someone: I miss when you could ship what you want without other people attacking you based on strict rules.

someone else: yeah man, you're so right, the only rules are- (insert the exact strict rules that the op was rolling their eyes at)

like you fucking idiot.

you're literally embodying exactly the opposite of what the original commenter was saying.

like I get being squicked out by incest and pedophilia ships, but "confirmed sexuality?"

lol, so we can't ship heterosexuals with their dumb gay friends? also "anything problematic" can literally mean anything they don't like.

so.

in summation. what a goddamn moron.

just let people ship whatever.

a messed up thing about queer bait is that we can never really appreciate the friendship between two characters because what we want is romance. friendship becomes disappointing and frustrating because it means that our queer existence is not being acknowledged. but of course love between friends is just as meaningful and beautiful as romantic love and what i think is so wonderful about ofmd is that you’re able to see the beauty in the friendship between stede and ed precisely because it’s a romance and we weren’t queer baited. because yes their love is romantic but also they’re friends. they care about each other as friends and they like spending time together and when they say that they’re friends they mean it. it’s not a stand in for romantic love, it’s not a replacement, it’s there and it’s just as important as their romantic love.

love the predator, pity its prey // m.a.w

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH (2022-)

Fanfic writers really said "in any universe, in any scenario, despite any obstacle, these people would love each other" and I think that's very cool of us

Steve… It’s okay, Nance. It’s okay.

Everybody wants a happy ending, everybody wants closure, but that’s not the way life works out.

R+E | IT CHAPTER TWO (2019)

Favorite Character Meme ✰ [⅔] Emotions: Sadness

Bathroom Confessions

Request: heyy, can I request a Steve x reader piece? The reader is shy and is struggling with her insecurities and trust issues, maybe at one point she breaks down and Steve is just there to hold her and make sure she knows how much she is loved? Tears? Angst? I feel like I need that rn.. thank you ♡

Warnings: Swearing, Anxiety, fluff, angst

Word Count: 1.196K

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The ceiling vent of the bathroom was on, soaking up the steam that came from the sink’s faucet, that you’d turned on to mask the sound of your sniffles and crying. 

The worst part of being anxious and shy? Crying over simple things, but being able to cover it up, because you’re too shy to let people know how you felt. There was no reason for your boyfriend to be looped into ‘people.’ Steve knew you better than a lot of people you’d gone to school with the year before, and the people who’d be going to school with in the fall. Yet, you never felt comfortable enough to tell him what was going on in your head.

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the partners, chapter 5 - Steve x Reader

chapter 5 - I know it’s over 

series summary: you and Steve are police apprentices at Hawkins Police Station in the fall of 1986. you get along famously, but there’s something Steve is hiding, and there is an unknown evil lurking in Hawkins. [friends to lovers, angst, hurt/comfort, fluff]

chapter summary: You and Steve head to Bartini to investigate; you pursue your feelings for Steve with devastating results. 

warnings: swearing, angst!!!!!!!!!, drinking, mentions of getting sick 

word count: 4k (oof!)

a/n: here’s the Spotify playlist that goes with the series, and you can catch up here. pirate door scene from this and make sure you buckle up for this chapter fellas

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Saturday comes around, and you prep for the night. You throw on your disguise, which is just a dress that you typically would not wear and a wig from Halloween a few years ago. You attempt to do some makeup that you wouldn’t typically do as well – Steve said it had to be good.  Steve also recommended carrying a weapon, just in case – you grab a switchblade and tuck it into a garter that your mother had given you years ago. You find yourself obsessing over how you look, and you’re not sure if it’s because you’re worried of being caught or worried that you won’t look good enough for Steve.

Your palms get sweatier the closer you get to his house, and your heart rate picks up. You mentally kick yourself over this, but it’s not like it helps.

You pull up to his house around 10 pm, honking the horn once to signal your arrival. Steve steps out a few seconds later. You can’t see much of him in the dark, but you can make out that he’s carrying something pretty large in his hand. Your brows furrow and you watch as he opens the back door, the back seat illuminated by the light in your car. He throws in a wooden bat, riddled with nails, and shuts the door.

Shocked is an understatement.

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Nope

NOPE

N O P E

How dare

I can't