the release of the new 1999 ag historical twins is indicative of a lot of problems with the company and its dolls and its decisions lately, but one that is personally driving me up the wall now is just. how many more dolls are we going to get of girls in middle/upper-middle class homes with a perfect family?? like im not at all saying that every story needs to be full of tragedy and drama, of course not, but it just feels like the stories have gotten cleaner and cleaner and cleaner. the issues are smaller, sometimes even glossed over. i thought wbu was going to steer the company towards telling more "mature" stories where issues are directly addressed, but it feels like we're instead getting more and more stories about girls in comfortable homes with perfect families and comparatively minor issues. that's part of why they're starting to feel so samey. where's the diversity?? where's the variety??
97 notes
·
View notes
The Harrington Family Mood Board (Old Haunts)
Steve and Gwen Harrington -
Zachary Dustin *Dusty* (middle left)
David John *Davy* (middle right)
Charles Joseph *Charlie* (bottom row)
Milo Edward (top row)
15 notes
·
View notes
Single parent Steve AU
Because I Love those AUs where Steve's Dustin's single dad
((the Upside-Down isn't a thing in this, it's a normal AU))
Steve runs away at like 16 with this girl bc he accidentally gets her pregnant and he wants to be a part of the kid's life rather than his parents throwing money at the problem till it goes away
Robin is his best friend at the time, and she Begs him not to leave because A) he's her Only friend and B) she's basically invisible to the school, so she gets to see what people are really like. And this girl isn't as nice as she acts to Steve
He doesn't listen and they leave Hawkins
11 years later, Steve and his kid, Dustin, end up returning to Hawkins. Steve's a single dad, who hasn't spoken to his parents or Dustin's mother in years, and he feels like he failed because he's back in that shithole
((She treated him like crap, and he put up with it for years before he left))
Dustin and Steve don't Currently have a place of their own and are staying with Dustin's aunt, Claudia Henderson (she's 12 years older than Dustin's mom, Sheila Henderson, she's kind enough to let them stay, even if Steve feels Super awkward about it)
Steve and Robin rekindle their friendship, Robin never managed to leave Hawkins like she wanted to and she's currently working a dead-end job that she hates. She has a crush on her coworker Vickie though ((they didn't meet in high school in this AU))
She is So So mad that he left but also so happy he's back (even if they have a lot of catching up to do)
Steve's parents cut him off 11 years ago and have no idea he's back in town
Eddie becomes Dustin's teacher??? Hence he can still accidentally be matchmaker
((Potentially. (Out of work) mechanic Steve, then Wayne Munson Used to run a mechanic's 👀👀))
17 notes
·
View notes