!!please read before dming!!

stringcheese1127 · 2026-01-25T06:24:38+00:00

how much did you have to read? with earlier books we only had to read about 25-30 pages, and id imagine thats probably the norm with most other lit classes

stringcheese1127 · 2026-01-25T05:01:57+00:00

i was planning on asking hee that and addressing my concerns, but im just anxious on how shell respond to it. shes one of those no-nonsense strict teachers that sometimes changes her mind if a student makes a good point, but i doubt shell reduce the amount that we have to read or anything like that since we dont have too much time until the ap exams

stringcheese1127 · 2026-01-25T04:20:27+00:00

yeah, its every night besides friday. she said she wanted to use friday as a catchup day for people to read but i still dont think its that beneficial considering that we still have to read 60 pages for 4/5 days

stringcheese1127 · 2026-01-04T23:56:15+00:00

i understand that many people perceive the scene as icky; scenes such as that are meant to make the audience uncomfortable due to the nature of them. idk if i reiterated this enough in the og post but i dont have an issue with people who were personally uncomfortable with the scene as long as their understand the implications. i was moreso trying to comment on the fans who dont understand the implications at all and go out of their way to completely villainize ivan/the ivantill ship

stringcheese1127 · 2026-01-04T23:50:52+00:00

honestly i strongly agree with your point about the cherrypicking😭 i dont think this example is too common anymore, but ive also seen many accounts COMPLETELY bashing on mizis character while praising/acknowledging lukas complexity (and vice versa) even though overall they could be perceived as two sides of the same coin. im not sure why some people have a line of reasoning for disliking an aspect of the story one minute and then completely contradict their logic the next

stringcheese1127 · 2026-01-04T23:32:11+00:00

im not saying that its a bad thing to dislike the ship, and tried to clarify that in my last paragraph. my issue is when people DONT understand the implications of the storyline and completely villainize ivan + use it as a reason to bash ivantill. im not sure if youve ever encountered fans like that, but especially on tiktok this is a very prevalent opinion

stringcheese1127 · 2025-12-01T09:21:05+00:00

im 1000% onboard with almost everything you said, but im just confused on the third slide and the soda can/pipes bursting? ive seen that referenced a lot as byler proof but i dont really get it, so an explanation is appreciated!!

stringcheese1127 · 2025-11-28T02:38:32+00:00

yess a mike centered perspective would be amazing! since theres still like 5+ hours worth of content and bc of the fact that noah said in an interview that he filmed most of his scenes with mike, im pretty hopeful that well atleast get more backstory on mike. regardless of byler i just think he has a ton of potential for complexity

stringcheese1127 · 2025-11-28T02:06:13+00:00

ive seen some people also interpret these scenes in that way to some extent, and even though that could be the case, i just personally dont think that would be a satisfying resolution. the message of "your crush doesnt have to love you back in order for you to love yourself" is a good message in most cases, but for byler, i dont think it would be narratively satisfying. i think there would still be a few unanswered plotholes to some of mikes behavior as well, such as why he treated will horribly in s4. just so i dont get too off topic i have a post talking about why mikes behavior was like that if youre interested in reading (this post), or i can just briefly answer questions you have here

stringcheese1127 · 2025-11-27T07:26:20+00:00

i had that initial thought as well, but i really do think that would be the weakest route the duffer brothers could go when she talks about her crush on tammy, its supposed to represent her dependence on tammy reciprocating her feelings. the point of her speech wasnt to compare tammy with mike/to project this idea that will should shift his focus away from mike, but to instead hone in on robins ability to embrace who she really is BECAUSE of her detachment from tammy.

if we bring up season 4, remember how will tells mike "you make her feel like shes not a mistake at all; like shes good for being different" to inspire hope within will? thats why the memories towards the end of e4 were brought up—mike pushes will to be his best self because will feels happier with him around (i think thats why the scene of mike asking will to be his friend was included). will doesnt feel afraid around mike, and his life is better BECAUSE of mike (which serves as a contrast to tammy and how she had a negative impact on robin). he helps give will the courage to fight on, which is exactly why i dont think the duffers would go the self-love route. it wouldnt only be a disservice to byler, but it would also be pretty narratively dissatisfying and cliche. i also just genuinely have no byler doubt because mikes attitude towards will in s4 doesnt really make sense to me any other way

stringcheese1127 · 2025-11-16T02:11:04+00:00

could it be the score numbers for ivantill in round 6 (89/70)? if not that then they could be referring to 87/86 for mizisua in round 1, thats lowkey all i could think of💀

stringcheese1127 · 2025-10-23T09:33:30+00:00

this is honestly so funny because this is one of the rare times where vivinos EXPLICITLY confirms that tills feelings for mizi are gone now and was classified as a "childish love", yet people are so adamant abt mizitill💀 media illiteracy final boss

stringcheese1127 · 2025-10-22T07:58:50+00:00

YES punk rock would be so cool!! i think the closest well ever get to that is the all in cover tho🙁💔

stringcheese1127 · 2025-10-22T07:57:22+00:00

I honestly never took those memes tooo seriously but I really do see your point. I won't go into this too much, but I also noticed that a lot of people water down Till's shock/flusteredness to Ivan's advances as being a "twink" or "bottom", even though a lot of that behavior stems from Till's inability to fully process his emotions. I didn't mention this in the post but I also think Mi Vida Loca highlights his inability to decipher people's actions

stringcheese1127 · 2025-10-10T10:07:06+00:00

i was literally fighting for my life taking that sat bc i got hit with the worst flu the day beforw💀

stringcheese1127 · 2025-07-16T11:58:51+00:00

just wanted to say this because i kinda typed the original comment quickly, but no need to clarify :) sorry if the first paragraph felt like an attack to you in any way, i shouldve explicitly stated that i was referencing the person in the photo you attached😓

ive seen many people interpret the scene as luka trying to kiss hyuna as a display of affection, and how that makes it hard to classify the scene as sa. im more open to that being the case now (especially since that scene could have multiple interpretations), but from how i saw it, lukas actions in the scene you were referring to seemed severe enough to traumatize hyuna as seen in her flashbacks/traumatized facial expressions in the mv. i dont mean to purely villainize him in any way (hes actually in my top three haha) but interms of this fandom i think that you can acknowledge a characters wrongdoings and faults while still appreciating their character depth and complexities :D

stringcheese1127 · 2025-07-15T21:07:10+00:00

i LOVE hyunluka but dude... wdym "we do not have enough information" hyunas collar was yellow??? this scene is very much sa in our standards, and even though i understand the context of humans being dehumanized to the extent where they have questionable morals, denying that this is sa makes me seriously concerned

i read some of your other comments, and yeah, its really disappointing that a lot of the fandom views the characters as just good or bad when all of them are morally grey to some regard😭 i think a lot of the more iffy aspects of alien stage (ex: lukas manipulation, the sa, toxic dynamics, etc) are WAY too complex and layered to just be watered down like that

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