#im baffled

[alicentsgf]

no you do not need to hold fictional characters "accountable". they are not real.

[dumbnotstupidfuck]

so nobody was gonna tell me 'or ill fucking spank you' was a KEITH DAVID ORIGINAL??? WHAT??

[narrativelogicofbyler]

i genuinely need to know what the intended narrative function was here. why build an entire arc around will falling in love with mike if there was never going to be a payoff. why give them some of the most emotionally intimate conversations in the series. why the deliberate colour coding, the blocking that places them in mirrored positions, the framing that isolates them together, the cinematography that treats their scenes like romantic beats. why the shared looks, the lip glancing, the repeated visual language of longing.

and then, why have will explicitly ask about the signs that someone likes you, only for mike to immediately perform those exact behaviours back at him. these are not accidental choices. these are layered, intentional filmmaking decisions that communicate subtext whether the writers want to acknowledge it or not.

from a craft perspective, it’s incoherent. if this wasn’t meant to mean something, then the show is contradicting its own visual grammar. it’s messy, and not in a narratively productive way.

[pewpop]

HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE [click the pic for quality]

btw the owlish sona bc:

> big into owls lately

>bf says i look like an owl and thats the cutest compliment ever i love him dearly

[fiqhtclub]

for my own mental heath this show ended at season 4

[arystocrat]

ena what the fuck

[starbell0]

(some Stranger Things S5 spoilers)

Watching the Stranger Things 5 Documentary and I am BAFFLED

WITHIN THE FIRST T W O MINUTES THESE ARE THE WORDS THE DUFFERS SAY

Matt: "It's terrifying because you see these shows that people love and adore, and the ending falters. And they just discard the rest of the show."

Ross: "You can't leave anything dangling. You have to wrap everything up.

Now you can argue as much as you'd like about the finale and the overall season 5 of stranger things - I have my opinion and you have yours.

but you CANNOT deny that they quite LITERALLY did EXACTLY THIS

Opinions aside - you have to admit that they loaded so many guns that didn't fire, opened so many questions they didn't answer and left so. much. dangling.

How did El recognize Will in the picture?

What happened with the painting that Will gave Mike, why isn't that acknowledged at all?

And also (SPOILER)

THEY LEGITIMATELLY SAY MULTIPLE TIMES "Oh well I guess thats for the viewers to decide."

THATS.... THATS LITERALLY LEAVING THINGS DANGLING AND NOT WRAPPING THINGS UP????

AM I INSANE???

[skrunklydoo]

“lmao lloyd wouldnt call misako his mom” he. he literally does. several times. every time he sees her. did. did you watch the show???