#quinnick

I don’t know if I like the dramatic lighting so far or not? ‘I’m wanting to sort of make his eyes look reflective like animal eyes in the dark but idk if I wanna just draw a different image for that or not >.<

Will Byers and Max Mayfield being besties, go

ahhh omg ok

-- After Jane moved in with the Byers family Max would be over constantly so the three of them would hang out and watch movies together

-- Max gave them both lots of advice on California (opposite energy of the theory that Max told Mike what to wear to Cali 🤭🤭)

-- and totally threw in a subtle hint that Cali was more accepting of "people who are different" in a way that wouldn't make Will feel like she knew

-- so one day Jane dips to go hang out with Mike on the fly and Will's like "you can stay... if you want" being like super awkward and they have some movie (probably the goonies) on in the background and no one else is home and finally Will's just like "I totally wanted you in the party btw"

-- and they talk about Halloween and he throws in something like "Mike was the only one against it"

-- The second Max realised Will had feelings for Mike (because of this conversation/her remembering how overprotective he is) she goes home and starts banging her head against the wall

-- They then go on and on hating on Mike/Mike and Jane's relationship then comics and stuff and boom friendship

-- Eventually Will is more open to her about what really went on with him, and he also tells her how proud he is of Billy for being able to break free long enough to protect Jane because he's been there. He gets it. It's damn hard. And she shouldn't blame herself for what happened

-- They wrote letters to each other. Not like super frequently, but probably like 10 letters each between October and March.

-- Like, even when she withdrew from Lucas and was being less present with the party in general, she would still send letters to Jane (to check up on her) and Will (to vent, because she knew he would listen without judgement, and without trying to give her advice – and he'd always draw little doodles on his letters to cheer her up)

-- Post apocalypse (Max is fine, but still has some residual stuff going on -- probably blind, still learning how to walk again) and she loves spending time with Will

-- He drew all over her casts (literal masterpieces, but he'll say they were just quick sketches) and she asks the doctors if she can keep them when she finally gets them off

-- She feels like everyone is babying her (Lucas and Jane mostly just feeling guilty) and Will can totally relate to that

-- They saw Tim Burton's Batman in theaters together alone

-- She teaches him how to drive before she even has her license and she blasts the music way too loud

sdlhkndgkjnf;lkgj I love you

It's a murder mystery. Aka I can't say too much without spoiling it; but it's set in the English Countryside in the 1940's, and I intend it to be the first installment of novels featuring Teddy and Arden as investigators. Definite "Film Noir" vibes, so a tad melodramatic. 👀

I love reading murder mysteries, so I wanted to write one (or a few) of my own. And a lot of the characters are queer because I said so; and I'm the author, so that legitimately means something for canon!

I was actually inspired by October to create a blog for it – @theteddyandardenarchives – which is why I was looking for asks, so I call fill that blog up with info, especially because I'm not really a moodboard/playlist type person.

I'm still trying to figure out how to Share the Vibes.

The party (El and max included) go to the movies. What are they watching? Who's sitting by who? Who get's cold but refused to bring a jacket? Do they run into the adults/older teens? Who gets to hold the popcorn? Who gets a drink and who steals their drink? When one of the couples kisses/flirts during the movie, who attacks them for being too disruptive?

They're seeing Beetlejuice (1988) because I am convinced that the duffle bags will be too cowardly to put Winona in front of a Bj poster in s5

-- Dustin has the loudest laugh in the theater and it's embarrassing, but also endearing

-- Lucas is unironically scared and holding onto Max for dear life

-- Mike pretends to be scared so that Will will hold his hand, but Will refuses on principle, and just makes fun of him for being a wimp

-- Jane believes in ghosts. She will try to dress like Lydia.

-- (she stops when Hop says it reminds him of the make over Kali gave her.)

-- Seating: Dustin-Jane-Max-Lucas-Will-Mike all in a line

-- Steve is working at the movie theater so he snuck them in through the fire exit

-- Will gets cold and Mike purposely brought a jacket solely because he knew this would happen

-- There is one bucket of the largest size of popcorn being passed up and down the line the whole time (except dustin keeps hogging it and Janes keeps throwing bits at Mike and Will whenever they kiss

-- Max teases them for it, so Lucas kisses her

-- Dustin, Max, and Jane all have their own sodas. Lucas and Will are sharing one. Max makes a comment about how they’re basically kissing and Mike (who smuggled in an entire bottle of martinelli's just for himself) gets really jealous.

is this for the random headcanons thing ???

Mike will tell you his favorite Shakespeare play is MacBeth, but it's actually The Taming of the Shrew

Will has a tiny christmas tree in his bedroom. It lives there all year round. 👀👀

Lucas keeps a journal. It's mostly filled with the Party's inside jokes, but every so often there's a note or so about something really sweet or endearing that happened. He's a sap. He unironically likes rom coms.

I don't know if you meant this as headcanons but you're getting headcanons

-- Mike is SO clingy, especially because they're so secretive about their relationship in public

-- constantly in physical contact when they're together: holding hands, leaning on each other, brush arms or knees together

-- movie dates in Mike's basement

-- and they actually watch the movies because i'm aro/ace and so are they

-- and they build blanket forts and cuddle up

-- They get those glow in the dark ceiling stars for the basement ceiling and Will one time makes a comment about how safe it makes him feel at night and so Mike gets them for him for his birthday and they put them up together in his room

-- Will loves playing with Mike's hair

-- Stealing Each Other's Clothes and they don't fit quite right but at this point the Party doesn't even realize/question it

-- "diner dates" because I'm from Long Island and diners are just a part of my dna but they just get take away milkshakes and have them in the car at some scenic outlook a bit of ways outside of Hawkins

-- they spend nearly every night at Mike's house because Hopper started getting suspicious of Mike being around so much after he broke up with Jane