my honest reaction

stranger things sideblog..😐 im laughin but it aint funny.........

[radagasttt]

how lifes boutta feel once this fuckass show is finally over and i can be free

[thewisewill80sbyers]

🦌🦌

[rambluz]

Rewatched Lord of the Rings, mourning everything they should have been

(Referencing a scene of Sam and Frodo from The Two Towers.)

[audii-the-starry-eyed-wise]

damn i miss season 5 before it came out

[daisydood]

god I love s4 mike so much. the gay little jacket, the lesbian haircut, the emotional cheating UGH

[mike-wheeler-offical]

who up at the club thinking about donna x laura and byler…. 💔💔💔

who up thinking laura palmer = will byers

i know i am.. :(

[cosmorom]

stranger things season 1 and 2: myshow

stranger things season 3 to 5: myslop

[jancys-blue-bayou]

I'd pay actual money for someone to ask the Duffers to explain what they think each character's arc was.

[lunar-years]

We didn’t get to see Jonathan’s reaction to Will destroying Castle Byers and we didn’t get to see Jonathan’s reaction to Will getting fucking POWERS and we didn’t get to see…

[byerstapes]

[satly-tea132]

I kind of can’t think of a more cohesive and relevant way to describe the stranger things finale other than the conclusion of jenny nicholson’s 6 year old rise of skywalker review: “I think the worst thing a franchise ending can do is make you feel kind of stupid and embarrassed for being so excited about it in the first place. I thought going into it that I might not like where some of the characters ended up, especially in an era of filmmaking where it seems more important to make sure the audience doesn’t predict what’s going to happen over making a satisfying ending, but I wasn’t even really sad or mad about any of the story developments because it was so sloppy that it totally broke my suspension of disbelief.”

[moonywheeler]

oh to love stranger things (the concept) but to hate Stranger Things™

[littleprincefan]

will becoming a famous artist once he gets older and one of his most famous pieces is a beautiful painting of a young woman with wavy brown hair and the kindest eyes anyone has ever seen. she’s wearing a long purple dress and carrying a small rabbit in her arms. she’s smiling at the viewer and there are daisies in her hair. she’s standing in a field, and the sun makes her skin glow. the painting is titled “jane in the spring”. the word “jane” is etched in tiny little letters on the bottom of the canvas. whenever people ask about it, will just smiles and says it’s a gift for his twin sister.

[miwipilled]

calling will a f*g in the first episode but he cant say the word gay when coming out.. right..

also the amount of homophobia will faced in s1 and he wasn't even there... never let the duffers write queer characters again

[jonathanbyersphd]

Mike in s5: But there's one story he can never tell 😔

Nancy in s2: 🗣️ HAWKINS NATIONAL LABORATORY KILLED MY BEST FRIEND

[pinkeoni]

1959>>1984

thanks to @bylrndgm for pointing this out!

[willbyersabyss]

It would have been super intriguing for El to fall behind in the final battle because she's trying to save Kali rather than leave her behind. El deviates from the plan and insists she get Kali to a hospital. Recruiting Hopper in this would force him to prioritize El's needs over his own and see Kali as the young girl she is who is deserving of love too. Once they get to the hospital, it would be too late for El to stay in the wormhole. Kali and El's love for each other ends up saving them against their own will. El doesn't end a superhero, she ends as a human who loves her family. Kali doesn't end a victim of the government as she feared. As her wound heals, Kali gives the military a vision of El's death. They can start anew.

This would also open the door for the group to rely on Will instead. He would be the main component in the confrontation of the Mind Flayer and Vecna like it felt like the season was building to. Will and El constantly swap places within the narrative. The group underestimates Will, but they overestimate El. We expect El to be the major factor in the battle and sacrifice herself, so when Will defeats the villain and dies in the process (and is revived, of course), this defies our expectations. It feels more earned.