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man-down-in-hatchet-town · 1 year

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"You're Funny"

Steph saying to Pete "I didn't know you were funny" vs. Max telling Grace "you're funny." The parallels and the contrasts in the context and deliveries are so good.

Both scenes happen at the start, feature the characters' first out-of-song interactions in the show, and have the cool, popular kid complimenting their nerdy, unpopular love interest on their sense of humor.

And yet. When Steph calls Pete funny she really means it, she's truly responding to what he said and her interest in him as a person is genuinely piqued. Max, on the other hand, laughs like he didn't find Grace's line actually funny, but rather was primed to laugh at and repeat anything that came out of her mouth. He doesn't really listen to Grace or understand anything she's saying, he's just got the hots for her and is pursuing her...erm..."peach."

And this perfectly sets up the difference in their relationships throughout the show. Steph and Pete develop a soul-deep connection that thrives on multiple levels. Each truly sees and cares about the other, and they never actually objectify each other despite their obvious physical attraction. Meanwhile Grace and Max, though two very fun sides of the same very fun coin, never actually connect on any level but the physical. They each simply see the other as something hot to be used/attained/conquered whilst in the pursuit of larger, more ultimate plans of humiliating/murdering/sending the other straight to hell.

And one little bit of parallel dialogue sets all that up and communicates exactly what we need to know. Fuckin' neat.

#to be clear I love Max and Grace a lot too #and there's so much meta to be written about their relationship and similarities #but anyways #Lautski #Steph Lauter #Pete Spankoffski #Grace Chasity #Max Jagerman #Grace Chasity/Max Jagerman #I don't know what their ship name is #nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes must die spoilers #npmd spoilers #npmd #hatchetfield #hatchetfield meta #also to be clear there is nothing wrong with just having a physical relationship #though obvs everything else about Max/Grace is not to be aspired to #steph and pete you will always be famous

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stevieharringtonwifeguy · 1 year

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i saw someone talking about murray and wayne and im. they're perfect. at a barbecue for the party and murray's like half a bottle of vodka in ranting about the government to this random guy he doesn't know who hasn't said anything the whole time, and then murray takes a breath and wayne's like 'yeah obviously the governments up to something. have you heard about-' and starts talking about another conspiracy and murray's just sitting there like wow. i've found my soulmate.

#you can't tell me blue collar wayne with the creel conspiracy isn't deeply suspicious of the government #the party tells him about the upside down like i know this may be hard to believe- and he's just like nope. checks out #stranger things #wayne munson #murray bauman #i don't know what their ship name is #mayne? wurray? bauson? munman?#i like wurray very conspiracy theorist of them #also murray's nose for relationship drama being tempered by wayne's steady and calming manner so they get ppl together w/o being condescendi #condescending. ran out of space there and saw autocorrect did Something. guess i get to see what that something was when i post

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pantheraqueen · 3 months

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Cinderella Boy Theory

Buddy has never had Ice Cream before. When Chase finds out, he drags him to the nearest ice cream parlor and spends the whole afternoon trying different flavors.

#Cinderella Boy #Mall Goth CB #Ex Libris is terrible #Buddy deserves better #Buddy CB #This fandom has overtaken my brain #Chase Hallow #I don't know what their ship name is #But I am living for them

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theunknowntako · 10 months

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