#i jus feel like Some fundamental things abt characters should be maintained bc there are certain things tht make them who they are.

[bylertruther]

tw me being a hater, spreading my hateration holleration in this dancery under the read-more 🤡

okay so BEFORE i get sentenced to walk the plank i just wanna say tht i Do like this fic because it's a Good piece of writing. genuinely so. like annoyingly so. like, it's "i struggle with the fact that there are people that write like this for free when so many tv n film writers get paid 398479384 dollars to write complete n total shit" kind of good writing.

ok? ok.

but it is still so like .... funny to me tht of course OF COURSE the One fic tht grinds my gears if i think abt how drastically different the characterization is and how it honestly really and totally kind of features n relies on the antithesis of my sweet baby boy will byers driving the plot forward is the one fic tht everyone like.... loves to fucking bits.

like am i still reading every single update? yes. am i still leaving deranged comments all the time? yes. do i enjoy this fic? yes.

but does it also make me want to bite rip and tear if i think about how that is the way that people view my son will "i cannot be bent or broken + i will survive whatever hell you put me through with nothing but my pure strength of will, courage, and pocket lint without giving up + i will love and hope and remain kind until my dying breath and there is nothing you can do to stop me + selfless and sacrificial to the point of "CLOSEGATE" and giving his toy truck to a girl he didn't know all because she was crying and needed it more even though he knew joyce wouldn't be able to buy him another and confessing his love to the boy he's been in love with forever and veiling it as his sister's feelings just to make him feel better" byers? also yes. very much yesyesyes BIG Yes with a capital Y. it's complicated, but either way i still want to bite ppl over it. (still normal btw)