[ SECRET POST #4571 ]

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⌈ 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]













Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #654.
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

[(Anonymous)]

SPOILER ALERT: NAYRT, and to be honest I only know about key plot points from Stranger Things through cultural osmosis, but I have the feeling that a large reason Justice For Barb became a thing was because her death, and most of the in-universe reaction to it in Season One (from what I’ve heard, they totally addressed that in Season 2 with Nancy), played far too pointedly on the fearstrings of much of the audience, that being shy teenagers (and shy teenaged girls in particular) terrified that nobody would even notice, let alone miss them should they die young. Seeing a character very much like them having that fear played out and in their eyes confirmed (and with a horrific death at that) would certainly be a reason for such overblown love for a character with relatively little impact on the series as a whole.

[(Anonymous)]

The problem with that theory is that Barb wasn't shy. She was rude. She was prissy. She was unkind to the kid from the wrong side of the tracks whose little brother was apparently kidnapped. But she wasn't shy.

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NAYRT

"shy" is the wrong word but "anxious" would maybe be better. Yes, Barb was at many times rude and impolite and immature, but she's also just a teen, the same as Nancy. And Barb is a really evocative representation of a very specific teenage dilemma. Barb is ugly, and awkward, and knows that she's ugly and awkward. And her best friend - Nancy - neither of those things. And Nancy is in the process of entering into a world of Popularity and Boys that Barb is completely aware that she's unable to enter, because she's ugly and awkward. Of course she's unhappy and weird and awkward about it, being a teen in a tough emotional spot. But personally, I find her a really sympathetic character, and obviously, her themes as a character are things a lot of people in fandom can relate to.

[(Anonymous)]

the thing about her not being able to enter that world is she totally was. remember how steve invited her to the party and tried to include her in what they were doing only for her to still be rude?