Another ST unpopular opinion thatβll probably get me flogged (youβll find I have a lot of those lol) but why do some bylers get mad or whatever when people mention that El is the main character of the show? And even when they do agree that sheβs a main, why do they insist that sheβs a main alongside Will and that the w*nder twins are the main characters? (And even then some of them lowkey just reduce her to being Willβs innocent cute little sister or straight up just diminish her importance in favor of propping up Will. Which Iβm not gonna say is inherently misogynistic and I get wanting Will to have more importance but itβs definitelyβ¦ not it)
Iβm sorry to some of my fellow bylers, but the show starting with Willβs disappearance does not mean heβs the main character. The Duffers saying in a interview that the showβs about Will does not mean everything in the show is about him. Yes, the show started with his disappearance, but he was a plot device, not the main character. Yes, the Duffers said in an interview the showβs about Will, but it was in response to a question about Barb. And even then, they definitely did not mean that he was the main character of the show. Also, I thought we agreed that interviews from the Duffers donβt meant shit anymore, so idk why some people are still passing around that quote thatβs been blatantly misinterpreted by the fandom, especially by a lot of Will/Willel fans, and treating it like itβs gospel.
Besides that, El absolutely is the main focus of the show. Sheβs the character with the most screen time, the main adversary of the Mind Flayer whom sheβs gone against three times (four if you count the finale, but I donβt consider that vagina monster the MF), the character who opened a gate to the Upside Down twice, who closed the original Mothergate, the lab kid most like Henry in character, prowess, and even appearance, and mostly importantly, the character who ties the two overarching plots of the show, that being the lab plot and the supernatural plot. She is the main target of both antagonists of the show, aka the Mind Flayer and the US government.
While I do wish that willelmike was the main trio of the show with El center stage kind of similar to Luke, Leia, and Han (with El being Luke, Mike being Leia, and Will being Han. Yes I do believe Luke and Leia fits elmike more cause a lot of people seem to forget that Luke and Leia started off as love interests), but canon wise? Will is nowhere near the same level of importance as El. It makes absolutely zero sense why after 3 to 4 seasons of Vecna being obsessed with El heβd just suddenly forget about her and prioritize Will more in s5. Like sorry, but I cannot see Vecna/The Mind Flayer caring for Will as anything other than a pawn and a vessel.
Obviously I am not saying that the show is just about El, of course not. At the end of the day, Stranger Things was an ensemble cast with varying character focuses. But it doesnβt hurt to say that if anyone out of the main cast deserves to be called the main focus and number one main character of the show, itβs absolutely El, which is what made her ultimate shafting, death, and sidelining in favor of Will by the Duffers in s5 all the more infuriating.
Not Mike, not Will, not Hopper or Steve, and certainly not the fanon W*nder Twins.
But Jane Ives/Jane βElβ Hopper.
Literally who tf else would it beπ
Hoo boy this is gonna get some ppl mad isnβt it
