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disdaidal · 2 years

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People saying Billy was worse than Jason is so funny (a bit concerning too 💀).

Billy had plenty of reasons to be angry. He also... never really initiated fights. Whenever he was fighting, he was either protecting or he was experiencing flashbacks (sad that his trauma was still going on 🤧).

Billy actually seemed sorta... laid back. I hc he was bipolar, and ofc anxiety (like Dacre said). But for the most part, my dude waa just trying to get by.

Jason however...

I've said it before I'll said it again. He's gaston-

The duffers can't even make a character without ripping off other existing medias (joke but also may be true lmao)

I mean Billy was annoying and initiated at least some of that stuff, but the fight at the Byers house was a combination of him being lied to right in his face + frustration because of Neil & Max. People only focus on the Lucas part (which was shitty yeah) and the fact that he beat Steve up (yeah he crossed the line there, but it's not like Steve was completely innocent either). But there was so much else going on in there, too, and it irritates me to see this whole scene being brought up over and over again just for one or two reasons only.

But other than that, Billy was a pretty mellow bully compared to Jason. He was loud and annoying and mainly bullied Steve on the basketball court (again, Steve used to bully others) and tried to get his attention and show him who's the boss. His whole s2 arc mainly revolved around Steve and acting pissed off about being his stepsister's chauffeur & babysitter. (Which honestly would've pissed me off too because I was left alone at a much younger age & I was fine lol)

Whereas Jason rallied and led a whole goddamn mob after Eddie to kill him (just like Gaston), he and his friends beat up Eddie's bandmates because they wouldn't tell where Eddie was, his friends also tackled down Erica (an 11-year-old girl). He also acts like a total obsessed creep toward Nancy at the gunshop, grabbing at her gun and staring at her like a maniac while saying/asking disturbing things. Not to mention the final scene between him and Lucas which was way worse and way more violent than what happened between Billy and Lucas.

But Jason was toned down and just misunderstood? Okay.

I guess Billy should've been a little more psycho then. 🤷‍♀️ And, you know, less realistic. Because apparently, that's what these people hate more.

#replies #every-dayiwakeup #i saw another post where ppl were saying that jason was a more realistic villain than angela too #that people like angela don't really exist in schools #i was like... you guys have obviously never been bullied by the mean girls at school #because i was. one was in my class and she acted just like angela #anyway hating on billy has become a popular meme in this fandom #i like to hc jason in other kinds of stuff lmao. but realistically speaking he was more dangerous than billy #because he wasn't acting alone. he had influence. and a good christian boy image #unlike billy #the 'good guys' are sometimes the worst. jason is a prime example of that

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