While you guys were watching that dogshit finale for Stranger Things I was watching the Nancy Wheeler show and it was amazing.
Unironically the best written character in the entire show with the most complete, full circle arc, consistent character development, driving the story forward every. single. season. She was never a bystander, never along for the ride, never lost momentum. She is driven and passionate and The Eldest Daughter. She was the FIRST to willingly enter the upside down in pursuit of the creature that took her best friend from her. She was brutally punished for being a young woman trying to find herself and never stopped feeling the weight of that one night she decided to let loose and be a teenager, blaming herself for years that it inadvertently lead to the death of her best friend. She was punished AGAIN for trying so hard to keep her family safe, her parents being attacked in their home and her sister taken by that same monster.
Nancy sacrificed so much for her family and friends, picked up a gun in season one and didn't put them down the rest of the show. She killed the monsters. She drove the story. She saved her baby sister in the end where she couldn't save Barb.
Nancy Walk Em Down Wheeler. I love you so much.
And to Natalia Dyer, Nancy wouldn't be the character she is without her outstanding acting and performance. We know she advocated hard for Nancy to get the ending she deserved and that felt right (or as close to as possible) stood up for her and helped make her the unforgettable final girl that she is.
With everything else that went horribly wrong, I am so, so happy that Nancy finally got to leave Hawkins and didn't get trapped behind that white picket fence.
She doesn't miss, so get the fuck out of her way.
