The Thing Is, It Would Have Made More Sense If Will Was The One To Behave The Way Mike Did At The Start

st fandom collecting queer couples be like:

(yeah el is ace because i said so hehe)

the fifth MCR member

steddie and ronance on a double date:

*eddie and robin are 30 minutes late*

nancy, looking around: where are they? i’m afraid people might think we’re on a date instead.

steve: why, embarrassed to be seen with me?

nancy, deadpan: yes.

steve, fake insulted: you’re no delight either.

robin, appearing out of nowhere: i beg to disagree.

eddie, behind her: and wheeler, steve might be an idiot but at least he’s hot. be grateful.

steve, sarcastically: thanks, babe, so nice to see your devotion to me.

nancy: where have you two been??

eddie & robin: *look at each other confused*

robin: we were trying to be fashionably late.

steve: *rolls his eyes* fashionably late is five to ten minutes late, not 30 minutes late!

nancy: what gave you the idea that you were fashionably late?

eddie & robin: well we are fashionable *strike a pose* and late. but we guess you guys can’t relate.

steve & nancy: …

steve, to nancy: i think we accidentally dated the same person.

nancy: i know, it’s scary.

mike to steve: yeah no dude everyone thinks eddie is hot its not like ... a gay thing

shhh, he’s figuring out something new about himself part |

Here's the thing I've been ruminating on... Whether the Duffers were queer baiting or are a bit homophobic or scared to actually make any characters queer bc the straight audience is the important audience or whatever-- The cast, tho, aren't. I think possibly what they've been hinting at or alluding to is that whether they were supposed to or not... They were playing their character that way. Like Maya and Natalia were leaning into the chemistry and like the idea of ronance. Like Joseph making Eddie flirty with Steve and Keery being on board with it. Or Noah and Finn do think Will and Mike like each other. And yeah, you could say it's another form of queer baiting but I see it more as the Duffers aren't going to make it canon but the actors actually know what people want and give us what they can. Does that make sense?

I could be way off with this but... It's just food for thought and all that.

happy pride

narrator if you don’t stand up right now

(the whole group, plus Billy, has to do research etc. to stop the world from ending)

Nancy: OK, to get more done, we should split into groups of two -

(Steve glances over at Billy and Eddie, who are both looking over at him)

Steve: - I'll go with Dustin.

Dustin(under his breath): Chicken.

Gerard in his black button up/black vest/black jeans era