#can you even call this an analysis

[purpleshadow-star]

This might be an unpopular opinion but I think the Duffers actually do a really good job at showcasing platonic and familial love in the show. Let me explain, season by season, character by character:

Season 1:

Joyce: Familial. She never gave up on Will. She continued to believe that he was alive. The fact that she believed that he was somehow communicating through the lights more than the (fake) body she was shown really shows how much she loves him. Joyce spent the entire season believing in her son. If it wasn’t for her and her Christmas lights and her non-stop belief, Will would be dead (remember he was already dying when he was found in the Upside Down. If only the Party knew that Will was alive because of El, they would have had to figure out a way to make the sensory deprivation tank themselves to see where he was, then they would have had to get to the Upside Down to save Will. By the time all of that happened, Will would have been dead).

Jonathan: Familial. Jonathan’s love for his brother ended up leading him in the opposite direction of Joyce for a bit. He went out to look for Will at night, but when the (fake) body was found, Jonathan insisted on planning the funeral because in his mind, he knew that Will deserved a proper send off. He believed the body was his little brother, but as soon as Nancy mentioned the faceless man that his mother had described, Jonathan had no trouble believing that Will was alive. Once he had hope again, Jonathan didn’t give up trying to find Will, even going as far as luring the demogorgon to him with Nancy so they could kill it and make sure it was away from Will and his mom and Hopper, and to make sure it couldn’t hurt anyone else.

Hopper: Platonic/Familial. Hopper’s familial/ platonic love is a little more subtle (or maybe not honestly), but it is super important. His main drive during the season is to find Will and ensure that Joyce doesn’t end up like him. He has known Joyce since they were teenagers at least. They are at least acquaintances, if not friends, when the show starts, but they were definitely friends in the past. Their history is part of his motivation to find Will (aside from wanting to find him just because he’s missing), but it’s not the only motivation. Hopper’s late daughter, Sara, is a big part of his motivation. Sara’s death devastated Hopper. It destroyed him. He is still feeling the effects of her death in season 1. This is a huge drive for him to find Will. He doesn’t want Joyce to feel the pain of losing her child. He knows what it’s like and is doing everything in his power to make sure Joyce never finds out. (It’s also possible that he tries so hard for Will because Wil is just missing. There’s a chance that they’ll find him. Will, as far as he knew, was just lost, and lost kids can be found. Hopper couldn’t do anything about Sara’s cancer. her death was unavoidable, but Hopper could do something about Will. He could save Will like he couldn’t save Sara. But this is more speculation then anything else).

Nancy: Platonic. Nancy didn’t give up on Barb until El told her she was dead. Nancy went looking for her after a day of not knowing where she was, and readily believed Jonathan when he told her about the faceless monster Joyce saw. She went out into the woods with Jonathan, knowing it would be dangerous, because there was the slightest chance that she could find her best friend.

El: Platonic. El only knew the Party for about a week, but they made a big impact on her during that week, especially Mike. They took her in, Mike fed her, and they helped her escape the “Bad Men”. Mike fed her and housed her and stuck up for her when Lucas got mad at her. Dustin supported her and treated her kindly. Lucas was suspicious of her at first, but eventually grew to trust her, and he never sold her out to the “Bad Men” and helped her escape them. El got more kindness shown to her from those three in that week then she had probably ever gotten in her life. In return, she did everything in her power to help them find Will.

Mike: Platonic. Mike’s love for Will was a main plot point for the season. Without it, Will would have died. Mike convinced Dustin and Lucas to sneak out with him to go looking for Will, then he convinced them to keep El a secret so that they wouldn’t get locked in their houses, which would prevent them from going to look for Will the next day. Mike saw that El had powers and that she recognized Will and immediately asked her to lead them to Will. Once Will’s fake body was found, Mike lost hope for all of 2 seconds before El channeled his voice on the walkie. Mike heard Will’s faint singing and 100% believed that he was alive again and he managed to convince the others. Mike's love for Will drove the story forward time and time again. Once Mike knew Will was alive, he didn’t give up trying to find him. There was also the scene at the quarry that really showed how far Mike was willing to go to protect his friends. When Dustin was in danger, Mike literally jumped off of the cliff, most likely knowing that he probably wouldn’t survive, in order to save his friend.

Lucas: Platonic. Lucas’s love for Will really shone this season as well. Once Mike brought up going out to search for Will, Lucas quickly agreed. Lucas cared about Will and he was upset when it looked like El was beginning to distract his friends from their original goal, which was to find Will. It got to the point where Lucas got rightfully angry when El messed with the compass, therefore sabotaging their only way of finding Will. Lucas goes so far as going off on his own in search of Will, but his love for the rest of his friends shows through when he goes back to them to warn them about the “Bad Men” that were going after El.

Dustin: Platonic. I’ll be honest, we don’t see too much of Dustin’s character thoughts or motivations this season. Like the rest of his friends, Dustin wants to find Will, although he’s a bit more logical about it than the rest of his friends. It is also made clear that Dustin cares about his friends when he convinces Mike to apologize to Lucas. Dustin wants all of his friends to get along and to be on the same page. 

Alright this has gotten pretty long, I’m going to split the seasons up into different posts. I’ll link them here when they’re posted

Season 1 / Season 2 / Season 3 / Season 4

#its 3am right now but i wanted to get this thought out #or the beginning of it at least (since i only did S1) #I'll probably write the rest tomorrow #but honestly i love the way they showcase the importance of familial and platonic relationships #season 2 is going to be a blast to write about #i love to analyze but i'm not perceptive enough to do it often #stranger things #stranger things analysis #can you even call this an analysis #Joyce Byers #will byers #mike wheeler #jonathan byers #nancy wheeler #jim hopper #Lucas Sinclair #dustin henderson

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

My Lawyer is going to Get Your Ass.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #jiang cheng #nie huaisang #wei wuxian #lan wangji #elle woods #That's right. All this time I was building up towards this punchline. #The pink legal eagle Elle Woods is canonical to the PD-MDZS universe. This will make no sense if you are new around here. #The phone lwj pulls out of his bag of holding has one function. And it's to call Elle Woods. An omniscient and legendary cultivator. #The mandarin is very messy but probably self explanatory. I can only hope it is legible... #Referencing Danganrompa (Sore wa chigau yo!) and Ace Attorney was not on my bingo card for things I would end up doing- #-but it has happened and I am rolling with it. Even if it means a lot is going on in this comic! #the core joke here is that wwx finds himself in a impromptu court and gets a lawyer involved. #A lawyer AU fits these characters so well I am once again blinking long and slow at everyone who’s made an AU for it #Not a single whisper of story analysis in these tags today. It's pure whimsy on the menu. #I am placing a little treat outside of your door. It's a cold world out there and there is so little whimsy to be found.

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

y'all need to get a grip. you blab all day about how much you hate bigots and hateful people and how evil it is to dehumanize anyone and then you turn around and say "kys" and "i think [x] should all just kill themselves" and other disgusting, violent and childish trash

so many people on here are just full of hatred and vitriol and turn into frenzied sharks anytime the target 'deserves it' and they think they can get away with it and not be called bad people. then they whine about how sad it is that we can't all just get along and if only all the evil people in the world would stop doing evil things wouldn't that be nicer

you're just as vicious, hypocritical and fanatically puritanical as the caricature you have made in your minds of the people you think you have nothing in common with. if you've ever told someone, ANYONE to kill themselves you're not advocates of justice, you're not artisans of peace, and you certainly don't have any moral high ground that would allow you to pass judgment on others

#i'm tired #you're so terrified of being bad people that you convince yourselves you could *never* be bad #and then any expression of hatred towards others (the “bad people”) gets reframed as proof of your own moral character #((making you even more afraid of being bad because you don't want to be at the receiving end of the hatred and so on and so forth)) #you can say whatever you want about religious people and esp christians but 1) you're as religious as they are but at least they know it #and 2) most of the christians i've met are magnitudes more forgiving of others than this website's self-righteous preachers #(this isn't about anything people have said to me btw it's about what i see reading blogs from all across the social/political spectrum) #this about the radfem-hating liberals and the pro-life-hating radfems and the liberal-hating pro-lifers. Round and round we go #it’s about the people who put rabid antisemitism on my dash and whose only socio-political analysis is to call EVERYTHING bad #“Just like nazism” #Yapping about how much more moral and enlightened they are than ppl who introduce nuance into complex topics while they parrot slogans #I hate slogans so bad

[fumifooms]

Canines

The hand that feeds

Mickbell Tomas & Kuro Dungeon Meshi

^ 1: Ink-the-artist, I will remove my teeth / 2: Margaret Atwood / 3: C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy / 4: Mitski, I’m your man / 5: Ojibwa, I love you like a rotten dog / 6: KotOR II / 7: Stardrop, Everything that’s ever been mine is covered in teeth marks / 8: Sodikken, People Eater / 9: Mitski, I’m your man / 10: maxime., The life and death of a dog / 11: Mitski, I bet on losing dogs / 12: maxime., The life and death of a dog / 13: hun, I did not bite with Malice / 14: C. Michael Davis, Don't Pet the Dragon / 15: Mitski, I’m your man

v 1: Early versions of the myth as in aeschylus orestes / 2: Ink-the-artist, I will not remove my teeth

#Yeahh i’m workng on a mickbell & kabru party analysis oops #I’d bleed for anything if it held me the right way. Even teeth #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #Mickbell tomas #kuro #mickuro #mickrin #It’s on topic in my heart #The red means I love you… #The duality between the care & devotion and the hurt & isolation is really what gets to me #Traumabonded kittens highkey #Tw #cw #cw abuse #tw abuse #Web weaving #web weave #webweaving #I hit 30 pics :( would have added more if i could #Idk even anymore… Pls tell me you see the vision #Mick obvi loves Kuro a lot but this was meant to focus on the unhealthy side if that wasn’t obvious. Abuse tactic of isolation etc etc #People always leave. doesn’t matter how or why but his parents his sister everyone he’s never enough to stay #and that’s why he thinks he has to trick Kuro into thinking Mickbell’s the whole world or he’ll discover that there’s more out there. #Stuff that’s worth leaving him for. He has to make the world scary and unknown and not pay him and not let him have connections #That’s why he doesn’t want people to have a choice!! Either Mickbell doesn’t care about you or he’ll make sure you can never be without him #and there being a third option/outcome in this freaks him out!!! #Some of these should be called ‘No Title’ instead but I have bad academic crediting etiquette this looks cooler sorry #He’s scared of course he bites. There’s only throwing bones when feeding a stray. So bare your teeth and chew me up

[theblacktiecacti]

jay went to clown school. let’s talk about that

#art by me #jrwi riptide #jay ferin #i was drawing wherever the wind took me #and it took me to clown school jay #the best destination i could’ve hoped for #i feel like so much could be explored or expanded there in fanon #but i barely see anything #welp if there is none make some #sound off in the comments if you ever think about how jay rarely retracts into herself when faced with conflict #but instead goes to clown school or hitches a ride with the loserest boy she can find #and it’s the rare (and most impactful) moments when she responds differently #shutting down after the phone call with her grandmother #or blowing up after learning about lizzie and ava #or crying as she’s told to shoot her friend in the chest #but the every day conflict almost always gets humor as a response #which leads to very out of pocket moments but we love jay for it #oooooough jay ferin the way you express emotions is so important to meeeee #ALSO the fact that often it’s insult based humor or overly confident in self humor #let’s dissect that jay how do you relate to your friends in the hierarchical structure of the navy academy #did you feel like your humor had to subtly place you at the top? or you would not be enough? jay? #your relationship with kira hinges on fixing this structure by being better than it hm? let’s talk about that #let’s talk about how your life centered a lot around being the best even if not directly or intentionally #should i do a full analysis on this? #i kinda wanna do a full analysis on this

[randombrainrots]

I think one of the main differences between Han Sooyoung and Yoo Sangah is how they both react to expectations, while Han Sooyoung ignores them because it's your problem what you think about her not hers, Sangah has the need to fulfill them, and it's not even fulfilling the expectations you have for her but rather the ones she created for herself for you. She always wants to be the best for people, to be there, even if sometimes it means to neglect some parts of herself. This also means sometimes she either gives you something you don't necessarily want or confuses what you expect from her as something she needs to do. As for Han Sooyoung, I feel like she ignores every expectation as a way to protect herself from the possibility of not fulfilling them because if it were to happen the thought would be unbearble. Also, it's not like she ever had to fulfill any expectations to begin with, whether she was well-behaved or punched anyone in the face, nobody would care, not even her parents, so she might as well just do whatever she wants.

#orv #전독시 #전지적 독자 시점 #omniscient reader's viewpoint #omniscient reader #orv novel #han sooyoung #yoo sangah #sangsoo #at least they were like that at the start of the novel #that's just my interpretation of them tough #character analysis? #can you even call it like that? #anyways i love them

[hamartia-grander]

Wyll breaking up with the player character if Ulder dies so Wyll must become the Duke makes me wanna throw up sobbing because he actually thinks that just because his father's first duty being to Baldur's Gate made him a Bad Father that Wyll himself will inevitably be a Bad Lover because surely no one could match love with duty if his father couldn't, unknowing he has more love in one hand than his father had in his entire body. fuck

#More in my reblog #“my father taught me more lessons than I can count” yeah dog they were called CAUTIONARY TALES 😭😭😭 #“pull me too close and I'm destined to hurt you” FUCKIGN. BITING YOU #“a champion's heart is as sharp as a new blade” SO CRAZY I GOT THIS SICK ASS ARMOUR. TRY ME. #I'm actually in physical pain over this. Wyll my love. #I need to rip ulder in two with my bare hands right now. #sorry I JUST saw the breakup scene for the first time today and I haven't stopped thinking about it it's making me ill with sadness #he didn't even break up with ME but it fucking feels like it goddamn #bg3 #Wyll Ravengard #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 analysis #oh my GOD and the fact that he offers one last dance. I'mgoing to ufckingexplode #and he spends five whole seconds just. holding the character. not even dancing. #I watched the version with him and astarion ofc I don't romance wyll myself (lesbianism) #makes me wanna write a fucking fic (derogatory) #why the fuck is everyone so ill over astarion when mr insane mental health issues is RIGHT here (i know why. but still)

[fortunatelyenchantingtaco]

JJK lore haunts me so badly. Why the fuck is RCT so rare in modern times and barely anyone knows it but everyone from Heian era seems to have it. Where have you lost that knowledge or where are you hiding it.

The fact that techniques depend only on your genetic lottery is so insane. I know it’s to further show just how unfair everything in jjk is, but its honestly no wonder the clans are so insane about their blood and everything. Unless you are lucky enough to be randomly born a sorcerer with a powerful technique(very rare and also hard to find), there aren’t many sorcerers to come around except in the clans.

If we look at RCT as something thats also genetic, it doesn’t make sense cause we know it can be learned. Then its a variation of curse energy manipulation, like strengthening your body with it(its the same with simple domain). Not an inhate technique but a form of control. Then my point still stands why the fuck is it so hard to learn if everyone should be able to do it, Gojo would certainly want to teach his students it, esp Inumaki

Like fucking hell, did CTs just appear? No one created them they just appeared? With all those rules and nuances? This is such bullshit. It doesn’t make sense. People should be able to create them. The fact that Sukuna adjusted his domain so it wouldn’t have a border, while domain is very much a manifestation of your technique, means you can change it. Fuck. I am in Gege’s walls screaming and judging. So much just doesn’t make any sense AAAAAA

Like no wonder Gojo and Sukuna and Kenjaku are overpowered as hell. Most people get one (1) technique but not them. Like i get the point of an unjust and unfair world built on blood relations but god it just doesnt add up. Like i understand we see Heian era sorcerers as so strong cause they wouldn’t have lived till modern times otherwise but it really seems like RCT was more commonplace and the general power level was much higher. Fucking tell me what led to that. Why Gojo’s birth was such a big thing. Why did yall started to thin out. TELL ME

#jjk analysis #if it even can be called that idk #jujutsu kaisen #gojo satoru #can you tell how much i put into worldbuilding #70% worldbuilding 30% gays #i cant handle this bullshit #call me annoying it just doesnt #either kenjaku and everyone else just put so much into sabotaging their knowledge of history and everything #or these are holes i cant handle #btw in my au the reason gojo recognises ten shadows even though sukuna in canon doesnt #is because gojo has been in clan bullshit all his life #if you even care #well i know one person does #hi <3

[norwegianblackmetal]

something something the reason why cartman is so obsessed, so infatuated with kyle (even if he doesn’t realize it) is because kyle matches him as an equal. this is portrayed quite well in “smug alert” when cartman gets increasingly frustrated with butters, because butters just goes along with him. butters is weak willed and accepts - even agrees - with the taunts cartman throws his way. cartman wants a challenge, he wants someone who will bite back, so to speak. i feel like that may have been why he grew disinterested in heidi so quickly, because she wanted to change and improve eric through genuine kindness, which does not work on him; for eric to realize his faults, he needs a heavier hand, which kyle never fails to deliver.

#this could def be better stated but yk what i’m getting at #south park #kyman #cartyle #kyle broflovski #eric cartman #sp #south park analysis #if you can even call it that #kyle.txt #i love queue

[sunray-screaming]

just realized that nikolai is literally doing a lovers’ suicide, just like dazai’s been trying to do

except he’s taken matters into his own hands so now it’ll be a murder-suicide

I feel like there’s a connection to be made here but idk what it is

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd analysis #if you can even call it that #more so just questions than analysis #bsd season five #bsd s5 #bsd s5 spoilers #bungo stray dogs nikolai #nikolai gogol #fyodor dostoevsky #bsd fyodor #bsd fyolai #dazai osamu #bungo stray dogs dazai #osamu dazai

[laurelwen]

No One:

Me: Is it just me, or does anyone else think that this old twin size mattress could have been from Nigel's bed when he was a kid? It just has that kid's bed quality to it, and would explain why it was relegated to the basement when he got too big and heavy for such a cheap, thin mattress. It's too shitty for a guest room.

Completely irrelevant, other than in my head where somehow it feels significant that this is what he uses to cover the secret entrance to his hideout. I'm just over here muttering in the corner: "this meaaaans something..." I'll parse it out eventually.

#like minds #nigel colbie #like minds 2006 #murderous intent #alex forbes #like minds analysis #if you can even call it that

[vaugarde]

sorry to harp on this but i think long video essays have become this thing that people decide that they don't like personally, and like that's alright, but for some reason they have to justify that dislike by making it a moral discussion rather than something that just comes down to preference and not all of those videos being well made. like you can't just say "i don't like quinton reviews or hbomberguy cause their vids are too long and that's just not for me" you gotta say "quinton reviews and hbomberguy are DISGUSTING people for forcing their audience to watch HALF ASSED CONTENT and oh they just want your MONEY and they're not ARTISTS they don't CARE about you and they're scammers and-"

#like one thing ill agree on is that these would do well with transcripts if people want to get in on them but dont want to watch #which i totally agree on. like i dont like audiobooks or ebooks i prefer to read physical copies cause i process them better #but you dont see me waging war on audiobooks cause i have a hard time processing spoken words with no visual over written ones #because thats a me thing and its the opposite for plenty of people #sorry actually we have to cancel every podcast ever made because they have no visuals and i cant listen for that long #im passionate abt this cause people will harass these creators and call them disgusting freaks with no talent or substance #and like. its super uncalled for??? like their worst crime is that some of the analysis feels unnecessary #you cant even say quinton reviews is just summary either bc he goes into merch and the climate around the shows #idk like. you dont need an ethical reason to not like something. you can just not like something and leave it at that #echoed voice

[maxellminidisc]

Dont really go here and a tad mean perhaps but it is so weird to me that tons of people are like "Oh darn I was such a fan I'm so surprised he was like this" about that youtuber guy who got demolished for being a plagiarist and basically phobic to anyone that isnt a cishet gay man.

Cause like every time someone brings up the content of the break down of his bullshit and gives more examples in and left out of that video, it's like really apparent shit and language he used to be phobic to gay and trans women especially like... y'all liked this shit without really engaging or thinking critically about the fact that this guy repeatedly was beaming very clearly phobic and misogynistic language and content right into your ears and eyeballs??

#on one hand im not surprised given how many people act like misogyny is over #and have flimsy veils on their hatred for lesbians bi women and trans women #buuut like idk use ur thinking skills is all i can say i suppose and do better by women in the community #not to mention id never seen that persons videos but like I actually did see about 3/4 youtubers who focused on gay history and analysis #call that dude out over the years for plagery and that again is without me being very engaged in youtuber essayists and shit #so like how did I who dont even run in these circles or spaces catch wind of that repeatedly #and those of you IN it didnt? like genuine question

[welcometogrouchland]

We talk a lot about the merits of pop culture vs 'high culture' on this website and anti-intellectualism and stuff but where's the appreciation for ppl who deeply enjoy both. Can we make some noise for people who's favorite movies are like. Ratatouille and Eraserhead? Or something?

#ramblings of a lunatic #posting with no tags. the girls who get it get it #inspired by a conversation i saw on comic twt pitting two sort of. arbitrary 'types' of comics together #saying ''not every comic needs to be A! some can be B!'' but they made the mistake of disparaging A by calling the writers 'lore nerds' #and then their examples for the superior/underrated B comics were like. grant morrison #and ppl were like ''hey wait a minute-'' #and it just made me realize how like. arbitrary the distinction they were making was (even tho there was distinction!- #-and merit to what they were saying!) and how you usually tend to enjoy both for similar reasons (good writing. just diff kinds) #anyway. this isn't exactly like that but it got my brain going #I've (famously if u read my tags. lmao) got a lot of weird complexes surrounding art analysis and consumption #the kind that can only be gained from being an avid tumblr user from 2016 through to 2020/onward #i think this ^ is one of the healthier attitudes i can have. but that's just me personally everyone's different

[imminent-danger-came]

totally agree with you on lmks pacing, it works for me because pretty much every plot element thats supposed to matter, even if it only lasts for 2 or so episodes (i.e possessed wukong) is treated with weight

that and there arent characters/scenes that take away a substantial amount of spotlight from other things that could be focused on (smartie kid not withstanding)

YES EXACTLY. EXACTLY

Like, with possessed Wukong specifically I got everything I could have wanted from it. We had him attack MK no less than 3 times, we had MK trying to reason with him (and failing), we had MK believing in SWK (and getting him back), we had possessed Wukong fighting Macaque, it retroactively added to Wukong's "reaching for more power/immortality" arc in sick and twisted ways. I love it here.

And, look. I said *maybe* you could cut Smartie Kid from s3, with tears in my eyes, because honestly I love that episode and what it contributes. It shows us how Wukong is going to gain his strength back, and most importantly it re-establishes MK's powers and shows us how he's feeling about not having those powers. That and 3x03 takes a big bright highlighter to the fact that MK's "someone special"/"hey it's not normal that he can lift the staff", and I love that MK get's his powers back playing a rigged game. I also love that MK literally bets his friends in order to force himself to win (aka "going too far in the pursuit of power", because that's what monkeys do). MK deciding he was going to be the "smart one" after losing his sense of identity as the "Monkie Kid" is such a him choice. That was so MK of him. Plus, I think it's a nice transition episode between "The Great Grand Dragon of the East" and "The Winning Side".

#I think about ''He's in no state to waste his time on mere mortals—especially now that I don't have my powers'' a lot #Like it's so wrong in every way #MK you're not even a mere mortal. And even if you were SWK fucking loves you dude #They are just so *gestures* #Wukong you gotta regain your strength I get it. But why are you being an asshole about it asfdasdfasfd #OH MAN I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION MK'S LIKE. ''SMARTIE KID''/PLAN MAN ARC #MK using his brain since 1x10 to try and make it safer for his friends <3 #Like it's kinda a background thing in s2 and s3 but 3x03 adds to it nicely #And then when they called him the plan man in 4x12 I fucking cheered #LIKE OMG. THE CHARACTERS HAVE NOTICED THE THING I NOTICED #MK the plan guy. The man with the plan. #be amazed by how much I can overthink the lego show #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk MK #lmk analysis #asks #imp's a little feisty #not really but I'll add it to that tag

[bylertruther]

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#the wimpification of mike comes directly on the heels of the babygirlification of mike btw. so no they can't really be totally #separated when the reasons ppl give for calling mike a wimp sissy are the very same reasons they use to call him babygirl. #which.. the babygirlification of mike is different from the way that tumblr originally used it - which is to say ironically - because ppl #take away a lot mike's key and defining characteristics that separate him from the rest of the party to call him babygirl. #and while some ppl say it in a joking manner many don't. and you SEE that in the way that people's opinions really come out in polls and #what headcanons or AUs get catapulted to fandom-wide popularity etc etc. every joke this fandom makes gets turned into Real Canon #Character Analysis that quickly replaces what gets upheld as canon and then anyone that doesn't take the joke seriously is told they're #the wrong and weird one. even though the show and countless of duffer interviews are right there. and obviously none of these people #are real but if you're someone that actually enjoys canon then you easily and quickly get shoved out of fandom because what you see #doesn't reflect the characters you love and if you try to create content that does it either gets torn down or ignored or gets people in #your inbox attacking you and telling you you're making this fandom a hostile place ironically enough lmao. #but whatever i guess lmao. 🤷‍♂️ #and before someone twists this—this isn't attacking anyone for having headcanons. this is about how headcanons and jokes can never #be just that and instead bleed into actual analysis.