I love steddie. I do. With all my heart. It's my favorite ship of all time. 100% real no clickbait 1 link mega.
And I love the fandom adopting the idea that Eddie is gay, and Steve is bisexual (and often Eddie is Steve's bi awakening, that feels accurate), but I'm also very hyped about the idea of Eddie learning he's bi because he has a brief crush on Chrissy.
I can picture him so easily after speding half an hour with Chrissy in the woods his mind going like "I thought I was into guys?!?! what's happening???", and then blushing because she was adorable all the time and then learning that he was wrong all the time by sterotyping her for being a cheerleader, thinking to himself "well I think it's time to rethink a few things", and then everything goes holy shit and he gets to know Steve and he goes like "ok, yup, so apparently I've got a type and that happens to be layered jocks with unfitting reputations, hearts of gold, 80 pound sweet pupper energy, impossibly huge eyes and smiles that can eclipse the sun. I'm fucked."
And this is why I love this fandom!! We collectively adopt a lot of ideas but there's always someone that comes up with a new idea like this one that I LOVE (seriously, Eddie rethinking his whole sexuality because of Chrissy? accurate) and that gets me to love this ship/fandom on a whole new level
but also, imagine the convo between eddie and steve:
Steve, trying to confess his feelings: I just wanted to tell you I'm bi
Eddie, excited: you too?
Steve, hopeful: oh, yeah I found out very recently, you know...
Eddie, making the wrong logical connection: oh... who was it for you, Buckley?
Steve, rethinking his knowledge of bisexuality: what the fuck