#-capitalization of nostalgia atp. it was so clear that they prioritized 80s nostalgia over any immersion atp that they were just.

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ok but literally can we talk abt how stupid st season 3's opening was. oh my god. i was genuinely so pissed that they put a fucking MEGAMALL in HAWKINS that i stopped watching almost immediately

#that and the weird gross scene between mike's mom and b*lly #(who should not be a recurring character btw he tried to kill a black child. good fucking lord) #but anyway one of the draws abt st for me was it was set in a town very similar to mine. crummy small town in the midwest #where the FUCK are you going to put!!!! a megamall!!!!!!! in hawkins!!!!!!!!!!! #in THIS FOOD DESERT? #like fucking die. come on #and it makes me even more mad because the only reason they worked that into the plot was they were just fully mask off about the- #-capitalization of nostalgia atp. it was so clear that they prioritized 80s nostalgia over any immersion atp that they were just. #gonna drop a megamall into hawkins #because OMG LOOK GUYS ITS A NEAT 80S MALL ITS THE 80S OMFG GUYS LOOK #like im not saying thats not what they were doing the whole time. but oh my god at least before this they were more committed to just #setting a story in the 80s #(head in my hands) why did it go so weong #and another thing!!! why did they do that to the cop guy #talk about flanderization. he used to be interesting at the very least. why did you make him try to kill mike