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I just love that Dustin's reaction to seeing Steve running by, screaming at the top of his lungs is "Yay! Steve! He'll help me with this H.I.C case!"

I also can't help but notice the way this moment kind of parallels Dustin dealing with Dart the demogorgan in season two. He can't do it alone, but no one will answer their damn walkie, and then purely by chance, he crosses paths with Steve Harrington. Steve, who already knows about demogorgans and the Upside Down. Steve, who has a nail bat.

Stranger Things: Tales From '85 episode 4 "The Confession"

Dustin was a young alien, an unique one among his kind. Everyone on his planet enjoys living a peaceful life, Dustin was the only one who chases for adventures and strange things. And that was why others called him a weirdo. So he ran away. He traveled the universe in a spaceship he had stolen from his dad—and that's definitely breaking the law, he might never be able to go back home, but he doesn't care. One day, something went wrong and he had to land on Earth.

Meanwhile, on Earth, there was a young boy named Steve. He was handsome, and his family was rich, which made him popular. But he was tired of this kind of life. No one really understood him—not even his parents, who were never there for him. Life was a bitch to him, he started to feel a killer headache last year and he went to the hospital to get checked. The result showed a tumor in his head. Instead of feeling self-pathetic, he felt a relief. He didn't tell anyone and started to waste his life while waiting for death.

One day, Steve was about to make out with a girl in his house when suddenly a blasting sound shattered the swimming pool in his yard. The girl was so scared that she left. Steve cursed, shocked, and walked carefully to check it out.

A giant strange machine was right in his pool, with smoke leaking out of it. After a moment, a little figure came out of the upper door.

That was the first time Steve met Dustin.

They'll be each other's saviors.

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I love that Nancy bottles everything up and keeps going through all the motions and pretending everything's fine until it finally explodes out of her. I love that she points that anger at the person representing moving on and tries to drag Steve into feeling just as guilty as she does, because how could they ever just move on? I love that she only figures out how to keep going by channeling that grief into action (taking down the lab, getting justice, finding the truth, stopping Vecna) and it gets so wrapped up in her purpose and identity it's impossible to even separate.

I love that Max's grief isn't as simple as missing her brother, because that brother terrorized her and she prayed every night that he'd leave, and then when he died she felt like a terrible person for wishing it. I love that she pulls away from all of her friends and her boyfriend, retreating into herself because all her guilt is wrapped up in self-hatred aimed inwards, and she only gets angry at Lucas when he won't stop reaching out. She doesn't want to be seen or known by her friends, and yet when Lucas finally understands what she's going through, it's exactly what gets through to her. She doesn't want to die, but she doesn't really want to keep existing until she literally has to fight for it.

I love that Dustin turns all his grief into anger: at the culture that villainized Eddie, at the bullies, at Steve for still trying to be his friend and maybe even for being the one who survived, at Eddie for getting himself killed -- and that anger turns violent. I love that he goes looking for fights because he wants the excuse to hurt and get hurt. I love that his tendency to keep pushing things without thinking of consequences gets even worse in his grief, because he stops caring about consequences at all until those consequences get TOO terrible (losing Steve, making a mistake that almost kills everyone.) I love the way he idolizes Eddie in death, trying to turn himself into him and erasing all of his flaws so no one else (Steve) can ever compete against the perfect idea of him, and in doing so forgets who Eddie even really was.

二人の関係の変化は素晴らしかった。 特にシーズン４、高校生になったダスティンはより偉そうになった。スティーブを子供扱いしているところが好き。 そしてスティーブはダスティンが以前より自分を大事にしていないと不満を抱いている！可愛い恋人たちみたい。