So you’re telling me, they just left his body there? In the upside down forever? That no one cared or mourned but Dustin? That they let him be called a murderer and cult leader with no one fighting back against those allegations? That max can survive several broken bones and a whole standoff with vecna but Eddie dies in vain to fulfill some heroic redemption arc that wasn’t necessary? He deserved better than that. Fuck you stranger Things and the way you introduce characters just to kill them off.
I know parts of fandom have a hard time digesting who this woman is, so let me lay it out.
This is a woman whose parents died, whose husband died, whose brother was blipped for 5 years (which meant he was dead to her too, for those years) and was a single mom, with two boys running a business while also giving what she can of herself to the community.
She’s been focused ENTIRELY on doing what she can for her family and community.
But she’s also emotionally intelligent as we saw in the conversation with Karli, (who honestly lost me in terms of benefit of the doubt or any kind of goodwill when she threatened both Sam and her boys), with that answer about not giving af about the symbol of country that doesn’t give af about her? Yep.
She’s responsible.
She’s a great mom.
She loves her boys and brother.
But she’s also soft… After fixing the boat, she couldn’t bring herself to sell it. She makes secret lunches for the kids in the neighborhood whom she knows have a homelife where they don’t always get meals. She donates any extra-catch from fishing to the local food bank or shelter.
So, this woman is given some actual “How are *you* doing?” type of attention, and not in a creepy way from some random stranger but from her brother’s visitor… An actual Avenger.
…Her brother’s friend.
So, actually *seeing* who this character is, the last thing I’m thinking about is how *she* can help her brother’s friend with his trauma and recovery.
Nor, do I assume he’s giving her attention because of his friend. That would be shitty in the extreme and I don’t think this good old-fashioned, clearly raised right guy, who protected Steve all those years ago and offered him a home after his parents died, saying and meaning “I’m with ya til the end of the line”… would do that.
Sarah got coy yall, she smiled hugely and was so flattered. This woman who has carried so much on her back for years, but still smiles like sunshine.
The kind of person who would only pretend to see her, *really see* her for any other reason than her… Would be a complete asshole.
