Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham

Pairing
Pairing:	Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham
Alternative name(s):	Buckingham
Gender category:	F/F, Sapphic, Femslash
Fandom:	Stranger Things
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Rare Pair
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Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham is a femslash fan pairing in the Stranger Things fandom. While the pair do not interact in canon, fans have discussed how their respective roles in the school mean that there is a reasonable chance they could have known each other. Exploring these potential off-screen possibilities is a common focus in fanworks for the pair.

Canon

Robin Buckley and Chrissy Cunningham do not interact on-screen in the Stranger Things TV series, the closest they get is being in the same room during Jason Carver's speech about the basketball game.

Fandom

In fandom, Buckingham is an rare pairing. For example, as of August 2023, there were only 434 works on AO3 while Robin Buckley is tagged as a character in over 26,000 works. In addition, a large proportion of the works in the Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham tag are works focused on Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson (aka Steddie), with Buckingham as a background pairing.

With Chrissy being on the cheerleading team and Robin being a member of the school band, fans of the pairing sometimes explore the possibility that the pair could have met off-screen given the opportunities for them to be in the same place on numerous occasions such as sporting events.

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• Canon Divergence - Given that Chrissy and Robin do not interact in the TV canon, authors will diverge from canon to have them meet.
• Chrissy Lives - If works are set during or after the events of season four, canon divergence avoiding Chrissy's death is usually needed. Some works see a way to bring Chrissy back to life, instead. A small number of these Chrissy Lives works also involve the Came Back Wrong trope.
• Alternate Universe No Upside Down - Some fanworks explore how a relationship between Chrissy and Robin might develop in a universe without the upside down; many of these are set in high school, college, or university.

Example Fanworks

Fanfic

• Avalanche by walkingsaladshooter. A canon divergence work from the series The Second Chance Club where Chrissy (and Eddie) are given a second chance at life after the events of S4.
• let me hear you sing once more, like you did before by hellfireharrington. A canon divergence work (diverging before S4) where Robin has a crush on Chrissy.

Fanart

• bandqueen by foresam.

Fanvids

• robin + chrissy | hunger by Sofia C

GIF Sets

• (you) on my arm by lucassinclair.

Archives and Communities

• Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham tag on AO3
• Robin x Chrissy tag on Tumblr

Other Fannish Resources

• Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham otp:true tag on AO3 - Works focused just on Buckingham
• Stranger Things Femslash's curated bookmark collection where Robin/Chrissy are the focus