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just-a-leech-boy · 2 years

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Ok before I start spam reblogging stuff here is my take on the ST ending.

It was shit. I have already accidently seen people mentioning the terrible writing for Robin and Vickie, who are apparently the same exact person, as well as the how badly written Eddie's death was. But as a whole I am incredibly disappointed at the arc written for El, and above all how Max's death was handled.

The beginning of the season starts off with El being bullied and not fitting in, and this theme continues in her flashbacks. We do not get any closure on this theme and it is never addressed after she leaves NINA. She also watches her abuser die, and this seemingly has no affect on her at all. In her final confrontation with Vecna, she offers almost zero response even though he blames her for what is happening. Also, after the whole "bitchin" arc, and the arc of how "boys don't matter", it is undermining that what motivates her to finally defeat Vecna is that her boyfriend told her he loved her. She does not learn self acceptance or self worth from within. The solution to "you are different and it's bad" is "but your boyfriend loves you". This was quite pathetic to me.

The main issue I have with the end of the season is how they handled Max's death. First, this was Max's season. She was the MVP. She is vital to the plot all the way through, the main dramatic song of this season is her song. This was her story. In the end it was her sacrifice. She was the one who offered and faced Vecna head on. However, she is not given any mourning. El saving her, but then not really saving her, and the apocalypse still happening made bringing her back to life pretty much arbitrary. If she had just died the same events would have happened. The least they could do is honour her death and sacrifice, allow people to grieve her. I think the entire structure of the ending was shit. But the tone that it was in was so wrong in that Max wasn't given the right appreciation. Even though most of the characters never think she actually died, the audience experienced her death. Undercutting with a revival, then it showing it didn't work, just throws off the tone for the entire ending. Why isn't everyone sad, Max died! But I guess she didn't. Giving her a proper death would have been more emotionally poignant.

Edit: I forgot about the fucking letters I am so mad. Imagine if she had died and then everyone got to read her letters. At least that would have been a good emotional ending. At least that would give her the deserved attention and allow characters to grieve her. I am so fucking mad. The fucking letters.

On other stuff (this is just pure complaining): The structure of the ending was so bad. The cut to "2 days later" was so anticlimactic. There wasn't even a come down or explanation of anything. Everyone was in the upside down, with Max dying, or in the USSR. And then it just cuts to everyone is back together and fine. Do Joyce and Hopper know that Max died? If they had ended the season on Max's death, the season would have actually finished on a strong note. What that ending was..... Ugh. Also wow gay people can't be happy at ALL. And also why did they make El so weak this season, and why. Like she lost her powers and it meant a lot. She gains them and . Everything's suddenly back to normal. Why did she have a self confidence arc last seasons for them to write in a no self confidence arc that is never even resolved. Why are they writing Steve and Nancy back together. Why did they pretty much write Jonathan and Lucas out. Why did they kill Eddie. Why was the ending so shit. Fuck you duffer brothers.

#stranger things #this is like 2 paragraphs of angry film analysis #and then like . a huge block of text of me just complaining

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