[ SECRET POST #4571 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #4571 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


Marked for spoilers all the way down!








01. [SPOILERS for Stranger Things]



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02. [SPOILERS for Stranger Things]



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03. [SPOILERS for Stranger Things]



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04. [SPOILERS for How to Train Your Dragon]



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05. [SPOILERS for Jessica Jones season 3]



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06. [SPOILERS for Toy Story 4]



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07. [WARNING for antisemitism/discussion of genocide]

[Game of Thrones]


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08. [WARNING for torture, trauma]



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09. [WARNING for mention of rape, assault]



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10. [WARNING for discusssion of abuse]













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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

02. [SPOILERS for Stranger Things]
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[(Anonymous)]

IA. I figure it's one of those subplots that vanish off the radar (sort of like Barb) and not a deliberate omission. This show is good, but it's not always good at continuity.

[(Anonymous)]

Barb didn't vanish off the radar--Nancy's entire plot in the second season was resolving what happened to her and getting closure on it.

[(Anonymous)]

And you don't think that was in part a reaction to fans asking WTF happened to Barb in season 1?

[(Anonymous)]

What happened to Barb: she was killed. We saw everything we needed to know in season 1. The audience knew it and the characters knew it, especially Nancy, whose entire involvement with the plot in the first season revolved around Barb, too.

The plot in season 2 was absolutely because of the fan reaction, but I'm just really tired of "what about Barb" when it was never really a mystery.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't necessarily think people were saying that because they didn't realize that Barb was dead, they were saying that because the show didn't give them much closure about her death - especially where Nancy was concerned. Hence season 2.

[rosehiptea]

It wasn't a mystery what happened to her but it confused me that the show didn't show much of her parents trying to find out what happened to her. So I was glad they revisited it in Season 2.

[(Anonymous)]

The only reason they did was because the audience was weirdly obsessed with her.

[(Anonymous)]

I got into Stranger Things late, but I had already heard all about Barb and Justice for Barb, etc forever. Imagine my surprise to find out that Barb kind of sucked.

[(Anonymous)]

Yepppp

[(Anonymous)]

Because Barb was relatable to a lot of audience members in a way that not many characters are

[(Anonymous)]

That's pretty damn sad. Barb didn't display a single kind or likeable trait during her incredibly brief run on the show. She was a judgemental wannabe who, at the end of the day, died of being too stupid to use a bandaid and too gross to not just drip blood all over someone's pool for funsies. I mean, she's still a better person than Billy was, but that's a low bar to clear.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT but seriously. After watching season one I couldn't understand all the WE LOVE BARB! stuff everywhere.

[(Anonymous)]

Am I the only not really surprised to find out that Billy had an abusive dad? Like, all the signs were there to me. The temper, the over the top machismo, the way he treats Max, because it's what he knows.

I'm more interested now in where the hell Max came from. Like that memory clip, "Hey here's your new sister."

Like... was she adopted, stolen, wtf?

???

[(Anonymous)]

Billy's dad was shown to be abusive in season 2 and they also explained how Max (Mayfield) is his step-sister then.

Re: ???

[(Anonymous)]

I swear to god I blanked out season two, I have no idea why. Like, I don't even remember Lucas having a sister. Maybe I need to rewatch lol.

[kaijinscendre]

This scene was in S2. https://youtu.be/HHdoahZrRaM

There were actually people arguing that what Billy's dad did wasn't abuse. Or that it clearly wasn't something that was had happened before.

Some arguments I heard (mostly on Reddit): Well, his dad just snapped. Billy isn't a kid so it isn't that bad. Billy has his own car, surely he is a spoiled kid.

[(Anonymous)]

*facepalm* People...

[rosehiptea]

I felt sorry for Billy too even though I hated Billy. It was obvious before that he had a terrible childhood, and I don't think that excuses everything he did, but his death really redeemed him in my eyes. (I guess I didn't mind so much that he got killed.)

I hope they follow up on the dad too though. He's still Max's step-dad so it's not impossible they will, but I doubt it too.

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't say his sacrifice was a total redemption but it was really REALLY nice to see that bravery and fighting spirit and /goodness/ still inside of him despite everything. I think that's just as important as a "redemption", honestly.

[rosehiptea]

That's actually a much better way of putting it.

[(Anonymous)]

Got you beat, OP. I felt bad for Billy in season 2 when it was clear his dad was a scary, abusive fuck.

[kaijinscendre]

Me too. My trash son. :(

[(Anonymous)]

honestly I was more mad he wasn't just outright killed from the get-go in episode one

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, no fair to tease us with Billy getting eaten only to take it back in the beginning of the next episode. Like fandom doesn't have enough dudes to project their daddy issues and "he only wants to murder people because he was abused, but he can be healed through the power of cock!" fantasies on already.