop everything.” he warns, looking into your eyes. Thats the only warning you need. “Do you understand?” He asks, and you nod while saying yes. 

“Good girl.” he says, smile returning. He’s now moving down your body again, on his knees between your legs. His face is back in front of your covered hole, eyeing your wet spot. His hands return to your thighs to keep them open. He's back to placing hickeys on your right thigh while pondering how he should tease your wetness. He lifts a middle finger up to it, pressing the center and rubbing up and down, spreading your wetness underneath. This pleasure mixed with the pain of his harsh hickeys makes you turn your head into your arm to muffle your moan.

Your hips move up into his singular finger, grinding against it. None of this is enough to alleviate your ache, so you begin to beg for him.

"Just- just put your finger inside already, please" You mewl, face still in your arm. He smiles against your thigh, his middle finger switches out for his thumb, which rubs circles over your covered clit.

"You sure you want it inside, princess? You look plenty satisfied with just my finger outside... all that squirming you're doing."

You look at his teasing eyes, "It's not enough" you huff, hips moving up, chest rising and falling rapidly. The stimulation to your clit makes your back arch and your face heat up.

"Whatever you say, love" Eddie replies, moving his palms off your leg and on your hips. Both index fingers curling over the top of your underwear to tug it down over your thighs, then calves, then feet. This time, you didn't wait for his palms to open your legs up, you did it yourself. Watching you spread your legs for him automatically made him tuck his bottom lip in his mouth. He stared at the transparent shimmer of your wetness, that tightness in his pants got suffocatingly tighter.

"Hmm." He says flatly, "I think I got something better to do with this instead of fingering it." And he does indeed. He took his right hand, used his pointer and middle finger to spread your glistening lips making his fingers in a V shape, and leaned forward into it.

He first kissed your entrance, then slid only the tip of his tongue out of his mouth from the bottom to the top of your slit, drawing out a squeak from you. You wanted his full tongue to flatten against you, but just the tip of it wasn't a bad sensation. Just as you starting enjoying the pressure from the tip of his tongue against you, he fully flattened it against your core. He dragged it up and down slowly, curling it through your folds every now and then.

Hearing his wet mouth against your wet pussy was such a nice sound. The sound alone could get you hot and heavy. He sucked at your clit gently, then harshly, then broke away from it fully just to lick back up again. Your legs got harder and harder to keep open, so he put his hands back on them again helping you out.

"I got you, I got you" he said against your pussy as he kept you open. His skilled tongue moved faster, harsher, and more sensually. He starting pushing his tongue inside your dripping wet hole, practically fucking you with it. You were moaning out his name along with curses. His mouth really does drive you insane, but what drove you more insane is that your wrists are still restrained, not allowing you to run your fingers through his dark hair. It somehow aroused you further, being at his mercy like this.

Your stomach tightened, your legs shook more violently. You were close to your climax, and of course Eddie noticed this. He momentarily detached from you to tease you one last time before your orgasm.

"Gonna make a mess?" You hear from between your legs. You can't help but nod.

"yes- yes fuck!" his mouth is back on you, causing you moan loudly. You keep saying his name, and you would be wiggling around if it weren't for his amazing grip. Your body does a full on tremble as you orgasm all on his mouth and chin.

And he's still eating you out. He chuckles at your failure to bring your arms down to push on his head since he threatened to stop if you brought them down again. His chuckle vibrates against your pussy, and you could tell him to stop and he would but you don't want him to. Even though it's over stimulating, it's also hot. It’s hot that eating you out brings him so much pleasure that he wants to keep doing it until his jaw hurts. His tongue slows down, and his kisses on your clit gets lighter. His sucks are less harsh as he finally stops. All you can hear now is both of your open mouthed breathing , then a swallow. That's right, he swallowed what you just gave him.

Your body relaxes, legs fall open naturally, arms stilled after releasing all that pent up energy from holding them back. You feel the bed dip as his arms come up to rest against the side of your body.

"Don't look so tired now, y/n," his palm comes up to cup your face. "You didn't think I was done, did ya?" He questions, chin and lips glistening from you. You feel heat come back to your face, too embarrassed to look any longer at the mess you made on him. The back of his veiny hand rubs off the wetness, you watch him do so.

"Earth to y/n, you still in there?" He says. You nod lazily. He thinks you look so cute after a good orgasm.

"Can I hold my wrists over your head and kiss you?" You ask, making his heart leap. He swoons at you wanting to kiss him.

"Of course" he smiles, using his left hand to grab your right elbow and help lead your wrists over his head. His hair falls around you both before your lips meet for a kiss. He nips at your lower lip as you open your mouth, tongues lay against each other and swirl, causing you to taste yourself. His left hand slides down to your waist, giving it a squeeze. His mouth moves down to your left side, kissing your throat. Your legs hook onto and around his firm and toned back, bringing him closer.

"Is this the part where you fuck me?" You ask impatiently.

"Getting there" he says in your ear. He gets up off of you, helping your hips shimmy back further up the bed so half your body isn't on the edge anymore. Your head is now back on the pillows and his full body can hover over you now. He sits up straight to take his shirt off. You eye how his arms flex and hair poofs out of the neck line. You lick your lips at the sight of his tattoos and necklace. He's fucking pretty.

He settles himself between your open legs. He looks down at you tied up and only wearing a crop top. "You're the cutest thing" he blurts, followed by that golden smile of his.

His head lowers again to your neck. "Don't forget to keep your arms up, ok?" You nod.

His head tilts down his own body, still next to your neck but eyes looking at your clothed chest. He sees your nipples poke through the fabric. "Can I push this up?" He asks softly. You grant him permission so he slides your top above your breasts, exposing them though the fabric is still on you. He kisses down your collar bone, skips over your shirt, and then back to your skin below it.

His head lifts above your tits, just eyeing them. He takes both of them, one in each of his hands.

“Do you think if I put a stick of lipstick between these-”

Oh no.

“Oh god Eddie, shut up”

“-I could apply the lipstick to myself like that chick we just watched?” he asks through boyish giggles. With his hands on either sides of your tits, he’s separating and then squeezing them together rapidly. 

You can't help but giggle at his stupid jokes in such a heated moment. He starts kissing at the swell of your breast, still smiling. He then pops your left nipple into his mouth, his hand on the opposite breast finds your other nipple. He pinches and squeezes it while his hot mouth is on the other. His sucking sounds and the pleasure he's giving you makes your head go further into the pillows with a sigh. You want his dick in you already but instead his mouth finds his way to the other breast.

You whine. "What are ya cryin for, princess?" He teases, mouth back on your flesh.

"Eddie please, I just want you to fuck me." You whimper, sounding so desperate that you surprise your own ears.

"Really? How bad?" His head begins to lift from off your chest. He eyes your face.

"So fucking bad, I need it" you're almost crying now. He's just doing all of this teasing and no railing. It's not fair.

His hand comes down to cup your cunt. "You need me here?" He taunts.

You nod vigorously, tears about to prick your eyes.

"As you wish, darling" he comes up, back straight now. Necklace that was once dangling over your skin comes up to rest against his chest. His hand runs through his dark frizzy half curls as he exhales, looking down at your pussy. His hands trail to his jeans, unbuttoning them. He slides them down his thighs, just enough to expose his boxers.

His hands come into his boxers, pulling out his dick and Jesus, it's hard. Much harder than you expected. It's already leaking pre cum. You can't stop staring at it, the way he's touching it, the veins-

"y/n? Did you hear me?" You snap out of it, looking at his deep brown eyes. "I asked where your condoms and lube are." You look to your night stand.

He grabs a condom and the lube, settling back between your legs. He brings the condom up to his teeth as he tears it with his mouth, puffing air through his mouth to blow the piece in-between his teeth away. Well fuck, that was hot you think. He slides the condom on effortlessly to his hard shaft. He lubes himself up and places the tube of it behind him. He shifts to where your wrists are above your head and grabs one of you many pillows. He lifts up your hips and slides the pillow underneath it so he can fuck you easier. His hands come down to grip your hips once the pillow is snug underneath, preparing to enter you.

"Ready now, pretty girl?" He asks, but you've been ready. You're more than ready. You nod and he lines his tip up with your wetness. He pushes gently into you, watching as your eyes shut at the pressure of him entering. You feel him stretching you open, but it's such a good stretch. He watches your face scrunch up then relax in pleasure as you gasp when he fully enters inside you. His palms go to the part of your thighs below your knees. He forces them open wider and a bit more upward.

He pulls out slowly, to the point where just his tip is in you. Then he pushes in again, slowly. He moves in and out like this at a slow pleasurable pace. He's taking his time with you, his face heats at your gasps. Your walls feel so good squeezing around him. You feel so warm. His mouth slacks open, watching your pussy swallow him up, forming a glistening ring around his base.

“God, you’re so perfect.” he huffs

“Faster... Eddie" he hears you mewl at him.

He exhales a short breath at your request, but picks up the pace anyway. He’s moving in and out faster, but not harder. Abs flexing each time he’s fully in, and relaxing each time he’s out. 

He exhales heavier, hair sways forward and back with each thrust. “Mmm” he moans, his head throws back in the air, hair falling back with him “Fuck, y/n” he says to the celling with a groan. Muscles of his neck are more exposed as you look up at them. His Adams apple is more defined like this and you can see it bob.

“Harder” you moan. Arms struggling again, chest heaving. 

“Jeez babe, so naughty” he smiles down at you. He pushes your right thigh down so it lays flat against the edge of the pillow, slightly touching the mattress but this causes your hips to shift right too. So he has to take your left leg and swing it over his shoulder, ankle now next to his face. He gives it a quick kiss. Such a sweet, gentle gesture only to be pushed aside because now he’s hammering into you harder, just like you wanted. It makes the bed creak, your tits bounce and shift, your moans rip though the air. He’s hitting your sweet spot at this new angle. You cant keep your eyes open.

"Yeah? Right there, huh?" He huffs, but you cant even respond normally.

“Yes, yes,” a few small tears are actually coming out now, “oh my g- fuck!” you cry and beg for him not to stop.

“So beautiful- you sound so beau- shit” he wines. Your voice, your pussy, your cries, it all sounds perfect to him. He knows he can hear more of you though, so his hand slides down to your clit as he’s railing you into the mattress. He circles it, nice and easy at first just to get your reaction. 

Your eyes shoot open, mouth falls with drool. It gets so much harder to not move your arms down.

“Look at me” he says, your teary eyes move to him, but the moment your eyes connect, his thumb rubs on your clit faster. This makes your eyes shut and your head goes back. 

“You like that?” he sighs out, and you cry out several yeses. 

“No- keep looking at me, pretty” he begs. Your head turns back to him and you struggle to keep your eyes open. “Keep looking or I’ll slow down” he teases while panting, half jokingly, but you take it seriously. 

“No no no, oh god Eddie, please-” you cry “I cant-” your eyes shut then quickly open again “I cant do it, but don’t- ah shit, don’t stop Eddie!” 

His eyes widen at you begging for him to continue fucking you. His thumb slows on your clit.

“Say my name again, y/n.” he whimpers. And you do, its music to his ears. 

“Again.” he begs, and you just don’t stop. Your stomach flutters at his requests.

He’s now fucking you so good that you cant stop squirming. You clench around him as his thumb goes back to your clit. He’s moaning at how good you feel and you can’t take it. You’re definitely gonna cum soon. 

“You’re doing so well, look at you” he praises. Your body is shaking and tightening at his praise. You cant stop making noise, and you would be embarrassed at your loudness but you feel too good to care. You repeat the words “I’m gonna cum” until you cant anymore, and you finally climax.

He’s now chasing his own orgasm, shifting your legs. He makes you thighs come together, your legs touch together as he fucks into you, both ankles on the side of his head now. This new position makes you feel tighter and he can’t take it much longer. He’s exhaling though his mouth, short and pitchy exhales before he finally finishes in the condom. 

He just kinda stays there, both of you catching your breath, his head between your ankles around his neck. You now lift your still tied wrists to cup his face, one of his large hands coming up to grab your own. He smiles against your palm. “Let me get this off of you.” he unties the bandana, and slowly slips out of your heat. The pull out feels good for both of you, hearing both your breaths hitch. The pillow is now shifted away from under your hips, to down under your knees. He falls forward, laying down next to you making the bed dip.

You move the pillow away fully, legs now resting against the mattress. You turn over to your side facing him to curl up into his body heat. His hand rubs on your back, tracing your dips and curves. “How are you feeling?” he asks, voice slightly muffled against the sheets. 

“Tired,” you mumble “but also like I just got the daylights fucked out of me.”

He chuckles. “Yeah, that was fun.” The film still plays in the back very quietly, but thats not your focus anymore. You lift yourself on your forearms to give him a quick kiss on his face. He smiles, fingers rubbing at his tired eyes.

You looked back down at your inner thighs covered with his hickeys. He’s curious as to what you’re looking at, so his eyes follow your line of sight. “They don’t hurt too much, do they?” he asks.

“Not really, they’re hot though. But you don’t have any hickeys on you anywhere...” you say, eyes trailing up his body. “I think I should help with that.” you tell him and he excitedly nods his head. 

★・・・・・・★

Tag list: @eddiesmxse

(LMAO I only have 1 person 💀 y'all lmk in the comments plz if u want to be added to the list, and then let me know if it's for every fic or only sub / Dom eddie) please reblog if you enjoyed! this is my longest fic at the moment but idk if i wrote it well or not? I did have fun making eddie be goofy tho so let me know if you enjoyed the way i wrote something

[gayofthefae]

I love that one tweet from season 2 or so of Noah Schnapp saying guys two guys can be just friends who don't have to ship everything about Byler and then like the Duffers keep writing and he's just like oh shit uhhhhh my bad guys that one's on me I was wrong

[chirpsythismorning]

Something we should definitely not overlook, because it feels relevant to birthdaygate, is the individual character posters for season 4.

There's actually even an interview with the Duffer Brothers, where they were asked about this theory:

Though, I should clarify, this interviewer got a few details wrong, as it appears Max was actually looking away from the camera, not directly at it. Not only that, but she also wasn’t the only one to do so. She was one out of four total...

Looking directly at the camera: El, Hopper, Murray, Will, Argyle, Steve, Dustin, Robin, (not shown above: Karen, Lucas, Erica, Nancy, Eddie)

Looking away from the camera, to their left: Joyce, Mike, Jonathon, Max

We could deduce that this visual choice was foreshadowing Max getting cursed by Vecna in season 4, and Matt did sort of elude to this in his response to the question, seeing as it was focused only on her. But what could this possibly mean for the other three then?

Initially, it didn’t seem like we got anything substantial enough in s4 that could have possibly paralleled Joyce, Mike and Jonathon to Max's situation, or even being cursed by Vecna like she did for that matter. Well, except—

I do find it interesting that the same episode we see Max slowly discover she has been cursed, in an episode literally titled 'Vecna's Curse', it's March 22nd, Will's birthday, and in real time we are seeing the three people who would definitely never forget Will's birthday, presumably forget.

Because undeniably, the first thing that crosses my mind when it comes to what could possibly connect these three characters with each other, is Will. He's what connects them all. But even more specifically, THIS scene below is what connects them all, a scene which, might I remind you, has a major emphasis on the word 'remember':

Joyce: Do you know what March 22nd is? It’s your birthday. YOUR birthday. When you turned 8, I gave you that huge box of crayons, do you remember that?

Jonathon: Do you remember the day dad left?

Mike: Do you remember the first day that we met?

Vecna:

Not only do I think this means that Vecna most likely took away these three's memory of Will’s birthday, I also think it means he took away this specific memory and all the memories mentioned within it.

If it's all coming full circle and everything leads back to Will, it would make sense that Vecna 'took notes' during this whole incident in 2x08. These memories and these specific people in Will's life played a role in thwarting Vecna's plans last time, so obviously, he's not going to give them the chance to do that again.

This also brings up some interesting questions:

Were those weird POV shots of the Cali gang, that looked oddly stalker-ish, meant to represent Vecna keeping a close eye on them, to make sure his plan was still in motion?

How long will this manipulation (curse) Vecna has on these three last? And to what extent? Will it all just come to a head right away in early season 5, at a moment when they're trying to save Will, but they inevitably fail because all of the relevant things that saved him last time, are now missing from their memories?

And last, but definitely not least, is it possible Mike wouldn’t have gone through with professing his love to El, the way that he did, even going as far as to say his life started the day he found her in the woods (the day Will went missing), if he had remembered already doing the exact same thing with Will…? If he had remembered the best thing he'd ever done was ask Will to be his friend? Because if this theory is correct y’all... MIKE DOESN'T REMEMBER!!!???

Well, that's all (for now)

Please be sure to check out this post if you haven't already, but even more importantly, scroll down to the bottom of that post, because there I have linked all the most incriminating evidence thus far.

And trust me, once you read all of it, it's pretty much undeniable.

I also hope this gives some validation to those of you out there who denied vehemently that Joyce, Mike or Jonathon could EVER possibly forget Will's birthday. Because you were right. Technically, they didn't. Technically it required an inter-dimensional monster for this to be possible at all. So props to ya'll and your faith in these characters! YOU WERE RIGHT!

[carigm]

MAJOR POTENTIAL SPOILERS/LEAKS REGARDING S5 (WARNING)

Last Spring/Summer, a semi popular fandom account on Twitter got sent some leaks about S5, focused on the first half of the season. At this time, many fandom accounts were receiving supposed leaks, so our attention was a bit scattered and we didn’t focus on any of them too much. A popular leak account on Twitter (unrelated to ST) also mentioned that they had gotten the first half of S5 leaked, and that this source is “never wrong”. Now, it is hard to tell if these leaks are the same as the ones that the specific fandom account I’m talking about received, but something to keep in mind. Her leaks were given to her by a person named James (which I assume is a fake name). These leaks were also posted on Reddit, last year, by her (the person in the fandom that got the leaks from James) but some major things were omitted in that post. I’m gonna leave a link here in case you guys want to read the discussion.

I’m sharing these leaks with you because some things from them are kinda lining up with what we’re seeing from S5 production. Keep in mind that these could be fake/wrong, and James himself said he didn’t have info on the last couple of scripts.

According to James, Mike dies in Ep. 3. I’m adding more screenshots later for more context, but the gist of these leaks is that Mike bites it, mlvn never breakup nor do they get a resolution, and Byler is left up to interpretation but never really happens. (I don’t really need to get into how shitty this all is writing wise)

Let’s go over the things these leaks might have potentially gotten right, according to what we know so far.

1. James said that the time jump would occur in ep. 1, after an establishing scene where S4 left off. He said the time jump would place us in late 1987/early 1988. He also mentioned there would be a series of flashbacks showcasing stuff from before the time jump. The dates he gave do seem to be accurate, and David Harbour had a shaved head right before they went into filming, which could imply pre time jump scenes.

2. According to him, after Mike dies, they find a letter he had been writing. Some of us were theorizing Finn had a letter in his back pocket in those rooftop pics. Could’ve also been Finn’s script and he just stuck it there (who knows).

3. He said that Joyce gets badly injured in ep.3, and since there’s speculation Winona was seen filming at the hospital, some people think that means she was taken there because of her injury. It’s important to notice that Natalia, Cara, and Finn were also supposedly seen filming at the hospital, and that the production called for many extras for nurses and paramedics. So whatever they’re filming at the hospital, it might be bigger than Joyce getting injured in her leg. Let’s remember Max is at the hospital too. I’m not 100% sold on this part of the leaks.

4. Today it was revealed that they’re setting up to film at Stone Mountain. (This is where they filmed UD scenes for S4)

Apparently production might have purple tentacles out already. (UD vines?)

Cara Buono mentioned, in that video shared by Ross Duffer, that she was filming stuff from Ep.2. This was around 2 days ago.

The people that know about the leaks think this is where Mike dies in ep. 3. Here’s some further context:

Here’s some stuff he said about mlvn:

Which is just….meh, because like I said, it doesn’t look like him and El ever breakup before his supposed death. Plus Byler never gets any resolution.

Now some things that might disprove the leaks (I’m trying to be impartial here)

1. These leaks mentioned Argyle a couple of times, saying he has a hero moment at some point. Eduardo made it sound like he’s not coming back to the show, but tbh he could just be lying. He’s listed for ep.2 on IMDb (and yes I know anyone with an account can edit that site)

2. These leaks say that Mike is very insufferable for the 3 episodes he’s alive, basically lashing out at everyone, specially El, and just overall behaving like an asshole. I really didn’t get that from the ElMike rooftop scene, in fact he seemed very gentle with her. People that know about these leaks think that the rooftop scene is Mike maybe apologizing to El and them having a heart to heart, right before he dies (no comment).

All in all, if Mike is dying this early, I’m sure we’ll know soon enough. The rest of the cast is gonna be filming for like a year, and Finn will be done in like two weeks 💀

I also hope there’s more leaks soon (on Reddit) so that we might compare them to these and see wtf is up.

I know someone is gonna inevitably ask why leaks would be out almost a whole year before they started filming when we usually get them during filming or post production, but I’ve been told these leaks happened around the time the writer’s strike began, which is when they were originally gonna start filming. I was also told other shows had issues with leaks around that same time.

I don’t want to get too much into the truly awful writing we’re facing if these are real but…First, I believe it’s a total disservice to Mike’s character. One of your mains since S1 and you don’t even offer him the option of dying towards the end of the season? Even fucking Eddie got that. Two, it seems like a very easy cop out for not having to make Byler canon. Let’s just have neither ship be endgame and that way we don’t get queerbaiting allegations. It also stands in a zone too close to torture porn for my liking, because sure let’s kill the character two of the most traumatized characters in the history of TV love most. And yes, it’s also a disservice to El and Will’s characters. And lastly, if that supposed letter vaguely alludes Mike having some sort of sexuality problems (we don’t know atp) it is pretty fucked up they just killed him off like that. Sure let’s not explore any of that, but give a half assed explanation via letter ex machina. This is looking like Supernatural finale levels of bad to me.

Another point, I distinctly remember the Duffers saying, after S4, that they could never kill off a character like Mike because it would be too painful, and that ST would cease to be ST and lose its identity. They didn’t want to be like GOT. I sincerely hope they actually meant this and were not trying to be cheeky or whatever the fuck.

It would be genuinely insane, and quite frankly, a highlight of their lack of writing abilities.

I hope the leaks are wrong, but I felt like it was necessary to warn everyone just in case. I know I’m not watching something this awful.

[robynrocksforbrains]

The Map and The Painting

Ohhhh boy if there's one thing about me it's that I'm gonna pick up on some poetic symbolism that honestly maybe wasn't even intended but I'm gonna talk about it to my heart's content anyway!!! Considering how the Duffers talk about the van scene though... And how long they spent filming it... Maybe it was intended. Who knows? I certainly don't!

The Map = Mike's relationship w/ El

The Painting = Mike's relationship w/ Will (obviously)

When the van scene opens, Mike is holding a map. He is looking at that map. This is the map they're using to get to the coordinates of NINA. This is the map they're using to find El.

Mike is holding this map while he vents his insecurities regarding his relationship with El. He looks and sounds dejected. He looks and sounds lost. He is holding a map, a navigation tool, and yet he is lost.

[I wish I had photos but I do not, so just go watch the scene for yourself if you wanna be reminded of just how much is going on in this poor boy's head.]

If this map is a representation of his relationship with El, that would mean this relationship makes him feel lost. Which isn't a stretch considering that is literally exactly what we see in their relationship time and time again. Mike loses himself in this relationship. He becomes someone we barely recognize in s3. And then in s4 we see that he doesn't know how to navigate his relationship with her. He's insecure, he feels inferior, he is completely in the dark about what her life is actually like. He's lost.

[This would not be the first time El is associated with a navigation tool. Specifically navigation tools that are broken/not serving their intended purpose. In s1 she tampers with the compass and leads Mike, Lucas, and Dustin on a wild goose chase. Her intentions were pure, she just wanted to keep them safe. But still, she's associated with a "broken" compass. She broke it. She's the reason they veer off the path to finding Will. (not hating on her for this, like I said, I know her intentions were pure, but that is what happened.) Of course, in the case of the map, the dysfunction is entirely symbolic, and likely not even an intended interpretation. I'm just a little insane.]

He's rambling and he looks lost, and he gives up. He cuts his ramblings off, apologizes, and calls his feelings stupid. Will lets him know that he doesn't have to be sorry. So he tries to continue, but he's at a loss for words. He doesn't know how to describe everything he's feeling. He doesn't even know where to begin.

"I don't know... I just... Uhhh..." // "You're scared of losing her"

Slowed to appreciate Finn Wolfhard's talent

Will says that, and Mike's demeanor completely shifts. He looks like he feels seen for the first time in a long time. We know he's been lost, but we also know he's been hiding. He hasn't wanted to be found. But Will just got pretty damn close to finding him, and Mike doesn't look scared. He looks relieved. He looks amazed that Will was even looking to find him in the first place.

Mike doesn't deny what Will says. He confirms it. He's vulnerable because Will makes him feel safe. So then Will gives him the painting.

This is when Mike sets aside the map in favor of holding the painting.

The map is formal, mature, grown up. Like how he feels he needs to be. He views his relationship with El as a necessary step to growing up. As a necessary step to leaving his childhood, and his childish feelings behind.

"We're not kids anymore. I mean, what did you think really? That we were never gonna get girlfriends? That we were just gonna sit in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?"

The painting - Will's painting - is reminiscent of the kind of map you'd see in a fantasy world. A scroll that holds the secrets of the universe. The key to defeating evil once and for all. The kind of map you'd find in a fantasy game. The kind of game you played with your best friends. Before everything got so scary. Before everything got so complicated. Before you grew to be afraid of who you are. Before you were forced to grow up. Before everything changed.

"Yeah. I guess I did. I really did."

Mike holds the painting with so much care. He unrolls it with so much care.

This isn't anything new from Mike. We know how much he loves Will's art. How much he respects it. We've seen this before.

(Something I love about the way this is filmed is that it feels reminiscent of scenes in fantasy movies where the protagonist has found some ancient map or scroll and is unrolling it. I really can't know for sure if this was intentional, but it's the feeling I get from it. I don't have a scene to compare it to because I cannot for the life of me think of one, but I know I've seen scenes like that before. And this feels like that)

Once he's looking at the painting itself, he lights up. He has this childlike wonder about him.

Something that we haven't seen from him in a while.

And it's no surprise that this painting is what lights that spark in him again. I mean just look at it. It's their childhood lovingly painted by his best friend. It's Mike and his three best friends, the people he's been through hell with, fighting a monster. Something they have real life experience doing. But in this painting it's not scary, because it's an echo of their adventures before the monsters were real. Before everything changed.

Will points to the shield. The shield has a heart on it. The shield also conveniently looks like an arrow that is conveniently pointing to Will the Wise. Our eyes naturally follow this, at least mine do. Like they're following a map. And if my eyes did that, then I'm pretty sure Mike's did too.

In the same way the literal map is leading Mike to El, the painting acts as a figurative map that leads Mike to Will.

Mike looks dejected and lost while holding the map. He talks about his insecurities and expresses that he feels inferior, and that he's not needed.

He lights up when holding the painting. Will uses the painting to tell him that he's wrong about himself. That he's a leader. That he is needed and he always will be. He looks as if maybe he's on his way to finding himself, and in the process, finding Will.

So when his last significant interaction with Will in s4 is him reaching into the light to grasp his shoulder and reaffirm that they're a team...

And when he ends the season with El walking away from him, and instead of following her, he chooses to stay by Will's side. Ready to face whatever comes next as a team. Ready to fight the monster. With his convenient little pocket arrow conveniently pointing to Will...

Well it's not really a surprise, is it? This is exactly the path that the figurative map that is the painting is leading Mike down. The path it is leading the audience down. We haven't gotten to the destination yet, but we have a pretty good idea of where we're going.

Mike however? I'm not too sure if he's fully aware of what he's stumbling toward.

[tcshva]

finn. he literally had a say in casting eduardo as argyle. he’s allegedly the only one who correctly guessed the plot of stranger things’ spin-off. he plays The main character in the show. the duffer bros trust him. and he's not doing any interviews. the way he stutters and gives such a vague answer when asked about literally anything in the show

that guy definitely knows something. noah can be our captain but once finn makes a public statement about byler it's going to be over for us. he's a tough nut to crack. nobody knows what's going on inside his floof head, just like mike wheeler. he understands his character. the stares are a deliberate choice. he's not a bad actor because he knows exactly what he's doing. in fact i think finn also pays close attention to details and in one way or another picked up the meanings of the cinematographic elements in the show as well as the character dynamics as he was working with the crew

in other words the duffers are keeping finn wolfhard under their basement

edit: finn didn’t guess how stranger things would end, he guessed the plot of the spinoff. thank you @foahchoseme for pointing that out! edited the post! 👍🎊

link to the article: link

[lunabug2004]

I want to preface this post with the fact that I find Mileven completely adorable in seasons 1 & 2. They were truly at their peak and I adore them. I also absolutely love Dustin and Lucas. Now onto the post:

Dustin and Lucas make me so mad in s1 on behalf of Mike. Them telling Mike that he's practically obsessed and in love with El just because he missed one (1) day of school to help a kid who is their age and obv scared/in need of help, then kept her around because he thought she could help them find their missing friend... is insane to me.

I understand that they are kids, and that's why I don't really hold this against them... but it's so frustrating to watch from both a Mileven perspective and a Byler perspective. Mileven because they (or Mike at least) didn't get the chance to come to this conclusion on their own, he was basically forced to confront his newlyfound feelings in the middle of one of the worst times in his life. Byler because if Mike really does suffer from internalized homophobia omg did this mess him up even more. Like "oh, they think I like her so it must be true, right? Maybe I'm not so weird after all." type thinking was probably occurring.

Plus just the forced-ness of it all in general makes me uncomfy.

Watching Dustin say "all you ever wanna do is pay attention to her" as if it's a completely bad thing is so saddening to me, because yes, Mike really does care for El, but he's also so deadset on keeping her around and believing in her at that point because he knows she has a direct connection with Will.

Also Lucas's "El, will you marry me?" and Mike being so genuinely confused and annoyed by it is so telling to me. He was definitely not focused on his feelings for El, romantic or not, at that time! I don't see how he could be! His best friend is missing, he's known El for a couple days at least, and we know the Duffers don't believe in love at first sight (which doesn't mean they can't write it but still).

Idk, I know I'm not alone on this, but the whole situation just feels weird and slightly forced w/ romantic Mileven in s1.