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Posting for the first time? I'm considering posting some of my older art that is already up on Instagram.. but I might just start fresh and see how it goes..

Like throughout both Season 4's, the characters show signs of depression. They both kind of offer themselves up as bait/sacrifice for the monster of the season. It's clearly affecting them.

Max's friends, especially Lucas, try to get her to open up and talk about it. When it looks like she might die, she starts literally giving out notes to her friends.

Quentin is clearly in a bad place. And it doesn't seem that anyone is too concerned about him? Everyone just has their own problems while he's kind of drowning.

Both characters have this sense of you don't know if they're doing this brave sacrifice, or they're putting themselves in harm's way on purpose. And both scenes have them trapped in this alternate world where they will definitely die if they don't get out.

If you've seen Stranger Things S4, you know how epic the Running Up That Hill scene is. Where Max is almost giving up, not sure if she can win the fight, but then she starts remembering her friends and all the good times, and suddenly she's fighting back and running for her goddamn life, because she wants to live.

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Quentin's death scene....man. We could all talk for days about how it was handled. And how fucking mad I am about it. He deserved better for real. But like...he just does it. "A minor mending." My ass. RUN. God, I'm so sad.