STEVE HARRINGTON IS AN OUTCAST CHARACTER, HE JUST ISN'T SHAPED LIKE YOUR STEREOTYPICAL OUTCAST.
AND DESPITE HAVING HAD "EVERYTHING" IN SEASON ONE, HE CHOSE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO BETTER HIMSELF AND BETTER HIS SURROUNDINGS AND CHOSE, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE OUTCASTS IN HIS LIFE BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT GENUINE FULFILLMENT AND DIFFERENCE IN HIS DAY TO DAY LIFE.
HE CHOSE TO TOE AWAY FROM CONFORMITY LITTLE BY LITTLE. HE REMAINED TRUE TO HIMSELF WITHOUT THE EXTRA LAYER OF POPULARITY OR SOCIETY'S LOOK ON PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
HIS SACRIFICES WEREN'T FOR NOTHING AND THEY WEREN'T FOR JOKES. HE SACRIFICED OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO PROVE THAT HE WAS BETTER, THAT HE IS CAPABLE OF HELPING, THAT HE ISN'T STUPID OR USELESS. THE ONLY TIME HE HALTED AND CHANGED PATH WAS BECAUSE HE WAS TOLD BLATANTLY, FULLY, AND TRUTHFULLY THAT HIS WANT TO HELP WAS GREATER THAN HIS NEED TO SURVIVE; THAT HE WAS WANTED IN DUSTIN'S LIFE MORE THAN HE WAS NEEDED TO BE A HERO. HE DIDN'T NEED TO PROVE A POINT ANYMORE, HE JUST NEEDED TO CHOOSE LIFE AND WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR HIM.
STEVE IS AN OUTCAST WHO CHOSE TO BE AN OUTCAST. HIS LIFE BECAME BETTER AND MORE FULFILLED WHEN SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE LIKE DUSTIN AND ROBIN. AND BECOMING CLOSE FRIENDS WITH JONATHAN AT THE END OF IT ALL WAS THAT FINAL PUSH FOR HIM, IT'S WHAT FULLY SEPARATED STEVE FROM CONFORMITY.
Okay, anyway, excuse me. Yes, Steve's popular to the general audience, I know that. But he's so much more than just a fan favorite, his character development is richer than what people water him down to for the sake of "getting at" certain fans of Stranger Things. I'll be quiet now.
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