#platonic Stobin

[2xheart]

this fits too good

[rollerskate2theface]

In case you’re wondering, these are the other universes in question:

In every universe they will wear silly work uniforms together.

[dwobbitfromtheshire]

The party, of course, immediately accepted Will and Robin when they came out. Dustin couldn't help but ask the question because he's a nosy little shit.

Dustin: *looking at Robin* If you had to pick a man, though, who would you go for?

Robin: Steve. No contest. Only in a parallel universe, though. And parallel me still has to like women. There's no universe where I'm straight. Not that I have anything against heterosexuality.

Steve: Eddie. *everyone stares at him* Oh, was that question not directed at both of us?

Eddie: It's okay, big boy. If I were gay, I'd go for you, too.

Argyle: *whispering* Oh, man, Steve and Eddie don't know about bisexuality.

Steve: You whispered that to me.

Argyle: Oh, sorry. *turns to Jonathan* Oh, man, Steve and Eddie don't know that bisexuality exists.

[itsdjover]

They're being chased by a monster and yet their first instinct at hearing Dustin singing on the radio is to judge him. I love them so much.

[spookystarfishzombie]

[smalltownrobin]

I want to be nice. I'm going to be nice. I don't even know if this is a serious post or not. But we need to talk about this because no take has ever baffled me more.

With the muppet joke at the basketball game, I think it's entirely possible Robin and Vickie could not actually hear Steve, Robin could only read his lips and they whispered for the audience's sake. If Vickie could hear him, the rest of the band and everyone else between them would have been able to.

(and as a side note, the muppet joke actually is Robin's joke, Steve stole it from her. She just made it in the first place about Steve instead of Tammy.)

Vickie looking away from her after she said too much also just... doesn't prove anything. She's not looking at her, she's not looking at Steve, she's just carrying on with her day.

While it isn't clear exactly where Vickie is looking in warzone, it's just much more likely to be Robin, she could be looking at where she was stood or where she ran to. In this moment she also very subtly shakes her head, which personally to me reads as if she's dismissing her own thoughts, about Robin and/or girls in general. She wouldn't appear that panicked if she simply liked another boy.

(another side note, there is an unused dialogue between Robin and Vickie in warzone that I always bang on about, it was written for Vickie's audition tape and included Vickie telling Robin to "stay safe". No sight or mention of Steve or even Dan at all.)

Also, the gun cocking? Are we really going that childish?

The start of the pb&j scene very clearly shows Vickie short circuiting at the sight of Robin. Not Steve. She doesn't even know he's there. Vickie even glanced at Robin's lips in this scene. The way Vickie acts with her and the things she tells her in this scene would be quite a stretch to assume she's simply hoping Robin will gossip to Steve about her being single.

Not using triangle earrings... it doesn't matter. The earrings are just earrings because Vickie probably thought they were cute. Omitting an opportunity for symbolism does not indicate the opposite (that was a sweet amount of Os). In this very scene there's very clear pb on pb symbolism if symbolism is what you need.

In what way, may I ask, does Vickie think that Steve is suffering? In what way does Vickie want to support him? He's very clearly volunteering, folding clothes with a big name tag, it'd be safe to assume he came here with Robin. He's rich, has a nice car, lives in a big house. Vickie's desire to volunteer and help people suffering is just a part of her character, she's charitable, she wants to help people actually in need, which is a point about her character that could come up in s5 and link to her involvement.

(moving on to the second post)

The time stamp for Fast Times can vary depending on which video you have, due to logos or whatever differences between releases. I have looked myself on different versions, and gotten the scene with Phoebe Cates at 53:05. Even if here it was Judge Reinhold she paused it on, it could have been an after reaction to the pool scene. There's barely anything to look at in the Judge Reinhold frame; if she was interested in that, she'd have replayed it and it would be paused at the end of the scene.

To make my own points now, while Vickie's sexuality has not been made explicitly clear in the show itself, Amybeth has communicated multiple times, both vaguely and directly, that Vickie is bisexual. Both Maya and Amybeth have spoken about supporting rovickie and hinted at future scenes between them, including romantic ones. If s4 was written with this switcheroo in mind, they wouldn't have lied to their actors, and if they did, that would be textbook malicious queerbaiting. I don't believe they would do that.

Logically, this interpretation makes no sense, whether you want it to be real or not. It's just reaching and reading too much into things, when the basic truths are much more obvious. This just reads more like a sad alternative angle than a genuine theory or analysis.

Vickie is straight

... and she has a crush on Steve

I know how controversial it is to state such an opinion given how Vickie seems to be one of the few characters in the show who actually seem queer. Yet if we are being honest she has never expressed any direct or indirect signs of actually being in love with Robin. It's Robin who is incredibly biased as she has a crush on Vickie and Steve who is trying to be supportive of Robin who gave us this assumption.

This whole thing is not as bad as it seems though. I can promise you this. So if you still care let me explain to you why I think Vickie is straight and has a crush on Steve.

Part 1: The Muppet joke

While still in the car with Steve in early S4 Robin gets reminded of her own advise: Just be true to yourself and stop pretending to be someone you're not. We need to keep this in mind as she is soon shown to not follow said advise.

When Steve reminds Robin at the basketball game that Tammy Thompson does sound like a Muppet she agrees with him. Vickie overhears this and in turn agrees with Robin.

The joke however doesn't originate from Robin. She just repeated what Steve told her before. Therefore the joke that made Vickie laugh comes from Steve. Or in other words: It was Steve who made Vickie laugh and not Robin.

We even get conformation of this a bit later in episode 2 when Steve admits and agrees out loud that it was his joke that made Vickie laugh.

Robin wasn't entirely herself.

While everyone is looking straight ahead it's Vickie who makes a point not to look in Robins direction after Robin is embarrassed of herself. There is distance between them.

Part 2: Vickie and Robin (and Steve) meet at the Weapon Store

It's Robin who notices Vickie first in the weapon store which is followed by Steve looking at her as he knows she has a crush on Vickie which is then followed by both of them looking sad as Vickies boyfriend enters the scene.

Robin is obviously sad because her crush has a boyfriend while Steve is just sad for his friend.

This shot is often brought up to proof that Robin is standing between Vickie and Dan as it's believed that her crush on Vickie is reciprocated but I don't think this is what it means exactly. It's Robins POV and she believes her feelings to Vickie are reciprocated so she sees herself as standing in between them.

But is it true? Let's look at what Vickie sees next.

Vickie notices the both of them and while Robin is just staring at her Steve is licking his lips. Then Robin turns around and leaves while Steve is still looking at Vickie and Dan and then smiles awkwardly at them.

So Steve is licking his lips and then smiles at Vickie and Dan. What message would Vickie receive here? My guess would be 1) Steve and Robin are close and 2) Steve might like Vickie as well.

This however is the last look we get of Steve in this scene. It's his back while he is still looking after Robin. So whatever made him lick his lips and smile is no longer of interest to him the moment Robin leaves. I think this means that he is Robins friend first and foremost. He is not romantically interested in Vickie and doesn't reciprocate her feelings at all.

Robin is gone and Steve has turned his back on Vickie but her gaze still lingers. Maybe her feelings towards her own boyfriend aren't as sincere as it seems and everything considered I think it's fair to ask who this is truly about? Robin or Steve? Is she saying the truth when she makes it about Robin who she did meet in band or is she using Robin as a shield as she doesn't want to admit to her boyfriend that she has a crush on another man aka Steve?

In the end she looks back towards her boyfriend and then again to the place where Robin and Steve just were. Is he perhaps still standing there?

Then we get a scene transition to Nancy holding a very long gun. It's not subtle at all.

Part 3: Providing Food for the Suffering

There is light behind Robin which can indicate that she is the one who is most sincere in this scene. This makes sense as it is true that Robin has a crush on Vickie.

It's Vickie who gives her the information that Dan is no longer her boyfriend but from the scene in the weapon store she also knows that Robin and Steve are close. So everything she says to Robin is likely to reach Steve as well which means that Robin could be the one to tell Steve that Vickie is single again and therefore available to him.

First notice how Vickie wears spiral earrings. This is very interesting to me as it's triangle imagery that is used to indicate queerness in the show. So here we have the supposed love interest of one of the only confirmed queer characters in the show not wearing triangle imagery when it really matters. Why? Because she is straight.

Vickie also mentions how she rambles about her boyfriend when there are people out there suffering at which point in time she looks up and slightly to her right. Later when the scene transitions from Robin and Vickie to Steve we also get him at a alight angle which to me indicates that Vickie was looking at him as she was lifting her head.

It's Steve who Vickie perceives as the one suffering and who she wants to provide with food. Or to put it a bit differently: It's Steve she has a crush on and who she wants to be with and support.

Steve on the other hand is also smiling and looking at Robin and Vickie. He is happy for the both of them as everything seems to be working out for Robin and Vickie which could not be further from the truth. He's also shaking his head just slightly. Most likely because he thinks a certain assumption he's made just an episode earlier turned out to be wrong.

That assumption about Vickie pausing Fast Times at 53:05 however might be true after all. Steve is just misreading the signs Robin and Vickie are giving off at the gym.

Tbc in a reblog because I almost hit image limit. Look here.

[girbirty]

steve and rob's excellent adventure !!!!!!

[karmaxxx130art]

Third part of the selkie steve

part 1 _ 2

[lavenderstobins]

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[hersterical]

Relationship dynamic where they both see each other as the king and themselves as the lion heart

[corrodedheartsclub]

He Can’t Not Know (3093 words) by WordsCreatedWorlds Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Oblivious Eddie Munson, Mutual Pining, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Idiots in Love, Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson in Love Summary: “He can’t not know, right?” Steve asks Robin, completely ignoring Eddie’s presence. “I mean, how is that even possible? You just dated Jordan,” Robin is looking directly at Steve now. “They never met?” Steve offers. “But you talked about him! All the time!” Robin’s got her hands in her hair like she’s losing her mind. Eddie claps his hands together, loud. “Ok, someone explain what’s happening.” “Eddie… you know I’m bi, right?” Steve asks hesitantly, like it should be obvious.

[eddie4bat-president]

Modern au Robin and Steve do the hear me out cake thing. Steve puts down a picture of Corroded Coffin frontman Eddie Munson in creepy monster prosthetic make-up from one of their music videos prompting Robin to go "ew ew ew why did you have to use that picture??"

Steve: ??? Because this is a "hear me out" cake and not "objectively hot man" cake

Robin: idk he's got that pale gremlin thing going on, you could have used any other photo-

Steve: YOU TAKE THAT BACK

Robin: just because you've had a crush on him since high sc-

Steve quickly reaches for her then there's a hard cut. They stand side by side, both of their hair is messy, there's a rip in the shoulder of Robin's button up, they both have streaks of frosting on their faces. The cake is mostly fine but the spot where Eddie's skewer was placed looks like someone clawed it out then patted it back down. His picture is still there but pretty wrinkly. They keep going like nothing happened.

[cont.]

[steviesbicrisis]

To me it’s the fact that Steve assumed Robin had a license but still woke up 3 hours before his work shift to drive her to school everyday.

That is not a plot hole everybody, that is just the kind of person Steve Harrington is.

[diavalkitty]

Elevator scene:

[dwobbitfromtheshire]

Platonic Stobin would definitely enter a dance competition out of sheer boredom and then not tell anyone until it airs on television. The party's all hanging out at Steve's when he changes the channel, and it's dancing! . . . It got away from me:

Dustin: What the hell, Steve?! We were watching - OH MY GOD, STEVE AND ROBIN!

Mike: What?! No, that's not them, Dustin!

Dustin: BULLSHIT, MIKE, I KNOW WHAT STEVE AND ROBIN LOOK LIKE! THAT'S STEVE AND ROBIN!

Will: That is Steve and Robin!

Mike: Holy shit, Will, you're right that is Steve and Robin!

Dustin shrieked and dove for Mike but was pulled back by Steve.

Dustin: WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?!

Steve: Didn't think it was that important.

Max: *scoffing* It's on TV.

Lucas: *pouting* We could have taped it. We wouldn't want to forget our big brother and sister in a big competition.

Steve: I am taping it.

Robin: Aww, Lucas. . .Oooh, look at me! That's the most coordinated that I've ever been.

Dustin: Why did you let Robin lead, Steve?

Steve: *scoffing* Because women can lead just as much as men.

Steve and Robin high fived without looking.

Nancy: You should be proud of those costumes, Steve. They're gorgeous.

Steve beamed.

Steve: I do look great in a skirt.

After it was over, there was a bit of an uproar.

Dustin: BULLSHIT! YOU SHOULD HAVE WON!

Max: "Not appropriate attire or form" Please, that judge was just prejudiced. The couple he picked couldn't dance their way out of a line-up. We should slash his tires.

El: I will look for him in the void.

Lucas: You're not upset that you didn't win?

Steve: We were bored and we just wanted to have fun.

Robin: And cause as much mayhem as possible.

Steve: I loved it when we switched partners with the couple in front of us.

Will: But they didn't show you switching partners?

Robin: It's not that kind of show.

Steve: He gave me a fake number by the way. . .

The Party: Oooooh!

Meanwhile, Eddie who was miles away hiding in Witness Protection with his uncle. . .

Eddie: Uncle Wayne, I love you but why the hell are we watching a dancing competition?!

Wayne: Because I like dancing, boy, quit your yammering.

Eddie: Which is something that you've never told me about and I'm pretty sure the lady agent you've been flirting with likes dance - *Shrieks* STEVE HARRINGTON?! Nope, no, no way! I've just been seeing him everywhere I go! But just to make sure. . .let's see what happens next. . .Okay, either that dude in front has it out for Steve or he wants to fuck him. . .either way, dude's on my shitlist. I hope he loses and his girlfriend. . .well, hell, I think she might leave him for Buckley. . .which leaves him open for Steve. *hisses*

Wayne: *sighs* Lord. For both our sakes I hope we get out of here soon.

[luthientinuvielss]

"excuse me? she asked for no pickles. 🤨"

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