*sees Gale getting flogged*
Eric: Oh no, the Passion of the Chris! Or wait, he’s Liam dammit…
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Rewatching Bridgerton Season 2 with Pretty Much It commentary tracks right now, and it definitely does heighten the experience; Eric is so invested in the romance, it's very fun.
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can u elaborate abt s4 not feeling like st? i don't disagree but i'm curious what ur thoughts are. i also felt s3 really didn't feel like st, like it's such a tonal shift from the first two seasons (and it has a LOT of issues) but i kind of love it anyway so.
before i try to put it into words i have to issue a disclaimer so here we go: i’m not trying to suggest that stranger things was ever like an indie show or underground or had a small fanbase at all, i know that it’s been insanely popular ever since s1 like i fully acknowledge that. however. s4, to me, feels like it was written to maximize online buzz instead of prioritizing the story, more so than any other season, and it worked which makes the fanbase feel different.
the first three seasons were obviously insanely popular and they did have these big moments that became referenced to death. i mean s1 alone spurred the whole barb obsession, the pink dress blonde wig el halloween costumes, the recreations of joyce’s light wall, the eggo jokes, plus people just went crazy like inviting david harbour to their weddings and shit. but that was all…natural. prettymuchit’s eric striffler talked about this in their stranger things commentary track so i’m ripping from him but he essentially said, in reference to s1, it’s insanely impressive how effortlessly the show managed to create iconic imagery that feels like it’s from an 80s movie in 2016. the duffers know that, so every season they ramp it up more and more to try to capitalize off that success. and sometimes i don’t mind it! i know people took issue with steve & dustin in s3, complained that their dynamic was being strung along just for memes or whatever, but to me their bond still felt genuine and authentic in that season so i personally was cool with it.
s4 just feels…rushed. which is insane because they had 3 years to work on it. purely speculating here, i think perhaps the duffers and netflix knew that it’d been forever and people were starting to forget stranger things, so all those rewrites and added content were kinda written with the idea of maximizing viewership in mind. that’s how we get ideas like: creating a fan favorite character whose imminent death is shoved down your throat so hard that the actual moment just rings hollow, shock killing and then un-killing max, bringing stancy back out of nowhere, starting and then dropping multiple storylines as the season progressed, giving el and hopper the exact same storylines they had in season two, having brenner take up insane amounts of screen time, etc etc etc. just…bad choices! and bad choices that you can tell were manufactured to either go viral (eddie and max) or start debate (stancy) while basically forfeiting the quality of the show in the process.
okay here’s where i’m gonna get bitchy. again i know the shows always been popular, and i like eddie, but eddie….took away a lot of the fun of the fanbase. and this is coming from someone who writes eddie fic!! i love him!! but i hate when any one specific character just completely monopolizes all content and conversation about a show, and among casual fans eddie completely 100% did this. you cannot see a single tweet about ST without thousands of replies all being like “is eddie coming back??? is eddie alive?????” and it just annoys me! i don’t like it! it makes the fan reaction and aftermath of this season just…different than the others and a lot less fun.
i think for me the different vibe all comes down to the fact that i didn’t like season 4. i was really disappointed after i finished it and honestly very sad i remember texting em being like “i don’t want to admit i’m disappointed because then that makes it real” but it’s been 5 months now and i can fully say: i was disappointed. it wasn’t what i was expecting, it wasn’t what i wanted, it was just not the quality of the show i know and love! which again is all subjective! and there’s a lot of good moments from it, but s4 just doesn’t hold a candle to the other 3 and it’s somehow impossibly made me …. not excited for s5. which i didn’t think was something that could happen!!
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when eric striffler said aaron taylor johnson as hercules in the live action 💗💗💗
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what yall know about eric striffler
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Alan: it’s the lesser Hemsworth!
Eric: uh, it’s pronounced “Liam”??
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Okay My Dears...
So I have recently had to come to terms with the reality of some of my male friends attitudes and I have since cut them off for the sake of my mental health.
Initially I felt obligated to discuss it, or explain the hurt they had cause me, but after days of getting no where, and feeling like I was bashing my head into a wall. I realised for my own sake I had to seperate myself from them.
Thusly...
Here are some names of some men who have helped me not want to smash my brain into a wall. Aka some men who are respectful™.
Aka Men with written by women vibes,
(Photos provided are from my camera roll and I do not have sources sadly)
First off; Eric Striffler, account owner of Pretty Much it YouTube channel. A soft sweetheart. @prettymuchit
And then there is his partner in crime; Jacob Shao, a comedic legend.
James Fucking Acaster, one respectful, babe. And funny as anything
Rhys James, a God, watch his lad poem on his YouTube makes my soul happy.
Kurtis Conner is a spectacular comedian and YouTuber.
Alex Elmsie aka Imallexx id an awesome youtuber.
James Marriott is a sick youtuber.
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How they wrote Bryce Walker in Season 3
The Writers: see we redeemed him, made you feel bad about him.
Also the writers: DROWN BITCH!!
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