[eldritchluminescence]

love to see byler nation getting into the summer hikaru died

[pendragonstarz]

I just know david bowie would not have approved of his song being used in the st finale... specially after all that

[hawkinsschoolcounselor]

Don't forget Freddie Mercury. It may have only been used in a trailer, but I doubt he would've liked how one of his songs was used for this straight pride parade of a show.

[ikykchloe]

happy pride month to the alternate universe where stranger things had actual queer people in the writers room

[tidescaller]

BRIDGERTON S2E03: A Bee in your Bonnet

[actuallyphos]

I’m so confused by Stranger Things being featured for pride month on Netflix like. Huh??? Sure there are gay characters but yall literally queerbaited the audience what

[yourlocalbadgerscales]

they broke up the one queer couple that had off-screen and literally gave no reason for it other than that it would've been "unrealistic" for them to stay together, they only introduced one half of said ship in season four and she got like three minutes of screentime in total in the whole show and no arc or importance outside of that relationship whatsoever, and this relationship (between two girls) was used as a plot device for the shitty excuse of a sexuality arc of the only other queer character (a gay guy) who was pretty much just forced to accept that in order to find love and a sense of belonging he had to move away not only from his hometown but also from all of his friends and family, and also he'd just have to live with the fact that his feelings for his best friend that he had throughout the whole show never got addressed and the issues that came with it never got resolved and his possible future queer joy was left to the imagination even though his queer suffering was highlighted time and time again on-screen and he was basically reduced to it, leading to his character being sidelined in the show that literally started and was supposed to end with him... but whatever.

[90shorrorpaperback]

The queer rep in Stranger Things is what you could have expected to see in a "progressive" show that aired in 1990. A sapphic couple get together towards the end of the show, have extremely limited screen time, and predominantly exist to support a male character's arc.

And a gay guy whose sexuality isn't confirmed until the absolute last minute. Whose storyline ends with some straight people accepting him and a hint that maybe he'll get a boyfriend in the future. Which of course they can't show any development for onscreen, because they might scare the fragile little cishet white men in the audience.

[ballad-of-that-girl-in-uni]

i genuinely don’t think people understand how much pride means to people because i’m at the airport and i just saw a group of flight attendants walk past wearing rainbow lanyards and i- i almost immediately started tearing up. guys. it takes so little for someone to feel loved.

[leighlew3]

ALL. OF. THIS.

[nondelphic]

the feminine urge to abandon the novel and start a newer, hotter, less emotionally demanding novel

[jessalyninlove]

happy pride month to all the queer kids and adults that deserve to see their love and their identities represented on screen

[clericallyinsane]

happy pride month to the canon queer characters of stranger things

oh wait-

[nondelphic]

unfortunately my story needs a middle. i personally think this is excessive

[spaceoddity6]

if byler was “never in the cards” and it WASN’T queerbait they would have been working overtime to make it clear, obvious, and understandable that mike was a) heterosexual, b) devoted to and obsessed with his gf, and c) invested in all his friendships the same/almost the same as his friendship with will

the simple fact that mike said “you’re all my best friends” in season one and then proceeded to treat will differently and with more care and love than the rest of his friends is queerbait enough

at the end of the day, they should have treated their queer audience with respect but they didn’t. they ridiculed us and made us feel small for caring about something they practically begged us to care about.

fuck the duffers

[f1nnyf1sh]

ngl i forgot how bad the pre-s5 queerbait was like what the hell was this for

[thesweetiepienovels]

Actually, you are enough. Even if you don’t work. Or study. Or go out. Or have friends. Or have family. You’re enough because you exist and your existence is enough to be enough because you are not a product. You are not a sum of output. You are not a task to complete. But because you are something the universe wanted and put here even if you’ll never understand why. Somewhere in the cosmos your existence makes a difference, even if it’s not the way others existences do.

[space-sweetheart]

I love people who have specific characters that are their "no one understands this character like me. not even the writers." because they're genuinely not joking. the way they understand those specific characters is so profound that it'll change your entire veiw.

[moodyycat]

just a reminder that you never need to “earn” the right to come out. you can be scared, you can be happy, you can be brave, you can be excited, you can be sad, you can be proud. you can feel any possible emotion about it, and every single one is valid. your journey is valid. your queerness is valid.

if you’re out to people, i’m proud of you. if you’re going to come out to people in the future, i’m proud of you. if you never come out to anybody, i’m still so fucking proud of you.

you do not need to come out to earn your queerness, or your bravery, or your own acceptance. no matter what stage of life you’re in, you deserve to feel queer joy, however that looks for you. you are perfectly valid just as you are.

i’m proud of you. i love you. give yourself a hug <3

[geos-iris]

saying that will "didn't earn his coming out in s4" is homophobic. queer people don't "earn" their coming out. it's not a reward for being a good person or a "good gay person". that is not how coming outs work. people come out on their own terms. when they want, to who they want, and how they want to. the fact that they said that and then will is forced to come out because of vecna but he apparently "earned" that to be his coming out is homophobic.