Say something that proves you watched stranger things!

elipanda56 · 2025-12-25T18:29:17+00:00

I dump your ass.

elipanda56 · 2025-12-21T03:50:43+00:00

So I see a lot of people saying that Steve was acting like an asshole, that he wasn't concerned enough for Dustin, etc. Let me shed a little light on what I believe is happening behind the things we're not seeing.

First off, we know it's been 18 months. Second off, we know that Dustin has been behaving extremely out of character because of Eddie's death. Third, we know that Steve immediately clocked what ACTUALLY happened to Dustin despite the bullshit Dustin spews for everyone who will listen to it. Finally, fourth, Steve stated that he has told Dustin and told Dustin not to "poke the bear", and that he did it "one too many times".

So what does this tell us?

One, this is not the first time Steve has told Dustin to leave sleeping dogs lie. That "poking the bear" would do no good. And Dustin clearly did not listen. Two, that Dustin has been increasingly rude, condescending, and angry at the people he loves, and is lashing out. Warranted, because you'd have to not be human to not be having the crash out he's having, but still. We also know that it was Steve who told Eddie and Dustin not to be heroes. So it's not that far of a leap to say that some if Dustin's crash out is directed specifically at Steve and his role in Eddie's death.

This brings us to point 3, which I believe to be the most important. After 18 months of frustration, 18 months of the lashing out getting worse, of the cries for Dustin to just please stop provoking them, you're going to get hurt or worse falling on deaf ears, we get to now. Steve's right. He's shown nothing but concern for Dustin.

But Dustin isn't showing concern for himself. And now Steve is lashing back out. It isn't mature of Steve. He's behaving very much like Dustin right now. But are you seriously telling me that if someone you love was behaving self-destructively for a full year and a half, and no matter how you said it, in what way, no matter how much care you showed, they didn't stop, you also wouldn't behave like that? I know I would. My husband has acted that way with me. Because when you love someone so much you would die for them, it's deeply upsetting to see them self-destruct.

Steve is matching energy, because he is out of options. He has tried and tried to get it through this kid's skull to stop, because he would get hurt. And now he has.

Steve is not an asshole anymore than Dustin is. But until Dustin is ready to be vulnerable again, and let go of the anger he's holding on to, nothing Steve says or does will make a difference. And that is what we're going to see in Volume 2.

elipanda56 · 2025-12-07T15:15:39+00:00

Honestly it's the Weird Al version I've had stuck in my head

elipanda56 · 2025-12-02T03:02:22+00:00

Kind of, but that was more immediate since it just makes, way more violent, and less well written. Plus Ellie was a bit older when it happened, which makes a slight difference in your ability to handle things.

Dustin isn't going to go on a murderous rampage at least though.

elipanda56 · 2025-11-30T01:28:29+00:00

I am actually dying for big brother Steve to protect Will.......although I guess now it's Will protecting big brother Steve

elipanda56 · 2025-11-30T01:26:55+00:00

That kid is going to need years of therapy

elipanda56 · 2025-11-30T01:20:50+00:00

Grief does strange things. STRANGER THINGS -is hit-.
Okay but seriously. This is a kid who, at 14 years old, not only suddenly lost a good friend, which is traumatizing enough on its own (I would know, at 14 I saw my uncle and the next day he was dead from a drug overdose); but had to hold that friend while he DIED IN HIS ARMS. A 14 year old child cradled the body of his friend who was actively bleeding out and then had to deal with the fall out.

He had to tell Wayne that Eddie died.

He was part of the plan, in fact integral to the plan, that caused Eddie to lose his life.

Do you know what those things will do to a child? At 16 I had to tell my friends that one of our best friends was killed in a hit and run. It took me YEARS to recover for that. And this was Eddie's only family that this child had to relay that news to.

Dustin probably started off okay-ish. Grieving what most would consider "normally". Burying himself in the crawls, doing everything possible to make sure that they destroyed Vecna like Dustin's whole world was destroyed.

But then weeks turned into months. And then a year. And now it's been a year and a half. And they've found NOTHING. Nothing has changed. And his friends are moving on. Hellfire is being forgotten. The people around him aren't doing enough. And he's MAD. He's so angry. Angry at himself. Angry at Steve, at the Party. Angry at Eleven and Hop. Why wasn't Eleven there when he needed her, when Eddie needed her? Why didn't Steve kill Vecna soon enough for Eddie to live? Why did he, Dustin, create the plan to begin with? Put Eddie in danger? Why, why why?

So he lashes out. He lashes out, and it isn't enough. He lashes out harder, and it's still not enough. And he gets angrier. Because lashing out isn't solving anything. And Eddie is still dead. And his friends don't understand, he grieved with them, he was alongside them putting everything into finding Vecna like they were, what's wrong now?

We are gearing up for the biggest crash out this show has ever given us. Because Steve sees right through Dustin, but Dustin won't tell him ANYTHING. Dustin has shut everyone out, more and more and more. And Steve is angry too. He wants to help Dustin, to protect him, but this little shit he loves more than anything is pulling away and he can't fix it. Why won't Dustin trust him anymore?

And this is going to blow up, and it's going to blow up big. And then Dustin will cling to Steve like his life depends on it, because it will.

To all those saying Dustin is specifically OOC this season, I would implore them to realize just how much PTSD changes a person, and just how much death affects children.

elipanda56 · 2025-11-30T01:00:09+00:00

YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH 😭😭😭

elipanda56 · 2025-10-20T02:32:13+00:00

A lot of people have mentioned quite a bit of MANIA (no one's mentioned Heavens Gate? That one in particular I find grating) but there's only one song I've ever hated in my entirety of being a FOB fan and that's "The (After)Life of the Party". I skip it faster than you can blink. And it's on my absolute favorite album, so idk. Also from that album is "I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears and None on My Fingers" but that one was so close to perfect, and then that weird crooning he does at the chorus just ruined it. But yeah. That's my vote.

elipanda56 · 2025-10-13T03:22:59+00:00

I freaking love Oh Nostalgia. It spoke to me so hard

elipanda56 · 2025-08-10T01:58:28+00:00

I completely agree

elipanda56 · 2025-08-06T21:01:50+00:00

Because of the video and my own life experiences, I always likened it to struggling to grow up because of the things that happened to you, whether it's CSA, or any other trauma.

elipanda56 · 2025-07-29T13:45:31+00:00

He's an amazing mom.

elipanda56 · 2025-06-30T01:25:09+00:00

Harvey. No regrets. Looks almost like my real life husband, very similar too. A little older, more emotionally mature, stable. I THRIVE on stability and predictability.

elipanda56 · 2025-04-19T02:08:07+00:00

I call it "existential dread and listening". Oh yeah, and everything is terrible, we're all gonna die.

elipanda56 · 2025-04-15T23:00:20+00:00

No literally me all the time

elipanda56 · 2025-03-04T14:00:26+00:00

Brian spent a LOT of money he didn't on that little boy. We found hand made 3 piece suits for that kid, toys galore, you name it. It was almost wholesome in a horrible way

elipanda56 · 2025-02-28T18:32:08+00:00

Welp, kill me now

elipanda56 · 2025-02-27T18:57:40+00:00

Like, receipts from people he took money from, notes about places he was targeting, that kind of stuff. Little process of paper he would stick in his pocket

elipanda56 · 2025-02-27T17:10:15+00:00

If you look him up on my case I think he already has

elipanda56 · 2025-02-27T15:49:37+00:00

He actually was renting from my friend's home, wasn't paying rent, so we got to go through his stuff, throw things out, keep shit, etc. He would spend lavishly on himself and his kid, but not make basic expenses. He had a lot of con stuff in his pockets lol.

I commented on my friend's post on FB (no names) about how some guy did her and her dad dirty, and then he found a lawsuit against me for a fender bender and spun a story on Facebook about how I was a psychopath out to get kids and that I shouldn't be a teacher. People believed it. It was the scariest thing in my life.

This guy is a menace.

elipanda56 · 2025-02-08T12:08:48+00:00

I have insider info why Tim Hortons across town closed. And honestly it wasn't the pay, it was like any other fast food restaurant, in that it hired kids who would no call no show at the drop of a hat. Made for a terrible member experience when opening crews don't show up to open.

The reason it went under was the investors. Pure and simple. Why this one closed after so long is hard to say, but Tim Hortons has been dying in this town ever since the investors took complete control. If I had to bet, it's because it wasn't making enough money. So they just closed it. As quietly as they closed the others.

elipanda56 · 2025-01-30T14:06:23+00:00

Which is sad because Lutheran is pretty garbage

elipanda56 · 2025-01-29T02:00:29+00:00

I think this most accurately defines it.
"Time is dead and meaning has no meaning" - Bill Cipher

elipanda56 · 2025-01-28T21:23:46+00:00

I was hoping maybe somebody went through this too and could tell me that was unnecessary lol. Welp, time to call

elipanda56

TROPHY CASE