enstarr

stranger things is arguably netflix’s biggest hit Ever. it is a show with millions and millions of viewers worldwide. it’s basically the definition of mainstream media right now.

and will, a canonically gay character, has been repeatedly pushed aside by some viewers as “irrelevant” or just as someone who is “getting in the way” of the “meant-to-be heterosexual” couple.

but now, at the end of st5 volume one, the entire spotlight is on will. not only that—it’s on will accepting himself for who he is. it’s on him accepting he’s gay, accepting he’s in love with his lifelong best friend, and, most of all, accepting that it’s okay to be exactly who he is. and that is what empowers him.

Romeo, Jesse

Unfortunately, the hyperfixation has progressed to the point of drawing the characters near unrecognisable again. ( '-')

Extras, using medieval paintings as reference:

wild west au :33 bc i have no idea how it took this long for me to draw them as cowfolk

▪︎ So glad I didn't get spoiled, I started playing it a long time ago. Now it's time to do a lot of fanart-