That Stranger Things Anon Account

Anon send-in for anyone involved in the conformitygate/stranger things community! Confess your hot takes or opinions without the fear of getting harassed on your own blog 💖

[anonymousstrangerthongs]

Hey everyone!! I made this account for general opinions on stranger things, its fandom, shipping, cast, creators, hot takes, and/or theories. Anyone can send in anons, let out their opinions (unless it's to harass any real person or their work, that will either be deleted or shamed, if you want to talk about someone in the fandom, at the very least be vague as to not risk them being harassed; or unless your ask just genuinely gives me too much of an ick) without the risk of people tracking down your blog and harassing you, since there seems to be a lot harassment here unfortunately.

Please keep on topic or on topic-adjacent

No U.S. Politics. (at least in a way that supports certain pedophile rapist degenerates)

Please don't use the term schizophrenic in an ableist manner, either. I see that a lot here.

Please make sure you turn on anon before you send anything in, otherwise, it will not be posted or responded to (I immediately delete asks that are not anon)

You can express being pissed, but do not ever send in death threats. That will result in a block.

DO NOT include a link to other people's posts or the person's blog name if you're going to speak negatively about them, otherwise your ask will be deleted. Paraphrase, then give your thoughts.

(I can take questions on my personal stance (and also make it clear that you're addressing me lol), but please know that I have no real hate towards anyone involved with the st fandom, no matter who they ship or what their stance on the finale. I did think the finale was pretty bad tho ngl).

[anonymousstrangerthongs]

The pre-cope...the pre-cope is flowing🤣

what does this mean 💀

[anonymousstrangerthongs]

some people will deadass look you in the eyes and say billy isn't racist

or alternatively, anytime you try to discuss his racism they will bring up the fact that he was abused. as if that has anything to do with hating black people.

and then they will accuse you of mischaracterization

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

No, whether or not you like—or even hate—certain characters doesn't reflect your political views. However, the Duffer Brothers' writing choices are troubling when you consider the many statements from the cast, crew, and the Duffer brothers themselves emphasizing that the show is for outcasts and freaks .Personally, I never saw Stranger Things as being told from Mike's perspective from the start. I felt that El and Will were the most important figures and that the story should be viewed through their eyes—characters who suffered almost ceaselessly across all five seasons and were arguably the most persecuted. In my opinion, neither of them got a truly fair ending. But from Season 3 onwards, it became glaringly obvious that the show was no longer really for outcasts. I disagree with the idea that I want a simple, safe story, and I don't agree that Stranger Things is a radical show. I dislike how much the series has turned into a welcoming space for MAGA supporters, conservatives, and liberals—people who marginalize those who are different in any way. The Stranger Things audience is incredibly homophobic, misogynistic, and racist. That isn't solely due to how the show was written; there are countless reasons—from ST going mainstream to the fact that many cast members and the Duffer Brothers themselves hold liberal or conservative views. I believe this never should have happened, and personally, I feel betrayed by a show that once brought me so much comfort.

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

Mike is the main character and if Will had a bit more development he’d also be the main character but hes more of a love interest/ cheer leader for Mike. Eleven is the face of the show not the mc she’s there to bring people in for theit money.

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

“Turning her into the villain of your ship because a male character “deserved” her partner more is not.”

Literally no one does this 😭 y'all center El's Character too much around Mike and it's blinding you.

I promise that her not being with Mike in some popular fanfics isn't people "villianizing" her. She's treated pretty normally in most byler fics

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

"bleaching my eyes i was scrolling ao3 and who the fuck writes a m/m/m/m boypussy will byers fic where will gets used by the other boys in the party…"

honestly good for him, he needs some dick after all that bullshit in the upside down

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

bleaching my eyes i was scrolling ao3 and who the fuck writes a m/m/m/m boypussy will byers fic where will gets used by the other boys in the party…

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

"ISTG everytime someone tries to say this show was "for outcasts", they don't understand that its the Duffer's view of what an outcast is.

A heterosexual white middle aged gen Xer that loves ET is obviously going to have a completely different view of the world than you." This is what I think about every time the extreme bylers say "byler WAS in the cards, look at all the hidden proof in the show!" Like... nah, the Duffers really weren't going to let byler be more than one sided, and why are you surprised about this? Or better yet in denial?

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

ISTG everytime someone tries to say this show was "for outcasts", they don't understand that its the Duffer's view of what an outcast is.

A heterosexual white middle aged gen Xer that loves ET is obviously going to have a completely different view of the world than you.

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

Your anon who thinks that radical leftists can't be racist, sexist, homophobic, and generally very insular in their thinking is cracking me up. Anyway, Stranger Things is a show about an all-white suburb in middle America in the Reagan era. It fundamentally was never interested in defining marginalized vs privileged characters in a radical leftist sense (or even in a basic leftist sense, really). If it had been, the outcast POV character in s1 wouldn't have been Mike, a straight, white dude living in a comfy suburban home with rich parents. I'm sorry, hating Steve Harrington and liking the Party members doesn't make you a radical anything except maybe a radical idiot if you think your character preference is somehow politically meaningful or differentiates you from "liberals" who also enjoy the show. From a radical leftist pov, Steve and Mike are the same character, since neither of them is marginalized in any structural sense and capitalism is absolutely working for both of them. Radical leftist politics are not interested in differentiators like "popularity in high school" or "conventional attractiveness" because those things are ephemeral and largely irrelevant in a broader social and political sense.

When anon says they want Stranger Things to be a show with a message that appeals to radical leftists, what they really mean is that they want a show that adheres to their own extremely narrow, sheltered sense of morality and aesthetic, where the basement nerds are the marginalized and the popular jocks are the oppressors, and we can all tell who the good guys and the bad guys are by the most superficial and meaningless characteristics possible. They want a safe, easy story about Good vs Evil where they aren't called on to question anything that they believe in. That has absolutely nothing to do with a radical leftist political view. And, frankly, Stranger Things in its current form is too radical for that anon. And it's not even trying to be that radical.

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

“Turning her into the villain of your ship because a male character “deserved” her partner more is not. El isn’t getting in the way of Will’s story by existing.”

Who is turning El into a villain?

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

Not liking a female character is fine. Turning her into the villain of your ship because a male character “deserved” her partner more is not. El isn’t getting in the way of Will’s story by existing. The way some of you all reduce her to an obstacle says more about how you view women than it does about her character .

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzGAyZjL84w

Still a great Mike edit

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

"Will Byers is the main character of ST"

not all of it i dont think

in season 1 you barely see him, even though the plot is them looking for him, he isn't actually there

season 2 i would argue he is the main character as he's directly involved in the main plot and is there as a character; he's who the season is centered around

season 3 though he isn't really as relevant so i wouldn't say he's the main character that season

season 4 he's also kinda removed from the main plot so he isn't the main character of that season

season 5 he's more relevant but im kinda neutral on that one

overall he isn't always the center of the plot and sometimes he's mostly on the side, getting the same amount of attention that non-main characters would have

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

"some people wanna act like mike is the least appreciated, most niche character in ST but the fact is, byler tumblr is mike leaning"

i'd say on tumblr definitely but i kinda struggle to find genuine mike fans in other places (tiktok, pinterest)

and i think most of the complaint with his character is that he's mischaracterized a lot and is also only used for romantic purposes

im definitely biased on this (as im in the mike appreciation community on here) and i do agree that other characters are far less appreciated than him (the lack of lucas content in the st fandom pains me😥)

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[anonymousstrangerthongs]

“Will Byers is the main character of ST”

I love Will but he’s definitely not.

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