can they teach joyce how to use a gun please every time they go on some kind of mission and she refuses to stay behind it makes me crazy
hopper( war vet, sheriff, knows how to fight and use weapons): i’ll go
murray (knows karate, speaks russian, overall very useful): i’ll go, too
joyce (no formal gun training or transferable skills): and i’m coming too! 😃
granted she does hold her own just by the fact that she’s insane but still realistically STOP LETTING HER COME
still riding the tfatws high, so have some more prompts! these are for muses going undercover at an event as part of a mission!
just a small rant i've seen lots of people complaining about will byers being gay or robin buckley being lesbian or how they'll stop watching if mike is confirmed to be a part of the lgbtq+ community, and it's seriously annoying like girl what "cant even watch a show without someone being gay" there isn't a single show without a straight character. seeing representation always feels so nice, it's something we don't get often. in books, being straight comes up so often people don't even notice, just think about it. its almost always a "mom and dad". i'm not saying everyone has to be queer, but i'm saying don't complain about queer people finally getting more representation when you've got it all your life. will byers is heavily queer-coded and has been since the start, you should've already picked up on it and if it really bothered you so much, you should've stopped watching it when we first got signs (which was really the first episode). finally, gay representation without it being stereotyped. robin buckley is a lesbian, and she isn't in love with steve, best friends can be the opposite genders too. i personally didn't feel bad for steve when robin came out in that one scene because the way i see it, he had such a good friendship and platonic connection with her that he got it mixed up and confused that for romantic feelings for her. lesbian representation is so uncommon, having some is really great in my opinion. robin is lesbian, get over it. mike wheeler is extremely queer coded as well, you just need to pay attention, and don't use the "he's dating el!" excuse because first off, you can be bisexual (surprise surprise!), and you can be in a straight relationship and still be gay (oppression, denial, confusion, etc). if people being queer is such a problem to you, just don't watch the show. you guys act like there isn't more straight people in the show than queer people. there is one confirmed lesbian girl, and one confirmed gay boy. TWO queer people, that's all. how many straight people is there? again, i'm not saying you have to go and make everyone queer, but i am saying that straight people are everywhere, so if there's a couple of queer people in a show, you'll live babes
anyways stan will and robin + byler endgame
so i’ve seen a lot of discourse surrounding hopper’s personality in s3. mostly about how it was ooc/character assassination to see him be so aggressive and toxic but i feel like a lot of people are missing the point???
he’s always been like that
s1 hopper is a totally dickhead in the first few episodes. even to an extent at then end of s1 (he’s willing to give up eleven for will). he’s a pill popping drunk who is afraid of getting close to anyone. his s1 arc is about redeeming himself through saving will because he couldn’t save sara.
s2 hopper’s arc is about him becoming a dad again and you can see him struggle with being over controlling (”YOU ARE LIKE PAPA”) because he feels this incredible weight of needing to keep eleven safe. in relation to jopper, yes he’s jealous but also supportive of bob and joyce’s relationship, but that’s largely because he has no interest in actually pursuing a relationship with joyce at this point. his time and focus is on eleven and hiding her out in the cabin. whether it’s conscious or not, he’s keeping his emotional distance from joyce.
hopper’s character has little self awareness throughout the series. he’s down bad for joyce and everyone knows and even david has his own theories about hopper subconsciously choosing to move to hawkins because he doesn’t have many people he is close to but she’s one of them. on a deep level, i think he’s always felt close to joyce and loved her in some form but i don’t think he really understands and accepts that until much later on.
‘true, that he’s no prince charming, but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see’
inspired by this post
He froze in his tracks when he heard the sound of a branch cracking. Probably some bird or something, but he couldn’t help but turn his head back.
There, standing behind a thin tree, was no sort of bird, or any sort of forest animal.
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OR filling in the gaps between S1 and S2 with El n' Hop and their father/daughter dynamic.
Okay but I know this might be a reallyyyy minor thing but what I would give to have Lonnie try and work his way back into Joyce and the boys lives in season 5 (like he did back in s1 when will went missing) JUST to find JIM FUCKING HOPPER in his ripped Greek god-bod era ready to smack the shit out of him
