#well towards strangers

[findafight]

Robin chose Steve. Robin made the conscious and deliberate decision that she could and would trust Steve. She already liked him! She had fun working and bantering with him! They were already on their way to being weird little bffs and the torture just expedited the process. Steve chose Robin just the same! He thinks she's fun and cool and likes her so much! He chose to be honest and open with her too, putting himself out there.

Even though their interests on the surface level don't match why wouldn't they share them? Steve clearly caves when Robin wants to watch a movie he doesn't think he'll like, Robin can watch a March madness game or five.

Stop trying to take away their bond oh my god people can be close to more than one person!!! Their best friend doesn't have to be dismissive or mean or whatever in order for a romance to be special to them!

#if i have to see another fic or whatever that makes it seem like robin doesnt give a shit about what steve likes and talkes about im going #to scream and maybe even rampage #its nice to sit down and have someone who knows explain who the players are and what the stakes for this particular game!! #just because yall seem to not think anyone can be nutral towards sports doesnt mean people aren't #literally why is it so hard to believe robin would like to hear steve talk as much as steve likes to hear her talk #i am so close to telling some steddie shippers to not look at steve or robin or their friendship because some of yall do Not get it. #its like you can see them go 'have to make sure eddie is the most perfect specialest boy for steve...well that means robin doesn't Get Him ' #or 'robin ignores him/dismisses his interests/isnt told everything happening in his life' like okay dont ever touch them again thanks #robin is steves specialest sunshine cupcake goober girl. steve is robins bestest happy times sweet funnyman. dont u dare take that away. #omce again tsgs longer than the post but ah well. #stobin #platonic stobin #robin buckley #steve harrington #stranger things #finda's rambles #steve and robin #this is a scheduled post just to jazz things up i guess #but seriously some of yall need to STOP MESSIGN WITH STOBIN

[phantomrose96]

Fun bit of etiquette difference between Reddit and Tumblr is if someone misuses a word on Reddit (wrong "their", "peak"/"pique", whatever) it's common to see someone in the replies correct it and the OP will be like "oh thank you. edited my comment to fix grammar error"

If you do that on Tumblr you get mauled with teeth.

#chrissy speaks #I believe this counts as helpful advice toward any reddit newbies here because of the API blackout #edit: thinking about this a little more seriously #i think it's because Reddit is a bit more of a public forum #and oftentimes cares more about appearing smart in conversation #and since the things you say are meant to be viewed by the public #and meant to be part of a back-and-forth with strangers #then correcting grammar is a sort of 'hey your fly is down' moment #to help the person prevent future embarassment #while tumblr is much more 'you're just fucking around with some friends' #and if a stranger comes up to you to go 'well actually' theyll seem like a total knob

[sleepymrshmllow]

insp 🌸

#byler #mike wheeler #will byers #elmike #el hopper #stranger things #kydraws #reddit link jumpscare /hj but i couldnt find another place to link im too sleepy 😩 #some notes! due to misconceptions ive seen: #in my mind this is meant to be a mike centric piece representing him feeling torn between his feelings for will and the sortve #the comfort of normalcy he has being with el? (+ societal pressures). #the painting replaces the sword here to symbolize like the *thing* setting things off in mike's mind if that makes sense #the want and hope that the painting was a gift from will (the one he wants to be with) yet dealing with the conflicting feelings #of the painting actually being from el (obviously this isnt the case but lets say he fully believes will's lie about it being from her) #which is why both will and el are touching the painting but will has the paint on his hands (as well as having more of a grasp on it) #this is not meant to be a humorous piece! idk why i saw ppl implying this is meant to be a joke or mean towards el bc its absolutely not om #aand the from el tag was just mean being in a goofy mood lol wanted to add more cheesy symbolism #oh oh! and you can absolutely view this with bi mike in mind 😌💗

[dr3amofagame]

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#noah fence but some people who complain about manipulative behavior and then trauma dump in the tags of strangers #and leverage their own experiences in order to prove themselves Correct About Fiction #through the implicit accusation that people who don’t agree with them are acting disrespectfully towards their trauma #would do well to remember how to properly interact with people on the internet #and take a good long hard look in the mirror re: the manipulation they claim to hate #just a thought!!

[chirpsythismorning]

El/Brenner plot: green

Cali Crew plot: Yellow

Hawkins Gang plot: purple

Russia plot: blue

Vecna plot: grayish blue

And for anyone whose deterred by Mike not being blue anymore to match the whole ‘blue (Mike) meets yellow (Will) in the West (California) theory’…. this technically still establishes the West is indeed yellow…

Not to mention, this only confirms what I assumed about the individual character posters.

Mike was in fact the ONLY character, out of everyone, to have his shirt entirely discolored. It was blue all season… so why is it perfectly colored to look vibrantly yellow..?…. With these new icons confirming that even more than before…?

#byler #stranger things #stranger things 4 posters #the foreshadowing was real #remember Will touching his neck in those teasers?? #yeah well we didn’t see that aspect of the story even be mentioned until the last second of s4… #so what else was foreshadowing… #Lonnie’s car… #Mikes feet pointing towards Will as he looked right back at him… #the palm tree hearts #matching the van scene cgi hearts #‘you’re the heart’ #‘there’s a new couple. here a couple hearts from us to you 💖💖

[pinkeoni]

If Will not the chosen hero then why give him an arc in s1 that follows the Hero’s Journey very literally. Why make him cross the threshold into the Unknown World. Why give him a literal death and resurrection and a return journey. Why code him as a hero through his narrative if inconsequential?

#will byers #stranger things #byler #<- target audience #willuminati #gonna use that tag whenever i talk about his main character status lmao #i should mention that el’s narrative also follows this structure prettt well #but her unknown world is the normal world #which points toward her arc being about her becoming a human being an not a hero #monster or weapon #just so it doesnt look like im ignoring el lol

[belle-keys]

what are your thoughts on this take? at a first glance, this seems like a mostly american/chronically online view. if i deep it, it seems that younger people maybe think romantic relationships in media strip characters of their individuality and so they want less of it?

#i don't agree that romantic relationships make you less of an individual btw #i absolutely gravitate toward romance and sex in media #romance should be done well first and foremost and that's all that matters #and i don't think having romantic relationships is inherently 'forcing' anything either #it really just needs to be natural and make sense #which is what most writers suck at: the execution of romantic relationships #media #books #stranger things #fandom ships #fandom #ya books #ya fiction #the bear season 2 #books and literature #fandom discourse #romance #romantic relationships #gen z #gen z problems #gen z experience #anti shipping

[adashofniallandasprinkleoflunacy]

#job secured 😛 #it’s full time 9 hour days but Fridays are 4 hours #my nepotism baby arc (paulina helped me secure it at the clinic I go to LMFAO) #well kinda like I applied and they called me back but I missed the call #so when I went to see her (for the first time since September she said she got excited when she saw my name on her schedule bless her soul) #I told her how I called him back but the like didn’t even ring it just went straight to voicemail both times #so she called him from her work phone and pretended I was a stranger she ran into bc patient confidentiality LMFAOEKFK #she went ‘I found someone in the hall who came to ask about a job because she got a call but hasn’t been able to get in contact with you’ #and he came down there and was Iike ‘I’m so sorry I’ve been doing orientations and interviews all day I must have missed you’ #and we were talking in the elevator to his office about the position and he goes ‘do you have time for an interview right now?’ I was :O #and said yes ofc #interviewed with the 2 pharmacists then and there and he called and offered me the position the next day!! #and I’m making more than I did at my previous job and it’ll go up once I get certified in like 2 months #they’re willing to train me and everything?? #and the reason I wanted this job so bad is bc it counts towards my healthcare experience for grad school SLAY #2 birds 1 stone baby

[orcelito]

Done with the funeral 👍

It was rough at first, & there were a few Strange moments (like seeing my ex step family for the first time in like 8 years), but... in the end, it was actually kind of nice? I cried 3 times total, two during the service, but Thankfully not during when I spoke.

Which. That was actually not that bad. I ended up just reading what I wrote last night/this morning, which is usually not my presentation style, but I didn't have time to practice it lol.

I made people cry, though. Several people shared that with me. One person told me that I should be a writer, and I was like "Well, Good News about That!" I hadn't thought about the fact that my experience with writing would make a good eulogy, but apparently it did!

We played Linkin Park's Shadow of the Day at the end, since Linkin Park is something we grew up listening to because of him. And I'm just always gonna have that memory of it, now.

Yeah.

#speculation nation #there was a Lot of people. so much of my dad's work union showed up. like some 75 people or so. idk #i wasnt entirely sure bc i was just Not looking up lol. but the 100 person room was pretty full #i have never hugged so many random strangers in my life. #it was sweet though. my father was well loved. #it was a rough time starting out but. it was a good experience in the end #understanding why people do this now. it doesnt fix the fact that he's dead. but it feels... healing i guess #like a step in the right direction. a step towards healing. #need to text my ex step sis. she said she wants to get back in contact. #they... *were* family for 7 very formative years of my life. so maybe. maybe. i could talk to them again. #my family definitely has been dwindling. i need to cling to what i have. #anyways. yeah. things are mostly just melancholy now. and i can finally rest tonight.

[pissywiser]

nah bc i love how b*lly apologists never even talk about b*lly being racist theyll talk all day about him being a victim of abuse (oh him continuing the cycle of abuse, unlike jonathan? oh him being abusive towards max? yeah idk where you heard that... certainly not canon..) and they wont even mention him being racist. they know its a losing battle

yucky now from so much thinking about b*lly :(((

#yes i KNOW different people respond to abuse differently #yes i KNOW you shouldnt compare victims of abuse!! im not!!! #i just also know he perpetuated the cycle of abuse #towards max #and was horribly racist towards lucas! #“he cared about max 🥺” #okay well he fucked her up so bad she feels guilty bc shes glad hes dead because guess what!!!! #he was abusive to her!!! #woah!!!! #anyway #grey talks #omg if the b*lly stans find me istg #byler #< target audience #stranger things #tw abuse #tw racism

[zero-a]

people will go all "just be yourself and love yourself! :)" and then go "if you don't act the way i want, you gotta reprogram your entire way of thinking then reach into the very core of who you are and what makes you you, discard it, and replace it with this better, friendlier, more empathetic version that's coincidentally far more convenient for me to deal with than any other possible compromise we can make that you can do for me but doesn't stretch your mind to nothing but thin bands of what you'd consider 'You' :))))))"

#mine.txt #just thinking about all those 'think positively!' and 'romanticize your life!' posts #like on one hand i can see their merit cause self-hatred though instinctual is ultimately detrimental to your mental health #but on the other hand...some of them (a lot of them) are really just unashamedly asking other people to completely change themselves huh #all in the guise of ''positive thinking'' ''self-love'' and ''betterment'' no less #i suppose i shouldnt be surprised considering most people can barely grasp the concept of someone who Genuinely has muted emotions #as a natural state instead of a depressive symptom #not to mention the human quality of escalating things #so ofc tumblr which seems to currently be in its mental health recovery phase would naturally lean in so hard towards ''radical happiness'' #but man sometimes i really do just wanna shake the person from behind the screen and say #'no! dont you understand! this is just how i am! stop implying that everybody who doesnt feel joy at simply waking up is a miserable hag!' #sometimes they dont even imply it they just straight up say it 💀 #im honestly fine (as in idc) with seeing them but they remind me so much of those toxic positivity bitches that sell you random hoaxes #and tell you that youre ''ruining their vibes'' when youre not just beaming like the sun every waking second #well idc most of the time that is #sometimes they just trigger my szpd (and my dpd weirdly enough) #with the szpd obviously i dont like being told what to do and what to feel and having some rando assume things about me #but with the dpd its like #oh i must be doing something wrong ofc this stranger on the internet knows more about emotions and feelings than me #cause im a dumbass who doesnt Feel things therefore i must do what they say even to my own detriment #this mainly applies to those guilt-trippy ones so ive learned to steer clear of them #possibly even block the op

[findafight]

as someone who doesn't ship stancy or jancy, i admittedly do have a preference for jancy, but for very different reasons than the ones you mentioned in your previous, i was wondering if that was something you'd be interested in hearing? i know that post was a vent, so i didn't want to assume

ohhh yeah I'd be down to hear! I am not against Jancy at all I just think canon refuses to let them be interesting even when they're being messy. to me they are a neutral ship I guess? fine either way.

It was mostly a vent about how some people are so viciously anti-stancy that the just completely ignore the exact issues in the ship they like that they bring up for stancy? and while that applies to...a lot of ships honestly, it is pretty glaring discussing jancy and specifically the discussions of the future. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

#jancy #stranger things #anonasaurus #findaanswers #yeah anon tell me! #bc tbh to me what tips more towards stancy was the whole visions of the future thing. Steve sees one with nancy as a positive #and something to work towards and build. where jon sees it as something to dread and how it can only go wrong. #i mean i also think jancy is kinda boring? at least stancy has mess and acknowledges some of it even if it avoids most of it #jancy has potential to be messy but i doubt it will? but i won't be upset or devastated if its endgame #i think all three of them (especially nancy) should end single tbh but i doubt that'll happen unfortunately #tbh i think people talk themselves in circles to avoid simpling acknowledging they just don't like steve #and i mean this happens in every fandom where ppl try to find a moral reason for not liking some character/ship #and really you are allowed to just not vibe with something. you can have reasons for the nonvibing #but its not a moral thing ya know? #said more in the tags than the body text but ah well #finda's rambles

[counting-stars-gayly]

i’m gonna need a parallel on season 5 where byler kiss and mike grabs will’s hands and puts them on him

I see you, and I raise you one: Mike puts his own hands on Will’s face and in his hair when they kiss.

#it would be such a nice contrast to do many scenes where El kisses him as well as that scene at the end of season three where she #puts her hands in his hair while he’s just trying to pull away #I need Mike to initiate so much affection toward Will that it gets ridiculous #byler #byler st5 #byler s5 #byler kiss #byler confession #byler canon #byler my beloved #byler fluff #mike wheeler i know what you are #mike wheeler is in love with will byers #mike and will #will and mike #counting stars anon #stranger things asks #mike x will #will x mike #mike wheeler #will byers #stranger things #stranger things five

[ariesbilly]

much thought was put into this and it is how it is

#i COULD have put billy as closeted homosexual #or lil thottie #or poor little meow meow #but ultimately my heart was pulled towards limp wrist so #argyle is not greg energy but like where else was he supposed to go #yes i did not include that man #wasnt room for him anyway oh well whoops #also carol and nancy were initially switched lmao #but carol framing tommy for her murder felt so right to me #stranger teens

[freetobeeyouandme]

Absolutely going insane because I just noticed it because I was looking for another detail, but please look at their shoes!! They have sizes, printed very clearly and facing towards us so we can read them:

10, 6, and 10 again! Now, remember how the dnd game in ep1 forshadowed El losing because Dustin rolled an 11 and it wasn’t enough? And then Erica saved the day with a nat 20? Well, guess what’s 20? 10+10

#byler #mike wheeler #will byers #Stranger Things #st spoilers #i feel so stupid for pointing towards basic math as a proof of anything but like! That was this season! #and maybe it is just the actors' sizes but it's still making me side eye #like we've been asking what 20 stands for and well. I haven't seen numbers anywhere else so far

[cannibalismyuri]

YALL. HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE TO FUCKING REBLOG BEFFR RN .

#this is not against anyone i am just fueled by self hatred and idk fucking hatred towards fandom behaviour #looooove how ppl have made some fic writers the 'staple' of the byler community #anyone who gets fame DEF deserves it but that doesn't mean u completely ignore fics from other people #this 'Famous Writers TM' thing is so fucking disgusting 2 me #u basically dont broaden ur horizons at all #i get liking certain people'a writing styles but you HAVE to start reading fics by people other than those already famous writers #you HAVE to start supporting writers that aren't that famous #you HAVE to start reading stuff from people whom u dont usually read #this is the reason for much toxicity and resentment towards fic writers who totally DESERVE the fame #its just that sometimes manyy other people deserve fame too. #this isn't even just abt me #its about soooo many other fic writers who r my friends #who get ZERO recognition because YOU'RE busy hyping up people who dont need it #now its not like you CANT hype them up or you SHOULDN'T hype them up #just please TRY to support other fic writers as well <3 #stranger things (sara's version) #fandom critical #byler #byler fanfic