#its their reunion dont look at me

[junebugdunes]

I hope the guilt hits you like a brick

#YOOO WHAT'S UP IM GONNA GO ON A WHOLE RANT IN THE TAGS #FAIR WARNING #i #am so incredibly obsessed with this parallel #ive been wanting to do an art piece for it for a while but #jeez #its the look of absolute and total #betrayal #on both gwen and miles faces that breaks me so much #because they both felt safe with their mentors/parent figures in the midst of total chaos #only to find out that they're not actually listening to them #they dont actually care what they have to say #because heres the thing i know the location thing for peter mightve been an accident #but he could've done so many things better in that situation #he was my favorite character in itsv but man #hes gotta clean up his act in this one #really hope him and miles have a good reunion next movie cause they've got such a good relationship #complicated feelings about captain stacy though... #anyways rant end #spiderverse #itsv #atsv #spiderverse fanart #atsv fanart #miles morales #gwen stacy #peter parker #captain stacy #my art

[stillalittlelostngl]

Gojos new fits got me kicking my feet and gigglin

#like that shirt is vacuum sealed to him baby #wtf was the pacing of this chapter tho #and we got like none of the emotional beats i was looking for lmao #like no mention of nobara #nothin really happened with the reunion #idk a little disappointing but hey guess i just get to go read other writers fill in the gaps #also gojo apparently hid the last finger so yuji could never be executed?????? #my man my man my man #jjk spoilers #jjk 222 #spoilers #the finger thing is what im seeing other folks who have been translating the leaks say #so dont quote me on that but now its definetly an hc regardless

[ima-ghost-art]

What if Steve and Eddie got trapped in the upside down during the final battle of 87?

El cant find them and can no longer open a gate for everyone to try find them, so everyone has to believe they're dead. The party feels lost without them.

Of course, Dustin Robin Max Lucas and Erica are all devastated, all refusing to believe that the two were dead, sure that there must be a way to get them back. But, weeks turn to months and months turn to years and there is still no sign of Steve and Eddie being found.

After a while the group is forced to just start moving on with their lives, each moving away but all staying in contact.

Slowly they start forming their own familys, Lucas and Max (now living in California near Jonathan and Argyle) welcome thier first daughter 'Stephanie Erica Sinclair' April 29th 1992, she was a happy accident and was named after her parents favourite siblings.

The same year, Argyle and Eden have a little girl named Evie, the two splitting custody after Eden moved out of Utah to California near Argyle.

Next was Nancy and Jonathan two years later, the pair having a set of twins 'James Edmund and Katie Barbara' August 10th 1994. Jon takes full custody when they turn 3, living with Argyle back in Cali, letting Nancy follow her dream of becoming a journalist in Chicago, while he worked his dream job at a photography studio stationed on the coast. The two both knew they weren't going to last, however they dont stop loving eachother. (Nancy still helps out with the twins when shes in the area as well as weekly phone calls, making sure they know she loves them even if shes not often around)

In 96, 'Issac Lucas Sinclair' who was the same age as a little girl called 'Morgan' later adopted by El who Dr Owen's believes nay have powers similar to hers and Henry's.

Robin and Vickie, who now live in Michigan, adopt a son in 2000 a trans boy named Tyler, a year older than Stephanie.

At this point it's 2007, having been 20 years since the final battle, 20 years since the party lost Steve and Eddie, 20 whole years. The only people who still lived in Hawkins was Dustin and Suzie Henderson, the two of them both choosing not to have kids, living together in one of the newer houses built along the edge of Hawkins where they had easy access to their jobs working in a lab just outside of Indianapolis. The two secretly working on a way to potentially find their missing friends.

Dustin becomes the fun uncle to his friends kids, Hosting a new version of Hellfire for them with Will being his co DM!

Wayne Munson also continued to live in Hawkins after he helped during the final battle, after losing his nephew he moved in with Claudia living with her.

The wheelers and Sinclair's still both live there too, Holly Wheeler after graduating, now being a teacher at Hawkins high.

The Hopper-Byers move out towards Illinois, Mike and Will both living together in an apartment together in Indianapolis, and El lives with Max and Lucas with their children together in California.

(lest not also forget Garath and Jeff, who also helped in the final battle, the two along with the other members of Corroded Coffin started making it big during the early 90s, and successfully did 2 world tours, they always dedicate each performance to Eddie, as he was the man who started the band and would have loved to see where they ended up now!!)

The party end up coming back to Hawkins in July, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the end of the Upside Down.

...That is until Stephanie Sinclair goes missing while cycling back to the Hendersons after an evening at the arcade with the other party members kids. Everyone else was staying at the wheelers or the old Byers home, but hers were staying with her Uncle Dustin like they always did. Issac and Morgan hadnt joined them so she was biking on her own.

They found her abandoned bike along the edge of Mirkwood the next day... Stephanie Sinclair had completely disappeared

It didnt take long for missing animal reports to start cropping up either, same with another missing person, one of Holly's students...

When Stephanie is finally saved a week later she wasnt found alone. Her and the missing student, were accompanied by two familiar young adults.

Steve and Eddie, both looking like they had barely aged at all since getting trapped in the upside down.

#this au has been stuck in my head for AGES now!! #like the idea that time works differently in the upside down #what if someone was to be trapped in there longer than a week? #steve and eddie getting trapped for 20 years #but they only aged/ lived 2 #when the kids get taken their aswell steve and eddie protect them before the party is able to come and save them #when they find Stephanie she recognises them from the pictures Max and Dustin would show her of their big brothers #ones she was told went missing after the earthquakes #however shes confused how they look almost the same from the pictures instead of being in their 40s like the should be #eddie and steve having the realization that they've been gone 20 years #que them being saved and having a really emotional reunion #while also being stuck with the jarring effects of the kids you babysat growing up without you #/your old babysitters/ party mom and dad friends are now stuck decades behind you #honestly this is an idea i dont have the time to dive into #however if any one wanted to write something like this i would love to know bc its such an interesting idea to me?? #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #steddie #robin buckley #platonic stobin #max mayfield #dustin henderson #second generation #stranger things next generation

[just1gnome]

"that sounds tediously boring"

gnome beat the game

here they are on the boat

#SPOILERS BELOW !!!!!! #they are so precious to me i dont know what i would do without them #ive been insanely emotional about them since last night #i wish you could see how the other characters are doing before the credits #thats my one gripe i wanna know what shadowhearts up to #SHOW ME THE CELEBRATION YALL KEEP TALKING ABOUT !!!! #i want to see them happy and hanging out and smiling :((( #also im sure theres some way to avoid this but karlach does live in their basement and they do feed her brains #all in all its a pretty good set up #shes not gonna explode any time soon and theyre all roommates #could be worse #i do mean she volunteered to turn illithid btw and from where i was standing that looked like the best option #she looks a little weird now but thats still my Best Friend karlach #im sure lae'zel will visit on holidays.... #shes like the cool aunt you only see for family reunions i think #ALSO HEY LARIAN ? I ROMANCED THE FUCK OUT OF HALSIN !!!! I SHOULD GET AN EPILOGUE SCENE WITH HIM TOO !!!!!!! #i shouldve brought him with me but gale...... the carefully crafted narrative that lives only in my head........ #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 astarion #astarion #astarion fanart #astarion x tav #astarion ancunin #bg3 tav #my art

[thewhizzyhead]

random sleep deprived 2 am thought: what if watt mini netflix series that features pma's other songs from his other musicals. what if watt mini netflix series that also explores what happened to the surviving girls after the sleepover aka how they further process their grief and how the relationships they share with each other develop. basically what if "alone now" in a post-sleepover kateva development context-

#look i know jrb said in the the watt reunion livestream (not the concert - the one last 2021 i think?) that alone now can be a checkate song #esp since both her and celeste performed that song #and tbh i am partial to checkate so i support that thinking #however within the constraints of canon we will be trying to fit the song to kateva #i dunno just the verse 'to all the ghosts that follow you around' in the chorus #got me thinking about how eva helped kate cope with chess' death #which tHEN GOT ME THINKING ABOUT A WATT NETFLIX MINI SERIES WITH ALL THE SONGS AND EVERYTHING #and also explores what happened after the sleepover #look i know that pma sold the watt movie rights to a streaming service and that whole thing didnt work sadly #so dont mind me and my potential loopholes ghdhfh #anyways to other watt fans i do suggest looking up preston's other works believe me they are GOOD #we are the tigers #kateva #preston max allen #also disclaimer alone now isnt a cut watt song - its a song from one of preston's other musical drafts

[gayandvibin]

So like *twirls hair around my finger* there’s this old book series...

Still on my re-read and I cannot describe how unhinged the end of book 4 made me so naturally I drew scenes instead. Just picture me gesturing wildly and gasping and you’ve got it.

this file is aptly titled ‘before you ruin it with snow’

and hey, you can actually see that the bear is translucent now 💀💀

#the last dragon chronicles #tldc #david rain #elizabeth pennykettle #liz pennykettle #? does it really matter when i doubt anyones looking through her tag #vibe arts #no but srsly wtf was the last hundred pages i am UNEQUIPED #ik its only getting crazier in the next one so good luck future me #if u see me ignoring canon details mind your damn business 😤 #its intentional at least half of the time #mr d'lacey owes me emotional damages at this point #tumblr keeps fucking deleting my tags so youve lost my incredible witty insights 😔 #but uhh yeah liked book 4 even if i think the final act was a lil too much like book 3s #that may have been intentional and just clumsy but i forgive it cus teh epilogue really founded my families #i am Not prepared for the opening of book 5 jesus christ #just sitting here imagining the reunions and weeping #anyways goodnight lads #i dont want to flood the tag with too much of my nonsense but i am also aware we are in a bit of a content drought #im happy enough to fuck around and make things gayer than the og text lmao

[forwantofacalling]

new jjk season has me crawling back to old fic ideas......my low confidence, need for serontonin, spite, and lack of time are currently beating each other up in backyard and they havent stopped since last night

#me: i wanna write that one gojou sickfic with shoko #also me: ok but thats so self indulgent is anyone gonna read it #well the POINT IS THAT ITS SELF INDULGENT BC I WANT TO READ IT ITS NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE PER SAY #BUT CAN I WRITE IT IS THE QUESTION #also thinking about gojo taking toji's stance in the manga during the sukuna battle LIKEEE DID MAKI TEACH HIM THAT OR DID HE JUST HAVE SUCH #A LONG FLASHBACK THAT HE DECIDED TO COPY HIS DEMONS #ALSO also thinking sooooo hard about THAT one line for ichiji like HELLO...... #also i WANT to write that one shoko gojou reunion but man i dont remember whats going on exactly in the manga beeofre that #i cant do plot i just do emotional tension #and theres also that Fucking Voice in my head that says noooooooo all your chracterizations are wrong and no one likes them #ITS MY FCUKIN INTERPRETATION.....I CAN DO WHAT I WANT......... #look i have a very vivid image in my head of what would happen but i dont konw if anyone else wants to see it #AND I SHOULDNT CARE TBH BC I WANNA WRITE IT #but ahhhh #anyway im doing great /s

[rebellum]

One part that makes me mad about the kink at pride discourse is the "but if someone is wearing a collar they're involving me with their scene!"

A) no the fuck they aren't. They aren't sceneing. That word doesn't mean 'referencing or engaging in kink in any way' it refers to a specific action. They aren't sceneing, in the same way that a couple holding hands in public isn't including you in their wild sexcapades.

B) not everything is about you? What, do you see people making out on a bench and immediately think they're getting off on the idea of you watching them? You see a proposal at a park and assume they're doing it specifically to be in public, instead of because that's where they had their first date? Not everything is about you. People are going about their lives, and happen to be in public.

#gives me vibes of when a same gender couple kiss and homophobes are disgusted and are like #'ewww why would they show their SEX LIFE in PUBLIC' its a kiss dude. calm down. #idk if u knew this but humans are social creatures and many peoples lives revolve around relationships #whether theyre family or coworkers or dating or friends or just neighbours #youre going to see ppl engaging in those relationships #youre gonna see ppl happy kiss at the airport at a reunion #youre gonna see kids playing in the park together #youre gonna see ppl kiss and hold hands #and yeah! maybe those ppl holding hands will have leather collars on! #its not that big of a deal. #dont like it then dont look. stay home.

[we-are-inevitable]

I promise a different Jack/Smalls dynamic! They still meet the same way and stuff, but Smalls laches onto Jack because he's another Mexican and he has an idea of what their culture is. Smalls' parents left her when she was younger than Jack and she didn't get to grow up in any of it at all, where Jack got at least a few years. She speaks some Spanish but more English, and Jack helps teach her, and she starts asking him about their culture and "What's it like, Jack, growin' up like a real Mexican?" "Smalls, you are a real Mexican." And Smalls just starting to cry because her culture is IMPORTANT to her and to be VALIDATED like that UGH

HI SMALLS I RELATE SMALLS

bro it's so ISOLATING like.... OK getting personal here but my family is brown! my mom is brown, my grandpa is brown, my brothers and i are mixed and my youngest brother is the only one of us not white-passing. and knowing that you have such a rich culture but not knowing anything ABOUT it hurts so much !!!

just,, jack teaching her all of this stuff. they try to find her family history, they figure out which mexican state she's from, he helps her practice her Spanish and is an outlet for her to get back in touch with her roots. and that's why her quinceanera is so important !! she never thought she'd have one but jack goes HARD on making sure she's as in touch with her culture as she wants to be.

jack being instrumental in who smalls is when she's older, because he was open and WANTED her to have all of the access to their culture that HE missed out on as well

#god this is. ah! #its so difficult looking at your family and being like I Dont Look Like You #also you dont know how isolating things are until you go to a family reunion and realize you cant talk to 75% of your family bc they #speak another language #hence me making as many newsies mexican as i can !!!! living vicariously through them fr #jac txt. #ask a jac ! #jac's headcanons #jack kelly #smalls #livesies

[quinnsanestuff]

i love that they barely modernized it, this is what playing the original on the psp i stole from my brother felt like back in 2010

#11 year old me thought the graphics looked like this exactly #im very glad this game exists #i REALLY dont like the new va so im playing in japanese and its rlly good #final fantasy vii #crisis core #crisis core reunion #final fantasy crisis core

[whoa-where-did-the-pancakes-go]

Tried to find the house my grandparents lived in when i was little for reasons (The Memories) and i got it on the first try???

#i thought it was bigger. that threw me off at first. but the front room windows . . . and the closet. the basement #my grandma had to plants that look like little goldfish in the front room #and there were books in that closet. i remember one about dinosaurs #they had star wars toys in the basement. the ones my dad wouldve played with #and the SHED IN THE GARDEN. i didnt remember that at first but. oh. yeah. #and the garage. i remember eating that “salad” thats just marshmallow fluff and like. canner fruit at #- a family reunion once #this is so scary #theres still magnolia trees in the front garden #[insert cool original post tag] #i didnt remember the kitchen at all which is fascinating cuz i would definitely have helped my grandma with baking. oh well. i was young #they had a big glass cabinet full of things in the dining room. i dont think they own it anymore although i got a lot taller so #it might just be the little one they still own #OH. THE STAIRS #the fucking stairs. ugh. those were awful. they had a two foot tall Christmas nutcracker that was just on the landing year round #i cant see the bedrooms at all. i should be able to #i have. a vague picture but i dont know if its the real one cuz it seems too much like the way i pictured the bedroom in this book- #-that my grandpa read to me a few times #this is so scary what if i uhhhh. idk #i always called it “the house in the woods” but looking back. it really wasnt. #i lived in the city so i suppose that mightve been the most trees i saw regularly

[evvlogetarian]

Grossly personal posting again sighs... but I can't believe tmrw/the 2nd will mark one year since my grandma died. I was feeling okay earlier when talking to my family about it, and her death does kind of come up a lot in therapy because my grief is so different from my family's.

Like...my grandma was the first house call/removal I ever did. I bathed her postmortem, I took out all her tubes and medical devices and stitched her up. I was the last person to even *see* her before she was cremated. I still wear the pendant/her tag from the crematory on my necklace everyday.

The first year is always difficult. There's still a lot of times I find myself wanting to tell her about school or work because she was interested in my career. There's days where I want nothing more than to hug her again and catch whiffs of her perfume. Maybe tomorrow will be harder than I thought?

#.personal rambles #Sorry for being grossly personal? Im sad ofcourse but Im not seeking comfort or anything #Grief is just very strange. And I think for me its manifest different because of what I experienced #I remember the last words she said to me were 'I love you' and she was in organ failure and she was p out of it but #In those moments she looked at me and she saw me and she spoke to me #And I suppose it doesnt help that I believe that this is...it? Like theres no afterlife theres no reunion... #I just dont really have any faith in anything. The world is beyond my understanding and I think that the concept of a higher power is...eh #Its not for me. So when people tell me shes in a better place or Ill see her again its like... #Its okay that this is it. I feel that when I die I will cease to exist. All that I am and was. The people I love/d. Mere moments in time #Im not sad about that. It is what it is. It makes life more precious. etc #Wow I got weird! Anyways ! yeah

[orc-hestral]

Not many people like my Dollar Grilled Cheese take on life.

#its simple really. ready? follow along. #you give me a dollar #i give you a grilled cheese #i have brought this up at work. #ive talk about this at family dinners. #extended family reunions #in casual conversations with friends #in almost every case someone has responded with the following questions; #what if i want a different kind of cheese? #what if i want to change the bread? #what if i want to add tomato? or get tomato soup? or add ham? #how are you going to make profit? #who's your target demographic? #why do you keep talking about grilled cheese!! please for the love of god!! talk about anything other than this god damn Grilled Cheese!! #sometimes they give me a look. some #i dont know what to call it actually #if i were poetic with it maybe id say #their eyes sparked with indignation and ridicule #they say #well ill start my own shop next to yours and charge 2 dollars for the way i want it! #i say #very well! sell the ham and cheese for 2! sell it for 1! sounds like a great plan! #someone else would chime in #then im selling soup next door! #you did it! youre so close to the breakthrough!

[nightwanderers12081]

i feel like everyone forgets that its canon that danny genuinely thought all ghosts were evil -- like i've seen fanon talk about it but i dont think we've ever seen anyone bring up the fact the dairy king was the one to tell him all ghosts aren't evil in bitter reunions--

like heres the direct quotation from their interactions

"Well Gosh and Golly looks like you could use a speck of help dont cha know?"

"Hey, You the dairy king! Oh great, What are you gonna do? Suffocate me with limburger? Strangle me with swiss?!"

"Aha!" Dairy king frees him

"...Let me go? Well- Thank you, but why?"

"Well not all ghosts are evil right? Some of us want to be left alone there dont cha know?"

LIKE ABDBWNND IG THIS CAN BE TAKEN DIFFERENTLY BUT TO ME THIS FEELS LIKE DANNY GENUINELY THOUGHT THAT ALL GHOSTS WERE EVIL AT FIRST ANNDNS

Edit:Holy shit thats alot of notes--

Wanted to clarify that I know fanon has been exploring Danny's original view on ghosts n stuff, I just never really see people talking about how its canon, or that the Dairy king was the one to tell Danny, Normally its always Cujo being Danny's eye opener, or Jazz(with the whole spectra incident)

~ Ender/Whisper

#danny phantom #dp #danny fenton #dairy king #danny phantom thoughts #am i wrong here????

[badchoicesworld]

i hear you requested requests! ive got one!!

hobie x masc reader that's gwens older brother (ik its not canon, but the canon can fuck itself) (sorry miggy)

i dont really have anything in mind for reader's personality or whatever (so thats up to you!) but id like if reader liked to draw (thus ended up drawing hobie and got caught by him hahaha cliches i love them)

where hobie meets gwens older brother (you !)

hobie x masc!reader

this actually gave me hella ideas, im gonna link it to what happened in the movie (sorry it took a while, life fucked me)

didn’t specify if it was platonic or romantic (WHICH IS FINE ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥) so i’ve just done general shit for both lmao

warnings: none

pairing: hobie brown x masc!reader

requests: open, i cant let the demons catch me

★⋆ ⋆☆⋆ ☠︎︎ ⋆☆⋆⋆★✧

when you first meet hobie you’re so very thankful to him for taking care of your little sister

if gwen managed to hide her being ghost-spider from your guys’ dad, then she likely hid it from you, too

but obviously, your dads gonna have to tell you why gwen didn’t come home one day

you’re crushed, naturally. likely furious at your own dad for literally firing a warning shot at her

might have ran away yourself, maybe hobie comes to your rescue too

or maybe you two meet while hobie’s dropping off his homemade gizmo for gwen, and you’re so unbelievably thankful for him and his generosity when you meet him

of course you will be, he took your sister in while you couldn’t do anything to help

hobie’s probably side-eyeing yours and gwens dad but is happy to get along with you if you’re gwens bother

he cant stay for long at that moment in time, got a multiverse to save and all that

but the brief interaction opens doors to many opportunities in the future

hobie gets to hear about the brief reunion between you and gwen from her, after she went back to her own dimension before it was show time

he becomes very intrigued by you

next time you two meet is likely after they save the multiverse (WHICH THEY WILL WITH ZERO CASUALTIES UNLESS ITS MIGUEL.)

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING NOW

miguel definitely doesn’t approve of hobie using his watch to travel dimensions just to see you or gwen, still does anyway if he doesn’t just build his own

probably came to see gwen, pick her up to bring him to his own dimension, whatever

sees you instead, target acquired

hobie’s heard plenty about you from gwen, likes to think you aren’t strangers so is super friendly, overly even

catches you in your room, drawing in a well loved sketchbook

definitely does that thing where he just fucking appears behind you, he’s that quiet when walking despite the accessories

he’s looking over your shoulder while you draw silently, you might be too distracted to notice or you’re immediately started by him

smug asf when you finally catch on, is especially entertained if he’s caught you drawing him, god forbid

wouldn’t be surprised though, he likes to make people stare so is honestly complimented if you’ve been trying to draw him since first seeing him

doesn’t just snatch ur sketchbook and start looking through it though, unlike someone

as an artist, he gets it

you’re probably super protective over ur sketchbook actually because of gwen, smh

will probably banter a little bit about that, tease something about gwen that you’d both be victim to, like her tendency to borrow things without permission

find common ground yknow

“ain’t it a pain when she [gwen activities]” but you’re not being mean ur bonding it’s fine, we don’t slander gwen (i do however have some strong words)

starts hanging out with you on the odd chances gwen isn’t home, just casually in your room at first

starts off talking about your guys’ interests, seeing if you have things in common

probably listening to music together

the closer you get, he starts to actually travel dimensions just to see you

casually waves to gwen before ducking into your room

is happy to just kick back there, but is also happy to go out and do things at that point

the more you hang out, the more your dad and gwen begin to tease you- which is nothing in comparison to the shit hobie faces

gwen easily told everyone else about you two hanging out, he never hears the end of it now regardless of dimension

hobie starts using the front door instead of just appearing in your room “son, your boyfriend’s here” ur devastated why would ur dad say that

THENN hobie starts to come to your dimension for you more than gwen, has probably already invited you back to his once or twice but now he’s a lot more frequent with invites, wants you to consider his place a second home (in case you ever wanna run from home, cough)

say something does blossom between you two, obviously you don’t label it cause hobie’s not about that

you get promoted from “gwens brother” to “hobie’s boyfriend” at some point even if you don’t use labels- that’s only if ur not like too close to the rest of the friend group, but i imagine you’ve gotta be

hobie probably talks more about being spider-man relatively early on considering the topic, but since you know his secret identity it doesn’t really matter to him

the closer you are, the more into his stories he is

is ready to reenact the whole thing for you now so it’s like you were there

draw each other, i dare u

make playlists for each other, perhaps ?

there’s a lot of gwen snitching to each of you

and then you two do with that information together what you will later

like if you’re just being gay for each other it’s wild how fast gwen goes to the other and is like “guess what he said” she is not slick about it

hobie can be found at ur place more often then not, your dads a little more iffy about you going to a different dimension

still, very grateful to be welcome in your home but hobie definitely prefers to kick back at his

hobie loves to bother gwen about your whereabouts, if you are a thing or not “where’s your brother at?” he’s pretending to be cool about it

does your dad approve ? who cares

but nah he’s way more open minded after the incident, thinks hobie is a peace of work and probably his own son too if you’ve got a similar personality, in that case you’re perfect for each other

if not he’s just happy you’re happy, that’s all he cares about

obviously gwen supports it, likes to claim she introduced you guys and you owe your relationship to her when she tries to win in an argument/conversation

★⋆ ⋆☆⋆ ☠︎︎ ⋆☆⋆⋆★✧

#across the spiderverse #headcanon #spider man: across the spider verse #hobie brown #hobie spiderverse #imagine #atsv hobie #oneshot #ask #male reader #hobie x you #hobie x y/n #hobie brown x reader #hobie x reader #hobie brown x male reader #hobie brown x masc!reader #atsv gwen

[sandinmybed]

big ramble about mike's love languages and how that relates to his relationships with will and el ahead!

its just occurred to me that in s3, during lucas and mike's little "how to apologise to a girl when you're gay and dont have any instincts in a straight relationship" crash course, the one thing mike did actually understand as relationship advice from lucas was "girls like presents." that's the thing he focused on the most, which was a great segue into a silly montage of lucas, mike and a very fed-up will running around the mall trying to buy gifts for the girls.

however, el doesn't give a damn about presents, not really. she doesn't really react to the flowers he gives her in s4 - she cares more about the note and what it says (and what it says does not please her.) el's love language appears to be words - she keeps mike's letters, and she's acutely aware of what they all say. she needs mike to *say* that he loves her - him showing how much he cares is not enough for el. so mike focusing on giving her presents was never going to work. his way of showing affection/love is not what she naturally recognises.

but yknow who does canonically like presents?

this boi.

continued under the cut because this got long:

the only advice mike's able to take from lucas' girlfriend apology training speedrun is the one that applies to him. mike's love language is receiving gifts. this isn't a "mike's so selfish" dunk post because hes literally thirteen and it makes sense to him that if he likes presents, el must like presents too. everyone likes presents, right? but it just further shows the disconnect between them. they can't recognise what the other person needs. (side note, el never gives him any presents or compliments him during the course of their relationship if i recall. mike isn't receiving love in a way he understands either.)

when mike fucks up with el, he needs a training course from lucas on how to fix it and he still doesn't understand what's going on (and lets not forget mike is smart as fuck, he should logically be able to work this out.) then, like four hours later chronologically, he fucks up with will. he visibly realises he's fucked up as soon as he says the infamous INMFYDLG line and without anyone telling him to, he travels miles in the pouring rain to fix it. notably, with words. will is also not interested in presents. mike isnt often (maybe ever?) shown giving him a present, but he gives will plenty of heartfelt words and verbally appreciates will. in season 4, he fights with will and el on the same day AGAIN, and what does he do? he brings el a plate of eggos, which she rejects by not touching them. they fight more, "a fight you can't come back from." and then later, his apology to will - he doesn't bring any gifts or peace offerings, he just calmly talks to him and apologises sincerely. and it works perfectly - they're back to sharing their feelings with each other and being best friends. the tension in their relationship is basically gone after that.

on a related note, let's look at what will and el do when they first see mike after a year, mike! six months. el plans a whole day together, doing all this crazy fun stuff like breakfast burritos and rollerskating, and mike goes with it but his response is noticeably a little confused. think about mike as a character - he's nerdy, a little awkward, he likes comic books, video games, movies, and stories. he's got his close friends but he's not really a social butterfly. he'd probably be just as happy to go home and watch movies together and hang out, rather than meet a bunch of el's "friends." it all goes to shit, as we know, which is neither el nor mike's fault, but it does.

will brings the painting to their reunion. will has been working on this painting for like a week, probably. he's poured tons of effort and time into it. he obviously doesn't get a chance to give it to him until the van, but when he does?

mike loves it.

that awestruck smile - this is for him and will made it. and we know mike particularly likes receiving will's art, he's been shown to have more of it on his walls than even joyce does. this is also why mike is so confused - these tags perfectly describe why mike is so messed up about the painting, imo. he likes gifts, and brings one for el, but el doesnt give him one back. but then will does, and he loves it, but will says its from el.

but this also explains why after the painting reveal, mike looks a little bit like he might know something's up.

gift giving/receiving and words of affirmation are the love languages that mike understands best, remember. so will byers, visibly emotional, has just given him an epic speech about how great "el" thinks he is, while presenting him with a handmade gift that's perfectly thought out for mike's interests that he poured hours of work into. let's not forget mike is very intelligent. i dont think he's fully oblivious like fandom thinks he is - when it comes to mike wheeler feeling appreciated, will has absolutely nailed it, and that's his downfall when it comes to hiding his feelings. he's too good at knowing what makes mike feel loved. so now mike's got to deal with will's perfectly adapted tokens of love and how instinctually easy he finds it to please will, vs his girlfriend, who never really makes him feel appreciated, and his own inability to make her feel appreciated

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