#you failed

[sunshinetrinket]

what ever. clings its over. don't call me don't come by my house we're done

[crazyjane13]

"This show is about outcasts"

The Duffers said, over and over again, that Stranger Things was a show that championed the outcast, the nerd, the freak.

So what happened to those freaks in the end?

Kali - the abused woman of colour who had strange powers. She ran away to try to be her own person. All her friends were murdered. She was kidnapped and tortured non-stop for an unknown amount of time. She felt she would have no choice but to commit suicide to escape. She was left in mortal danger by Hopper. She died pointlessly because of someone else's reckless actions. And finally, she became a plot device for an improbable fantasy to comfort the straight white boy.

El/Jane - another abused woman with strange powers who ran away. She was exploited by almost all the men she tried to be close to - her surrogate fathers and her boyfriend. She thought being used as a tool was a sign of love. She begged to be loved and was gaslighted. She was used by everyone and her worth lay in her superpowers, not herself. Her attempt to exercise agency was played for laughs. Her only successful exercise of agency was to choose to die, believing it was for the best for everyone else. And finally, even that was taken away from her for an improbable fantasy to comfort the toxic boyfriend.

Will - a bullied gay boy. He was abused by his father. He was systematically tortured and exploited for five years. He was ashamed of himself for being 'weak'. He endured the boy he loved slapping him in the face with homophobia. He used his own feelings to prop up that boy's toxic heterosexual relationship. He endured that boy's wildly inconsistent behaviour towards him and he forgave him for it. He even forgave his abuser. He was forced to come out to a room that included strangers out of fear that something worse would happen if he didn't, and he denied his love because he thought he had no right to be loved. And finally, he was cast as the lone exile who went to gay bars to find connection in an improbable fantasy that soothed a straight boy's conscience.

This is not championing the outcast. This is telling the outcast that any happiness they find is illusory at best, temporary at worst, and in the end their only function is to make a straight white boy feel better about himself.

Duffers, you failed.

[vivalasthedas]

personally think the annabelle movie would've been more interesting (since it's already so devoid of connection to the actual fake shit the warrens spunked out about a random doll anyways) if it had actually just been postpartum psychosis.

[tarantulas-of-santa-fe]

Naomi you aren't doing your job right hope this helps! (I hate herrrrr)

[thathopeyetlives]

legitimately I am kinda worried that this is just going to be the beginning of a long series of Murders Motivated By Weird Totalizing Philosophy.

Timothy McVeigh and Osama Bin Laden cannot possibly compare to these freaking people.

[5weetmeat]

Pees on you

this did nnot affect me because I just happen to be wearing this exact outfit at this exact moment

[heterochromatica]

explodcor asked: Katsuki placed a bag of caramel on Shouto's desk in his dorm room with a note on it that read: "For when I'm away and you still wanna take a bite out of me~"

Shoto looked at the bag and before he could help it, he huffed a tiny chuckle while reading the note. It was cute and he really appreciated it. He would have to find something to return the favor though.