They can't analyze if it was successful if they've convinced themselves there's no non-prurient reason for sex (and especially queer sex) to be in a text.

There's probably a lot of complications getting wine into Hawkins at this point. Surely she'd at least wonder about THAT, even if not her daughter's collection of weapons and her son's best friend's disappearance (COMPLETE WITH FAKE BODY) and the way that handsome lifeguard from the pool vanished.

"Why are you paying attention to age on our show that is trying desperately hard to draw attention to time?"

Also their de-aging attempts are Very Bad. It does not help.

The unforced errors are causing me physical pain.

Also they recast the little sister, who was supposed to be seven, with a 12-13 year old and said she's 9-10 now. Which, normally, annoying continuity error but whatever! But in this case "time stopped in 1983 in the Upside Down" is a major plot point so HOW EXACTLY IS TIME MOVING ELSEWHERE.

Like I get it was a metaphor in Buffy but WHAT'S THE METAPHOR HERE, STRANGER THINGS. EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE PEOPLE IN THE MILITARIZED ZONE THAT LITERALLY SPLIT OPEN ARE PRETENDING THERE AREN'T PEOPLE-EATING MONSTERS TO *EVERYONE*. (i'm fine. i'm fine.)

Until that point I just assumed all the Wheelers knew! And then I just assumed they weren't telling Holly, which was dumb enough on its own! WHY WOULD YOU NOT TELL ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING WITH 70% OF YOUR PARTY WHY YOU ALL PERIODICALLY COME HOME COVERED IN MONSTER GOO.

There is so much discourse about "actors age, do you want them to stop aging?" and not nearly enough discourse about "why would you make time travel a plot point then, intentionally drawing even more attention to how these supposed youths probably have mortgages"

Just feels really weird to see professionals say "the scenes with these characters connecting intimately aren't telling us anything about character." Like, publicly. From their professional accounts. Just admitting they don't understand how characterization works. Brave.

Thanks this finally connected the last dots for me about what The Discourse is about.

This was the first thing I looked up after my nap because I am apparently so angry I dreamed about it.

Saying the winner of the 1962 Newbery medal is 1987 culture is like saying that BUD NOT BUDDY is contemporary culture in 2025.

"Why didn't the show spend more time on [redacted]'s death?"

Well the first reason is probably that the character didn't die, which I imagine would get in the way.

In my defense I fully cannot believe how many YouTubers are out there theorizing their little hearts out about plot points that did not happen.

The psychopharmaceutical industry is AMAZING. I feel well-rested and coherent and like the world is maybe fundamentally a decent place? Also I played Marvel Puzzle Quest a whole bunch.

i can’t blame dogs, if it was socially acceptable for me to stand on my back deck and do a little screaming now and again i would