He was openly and publicly into her from the outset, inviting her to spend time with him and his friends (awful though they were). I kinda half expected him to blow her off the next day, but he didn't. Went right up to her and kissed her in the hallway. That was all before anything happened to make him jealous.
"But what about the relevant conundrum?"

Nah, I disagree. I believe Steve genuinely liked Nancy. Nothing that I saw in the episodes gave me any indication otherwise.

I still insist season 2 Dustin will enter the competition for Nancy. He will be taller, his teeth should be in, and there was a sexual tension between Dustin and Nancy.
I base my theory on when Dustin offered her sausage pizza in her bedroom. He's wanting to slip her the sausage while she lies on her bed talking on the phone with Barb? You don't have to be Frederico Fellini to figure out the subliminal sexual message there!

One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces.

i didn't get that at all. Steve seemed genuine with her basically from the start.
imo

Are you a female?

Jonathan on the other hand went his own way and did his own thing without the need to conform. Jonathan is twice the man that a lot of them are.
WEE WILLY WILLY ALL OVER THE PLACE THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON!!!

I agree.

Yeah, I do. I feel like he was "that kind of guy" due to him being almost peer pressured into believing that way of behavior was cool, mostly from his 2 loser friends.
A very typical high school trope is peer pressure. I felt like he did things and allowed certain things to happen because he thought his reputation or something was up for grabs.

I hated that. Steve was such a douche and had no ambition and thought that sleeping with Nancy was more important than her education. I thought they might go that way when he ditched his friends but hoped I was wrong. Bleurgh.

Me too!

Steve had the ultimate douche look going on at the end with his Christmas sweater. It was hilarious.

Yes, I think he genuinely liked her, felt bad for messing things up, and frankly, I very much enjoyed that for once they didn't go stereotypical and the underdog didn't get the girl.

um listen, this is a discussion board n i can say whatever i want, k?
Of course. You have every right to act like a jackass, just as people have the right to call you out on it.
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OMG why dont you just go and watch a stupid teen drama, k?
The show is not about teen love affairs, you have picked one of the lamest parts and blown it up in your mind like its the main focus, alright?
You are so lame.
OMG why don't you just go and whine at the Twilight board, k?
All aspects of the show are not off limits to discuss, your control freak need on what topics can be discussed is one of the lamest whines I've seen and you've blown it up in your mind like your opinion matters, alright?
You are so lame.

One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces.

um listen, this is a discussion board n i can say whatever i want, k?
do u have a problem?
no go away

Honestly lol. What's your problem. This is a discussion board so they're allowed to talk about whatever topic they want.

OMG why dont you just go and watch a stupid teen drama, k?
The show is not about teen love affairs, you have picked one of the lamest parts and blown it up in your mind like its the main focus, alright?
You are so lame.