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eddiezpaghetti · 4 months

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Okay, so my experience with Stranger Things is a weird one.

I didn't care when it first came out, started to watch it out of "might as well" in 2020, wasn't interested in it enough to make it past S2, forgot about it outside of going "oh, hey, cool, there's a lesbian in it now, I guess," in S3, got really annoyed when "Running Up That Hill" got popular from it because it was a song I listened to on fucking loop after one of my best friends died in high school and I fully expected its appearance in the show to ignore the whole survivor's guilt theme of the song (and was very happy to learn later that it did the exact opposite of ignoring the lyrics), saw people drawing Eddie, suddenly got a lot more interested, watched just the fourth season like a fucking psychopath because I was seriously only there for Eddie, then got interested enough to start the show over properly, having mostly forgotten what I did watch of the show before.

And let me tell you something from the perspective of someone who started with the complete fourth season, who wasn't there from the start, who wasn't tainted by ship goggles or this internal battle of hope and despair, who wasn't theorizing about what the painting could be or expecting Mike and Will to kiss when Volume 2 happened or rooting for Mike and Eleven's relationship to go down in flames or whatever the fuck. Just someone who went blind into Season 4.

It's really fucking obvious that Will and Mike are gonna be endgame.

Like holy fuck. It's so fucking blatant I don't even know why people are nervous.

No sane fucking person would shoot this scene this way if they wanted the audience to care about El and Mike as a couple. Despite being all blurry in the background, Will's reaction to what's happening here is smackdab in the fucking middle, clearly showing that the important part is what's going through his head here. What he's feeling. It's like the opposite of that scene from Kingdom Hearts II where Sora and Riku reunite and Kairi just fucking vanishes into the aether while it's happening because, despite the fact that she was standing between them when the scene began, she doesn't matter to the scene, so she's just kind of gone when the camera angle changes. Will could have been behind one of their heads, or so far in the distance he blends in with the background, but he's not. He's so obvious that despite being massively blurred out, he's still the first goddamn thing you look at. What, you think that's an accident? You think he's in the middle of this dramatic fucking scene because of a mistake? He basically has a big flashing neon arrow pointing at him with "THIS IS THE POINT" being screamed through a megaphone.

And then this?

They're paired up like they're taking fucking prom pictures. Each one of these pairs is so fucking close to one another and so fucking far from everyone else. It's not, "Oh, they're standing vaguely near each other in a group shot," it's fucking Noah's Ark out here. Again, there's no way to take this as an accident. It's not just a framing issue. If they wanted to make the shot look balanced while still not hiding anyone else behind El, they would have scattered people around much more naturally. Even if they wanted to keep Nancy with Jonathan and Hopper with Joyce, there's so much room on that hill for three people to stand on El's left and three on her right. But they didn't do that. They put Mike and Will together on purpose in the most obvious way possible.

Like I get that coming up with crackpot theories is fun in and of itself and I'm not blaming anyone for having fun. I totally get the appeal of arguing a point and reaching for every stupid little thing to pull into it because it's like a game, okay? I've done that. But if you're trying to actually convince someone (whether it's someone who wants to believe or someone who's pissed at the very idea that Mike and Will could be in love), stay away from blue and yellow lights, stay away from costume design, stay away from the existence of closets in backgrounds. And don't worry about whether Mike's gay or bi when he's in love with Will either way. I'll give you a little tip about persuasion: You're only as strong as your weakest argument. Even if you've got strong stuff in there, too, the person you're trying to convince is going to dismiss anything you say as complete insanity the second you start going on an entire tangent about the shape of a character's fucking pocket.

Sometimes, clothes are just clothes. Sometimes, there's a closet in the background because it helps establish that a character is in a bedroom. Sometimes, blue and yellow are just a couple of colors that look nice together. And sure, it might be set designers and costume designers and cinematographers smirking and winking at the audience from behind the camera. But if the show was just those things, instead of those things in the context of everything else, they wouldn't be saying anything of note.

But this?

This tells a story all on its own. Someone with no context can look at this and automatically assume that each paired person is standing with someone they care about deeply, seeking comfort as they watch some sort of disaster unfold. And yeah, romantic couples usually come in twos, and we live in an amatonormative society, so that's going to be the first association anyone makes seeing a bunch of people paired off.

It's the same reason you look at this

And go, "Oh..."

"Those two are probably a couple."

And I genuinely don't understand how people could have watched S4 Vol. 2 and gotten scared. Because as someone who went in with no investment whatsoever, I just looked at these two--

--and went, "Oh, those two are a couple. Good for them." And I moved on. Shut up about the trees for five seconds and just see the forest for what it is.

Oh, and if you're still nervous? Little thing from a storyteller here: You don't leave a hanging thread like "Will confessed his romantic feelings for Mike by projecting them onto El, but Mike either didn't understand or at least didn't say he understood," without coming back to that later. That's Chekov's gun hanging on the wall, babes. It's gonna fire at some point. If Mike was going to reject Will's feelings, if they weren't relevant, they would have had that discussion in Argyle's van. There'd be no reason to leave you in suspense.

#byler #meta #stranger things #theory #I mean I fucking guess #in the same way gravity is a fuckin' theory.#It feels silly that I even have to say this honestly.#Watching people freak out over these two feels like I'm being pranked.#Like you guys aren't pulling a Goncharov are you? Just making believe there's any chance these two aren't gonna be endgame?#Like completely ironically? And I'm too autistic to catch it?#It genuinely feels like I'm explaining that red and blue make purple here. As if you guys should have learned this in kindergarten.#Or like watching whole-ass adults watch Cinderella for the first time and being on the edge of their seat #wondering if she's going to live happily ever after with the prince or not.#It feels like I'm talking DOWN to people and I don't WANT it to feel like that but it's so obvious and I don't want people to be like #anxious for no reason you know?#Like I get that we're all scarred from queerbaiting and I know you guys are biased from years of shipping these kids.#But like. These guys? The most obvious 'there's only one way this could go' couple I've ever seen? You're scared about THEM?

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unfinishedslurs · 1 year

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prank gone wrong (viral!) (steddie)

Eddie’s been someone’s dirty little secret before.

He’s got a type, okay? Unfortunately hot jocks are often the type of asshole to get sucked off behind the bleacher and then turn around and spit in his face about it. Going right back to their friends to talk shit about what a freak Eddie is, never mind the fact that his mouth still tastes like their nasty fucking jizz. He’s used to it by now. Used to people who pretend they barely know each other. He’s not asking they parade their relationship for the whole town to see, just someone who doesn’t pretend they’re strangers. Is that too much to ask?

He’s so fucking stupid. He really thought this time would be different.

Steve Harrington barreled into his life like a goddamn train and Eddie’s been derailed ever since.

The first time he met Steve he was six. Eddie still lived with his mom, and she took him to the park, where he met a little boy who wrinkled his nose and told him he smelled bad. Steve does not remember this, and turned red with mortification the first time Eddie told him

After that incredible hit to baby Eddie’s self-esteem, they didn’t interact much, existing on the periphery of each others lives. He figured it didn’t matter. Harrington was a year under him, and a douche besides. Was ready to leave town from the moment he learned to walk. As soon as he graduated, he could finally get the hell out of this place and never think about the assholes he went to school with again.

His mom leaves. His dad gets arrested. He moves in with his Uncle Wayne, who only has one bedroom in his trailer and won’t take no for an answer when he gives it to Eddie.

Eddie doesn’t graduate.

(Harrington comes back to school different after Byers beats him up. Eddie doesn’t notice. He’s got bigger things to worry about.)

They don’t talk in Eddie’s second run of senior year either. He hears the gossip, sees him come to school with stitches in his forehead and no girlfriend. Still, it’s none of his damn business. He rolls his eyes at the rumors and stays far away from Billy Hargrove.

Steve Harrington graduates. Eddie doesn’t.

And this is where his careful distance falls apart.

It’s the mall’s fault of course. What isn’t? Businesses closing down, rent going up, his resolve crumbling. All over some fucking ice cream. God, Eddie should have just turned around. Left the store and the mall and the entire damn town behind.

He’s aware he’s being melodramatic, but in his defense he’s queer in Indiana. He has a right to be.

Anyways, the point is that Eddie saw Harrington’s little blue shorts and red lips and cannot be held responsible for what happened after.

(They fucked. That’s what happened. They fucked, and kept fucking, and then after the mall burned down Steve showed up on his doorstep with suspiciously placed bruises and his coworker and looked at Eddie with pleading eyes. He didn’t even bring Robin home to her parents like a sensible person, just insisted on having her there because they were a package deal now and couldn’t be separated. Like puppies, Robin said when he looked at her. Last he checked, she wanted to bite Steve’s head off, and now they were attached at the hip?

He got used to it quickly. He had to. She comes on half their dates. Steve’s lucky he’s so cute.)

Now, nearly five months after Steve served him ice cream for the first time, he feels his heart shatter in the Hawkins High parking lot.

“Harrington,” Dustin shouts, and it carries across the empty lot. Steve’s head jerks up and he waves, Robin standing beside him. “Steve, c’mere!”

Steve tilts his head. “What?”

“Come. Here.” Dustin repeats, enunciating clearly. Mike and Lucas look at him like he’s insane. So do Gareth, Jeff, and Chuck.

Steve, who is standing a mere 20 feet away, turns to Robin and says something that makes her snort. Eddie can practically hear his bitchy murmur.

“Is that Harrington’s girlfriend?” He hears Gareth ask. He has to swallow his laughter.

“Yes,” Dustin says.

“No,” Mike corrects.

“He won’t admit anything, but he always has a bunch of hickies and stuff after hanging out with her,” Lucas clarifies, because half the time when Steve says he’s hanging out with Robin he's actually with Eddie. The fact that Robin is usually still there is irrelevant. Marking up his boyfriend is one of his favorite pastimes. He refuses to let his boyfriend’s “soulmate” get in the way just because she refuses to sleep in one of the Harrington’s fancy guest rooms like a normal person unless he kicks her out. The way they both pout at him for it is fucking ridiculous. He ends up giving in half the time, and then lies awake and cold on the very edge of the bed because Robin starfishes her way across the rest and Steve is a blanket hog.

The first time he tried giving Steve a hickey as some kind of dominance move for privacy, Robin stared him dead in the eye and didn’t back down.

“I can do that too,” she said, and promptly bit Steve on the shoulder. Steve, who was shirtless and already slightly dazed from Eddie’s ministrations, let out an honest to God squeak. Like a dog toy. Eddie and Robin both stared at him before breaking into loud cackles that had a blushing Steve yelling at them before finally burrowing under the covers and refusing to come out. Needless to say, Eddie didn’t get laid that night.

“Harring-ton,” Dustin whines.

“I’m literally right here. You come here.”

He did, if only to grab Steve by the wrist and drag him to where everyone else was standing. Steve squawks. “When we’re late for dinner with Ma, I’m telling her it was your fault—“

“I want you to meet everyone!”

“I went to school with them!”

“Yeah, but they think you’re still a dick,” he says, as if they’re not standing right there. Steve is similarly engrossed in their conversation, not even noticing that Dustin’s stopped walking.

“They can think whatever—“ he walks right into Eddie and lets out a startled oof. Eddie, who let it happen, catches him as he flails.

“Well hello to you too,” he says, not bothering to hide his amusement.

Steve looks at him with wide eyes, gaze dropping down to his lips before whirling around and snapping, “Henderson!”

“I didn’t do anything!”

“I didn’t do anything,” Lucas mimics under his breath, ducking behind Steve when Dustin turns around with the fury of a thousand suns in his eyes.

He just stands there, hands on his hips as the kids bicker around him.

“Oh, so now we can talk?”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Steve asks, brow furrowed like he doesn’t know exactly what he’s talking about.

Eddie can’t help but laugh, a sharp sound that makes Steve jump. “What do you think it means, Harrington? You never want to talk to me in front of the kids! Don’t want to dirty your hands with the Freak in public, I guess.”

“I…what are you talking about?”

[no talkie henderosn]

“What?” His eyes get wide, panicked, as he reaches for Eddie. “Eddie, that’s not—you have to know that’s not what I meant by that. I never meant it like that!”

“Then how did you mean it?”

Steve mumbles something he can’t make out.

“Speak up, sweetheart.” It comes out mean, he knows it does, but he’s feeling a little mean right now. Lashing out like a wounded animal just because his boyfriend didn’t want to talk to him in public.

Actually, when he puts it that way, he remembers he’s justified.

Steve says something again, still incomprehensible. Eddie rolls his eyes. “If you can’t stop mumbling, I’ll just leave.”

That does the trick. “I thought we were playing a prank on Henderson together!”

Eddie gapes at him. “What?”

“I thought,” he repeats, running an anxious hand through his hair, “we were pretending not to know each other to mess with the kid. Eddie, baby, you’ve gotta know I wouldn’t have done it if I’d known you were hurting. Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Why didn’t I…” This can’t be real. He’s been agonizing for months, and for what? A prank? Just some stupid, shitty prank Steve thought he was in on? He’s going to jump off the quarry. “Why didn’t you tell me? I could have had so much fun with that!”

“I thought you knew!”

“How would I have known? I can’t read your mind!”

“You can sometimes,” he says, pouting. Eddie wishes they weren’t in the middle of an argument, he wants to kiss those lips so bad.

He groans into his hands. “It’s significantly easier to tell when your boyfriend wants to fuck than it is to read ‘Hey, let’s play a prank on this twelve year old,’ on someone’s face, sweetheart.”

“I guess,” Steve huffs. Then his face softens. Eddie lets himself be drawn in by the wrist, helpless in the face of his sweet smile. “We can stop,” he promises, swaying in close enough for his breath to ghost across Eddie’s lips. “We could walk into Hellfire tomorrow holding hands, if you wanted to. Anything you want, just say the word.”

“How would we walk into Hellfire? It’s at your house.”

Steve pinches him for that.

#prank gone wrong (viral!) au #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things fanfic #steddie #i Did not end up writing the actual scene where Steve decides to prank Dustin by pretending to hate eddie #But just so you know he looks at Eddie and raises his eyebrows and in Eddie’s mind he’s asking how they should play this #in Steve’s mind he’s asking a series of convoluted questions that end ideally end with Dustin ripping his hair out in frustration #Steve I’m sorry but you need to use your WORDS your boyfriend things you HATE HIM #this goes from pre-s4 to post-s4 btw #Featuring stobin being weird as fuck friends bc I feel like they would Not Be Separated for the first couple of months after Starcourt #Eddie just has to deal with that #He’s also being dramatic they eased up eventually. enough for Robin to give them space to get their rocks off anyway

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damienhaasmylife · 2 months

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as annoyed as i've been at/by shourtney shippers over the years i've been a smosh fan, i honestly want this to be real

#like it's just been on another level compared to all the other rpf shipping that's going on #i feel like some people who ship them have many times taken things too far #but if they actually are a couple and they actually just got married #i am so so happy for them #although the more i think about it it might just be a prank #but i actually really hope that it's not fake but that it's actuallyreal #smosh #shayne topp #courtney miller #shortney

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luderailing · 1 year

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#hetalia #art #my art #aph prussia #aph poland #polpru #beetroot u inspired me to do this #I was thinking abt it while I was drawing #they would be a pretty partner-in-crimeish couple #boyfriends that occasionally prank each other #I think they would have funny interactions

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cranberrytea451 · 1 year

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Let the playdate begin @lazyasyoucansee

Part 1

Edit

Don’t cross cross. He’s got a bad feeling.

#bitty bones #bitty nightmare #bitty dust #bitty horror #bitty error #bitty sans #sans #undertale au #lol they are all sans so the jokes will never stop #there might be a couple pranks #idk yet #this is all I have drawn #lazy you can do part 2 if you want #maybe we can bounce back and forth #no pressure tho #i’m just vibing #it’s all fun #also error has separation anxiety

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genshin-impact-updates · 1 year

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Version 3.6 Special Program Redemption Codes

Click the links to redeem the codes directly on the Hoyoverse website.

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#genshin impact #genshin impact updates #genshin impact news #unofficial #couple hours late but you have until tonight (for americans at least)#IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS NOW: go to @dendroculus to make your voice heard on what this blog's april fool's prank will be

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f0reversharky · 2 months

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𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊- 𝐘𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲

back with a new story about yung fillyyyyyy yeah tbh i dont have anything else to say have funn

l 𝙋𝘼𝙄𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂: Yung filly x reader l 𝙎𝙐𝙈𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙔: y/n decided to prank filly, while he was out filming with his friends y/n decided to also film a prank video of her having hickeys.

l 𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎: cursing

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

𝙮/𝙣'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑

i was laying on my couch bored out of my mind as filly was out filming with his friends, i was watching some youtube to some prank videos of couples and i immediately smiled

i quickly got off the couch and basically ran to my room searching for my camera i smiled in victory when i saw it laying on my desk i picked it up and immediately began filming "whats up guys and welcome back to Y/n's blog so today i was watching youtube completely bored out of my mind cuz filly is out filming and i was watching some couple prank videos" i said into the camera

smiling as i sat down at my vanity desk turning on the mirror light putting the camera down on the vanity making sure it was facing me "so i want to prank filly with a fake hickey, so i got some makeup right here to make the hickey so i think that could work" i said to the camera

i took out my makeup pallet and also a small brush "alright so i will take some purple and blue maybe" i said as i dapped the brush into the blue first and i started to put a hickey on my neck

and then i used some purple stopping to look at my work "alright guys i think this might work actually right?" i said as i stared in the mirror and i tried fixing it a little

i stopped and saw a text from filly saying hes almost home and he has food "okay guys filly is almost home so i will set up the camera making sure its hidden and the prank can begin" i said with excitement and i got up taking the camera with me

walking in the kitchen and hidding on camera behind a roll of paper and then i hid three more and i sat down by the counter going on my phone waiting for filly

i smiled when i heard the door open and i looked at the camera mouthing "hes heree"

i got up off my chair hearing filly yell "babes where are u?" i smiled nervously and said "kitchen!" i saw filly walking in with a bag of wendy's

"hey baby" i said wrapping my arms around his neck and pulling him in a kiss

"hey babes, u hungry?" filly asked and i nodded looking sideways at the fridge trying to get him to see the hickey "want a drink baby?" i asked

filly hummed quietly kissing my temple and walking over to get some plates and i walked over to the fridge looking at the camera with a nervous smile "water or dr.pepper?" i asked

"water is fine thank u love" filly said taking out the food of the bag as i took two cups and filled it with water putting the water back into the fridge

and i gave him his cup "thanks" filly said giving me a smile and i smiled back sitting infront of him and he also sat down and we began eating "so how was filming"

i asked curiously filly smiled and looked over "good we had a great time, what did u do today huh?" i smiled knowing something to say "well i had a friend over who i haven't seen in a while and yeah we just hanged out i guess"

filly smiled and nodded "who like aisha?" i shook my head no with my brows furrowed "no me and aisha hang out almost every single day it was josh someone from highschool" filly raised his eyebrows

"like THE josh that had a crush on u in highschool" filly asked i chuckled and nodded "yeah it was highschool babe its like 5 years later" i said picking up my glass off water and turned my head a little sideways drinking from the cup

"wait hold on a sec whats that on ur neck" filly said with confusion getting up i put my cup down acting confused "what do u mean?" i asked covering my neck and filly put his point finger under my chin and lifted my head sideways taking my hand of the hickey

"Y/n why do u have a hickey huh?" filly asked with furrowed eyebrows i get up covering it again "i uh d-dont know you couldve givin it to me filly come on just keep eating" i said trying to hold in my smirk

filly shook his head and i could see him getting a little mad "nah i didnt give u that hickey, did u fucking hook up with that prick?"

i quickly shook my head "no baby it-its probably like from my hair straightener " filly looked fuming now "u dont even straighten ur hair"

i bit my lip nervously "filly baby dont be mad its just he changed and i dont know what came over me filly" i said acting guilty

and filly scoffed walking into the room and i quickly took the smaller camera and followed after him, i saw him packing his clothes into a bag "wait baby what are u doing" i said with the camera facing him

"dont call me that y/'n what u did is fucked up" i could hear filly's voice cracking and i immediately felt bad "no baby wait its a prank look" i said gently grabbing his wrist and turning him to me him seeing the camera and then i wiped my neck showing the smudged makeup

filly looked shocked and i chuckled pulling him in a hug "i could never do that to you baby i love you" i muttered in his shoulder and filly also pulled me closer "never do that again you know that almost gave me a full on heart attack" filly said pulling back and i chuckled

"josh never came over i dont even have contact with him in just got bored as i was watching youtube and i havent pranked u in a while so it was the perfect moment" i said staring into his eyes

"you know i love you you know" filly said and i laughed nodding

"alright guys this was the video and dont forget to like adn subscribe if u want to see me prank filly more" i said turning the camera to me and then i turned it off pulling filly back to the kitchen sitting back down by the counter as filly sat infront of me

"dont ever do that again, but ill get u back" filly said and i chuckeld "sure u will sure u will" i muttered under my breath as i began eating again and laughed when i saw filly giving me a glare

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃

this looks kinda bad ngl the english words arent wording rn but i hope u like it bye!!!

#yung filly #prank video #youtube video #couple

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