Theyre Going On That Date!

they’re going on that date!

okay listen i know we're all ronance bitches (me definitely included) but also may i present to you: chrissy doesn't die, finds out about the supernatural shit along with eddie, joins the teen group and becomes robin's new crush

i mean it's canon to me that eddie and chrissy are besties (it's cool if you ship them btw i think it's cute too i just personally hc eddie as gay) so just IMAGINE

chrissy didn't die at the trailer but shit happened anyway and eddie's still wanted

jason finds out chrissy was hanging out with eddie and goes on his whole "he's the vessel to the devil and a satanic cult leader" rant, makes her parents lock her at home and convinces everyone eddie brainwashed her and that's the only reason she claims he's innocent and a good person

she runs away in the middle of the night, goes to dustin cause she knows eddie's close with him, finds about the whole upside down thing and volunteers to help them

the fruity four are now the fruity five

everything else is basically the same except with someone else cursed by vecna in the hawkins gang along with max

the fav song queued up on her walkman for emergency purposes is Don't You (Forget About Me) by simple minds because i feel like the breakfast club would be her favourite movie

robin giving chrissy her jacket to wear cause she ran away in her thin pajamas and looks cold

eddie fussing over her and freaking out about how she should have staid home and everyone is hunting him down and her boyfriend's crazy and she can't be seen with them and it's dangerous but she just smiles and says "see, you do worry. not mean and scary at all."

robin going on her pretty girl panic ramble and chrissy giggles instead of thinking she's weird

the two of them would be the ultimate "she wears short skirts, i wear t-shirts, she's cheer captain and i'm on the bleachers" trope except with the sapphic twist of said nerd and cheerleader falling in love with each other instead of the guy from the lyrics

once the fight's won and life's back to normal she officially dumps jason's sorry ass and starts hanging out with people she actually likes

she's still cheer captain and The Queen of Hawkins High, just with a nerdy and socially awkward girlfriend and a metalhead bestfriend

steve starts driving her to school too (since eddie already drives himself and max)

her and eddie go bother steve and robin at work on the weekends

they go on quadruple dates all the time: steve+eddie, robin+chrissy, nancy+jonathan, argyle+his van (or his pot or eden, depends on who's available)

JUST GIVE ME MORE CHRISSY CONTENT SHE WAS WAY TOO CUTE TO LAST ONLY ONE EPISODE

AND GIVE ROBIN A SWEET GIRLFRIEND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT PLEASE

Funniest moment in all of Stranger Things.

The thing is, if you rewatch the boat scene, the last person Steve looks at before he gets sucked into the Upside Down (after the first scare) is Robin.

He comes out, tentacle still tight around his ankle, and he looks at his best friend. 

Do you think that’s what Robin is thinking about when she jumps? On that look, that knowing look of fear and a half-apology, like his face before the Russian’s got them… on every second he is under water and not coming out, like when they took him to be interrogated… 

Because Nancy jumped first. And yes, Nancy is brave and smart, and yes Robin is pretty sure she still has feelings for Steve, but she also broke his heart. Robin knows, Robin remembers the way Steve’s voice broke when he admitted to it in a bathroom stall… and yet Nancy, who can’t possibly love Steve as much as Robin does, jumped in. 

And Robin isn’t brave. She’s smart and she’s stand-offish and she’s curious and she’s loud… but she doesn’t consider herself brave. Not the way Steve is, because he will jump into danger again and again if it means protecting the people he loves. She knows, because she’s lucky enough to count herself in that list. And she let him. She let him jump alone this time. 

But that is her best friend in the fucking world. That is her brother, and they couldn’t be closer even if they shared blood or a last name. He is her boy, hers. The one that drives her to school and gives her pep talks and keeps her secrets and makes her laugh and holds her hand when they are scared and stands between her and the world and he’s an idiot but he’s her idiot dammit and if she stuck with him as the Russias caught them, she sure as hell is sticking with him now. 

So she jumps. And it isn’t even a choice. Because when he knew what would happen, he didn’t look at Nancy or at Eddie or ask for help. He looked at Robin because she is his person, just as much as he is hers. So when she dives into the dark waters towards a strange and dangerous world after her best friend… how could she not?

This plot is necessary.

jonathan's college of choice isn't even the one nancy is going to, he sacrificed his dream college to be with her, then sacrificed being with her to be able to provide for his family and didn't tell her so she wouldn't have to sacrifice anything for him. and he didn't tell his family either so they wouldn't worry about him.

will's used his confession to help mike and el's relationship, sacrificing his own happiness so the two of them could be happy. Then Jonathan tells will he will always be there for him and will tells him he will be there for him too, he doesn't even let the moment of comfort that should be reserved for him be only for him.

I'm losing my mind over these brothers, they really think priorizing everyone's happiness over their own is the right thing to do, that the one acceptable outcome is to make everyone they love happy and that their own happiness isn't even on the table if they can make their loved ones happy, that their own happiness is the first thing to go if needed. and the thing is, Will won't be happy anyway, because Jonathan will be unhappy because of his choices, and Jonathan won't be happy anyway because Will won't be happy. Their self sacrifice will only make the people who love them unhappy and they don't even realize it! They don't even realize it!!!!!!