He didn't do it.

The cops very clearly planted evidence on him because they had to make an arrest because all eyes were on them and whoever actually did the deed was making them look stupid.

Why would the real killer hero have kept the weapon on his person and traveled two states over while carrying it and a manifesto in his bag, conveniently turning the crime into a federal matter? The same guy whose bag they found in a park, filled with monopoly money? Why did the police turn off their bodycams, take Luigi's stuff, drive a block away, turn their bodycams back on, go back into the restaurant, and then arrest him?

That's her beloved babysitter. The older brother she always wanted to have.

Anyone who wants to date Steve must prove themselves worthy of his affections, no matter if it's a stranger or someone Max's been friends with, like Eddie.

Post it on Twitter some months ago and forgot to post it here 😔 so here yall go !!

idk, i just keep thinking about the "what-ifs" of steve being in the same year as robin, nancy, and jonathan, and esp steve as a senior when dustin and the party are freshmen.

would he sit with dustin at lunch? would mike WANT to sit with steve at lunch, or would dustin have to rotate between sitting with steve/robin and lucas/mike/hellfire? what friction would be caused between eddie and steve if they were literally in school at the same time as dustin and jostling for his attention?

by this point, it's post s3 and steve will have had his arc of breaking past "primitive constructs" of popularity so i like to think he still has his handshake with dustin in the middle of the hallway in front of everyone and he is totally open about being besties with nerds, even if he can't get into the nerdy interests himself. i think steve's popularity is influenced for the better in some ways (as it tends to be when a charismatic, attractive person is not self conscious lol), but people like jason and others on the basketball and baseball team might give him some shit. but i looooove the idea of steve in high school continuing to play sports, and that's how he bonds further with lucas-- who is now on the basketball team at the same time as steve. lucas and steve will both have that tension between nerds and jocks that we see in s4, with eddie and steve as even clearer foils for each other (and steve and jason as rivals/foils).

robin and steve would be even more inseparable-- always driving in together, hanging out in between classes, studying together, etc. everyone thinks they are dating and it is a constant source of grief between steve and all the girls he tries to date. they always feel like he prioritizes robin over them (he has way more inside jokes with her and general chemistry than anyone else he tries to date). i imagine steve's constantly hanging around her locker and they're always passing notes to each other in class, which does NOT help with the dating rumors.