Love wins π
And a version for my aro/ace/not interested in kissing for whatever reason siblings:
...should I write a second part to the story and see where it goes??
The story:
billy isn't a character.
hes a plot point. an object used for max's development. but he could've been. but the duffer brothers were too lazy to actually put the effort in to redeem him properly. so they took the easy way out and hoped it'd work to kill him off in a hero's sacrifice. which feels hollow and unemotional as he was literally a puppet for 95% of the season.
but they dropped all these hints to deeper shit they could've used to make an actual character-an interesting one too. that they did absolutely nothing with and is never mentioned again.
billy being abandoned by his mother and left with his abusive dad who punishes him for his stepsister's perceived bad behavior. that same father ridiculing him over his perceived masculinity, and calling him slurs when he doesn't perform. a step mom who sees it but doesn't intervene. moved from his hometown against his will. hes alone in a town he hates. no friends, no freedom. he cant even surf any more.
the animosity betweeen billy and max being about the move to hawkins. something mentioned several times but never explained. they both blame each other for it. billys performative masculinity, yet his clear obsession with steve harrington. calling steve pretty boy, the one earring, the very specific slur his father uses against him.
ALL of that is just canon.
now, billy is an asshole straight up. he threatened to run over a bunch of kids for no reason and broke max's skateboard. like yeah. hes such an ass. but theres a lot of complex shit packed in there.
he was screaming for help when he gets possessed, watching himself kill people. he's literally screaming. and nobody gives a single fuck (except for max) and that makes sense for the characters as they've been treated pretty horribly by billy. but he was 17 years old. he never got a chance to change or to even realize he wanted to. thats fucking depressing. him being an abuse victim (and nowhere near a perfect one) means he never got to grow outside of the box hed been shoved in. he never got to be anything else.
he's not a character. not with any motivations or anything. he existed to be in the way and then to die to further max's development. and i can't just be okay with that.
An au for like me and two people but Northern Exposure au. Billyβs a hotshot doctor from UCLA who took a scholarship to practice medicine in Hawkins, Alaska for two years but when he arrives he realizes itβs way too remote and not equipped for him. If only his hot pilot landlord Steve Harrington could change his mind.
Greetings my cubs^^ this is what I drew in class today! Nico De Angelo/Neeks from PJ/HOO hope you all like it!! ^^ ππ
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I don't wanna be that guy but...
Billy as soon as he gets affection from Steve for the first time...
Drawing a gay couple again \OwO/ But I don't know which xD could you comment some?? I have TOO MANY otp's to choose... XD .->w<-.
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