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the-lark-ascending69 · 8 months ago

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Another take regarding my rewatch... s3 Robin and s4 Robin are not different people. She's still a snarky little shit (see Steve freaking out about spiders and Robin telling him he won't be able to find the nest until they hatch and all the baby spiders come out, to which Steve and Nancy respond by saying she has problems). She calls Dustin and Max toddlers, makes fun of Steve, etc. She just insults him a bit less because now she actually holds a little bit of respect for him.

You also have to consider Robin spent all of s3 with two teenage boys and a neoliberal 10yo with even more snark than her. No wonder she'd spend all day making fun of them. But now, now she gets to interact with girls. You may think Robin being worried about annoying Nancy and seeking approval from her is ooc because annoying Steve was her life purpose in s3, but I think her concern is not being annoying. She said it in s3, she was desperate for Tammy to like her and heartbroken when she didn't. She also said she deep down wanted to be accepted. Robin wants approval and acceptance from people she likes and respects, especially if they're girls. That's not a contradiction, that's character depth. But the show trusts people to understand that without having Robin look into the camera and say "i behave in different ways with a known douchebag i don't trust than I do with a girl I like and respect" so that might go over some people's heads

#robin buckley meta #i saw someone say a core trait for Robin's character in s3 was her confidence. which seems to be gone in s4 #but i wouldn't say that's the case. robin wasn't ''confident''. she's certain Steve will hate her if he truly knew her #and says she deep down just wants to be normal and accepted #spitting into a russian soldier's face doesn't change that. she tries to be brave and strong #and not care about anything that might hurt her #but she spent years being jealous of and obsessed with Steve. that's not confident behavior #that's her trying to protect herself #so when she tells Nancy she doesn't want to annoy her... that's her being honest with herself actually. she DOES care #and she wants to be accepted #maybe she just expresses it that clumsily because... she's not used to doing that #also she was a weirdo in s3 too. steve says it - she's a weirdo. a nerd. she's in drama and in band. a weirdo.#she got involved with the russian conspiracy entirely because she was bored #oh and he said she's hyper and didn't like her being hyper #which is very true lmao #robin never changed. she just has people she trusts now.

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