i fear if you automatically think the people mad about the finale are just bylers/milevens that are mad that their ship hasn't "won", you are a tremendous part of the problem.
regardless of the ships, the insane amount of plot holes do in fact make it bad writing.
they have had THREE years to prepare this season. they promised us all of our questions would be answered. so why do i have more questions than before????? why is over 75% of the fandom so unsatisfied??????
why have we all had to convince ourselves that there were over 2 hours of scenes cut for the sake of having a last shred of hope for the finale????
people being mad over the ending goes BEYOND shipping wars. FAR beyond shipping wars. and it goes far beyond simple 'queerbaiting' too. will byers having such an ambiguous ending is blatant homophobia, while el having an ambiguous ending is not only an assassination to her character, but misogyny at its finest.
of all characters, why are the two of the most outcasted ones given the least satisfying endings? especially when these two characters are the reason the show has gotten this far in the first place?
when i say i'm mad about the finale, i don't mean i'm mad about byler not happening. that may well be the LEAST of my worries right now. it's what byler not happening represents. especially at this time period.
it's what robin and vickie breaking up off-screen and not getting their date at enzo's represents. it's what will's NON-CONFIRMED bf having no lines represents. it's what steve being in the room every single time eddie is mentioned in season 5 represents. it's what robin and nancy having little to no interactions represents. it's what el and max's lackluster reunion followed by el's claim that only mike has ever understood her represents. it's what the 'lovebirds' joke about steve and jonathan represents because that's all queer ships are to these men. a joke.
but not only queer ships, because once again, el as a character?? jane hopper? being given THAT ending? when she's been suffering from the start? so they decide the best ending for her is to make her suffer even more and follow it up with the slap in the face that was the potential ending she could've had which we know she didn't because it wouldn't make any sense??
it just irritates me how many people are trying to claim that others are just being childish for having negative opinions and conflicted feelings about the finale. because if you thought that THAT was a satisfying ending for EVERY character, please wake up.
