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I think the Duffer Brothers' history with racism in their show goes a lot deeper than a lot of people realize.
Lucas as a character has three distinct B plot stories that get assigned to him: being a minor antagonist to Eleven in season one, being a good friend to the rest of the Party, and being in love with his girlfriend. While Mike's plot is directly centered around two of the most pivotal characters of the show, Dustin is given two different role model characters that shape his arc and is overall the genius that helps the rest of the cast get out of several difficult situations, Will still being connected to the Upside Down after his disappearance in 1983 and that playing into several major plots, Max having a multitude of centric storylines especially in season four and Eleven literally being THE main character- Lucas is only ever given plots that help serve and uplift the other (white) characters. Unless you count him... playing basketball and being friends with Jason. I guess?
Erica is similar to Lucas, but to a much larger degree. I'd like you reading this to think of any single Erica standalone plot in the show that has nothing to do with/does not predominantly or solely benefit the white characters around her. I'll wait.
The Sinclair parents are only touched on in brief sections for the sake of filling the episodes, only ever playing a more major role in Season Four. If you could call it that. I'm sure most of you couldn't even tell me their names off of the top of your heads. (It's Charles and Sue, by the way.)
Argyle was the first somewhat major character of color to be introduced to the show after Erica played her part in season three. I could say similar things about his role in the season overall that I can about Lucas and Erica. Except they set him up to play a bigger role in the next season at the end of season four, going as far as to show him in Hawkins and have Jancy verbally allude to him sticking around, only for the show heads to ghost Eduardo Franco and let him find out he wasn't being brought back through an official social media cast photo.
Kali was a former subject from the same lab El came from, having escaped and subsequently began to lead a vigilante life of enacting revenge on those who played a hand in her suffering. She was the first subject El ever met after leaving the lab, shown to be incredibly powerful and strong-willed. Her and El had an immediate connection, calling themselves sisters right after meeting. But after El was finished with her self-discovery period on the S.S. Kali Gang for one (1) often-forgotten and poorly-written episode, Kali was quite literally abandoned both in spirit and on screen, never to be seen or even mentioned again.
All other characters of color are either killed violently (Patrick), have like ten minutes of screentime total (Jeff and Calvin Powell), or are just straight up background only and may not even have names.
They can dedicate an entire section of season four's plot to Suzie's family, but not to genuine character development for Erica or for Kali to return. They can make room for a whole pointless predatory plot between Billy and Karen, but not to give a more important role to the Sinclair parents. They have room to include a whole plot about El getting bullied in school, but not for Lucas to have a more meaningful story outside of his white friends and girlfriend. They can platform three known white zionists while Palestine currently undergoes a gruesome genocide even as I type this, but they don't have room for Argyle in season five (or even the decency to give Eduardo a fucking phone call).
Not only do the Duffers constantly write themselves into holes because they keep adding unnecessary fodder to the plot, and refuse to kill ANY of their main characters in favor of just creating new characters for the sake of killing them off in mediocre ways despite the fact that they're trying to fit 20+ B plots into 8-9 40-50 minute episodes per season and wondering why half their show doesn't make sense- The time they DO dedicate to character-specific B plots and character arc progression visibly favor the white characters.
If I watch S5, and that's a huge if, I will be sailing the high seas. Between all of this, the fact that they filmed part of season four in an old Nazi prison and tried to turn it into a fucking AirBNB, and the fact that at least four people who play major roles in the show actively support the current genocide of Palestine- I won't be giving them (or Netflix for that matter) another cent of my money.
While you're here, please do your completely free daily click to send aid to Palestine, and here's a list of other resources for how to help more directly.
#cassie talks#stranger things#free palestine#lucas sinclair#erica sinclair#charles sinclair#sue sinclair#argyle stranger things#kali prasad#patrick mckinney#jeff stranger things#calvin powell#anyway excuse me im gonna go put these characters in an ungodly amount of fics#it's what they deserve
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*reblog please*
I wanna talk about Patrick McKinney and death and race
White cheerleader only in one episode gets full Vecna visit and death
White newspaper kid who was creepy and only in a couple episodes gets full Vecna treatment and death
Patrick, who is black gets none of it.
I mean literally he was the only one of Vecna’s victims we didn’t see anything about his pain only him mentioning an abusive parent in passing.
And to add to this I constantly see videos that leave him out of the vecna killings.
No one can say it was only because he was a new character or not in it long because Chrissy and Fred we're new and in less than Patrick.
If you can't see the way the Duffers have treated their black characters like crap then your blind.
So just remember if you're a Billy hater for being racist towards Lucas don't forget to add in Mike and The Duffer Brothers
I don't condone the racism from any of them
#patrick mckinney#stranger things#fuck the duffers#duffers sleep with one eye open#the duffers are bad writers#reblog please
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I mean, it's… it's like, why him?
STRANGER THINGS
LUCAS SINCLAIR & PATRICK MCKINNEY
#stedit#strangerthingsedit#dailystrangerthings#charactersofcolordaily#lucas sinclair#patrick mckinney#stranger things#st4#st4 spoilers#everyone shut up im thinking about patrick#they really killed off his black bsf thanks suffers#if patrick has one fan its me if patrick has no fans im dead#myedit
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The fact that of all four of Vecna’s victims Patrick has the least screentime? Deserves jail I think?
He should have been front and center. Actually he should have gotten to throw a basketball at Vecna’s head.
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Eddie witnesses the third murder
#strangerthingsedit#eddie munson#eddiemunsonedit#joseph quinn#jason carver#patrick mckinney#cowboycoven2#useralison#useraurore#useraimz#userange#userallisyn#tusersclara#userdorksinlove#tusererika#tuserpris#noalook
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So there was not a SINGLE PERSON in the writer's room who could come up with a better backstory/build-up to Patrick getting Vecnaed. Not One. Do not EVER tell me the writing on this show is top shit. Y'all just too busy in your circlejerk to care.
Picture attached for reference. Just in case.
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Sweetheart ship candy stickers I made for February only!
Will be available on February 9th!
Edit: Get them in my shop [here]
Etsy version [here]
#harringrove#hellcheer#tigerfreak#buckleway#mccarver#stranger things#steve harrington#billy hargrove#robin buckley#heather holloway#eddie munson#jason carver#patrick mckinney#billy antis dni#my artz#shop update#fan merch
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STRANGER THINGS 4
Chapter Five: The Nina Project
#patrick mckinney#patrick stranger things#Myles Truitt#stranger things#vecna#henry creel#stedit#stranger things edit#strangerthingsedit#stgifset#will80sbyersgifs#st 4x05
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Some examples of The Duffers failing their characters:
Chrissy's death serving as Eddie's motive.
Making Karen a child predator (they could've had a scene where Billy apologizes to Lucas, but instead they chose that... hm.)
Making Billy look like he was the "big bad predator" during the pool scene, even though he was the victim and not Karen.
Giving El a boyfriend before she learns about what she likes and doesn't like.
Framing Billy to be worse than the actual villains.
Having Nancy date Jonathan even though he took pictures of her without her consent.
Steve lying to Billy about where Max was.
Having Argyle be the "tracker" while Jonathan, Mike, and Will look at a map.
Patrick's death scene. The camera kept panning to Eddie and Jason instead of staying focused on Patrick. He didn't even get a flashback.
Their inability to write female friendships without including a fight over a boy.
Traumatizing El over and over again.
Killing Barb and Heather.
Choosing which characters for the audience to support, which they do by framing certain characters as bad in order to make other characters look better.
Inconsistencies with their characterization.
Adding new characters just to kill them off and avoid killing any of the main characters.
Reducing characters to stereotypes.
Argyle doesn't have a last name.
#tw fandom wank#chrissy cunningham#billy hargrove#lucas sinclair#nancy wheeler#the duffers are bad writers#el hopper#barbara holland#patrick mckinney#argyle stranger things#heather holloway
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y’know what? im actually curious about this
#stranger things#patrick mckinney#carol perkins#tommy hagan#vickie stranger things#heather holloway#barbara holland#gareth stranger things#fred benson#eden bingham#these were the ones i thought of off the top of my head#polls
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Skedaddling from here too.
#stranger things#steve harrington#billy hargrove#robin buckley#eddie munson#heather holloway#jason carver#nancy wheeler#chrissy cunningham#barbara holland#carol perkins#tommy hagan#jonathan byers#patrick mckinney#argyle stranger things
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Can y’all yt stranger things fans stop paint Patrick as creep in y’all’s fanfics use Andy instead
Like look at Andy and tell me he doesn’t give creepy vibes(he literally made a gross comment about Chrissy also tell me he wouldn’t be a sleaze ball)
But look at how nice Patrick is (also Rip my nigga Patrick you didn’t deserve to die like that😔 and so quick too we never saw his Vecna vision🤨)
Like yeah Patrick was apart of the basketball team but he was defending Chrissy when Andy made a gross comment about her.
#stranger things season 4#Patrick McKinney#stranger things x reader#eddie munson x reader#eddiemunson#stranger things#eddie munson x black!reader#eddie munson#steve harrington x reader#stranger things imagine#but it’s fiction 🥺🥺I’m sick and tired of black men in media being painted as creeps and harasser’s
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hit me like a ray of sun
burning through my darkest night
you’re the only one that I want
think I’m addicted to your light
#this one’s for the haters#lyrics from ‘halo’ by beyoncé#(if you’re looking for a really great cover check out the one by ane brun)#(very soft and sweet)#and listen I wanted to use actual pics of the actors/characters#but there are straight up NO good pics of patrick where he doesn’t look upset/nervous and that wasn’t the vibe#so in fairness I didn’t use a real pic of gvd either#stranger things#patrick x chrissy#patrick mckinney#chrissy cunningham#st rarepairs#I’m doing this out of spite but also if you hate patrick in my fic please lighten up#it’s all in good fun#shipping is supposed to be fun#remember that!
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the way there was this whole episode where chrissy's haunting was spread throughout it and then another episode for fred's but somehow patrick didn't even get a full scene, like "it would be too repetitive" bitch it alr got repetitive at fred getting another whole episode about it like get tf outta here
#stranger things#patrick mckinney#they had lucas explain it later like they really did something good and positive for either of them#''stay mad'' i will thank u
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It’s loving Patrick McKinney hours. For me.
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