elizabeth baker.

Just your millenial trying to bite off more than she can chew while getting lost in #lwg theories.

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@ceeyoulaterrr @damnidc__ god forbid a girl try something new. 🤷‍♀️

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@_itsbluehour_ @ceeyoulaterrr https://t.co/oWvj7UKFbx

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@nekvmura @st_ao3 defintitely an interesting thought.

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

not only were the ONLY two people targeted and kidnapped in Hawkins best friends with wheeler children, but barb went though the same horrific experience with the tendril being attached to her mouth prior to it happening to will, so why didn’t she survive the process?

[lauren 𖤓˚࿔ @paladinlozz]

nancy lost her best friend too in season one, but unlike mike, she lost hers forever :(

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@babyketchup_ whoever took will just be hating on the clash fr

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@miklit0ris @paintmycleric preach.

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

mike and will have the spirits of achilles and patroclus within them and I won’t be elaborating further.

#ineverylifetime

[Cassey Kuo @sleepy_kc]

So... #TheSongofAchilles is still on my mind 🥹✨🥲 some precious quotes from Achilles to Patroclus.
#achilles #patroclus

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

y’all just playing in our mf faces now.

https://t.co/nc5BELFuLk

[Allie☀️🌈 @LoveWinsTruther]

Oh they’ve been playing in our faces so bad

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@PlayerTheorist @hausofboos needed this today babe. 🫠

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@ceeyoulaterrr @irl_madeleine crazy together, bby.

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

just finished yet another one of @BylerificFanFic fics and saw they mentioned australia, which made me wonder how many byler’s are in my homeland?

(I do see on your profile you are in nz, but so much love to you regardless, neighbour)

💙💛

#byler #ao3

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@OGDaNiBaNaNi @justserend12 alr already obsessed with you and your brain just fyi.

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@ceeyoulaterrr lol not me writing a character dynamics in my notes app to send 👀

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@cherbearsz @astellarlie ugh someone who nerds out on theoretical physics like this needs to marry me immediately.

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@ceeyoulaterrr nfw they really thought this was a cRaZy oRiGiNaL iDeAa right?

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@Blenfa_Blended always more questions, never enough answers 😭

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@ceeyoulaterrr I agree, there was such an opportunity there that seems to have been missed. that being said, I also wish other mainstream media would challenge this sort of thinking too but they’re too busy making 10 sequels, a prequel and live action version of the same story.

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

I will repost this every day for the rest of my life.

the aim of so many great stories is to teach us that ‘good vs. evil’ isn’t black and white. humans are fallible and everything has nuance.

[cee shady facts @ceeyoulaterrr]

Not redeeming Henry's character goes against one of the fundamental themes of Stranger Things.

The story consistently explores the gray areas of human morality under the influence of the supernatural. The very concept of the Mind Flayer emphasizes that its victims are psychologically compromised, which is why the story ultimately offers them redemption rather than defining them solely by the harm they caused.

In s2, Will indirectly causes the deaths of numerous people when he was possessed. But the story preserves his humanity.

Henry is introduced as an ordinary kid who seemed to have a chance at a normal life. Even Billy, who is initially portrayed as an unlikeable and deeply flawed person, is ultimately given a redemption arc. But the quiet and sensitive kid is not afforded that same privilege.

When the finale retcons Henry's story by making him claim that he willingly chose to join the Mind Flayer, it undermines one of the show's central themes. It also risks sending the wrong message. Many survivors of abuse struggle with the belief that they somehow chose or deserved what happened to them. A story that reframes supernatural corruption as a willing choice rather than a form of victimization moves away from the empathy that it has consistently shown its other characters.

And that's why it was so important to distinguish Henry from Vecna. But instead of focusing on the duality of his story, they introduced Mr. Whatsit to distract from how badly they butchered the substance of this character. And frankly, we all should be a lot more mad about the message that it sends to victims who are prone to self-blaming. The Duffers don't get enough lashings.

[kiara (ɐɹɐıʞ) @somanyspores]

“break every damn bone in your body” oh…

[elizabeth baker. @luanneleseur]

@ode_to_icarus @SNexlessnet bless those of y’all who are searching the archives for clues.