I accidentally wrote their first meeting I guess.

I like giving Eddie a chance to be vaguely athletic in unconventional ways, like he's not a runner (the boy flounces very gaily at every opportunity in the show, he frolics with reckless abandon, but he do be climbing and JQ is a nice kind of buff even as skinny Eddie soooo).

Specifically in the BFB setting (Tag for everything for this AU I guess though it's barely relevant now), he was trying to figure out something about realistic climb speed for something fun in DnD, his research and the asinine internet algorithms started pushing "indoor climbing/bouldering near you" at him instead of answering his goddamn question.

So he calls Jeff, doesn't even let him say hi before speaking,

"What the fuck is Bouldering?"

post s3 erica is worried about her friends steve and robin because they're both really skittish and weird and they keep jumping and flinching at everything and she's like what's wrong with them... and dustin's like well they did get a little tortured i guess :/ and erica's like (eleven years old) but that was three whole weeks ago 🤨 and dustin's like ever heard of trauma 🙄 and erica's like shut up dipshit i have to go i have plans. and then she goes and hangs out with her little posse and feels very odd and out of place and she's noticing all of these little things she hasn't before and she's like what's that. and her little friend is like what? oh my bracelet? it's a medical alert it's because i'm allergic to penicillin. so if i'm like dying in public doctors know i can't have penicillin. and erica's like oh. hm. and her other friend is like oh that's like my cousin's dog he has to wear a vest in public that says NERVOUS on it so people don't come up to him and scare him.

and while her friends start arguing about comparing each other to nervous dogs erica is thinking very hard about her dear pals who are kinda losers but they stayed behind to let her escape the russians... and she's like hm they're like that nervous dog.... i should do something to help them. because they are such weak little losers obviously.

next day erica walkies steve and is like bring robin to my house NOW. they arrive very worried and she presents them with two little beaded bracelets (way more colorful than these and with little heart and star shaped beads too).

they're like wh. and she's like they're medical alert bracelets. for your russian trauma. and she says this so sincerely and she is so eleven years old that steve and robin make eye contact and they're immediately like erica that's really thoughtful of you thank you SO much.

and then they get in steve's car and they drive like halfway down the road before steve has to park because they're both laughing so hard they're crying and robin's like i'm never taking this off ever and steve is like oh my god she put glitter beads on mine is yours glittery?? and robin's like YES AND I THINK THE HEART GLOWS IN THE DARK!! and they literally laugh so hard they almost throw up. and they never take them off ever 🩷

This is cannon in my heart.

the fact that ST literally did what bugs me the most in Steve-centric fanfics......

whyyyy are you separating Robin and Steve 😭😭😭 they are a package deal.... wherever she goes, he goes and vice versa..... who's gonna manage the braincell they bounce between the two of them when they're so far away from each other :[[[[

Ronance is hilarious because robin would sit Nancy down all somber in a way she rarely gets, and be like “just a warning. Before we get serious. You need to know that Steve and I? We’re a package deal. You can’t have me without him. We have a signed contract saying we’ll never take a job without each other. Never live more than four blocks apart. Never leave each other and never die without each other. So. You don’t have to fuck him or anything but know he’s like our platonic trophy husband.” And Nancy would sigh. Look to Karen (regularly pays Steve to babysit holly when she needs a break), holly (loves getting babysat by Steve, who makes her cinnamon toast with sprinkles), and Mike (reluctantly refers to Steve as his babysitter, would lay down his life for the guy, secretly thinks of him as a cool older brother figure) and just mutter, “why the fuck can’t ANYONE in my life be normal about my ex”

slipping through my fingers

Mike ! wake up!!

theyre talking on the phone

There are ghosts in Hawkins...

Fanfics with shitty English are valuable.

Fanfics with the weirdest tropes or pairings are valuable.

"No beta" fanfics are valuable.

Artistic outlets save lives.

Never stop writting.

people don’t enjoy shipping anymore. the point of shipping isn’t the catharsis of watching them kiss onscreen, it’s grabbing the characters and mashing their faces together like you’re five years old playing Barbie in your room again. it’s to take one moment of eye contact in canon and read that over and over and over again with twenty different writers’ interpretations of the characters internal monologues if they were in love. it’s to see the characters interact and cheer because you know that’s another moment to add to your list of canon compliant fic ideas. you’re stressing yourself out, this is supposed to be fun!

in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD

instead ask:

and don't forget to stay silly

Booo.. If i was Stan and I thought I accidentally killed my brother I promise would've KM_S right then and there 💔😭

When you learn how to crochet/ knit or really any type of fiber arts, there will be a voice in your head that tells you that you should make something for everyone for the holidays.

Do not listen to that voice, for it is the devil.

Hey. Stop for a second. Take this moment to appreciate that you don't have to write a paper right now. No one is asking you to write a paper. You don't have to think about the paper or plan your time around the paper. You have the freedom to think about whatever you want. Everything is going to be okay. At least you don't have to write a paper right now

you need to make more self-indulgent art btw. hyper-specific self-indulgent niche shit that appeals to You Specifically and maybe nobody else will get it or even like it but that's the point.

i do have to say that no matter how shitty any sort of media is or how shitty your own creations are. always remember

straight up “drawing” it. and by “it” well haha. lets just say my Nothing