I Think They Might Be In ~~*~*~*love~*~*~*~

Some day, one day, I will stop falling in love with you Until I do, I'll be thinking of you Let you break my heart again

Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove STRANGER THINGS 3.03 The Case of the Missing Lifeguard

We're scanning the scene in the city tonight We're looking for you, to start up a fight There's an evil feeling in our brains But it's nothing new, you know it drives us insane

BILLY HARGROVE in STRANGER THINGS 3 ↳ Chapter Eight: The Battle at Starcourt

Every time something ugly happens in fandom space—someone gets harassed, excluded, or dogpiled—there's a moment when people could step in. Say something. Offer support. Push back. But most don’t. They stay quiet, even when it's their mutuals getting hurt.

And then, a week later, those same people wonder aloud: “Why is the fandom shrinking?”

This is why. Because when things go bad, people look away. Because silence is easier than conflict. Because letting someone else take the fall feels safer than standing up. And in doing that, the space becomes hostile, even if only in small, quiet ways.

Fandoms don’t just fade. They rot from the inside when community care is replaced with self-preservation. If you want a thriving fandom, you have to act like it’s a community worth protecting. That means intervening. That means not letting people you care about get isolated or pushed out while you watch from the sidelines.

You can’t have it both ways. You don’t get to mourn a shrinking fandom while choosing silence when it actually counts.

Commission of Billy Hargrove and Steve Harrington for the amazing @basiatlu💕thank you so much

Mornings are for contemplation..

"Im so sad [x] fandom is dead and buried."

look down at your hands

flex your fingers

feel the gnawing pull in your heart

and unearth it yourself

“and i spotted you,

through the crowd,

my love”