#they did do jonathan kinda dirty this season

[dbphantom]

Hate having adhd went to go work on my fallout modpack, got distracted while going to disable the steam overlay, ended up in the points shop, went to go edit my profile, decided to change my pfp, found a buried folder I forgot existed, found some old Veneer art I forgot existed, spent 45 minutes looking at all the old photos, STILL HAVE NOT TOGGLED ONE SIMPLE OPTION THAT SHOULD'VE TAKEN 30 SECONDS AT MOST

[scriddy]

Intimidation Game

Arkham Knight Scarecrow x Female Reader

word count || 1656

Summary || In the months following the events of Arkham Asylum, Jonathan attends to his deserted inamorata.

!Mature content! - cw || kinda corny, p in v, crying, scarecrow is a mauled old man, not beta read.

“Do my deformities fail to disgust you?” a distant question makes a shiver in the cold — the vulnerability of it is confusing, but not without a hint of unwitting pity. she did not want to feel bad for him, much rather would she have loved to celebrate his life and somehow brush the burden of his appearance off his ever sinking shoulders. 

“No,” it's an honest answer to an equally honest question; it doesn’t bother her. He didn’t move to spare her a glance, sitting in her chair as she watched him through lashes and a cloud of smoke. She wished for his happiness — wished she could give him it back, afraid she would never be enough. Seeing him now was like seeing a soldier post war — a sunken shell past all memories except death. She felt for him. Her burning heart could not have felt any heavier at the thought of him, despite it all, still insatiably in love. 

“You impress me, Jon,” she sniffles, hand rubbing against her nose with either newfound emotion or seasonal allergies — whichever one she couldn’t decipher. “You’ve never failed to do so, all this time; you’re a man of great satisfaction.” She smiles at him with tender admiration, yet he never fails to keep his gaze ahead, almost afraid.

Her silence is met with his camaraderie. Where she fell short in understanding him, he paved the rest of the way. He pats the thigh of his leg, dirty hands meeting the rough of his trousers. She doesn’t hesitate – not so much as a waver in movement as she dives to him, anchoring herself to his body, a will to his command. He had failed to realize how frigid the apartment was until he met her warmth.

Cheek to teeth, he squeezed her jaw until it uproared a dull ache, watching how her muscle and flesh contorted with his fingers. “Are you not afraid?”

Her watering eyes averted from the string holding his mouth to the gray of the window, down to the duct-taped nightstand – the one where he used to shed that gaudy fear gauntlet of his; prior to the attack, back when he felt more human. Now, however, he draped his gauntlet brandished arm over her legs, tapping the steel needles against the skin of her thigh. Had his trust been lost for everyone during that attack, including her? She smiled, cautious of the memories and what they may exude in him. 

“No,” His hand left her jaw, tracing her neck before falling slack. She leaned into his chest, hands in her lap politely with a twitching mouth. “Should I be?” 

There is a tenseness the needles bore by his arm leave in their wake, goosebumps of not quite fear, but an emotion relatively foreign but similar in taste. The adrenaline of his attention – past years of being in love with one man, an unrecognizable intimate, yet a familiar sensation. She missed him, and so she confessed – as she had time and time before since their reunion. Hopefully, she knelt in bed past dark and begged that he felt the same, but the pit in her abdomen claimed otherwise. Still, in this moment, in this room, he looked at her as if no time had ever passed between them. As her eyes moved around the proximity of his stitched and torn face, she only wished it could have happened earlier.

“I never underestimated your importance,” his blinks were slow, cat-like. With the good of his one eye, he followed the tension of her body under his gauntlet. “You can take it off.” 

The fingers twitch at the cold feeling of the steel, interlocking and bracing against the curve. Two buckles fell separate, itching to tug the armor off to see his arm once more. Just as before, though grunting in the process, he reached across to place the gauntlet on the nightstand. Hand free of weights, he hesitantly ran it down the back of her head, stopping and bracing against the back of her neck, pulling her in and encapsulating her. 

He remained steady in his stance, even upon the collar of his jacket becoming wet. Through his lack of lips, he ran his mouth against her forehead in simulation of a kiss, nights they had shared prior relevant in his mind. He had become so vastly different, yet he was never able to give her up. Her head became burrowed in his neck, lips passing over the scarred skin. 

“Come here,” She lifted to meet his eyes, per his request, “Kiss me.”  To no fault of his own, he was mostly tongue and teeth. Accepted perfectly, she pushed into him, timid hands curling on his shoulders. The bed hissed as their bodies fell – old sheets with broken springs, the same bed they had used to share which then had been a vessel of doom; now, a sacred place of his teeth on her. 

He made no mention of her tears, nor the sniffles or the sobs; joyful shock, hands stuck to his body as he rolled her on her back. They shook with a fever she couldn’t shake, despite the comfort his caresses brought her. Lying beneath the tower of his body, she wrapped her leg around his waist, bodies meeting in the middle with desperate friction. 

“Sh, sh, sh,” His hands were a stark contrast to the silk of her cheek, rough to soft. She was beyond words, no form of communication past whines and movement, which he was all for compliance in. Legs tightened against his waist, the sudden grind against him causing a low groan. Her head rolled on to the mattress, arms tangling behind his neck in a feeble call for attention. The thumb on his hand grazes against her bottom lip, bitten against the tight force of her teeth, pulling it out to bite it himself. 

“Talk to me,” he whispers, barely detectable in the hot, breathy air. Cracked hands wipe against her flushed cheeks, cleaning her face from the mixture of dry and wet tears. Given his lack of lips, he nibbles against the flesh of her cheeks in his form of kissing, gentle and condoling – grieve from his past absence eating him alive. 

“Keep going,” she breathes, whimpering in impatience and desperation. “Please.” She pulls his face against hers, kissing the rags of his new, redefined face. He listened intently as she continued, but against his skin, her voice became nothing more than mumbles of incoherent pleas. 

“Does it not scare you…” he sits up, legs straddling hers, “the power I have over you?” He unbuttons the length of her shirt, pulls her out of it to breathe her in. She stares blankly at him, unblinking in sudden perplexity. 

“Has it ever scared you?” Her arm outreached, grazing against his face and holding on, gently caressing the skin left. Jonathan’s body leans down against her, the new comfort of warm, bare skin causing a swarm of emotions; it had felt like decades since he had last pressed her in such a way, to no fault but his own. 

Neither had any room left for discussion as he bit down her stomach, shuffling her skirt off and to the floor. Fleeting, near trembling hands reached to undo his belt and discard his pants, all the while mumbling of how badly her yearn for him was. 

“Are you sure?” His hesitance still held mass in his brain, questioning her ability to truly want him after all past events – how could he allow himself in such a position of vulnerability? 

She nodded, clouded eyes that sustained the heaviness of begging tears. “Please, Jon.” He succumbed to her, as he always had. 

The weight of his head suddenly became heavy as he entangled himself in her, burrowing a home inside her neck with a gaping mouth. Echos of moans and whines flooded the room, cries peaking hysteria, a haring symphony of understood devotion – unspoken but conscious. Bottoming into the woman created a distant, familiar emotion that spun backwards in time, but compared nothing to the present. 

The Scarecrow’s gaping mouth loomed over hers, strings taut against his woven face, drool pooling over his tongue. As he listened to the mantra of his name, beseeching him to continue, he allowed for his tongue to probe her neck. Pulsing bodies rutted into each other, once sensual, but inevitably animalistic in lust. His hips stammered in their thrust, each push becoming more rigid in his blind pleasure, which had come embarrassingly face due to his celibacy. The warmth of intimacy inundated her body from the inside out, twitching in place with hammering hips. Legs becoming numb from the carnal of pleasures, she submitted to the rapture of her organ in a fit of whines. 

Jonathan’s head falls pillowed on her chest, where her arms raise to cradle him. The heat of their bodies dared not to leave their entanglement, despite the time in passing. His physical exhaustion was nearly tangible. Despite the eulogies that dared at her lips, she spoke no words in regard to his presence, only softly sifting through his hair with her trembling fingers, still in aftershock. 

“Thank you.” 

Half a whisper and completely tender – an oddity that came unexpected from a man who bore half a face, but a sacred beacon of light for her; he had changed, yes, but he was as soft as ever. The self-proclaimed Master of Fear coiled his arms around her waist, turning them on their sides in one tousled entity.

She chuckled, rocking him slightly from the heave in her chest. It was anything but mocking of his gratitude, but rather a verbal acknowledgment of their shared sentiment. She could hardly wish for more. Months of agony suddenly became worth it; he was home, with time to spare, and made no notion of leaving – at least not soon. 

The calm before the storm.

“Thank you too, Jon.”

[headkiss]

i just rewatched season 2 recently because of halloween vibes and i forgot how hot steve is in that season🥵 also this is the only season where i kinda liked jonathan, wished they would keep that character version of him

omg season 2 steve is something else i cant w him it’s also so nice bc u really get to see his development in that season AND i actually like jonathan i do think they did him dirty in some parts of s4 tho

[dwtsfun]

Dancing with the Stars Season 5 Week 5: Rewatch

Sorry for the delay. Last week was quite a week for me and not in a good way. Anyway, back to our rewatch. And we're about to experience one of the most infamous moments in DWTS history, literally right off the bat. So, let's get started.

Marie and Jonathan- Samba (Judges' Score=21, My Score=7)- This dance was interesting. There were moments of brilliance, but they were scattered through a lot of clumsiness and not so great technique. Marie did perform it extremely well, but that's never an issue for her. Now the fainting spell was wild. Even though I knew it was happening, it still startled me. Fainting is scary for everyone. Seeing someone faint is wild. Being the one that faints (me) is such a mindf*ck. You lose consciousness well before you actually hit the ground and then wake up so disoriented. Glad she was okay though and was able to continue receiving her scores. Also, Jonathan and Tom reacted incredibly well. That could have gone way left.

Jane and Tony- Rumba (Judges' Score=26, My Score=8)- This was a really pretty dance. I wouldn't quite say sexy, though it teetered right on that line. They did perform it well and they have great chemistry together. I would have loved to see her push the hip action just a bit more. But it was great.

Mark and Kym- Samba (Judges' Score=21, My Score=6)- So this dance started out kinda awkward. But as it went on, he got more comfortable and settled into the rhythm of the dance. As far as rhythm goes, this was his best. It was his best performance too. Now his feet were atrocious. Technically, it was not good. But it was probably, no definitely, his best Latin dance to date.

Sabrina and Mark- Rumba (Judges' Score=28, My Score=10)- While their paso was such a statement, I will always say that this is my favorite dance of theirs. The rumba is Sabrina's dance in my opinion. It was sexy and sensual. Her lines are gorgeous. The way she pitched this performance and pulled in how hard she attacks dances was mesmerizing. Her musicality was superb. It was honestly perfect. This is the type of partnership that you need to have a trained eye to really nitpick. Sabrina is so good and Mark really gave her some incredible choreography that showed off every single talent that she had.

Jennie and Derek- Samba (Judges' Score=25, My Score=8)- This dance was a lot better than I remember it being. There was a ton of content and it was technically sound. I do agree with every single judge. Jennie did kinda hesitate a bit throughout the dance and she can benefit from getting way more down and dirty with her dancing. It was too pretty for a samba. That said, I also agree with Len that it was very good as a whole.

Helio and Julianne- Rumba (Judges' Score=23, My Score=8)- Helio really struggled during this dance. It didn't feel like it felt natural for him at all. His lines were mostly good, but his dancing was just very calculated and stiff. I know it was choreographed, but it looked choreographed. That's not a good thing. He lost a lot of the charisma and the ease of movement that makes Helio the special dancer that he is. It was just very cold.

Mel and Maks- Samba (Judges' Score=29, My Score=9)- This dance was amazing. The bounce was amazing. The content was great. Everything really came together. The only issue was that Mel was off balance at one small moment in the middle of the dance. That was it. Otherwise, it was perfect.

Cameron and Edyta- Rumba (Judges' Score=26, My Score=9)- This was HOT! These two have some incredible chemistry with one another. Whewee. I really like this season so much not only because of how good this group of celebs are, but because how much they improve from week to week. I would like for Cameron to smooth out some of his dancing just a bit more. He also stumbled out of a turn very early on. Otherwise, another amazing dance.

My Rankings and Scores Out of 30:

1 Sabrina and Mark- 30 2 Mel and Maks- 29 3 Cameron and Edyta- 27 4 Jane and Tony- 26 5 Jennie and Derek- 25 6 Helio and Julianne- 24 7 Marie and Jonathan- 21 8 Mark and Kym- 20

So after all was said and done, the bottom two were Mark and Jane. And Mark was sent home. It was the right decision. There was no reason for him to outlast anyone else at this point in the competition. Mark really worked hard and improved a lot, but it was time for the big dogs to compete now. Let me know you all's thoughts and I will be back later this week for week 6, another infamous week of this season. Quick sidenote: this is such an iconic season.

[joe-moi]

Jonathan had so much potential tbh but then the story kinda did him dirty and now he’s just the third part to the love triangle. They sort of started building him up in terms of his rs with will and him being there for will again but idk like they’d have to do a lot in the last season for me to really start to care for him.

They did set that up. He’s just a good brother like, that’s what he is. He pays attention. But he and Nancy should be together, they fit. Either her and Jonathan or her and nobody.

[lily-blue-blue-lily]

okay like yeah, a month is nothing compared to 3 years, but how the fuck am i meant to wait until july 1st

[loove-persevering]

Grand Gesture (Steve Harrington x reader!) S4 SPOILERS!

 Description: REQUEST! Steve Harrington x Reader where the reader is seeing how close Nancy and Steve are and the looks they give. When the Reader goes to Eddie Steve gets confused and a little jealous because he actually has feelings for her. It is a fem reader x Steve as that's how I normally write and it wasn't in the request!

NOTE*** This DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS for season 4 the ENTIRE season! If you do not want to see a spoiler DO NOT read. I also tried to be as neutral as I could in the writing with trying not to use descriptions of appearance. If I slipped up at any point I sincerely apologize!

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 ‘’I mean it’s like he doesn’t even care that I am around,’’ You say, flinging your hands in the air. ‘’I may as well be nothing compared to her, I try so hard to get him to notice me and all he does is play this game with Nancy.’’ You tell Eddie. ‘’Like am I not good enough?’’ You ask him completely laying out your feelings. 

 Eddie and you had history but not the romantic kind. You used to live right next to each other and would hangout from time to time when you were still in highschool. He would try to explain D&D to you but you would never fully comprehend that game. When Max told you about Eddie being with Chrissy the night she died you knew he was innocent, you knew enough about Eddie to know he could never do such a thing. 

 ‘’You’re great Y/N,’’ Eddie assures you. 

 ‘’He’s been giving me such mixed signals, when Nancy isn’t around I truly think he likes me and has feelings for me but with all this happening it’s like whenever she is around I am like-It’s like he doesn’t even see me.’’ You tell him. ‘’I make it pretty damn obvious that I like him too,’’ You tell him. ‘’Am I talking too much do you want to talk about, well uh your situation?’’ You ask gesturing to the boat house you were in. 

 ‘’Yeah I know you do,’’ Eddie says teasingly. ‘’And not really, kinda nice to get it off my mind for a bit.’’

 You glare at him, ‘’Hey you said I could talk to you, you’re not suppose to judge me while I do it.’’ You tell him and begin to pace around again. ‘’I mean what else can I do?’’ You ask him. ‘’Like how can I compete with Nancy Wheeler?’’ 

 ‘’You don’t compete with her,’’ Eddie says to you. You were confused an opened your mouth to yell at him that he was being absurd but he beat you to it holding a finger up to you, ‘’Here me out, you and Nancy Wheeler…’’He pauses, ‘’Two different ballparks.’’ He says bringing his hands up crossing them over one another. ‘’Think about you and Nancy what do you have in common besides this,’’ He says waving his hands all over the place, ‘’Whole thing.’’ 

 You cross your arms over your chest trying to think about what he was asking. You and Nancy were completely different. ‘’I don’t know,’’ You admitted to him. 

‘’Steve has already dated Nancy right?’’ Eddie asks and you nod. ‘’And she left him for the Byers kid right?’’ He asks. 

 ‘’Jonathan yes,’’ You answer by clarifying the name. 

 ‘’So there are unresolved feelings, he doesn’t know what could’ve happened had they stayed together.’’ He tells you. ‘’So you just need to show him that you are the better option.’’ 

 You groan your head falling back in response, ‘’But I do Eddie!’’ You say walking over to him, ‘’I literally do everything I can to get that boy's attention, I take extra shifts for him, I clean the bathrooms at work,’’ You pause. ‘’Both bathrooms,’’ You emphasized to him. ‘’Both.’’ 

 ‘’Have you ever done anything with him outside of work?’’ He asks you. 

 ‘’Well no,’’ You tell him and he gives you a look, ‘’But we did last night.’’ You tell him. ‘’When we came here and found you.’’ You tell him. 

 ‘’So the first time you hangout outside of work is when you go to hunt the accused town killer?’’ He asks, ‘’Not exactly an environment for a budding romance’’ He gestures around to the dirty boathouse. ‘’Let me tell you exactly what you need,’’ Eddie says, pointing his finger at you, ‘’A grand gesture.’’ 

 You sit down in the nearby stool and rest your elbows back against the counter watching Eddie, ‘’A grand gesture? How do I even do that?’’ You ask him. 

 Eddie gestures for you to come closer to him, you groan getting up walking over to him. When you finally step in front of him he grabs both sides of your arms and stares at you straight in the eye as he says it, ‘’You look that son of a bitch straight in the face,’’ He begins to say and you begin to laugh breaking eye contact with him, ‘’Straight in the face Y/N!’’ He tells you to shake your arms only to make you laugh more. ‘’And then you-’’ He begins to say but he’s cut off by the door slamming open, startling you both. 

 Dustin walked in first bags in his hands as he looked to where you and Eddie stood, everyone else followed in just after him and you noticed the look of shock on Steve’s face as he saw Eddie with his hands gripping the sides of your arms, both of you standing pretty close to one another. Eddie immediately drops his hands against his denim jeans. ‘’Delivery Service!’’ Dustin says cheerfully. 

 ‘’Are we uh-interrupting?’’ Steve asks his eyes specifically focused on you, he glances at Eddie a moment after. 

  ‘’No!’’ You and Eddie both yell simultaneously.  ‘’No we were just talking,’’ You explain walking over to Steve. 

 ‘’About what?’’ Robin asks, giving you an amused look. 

 ‘’Ya know, stuff.’’ You say realizing how much of an idiot you sounded like. As Dustin walked over to Eddie opening the grocery bag you found yourself standing next to Steve. ‘’Hey,’’ You say simply, your fingers intertwining behind your back.

He nods his head, ‘’Hey,’’ He says simply. You purse your lips unsure of what to say next watching Eddie and Dustin exchange words over one of the things Dustin got him to eat. ‘’I went to your house this morning to pick you up, your mom said you left already?’’ He asks you. 

 You turn your head to him shocked by what he had said, ‘’You went to my house?’’ You ask him and he nods, ‘’And talked to my mom?’’ He nods again. ‘’I have a car, you know?’’ You tell him. 

He shakes his head acknowledging the  fact, ‘’I know, I know.’’ He pauses. ‘’I just thought we could ride together.’’ He tells you. You nod your head accepting that he had wanted to actually pick you up first and talk with you. ‘’Your mom was really nice.’’ He mentions it to you. 

 You roll your eyes at him, ‘’Yeah she probably said something embarrassing about me didn’t she?’’ You ask resting your hand on your hip staring up at him.

 ‘’No,’’ He says a sort of mischievous smile on his face, ‘’She didn’t say a thing,’’ He says but you could tell he was lying out of his ass with the smile on his face. He takes off walking over toward everyone else who was sitting around Eddie who was completely submerged in the food he was eating. 

 ‘’Steve!’’ You yell at him jokingly wanting to know exactly what your mother had said. 

 Before you could say anything else to Steve, Dustin interrupted. ‘’Alright Eddie do you wanna hear good news or bad news first?’’ 

 ‘’Bad news, always bad news first.’’ He says taking his hand and scooping up another handful of honey comb cereal. 

 ‘’Well we tapped into the Hawkins PD dispatch with our Cerebro, and they’re definitely looking for you. Also they’re pretty convinced you killed Chrissy.’’ Dustin tells him. 

  Max speaks up next, ‘’Like a 100% kind of convinced.’’ She tells him. 

 ‘’And the good news?’’ Eddie asks. 

 ‘’Your name hasn’t gone public yet,’’ Robin tells him. ‘’But if we found out about you, it’s only a matter of time before others do.’’ It was true, it wasn’t going to be that hard and all your calls all over town to find him probably didn’t help. ‘’And once that gets out, everyone and their shallow minded mother is gonna be gunning for you.’’ She admits to him. 

 ‘’Hunt the freak, right?’’ Eddie points out. 

 ‘’So before that happens we need to find Vecna, kill him and prove your innocence,’’ Dustin says as if it was no big deal. 

 It was only a few seconds later after Steve had explained to Eddie that El was a girl who normally helped us when things came up in Hawkins that the police sirens got closer. ‘’Get under the tarp!’’ You yell to Eddie pointing at it, ‘’Tarp!’’ You tell him. Eddie quickly pulls it over him sinking into the bottom of the boat pulling the tarp over him. 

  With everyone else you ran over to the windows looking outside, they completely ignored the gravel driveway you had anticipated them coming down zooming down the street to wherever else. It was only a few second later two more cars came down the same road, ‘’Why would there be so many cop cars now?’’ You ask. 

‘’Another murder.’’ Robin says. 

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‘’Woah, woah Nance. Nance!’’ You hear Steve call out pausing as you open the car door. ‘’Where you going?’’ He asks her. 

 She turns around to face the rest of you, ‘’There’s just something I wanna check out first.’’ She says vaguely. 

 ‘’Something you maybe wanna share with the rest of us?’’ Dustin asks. You all look at Nancy expectantly waiting for her to tell you exactly what she was heading off to do especially with whatever this thing was going around killing people. 

 ‘’I don’t wanna waste your time. It’s a real shot in the dark.’’ She says. 

 ‘’Yeah, okay. Are you out of your mind?’’ Steve asked, sounding bewildered she would even try and leave the group alone. ‘’Flying solo with this Vecna on the loose? No it’s too dangerous. You need- You need someone to-’’ He begins to say and you watch him expectantly becoming more hopeless the more he talked with Nancy. 

  Turning around to you Steve takes his keys throwing them to you, you fumble as they hit your hand confused as to what was happening. ‘’I’ll stick with Nance.’’ He says and it felt like a punch in the gut. ‘’Take the car, check out that shrink.’’ He says staring straight at you. 

 ‘’You want me-’’ You pause. ��’To drive? Steve I don’t-’’ You start to say but Max cuts you off. 

 ‘’I can drive!’’ She says casually. 

 Steve had an immediate reaction, ‘’No, never again. Please anybody but you, no.’’ He says pointing at her. 

 Robin looks back at you and so does Dustin. Both of them noticed how flustered you were by the situation. Why would Steve want to stick with Nancy so willingly? ‘’This is ridiculous.’’ Robin says, grabbing the keys from your hands and walking over to Steve putting them back in his. ‘’We will stick together and you four stick together, Unless you think we can’t handle that?’’ Robin asks Steve. 

  You watch as Steve and Nancy glance at one another as if they were both slightly disappointed that they couldn’t do whatever it is she needed to do together. ‘’You just gonna stand there and gawk?’’ Dustin says to Steve as he watches them both walk away. 

 Steve groans turning back to Dustin, ‘’Shut up.’’ He says and you just wait at the passenger side door unsure of what to do next. ‘’Shut up and get in the car.’’ Steve says simply. 

 ‘’What was that?’’ You ask him as he sits down in the driver's seat. He looks over at you confused. 

 ‘’Nothing?’’ He says defensively. ‘’It was nothing-’’ He explains. 

 You don’t bother acknowledging him, you just turn your head to the road putting on your seatbelt. You knew you weren’t the only one thinking Steve was being weird around Nancy but you weren’t sure how much more you could stand to watch. 

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 Abandoned houses weren’t creepy. Abandoned houses weren’t creepy. That was what you kept repeating to yourself walking around the old Creel house. It was something about this house that just made you on edge, the story behind it was just eerie. 

  Everyone for the majority split up but you stuck with Robin not wanting to be alone in the house, ‘’This place is cobwebs galore.’’ You tell her ducking under another one, ‘’This house probably used to be so beautiful.’’ You say running your hand along a wooden piece of furniture, the dirt sticking to your hand, you quickly wipe it off on your jacket. 

 ‘’Yeah,’’ She says, turning her flashlight up toward the ceiling, taking in all the cobwebs above. For a moment you and Robin stay in one of the rooms upstairs, both of you inspecting different items trying to find anything that could help you. ‘’You okay?’’ Robin asks you shining her light at you. 

 You shrug your shoulders, ‘’Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?’’ You ask her. She gives you a knowing look, ‘’I’m fine really he can be with who ever-’’ You begin to tell her but the sound of breaking glass and a cry aloud made you both stop your conversation. You look to one another and then both head to the door walking in the hallway. 

 Steve and Nancy stood in the hallway upstairs, she had her hands pulling out cobwebs from Steve’s hair. ‘’Don’t go in there.’’ He tells you and Robin both. You nod still staring at Nancy picking the webs out. 

 ‘’If there's a spider in there you’re never gonna find it. Not till it lays eggs and the babies spill out.’’ Robin says so casually as she walks past them just a few feet behind her. 

 ‘’What’s wrong with you? Steve says not missing a beat. You walk next to Steve making eye contact with him before quickly breaking it. ‘’Robin, seriously.’’ Steve says. ‘’She’s got problems,’’ He says, referring to her. 

 Their voices get quieter but you can still hear them in the next room. You hear the conversation between him and Nancy as he assures her that he and Robin are just friends, and then she asks him about you and he says the same thing. ‘’We just hangout at work and I’ve known her for a while.’’ He says. 

  You could see how close they were from in the room you and Robin had just walked into. ‘’Y/N.’’ Robin says, calling out to you. You look at her humming in response, ‘’You’re staring,’’ She says her voice hushed. You glance back up at them and then back to her muttering an apology. 

 ‘’I think I am gonna head out-’’ You tell her. She looks up at you immediately. ‘’My mom- she’s gonna be worried if I’m not home.’’ You admit. It wasn’t completely a lie but it also wasn’t completely the truth. ‘’Plus I might swing by to give Eddie some food.’’ You admit to her and she nods. 

 ‘’What’s going on?’’ Steve says walking in the room. 

 You glance up at him, he had a worried expression on his face looking from you to Robin. ‘’I’m gonna go home.’’ You tell him. ‘’My mom, she'll be worried.’’ You tell him. ‘’And I was gonna bring Eddie dinner.’’ 

 ‘’Oh,’’ Steve says. ‘’Well- you shouldn’t- How are you gonna get home?’’ He asks. 

 ‘’Well my cars outside- I met you here remember?’’ You ask him. You had gone home last night to get your car then went and stayed at the Wheeler house all night helping keep watch of Max. ‘’It’s not that far of a drive.’’ You tell him walking toward the doorway, ‘’I’ll just see you guys tomorrow?’’ You ask and Robin and Nancy both nod. 

 When you turn to leave an arm catches your wrist gently. ‘’Be careful going home,’’ Steve tells you. ‘’Just go straight there, don’t make any stops.’’ He sounds serious. 

 ‘’Aye aye Captain,’’ You say to him. He gives you a half hearted smile but he still looked as if he was worried. 

   You did exactly what Steve said you went home and didn’t stop. You ate dinner with your mom and after she fell asleep tired from her shift at work you slid up the window in your room with a plate in hand as you speed walked to your car. You put the plate in the passenger seat, throwing your backpack which had a big blanket for Eddie in the back of the car. You were careful to not turn on your light when you pulled out of the driveway to your house scared the lights would wake your mom up. 

 It wasn’t a long drive to the boat house, when you pulled onto the gravel road you noticed an unfamiliar car parked outside. You parked off to the side near the trees not exactly next to the car but still close enough in case you needed to get out quickly.  Noticing there was nobody around, you warily got out of the car making your way to the boathouse whose door was wide open. ‘’Eddie?’’ You whisper out into the open. ‘’Eddie it’s Y/N.’’ 

 As you were about to step in you felt a hand clasp around your mouth preventing you from yelling, you thrashed against the body realizing they were soaking wet. ‘’Shh,’’ the voice says, trying to calm you down. ‘’Shhh.’’ You finally push yourself away from the body with all your strength turning around to see a bewildered Eddie, his eyes wide with panic. You were about to say something but he again put his hand over your mouth stepping closer to you, he shook his head at you taking his other hand and raising it telling you to be quiet. ‘’Not here,’’ He says just barely a whisper and you nod. He takes your hand and pulls you with him through the dark woods. 

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  Out of all the things that had happened in the past few years there was a lot of scary shit. But seeing Y/N’s car parked at the boathouse with cops surrounding it was one of the scariest feelings for Steve. Steve listened closely, holding his breath practically the entire time that the cops made their statement, they had found a body. A body that could be Y/N’s. Steve got as close as he could to hear the statement, ‘’Patrick Mckinney.’’ The officer said. A wave of relief flooded knowing it wasn’t you. ‘’We found a vehicle belonging to Y/N Y/L/N. Right now the reason is unknown as to why she was here but we have not found her and police are actively searching for her as we speak.’’ He says. ‘’We are doing everything we can to find her and bring her home safely.’’ 

 ‘’We have also identified a person of interest. Eddie Munson.’’ He announces. ‘’Anyone with any information should please come forward.’’ 

   Steve couldn’t handle what they were saying anymore he walked away putting a hand over his eyes as he could feel the tears coming on. He should’ve checked on her last night, he should’ve drove by and seen if she was home when they left the creel house. He walked away crouching on the gravel road before him holding his hand in his head unsure of how he should feel. 

 ‘’Dustin?’’ A voice calls out through the walkie. ‘’Can you hear me? Wheeler?’’ Steve recognized the voice as Eddie. 

 Dustin fumbles with the walkie pulling it off his back pack. Steve stands up walking over to where Dustin was. ‘’Eddie holy shit!’’ Dustin says into the walkie. ‘’Are you okay?’’ Dustin asks him. 

 ‘’Nah, man. Pretty..pretty goddamn far from okay.’’ Eddie says, answering truthfully. 

 ‘’Where is he?’’ Robin asks. 

 ‘’Did he see Y/N last night?’’ Steve asks, looking down at Dustin. 

 ‘’Where are you?’’ Dustin asks him. 

 ‘’Skull rock, you know it?’’ Eddie asks him. 

 Steve takes the walkie out of Dustin's hands, ‘’Eddie is- is Y/N with you?’’ He asks. There's a moments pause from when Steve asks, ‘’Eddie is Y/N with you?’’ He asks again, speaking as clearly as he could. 

 ‘’Steve?’’ You say into the walkie. ‘’I’m here, I’m with Eddie, I'm fine.’’ You tell him. The words were like a relief to Steve he let out a deep breath the second he heard your voice through the walkie. ‘’Just hurry.’’ You say to him. 

 ‘’We’re coming just-just stay there.’’ Steve says his hands are already fumbling in his pocket for his keys. 

 It was just a little while later that Steve navigated the way to skull rock. ‘’In your face man. In your stupid cocky little face.’’ Steve says to Dustin slightly out of breath, he had practically jogged here wanting to see for himself that you were okay. ‘’Even with it staring you right in the face, you can’t admit it.’’ 

 The thud of the ground made Dustin and Steve turn around, ‘’I concur. You Dustin Henderson are a total butthead.’’ Eddie says. 

 ‘’Geez man, we thought you were a goner.’ Dustin says walking over to Eddie giving him a hug which Eddie reluctantly but eventually gives him back muttering he also thought he was a goner.

 ‘’Steve?’’ You call out. The blanket was wrapped around your shoulders, Eddie had insisted you take it after he heard your chattering teeth throughout the night. Steve turned around immediately, the relief of seeing you was proof enough but he walked over to you embracing you in a hug. It took you a moment to register what he was doing, but when you did you gave in hugging him back with an equal if not greater force. 

 ‘’We got the the boathouse and your car-’’ He began to say pulling away from you hug his hands still touching the sides of your arms, ‘’Your car was there and they found a body.’’ 

‘’I found Eddie after-’’ You pause glancing at Eddie ‘’I’ll just let him tell you.’’ You sigh completely exhausted, Eddie had explained it to you when you made it far enough away from the boathouse but you didn’t want to have them miss out on any details that weren’t important. 

 With Eddie's explanation and Dustin's connection with the compass and something about mordor you found yourself once again fleeing through the woods. Steve had stayed behind with you the entire time, ‘’So you and Eddie?’’ He asks you. 

 ‘’Me and Eddie what?’’ You ask him confused as to what he was insinuating. 

 He gestures up to Eddie with a nod, ‘’Are you two a thing now?’’ He asks. ‘’You just seem to spend a lot of time with him.’’ He points out his eyes looking anywhere but you. 

 You let out a sarcastic laugh, ‘’Me and Eddie?’’ You ask him. ‘’Never.’’ You point out. ‘’He just needs someone right now,’’ You point out to Steve. There was a log in front of you and Steve steps over first pausing as you take your step over. ‘’Nothing going on.’’ You tell him. ‘’What about you and Nancy?’’ You ask him the same question. 

  He shrugs his shoulders in response, ‘’Jonathans not here I am, I’m not really sure what’s going on.’’ You could tell he was being truthful with his response. 

 You wait a moment before asking the next question, ‘’Do you still have feelings for her?’’ You ask him. 

 ‘’It’s complicated.’’ He tells you. ‘’I don’t think I do.’’ You glance up at him muddled by his response. ‘’I’ve had this thing for another girl for a while and I don’t wanna mess that up anymore than I already have.’’ He tells you. 

 You didn’t know what was worse, him liking Nancy or him liking whoever the other girl was. ‘’Do I know her?’’ You ask him. 

 ‘’I think so,’’ He says, readjusting his backpack. ‘’She’s really cool, has a good sense of style, a decent sense of humor.’’ He begins lifting off attributes. 

 ‘’Sounds like a winner,’’ You say your voice comes out more harsh than intended. 

The daylight had surpassed and it was already dark again, the woods becoming more and more eerie as it got later in the night. ‘’Holy shit,’’ You say, stopping behind everyone else your flashlight illuminating off the water of lovers' lake. 

 ‘’You’ve gotta be shitting me,’’ Steve says aloud, 

 ‘’Lover’s Lake,’’ Robin points out. ‘’There’s a gate in Lover’s lake?’’ She asks. 

 ‘’The demogorgon always left an opening,’’ Nancy points out. ‘’Maybe Vecna is the same way.’’ She says. 

 ‘’Only one way to find out,’’ Steve says. 

 Five minutes later you, Steve, Robin, Nancy, and Eddie were paddling out along Lover’s lake to Dustin's displeasure. It was about halfway out when Robin noticed the compass going absolutely crazy. ‘’Dustin, your compass is going berserk out here.’’ You say talking into the walkie. 

  You were too busy looking at the compass to notice that Steve had begun to remove his clothes, ‘’What the hell do you think you’re doing?’’ You ask him as his eyes meet yours. 

 He says like it was the most obvious thing in the world, Someones gotta go down and check this out.’’ He says. ‘’Unless one of you three can stop being a Hawkins High Swim co-captain, and a certified lifeguard for three years.’’ He pauses taking off another sock. ‘’It’s gotta be me. No complaints, all right?’’ He says not really asking. 

 ‘’Like hell you are, we don’t know what’s down there!’’ You say to him. 

 ‘’Exactly why we need to find out.’’ He says standing up. He lifts his shirt over his head exposing his back and you couldn’t help but Gawk at him, and not only you but Nancy as you caught her looking as well. 

‘’No complaints here,’’ Eddie says, pulling out a bag. He stuffs a light in it handing it off to Steve, ‘’Goodluck.’’ 

 Just as Steve turns around bracing himself for the water, ‘’Steve?’’ You call out to him. 

‘’Be careful.’’ You say staring straight at him, the tone of your voice as serious as it could be. He just nods in response, turning back to the water. A moment later he had dived in, it was pitch dark across the lake you couldn’t see a thing. 

 ‘’Robin let me see your flashlight,’’ You tell her and she hands it to you, trading you for the compass. You move around the boat making it rock small complaints from everyone else. 

‘’What are you doing?’’ Nancy asks you. 

 You sigh completely unsure, there was no way the light would help you see down that far in the murky water but you wanted to make sure if Steve came up quickly you could help. It felt like forever waiting for him to come back up, you waited and waited until finally you saw the bubbles coming up from below. ‘’He’s coming!’’ You tell them trying to prepare yourself for him to break the surface. 

 You jumped when his hands grabbed the edge of the boat, almost pulling you forward into the water, Steve hung on the edge of the boat. ‘’It’s more of a snack sized gate than a mamma gate. But still, it’s pretty damn big.’’ He explains.  

 It was that moment that Steve’s head dunked underwater, everyone being rocked by the boat. ‘Steve get up here,’’ You tell him cautiously, scared to bring your voice even barely above a whisper. A split second later he was completely pulled under his body not coming back up. Everyone began screaming as the boat was rocking back and forth and you pushed yourself back closing your eyes. You squeezed them tightly unsure of what to do, you had to go get him, and you had to do it now. 

 ‘’Y/N,’’ Eddie says seeing you stand up, ‘’Y/N what do you think you're doing?’’ He asks, watching you unbutton your flannel exposing the worn down t-shirt below it. You wrap the flannel tightly around one arm before securing it tightly. 

 ‘’A grand gesture,’’ You say and before Eddie or anyone could protest you jump in. The cold water meets your skin and you can still hear them yelling from the surface. You can see Steve being pulled down just as he makes it to the red entrance way, his arms wailing around terrified. You push with your arms down further and further into the lake until you reach the bottom of it, the red glow illuminating your face. You had no idea where the hell this thing was going but you knew for certain Steve was on the other side of it alone and that terrified you more. 

 You take your hand pushing it through the red opening and like a vacuum you felt the rest of your body being jerked through, it wasn’t as gentle as you hoped and you shot up out of it landing on your shoulder groaning. 

You heard the screeching from the air which made you pull yourself together realizing where you were as you glanced up at the clouded sky. You could see Steve a few yards away his body flailing as he was trapped by his neck with one of the tentacle-like structures. ‘’Steve!’’ You yell out pushing yourself off the ground, you run toward him but stop just before as the bat-like creature slams its face into his side. You look around trying to find anything to use as a weapon, on the ground next to you lay a broken Oar but it was just long enough that you think you could use it. You run over to Steve careful trying not to slip on all of the vine-like things on the ground. 

 You swing the bat once and it hits a bat knocking it away from Steve, just for the other one to bite down on the other side. Steve screamed out in pain as the bats just kept swarming his body. You took the oar once again hitting the bat with it and just when you went to hit the other one another bat knocked it already. You turn to see Nancy next to you with a bat in her hand, more and more bats are coming surrounding the area. You kept hitting the bats so they detach from Steve and eventually they do. You didn’t even recognize Robin and Eddie had shown up as well, both of them with weapons of their own in hand. 

 ‘’Steve,’’ You whisper running over to him, throwing the oar down to the ground. You lean down on your knees noticing the fleshy wound along his abdomen. It wasn’t much longer that you heard more of the creatures screeching in the sky, they swooped down quicker than you had anticipated. Steve gorans pushes himself up and you reach back grabbing the only weapon you had, and you just start swinging, hitting a bat that had swooped down dangerously close. Everyone was fighting off the bats; they just kept coming out of nowhere. You knocked a bat to the ground slamming the oar into its face, blood splattering around the ground. The moment you stop you look over to see Steve pulling apart the creature, blood spilling out of his mouth as he spits out the taste. ‘’We need to get out of here, we need to find a place to hide!’’ You tell them and they all agree. 

 Steve was limping slightly clutching his side, you couldn’t imagine which hurt worse since both sides were gushing blood. You all ran as quickly as you could. You stayed behind Steve in case another attack was on it’s way. You found solace in the tree lines heading into the wooded area where you could probably find better coverage. 

 ‘’Under there!’’ Robin yells pointing to the large rock, it was an open area but from above the bats wouldn’t be able to see you. You glance behind you, noticing there were hundreds swarming the sky now, ‘’Come on! Come on!’’ She yells running. You move forward quickly sliding your body under Steve’s shoulder, he glances down at you doing so a small smile at the gesture was all he gave. You doing so helped quicken his pace just enough to make it under the rock. 

   Steve hissed from the pain in his side as he rested his back against the rock, ‘’Gosh Steve,’’ You say your hand touching his abdomen just above the wound. You unwrap your flannel from earlier around your arm, ‘’Sit up a bit please.’’ You tell him. You rewrap the flannel around your hand using it as a glove of some sort, ‘’We need to stop the bleeding.’’ You tell him your voice laced with concern, your hands pushing against his abdomen and Steve jumps his hand resting on your arm squeezing it tightly. 

 ‘’Nancy,’’ You call out to her needing more than just the thin flannel you had. ‘’Do you have anything we can use?’’ You ask, turning your head, everyone's attention was now on you and Steve. 

 Robin looked terrified and her mouth formed an O shape as she saw the wound on Steve’s abdomen. She walks over crouching down as she sees Steve’s open wound. ‘’So the good news is I’m pretty sure dizziness is not a symptom of rabies?’’ Robin points out the odd fact. ‘’Do you feel Woozie?’’ She asks and Steve squirms as you put more pressure on the wound. You notice Nancy pulling at her pants getting more fabric to secure the wound. 

 ‘’Yeahh,’’ Steve says letting out a rigid breath, ‘’I do.’’ He says. Nancy hands you the fabric and you tell Steve to stand if he can, he pushes himself up and Robin and Nancy come to his side helping to hold him up. You ask him if he’s ready and he agrees reluctantly, ‘’Just do it,’’ He says, holding his breath, he flinches when the fabric touches him. 

 ‘’I’m sorry,’’ You tell him. Trying to secure it. You finally get it tied and he breathes a sigh of relief, ‘’You okay?’’ You ask him.  ‘’He needs to rest for a minute,’’ You tell them both and they agree. 

    ‘’Yeah, yeah.’’ He says his breath is still rigid. You glance over to everyone else who had moved away from you and Steve looking out into the forest of the Upside down. ‘’Are you okay?’’ He asks and you look at him confused. ‘’You were here right after me, right after.’’ He says. The conversation behind you was going on but neither of you were engaged in it. 

 ‘’Yeah, yeah.’’ You repeat his word verbatim, making you both laugh slightly. He clutches his side as he laughs, ‘’Sorry,’’ you say to him. He stops laughing and looks at you just for a moment, both of you not saying anything, you smile softly feeling his eyes on you. ‘’We have to get you home, get you back to that girl.’’ You say trying to avert his mind something more positive.  

 ‘’That girl?’’ He asks you confused. 

 ‘’The girl you told me about,’’ You tell him looking down at his torso adjusting the wrap once again. ‘’The one you have a crush on?’’ You say it as more of a question. 

 For a moment he doesn’t say anything and you just fixate on the wrap, the sounds of bats screeching from overhead, ‘’The girl,’’ He says, making you look up. ‘’Is you, it’s you Y/N.’’ He says. 

 You stare at him completely shocked, it was you? How was it you? ‘’Me?’’ You ask him. ‘’I don’t understand.’’ You say puzzled. 

 He takes a deep breath, ‘’The girl I have a crush on is you,’’ He tells you. ‘’It’s been you for a while..’’ 

  ‘’But you and Nancy?’’ You ask him confused, your tone much lower, scared she would hear you. ‘’You guys have been- you seem like.’’ He tells you. 

 ‘’You and Eddie seemed so close, I was jealous and Nancy was giving attention. I thought it would get yours if I played into it a little,’’ He says and you nod understandingly. ‘’It was dumb. Immature I should've just told you. 

 ‘’Steve this entire time I’ve been talking to Eddie about you.’’ You emphasize ‘’I’ve been trying to get your attention for months.’’ You tell him. ‘’Eddie has had to hear all about it the past two days,’’ You admit, making him laugh once again. 

 ‘’Then when we make it out of here,’’ He pauses, ‘’We’ll go on a nice date? Whatever you want.’’ He tells you and you nod smiling at him. You push yourself forward planting a quick kiss on his cheek, if you were going to kiss Steve Harrington for the first time it was not going to be in the upside down while he was bleeding out it was going to be a real kiss on a date. ‘’Deal?’’ He asks as you pull away. 

 ‘’Deal,’’ You say to him. 

 You hear feet thump on the ground and it finally grabs both of your attention looking back, everyone smiling at the two of you, even Nancy. ‘’What did I tell you?’’ Eddie asks. ‘’Grand gesture.’’

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Thanks for reading! I am sorry if it felt like I skipped around a lot I started writing and got so far in and when I Read it back I was like omg I skipped around too much but I have a bad problem with doing request and never posting because I re-read and hate them too much. SOOO here we are I hope you liked it and didn't hate it haha! Again sorry for any mess ups!

Please send more S4 request! Also if you request and want it outside of the plot of season 4 PLEASE let me know I have such a hard time making scenarios in my head that don't follow the plot.

[abisbookcase]

Why is Jonathan Byers so underrated?

 I wanna talk about how Jonathan Byers as a character/brother/boyfriend (etc...) is so underrated.

I literally feel so bad for poor Jonathan. In my opinion, even though he’s supposedly one of the ‘main’ characters, it doesn’t feel like it anymore (same with Will and some others) because they’re mainly so underrated. The other main characters don’t really pay that much attention to him apart from Will and maybe Joyce. But he’s actually still VERY essential to the plot of stranger things.

He’s such a caring older brother (to Will and El) and a role model to Will, but he’s also a great boyfriend to Nancy. For example, in season 3 he didn’t hesitate to try and save his girlfriend and the other kids from the hospital monster and in season 4, he was actually thinking of joining the college Nancy also wants to go to just for her happiness (if i’m correct). I think they did him really dirty with his appearance in season 4 and making him the stereotypical ‘stoner’ in the 80′s because if i’m being honest, that reminds me a bit of L*nnie and i don’t think he’d want to act like him yk?

It kinda seems like after season 1 the whole Byers’ family (excluding El) have just been put on the ‘backburner’/less cared about anymore which is really unfair since they kinda started the whole thing and made the show what it is now (imo). Jonathan used to be the character who would go above and beyond for his family & friends but now is just a stupid, high stoner. It’s really sad though because he does everything for everyone without asking for anything in return.

People say that he’s boring and never does anything in the show but seem to forget that he literally supports everyone in everything they do and doesn’t judge them for it, just because a character is nice and caring doesn’t mean they’re boring or just exist for the other ‘main’ characters like Nancy or Joyce.

He deserves so much better and the dufferbrothers/Netflix better give him a bigger in role in season 5! Please just don’t kill him off.

Thanks for reading :)

[chuusleftbraincell]

Stranger things 4 (vol2) ?

It broke me. And I was crying while watching it but now I'm just really mad and confused.

(1.) Like WHY did they do that to Will? He deserved better. Will was sobbing like not even a metre away from Mike but he didn't care? Also, we know that he painted that for will and not because eleven wanted him to (like she said something how she thinks its for a girl) and then Will tells Mike it's about Mike and Eleven? Really? Anyways stan Jonathan he's a real one. But seriously, the duffer brothers did Will and especially Mike so dirty, he didn't have a character development, he did that backwards. Also to Jonathan, he also deserves none of this. Let Will be happy for once tho.

(2.) Why are the duffer brothers pushing Nancy and Steve again?? Let the two rest for goddamn, Steve didn't try to forget her for like season 2-4 just for them to come back. If they would have kissed I would have been more pissed. Nancy's and Jonathans relationship is literally over, neither of them trust each other I think. Jonathan with that college thing and Nancy with Steve.

(3.) also, what's that with Robin, Nancy and Vickie? No wonder that Maya loves Ronance more than anything. I kind of thought Vickie would be a good character but she's like a copy of Robin? I mean sure, some people act the same but why couldn't they write Vickie a little more.... like an own character? I kinda like her tho, but it's a little weird to me idk. That whole queerbait thing with Robin and Nancy makes me sick. Anyway.

(4.) Eddie. I love you. They did him SO dirty. At first I didn't really get the hype but now I understand everything, he is the moment. They really filled Eddie, a new character in, just for him being killed off so no mayor character can die. No one besides Dustin was sad over his death. No one. Like he was just some random guy and not their friend. Eddie died just for him being seen as a villain to the town. Fuck off.

At least Hopper and Joyce are fine.

So all in all, fuck this season. Max deserves better. And the queerbaiting ugh. I really expected better tbh. It was great, but so many things that make me mad.

[munsons-maiden]

I feel like, and this is a BIG ASS IF, IF Eddie was supposed to be killed off for good, for whatever the reason (we can say covid probably messed up a lot of ideas and plans, maybe even got the team forgotten what was written or whatever), Joseph's press stuff would've been done basically. Like it kinda was at first after volume 2 came out. But the Suffer Bros saw how badly they messed up, they're planning on bringing Eddie back now because of fan fallout. And why Joseph's been on mega press tour while the rest of the cast just be chillin lol.

Which, as happy as I will be if Eddie lives, I'm not sure if I'd want Kas Eddie now, because I feel like Suffers would be doing it to 'please' the fans and mess it up. I'd rather fanfic Kas Eddie because we know how it should be done lol, where they'd just be slapping a bandaid on a wound and go SEE WE FIX YOU CAN'T BE MAD AT US ANYMORE! lol. I hope I make sense and am not rambling 😭

I'm not so sure if Eddie returns that the Duffers didn't plan this all along. I mean, I want him back and I don't care if they spontaneously bring him back because of the fan reaction he got or if they planned to bring him back but there is just too much foreshadowing in the season. The Will/Eddie parallels (the Missing poster vs. the newspaper article, both scribbled with sharpie; Wayne Munson wearing the same jacket as Jonathan while he was putting up Eddie's Missing poster; the song When It's Cold I'd Like To Die playing during Will's "death" in ST1 & playing during Eddie's in ST4), the whole Iron Maiden reference in the this-is-music-scene and the huge amount of Kas symbolsim attached to Eddie (the vampire skull ring, the spiked shield), as well as the tattoos (some of them might not simply be foreshadowing for ST4 but for ST5 as well). Yes, it could all be seen as coincidental, a few neat references...but it's weird that there are so many? And we know that the Duffers love their foreshadowing and symbolism. So I actually think if/when they bring Eddie back, it was planned all along.

Either way: they left the door open three inches to bring Eddie back.

I keep saying it and I'll say it again: my worst fear is that they bring Eddie back as anything else than his old, sweet, gentle, lovely self because that would feel like seeing him die all over again and I'm not sure how I should ever recover from that tbh. But in my eyes, the whole Kas theory would only make sense if they used it to an extent: Vecna brings back Eddie like El did for Max, and flays him because he needs someone to do his dirty work. And it's about saving Eddie - a beautiful storyline for Dustin, btw. They did something similar with Will in ST2 (and that's where the Will/Eddie parallels come in to play, in my opinion.)

So even if the Duffers were bringing Eddie back only because of the fandom, they still, intentionally or not, built the ground to do it well. There is too much foreshadowing to bring him back in a bad way, in my opinion. The wave is there, they only need to surf it. Eddie's return is basically writing itself - in a beautiful, meaningful way.

Because as tragic as his death was, he saved Dustin. It wasn't pointless. The writing in itself, leading up to the situation, wasn't good in my opinion but from Eddie's POV everything made perfect sense, and without Eddie, Dustin would have fallen prey to the bats as well. How beautiful would it be, for Dustin to be the reason that Eddie The Banished manages to banish Vecna out of his mind and return - as himself - when he was the one to tell Dustin "Never change". That would be closing the loop and the Duffers love this whole closing-the-loop thing.

(tbh, after the way his story ended, bringing him back as anything else but himself wouldn't make sense, story-telling wise. It would be cruel for Eddie and for us.)

So, yes, there was a moment I lost my trust in the Duffers, but I found it again. And - that's just my opinion - apart from the final episode, ST4 was the best season of Starnger Things ever (not simply because of Eddie but because of the writing).

I hope this made sense, but I firmly believe if/when Eddie comes back, it will be good, not a slapping-a-band-aid-on-a-wound🖤

[singleasapringle]

Things I wish we saw in Stranger things s4

● Eddie with different hairstyles such as a ponytail, low bun, bangs ...etc

● More of Chrissy Cunningham. I wish we got to know her character a little better ans share more moments with her

● More Chrissy×Eddie moments. Do I even need to explain?

● Eddie back then and a little background story especially the ^band and a buzz cut^ memory. How chrissy met him that day and maybe watch him play in the band?

● A better version of Jonathan because they did him very dirty this season and you can't change my mind

● A more understanding Mike. Do I need to explain this?

● More Joyce being happy with Hopper and them telling the kids about their relationship

● Will with no bowl cut.

● More Murray scenes cuz why not

● Robin getting with Vickie fr not whatever the hell we saw in the last episode

● More Steve×Eddie / Robin×Nancy scenes (my personal opinion :) )

● Argyle who could've had more potential if he wasn't high 25/8

● Eddie not dying that painful death (ik it was necessary for the plot but still :( )

● How did the air in the upside down suddenly become not toxic??

● What did Erica find under the bed and what are these stains??

● More Erica and Dustin friendship moments

● Eleven being happy.. come on you gonna argue with me ?

●Where did Max's mom go and why isn't she in the hospital with her daughter.

● A bigger plot twist at the end cuz tbh I kinda saw all of that coming at some point.

[pop-punklouis]

here to talk about stranger things

i'm a sucker for cinematography and some shots were really well done. specifically the one where the kids are biking and it takes you to the upside down where the adults are biking too!

i'm so glad they're focusing on eleven's traumas because phew she has been through a lot. my mind's absolutely blown because of the parallels between how manipulative dr brenner is as a guardian figure vs how joyce (and hopper) emit this kindness and consent. i've talked about it a bit here.

i'm so mad because they did will SO dirty like my poor boy didn't go through so much shit for him to be brushed aside like that, especially when he's like head canonically queer.

also absolutely hate how one dimensional they've made jonathan.

also, eleven deserves someone better than mike. free her from him pls.

i really don't want the nancy/steve thing to happen again. if anything, in honour of pride month let nancy/robin be a thing instead

also wtf is up with suzie's family oh my god??

as always, steve gets 💋💋 one of the best character developments i've seen tbh

in relation to you talking about how will+jonathon+mike got so little screen time, i feel like the new characters, like the baseball captain dude the one who was dating chrissy got more screen time than the trio 😂

anyways this got long im sorry 🙈

SONIIII please hello. yes! there are always certain scenes when a new ST season drops that cause me drool with how much I love its cinematography. I was kinda let down by the CGI this season though. It was *yawn* how much of it they used instead of utilizing the hybrid of physical/digital effects. Like some scenes had great CGI while just five minutes later it is horrid. so weird to me because it takes me out of the immersion rip

i do like how they actually gave eleven a proper backstory! i found those scenes to be more interesting this season as the pacing felt off to me, and it dragged a bit in parts. so getting a more developed background was refreshing for her. and oooo i haven't had time to properly analyze parallels, but that was a great catch regarding the difference between Brenner and Joyce/Hop as guardian figures to El 👀

they've continuously pushed Will to the backburner since season 3 and I'm! sick of! it! i want to see more of him and he deserves better tbh (much better than mike but i digress lmao) pretty homophobic if you ask me 🔪😵‍💫

did jonathan even.... exist this season. he was so unmemorable it is hard to tell. what even was the point of will+mike+jonathan's C plot besides the duffer brothers having absolutely nothing going for their storyline so just. didn't really do anything with it lmao and YEAH?? honestly fuck mike he annoys me. both el and will deserve better 💅🏼

the hamfisted nancy/steve rekindling drives me NUTS. it is such lazy writing and is only building to steve getting his hopes up and having them crushed again when jonathan tumbles back into the actual plot and "gets the girl" again its so boring and expected. please give steve something else to focus on. give him MORE than being the mopey ex boyfriend. let him be happy please. nancy/robin??? i'd LOVE to see it actually 💕

Suzie's family is mormon!! that like. explains practically everything about that household's dynamics lol they just amplified the Mormon stereotype but its hilarious djrjrktk

steve continues to be one of the only characters to carry this show on his back for another season like thank you king as always 🌹💋

(and don’t be sorry!! i could ramble about stranger things all day 🫣)

[b-rainlet]

Gotham for the fandom ask thingy.

(I ran here so fuckin fast you have no clue)

Hello anon! :D I will answer this now, so you don't have to wait any longer but also....this would be very nice to answer through gifsets...(maybe when I am feeling up for it).

For now, have this:

(It's not proof read because I just sat at this for several hours and I don't wanna look at it anymore).

Favourite Male Character

You mean...besides the obvious answers?? :D

Ngl, it's S2 Jerome. I love that little twink with his parental issues and his tragic backstory and I wanna see him happy. There's a reason I have a bunch of AUs where he ends up having a family (mostly in the form of Lee as his Mother) and gets some actual help instead of being ostracized for being a mentally ill person snapping after years of abuse.

(This also ties into my very strong feelings regarding the fact that nobody actually helps the people at Arkham. And I don't mean the main villains there, I mean all the inmates who get treated like shit and are left behind on the regurlar (remember in S2 when Arkham was about to explode and nobody was talking about evacuating the inmates???? I do).

Other than that, one of my faves is also Jonathan. Which may be a little surprising because I barely talk about him but he was my favourite character throughout the show and he had way too little scenes.

(Kinda telling that the characters I latched onto are both helpless teens who were fucked over by the people who were supposed to protect them and can both trace their villain origin story back to Jim Gordon not caring enough about them lmao).

But the cast is big and varied enough that I actually like everyone? Butch, Zsazs, Penguin, S1 and 2 Ed, Jervis, Harvey, Jim......I like them all!!

(Special shoutout to 514A too, he was soft and baby and I wanted to keep him safe and sound really desperately).

(Another special shoutout to Barnes!! I didn't expect to like him when I first saw him, given he looked like he was gonna be mean and stoic and all, but I ended up really liking him and his story!)

Favourite Female Character

Let's just pretend Ecco doesn't exist for this answer ajdkaskaslj.

I fell in love immediately upon seeing Ecco but all! the women! are so!!! good!!!!

I especially have a soft spot for the side characters. I mean, upon first watching I got attached to Alice (even though she only features in two episodes lmao), and also Kristen Kringle - who isn't talked about much within Fandom, but she was pretty and her and Ed were actually quite cute but then she had to die for him to become the Riddler which was...pretty much telling us from the beginnning 'The woman here die to advance the men's plots'.

Barbara was also a big surprise to me because I figured she'd be the female love interest and nothing more but!! her and Jerome were the best thing in S2 and also the most entertaining thing about the Maniax Plot. (In several ways, I think I had the most fun watching this show during S2 , it was just. Good).

Also upon being in this Fandom and thinking about certain characters a bit longer I also really like Vicky Vale. And Montoya. And I wish they had kept both around for longer.

(I also wish they wouldn't have made Vicky a love interest for Jim. Or Sofia. No love interests for Jim except Lee and Barbara please).

Also Selina!! I love both Selina and Tabitha with all my heart - which may also be surprising because I barely ever talk about Tabby but I contain multitudes aklskddsm, and while I like sharing my horny thoughts about Ecco, I also love to think about Tabby and daydream about her being happy and exploring her (and Selina's) issues with showing weakness and affection and their strong loyalty regarding people that they trust.

I just.....women. Women good.

(Women also deserve to have more character than just being somebody's love interests and I have enough wips that completely sideline the guys to focus on the woman instead lmao).

Least Favourite Character

I don't have many characters that I hate??

I generally tend to instantly love everybody unless they are specifically made to be unlikeable. (I also spite-like characters who are hated for petty reasons, I just have a lot of love in my heart and not much energy for hate lmao).

But there were characters who annoyed me while I was watching.

For one, I think Gotham has a variety of super entertaining villains, but the main villains of each season tend to be....boring.

Safe for Strange they all kinda fell flat for me. Theo. Kathryn. Ra's Al Ghul. His Daughter. Mostly because their plotlines were less exciting than stuff like Jerome's carnival or Mother and Orphan's Hotel of Horrors.

Or their motives seemed a lot less understandable than the ones of the other Batman villains who pretty much always come from a place of suffering and abuse and break/snap under the pressure that's put on them (continuing this take of Gotham creating its own villains by leaving behind - mentally ill - people that need help, which I think is very true to most - if not all - Batman villains).

And then you have some characters that simply suffer from the fact that the show was cut short - which is pretty much any and every S5 character that had way too little screentime, but in this specific case means Jeremiah.

Because I disliked Jeremiah a lot while watching.

Without wanting to step on anybody's toes, him and Nygma are probably the two characters on this show I ended up disliking the most.

Mostly because Miah felt like a very cheap copy of Jerome and to this day I think it was a bad idea to replace Jerome with him, since Jeremiah - to me - seems like a super flat character.

Maybe if we had gotten him without meeting Jerome first, just having a Joker character introduced in S4, maybe I would've adored him, who knows.

But in comparison to Jerome...no. Just no.

(I will spare you from any longer rambles, but I think if you follow me, I talked about the ways Miah is lacking for me before).

My made up version of Miah though? I love him.

With Nygma it's even worse because I adored him. I instantly liked him. I was 100% behind him right up until the godawful Isabella plot happened and then it just all went to shit so quickly, I couldn't stand seeing him on screen anymore.

It's surprising that I didn't stop liking Oswald but to me, Oswald pretty much stayed the same while Ed became all bitter and hard and I just miss dorky S2 Ed you know?

It actually got so bad, I completely turned my back on Nygm/obblepot as a ship because I was so severly disappointed and I barely talk about Ed because I just can't stand what they did with him.

(Another victim of bad writing).

Favourite Ship

I'm just gonna stick to canon ships because I don't ever shut up about my Fanon ships so you probably know which ones I love the most :D

There isn't much romance going on within Gotham if I think about it - apart from Jim - which I definitely prefer. You wouldnt guess it from my blog, but I am not a fan of too shippy stuff because in most cases it just means sex scenes and I can live without those. I want action! Blood! Dead People! Not a two minute make-out session between two bland characters!

I gotta admit that Ed and Lee have some cute scenes and I would definitely ship them if I didn't dislike S4 Ed so much (S2 EdLee tho?? Yes).

Also I thought Jim and Lee was okay and Baby Batcat was quite cute at times but mostly I don't care about the canon ships.

I do ship Barbara and Jim though :D

I remember right before they hooked up in S5 I was like: 'I wouldn't mind if they got back together' and then went 'yay!' when they did and I wouldn't have minded a little more 'Will they?? Won't they??' between those two and them just having the mother of unhealthy relationships on this show.

(Also Jim/Barbara/Lee poly relationship but we can't have everything).

Favourite Friendship

So many good relationships on this show!

I need to rewatch the show soon because I probably already forgot about most of them but from the top of my head: Oswald/Butch and Oswald/Zsazs

Which were both then done dirty lmao. One by having Oswald be overly petty (one of the few times I was like...Pengy...wtf...) and the other by passing up the obvious opportunity to have Zsazs find out who really killed Falcone and just...letting Oswald and Victor never interact again. 

Then of course Ivy and Selina which also gloriously fell apart. Just like Ivy and Oswald. 

(Gotham isn’t the best when it comes to maintaining friendships). 

And the biggest and most grandious friendship of them all: J Squad. 

(Who have too little scenes together honestly and then also simply fell apart after Jerome died. Consistency who?)

Favourite Quote

I don’t know, I don’t have many quotes in my head from the show. Me and my niece mostly reference: “Yeah, that’s a spoon.” - “IT IS ALSO A FORK!!1!!!”

Also: “Gotta Go! Gotta Go! They’re after me and the Scarecrow!”

(There are some dialogue blurps I have written down somewhere because they are inspriration for gifsets but in order to be able to just recite some of them from Memory, I would have to watch this show way more obsessively). 

Worst Character Death

I don’t even gotta say anything do I? :D

But I think the character death that actually made me cry was Jerome’s first death. I clearly remember crying because...he just wanted recognition! And praise! And instead he was used as a pawn and betrayed by someone he idolized and he was only 18! My poor little meow-meow!

Seriously, the only things that make me cry on this show: Jerome’s first death, any and all mention of Bruce as a baby - told by an emotional Alfred, any and all Bruce/Alfred interaction at all and Solomon Grundy. 

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment

I seriously need to rewatch this show, it’s been so long :D

But I remember being pretty excited for the J Squad Team Up - because I was like ‘If I were Jerome I would definitely work with Tetch and Scarecrow since they’re also in Arkham atm’ and then he did!!

And I also distinctly remember in S3 that I was close to falling asleep right when they scene came on where Oswald realizes his feelings for Nygma and let me tell you - it caught me so off guard, I was awake instantly lmao. 

(I knew that people shipped them but I was so used to mlm ships being popular when they only have a handful of scenes and are platonic friends that I didn’t expect them to actually have a possibility of being canon). 

From then on I was super pumped for them to deliver on that ship but well....we all knew what happened asnksnndk. 

Saddest Moment

Aside from the already mentioned scenes in the character death column, the scene where Bruce leaves and Selina runs to the airport. I always liked Selina but she wasn’t a priority character of mine (much like Bruce isn’t) but then that scene happened and in an instant, I felt super protective over her. 

She is now my baby. My daughter. My beloved wife. She deserves everything and most importantly she deserves better than Bruce Wayne. 

(Coincidentally that was also the scene where I decided I don’t care much about Bruce asldjkjlj. I absolutely adore early seasons Bruce though). 

Favourite Location

There are so many different locations, I don’t think I can adequately answer this with my spotty memory :D

But I always loved the few episodes where Alice features, because I love how her scenes are shot so probably the little carnival Jervis prepares for her.

Also!! Jeremiah's church!

Or Commissioner Loeb's secret house (Especially the Attic).

There are a lot of cool locations, I gotta gif some of them soon :D

[suckerfordylansstuff]

New Journey (S.H.)  Chapter 2 Season 2

Pairing: Steve Harrington x henderson!reader

Summary: Y/N Henderson joins her brother's little adventure and makes a new friend on the way.

Warnings: swearing

Notes: back with a new chapter. Thank you for all the love and motivation to continue this story. If you want to be tagged just comment. Enjoy!

Not requested

Also gif not mine

Chapter 1 << New Journey Masterlist >> Chapter 3

" No, Dustin. You will not take Dart with you to school." you told him sternly.

It was the next day and when you went to check up on Dustin and Dart you caught him in the act. Right when he was ready to put him back in his ghost trap to take him with him.

" Y/N, come ooon.. The party might be able to help me figure out what he is." he said looking at you with his puppy eyes.

" No, not gonna work, buddy. It is way too dangerous to get him out of here." you said and pointed to the tank. He sighed in frustration and put Dart back to Yertle's tank, mumbling something under his breath.

" Alright, now that that is covered I'm gonna go to the library before class to pick up some books to learn things about slugs, lizards or whatever that thing is." you said and looked at Dart, but something caught your eye. "Hey.. Did Dart get bigger?"

" Um.. A little I think.." Dustin answered you like it was tottaky normal to grow that fast.

" Ok... Well, I'm leaving. Bye, Dustin! And don't do anything stupid." you warned him and he stuck his tongue out to you.

You went to get your backpack and kissed your mother goodbye "Bye, sweetheart." she called out to you and you went outside. But of course the moment you got out of the house, Dustin ignored your warning and put Dart right back to his trap, without you knowing.

You stared your car and went straight to the library and picked up some books that would help you figure out what Dart is. You went to the library lady at the front and put the books down for her to check.

" Hello, miss Henderson. Doing a project at school?" she said marking at her notebook the books you were getting.

" Yeah.. Kind of." you answered her with a smile. She gave you a look, but didn't ask anything else. She handed you the books and wished you good luck. You waved at her and went to your car to go to school.

___

It was now your free period and you decided to take 2 of the books and see what you could learn about Dart. As you were sitting at the back of the school suddenly you heard two familiar voices talking.

" What are you doing here?" said a male voice. A very known to you one.

" What do you think? Where were you this morning? I missed first period." answered him a more feminine voice. 'Was it..'

" I just figured Jonathan would take you." told her the other person and by now you knew who it was. Steve and Nancy were finally talking about what had happened yesterday and it seems like she doesn't remember anything.

While Steve was explaining to her what had happened yesterday, it was clear that he was getting quite irritated from the whole situation and you couldn't blame him.

'This is wrong' you thought. You knew you shouldn't be listening to them, but you were afraid to move. They could hear or see you and that would have been ten times more terrible.

"... Oh yeah, also, you don't love me" he finished. This part broke your heart.

" I was drunk, Steve. I don't remember any of that."

'Yeah, Nance, but it doesn't explain your actions' you thought.

" So that makes everything that you said.. It's what? Just bullshit, too?" Steve told her, like he was somehow reading your own thoughts.

" Yes!"

" Well, then tell me." he pleaded.

" Tell you what?"

" You love me. " Steve told her desperately and by her silence you knew it wasn't gonna end well.

" Really?" she finally spoke up, but was interrupted by a loud noise.

" Harrington! Dude, we need you, man. That douchbag's killing us. Let's go!" said a voice, probably another basketball player.

" Alright!" Steve told him, but you didn't hear any footsteps.

" Come on!" the other guy spoke again, but it still stayed silent.

Finally, you hear walking and Steve saying "I think that you're bullshit." and left.

'Ouch..' were your only thoughts until you heard sniffing.

Nancy was crying. You wanted to badly to go and calm her down, but it would make things worse if she found out that you had been listening this whole time. So you let her be and she eventually left.

But after all of this you couldn't go back to reading about frogs and lizards. Your mind was too set on Steve.. And Nancy. Their whole situation. So you packed your stuff and headed for your next class.

___

" Hey, little guy." you said after entering your brother's room.

"Hi.." he replied softly. Everything looked normal- well.. As normal as it could be. Dustin was on his bed reading a comic and Dart was on the tank.

" I'm sorry for being harsh in the morning." you started sitting next to Dustin " It's just.. If someone saw Dart they might have freaked out or hurt him or God knows what and, even if he's gross, he clearly means something to you. So it would be a shame for something bad happen to him because some idiot is scared."

" You were scared." Dustin answered trying to come out as cool.

" Yeah, true. But can you blame me? He's something we've never seen before and he shows up all slimy at our garbage can?." you said with a giggle and Dustin joined you. "But, tell you the truth, I really think he's kinda cool now." you finished looking at Dart.

" Wish she did, too." Dustin said quietly, so you didn't hear.

" What?"

" No.. Nothing. You're.. You were right. We don't really know what he is and until we do, it's better we just keep him inside. Hey, did you find anything at the library?" he asked you with hope in his eyes.

" I already had my theories about him, but I'm not too sure anymore.. At first I thought that he was a pol-"

" A pollywog, right?" Dustin interrupted me.

" Exactly! But I read that they usually are aquatic. You think that Dart is?" I asked him pointing at Dart.

" No.. I gave him water yesterday, but he hasn't drank any of it." Dustin explained.

" So, he isn't.. However, there actually are terrestrial pollywogs, two types to be exact. The Indirana semipalmata and the Adenomera andreae. One is from India and one's from South America."

" And how the hell did he end up here?"

" Wait. I didn't finish. Dart doesn't stand heat. And reptiles are cold-blooded. They love heat."

" Does this mean..." Dustin looked at you with happy, big eyes.

" You were right.. We might have found a new species." you said, a smile forming on your lips.

" Holy shit." he said with his cute little smile and then turned to look at Dart " You heard that, buddy? You're something new! Everyone's gonna love you!" he said and went to pick him up.

You just watched and smiled. All of this was very exciting and you couldn't wait to tell someone your new discovery.

___

As you were walking down the halls the next day you went to look for Jonathan, but you couldn’t find him anywhere. You hadn't talked to him in 2 days and you were kind of getting worried.

' Maybe I'll go check up on his house after school..' you thought to yourself right before something big crushed into you.

You gasped and took a few steps backwards, but fortunately did not lose your balance. " Hey, watch out a little." you told the person harshly.

" Sorry, doll. Guess I'll have to be extra careful when I come at you again." said the voice of the most insufferable man in the whole school. Billy Hargrove. You shot your head up and saw his smirk and that stupid cigarette between his lips.

" Yeah, maybe you should. " you responded and tried to leave, but he couldn't make it that easy for you.

" Woah, Henderson." he said catching your hand "Why the rush? Take things slow, that way you can enjoy the moment." he told you tracing his fingers on the side of your face, but you slapped his hand away.

" Get you dirty fingers off my face." you said clenching your teeth and a couple of 'oh's ' were heard from his supposedly friends.

" Ohh, getting feisty. I like it." he commented and leaned in closer to you, but before you could make him regret ever talking to you, another voice was heard.

" C'mon, Hargrove, quit it." Steve said out of nowhere and shoved Billy away from you. You weren't used to Steve defending you, actually you weren't used to anyone defending you, you pretty much handled things yourself, but when he came and stood next to you, you felt safe.

" What, Harrington? Little miss perfect left you and now you come searching for a new chick?" Billy smirked. I both blushed and got mad when he said it.' What is wrong with me?'

" You're an asshole, you know that?" Steve said with anger filling his voice, but before he could do anything stupid, you stopped him.

" Steve.. Thank you, but let me deal with this on my own." you said towards Steve, gently pushing him away. He looked at you like you were some lunatic, but realized something was up when you winked at him.

" Yeah, Steve. Let the lady speak for herself." Billy mocked him and looked down at you. You smiled sweetly and grabbed his shoulders. You pulled him just a little bit down, while your knee was making its way up to his crotch, but nearly missing.

Billy let out a sharp breath and gave you a wide eye look. You leaned up and whispered to his ear " Next time you will 'come at me', I won't miss." referencing to his earlier comment and walked away, without looking back and missing his shocked expression.

When you turned the corner a voice was heard once again, but this time a more friendlier one.

" Hey, Y/N." Steve said running to catch you.

' Deja vu' you thought.

"Hi.." you simply answered.

" I have to admit, that was.. That was pretty badass of you." he said smiling softly.

" Yeah, I guess. But he deserved it. He can't just go around thinking he owns everyone and everything. Someone has to teach him some limits and I got no problem doing that." you said and Steve chuckled. You missed that sound. You had actually heard him laugh before that, but this time it was genuine. 'He is getting better..'

" Anyway, have to get to class. See you around, crazy." he said and waved goodbye.

You giggled at the nickname and waved back as went on to your own lesson.

___

Once you stepped in the house the first thing you saw was your pretty upset mother. She was looking around with Mews's food in hand.

" Hey, mom. What's wrong?" you said touching her shoulder. She turned around and looked at you with sadness in her eyes.

" Hi, dear. Did you, by any chance, see Mews outside? I can't find him anywhere."

" Um.. No, but you know him. I'm sure he's not too far away. He's probably out there exploring. Not the first time, he'll come back." you tried to calm her down and kissed her cheek. She gave you a sweet smile and went outside to search a bit more.

You shook your head smiling and went to your room. As you opened the door you were surprised to see your brother with tears in his eyes, trembling. You threw your bag and rushed to hug him. He accepted the hug and after a couple of seconds you spoke up.

" What happened, little guy?" you asked stroking his hair. And what he would tell you next was not what you had expected.

~~~

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[maggie-would-beg-to-differ]

a little AWAE rant

These are my opinions and I would be happy if you respect them. If you are some hardcore fan of the show who can’t handle criticism, then I suggest you don’t read this as you might end up being triggered for no serious reason. This post includes spoilers for season 3 as well as spoilers from the books. I also talk about the characters as if they are real people at some points, so if that annoys you, know that you have been warned.

When I first watched the first and the second season, there was something about the series that just didn’t sit right with me. I thought it might have been the numerous plot changes that they did so I tried to not think of it as an adaptation of Montgomery‘s books but now, after watching season 3, I realise that was not the case. In fact I enjoyed the plot changes (although I’m a bit bitter about some  notable scenes not being included) as they covered a lot of problems that are still present nowadays. However, what did rub me the wrong way was how unlike themselves the characters were. 

I understand that nobody would be able to write a certain character as the writer who created them but I have to say, I really do think they did a very poor job with some of the characters from Anne of Green Gables. Changing the plot from the original so our heroes would face different challenges is great but their reactions to them were not real (real here meaning true to the character’s personality from the books).

One of the things that irked me the most is how dirty they did Billy’s character. In the books Billy was an extremely shy man (yes, man, he is like 5 years older) who admired Anne greatly. He begged Jane to propose to Anne for him, and after Anne refused, Jane was a bit cold to Anne as she felt that Billy had good qualities that Anne wasn’t able to see. And although we don’t see enough of him to decide whether he is that great or not, we see just enough to know that he is nothing close to the bully we see in the show. And I think it’s extremely disappointing that they took a character and just ruined him like that just so they could give more depth to Josie’s character? And yes, I realise that his actions brought forth a really big problem that still exists but couldn’t they have added a new character, perhaps since season 1, to play the bad guy. Because book Billy Andrews was never a bully.

Another character I had quite the problem with was Anne herself this is where you start attacking me I’m sorry but most of the time, her personality was completely different from the books and quite frankly, she was simply annoying. Show Anne is just so.. angry at the world? Book Anne did often jump to conclusions and was quite careless but never did she snap the way show Anne does at least 2 times per episode. Show Anne just loves to shout at people, saying how nobody understands her and thinking the whole world is against her.  And can she learn to apologise when hurting the people she loves? Cuz that ain’t it, chief. She turns her pain and disappointment into anger, lashing out at whoever is around and that is just something book Anne doesn’t do. One scene that was particularly hard to watch was when Anne confronted Diana about Jerry. No. Just no. Book Anne would have been hurt, and she might have cried but should would have never gone off like that. She would have sat down with Diana and talked to her. She would have asked her to explain why she thought it appropriate to lie. And I would use this as a way to go to the next character because, honestly I’m so disappointed by Anne personality that I don’t even know how to express myself.

Diana. My lovely Diana. Look. I understand the need for empowerment targeted towards young girls and how they should all be allowed education, I do. But the thing is, as far as I remember, book Diana, doesn’t want to go to collage. She was sad about Anne going to Queens but it was because they wouldn’t be together and not because Diana wasn’t allowed to live her life. And yes, her parents were strict but not to the point to have a full on meltdown had she expressed a desire to go to collage and not marry. But here is the thing, book Diana wanted to marry. She wanted to have a family. She was a romantic soul who dreamed of her prince charming, coming to sweep her off her feet and raise a family with her. And that’s alright. Not every woman needs to be this powerful outspoken feminist, and that’s completely fine. And those women don’t need to be shamed for that. As long as it’s her choice and she isn’t forced, a woman wanting to stay at home and raise a family is just as powerful as any so called feminist and deserves the same rights to respect and equality as any other human being. I sick extremely sick when I see people degrading those women because “they don’t stand for themselves, equality” or whatever other bullshit reason you have to devalue them. And to go back to Diana. Diana isn’t Anne. She is allowed to have her own dreams, dreams different from Anne’s. And she does in the books and that doesn’t keep them from being bosom friends.

I’m not really happy with Gilbert too but I’m not going to talk about him as much, since it wasn’t that great of a change. But for those who haven’t read the books, you should know that book Gilbert was quite the cheeky fellow. James Potter kinda guy. And I find show Gilbert to be a bit.. depressing? I don’t know the right word to describe it but I never got that giddy feeling I get when reading the books or watching Jonathan Crombie’s portrayal while watching AWAE.

And because I shouldn’t be all negative, I shall also share some things about other characters that were different from the books that I enjoyed. 

And of course, I shall start with Ka’kwet. I loved her story and I think she was a great addition to the story. If I have to be honest, the Mi'kmaq were one of my most favourite things from the season, and please somebody make a spin-off about them.

I love what they did with Prissy. I don’t remember much of her from the books, mainly because I think she was a very minor character but I do enjoy that she was given more personality in the show. I also like that they didn’t completely change Jane’s personality as I remember her to be quite conservative and closed-minded in the books as well. 

There are probably more stuff I liked or disliked concerning the characters but I can’t really think of anything else rn. If you have any questions, feel free to send them in. I’m thinking about writing a similar post about the things I liked and disliked in regards to the plot itself, so if you’d be interested in that, do let me know! 

[andrewuttaro]

New Look Sabres: GM 20 - CHI- Dach’ed Two Points

4-1 Regulation Loss

We’ve now reached the twenty-game mark and the question remains: what are the 2019-2020 Buffalo Sabres? It’s safe to say 95% the same thing the 2018-2019 Sabres were but that answer is pessimistic and uncreative at best. Optimists like me have tended toward a whole new, transformed club, but most of the second ten games so far this season has made that conclusion seem foolish. So what is it then? Twenty games is still a little early to tell but let’s make a guess educated by a sample size that constitutes about a fourth of the season. They’re… ugh… you know what fuck it. How am I burning through this many rants and we’re not even to American Thanksgiving yet? I said you guys got to wrack up some points in the standings against lesser competition and its like you immediately started writing out a gorgeously scripted Fuck You like SpongeBob the night before his paper is due! AT LEAST LAST SEASON YOU HAD THE COURTESY AND GOOD SENSE TO WAIT UNTIL CHRISTMAS TO SHIT IN MY MOUTH! Like, I want to blame it on the Chicago Blackhawks somehow having Buffalo’s number or some shit but that would be a special kind of bullshit cop out! You know how I know this is now really bad? Like really, we’re going to be in for a nightmare in the press kinda bad? No, not the grilling of the GM and the Coach or even the benching of Dahlin and Miller for ever shittier versions of Jake McCabe and Rasmus Ristolainen; no, I knew it was bad when fucking dog moms on twitter who watch the Sabres in their free time started saying “GEE, I HOPE DYLAN COZENS TURNS OUT TO BE GOOD!” Build through the Draft. Yeah, I know how a rebuild works but I think we should be getting to the point when we do the thing that comes after building… uh… WINNING? WE ALREADY HIT RESTART ON THE REBUILD! WHEN YOU REBOOT THE MATRIX FOR THE THIRD TIME WHAT DO YOU GET!? HUH!? MATRIX REVOLUTIONS! THAT WAS SHITTIEST ONE! I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL WE CHASE ANOTHER REGIME OUT OF TOWN AND SEE WHAT NEW INSULTS WE CAN LOB AT TERRY AND KIM WHILE THEY BRING IN THE NEXT DUMBASS FOSSIL TO BENCH DAHLIN! WHAT IN THE EVER-LIVING FUCK!

*Deep Breath* So here are our positives: they came out strong in the first again but weren’t rewarded. Casey Mittelstadt had a great game he wasn’t rewarded for. I nearly fainted in a Bath and Body Works this afternoon. Oh wait, I ran out of positives. OH THAT’S RIGHT! YOU DON’T GET ANY WHEN THE ONLY WIN THIS MONTH IS AGAINST THE MOTHER FUCKING OTTAWA SENATORS! EVEN IN THAT GAME YOU WERE TIED TWICE AND BENCHED DAHLIN! Fuck me! Can I just be a Buffalo Bills blog for the next 4-6 weeks before they get pounded by Baltimore in the Wild Card Round? At least that way I wouldn’t have to deal with certain losses against the Leafs later this month: the most jaded, self-absorbed fanbase in hockey fresh off signing the last of their big four in disregard for all the salary cap norms that are supposed to prevent super-teams in this sport! I made a deal with myself that I was going to rein in my Hockey hatreds. How rich! I had a long hierarchy of clubs and players I hated as if I was the clown from “It” feeding off of little twitter babies’ fear and hatred. Fuck the Canes! “Oh YoU’rE a BuNcH oF jErKs! We’Re MaKiNg HoCkEy FuN lIke BaSkEtBaLl WhErE tHe SaMe 5 tEaMs AlWaYs WiN eXcEpT wHeN iT’s ToRoNtO!” FUCK THIS TRASH SPORT! The Soccer world burned me out on being an unbridled hate machine… well that and my acid reflux getting bad at *checks calendar* the age of 25. I narrowed the teams I honest-to-God hate down to Toronto, Boston and the Montreal Max Domi’s in that order! WHY THE FUCK AM I TALKING ABOUT THE LEAFS!? Oh YoU bUfFaLo FaNs, AlL yOu Do Is WoRrY aBoUt ThE LeAfS, dOn’T yOu WiSh YoU wErE uS!? FUCK OUT OF MY LIFE IF I COULD IGNORE YOU I WOULD! Isn’t a sad day in this City when the fucking Buffalo wide right Bills are making me happier than the Sabres!? Josh Allen is running and jumping into John Brown’s arms like its fucking dirty dancing down there while I have to talk myself into believing this club will beat anywhere near enough teams to make the fucking playoffs this year! HARDER MORE, I NEED TO LIE TO MYSELF INTO BELIEVING THE FRONT OFFICE EVEN WANTS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS! LET’S GO AHEAD AND WATCH BOTTERILL SIT ON HIS HANDS AGAIN AND ACT LIKE THE WHOLE FUCKING ORGANIZATION ISN’T BURNING DOWN AROUND HIM!

Oh, I guess I should actually try to talk about the game. Are you still reading? Is this a little much to go with your morning coffee? Is this a little rough? Hey, if the coffee doesn’t work you still got some angsty hockey fan yelling at you in all caps. Geez Louise. Should I talk about Tage Thompson finally getting his callup we were somehow excited for this season only to get his arm torn off by a pack of deep-dish eating heathens in the United Center? Should I talk about Jack Eichel scoring the Sabres lone goal in the third period after his club was already down 4-0 looking into the great big oblivion that his career has turned into? Should I talk about how that’s seven goals this month for a Captain who is one of only three goal scorers to have more than one goal this month!? NO GOAL NOVEMBER EVERYONE! I am so out of steam with this team. They could beat Minnesota by double digits tomorrow night, and I will still be certain Boston will ground them down into paste on Thursday like they’re playing a friendly against an AHL team! Sorry, back to this game that darkened our lives last night. Kirby Dach scored the Hawks first two goals: the only two goals in the first two periods of the fucking game! KIRBY DACH! Yes, that guy who was literally just drafted! He was the guy whose tallies reigned supreme while nobody in a white uniform could convert on a chance. CHANCES THEY FUCKING GOT! THESE MOTHER FUCKING SABRES DID THINGS TO THE HAWKS THAT TEAMS WHO BEAT THE BUFFALO NORMALLY DO TO BUFFALO!! They tied them up in the neutral zone, they got ample O-Zone time, they played together or whatever the fuck that actually is other than motivational bullshit! All that and they get to be down 2-0 going into the third. You want proof God hates the Sabres? South Buffalo’s own Patrick Kane scored on the powerplay to make it 3-0! UNASSISTED! Just for shit and giggles let’s pretend its 2013: Jonathan Toews gets a goal assisted by Brendan Saad and Brent Seabrook because fuck it! Time is a flat, circular dinner plate used to bash over the heads of starving hockey fans from upstate New York!

I guess I better end on some good notes. That early rush on points in the standings has been exhausted so we’re already in a hole before Thanksgiving again like the old days. Shoot, sorry that wasn’t a good note. All endless vats of eternally replenishing pessimism aside, Brandon Montour had a decent night. I don’t know guys, I had so much fun writing the Senators postgame it was like there was finally a release. I finally got to enjoy this thing I do for fun in my free time! I have to write a Masters Thesis this coming Winter and Spring. Should I really spare the mental energy to suffer for a team that might be just as bad as they always are again? I might lose that argument with myself sooner than I had hoped this year. Last night’s game has not been fun to write up. Am I fool for thinking this team ever be good? Eight losses in Nine games in November? I am too engaged to ever really be out but it’s not really fun to be in on these guys right now. At least the Bills won. Let’s Go Buffalo!

Thanks for Reading.

P.S. Like this post if you don’t want me to stop writing these. If you read this far each postgame you care about this blog. The Sabres are so bad right now I honestly don’t know if I want to keep doing this. Yikes.