🎻 - # emi

Will is Kris because they have been/are possessed, they had a traumatic childhood, are very often stripped of their agency and they both are framed in a lot of scenes in both ST and DR as being an observer and someone who fades in the background. They have a complicated and messy relationship with their childhood best friend and we know there was a really traumatic moment in their childhood that we don't know the details of (Will being chosen and abducted by Vecna and whatever happened with Kris and that bunker).

Jane is Ralsei because of their complicated relationship with humanity, where both of them were treated by a powerful entity (dr Brenner/the prophecy) as beings that should be used to serve a greater cause. They both have superpowers or "magic", and thanks to Ralsei's status as a Darkner and Jane's super powers, they can't completely relate to other characters. Now that they understand they are their own person, they are learning about what they like and what they don't.

Max is Susie. They both are misunderstood girls that take no shit and are smarter and kinder than they look. After getting more comfortable with themselves and their new friends, they decide to completely support Jane/Ralsei, since they can see how they struggle to be their own person, so they develop a beautiful bond with them. Max and Susie both have a troubled past, but have found a non blood related family that loves them for who they are.

Now this is where it got tricky for me.

Mike is Noelle.

OKAT HEAR ME OUT ON THIS ONE.

Mike is Noelle because they are both very repressed characters who very likely suffer from depression. They both keep trying to be someone they are not — in Mike's case he's trying to be the perfect super hetero boyfriend to Jane (who is definitely not gay haha), pretending to be this chill dude who's an ass to everyone, while Noelle tries to pretend that everything is fine and that she's not sad at all. And that she's not a little freak. Plus, they both have a complicated and messy relationship with their childhood best friend. They are also rich and stuff.

Lucas is Berdly, especially in season 4 since Lucas also tries to conform by playing basketball, seeking validation from the jocks, whereas Berdly seeks academic validation. At the end of the day, they are also both nerds who love videogames at heart. Then they remember that they don't need to be popular to be loved by their friends. I wish I could draw more parallels between them both, but they are not as similar and I'm starting to run out of characters. I wish I could do Lucas justice, since he is one of my favorite characters. He's not as annoying as Berdly tho lol.

And finally, and because I can't really choose another DR character that's not in the Fun Gang...

Dustin is Lancer because they both like adopting older sibling figures and are very funny and silly. (I know that there's more to both characters but bare with me these guys were the only left).