Yay, Stranger Things added another girl to the gang, so along with Eleven, we got Mad Max, skateboarder, Dig Dug champ, sister of very scary dude Billy, family with a mysterious past. Cool!
But then, not cool.
SPOILERS, duh.
Why, WHY, do the girls have to be romantic objects or nothing? Can't they just be part of the gang? The Snow Ball scene really bummed me out. I wanted all six kids to go to the dance together in a big group, probably getting a ride from Steve, probably one or two stuck in the way-back so everyone can fit in the car. They should've been all goofy and hyped up on generic soda, together. They should've mostly hung out on the bleachers of the gym but maybe at one point done some awkward slow dancing. Maybe Eleven and Mike could kiss, but COME ON. Instead, they're all divided into couples?! Eleven sees Max as a rival (so lame, Duffer Brothers!!) and apparently she's right, in a way, in that the girls can't exist in the gang as equal partners, but instead must be fought over like a certain video game princess. Ugh.
While I'm at it, Duffer Brothers, let me tell ya something else. I am SO SICK of shows that end in a big battle with the big bad. BORING. So here's my idea for season three: the Mindflayer isn't evil, but misunderstood. He/She/It is from a different dimension, after all. We already know that the demodogs aren't pure evil -- they can be won over with love and Three Musketeers, and they can be loyal to those who treat them well. So, obviously the US government is going to want to weaponize all creatures from the upside-down. They've probably got a frozen demodog to torture already. The gang will come to understand that the true evil is human -- an abusive dad yields an abusive kid (Billy), and an abusive US government yields an abusive Mindflayer. So, what to do? El needs to go on a short tour of nearby dimensions and find one that's unoccupied, cold, and Mindflayer-friendly. She can open a gate to it so the Mindflayer can be safe. If any government baddies happen to fall in, sans armor or guns, so much the better for all.
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