THICK SKULLS IN A TWO STAR TOWN - UNIVERSE MASTERLIST
charting the life, love and criminal activities of eddie munson and lacy doevski.
main pairing - eddie munson x lacy doevski (fem!oc)
supporting cast - ronnie ecker, nancy wheeler, steve harrington, robin buckley, al munson, ray doevski (oc), reefer rick lipton, fred benson, chrissy cunningham, jim hopper
warnings include but are not limited to - angst, smut, criminal activities, bad parents, mental illness, fluff, humor and complicated relationships explored throughout. 18+ only please
part one | HELLFIRE & ICE - or, the teenage years
1984. former bitch supreme of hawkins high lacy doevski begins a new life as eddie munson's trailer park neighbor - after his father put her father in prison.
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part two | BURNING UP AND BURNING OUT - or, the scary late 20s
1994. lacy and eddie reunite after eight years of relative radio silence, shoved together by nancy wheeler and their ten year hawkins high reunion.
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part three | LIGHTS UP LIKE A LIFE - or, late 30s parenthood
2000. having made some peace in hawkins, lacy and eddie's life is about as ordinary as can be--if you don't count the criminal enterprises. then, their cozy reality is completely uprooted by the arrival of eddie's 15 year old son, frankie.
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VERSE TAG | ask box is always open for this verse. ama.
how Crowley’s self-loathing colors the way he sees Aziraphale’s interactions with him and how we should take that negative bias into account
I’m not even gonna talk about the whole final scene/misunderstanding because we’ve all talked about that one by now. Instead I want to talk about Crowley’s description of the 3 reasons Aziraphale calls him:
(Paraphrasing) “you’re bored; you need to tell someone about something clever you did; something’s wrong”
this is a succinct breakdown and it lowkey paints Aziraphale in a bad light; Aziraphale only calls Crowley when it’s beneficial to him; this is a transactional relationship
but like, I think, to some degree, those 3 reasons are simply the only reasons Crowley can actually imagine Aziraphale being interested in talking to him. The last one is a common song and dance between them, sure, but what about the first 2?
Aziraphale calling out of the blue, rambling about how things have been slow and quiet in the neighborhood of late and wanting to take that time to catch up - Crowley can’t fathom ‘Aziraphale missed my voice and wanted to make sure I was doing okay’ and turns it into ‘Aziraphale is just bored obviously’
Aziraphale calling, absolutely giddy, talking a mile a minute about something clever he’s done can’t possibly be ‘I’m the first person he wants to share his victories with, the person whose opinion matters the most to him now and always’ so instead it’s ‘Aziraphale just needed someone to tell this to before he popped’
(There’s an interesting thing implied here as well, which is that it’s Aziraphale calling Crowley regularly and yet we talk about how Aziraphale isn’t taking initiative in the relationship but I digress)
Point is, I think Crowley knows that Aziraphale likes him, it’s part of what makes everything so heartbreaking - the way he ends up being rejected in spite of that - but just like I think he misunderstands Aziraphale’s heaven proposal because he can’t see that Aziraphale thinks he is better than heaven already, he misunderstands any reason Aziraphale would possibly reach out to him as some level of wanting something rather than… just wanting to talk to him. He doesn’t recognize that he is Enough for Aziraphale, no strings or acts of service attached.
We just need one amazing kiss conversation to set this straight
A poster inspired by the new Paramore music video, I love this song and I love the overall aesthetic of this era so much ❤️🩹 No one does it like they do, truly
Well, the titan "submarine" is your local fucking reminder that "Regulations are written in blood" Is NOT a just a fucking saying or just a fucking joke.
As I’ve grown up, I’ve felt myself, little by little, let go of the tireless need for people to see me as “good”. Indeed, everyday I learn there is no such box to fit neatly into. It’s taken a lot of hard looks in the mirror, over many seasons of adulthood… but no longer do I question my ability to lead Paramore with integrity.
WAIT! Ok ok ok im so confused but intrigued!! Ok I’m assuming that Eddie meets Mary Lee in 86’ or 87’, HAI is set in 84’??? I think?? That may be a foresight on my part…. Were Eddie and Lacy not together? On a break?? Cheating scandal?!?! *GASP* I’m living for this absolutely wild development!!
YES exactly, HAI is set in '84! eddie's first go-around at senior year please ignore any plot holes or inconsistencies therein beyond it being canon divergent lol i quite honestly cannot count
without revealing TOOOO MUCH though i always do and probably have already somewhere at some point, eddie definitely doesn't cheat on lacy with mary lee
because if he did, he would be dead, murdered and killed