#and like even if it Was true for nancy

[nyxi-pixie]

mikes whole 'a fight you cant come back from' thing is so interesting bc u would expect a dude to care more about preserving a 2yr long relationship with someone hes supposed to love???

like it just kinda suggests hes Already given up without even trying to fix it. and like yeah its mike hes stupid but hes not dumb. he knows How to fix it bc its the simplest thing in the world like he just needs to tell her he loves her. he knows thats how he was supposed to fix it bc he fucking says that. 'if id said that thing'. but he wont 'say that thing' because its a fight he cant come back from.

if vol 2 he just turns around and is like oh em jee e| loml ilysm it wouldnt just be lazy writing it would be fucking stupid.

#mike wheeler is never beating the gay allegations #sorry homie i just #i know what you are michael #idk i just think its funny how fucking obvious they made it that he isnt romantically in love w her. #and like a decent portion of the general audience is still so blinded by heteronormativity #that they start bending over backwards coming up with bullshit that doesnt even make sense #'oh poor wittle wheeler siblings cant say ily bc their parents dont love each other' #even tho no one fucking said that abt nance when the stancy fight first happened #and like even if it Was true for nancy #(its not. she just didnt love him lol she called their whole relationship bullshit. thats not 'she cant say it🥺' behaviour) #it would Only make sense narratively for her bc shes the only one that talks abt their loveless marriage #we dont even know if mike the oblivious dumbass is AWARE that its a loveless marriage #(he probably is but its never actually stated and if they wanted to pursue that storyline for him ud assume thered be a reference earlier) #idk i just think its funny that they say we are reaching but then literally pull up like that stretchy guy from fantastic four #got the ExtendaLimbs+ for Maximum Reach #idk its kinda funny #anyway #mike wheeler is gay #and in live with will byers #byler

[jicklet]

Nick & Ace in 4.06 – “The Web of Yesterdays”

#nancy drew #nancy drew cw #nancydrewedit #ned nickerson #ace [redacted] #ace hardy #nick x ace #ace x nick #cwedit #teendramaedit #v watches nancy drew #v posts things #a true bro is there to be backup for his bro even when he's pretty sure this is a bad idea #seriously though I love Nick recognizing that Ace is having a rough time and this is how he's dealing but not pushing him about it #Ace bristles at people saying he can't handle something or he doesn't know what he's doing #and the more I think about it Nick likes to be subtle with his advice #he so rarely comes right out with it unless someone's provided the space for it #and i think that works well for the two of them #i may have given myself another gifset idea oh dear

[astrobei]

oh boy do i have some news for you

#quotes that make me want to slowly peel the skin off my body like a pomegranate #everyone talks abt mike’s need to be needed n wanted n loved #which is so true so valid so real #but like #can we circle back to will for a second . #bc it’s not just that he wants mike and can’t have him it’s like #for him this kind of love isn’t even in the picture #when he says ‘i’m not gonna fall in love’ knowing he already is #what he means is that love won’t ever be reciprocated #he can’t have what nancy and jonathan have #the kind of love he says is so gross !! #he thinks no one wants to hold his wrists and kiss his palms and smile at him !! #oh #head in hands my sweet baby boy #pls don’t tag this or make additions w ‘this but mike actually’ YES I KNOW MIKE ACTUALLT #ILL MAKE A BILLION MORE POSTS ABT MIKE #I PROMISE #BUT RN WE R TALKING ABT WILL ok that’s all #like #for him it’s mike or no one #and knowing he’ll never be able to have an easy teen romance like mike n el #or lucas and max #or jonathan and nancy or even dustin and suzie #:( #‘im not gonna fall in love’ meaning #‘i am in love but no one will fall in love with me’ #will byers #mike wheeler #byler #/astro posts

[eldritch-thrumming]

no offense but steve and nancy’s talk in the woods in season 4 was hands down the worst thing stranger things has ever done

#ok i am not being objective but i just saw a gifset of it and like #major cringe man #bro get it together what ru doing boy #like i get it nancy is cool and brave and whatever but like #does heterosexual love and romance have to be the sun which we all revolve around #major ick vibes #rancid vibes #and this is not even me being a steddie shopper or like an anti stancy shipper it’s just like u were in high school lol #and u grew and changed into diff ppl and like u didn’t even really like each other all that much to begin w #idk idk let nancy go out on her own without any of the boys pls i’m begging #and also let steve and robin become the codependent idiots they deserve to be #true love doesn’t always have to be romantic pls straight ppl i’m begging u to see that platonic love is just as serious and important as #straight romantic love pls i’m on my damn knees

[emblazons]

Taking a break from my lil International Women's Day gifset to talk about how I have so many thoughts about this moment I'm finding it hard to articulate them...and I know its because this is the moment that holds the key to understanding Nancy as a character across the entirety of the narrative of this show.

I'm thinking about how this is one of the first moments we hear what Nancy's relationship is to the core themes of "forced conformity" that gets pulled on in season 4—and how we learn that her primary battle is between desiring more for herself and her relationships and complacency, because she doesn't want the life her mother has (which she told Jonathan the scene before this one) but also still feels comfortable in the space that middle class suburbia allots her as an attractive and intelligent young woman.

Thinking about the way it's Jonathan who pulls on this war within her, and is the one who encourages her to step outside of what is easy and into what she wants—and how a lot of the reason we see her regress in S4 is because Jonathan isn't there to challenge the "easy way" that comes naturally to her, even though its not necessarily what she desires...in much the same way her brother is influenced by Will to challenge his own sense of "what he wants."

Thinking about how, no matter how the show ends for Jancy, Nancy will never end up with Steve because he has always represented caving to "normalcy" and social order complacency—even to the point where he talks about being "normal" in much the way Finn talks about Mike trying to be, which anyone who understands the themes of the show (aka championing the outcasts & weirdos) knows is not the winning hand in Stranger Things.

Thinking about how the only reason we even had a Steve revival was to bring Nancy to her own "narrative low" we saw for every character in Season 4, where she falls back into the comfortable familiarity of Steve because its easy and familiar (much like her home life)...and about how Nancy is currently at the crux of deciding whether or not her pursuit of more for herself as a woman and her relationships is just a phase or something inherent to her.

Thinking about how Nancy is a fascinating character because she, even moreso than Mike, has every single bit of what would make it easy to cave to what is "normal" in her world—and is now being presented with the choice between leaving the "phase" of rebellion with Jonathan to get with that one-time jock who wants 6 nuggets and a Winnebago...or pushing forward with someone who its not as easy to do life with, but who embraces and challenges the part of her that wants more.

....I just. These goddamn Wheelers and their ongoing battle with the familiarity of "normalcy" (and the Byers who always ends up challenging them enough to get them out of it) are killing me. Even down to the way both of them "backslid" in S4 to hit the "you feel like you lost" feeling with the PARALLEL MONOLOGUES of love confessions...only to end up standing next to their true love interest / the one who aligns with their (correctly) fulfilled characters in the end oh be serious

#my best girl #nancy wheeler #anti stancy #dsfsdlfkj dude I am thinking so many thoughts about this FUCK #but also...I've seen somecommentary on this on the dash and lmao #SHE IS NOT GONNA END UP WITH STEVE EVER BE SERIOUS #ITS THEMATICALLY I N C O H E R E N T #Nancy leaving Jonathan for Steve makes about as much sense as M*leven if you are paying even ONE IOTA of attention to the show #and like sorry if thats heated as hell but its TRUE #and also. nancy does not even deserve the hate she gets but lmao #people hate on everything that requires they use brain cells in this show so I'm unsurprised #LMAO #anyway! #my st commentary #stranger things

[the-lark-ascending69]

> be a robin buckley fan

> be lesbian

> project on robin

> look up "internalized homophobia robin buckley" on tumblr because it's cathartic

> 3/4 of the posts are about st3ddie or just about steve

#saw one in which steve was like ''no robin you don't understand! i have never been loved! i don't know how that feels like!'' #i have several grips about that interpretation #going from the fact that's not true (dustin is clearly a big steve fan + robin herself cares about him deeply) #to the fact he probably wouldn't be introspective enough to voice his emotions this concisely not to mention he'd probably wouldn't take #a moment to realize he's never felt loved if that were the case. i mean. he could think that. when he's like 35 and more in touch with his #inner world. 19yo steve can't even get the hint that hitting on a girl who's already clearly taken (nancy) is wrong so like i don't expect #him to be that smart #but i can live with people having takes i don't agree with. my opinion doesn't have to be everyone else's opinion if you see steve that way #it fine #what bothered me was the fact he was saying this to a lesbian living in the 80s lmao #who tells him that 1) her whole life has been an error 2) she doesn't think he'd want to be close to her if he truly knew her and 3) #3) is paralyzed by fear of social suicide if she dares believe for even a second that the girl she likes may like her too #like i dont need people to do deep dives into robin lore and quote from memory lines from Surviving Hawkins abt robin feeling like she's #rotten inside. not supposed to have friends. feeling like something is wrong with her and that pushes people away etc etc #the fact that she's a lesbian should tell you enough abt who has the biggest chances of being loved 😭 #also bothered me that it showed up when looking up posts abt internalized homophobia because?? where's the internalized homophobia therw #unless it's gay steve feeling bad abt it in an AU (as if canon robin didn't go through it) #like look im not bothered to find steve-centric content in the robin tag cos people are gonna tag her in posts mentioning her. #she's his friend. #but there are barely any posts at all about robin's internalized homophobia. like i saw 2 or 3. compared to all the steve or steddie ones #where's the love for my babygirl 😭😭 #anti steddie #not really but y'know i don't wanna bother anyone #edit: the bit about there being like 3 posts on robin w internalized homophobia isn't exactly true. there are a few. but they still feel #drowned in st3ddie posts #like something isn't right here

[maddy-ferguson]

controversial opinion but i dont think the duffers set up byler well, lets be real most of the fandom outside of our echo chamber doesn't think byler is going to become canon. and like idk but i agree that they should have at least broken up mlvn and resolved the monologue issue (preferably not include it even) if they were going for the byler route. same for will's importance or even mike's importance for the plot. removing them from the show's main narrative doesn't make a good case for their importance in the story in the penultimate, esp when they received minimum screentime in this season. it's not the audience's fault to think mlvn is endgame or will or mike are unimportant when the way they've been handled were lackluster and when cali plot.... Was Like That. plus they gave it all to el's character lol. ofc ppl gonna think she's the protagonist when she was the one who opened the gate and created vecna and when mike spends the entire season talking about her. redpill but it's not making much sense here when the narrative is criticized in the byler fandom, acting like the writers did a perfect job in terms of setup is just being wilfully blind atp.

i think people not expecting it is the point though. like yeah it's obvious because when they did the same thing on a smaller scale with nancy's love triangle at the end of season 1 (her spending most of the season with jonathan them bonding and her and steve fighting but then still being together in the epilogue) most people could see that jonathan and nancy were gonna be together and not one person was called delusional for thinking that. but i really think the juxtaposition is the point, it's a queer couple so even with a similar storyline people don't expect it because of heteronormativity etc which is kind of depressing but it's also what's gonna make it happening even better...#imho

for the monologue, obviously i don't ENJOY IT but i don't hate it because i think it's interesting for el? whether you think she believed him or not, whether or not you think she was gonna break up with him at sbp, i think having him tell her he loves her makes it so no one can be like "but if mike had said he loved her everything would've been fine!" i like them going all the way in that sense. i think it's good for us as an audience to have that, this way there's no what ifs. it makes it apparent that their relationship couldn't be fixed by mike saying i love you and also that their fight in lenora wasn't only about mike and about their relationship, like mike never thought she was a monster that was all el, and him telling her that she's not a monster won't fix that internal struggle for her. and it also won't help her grow beyond the monster/superhero dichotomy.

i don't like will and mike being away from the supernatural plot either but yk i do think it's because they're important for the resolution of that storyline and that that's also supposed to come as a surprise. for mike well i don't actually know that he is, but i certainly know will is and i think they did set that up pretty well. he's not in episode 7 but they reveal that the upside down is frozen on the day he disappeared, he's in hawkins for five minutes but the season ends with him talking about his connection to vecna and everyone and their mother is reminded of the fact that will is a vital part of the supernatural plot. people don't necessarily think he's gonna be the key to resolving the upside down and vecna thing for good (no matter what that looks like, i'm expecting it to be both el and will because it kind of is the el show + we'll fix it together + lucas and erica (siblings) being the mvps of the basketball game and the dnd game that has a lot of foreshadowing in episode 1 etc) because el's the one who's always done it pretty much by herself...but it's also never worked. not for long anyway. i would say that like byler (but not as shocking because it's not someone assumed to be straight turning out to be gay) it's supposed to make people go oh why have i never thought of that of course will would be an integral part of the ud resolution this makes so much sense!!! when it happens. and characters also always expect el to be the one to fix it just like they don't expect byler to happen. meta.

and again i don't LOVE mike and will's thing being the conversational roadtrip only in season 4, but i get why they did it like i see the vision. i see where you're coming from and i agree that most people not seeing byler coming isn't necessarily their fault (even though i said it's similar to nancy's s1 triangle and everyone expected it then. nancy never gave steve an i love you i've loved you forever i'll love you forever speech, major difference), i really think it's NOT supposed to be that obvious. even though it is kind of. i get wishing they had broken up mlvn in volume 2 and i certainly would've liked not having to see bylers be called delusional 24/7 but i think mlvn breaking up would've made byler endgame wayy too obvious and if they wanted it to be obvious to the girls that get it only i think they've accomplished that. same with will and the supernatural plot. and everyone is free to not like it still, i just don't think that means the set up isn't good.

very last paragraph. i don't think everything they've ever written is perfect. i don't even think every decision that's been made by the st team regarding WILL's queerness is perfect like (this is another conversation) having noah deny the gay allegations on will's behalf a month before having him say oh yeah he is gay it's obvious is crazy to me it's no surprise that people feel like it's an afterthought and like byler is never gonna happen. even though i obviously disagree with them. fin.

#parenthesis inception #obviously i think the monologue is also interesting for mike and for byler and for will depending on how they deal with it in s5 (can you #imagine hearing your bff that you happen to be in love with tell your new sister who saved your life a bunch of times that he's in love #with her that's bad enough but also that his life started the day he met her which also happens to be about 24 hours after your life change #4ever in the worst possible way like you were fighting for your life in the ud and he makes it sound like #he was having a great time and falling in love and yeah he was #looking for you but also finding himself a girlfriend and that's the thing he'll remember for the rest of his life. you're being mean stop #it wouldn't even be enough in this situation like i would have a very hard time believing that my bff i'm in love with loves me back or #even cares about me at all. but yk i'm not the duffer brothers' oc who knows what they'll do) #el fixing it and it not lasting long is also true of everyone trying to fight the ud with guns btw like yeah nancy is very badass and it's #great that she...likes firearms? idk. idk how to say it but i get that it's a positive thing for her character but at the end of the day #vecna literally walked away lmao like that was not a win #ask

[florallylly]

sometimes the happy ending is that they don't end up together

#which is true and like vague post vague post #but this is steddie coded because #why the FUCK are there so many fics of eddie munson assuming and being an asshole to steve bc of it #and disregarding his feelings or stereotyping a la the munson doctrine #and steve just takes it laying down... #and then like a bouquet of flowers or a simple apology is enough like #acshually i want them to not be together atp #like YEAH steddie but does he deserve it #not that anyone deserves or needs to deserve to be loved #but WOW does he even deserve it is questionable #like it actually gets me mad that steve so often is portrayed as just giving way and being the one to apologize #which is like kind of in character bc like YEAH he does that in canon with nancy #BUT can i just defend my stupid son here #IS IT TOO MUCH TO WANT HIM TO BE SPOILED AND DOTED UPON!!!! #while i continue to read angst

[echoing-oursong]

fandom seriously needs to stop saying “this character isn’t being their true selves” in media because the meaning has been lost multiple times. when people said it it used to mean “this narrative is specifically showing us this character has gone through unimaginable trauma so they are not reacting the way they normally would. something is changing within this character (good or bad) so their actions are changing. or the narrative has shown us this inconsistency within this one character so they cannot be ‘their true selves’”. now it just means “this character is not behaving the way i want them to so this isn’t their true self”

#fandom critical #stranger things fandom #stranger things #tagging that cuz this has been inspired by ‘nancy stan’s’ just saying her even being around steve is not her true self #nope you just don’t like steve and don’t like how she’s reacting around steve so this is your defense bjt it falls flat when everytime she #is seen interacting with steve she’s full on giggling and smiling and having her best life #only time she wasn’t was the bathroom scene but every nancy scene with steve is constant in how nancy acts around steve and her character

[alltimefail]

As a diehard Byler, I personally haven't cared about the Stranger Things reddit "worst ship" poll going on (and I'm sure many of you feel the same way). I have found it silly how worked up people seem over there because people are *checks notes* um... voting. In the public poll. Many times they're even voting in line with what the comments want (so in agreement with the redditors) but somehow having a shared opinion is... unionizing? Idk lmao it's just very funny to me!!! (Especially because I honestly think the current final 4 make the most sense.)

That being said, I have to admit that I'm lowkey excited to FINALLY vote Jancy out. Praying it is their time to go. 🙌

(I promise I don't hate Nancy/Jonathan/or Steve. My jumbled thoughts are in the tags, please ignore any typos I noticed later and was too lazy to fix.)

#if Byler made it far that was a cool bonus #at this point I just want to see both of Nancy's ships go away because frankly... #I dislike both Stancy and Jancy. I'm sorry but it is true #neither ship makes anyone involved better or happier imo 😬 #my ideal ending for both El AND Nancy is that they girlboss on their own for a while #Jonathan's characterization has been dedicated to that ship for TOO LONG and he's too good of a #character to have him only serve as Nancy's boyfriend #and I'm sorry but the fact that she is still unsure or confused between the two tells me she should just #worry about herself!! She should just focus on her ambition and follow her intuition which is telling her two be with neither of them imo #she likes things about both of them I think and I do think she loves Jonathan #but I just don't think their long term goals and current state of their relationship is indicative of a relationship built to last #and that's okay!!! sometimes when you love someone you come to a point that the truest act of love you can give is letting them go!! #anyway long explanation to say... Steve and Nancy and Jonathan are all better characters independent of their relationships #I'm hoping Jancy goes next. It's my truth and I'm gonna speak it (even if I know it is unpopular lol) #stranger things #reddit ship poll #st reddit ship elimination #st reddit #byler #<- target audience

[thesaintofnevergettingitright]

My brain would not allow me to rest until I created this. Please enjoy.

#stranger things #mine #I find myself unreasonably funny #is it narcissism? is it hypomania? OR am I actually just the funniest person alive perhaps? #the world may never know #did I include mike? no #does mike deserve rights? debatable. #(jk I just couldn't think of anything I've said recently that fit for mike or jon) #(sorry boys idk how to be earnest and that's like... your whole thing) #honestly idk if will's is even in character or just what I want for him #he deserves a BREAK #also I know Lucas's isn't like... ground breaking #but that is a thing I did and he do be playing basketball #idk what to tell you my friend #the main difference between me and nancy is that for me it's absolutely the hypomania talking but for her?? #she just IS the most clever and interesting person on the planet #it's just true #eddie munson #steve harrington #max mayfield #lucas sinclair #eleven hopper #dustin henderson #erica sinclair #will byers #robin buckley #nancy wheeler

[ariesbilly]

i finally finished the next chapter of harringrove childhood best friends au 🤧

#i will edit and update tomorrow but WHEW #also opened up my notes and it said 'possible billy/jonathan fight?' #that did not happen #and i dont even remember where when why or how that was supposed to happen #instead i give you harringrove drama and billy and nancy drama and hollogrove besties #which is so true of me i think #billy and jonathan do not talk in this chapter but are like.... on the same wavelength youll see lmao #again WHERE the fuck was this fight supposed to happen i will never know rip past me

[francesderwent]

as much as I generally dislike the use of the trope, Eddie Munson’s “as unambiguous a sign of true love as these cynical eyes have ever seen” could kill any of Murray’s little relationship insights stone dead

#why do we accept Murray as a voice of truth? #I get it I guess he’s supposed to be this objective third party #seeing the story the way we are and voicing how it ought to go #but he never seems to have enough EVIDENCE #no matter what they’ve TOLD him he wasn’t THERE for anything that mattered #and his reading of the relationship is ALWAYS ALWAYS reductive!!!!! #because he is a man who has literally built a bunker to get away from all society! he doesn’t believe in the importance of relationships!! #so he’s just like ‘you experienced a thing. you should have sex about it and move forward’ #which is??? so OFFENSIVE to the real bond that these characters have formed!!! #as if that could resolve everything! as if that alone was the meaning of everything! #it’s not for Nancy and Jonathan and it DEFINITELY isn’t for Hopper and Joyce #Eddie on the other hand. he admits he doesn’t know what happened #all he knows is what he saw!! #and he saw Nancy DIVE INTO A PORTAL TO A HELL DIMENSION after Steve!!! #so what does he say? #does he tell him to try to land some end of the world sex? NO #he manifestly DOES NOT #he says ‘that was a sign of TRUE LOVE’ #and you should GET HER BACK #he even (lol) gives Steve something to wear FOR HIS MODESTY #Murray’s like ‘you went through an experience together so you should have sex about it’ #Eddie’s like ‘okay you went through an experience together and it kinda seems like you might be leaning towards having sex about it’ #‘but PLEASE control yourself for a hot minute and then pull yourself together and FIX THIS RELATIONSHIP’ #‘rebuild the foundation stronger!!!’ #he said YOU SHOULD GET HER BACK #to have and to hold babes!! none of this fleeting ‘get it out of our systems’ bullshit!!! #this is not an anti-jancy post or an anti-jopper post it is only an anti-Murray post #cate liveblogs! #stranger things s4

[shopcat]

like YOU like a male character, who is not a woman? when female characters are right there, to be liked? You hate women. like okay spell pig backwards and add "like a waterfall"

#not even true either i talk about robin all the time and i ASSUME they only mean for st because average st fan etc #and i just don't care about nancy and i don't talk about the kids cuz they're kids AND THERE ARE NO OTHER MAIN FEMALE CHARACTERS #also this is so funny and proof it's just some random butthurt loser cuz i talk abt how ppl craft depth from no where for random male #character number 27 instead of the actually fully formed characters that DESERVE IT all the TIME 😭😭 #AND how ppl would rather project depth onto their favourite poor little meow meow male chara but can't extend the same care to any girl #bc they think ''she's a bitch'' like omg sorry my url isn't gaynancy or wahtever

[scraps-pile]

Eddie returns from the upside down looking all fucked up and monstrous, and the only people who don't wince at the sight of him are Eleven and Argyle.

the others don't mean anything by it... they mostly just want Eddie to be alright, and they're not sure if he is, considering the state of him now. it's sweet that they're so concerned, but it doesn't always feel the most normal. Eddie will absolutely accept the affection, but he does start to feel like a walking tragedy sometimes.

but El and Argyle have only ever seen him look like this. El is used to weird, and Argyle is completely unfazed by strange appearances as long as he knows the person is friendly, so they treat him as 100% normal. and also, I think Eddie would bond with weed man Argyle over all the stoner shit, and Eddie would adore El for the Angela thing if he ever got wind of that. basically just give me this odd little trio.

#stranger things #eddie munson #jane hopper #argyle (franco) #I just want to keep giving Eddie sister figures. I think Max already considers him and Steve to be hers (gestures at residual Billy trauma) #she needs them because they're good #I really want Nancy to have a bond with Eddie... I think she'd feel like she needs to keep him safe #and El would bring the true little sister vibes. she's emotionally tender in a way I think Eddie could help her with by building her up #he'd genuinely think she's the coolest person he's ever seen so he'd build up her confidence without even trying #basically just a happy accidental side effect of thinking she's completely awesome and wanting to include her in everything #he'd wanna show her everything he's ever liked or been interested in because he just knows she'll love it too #and he's right like 90% of the time

[the-lark-ascending69]

android!Robin has several technical problems, the most important ones having to do with her memory card, battery and motor skills.

Androids are supposed to have perfect photographic memory, but Robin's memory is poor even by human standards. She tends to forget where she left her keys, what she was going to do when walking into a room, etc. She forgets her schedule all the time, as well as Nancy's, and can't remember a recipe to save her life. Dustin and Suzie say it's a problem with the connections needed to access her memory card, rather than with the memory card itself. It's fixeable, but extremely difficult and expensive. Robin wants to get this fixed and she's working hard to pay for it - she doesn't want to be an inconvenience. Nancy will support her decision, but she really isn't bothered by Robin's poor memory. She just hopes she's doing it for herself and not to make herself "easier to handle" for other people (she's been told that's what her worth was based on her entire life).

She's only had one memory card her entire life (as far as she knows). Nancy's greatest fear is Robin hitting her head and it breaking. One could potentially take out the memory card and delete it or install a new one - that is Robin's greatest fear.

At one point, her connections get so bad there will be days in which she can't remember Nancy at all, or what her own name is. She'll act almost like a normal android those days - following orders, not speaking unless necessary, not expressing emotion unless instructed to, etc, though her poor motor skills, battery problems and bad memory will make it difficult. It freaks Nancy out every time, and she always tries to get her to snap out of it as if she were human, before accepting that love can't solve this problem, and calling Dustin and Suzie to fix it. She'll pay any price if it means having her Robin back.

Robin lets herself be turned off without complaint, without even the terrified shudder Nancy used to feel when she forcibly did it during their first weeks together. Robin's docile obedience as she let Nancy do this to her, and the way her body went limp in Nancy's arms, never failed to bring Nancy to tears.

It would take days for Dustin and Suzie to fix some of Robin's problems. This one took between one and two weeks. Longest it ever got was 16 days. During that time, Robin would lay lifeless on their workshop's table, her battery sitting somewhere else to prevent her from turning on automatically. Dustin insisted that he and his lady (as he called Suzie) worked best when their kingdom (their workshop) was untouched by foreign hands, so Nancy wasn't always welcome to visit Robin in that state. Nancy was relentless, though, and she usually managed to convince him to let her in for a few minutes. He thinks it's pointless - it's not like Robin can feel her there. She can't even dream. It doesn't change anything. In fact, he worries Nancy will be more disturbed than comforted, because Robin's entire skull, neck and spine will be exposed - only it's not bones and flesh inside, but metal and plastic circuits, plates, chips, wires and pistons. He's careful to at least put her face back in place when Nancy visits. He expects her to be taken aback by the sight, but instead, Nancy's eyes are full of so much worry and care and adoration as she observes Robin's lifeless body. She doesn't dare touch her - she doesn't want to hurt her. But she misses her so deeply.

When it's all finished, Nancy takes her back home with the utmost care and tucks her into bed. She waits by her side until she turns back on, and softly talks to her, asks her how she's feeling, brings her some water and asks her questions, to see if she's back to normal. Because it's all recorded in her memory card, Robin can remember everything - can remember the time she spent not knowing who she is, thought she can't remember if she was self-aware during those episodes. Whenever she wakes up, she's just happy to see Nancy, and wants hugs and cuddles from her, but she begins to cry out of fear as she tries to remember the details of not being. Nancy holds her every time, asks her if she wants to watch cartoons or if she wants her to read a book for her, to keep her from spiraling. She hates seeing Robin look so small and scared, but she also knows she's not scared of anything Nancy can protect her from. The horrors haunting her come from her own mind and her own nature.

(Dustin and Suzie make a copy of Robin's memory card and give it to her, just in case).

Dustin and Suzie take care of any fixes Robin needs. They're much nicer than any other technician at the previous repair shops she's been to. The most usual fixes have to do with weakness and stiffness in her knees and hips, especially on her right leg (it got broken pretty badly during a beating by her last owner - Billy Hargrove. He wanted to make her unable to walk. The person his father sold her to next did a poor job fixing her). These fixes are usually quite simple and take very little time. She will refuse to see them, though, until she reaches her breaking point when she struggles to stand up, or when she suddenly falls to the ground. It always worries Nancy to death - she's terrified of Robin hitting herself and suffering even more damage. It always takes some convincing for Nancy to get her in her car and on their way to Dustin's workshop. Sometimes, the fix will be so simple they don't even need to turn her off. Nancy holds her hand during these.

The third big problem is her battery. Thankfully, her battery is detachable and easily replaceable. They only had a mayor issue with it once, and they had to order a new one. Robin's model is rare enough that it took over a week to get there. During that time, they installed solar pannels in the balcony and Robin had to be connected to them with long, thick cables that stretched all around the apartment. It was more amusing than anything else, having to step around the cables and make sure none of them got accidentally disconnected. Cloudy days made her pretty much useless and had her lying in bed watching cartoons all day. She was completely turned off after sunset and she was up by sunrise. Needless to say, she couldn't leave the apartment for the week and had to call in sick to work.

Good thing was, though, that the new battery worked much better than the previous one. It lasted much longer. Nancy had only seen her this excited a few other times. The way she kicked her bedroom door down with a wide smile on her face as she yelled at her to come to the kitchen just made Nancy smile with adoration. Robin showed her the box in her hands - she was shaking with excitement - and asked Nancy to help her install it. She turned herself off and Nancy did the rest - disconnected cables, take out old battery, install new one. When she turned Robin back on, she was more full of life and energy than she'd ever seen her be. Free from her cables, she immediately grabbed Nancy's hands and dragged her outside - the sun was shining and she wanted to run around in the park, to roll on the grass and count the cloud and photosynthesize with a good book in her hand. To Nancy, she looked like a puppy, or a happy little bird just released from its cage. She could never say no to her, they would spend the entire day outside if Robin wanted to.

#ronance #android!robin au #robin buckley #nancy wheeler #robin buckley angst #but also #robin joy #i feel like this au is the definition of fluff and angst. the definition of hurt/comfort #my posts #btw that was NOT robin's first memory card 👀👀 just a lil harmless fun fact #i feel like i should also share the nancy lore because she does have lore too #for now i just want to say that #robin here relates to plants a lot. all she needs is water and sunlight. she's a very eco-friendly robot #she doesn't even produce CO2 (take that humans) #also: her battery is shit during winter. its like a phone battery - as soon as temperature goes subzero (in celsius terms at least idk #i guess thats like 15 farenheit) her battery begins to deplete super fast and she gets sleepy and needs Nancy to take her back home #and tuck her into bed for the day. #this is especially true if the day is also cloudy #though i think they get one of those lamps people use to grow weed inside the house. they help her photosynthesize