we dont talk enough about how winona rider was literally the face of stranger things back when season one was released. she was the thing that got most people watching and got this show to the level of fame that it became eventually with her amazing performances in the first season. then the fifth season came along and reduced her down to someone who makes quirky one-liners, someone whose arc is literally just "learning to not be an overbearing mother to her son", and someone who just becomes a cop's wife at the end. apparently the original ending for joyce wasn't to use the axe to chop vecna's head off, and winona had to suggest it to be her.
justice for joyce actually, justice for all female characters on this show.




