#from the junkyard

[loveinhawkins]

“Why are you whistling?” Eddie asks after he’s heard Steve do it for the fourth time.

“Huh?”

Eddie imitates him; it’s not like Steve is just casually following a tune in his head—it sounds deliberate. Encouraging whistles, one right after the other, in groups of three. Like a… like a call to something.

“Oh.” Steve chuckles slightly, gestures vaguely to the trees around them—to the evening fog that’s settling in, clinging to the branches. They’ll be nearing Lover’s Lake soon, surely. “Guess ‘cause of, uh… it’s just… a habit.” He smiles as if to himself. “In case of… dogs. So they come to me first.”

Eddie shakes his head. “Dogs. Right. Do I need a translator around you all?”

Steve’s smile grows. “Maybe. Not gonna spill all our secrets just like that, Munson. Gotta respect, um…” He clicks his fingers. “Narrative tension.”

Eddie snorts. “Fine. I’ll get the full story outta you yet, Harrington. Just you wait.”

“Mm-hmm. It’s a good one.”

“Why?”

Steve shrugs, but Eddie follows where his eyes linger: Lucas, Max. Dustin.

“Uh, I guess… it wasn’t really the beginning of… everything. But, um, it kinda was one. A beginning, I mean—for me, anyway.” He huffs, seems to hear himself. “Sorry. That was cryptic as hell and I wasn’t even… Hey, man, lemme know if you find a translator, think I need one for me, too.”

Eddie smiles. “Sure.”

But even as they’re walking towards uncertainty, even though Eddie knows there’s so many little stories he’s missing, all tangled up in the big one…

He finds that he can understand a lot about Steve without needing words.

There’s a tautness to his body as he walks, like even when seemingly relaxed, he’s always ready to run. Like there’s an unbreakable string pulling right from the centre of him, and Eddie already knows that it’ll lead straight to the kids.

Three whistles in the dark.

So they come to me first.

Eddie’s growing certain that this story in its entirety won’t exactly put his mind at ease. But for some reason, as they walk side-by-side, his heartbeat slows, like he’s finally calm enough to feel something other than fear.

Something close to fondness.

Maybe.

I don’t need a translator, Steve Harrington. Turns out I can read you pretty damn well.

#another hike from skull rock to lover’s lake missing scene #s2 steve has a special place in my heart ❤️ oh the implications of the junkyard scene & the tunnels scene #pre steddie #steddie ficlet #steddie fic #steddie #steve and the party #eddie is perceptive #steve x eddie #steve harrington #eddie munson

[stealingyourspins]

Jay cannot beat the 70s attire allegations

Closeups, links to my Ninjago outfit headcanons, and alt designs under the cut.

Zane, Jay, Cole, Kai, Nya, P.I.X.A.L.

#superstar rockin jay’s outfit is literally a 70s disco suit. #and bc he’s too far away from lots of stores at the junkyard he gets his dads hand me downs. therefore: 70s clothing #the flowers on his shirt are storm lilies :) #spins art #bones art #ninjago #jay ninjago #ninjago jay #ninjago fanart #ninjago headcanons

[uglly-rodent]

HE CAN ONLY COUNT TO 4

#He can solve complex equations #build weapons of mass destruction from scrap you find at a junkyard #and surpasses his creator in intelligence #but hes still a wil' baby so he cant count without using his fingers #guardians of the galaxy #gotg #rocket raccoon #gotg fanart #my art #tw flashing #tw bright colors

[milf-harrington]

For the made-up fic title prompt:

"Just another normal doomsday"

♡

Just Another Normal Doomsday

Hawkins, 1987.

"I'm just saying, punk rock gay sex is different to hippy gay sex."

"How?"

Robin shrugged, stirring her straw through her milkshake before lifting the whole cup to her mouth to drink it. "It's sexier."

She was sitting with her legs crossed underneath her, back leaning against the bus window so she could face where he was sitting across the aisle. The bus was pleasantly dim, but watery sunlight streamed through a gap on her side and bathed her face in blue shadows while her hair lit up with bronze at the ends.

Steve snorted, leaning sideways with one leg stretched over the aisle, muddy sneaker propped up on the edge of Robin's bench. A cardboard tray filled with chips was nestled in his lap, the corners darkened with grease and grainy with salt.

"You're just saying that because your parents are hippies."

From Steve's backpack, their walkie (one they shared, with masking tape scribbled over in colourful markers stuck to the back, their names written in each others handwriting) crackled to life, codes carried out in a cloud of static that made them both sigh in unison.

Robin burped, dropping her empty milkshake cup back into the bag their food had come in. "No," She protested, milk lining her upper lip before she wiped it away. "I'm saying it because it's true."

"They're both gay!"

"But being punk rock is gayer!"

He flicked a chip crumb at her when she reached for her bag, watching it dodge her flailing attempts at a block and get stuck in her hair. "I'm telling Eddie you called him gay."

She blinked at him, face scrunched up in the same expression she used to give him whenever he opened his mouth at Scoops. "Eddie is gay, and I'm telling him that you called him punk rock-"

Something outside shrieked, high and rattling like broken glass against a sheet of metal. They shared a look like the ones they used to share at Family Video, when customers were being unreasonable and they couldn't say anything about it or they'd get fired.

Steve leaned down to grab his bat from the floor, wiping the grease off of his hands onto his jeans as Robin stood and stretched. There was still a deep purple bruise tucked into the inner corner of her eye from a demo-bat attack on patrol a few days ago, and Steve felt the matching one on his shoulder twinge when he hauled the nail-bat over it.

"He won't do anything," He told her, stepping in front to take the lead as they moved towards the front of the bus. The windows were still sloppily boarded up from a night that felt like a hundred years ago, just Steve and a bunch of kids who were in over their head. "I call him punk all the time, I think he's grown immune to it."

They stopped at the door, Robin squeezing past to stand on the other side, where the controls were. They stayed quiet, peering through the dirty glass to get a grasp of the how many and where. Dustin's code said three, but they'd been wrong before.

"Yeah, but if he hears you've been spreading that around?" Robin whispered, reaching behind her to wrap bandaged fingers around the lever. She whistled low, mostly breath, and Steve rolled his eyes. "You won't have to worry about demodogs, is all I'm saying."

"Yeah, yeah." He muttered, tightening his grip on the bat as the door shuttered open and a gust of warm air hit his face.

He crept outside, second-hand work boots crunching lightly on the gravel as he listened to Robin hurry up the ladder to the roof. She was going to yell directions and throw molotov cocktails while he did the actual hard shit. Technically the lookout part was supposed to be Eddie's job, and Robin was meant to be at Steve's back with her axe, but apparently they were at a crucial stage of the campaign and he "couldn't miss it".

Part of Steve hoped he'd get eaten, if only to get his boyfriend to reorganise his priorities a bit.

A half hour later, Steve leaned against the side of the bus, sweaty and panting while Robin offered him her water-bottle. She reeked of cheap alcohol and the sharp smell of burning, glittering shards of glass caught in her fringe. Gore dripped from the nails in his bat, and one of the dogs had gotten a good swipe at his shin, but he remained mostly un-grievously-injured. He still hurt everywhere though, body complaining about all the diving over and around and behind random bits of junk and machinery.

"Metal gay sex is probably gayer than punk rock gay sex." He decided, and Robin hummed thoughtfully.

"You'd know."

He shrugged, tilting his head with an ehh. "I've never slept with a punk so I can't be sure, but you've met Eddie."

"I have indeed. Speaking of- are we having dinner at Wayne's tonight?"

Steve groaned - not in complaint, it's just that his everything hurt and he'd forgotten about their dinner plans - and ran a hand through his hair. It was greasy and damp with sweat and monster blood. Overhead, a flock of demobats shrieked and weaved among each other, not bothering with the two of them as they headed off towards the quarry.

"Yeah, I said we'd pick up mince for that chuck-in he makes, but that was before the butcher got eaten this morning and I don't think Melvald's is open today."

Robin sighed, scooping up her bag and shrugging it over her shoulder. She held out a hand, fingers spread and wiggling expectantly, and he grinned as he clasped their hands together.

The headed off towards the tracks, a short-cut to the trailer park, and swung their hands back and forth between them.

"I could make that pasta my mum taught me?" Robin offered. "Pretty sure the Munson's will have all of that."

He groaned, this time in delight, and swung their hands a bit higher like a kid on the swings excited to touch the clouds. "God yes, please."

#this might be ooc im really fucking tired lmao #hope you enjoy!! #the concept of steve and robin just hanging out in the bus at the junkyard while on patrol is something thats been in my head for a while #very glad to have an excuse to write something for it #my writing #stobin #platonic soulmates #bit of steddie #steddie #robin buckley #steve harrington #stobin ficlet #asks #leeloooonfire #also the whole 'punk rock gay sex is sexier than hippy gay sex' part at the start #is taken directly from a conversation i had with my best friend one afternoon #i cant remember the context - i just found the exchange written down in my notes app and i went OH PERFECT

[madowperle]

The BFF's house.

#the house is from simlicy's save I just decorated it #Liberty's room is my favorite I would have added more plushies but I need the room to be functional #I also think she got the alien t-shirt when visiting strangerville once #Travis' room didn't change much I think the lizard cage is the most interesting thing in his room #otherwise it's just a pc junkyard and some messed here and there and a bike somehow #it's kinda inspired by my brother's room #I haven't decorated a house in awhile it's been fun! #ts4 build #ts4 #simblr #playing with the bff

[roxyandelsewhere]

men i am so normal about

#Got another one today <3 the big one is a salvaged one from 1990 too #Now if they make the actual albums cheaper. Id maybe get the real thing #But im guessing this reissue of the junkyard trilogy is gonna be expensive as hell. So sad #Physical media my beloved loving u is a struggle. A class struggle #Carolina talks #Tom waits

[commsroom]

doug eiffel is relatively offline, his choice of... constant, unyielding background noise so he never has to be left alone in the company of his own thoughts... is the radio and/or tv, but he is also always watching youtube videos like "Can We Drive 1,200 MILES in an ABANDONED Van With NO TITLE? - First Start in 17 Years" and "Monster Jam - INSANE AIR Compilation." zero doubt.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #will never let anyone forget he's a monster truck guy. i love it. #the other day i was trying to think of like. eiffel is definitely a youtube guy if he's any kind of social media guy. #but i was blanking on specific channels. anyway. no. this is the answer. he's watching like junkyard digs and high octane films #and monster truck compilations. #i see clearly now. #eiffel sees something like 'will it run?' or 'will it work?' in the title and clicks immediately that's his genre. #the rest of his youtube search history is various clips from movies and tv shows that he pulls up to show people on his busted phone #whenever someone makes the mistake of telling him they don't understand a reference he thinks is iconic. which is a lot of them. #he's so annoying i want him so bad. sorry #well anyway. that first one's a great video.

[chirpsythismorning]

I just remembered they devoted a whole scene to Mike and Will burying a dead body for no reason other than to poke fun at—

#byler #they said cliche gay tropes #we raise you mocking those tropes subtly through the plot #like did they really need to devote a whole scene to burying a dead body? #they could have left dude laying anywhere #could’ve just stored him in one of the trunks in the junkyard #it wouldn’t have made any difference #fucking argyle joked about just writing their names on the makeshift gravestone #the scene was treated like a joke instead of them seriously needing to bury the body for safety reasons #it was a way to joke about how many viewers think Will is going to die #and follow the same trope every gay main character in mainstream media has before #where YAY they give us a gay character and get some brownie points from queer fans #only to kill the character off to appease the homophobes who make up the majority and would rather not have to actually watch a queer story #and the duffers are essentially saying #lmaooooo fuck that #and having it be both Mike and Will most prominently in this scene… #another fuck you to those saying that this love story is unrequited like every other story before it #they’re laughing at y’all!!! #y’all as in ppl that are predicting the most cliche ending to the story #like do you think they would poke fun at a trope that favors straight characters over gay ones… #only have a storyline that does just that? #the correct answer is no

[lethotepsartspace]

My girl Venti deserves more love

#my time at sandrock #mtas #mtas venti #and that includes from the devs #she has such an interesting background #growing up in a junkyard and naming herself after an old coffee cup she found #and coming from Baja in Duvos #which holds so much potential given the political situation happening #i just think she's neat

[lucascsinclairs]

Set Design in Stranger Things 4

Chapter Five: The Nina Project

#stedit #stranger things #strangerthingsedit #dailystrangerthings #strangerthingscentral #tvstrangerthings #mine #my gifs #g:s4 #g:sets #flashing gif #some great sets once again #making these i loved the contrast #between the stark and sterile sets of the lab and the nina base #and the details and wornness of sets such as the munson trailer and the creel house and the desert junkyard #these are just really pretty shots in general too #like the light coming in through the window in that gif with eddie #and the framing of the junkyard shot #and in that lumax creel house shot where the lights get closer to the camera one by one #not to mention the iconic turning shot from the attic #i just love cinematography #and it was stellar once again this season

[namelysane]

Random question; do satanists in Ninjago worship the Overlord? That's the fucking devil in this show right?

#lego ninjago #ninjago #the overlord #ninjago fandom #fsm ninjago #ninjago fsm #the first spinjitzu master #ninjago season 2 #ninjago crystalized #ns16 #legacy of the green ninja #junkyard questions #random shit evicted from my brain

[andy-clutterbuck]

7x10 | New Best Friends

#don't be scared rick that's just me #Rick Grimes #* #rg #S7 #i am also a wretched abomination��from a junkyard #hey nice face #is this seat taken? #THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS #excuse me but The Nose™ #sweaty curls were the best ones #rogue neck fuzzies 💙 #that bottom lip is illegal #even in the apocalypse #his lil scars #(◡‿◡✿) all the kisses #i see your blindingly pale skin my dear #...why did that sound creepy i didn't mean for it to #for once

[maxsix]

#choi soobin #soobin #txt #tomorrow x together #move on from these? why would i want to do that #his arm is so veiny #those veins got me on track to A Very Bad Thought(s) #anyways #i really like these photos #he looks like a really serene and chill person to be around #he reminds me a lot of wonwoo and yunho #tall serene boys from Haruki Murakami novels #so take photos in nature and over the sea #wish i could be that kind of serene #i'm serene like a junkyard fire

[fionnaskyborn]

Was tagged by @oceancamp to post my current five favorite songs! (They should invent a stages-of-grief-esque model that encompasses and accurately describes both types of anguish I had to go through making this list - the one of limiting myself to only five songs, and the one of trying to put as little videogame music on here as possible so that I don't end up looking like an absolute goddamn geek, which... I am... Oh well!)

Thank you so much for tagging me - here are the songs!

Heaven Pierce Her - War Without Reason

Tatsuro Yamashita - Love Space

This specific arrangement of Death And Republic + Meet Again

Winger - Junkyard Dog (Tears On Stone)

The Protomen - Light Up The Night

Is it courtesy to tag other people after you've been tagged in a post like this? If that's the case, I'll tag @spiralled-fury, @solradguy, @swamppossum, @five-by-five, @northstarring, @ineedmoredragons and @tbonechessor!

#logs #ya don't have to participate if you don't want to‚ from what i've gathered - it's all just for fun anyway :] #The link to Yamashita's song is actually a link to a website that hosts city pop songs‚ since those keep getting taken down on YouTube due #to the strictness of Japan's copyright laws with regards to music. Uploads of Yamashita's songs in particular get taken down quite #frequently... The rest are either Bandcamp or YouTube (in case of Junkyard Dog) links #Very out-of-character of me not to put a Кино song on here‚ haha #I had a hard time deciding whether to put HOLD BACK THE NIGHT or Light Up The Night here‚ but ultimately decided on Light Up The Night #because... hoo boy #okay storytime. i've known of the protomen since somewhere around 2021. got The Good Doctor in my recommended feed‚ clicked on it because #i thought the album cover was cool + the title was appealing‚ but i never really listened to anything theirs beyond that song after that. #fast forward to 2022. be me‚ watching the greatest videoessay on planet earth (Steak Bentley's Metal Gear Solid 4 Was A Mistake). #the fucking MONTAGE comes on‚ and I fall in love with my second Protomen song. second fast forward to 2023 going into 2024‚ finally got #around to playing the Violence update. i learn of the name of level 7-2. the widest‚ most mischievous grin appears on my face. #i enter the level‚ proclaim ''ULTRAKlLL IS NOW A STEAK BENTLEY REFERENCE'' and blast the song as i get my ass beat by every single thing in #that level. #and let me tell you. getting mollywhopped ten thousand times by the FUCKING GUTTERTANK TRIO AT THE END OF THE LEVEL WAS. not a pleasant #experience. but the song made it better. :) (i played the level before the balance patch came out and uh let's just say i had more deaths on #that level than on 2gabe and 1gabe. SEVENTY-FOUR. FUCKING. RESTARTS. JESUS /CHRIST/. #goodness how i yearn to make a 3d animation of v1 going through 7-4 with that song in the background as a tribute to the man himself but #alas i am a student who has everything in the world but time #thanks for the tag again!! ^^

[186-3]

does anyone else have omori music stuck in their head

#omori #omori music #i have world's end valentine stuck in my head so bad #and the theme from the junkyard too #why is pedro silva so good at making music

[vivelarevolution13]

okay but there really should be way more post-ws bucky & frank castle fics

#i don't mean that in a shipping way i mean it in a 'opportunity for some great hostile fucking dialogue and street-level nyc settings' way #in a 'two dudes who are very fucked up in two very different ways having a meet ugly' kind of way #beating the shit out of each other in a queens junkyard and then getting some bomb pastrami together type of way #sigh i miss those netflix shows. peak era everything went dowhill from there #goddamn it now i'm gonna have to write this aren't i #bucky barnes #frank castle #max.txt