I have never seen anyone ever even mention this specific scene at the start of s3 and i really want to write something for it because i understand them BOTH and because
They both just wanted someone else to be excited about Their Thing too. They both just wanted someone to sick around with them.
You can hear all their emotions in their voices and Dustin is so disappointed and Will is disappointed too but at least he has a little bit of hope even if he seems to know its not gonna happen.
Dustin just wanted one person to be excited about his new relationship and Will is watching absolutely everyone in his life but him get a relationship.
Will wants to do something fun like they used to because watching everyone get girlfriends isnt fun so he asked Dustin. Dustin wants someone to be happy for him over Suzie so he turned to Will last and Will was enthusiastic earlier but he's spent all summer with mileven and lumax and jancy and all day listening to Dustin talk about Suzie.
Will probably waited all summer for the one other person not in a relationship to get back from science camp to play DnD or just do anything where he wasnt third wheeling probably and Dustin probably waited all summer to get back from science camp to tell his friends about Suzie, for his friends to be happy like with Mike and Lucas, specifically after the Snowball.
Will wants to play their childhood game because the last few years of his childhood were taken by the Upside Down and Dustin is growing up with the rest of their friends and everyone else but they've both been left behind by their friends.
Its just them who are standing on that hill.
They were so close to almost having the same emotions and they wanted very similar things but they dont interact ever again until the Byers family get back from California. I wish theyd gotten to talk after this scene at some point in s3.
I think its part of why i like those aus where Will is part of scoops troop so much.
They're the only ones left on that hill. They've been left behind together. Theyre so sad and small and everything is moving so fast and they've been left behind together but they still walk away from each other. They still go to be sad and small and watch the world move too fast alone instead of together.
They couldve stuck together but they also coundntve because they want opposing things, because they're different people. They were THIS close to understanding each other but they just couldnt, it wasn't going to happen
Theyre both hurting and neither of them are at fault
"its not my fault you dont like girls" well Dustin does and Dustin grew up, so to say, and Dustin was still left behind and barely ever interacted with the main Party ever again
Dustin wanted people to be excited about his girlfriend and in s4 and 5 he was all about DnD. Will wanted to play DnD and in s4 and 5 he was all about romance.
Dustin never got anyone being excited about his girlfriend and then he lost Eddie and was bullied for Hellfire. Will got into a fight with his friends that was caused by DnD and then was proved that he cant be in a relationship, that he had to just get over it.
Dustin stopped talking about his girlfriend and Will stopped asking to play DnD. Dustin got told to stop wearing his DnD tshirt and Will got told to get over the boy he loves
This is one of only two times when they talk to each other one on one in the entire show.
Maybe tomorrow we can play DnD, or something fun, like we used to?
The only other time they talk one on one is the last interaction Will has before the demogorgon gets him in s1. In every other interaction there are other people there.
The only other time they talk one on one is also late at night, when its dark, when theyre going home, when theyre saying bye to each other, making plans for tomorrow that will never happen
I am completely and totally normal about Will and Dustin can you tell
Anyways i dont know if ANY of what i just said made any sense at all but there you go. I love them. I love that scene. S3 Will makes me sad and so does s3 Dustin because friends at that age are difficult and oh my god,
If you know any good fics about them please tell me and farewell
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