Ngl, I really think that these bylers that are crying 24/7 about "purity culture" or whatever, are playing dumb when they start with their "but Nancy and Steve were 16 and 17 in that scene of s1!!!1" like... We got introduced to these characters at that age and the people playing them were already adults. So yeah, sorry but I think it's easy to see why most viewers would be uncomfortable with a more sexual scene of Mike and Will and it's not automatically homophobia, I think that would be the case with any of the kids since we got introduced to these characters when they were 12 and the actors were babies as well. We literally saw those kids grow. And I'm not saying byler should only get to peck or hold hands, It'd be cool if they have their epic kiss or whatever, but Will hasn't even had his first kiss yet and some of these people are already talking about sex scenes, like... Be for real š
funny you should say that...because i've used the nancy was 15-16 in season one argument (last tag) before while also saying that i understand why people find the sex part of their sexualities uncomfortable to discuss. and i wanna reiterate that, again, i totally understand that people feel like they've seen them grow up etc etc and that they still think of the actors themselves as children even thought they're not anymore.
i don't think it's all homophobia because like you said, people would probably feel the same about lucas and max and discussions of sex (i don't know if anyone is discussing that because there's much less discourse to have there and you can't argue that people are homophobic if they disagree with you) but i don't think it would be justified either. the "but we knew the characters when they were little" argument makes me think me of an ancient disney channel/abc show that old people and girl meets world fans who watched it for the first time in the 2010s will know, boy meets world (1993-2000). classic comic of age show, look at these kids. and eric in the back (he's fifteen).
they're eleven at the start of the show and then, what happens in any coming of age story happens, you guessed it...
they grow up. this is them in the later seasons, when the main characters are still in high school i think. they grow up, they talk about sex and about having sex at prom in season five and then they don't have sex right away because they figure it's not the right time yet or something like that, and then they have sex later and get married, the details don't matter. but my point is, who watches a show for five seasons, over years and years and gets upset at the main characters having sex because "this is crazy they used to be children"? isn't that the point of coming of age stories that cover multiple years or that focus on the latter years of adolescence, that they're not children forever and that at one point the characters "come of age" which usually includes their first sexual experiences?
i don't think the having sex part is particularly important in stranger things but also it doesn't have to be for it to be portrayed (see jonathan and nancy), teenagers have sex, it's just the way the world works. i'm not advocating for sex scenes of any kind especially because stranger things isn't a show that features a lot of sex in general, the only "explicit" sex scene being nancy and steve in season one with cuts to barb dying, but i genuinely don't think the duffers would have any qualms about portraying teenage sexuality in general with the party. if they did, they wouldn't have included erica threatening lucas to tell dustin what she found under his bed (it wasn't the communist manifesto) and they wouldn't have had max looking at a shirtless steve for an amount of time that's supposed to make the audience laugh. it's been 7 years. if they do a time jump, the babies will be about 17, played by actors who will all be around 20, the age natalia was when filming season one. the characters are teenagers, babies grow up. it happens to the best of us. i get why people would find it uncomfortable and maybe i would find it uncomfortable too but i wouldn't be scandalized. the duffers had no problem having a child actor portray everything will goes through in seasons one and especially two, i really feel like sex is fine and...not traumatizing or hard to watch compared to every single thing will's gone through lol. and again, i'm not even expecting them to have sex lmao, but i wouldn't cry myself to sleep if they revealed that everyone in the party actually knows what sex is.
last question: do we have any indication that jonathan had talked to more than one other girl (the girl at the halloween party being the one girl i'm counting for him) before he got together with nancy. i'm just asking because of your last sentence, because if we don't he should have slowed down alsoš
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Do you think Anna Jobarteh will play Nettles?
She's a pretty good candidate for Nettles if we are going off of social media follows. Sheās following Bethany(and has been seen with several other cast members like Phoebe). She hasnāt been in much(which would explain why she hasnāt really been announced). According to her IMBD, she doesnāt appear to be working on anything at the moment.
Sheās short(in canon Nettles is described as being small š¤·š½āāļø), and she looks younger than she is(which is important because while they should age Nettles up she shouldnāt be older than her early 20s)
Iāll be honest though and say I have a 33% confidence rate that sheās Nettles and I say this because no one has physically seen her on set and itās really hard to definitively say that sheās the woman in the blurry photo(if that woman is Nettles at allš« ):
So Anna if you are somehow reading this and you are Nettles please do what Jack(who Iām about 80% positive is Daeron) did and post a brown dragon on your Instagram šš½š¤£
Jokes aside, this is still the best guess at who could be playing her. If she is Nettles, @lilyofthevall is the sleuth of the century šš½ And everyone is obliged to send her cupcakes š§
It also means that the big HOTD fan pages(I'm looking at you The Blacks Legacy aka theblacks_ on Twitter who used social media followers to guess cast members but never once mentioned the Blackish women following the castš) specializing in leaks and whatnot didn't even really try to find out who her actress was since Anna isn't exactly that hard to find if you are that into the fandomš
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corrupted godhood. reluctant false messiah. prophecy as a creeping all consuming malady. does the oracle see the future or make the future? the horror of trapping yourself inescapably on purpose. the chains of destiny dragging you towards the path you are fighting tooth and nail to free yourself from. there never having been a chance to begin with. no other choice to make. but making that choice regardless.
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Thinking of Steddie Soulmates where you feel every pain your soulmate feels.
Thinking of little Steve feeling every backhand and punch from Eddieās dad.
Thinking of little Eddie feeling Steve break his arm and the pain being so much worse because his parents refuse to take him to the hospital until the school gets involved.
Thinking of Eddie finally moving in with Wayne and sure, the paternal beating are done, but now heās just a small town Freak thatās constantly targeted.
Thinking of Eddie and Steve in their Sophomore/Freshman years respectively, not knowing who the other is outside of rumors and (unknowingly) their shared pain.
Thinking of Eddie finally escaping pain, the bullying turning to mainly verbal shit.
Only to be thrust right back into pain because his soulmates a walking hazard.
Thinking of Eddie having no idea whatās going on when he suddenly feels like one giant bruise after Steveās beat up by Jonathan. Eddie watching Steve fall from grace in his Junior year and not connecting the dots.
Billy coming along and smashing a fucking plate over Steveās head while Eddieās peacefully sleeping. Eddie jolting awake with a shout because /holy fucking shit owā/
Neither of them connecting the dots.
Then Steve graduates, and Eddieās held back. And the pain subsides for a bit.
And then fuck all happens in Starcourt and Eddie literally feels like heās dying and Jesus H. Christ is his soulmate /ok/??? Like they are getting seriously fucked up.
And then that recedes and it ok for a whileā Eddie will still get killer pains that seem to circulate in his chest and head, but thatās to be expected with whatever tf his poor soulmate is going through year after year.
And then the fuckery of March 1986 happens and Chrissy Cunningham is dead in his trailerā his homeā and heās wanted for fucking murder and hiding in Rickās dingy ass boat houseā
And then heās shoving none other than Steve Harrington up against a wall with a broken bottle helps to his throat. Eddieās so piped on adrenaline he barely feels the sting in his back, but he does feel the zing of pressure on his throat and ok /owā/
And heās staring at Steve Harrington, who looks kinda terrified and so pretty and Eddieās holding a bottle to his throat and is that Dustin?ā
Andā
And holy shit.
Eddieās eyes widen at the same time as Steveās and the realization hits them both at once.
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