a narrative where instead of vecna attempting to regress will's queer arc post-sorcerer by showing him visions of his friends and family leaving him (something he seemed to overcome already in sorcerer), vecna preys on will's fear that his body will never truly be his own, +
#they turned Mike into a douchebag after s2 so that El and Will could have a boy to cry about on top of everything so by no means is he the biggest victim of his bad writing but it makes me so sad like aawww Mike Wheeler they forgot you’ve always been defined by your kindness
im a sobbing mess reading this news. she was just a kid. the stab wounds to her hands from trying to defend herself. how terrified she must have been. the cruel brutality of her murder juxtaposed with such a tender name like juniper blessing. im utterly destroyed.
Starting your nostalgic 80s story with commentary that criticized the United States government, addressed the severe homophobia that ran rampant (especially during the aids crisis), touched on racism only to then completely backtrack on that is what ruined Stranger Things.
Queer people deserve happy endings. Queer people deserve love. Queer people aren’t just a fucking plot device for you to get your brownie points. You boiled his character down to his sexuality, and couldn’t even do him right by that part. Be embarrassed about that, Ross and Matt.