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marciratingsystem ([personal profile] marcicat) wrote2025-06-15 07:45 am

thanks, Stranger Things fandom

I've just decided this: I think every fandom (more fandoms? at least more) should have a Steve&Robin relationship.

KEY FEATURES LIST THAT I'VE JUST MADE UP:
*ride or die? YES
*do they love each other? YES
*is it romantic? NO
*is it sexual? NO
*do they hold hands? YES

It probably helps that in Stranger Things fandom, they have to explain this a lot. Yes, they're listed as each other's emergency contact on every form. No, they're not dating. Yes, they date other people. No, that doesn't seem weird to them.

WHY IS THIS SO GREAT?
*please can we have a million more examples in popular media of the vast multitudes of human relationships?