Castle Byers has a password. Will has to let people in.
The demogorgon/Vecna also violated that. It didn't only enter without permission but also destroyed Castle Byers, which was a safe space from his childhood, in the process of doing so.
It genuinely baffles me that people can see all that on screen and still deny the SA implications of Will's experiences in the Upside Down. No one is "reading too much into it" for pointing them out. They're seeing exactly what the show wants you to see. It was never subtle. You could see the SA implications with the vine and the town speculating that Will was raped by some older guy and left for dead (and they weren't totally wrong) in S1, but they made it even more clear now.
You shouldn't need to see a child raped on screen to understand what they're trying to depict. The fact that Stranger Things did show a child being raped and there's still people who deny it is genuinely scary.
Sexual assault is about the victims. It's not less valid for not being a source of sexual pleasure for the offender. It's insulting to insinuate otherwise. Will is a fictional character who won't see you invalidating his experiences. But the real victims can see it and be affected by it. Have some sense.
The "No trespassing" signs in the Byers' house in S1 are there for a reason. "All friends welcomed" in Castle Byers is there for a reason. The password is there for a reason.
You are supposed to see how important privacy and consent are, and you are supposed to see how Will is constantly denied both of those things. This was always the intention of the show. If you don't see it, you can keep your opinion, but don't go around invalidating others and calling people "weirdos" for talking about it, because you are factually wrong.
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