#max stop this. stop this immediately

[bonetrousledbones]

attempting to beat art block back with a stick by drawing a stupid motherfucking creature

[mocktortis]

on my fourth (maybe fifth) rewatch of Fury Road I finally noticed that when Immortan Joe tells Nux to kill Furiosa, the gun Joe hands Nux is from his codpiece. Meaning he has at least one (presumably) loaded gun strapped right next to his dick at all times. I can't believe these fucking movies sometimes (said with admiration).

[maximusboltaqon]

hold on hold on HOLD ON.

APPARENTLY maximus gets FULL ON NAME DROPPED in #2 of scarlet witch & quicksilver and IVE HEARD NOBODY TALK ABOUT THIS AT ALL??

HE HAD A HIDDEN LAB IN MINNESOTA?????

[obi-wann-cannoli]

Fantasy writers PLEASE start including some sort of ‘previously on’ intro chapter to your sequels. Not just a cast of characters (though that is also helpful). I can’t remember shit about my own life much less the political situation of the fictional fantasy world from the first book.

[artiststarme]

What If Steve Were To Leave Hawkins? Part 18

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17

Well, I don't really like this one but I want to get something out today! Only two more parts, it's bittersweet in a way. I did not think that the first fic I ever wrote would have so many parts or be over 70 pages on a google doc.

I'm already working on a few new fics though I don't know if I'll end up posting them. One is a Steve superpower fic and the other is an angsty one with Steve and Eddie leaving together. Would anyone be interested in reading those?

~*~*~*~

Steve was feeling good. While he had initially been nervous to see his family again after being ignored and leaving town, he recognized that he may have judged the situation too harshly. The entire Party, besides Erica who was still at summer camp, was sitting at one of the picnic tables set up in the Byers’ backyard. They were all laughing and catching up until Hopper cleared his throat and brought up the dreaded topic. 

“So, I know we’re all having a good time here but I think we should talk about what happened,” he said, immediately bringing everyone’s attention to Steve.

Steve chuckled nervously, “Um, I don’t think we do. Everything’s fine, we’ve all moved on.”

Steve didn’t need anyone else pointing out his flaws. He’s already been made aware that he misunderstood the situation and acted too hastily, he really didn’t want to talk about it again. And if there was one thing he hated above all else, it was seeing people become sad when they were supposed to be happy. He saw the kid’s smiles starting to fade at Hopper’s words and he desperately wanted to keep them there. “Besides, I’m back right now! Let’s focus on that. Where’s the ice cream?”

Hopper glared harder at his pseudo-son and gruffly muttered, “we are talking about it. You left without telling anyone, had us looking for you for months thinking we might find a body, and then you show up acting like nothing happened!”

He turned his angered gaze to Eddie sitting next to Steve, “And don’t think you’re off the hook either, Munson. You were talking to him for weeks without telling any of us. Then you disappeared too. I had to deal with Wheeler trying to push me into charging Steve with kidnapping.”

At that, both Steve and Eddie nearly gave themselves whiplash turning to look at Mike. “What the hell, bro?” Eddie was surprised and somewhat touched at his concern. 

Meanwhile, Steve felt the opposite. He was offended, he’d known this kid for years and he still hated him despite everything he’d done. The fucker was permanently on his shit list now. “What the fuck, Wheeler? You little shit!” 

Hopper cleared his throat once again to drag their offended expressions away from the scowling teen. “Language! You both should know better than to disappear without telling anyone, especially with what we all have gone through. So what happened?”

Steve looked at Eddie. Eddie looked at Steve. Everyone else looked at them looking at each other. Steve sighed and tried to explain in a way that wouldn’t expose his vulnerability. “I didn’t think anyone would care if I left. My dad kicked me out and I didn’t have anywhere else to go. None of you had talked to me in weeks at that point so I just started driving. I ended up in Chicago and now I really like it there.”

Everyone around the table looked slightly horrified. They had all played a part in his departure, they knew. But they didn’t consider how distant and unreachable they had made themselves. 

“Kid, why didn’t you come here? Joyce and I told you that you could stay here whenever you needed to. Why didn’t you come to us?” Hopper asked, his gruff voice strained and congested. 

Steve just shook his head, his fingers twisting Eddie’s in search of comfort. “I didn’t want to bother you guys. You already have three kids, I didn’t want you to have to take me in because of pity.”

“So instead you went off on your own like a dumbass?” Max said. 

He glanced at her, “I’ve been alone my entire life so yeah, it wasn’t that bad. I found a job and an apartment. I’m happy now.”

“Why didn’t you reach out to anyone, Steve? We were really worried about you,” Joyce added. 

“Everyone seemed to be going about their normal lives when I called. I didn’t think you guys really noticed that I was gone and I didn’t want to bother you. I really don’t want to talk about it,” Steve said, frowning and making moves to make himself appear smaller. 

Eddie, sensing his boyfriend’s inner turmoil, placed a comforting hand on his knee, an action hidden from view of the others at the table. Steve shot him a manically desperate but appreciative close-lipped smile. His eyes begged Eddie to do something to draw the attention away from him. 

And Eddie would always do what he could to help his boyfriend. Without hesitation, he blurted, “Steve and I are dating!”

With that, Steve’s self-inflicted disappearance was forgotten. The reactions ranging throughout the group were extreme. Hopper had the most dramatic spit take of his life and spit his iced tea all over El and Mike that sat opposite him at the table. El looked confused at the situation before leveling her father with a glare for drenching her new shirt in iced tea and spit. Mike was glowering at Steve looking absolutely disgusted. Will and Joyce had small, surprised smiles on their faces. Nancy and Johnathan’s jaws dropped in surprise, staring at the two in the utmost shock. Lucas and Dustin similarly looked shocked like they had expected anything else. Max was blankly looking at them like she already knew. Robin was looking at Steve nervously, anxiously awaiting his reaction. And Steve? He was looking at Eddie in horrified shock. So that wasn’t the distraction that he was gunning for then. 

Mike, unsurprisingly, collected his wits most quickly. “Are you fucking kidding me?! First my sister and now my Dungeon Master? Do you have no fucking shame, Steve?”

His indignation brought Steve out of his shock quickly, defensiveness overtaking his initial horror. “Okay, watch your fucking mouth, Wheeler. This has literally nothing to do with you. Nothing! I don’t know why you’re always so invested in my love life but it’s weird, dude. Stop.”

Mike sputtered and seemingly could not find anything justifiable to say in response. Robin jumped in then, face still aflame in a heavy blush. She said, “Well I support you and I am happy that you are happy! Right, guys?”

She turned to the others that were still recovering from their shock. They all nodded except for Hopper. His blank expression made Steve anxious, even more so when he got up from his seat and moved towards him. 

“Hop, I just… I’m sorry… I just-”

He was silenced when Hopper pulled him into a bear hug. “I’ll always support you kid, even when you’re interested in the likes of Munson here. I might not understand it but I accept it.”

Steve hugged him back with tears in eyes, “Thanks, Hop.”

They both pulled away after another moment and Hopper went back to his seat next to Joyce. The whole table was up in arms debating on whether they had seen this coming (Max, Lucas, and Will said they had; Dustin, Mike, and El definitely did not). Steve just smiled at the chaos that was his family and pulled a blushing Eddie up by the shirt collar before tugging him close. Steve looked into Eddie’s eyes and whispered against his lips, “you’re such a dipshit.”

Eddie smiles and runs his tongue along his lower lip, “yeah, but I’m your dipshit.”

Steve barked a laugh in response before giving him the grossest, messiest kiss he could manage. Even with the disgusted outcries from the Party and the berries being thrown at them courtesy of Robin, kissing Eddie and being surrounded by family had Steve feeling happy and complete.

Part 19 Part 20: Epilogue

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[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

So you know this party banter between Aveline and Carver?

Aveline: I don't like some of the people you've been associating with, Carver. Carver: Talk to my brother/sister. He/She's the one in charge.

If you're on the rivalry path with Aveline, she says:

Aveline: Who says I don't mean him/her too? This city's full of people who are dead set on ending badly. I don't want to see you end up the same way.

I just- Aveline, you- you're so- hhhhnnnngggggg

I always rival Aveline when I play a mage, and if you think Edgar Aristide Hawke, who practically raised Carver and Bethany after Malcolm died and Leandra became a distant mother in her grief, wouldn't stop dead in his tracks at Aveline heavily implying he's a bad influence on his brother and Carver shouldn't hang around him so much since apparently Ed's someone set on ending badly...? Absolutely not.

This is another case of me wishing Hawke had the option to jump in during party banter with different options, because Ed would've chewed Aveline out for that.

Oh, and then there's:

Carver: Would asking you to stop spying on me help in the least? Aveline: No.

Aveline...................stop it.

[maxs-hot-takes]

Do you think eating this would make me resistant to magic?

[lockoutkey]

call me a defibrillator cause girl u make my heart stop (i have epilepsy)

[maxdurden]

5, 12, 24 for max <3

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

ough augh.. just one?? i have a whole little playlist for him at this point, and there are a few that i really like. i do believe with my whole chest that he listens to punk music, and a lot of the music i listen to for him leans into that. unfortunately i’m also a big fan of folk punk so like. the worst genre is so present in his playlist :) if i HAD to pick one it would be MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA by illuminati hotties. the amount of unhinged chaos child vibes in this song are just So Him to me (i had it bad but now i’m back in the saddle, baby, an extraterrestrial: i used to be grounded, baby, pitiful puppy pick me up at the pound now, i guess i’m too fun, i guess i’m too funny — but i literally can’t communicate over text the unhinged energy with which this is sung lmao)

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

SO MANY. he’s trans to me. his parents are so so loving but also the kind of neglectful parents who are just their kids ‘best friends.’ he absolutely has an addictive personality. he’s smart! just not at all scholastically motivated. 

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

honestly not sure! i have some ocs that are similar to max, but can’t think of someone from another fandom i’m in (but this could absolutely be the memory and object permanence issues talking there’s simply gotta be more people like him lol)

[cyberfunsupporter]

people acting as if chloe doesn’t love max is always so funny to me because every single time max feels slightly bad she jumps to make it better. just like idk i feel like she’s always reassuring max you know

[ropes3amthoughts]

I feel like I’m going crazy. I swear I can hear Hot To Go in the distance, but every time I try to get closer to the music it disappears entirely. Then whenever I lay back down I can hear it in the distance again. I am fairly confident I’m experiencing some sort of auditory hallucination?

Ok when I was typing this my siblings barged into my room and their loud noises completely overpowered the imaginary Hot To Go in the distance and I’m pretty sure it’s gone for good now. That was so weird though. Do I just have to combat imaginary sounds with real sounds in order for them to go away? What are you even supposed to do about imaginary music? Like it wasn’t stuck in my head I swear I could hear it in the distance but it just wasn’t real. Man this is weird.

[light-lanterne]

what the heck have i just read,,,

guys, there are a lot of similarities between all the members of the party. they all are outcasts of some kind, they all share some general traits (hence why they became friends in the first place), and they're all going through similar experiences as a result of their involvement with the upside down and all that.

but they're all unique individuals who all have their own struggles and character arcs and none of them exist purely to give depth to the other -_- parallels exist to add layers to certain aspects of the character's stories and the overall narrative, not to reduce an entire character's journey to those similarities and then proceed to ignore everything else about them. that is such a shallow way to consume the source material we all enjoy :|

it's okei to like certain characters more, and it's okei to point out all the little hints the duffs have left woven throughout the entire show to hint towards what's going to happen next with certain individuals and plot lines,,,

just don't reduce the entirety of one main character's existence to some very specific moments and traits in order to justify or enrich someone else's arc >:\

[pinolitas]

Orville peck on tour but if I've learned anything about gays and this specific venue it's that I am not gonna see SHIT

[cerealbishh]

"Hey. It- It's your birthday?"

"Yeah."

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"Guess I've been focused on other things today."

[maryse127]

Story is starting to pick up but Final Fantasy IX isn't really doing anything for me. Like I don't actively hate it, but I am also not really enjoying it a lot. Which is a shame cause everyone seems to love this one but somehow it isn't clicking with me. At least there's cheats on the Switch version so I can just go invincible/max damage and only do it for the story if I really get fed up with it.

[noys-boise]

scenario: you're listening to songs on the radio with some guy you don't know that well. They're playing a lot if 90s and 00s pop songs and the guy sometimes goes "Oh this was written by Max Martin!" when a song comes on. at first you don't think anything of it but the more it happens the more curious you get what this guy's obsession with Max Martin is. when you finally ask about it he'll happily explains to you the plot a certain jukebox musical about Juliet Capulet.