You can end the cycle El! You don’t have to kill yourself to release yourself from the trauma of abuse!
Kills herself
Look for these signals! Complete these steps! You can love yourself AND be loved! You’re not “different” and you WILL fall in love!
Literally nothing happens
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE IF YOU ARE GOING TO AN EARLY SCREENING EITHER DO NOT POST ABOUT IT OR USE THE TAGS "#st5 spoilers" "st5 leaks" "stranger things 5 spoilers" "#stranger things 5 leaks" SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BLOCK THEM. MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING ME DO NOTTT WANT TO GET SPOILED SO PLS PLS USE THOSE TAGS
TYSMM
EDIT: REBLOG THIS SO EVERYONE SEES IT PLS I REALLY DONT WANT TO GET SPOILED
THIS IS THE ISSUE WITH REVIEW BOMBING ONLY EPISODE 7
This is what is being taken away from the reviews of episode 7, and I'm begging you all to reconsider celebrating this.
Please stop review bombing guys. Please, this is a request. Even if you have actual criticism, do not rate it low solely on the basis of anger towards how they handled that scene.
We are not winning by bringing it down. We are helping the homophobes win.
I know if we come together as a community and start leaving positive reviews, we can manage to bring it up just enough. Please consider. Even if the coming out scene was not how we envisioned or perfect, it has a purpose. It is not supposed to be perfect. Will is rushing the event so that he can go with them to fight and not stay back somewhere safe. That scene is not a personal attack. Even if it is not how our personal experiences would be about coming out and sharing a vulnerable part of ourselves. Remember, we are not Will Byers. Our experiences and motivations do not apply completely for him. As much as I love him, he is a fictional character, and fictional character’s experiences are for story telling.
this is not a good thing.
cutgate is most likely not real — they would have made major plot changes like that BEFORE filming, there’s still a finale where many “missing” scenes will most likely appear, and the only evidence is the word of random people who are telling bylers what we want to hear. it is all too convenient, isn’t it?
this volume was rushed, yes, but even if cutgate WERE real this is not going to do anything good. they aren’t going to suddenly change their minds and release a MORE queer version of the season when the episode focusing on a queer character and his journey is the lowest reviewed episode in the show.
the lower this rating gets, the more proof netflix will have that they should never include a queer character in mainstream media again.
the duffers fucked up, yes, and it needs to be addressed, but i don’t believe they fumbled maliciously. i hate to say it, but in a time where we’re going backwards every day, we need to accept this, and yes push for better, but not through harassing actors and tanking an episode from one of the only big-time producers willing to even entertain queer rep. all this proves is that queerness doesn’t “sell”.
Progress looks awkward during the process of transition. The coming out scene was not ideal or realistic. but why are we suddenly starting care for realism in a show about supernatural horrors, telekinetic powers, and evil wizard trying to destroy the world and remake it?
No matter the poor writing choices, the show creators including the coming out scene for Will, did not make the homophobic audience happy. Rather that scene further alienated those homophobic audience from enjoying the show. They are still making choices that the conservative conformists does not like to see.
Also, we have to remember that in Will’s coming out scene, everyone was accepting and reassuring him they will always love him and never let them drift apart. It was a positive and pretty sweet sentiment. Sure, the audience included people who really didn’t need to be there. But they were also people who are supporting and accepting Will, they did not react in a negative manner. They were there to show even if they aren’t close friends or family, they still do not see Will as anything less or different just for being gay.
It is a nerve-wracking experience to come out to people, especially in real life. This scene is not how most queer people would like to come out and share a vulnerable part of themselves. But remember, the show is at least trying. If we let the media and corporations get the impression that queer stories are not well received, we will be setting ourselves further away from the goal of having meaningful representations on screen.
So I’m urging you guys to pause for a minute and watch the episodes as a part of the show as a whole and not just the Vol2, and also to wait a few more days, to see how they tie up the loose threads in the finale.
miwiheroes
just found out ao3 will be down for 15 hours while im on a trip thats going to take 6 hours and i was planning on reading every byler fic that i bookmarked to be read later…….. fuck my lifeee
