"The vital beating heart behind every season of ST is Joyce and Winona Ryder’s stunning performance for the last 7 years. Joyce will save her son, all the Hawkins kids, her old pal Hopper and the withering magnetism of her funky kitchen magnets." - David Harbour via Instagram | 1x05 vs 4x01

Hey ya'll remember that iconic tape scene in vol2? where Peter asks everyone if they have tape except Nebula with the reasoning she was sitting next to Yondu so she must have heard the question anyway? And I guess he just didn't wanted to talk to her bc. murderous sister of his somewhat- girlfriend? And probably bc she was sitting with Yondu.

Imagine them hanging around and Nebula just goes "You know I did had tape."

Sorry I would find that funny 😭

vol2 of stranger things except it’s bad memes

Center of the Universe.

someone pls knock me out and wake me until july 1st

Bro Vol1 was so byler centric like wtf happened its like they gave up on the show towards the end. Its not just the byler that sucked, it was everything else too. It was so boring and poorly written like wtf? Stranger things had sm potential and they threw it all out the window today.

Man, for a show I’ve fallen in love with and had so much anticipation for, I ended up kinda wishing I hadn’t watched vol2.

Spoilers and a huge rant under the cut

The whole time I was literally shaking with nerves about what was gonna happen to Eddie, to all of them. His last moments (the whole last two eps honestly) dragged on for what felt like hours. It wasn’t fun; it was nerve wracking. And yeah, maybe it’s my bad for getting so attached to a fictional character in a show where people die, but so what? He makes us happy in a time where things aren’t going super well, brought us comfort. If we can’t use fiction as an escape, what’s the point of it?

All that aside, I’m still disappointed about other things. El saying goodbye to Brenner and finding her strength was great, as was the whole thing with Hopper, but other than that? I spent the whole four hours dreading what was gonna happen. I feel like they took the whole “all hope is lost” thing way too far. Watching Lucas hold Max while she begged to die made me fucking sick, as did watching Eddie sacrifice himself. I hate this trend of having people guess who’s gonna die, it’s just sad. Lucas getting beaten up by Jason, who, yeah he died, but didn’t get what he deserved. He was grieving and deranged, and then he was nothing.

And like they touched on Steve’s character arc for a split second before taking ten steps back. I don’t believe that he wants to get back with Nancy because he keeps finding new people in his life, new experiences that change his worldview. Why go back to a girl that is hung up on someone else? This isn’t even a steddie thing- they could’ve touched on his growth without involving her. He’s someone who protects people now, who keeps putting others before himself and doesn’t stop fighting no matter what. Maybe he doesn’t even need a canon relationship to find worth and value. The dream with the kids was cute, but he’s so much more than some guy who can save the world but can’t move on from his first love. I want them to have love for each other, but they both need more.

And man, Nancy and Jonathan are really dragging on. I like them as a couple, really! But couldn’t they have other conflict? Or keep the conflict without involving Steve? All that buildup for them to lie to each other about how good they are, it just doesn’t make sense. I expected Jonathan to tell her the truth about college, or have him circle back to thinking about what it would look like if they kept holding on.

And yeah, Robin and Vicki at the end was just some hetero “we don’t know how to write queer relationships” bullshit. Just because they’re both girls and can have things in common doesn’t mean they need to be the same person. Robin deserves better than that, even someone who knows what she’s been through (winking at you ronance shippers).

I knew Byler wasn’t gonna happen, but man, they really couldn’t have had Will and Jonathan have a better conversation? Even at the end? It’s like “everyone knows so it doesn’t need to be said” but why not?? How is Will any different from Robin, who is somehow the only character who can openly talk about her queerness? Because he’s a boy? Because he’s young and in love with his best friend? I don’t wanna watch him cry in the back of the van with Mike if they’re not gonna have some kinda resolution.

I am gonna keep talking about Eddie, actually. His death was wretched, yeah. But the thing that breaks my heart is that now his name is tainted beyond death, and the people who loved him are silenced and pushed to the side. The Munson Murders, what a tragic end for a character who was so loving, so kind and gracious to everyone around him. And how are the writers gonna act like no one else in the group is bothered by his supposed death? They got to know Eddie, they risked everything to save him, and you can’t tell me that it’s business as usual after all that. If he is dead, it’s the worst insult to his memory. Ya know what’s better than dying a hero? Getting justice! Living to see another day with the people who love you! He could’ve become a braver person if he lived and he was already a fucking hero, because just like Steve, he cares about the kids. I can’t imagine what Dustin will go through and I really don’t want to.

So yeah. I know that the writers won’t see this, but I hope with enough pushback they’ll revive his character. If they can do it with Brenner after having his brain turned to mush, they can do it with Eddie after getting the same wounds as Steve. Especially after El brought Max back from the dead.

And man don’t even get me started on Netflix feeding into the Eddie love the whole time, it feels so vicious of them. Rbing steddie fanart and acting like his character was going somewhere. Like we get that little tidbit about Eddie’s dad teaching him to hotwire a car and for what? To never see him again? I don’t believe it.

Okay, I need to stop. Thanks for reading, I’ll be writing a fix-it fic within the next few days <3

Happy queerbait, everyone, I'm going to watch Heartstopper on repeat to remind myself that gay people can actually exist and be happy and it's not that hard

stranger things vol2 made me kinda mad bc like. WHO IS VICKIE DONT CARE ABOUT HER IM SORRY..... robin and nancy literally hold hands and have awesome on screen chemistry and work so cutely together, but the duffers had to be like omg what if our one openly gay character (bc they conned us out of a will coming out scene) dates someone NO-ONE knows!!!!!!! while all the het relationships get to be with people that are actually ON SCREEN SOMETIMES!! WAHFKJSHDF this is the prevailing issue i have with the show. i like the plot, and the actors, and the characters. but whenever they come to address anything specific (like for example, will being gay) they ummm and uhhhhh and refuse to outright address it. its like the nancy dealing w misogny in s3. they imply, but never actually explore. its tiring wahh

it's David Harbour (Jim Hopper) moaning "oh god" towards the end of the video for me | 4 x 09

All Senri panels in chapter 6

actually im staying delusional.

im CONVINCED that therye going to be like "LOL JK!!!!" in like amonth and release the REAL epsiode 8+9. you CANNOT do me like that. they all deserve BETTER !! !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !