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The original idea being Billy joins the gang and them ditching it is my villain origin story
don’t mind me just digging a hole to bury myself in “:”))
The Fish in Lover’s Lake - Part 1 (Test)
HEYYY So...I kinda wrote this on a whim and it was an idea that was inspired by @wrecked-fuse recent insta post (link : https://www.instagram.com/p/CPilOSflQBd/) and I want to write more so I'm posting it to possibly get some feedback to see if it's good thus far so please please lemme know what you think :))
The Hargrove family had recently moved to the town of Hawkins, Indiana. A horrible downgrade from living in California in Max and Billy’s opinion. When they moved they had said goodbye to the sunny beaches and the calming waves. Billy had never wanted to come to this tiny hicktown. But there was nothing he could’ve said or done to change the fact that he was here now. Here, unpacking his belongings into his room while blasting Metallica from his radio. Lit cigarette hanging loosely from his lips in his, slowly filling his room with smoke.
He went to go open a window and- fuck it’s cold. He took a deep inhale of his cigarette to quickly warm himself up. He glanced back at the pile of boxes and sighed. He had unpacked a decent amount of things that his dad wouldn’t be on his ass about. So, he pushed the last few boxes into his closet. I’ll get to them later, thought Billy, right now I need to get some air….and a beer. His dad and stepmom were out getting groceries and running errands which gave him a few hours to be out.
He stuck his head into his stepsister’s room, “I’m heading out for a bit, just tell dad that I’m out getting something for my room or some shit like that.” Max glanced up from where she was organizing her box of comics.
“Where are you really going?” Billy was already walking down the hall when he shouted back,
“None of your damn business!”
Max huffed out an annoyed sigh, rolled her eyes, and returned to organizing her comics. She and her brother had been on edge ever since the whole...incident. He had always been a bit of a jerk but after what happened and then the move; she knew that their few moments that they actually acted somewhat like friends was over.
Alrighty here we go….
This Billy :
Billy the newest star athlete slightly bad boy who has a knack for finding the strange and different and at the root of it is a genuinely kind person who just wants to have someone get to know him and see him for who he really is
With this Steve :
Steve the Hair Harrington who has recently been dethroned by the “new guy” and has found the company of these rag tag kids and has kinda become their unofficial protector and leader who wouldn’t mind the help of someone who isn’t totally wrapped up in all the bullshit of high school as there are strange things afoot in hawkins and he doesn’t want to do it alone
The more I think about the more I love the idea of a kind of mix of Dacre’s Jason Lee Scott and his Billy Hargrove and as I’ve seen both films these two characters actually have a lot in common and it would be super cool to see how it would’ve played out for Billy if he had another person like Steve to be able to know he’s not alone and the same goes for Steve
Thanks @lovebillyhargrove for tagging me (I actually was both excited and surprised that I got to be apart of this rad chain cause I’ve seen so many good ideas and posts so I’m glad I got to make my contribution) and as for who I want tag next that would be : @b-leach-ing @saberghatz and @memes-saved-me
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“ J u s t T h i n k i n g … “
Did someone order moRE SOFT HARRINGROVE? Because my god, I know I need some after season 3 :’)
steve would've taken such good care of billy....
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The Lifeguard And The Rip Current: Our First BIG HINT That Billy Is Alive
IMPORTANT: If you haven’t read my post “The First Rule of Analyzing Stranger Things: The Upside Down Is Symbolized By Water,” please read it before you continue. Thanks!
Billy has just come fresh from the water, beaming with pride. “Did you see that?” he brags to his mom. “That wave was at least seven feet!” When she says they have to leave, he begs for ten more minutes. Reluctantly, she agrees.
As he grabs his surfboard and runs back to the water, his mom calls, “Billy?”
He pauses. Instinctively, we feel that whatever she says next is significant.
“Watch out for rip currents!” she finishes.
“I know!” he answers cheerfully.
Then he hurries to the water, gets on his board, and swims away.
Weird exchange, isn’t it?
Everything in film has meaning. To tell a story using film, you can only use sight and sound. That means sets (especially location shoots, like a beach), costumes, dialogue, etc., are all chosen deliberately. If chosen well, they will clarify the story instead of muddying the waters. In other words, if Billy’s mom goes out of her way to mention rip currents, you better sit up and pay attention.
Okay, so what does it mean? Why did the writers include this moment?
To find the answer, we must define what a rip current is.
The graphic says, “Rip currents are powerful currents of water moving away from shore. They can sweep even the strongest swimmer out to sea.”
Interesting. So they’re currents of water with a violent pull. Dare I say it, they could even sweep your feet out from under you.
Now where have we seen that in Stranger Things? (Skip to 1:30 in the video below.)
Yep. I’m saying what you think I’m saying.
When Billy catches the railing, the floor in front of him even looks like water. Study the screenshot below carefully–
See what I mean? The floor is ocean blue, and the dust patterns look like ripples. This is a purposeful design choice with an undeniable meaning.
The Upside Down is the ocean. The Mind Flayer and His servants are the rip current.
This revelation puts a whole new spin on victims of the Upside Down. Not only can we describe them as drowning victims; we can also say they drowned because a rip current swept them out to sea.
Alright then! Keep the metaphor going. Suppose a rip current swept you out to sea. What would increase your chances of survival?
- You’re a strong swimmer, and you’ve learned how to handle rip currents. You know to stay calm and swim parallel to shore until you’ve escaped the current’s pull.
- A lifeguard saw you and is coming to rescue you.
A lifeguard.
A lifeguard.
Okay. Let’s take it slow… BREATHE… and unpack what this means.
If any victim of the Upside Down can escape it on his own, it’s Billy. In fact, the Duffers have already foreshadowed that he will.
1) Billy knows how to deal with rip currents. What does he say when his mom warns him on the beach? “I know!” He doesn’t even sound worried. He sounds cheerful and confident, like escaping rip currents is second nature to him.
And that makes perfect sense. He grew up beside the ocean. He’s probably known about rip currents since he was old enough to swim.
We can’t say that for someone like Barb. She’s probably lived in Hawkins her entire life - as far away from the ocean as you can get. We don’t even see her swim in the Harringtons’ pool in S1. Does she know how? We never find out.
2) Like I mentioned above, Billy is a lifeguard. A lifeguard’s job is to save others from drowning. In the symbolic structure of Stranger Things, where ‘drowning’ means ‘dying in the Upside Down,’ that translates to: Billy will save others from the Upside Down.
3) Billy is so good at swimming that he teaches others how. When he’s flirting with Karen in S3, we find out he gives swimming lessons at the pool. It’s his side job in addition to being a lifeguard. In the symbolic structure of Stranger Things, that translates to: Billy will not only save others from the Upside Down; he will also teach them how to save themselves.
4) Billy is a surfer. He’s learned how to ride the waves… and symbolically tame them. Even when he falls in the water, it’s nothing to be afraid of. He just gets back on his surfboard and tries again.
No other character understands water like Billy. We could even say water is his element. It’s so central to his being that the Duffers chose to represent his mind as a beach.
The message is clear–
Billy will ultimately survive his encounter with the Upside Down. In future seasons, he will even tame it.
»»————- ✼ ————-««
P.S. The strategy for escaping rip currents foreshadows how Billy will ‘return to shore’: “Swim out of the current in a direction parallel to the shoreline.”
More on that soon~~
its clown time...and im all eyes and ears for this masterpiece
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always always always reblog for the blessing that is Dacre Montgomery and how much life he breathed into Billy Hargrove
Drew some scarred Billy (cause I’m a sucker for the fics where he has scars and still keep his spunk) and some more Billy n Venom from my spider man au
Sooooooo I done did it I did the thing and I’m very habby :))
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Red is his color
Red Gay...
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Blue Harrington
...and Blue Bi
HAPPY STRANGER THINGS DAY
TW : blood
“You were moving your feet. Plant them next time. Draw a charge.”
Posted this on my Insta Reels and thought it was really funny so I’m posting here too