prejudiced writing patterns are everywhere in mainstream media and they are unfortunately impossible to unsee. if you notice one you notice all of them
the way this book genuinely adds nothing to what was already in the show 😭 mike’s big ass block of dialogue, just copied and pasted from the script. what a cash grab. disappointing
@slavless "finding el was more important than another one of their fights" istg why does everyone involved with this fucking franchise hate will byers??
if yall actually care about will angst in post canon fics, you won't have him pining over a guy who's already treated him like a second choice, and you won't have his boundaries be disrespected by his partners so that mike's minimum looks good in comparison. you'll have him deal
i dont like it in fics when it was el who broke up with mike and narratively mike is given the easy way out to be together with will, taking away mike's decision to choose will over el is NOT buzzy and unsatisfying, mike HAS TO CHOOSE, he HAS to be the one who makes the DECISION
One of the more irritating misconceptions that arose from s4 and the Duffers' subsequent mishandling of the plotline is the idea that Will's van speech was an accurate reflection of El's feelings. It wasn't, and one word unravels it all. Or, Mistake v. Monster: a thread 🧵