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People on tiktok being shocked that adults write fanfic, like ????

you think 13 year olds are writing all of this??

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Do I need to explain why this comment is FUCKING stupid in SO many ways?

I really hope not.

#was scrolling through the stobin tag and found an anti ronance post #which basically said that robin should hate nancy because nancy is steve's ex and robin is his bestie #and apparently besties have to despise their besties' exes or something #(useless to say this is a FUCKING dumb take obviously) #and this was one of the comments #they were all stupid obvi #but this in particular made me vomit🤢🤮 #stranger things #robin buckley #ronance #anti stobin #< i'm actually not #their friendship is cute #i'm more anti fanon stobin #and anti the way people seems to want robin's entire life and choices to revolve around a man #i'm seriously starting to wonder if i should just filter out the stobin tag like i did with st*ddie #this way i wouldn't have to see stupid comments like this anymore

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sooooo when are u guys gonna start falling in love with me. declaring your undying love for me on my inbox. etc etc. im waiting patiently

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and ppl forget they're related

#stranger things #nancy wheeler #mike wheeler #wheeler siblings #i love them <3 #they are so underrated #give their sibling relationship more love!!!!

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#omg the actors!!!!!! #they were so young #stranger things #millie bobby brown #caleb mclaughlin #finn wolfhard #gaten matarazzo #el hopper #jane hopper #lucas sinclair #mike wheeler #dustin henderson

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you should be able to add a like to someone liking your post and they should be able to like your like to their post and you should be able to like that reaction and it should go on until both devices explode badly

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Unhinged thought of the day but: what if Vickie's character was actually introduced in Eddie's "place"? (hear me out pls! yes, I love Eddie too but neither of these characters existed before s4 so let's just do this little exercise alright?). Note: this became a long ass rant post, so I put it under the break lol

My biggest problem with Vickie's character is the fact that we have no idea who she is, she had like 3 scenes in the entire season and it seems like she was only created to be Robin's crush/future girlfriend. On the other side of this, we have Eddie (who I actually do like as a character), but it's been pointed out more than a few times that he was probably created 'cause the Duffers don't want to kill Steve or any of the main characters (and I think that is a very fair and solid theory/assumption). Ok, so back to Vickie. She could've been a part of Hellfire Club and more of a 'goth girl' (hello, Eden? she has Eden's look/vibe now), so when she is the one who witnesses Chrissy's death, she becomes a suspect and people start speculating about her being into satanic shit/witchcraft etc. So now SHE is the one that has to run and hide and Dustin vouches for her etc, and Robin has a crush on her/is her actual friend. Vickie now: has more than one connection to the plot and is connected to more than one character, so that when she becomes Robin's girlfriend in S5, we understand why, and we know who she is and why she is relevant not only as Robin's love interest but also to the larger story being told. Instead of st*ncy revival, there would be Rockie buildup. We, as the audience, would get why they should be involved romantically, and why Robin likes her etc etc. And she would be a part of the gang as well, and already know about the upside-down stuff too. For the buffy girlies out there, you all remember Riley Finn? (lol don't think about what you think/feel about his character, just. I'm trying to make a point here, ok?). He was absolutely introduced on the show to be Buffy's romantic interest, there is no doubt about it. BUT he was a central part of S4's storyline as well. He was there in the 'normal' everyday side of stuff, but he was also part of the 'shit that goes bump in the night' side of things, being a member of the Initiative and all... And, regardless of how bad or convoluted or just boring you might think it all was, he was plot-relevant as much as he was B's new love interest, yk? Imagine if instead of including him in the story they just went 'oh look! This is Riley, isn't he cute? Buffy has a crush on him. We haven't been able to insert him fully into the story but don't worry! Next season he will be so so relevant. Just you wait! ...Until next season. ...Which will be the last one.'

That is the point I am trying to make here. They could've made Vickie relevant from day one, but they chose not to. They perhaps didn't even deem it necessary. (I mean, she is just "Robin's crush" right? So who cares?? "Be grateful that we gave your favorite lesbian a love interest and shut up!"). And that just sucks imo, 'cause it didn't have to be that way... </3

#someone needs to fucking write this right now!!!!!!! #please!!!!!! #let's give rovickie the justice it deserves!!!!!!! #stranger things #robin buckley #vickie stranger things #rovickie #vickie - eddie roleswap au

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Any headcanons for the "Vickie instead of Eddie" AU?

Thank you sm for asking im so excited abt this au

In one hand I feel like I'm just genderswapping Eddie, or replacing him with an OC, because we know so little about Vickie that I'd be mostly making things up, so in order to avoid that I want to take a moment to properly analyze what we have on Vickie so far:

She's in band.

She volunteers to make food for the homeless

She feels selfish for complaining about her boyfriend with everything going on

She rambles when nervous, apparently, just like Robin.

She likes Fast Times and left her boyfriend over it, because he said it had no plot (possibly indicates a deeper understanding of movies)

It's little but I think it'll do. What I want to focus on is her kindness and selflessness, which already sets her apart from Eddie. Not that I think Eddie is particularly selfish, but "kind" isn't the first word to come to mind when you want to describe him.

However, in order for the AU to work, we need to translate some Eddie Traits, or Eddie Situations, onto Vickie, those being:

A reason for her to be accused of Chrissy's murder.

A reason for her not to go to the police.

A reason for the town to fear her.

Living in the trailing park, near Max's trailer.

Some loose connection to the Hawkins Crew to explain why they even care to dig deeper into the case.

The obvious connection to draw there would be Robin's crush - she notices when Vickie doesn't show up at school the next day, she talks to Steve about it, Steve dismisses it as her skipping school, etc. One interesting thing to work with is Robin's tendency to both project on other people and idealize them, which is very present in her book and podcast. She thinks she can just "observe" people and make a perfect image of them in her head, often based on her own biases, despite reality being different. She did this when she was 15, so idk of she'd still do it at 18, but I do think she idealizes Vickie a little, even in the show - she calls her the girl of her dreams without knowing her, for fuck's sake.

So now she's making up explanations as to why Vickie couldn't possibly have killed Chrissy when Max shows up and tells them she saw her running away from the crime scene. Everyone is confused as to why Robin keeps defending her despite not knowing a thing about her. She later asks Steve if she was too obvious ("Maybe a little obvious," he says "but they probably still think we're secretly dating or whatever, so you're good for now").

Now, a reason for Vickie to be accused of Chrissy's murder... I have a few ideas:

A) They were friends, and she was with her when she died (only explanation as to why she wouldn't tell the police is that she killed her).

B) She was a drug dealer, much like Eddie, and Chrissy went to her (most interesting scenario in my opinion. The juxtaposition of "cute petite girl" and "drug dealer" is very sweet to me, and it would really defy Robin's expectations).

C) She was a rumored queer, and the persecution has a strong homophobic edge to it. They only think she killed her because she's a lesbian (which is pretty much the same as a man in their eyes), and she didn't go to the police because she knew they'd think she did it.

I like B and C, I'm going with those.

So, Robin insists this couldn't possibly be, and Dustin is like "dude, she ran from the police. From the police, man" ("to be fair, I think Nancy did that like a fifty times", Steve says), and Max will say something like "actually, there is something", [insert peculiar observation + plausible alternate expalantion as to what that might mean and how it could make Vickie innocent]. More focused on figuring out whether or not this is Upside Down related or not, the Hawkins crew begin looking for Vickie, find her at Reefer Rick's etc. She doesn't react violently like Eddie did - she's small and meek and curled into a corner, crying softly. Robin finds her, and talks to her. Things unravel from there.

Idk how different the story would be. Vickie wouldn't die, for starters, because part of the point in doing this is creating a complex love interest for Robin. Another thing to take into account would be Vickie not being confirmed queer until the very end. Keep Robin on her toes. She has no idea whether or not they're just ugly rumors, and honestly she just feels worse throwing herself at her with the entire town calling her a murderous dyke, stalking poor teenage girls.

Her personality is entirely different from Eddie's too. While Eddie is loud, selfish, cowardly and likes to be an asshole to kids, Vickie is kind and sweet and treats kids very well. She becomes friends with Max and Lucas and always checks on them. Being in band, she's been to all of Lucas' games, so she's seen his progress, she knows he's great. And being neighbors with Max means she's knocked on her door with a cacerole in her hands whenever Max's mom wasn't there for the night - she figured Max might be hungry. They don't know how to feel about the drugs thing, but they like her.

I think it would be nice to make her... not as similar to Robin in personality. I wouldn't make her as talkative or rambly, rather, I'd make her introspective and introverted. Soft-spoken. Also, with a lot of trauma. Something something mom also sold drugs, got arrested, now she keeps doing this to survive because she has no other way to make money + she probably has debts, etc. Give her a more melancholic edge. I think that would be quite fitting.

She and Robin develop a friendship through the season, getting together somewhere in S5.

#op this is fucking beatiful!!!!! #thank you so much for all this food!!!!! #why the duffers couldn't do like this?!?!?!?! #it would have been SO perfect!!!!!!! #stranger things #robin buckley #vickie stranger things #rovickie #vickie - eddie roleswap AU

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I don’t have to make everything gay but I want to and I fucking will 

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I will never understand the obsession with m/m ships, bc in the one scene eddie and chrissy had, they had so much more chemistry than eddie and steve ever had in their like five random interactions

#i'm sorry y'all #but this is the objective truth #hellcheer #eddissy #anti steddie #like what makes people see two guys who exchange like 10 words. and absolutely loose their mind over them #< prev tag #i really wish i knew that op

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hey guess what!

not everything has to be an au. I know, I’m a hypocrite of the highest order since I love aus, but there are some that simply don’t work. If you’re a mlm ship, don’t do a “but I’m a cheerleader” or “bottoms” au, both of which focus on female/lesbian experiences. I also would say don’t use wlw media in general for your aus but that feels like a big ask from y’all. If you find a piece of media influential or inspirational, take themes, like a queer fight club or a campy take on conversion therapy. This also goes in reverse, but I’m usually seeing wlw->mlm.

I’m all for liking whatever and creating to create, but also…as a wlw, watching stories I found so incredibly important as a child and found so influential be turned into mlm content is so gross. these stories are unique and influential BECAUSE of their relationship pairings more often than not, and that isn't something that can be removed for the sake of a fun fic plot or fanart.

Also don’t do like. WWII aus or something. For obvious reasons. I haven’t seen that but that usually goes without saying

#sapphic ships deserve better #and i'm FUCKING tired to repeat that!!!! #ronance #elmax #bubbline #(yes i'm referring to that horrid st*ddie/bubbline au) #(how did people came out with that?!)

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born to write the beginning and ending, forced to write the middle part.

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Always the writer, never the reader.

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Nancy Wheeler deserves better than this fandom

#stranger things #nancy wheeler #nancy wheeler defense squad #ronance