#pay your writers

[wakeupthemembersofbylernation]

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This is fine, everything is fine 🙂

Me, at the greedy executives:

[mimisempai]

Who said I wasn't stubborn?

[echxrodri]

we all knew hollywood was evil but to reach the level of publicly admitting to letting writers go broke and homeless before giving them a living wage that they can easily afford to pay is insane.

pay your fucking writers.

[outcider]

This is insane. They are showering themselves in the money the writer's made. Extracting all the wealth they can while screwing over the people who make things is not sustainable. I don't know if I am more upset at what a slap in the face this is for writers or at their vulture capitalism being thing blatant

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

[cyarsk52-20]

Fran Drescher out there spitting fire. We are officially on strike. Raise your hand if you stand in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA.

[chirpsythismorning]

This is everything the Stranger Things writers have posted publicly about the WGA strike:

TIMELINE

May 3rd:

Stranger Things writer Caitlin Schneiderhan tweets picture from personal Twitter account of sign from the strike that reads 'Pay us or Steve Harrington is toast'

May 6th:

Official Stranger Writers Twitter account makes post on behalf of the Duffers Brothers. They have since pinned this tweet to their profile. "Duffers here. Writing does not stop when filming begins. While we're excited to start production with our amazing cast and crew, it is not possible during this strike. We hope a fair deal is reached soon so we can all get back to work. Until then -- over and out. #wgastrong

Bonus:

May 12th:

Stranger Things writer Kate Trefry posts picture from personal Tumblr account of sign that reads, 'Byler won’t write itself'

As far as I know, the two writers that posted on their personal socials are the only writers from ST that even have personal accounts that are public, whereas the rest of the writers do not.

What does make me take a pause though, is that, while yes they did post these pictures from their personal accounts, which is about as official as it gets, they also cryptically did not include themselves in said pictures...

This just got me thinking about how Stranger Things is quite literally Netflix and vise versa. They are practically one in the same, where one without the other just doesn't make sense.

While this conflict of interest might run deep for many writers out there fearing to speak out against their employer, for us, the consumers, the fans, we as a collective have so much more power than we realize.

In contrast to the writers, streamers can't just fire their consumer base sometime down the line, out of spite for speaking out. Without consumers, neither Stranger Things nor Netflix would be what it is today.

We have the affordance of being able to speak up the loudest of anyone. And so why wouldn't we take advantage of that?

There are so many people out there protesting: writers, actors, others in the industry and even outside of it who are also taking a stand, many who need support so that they can continue to fight in the upcoming days, weeks, months, without being deterred by corporations that are making them feel greedy for demanding a contract that at most, asks that they be paid fairly.

And so I want to encourage anyone that is reading this, but fellow fans of Stranger Things especially, who have so much power in this strike when it comes to getting Netflix's attention, to consider taking the time to do whatever you can individually + with the masses as a community in order to best support the strike.

Follow the Strike! If you're active on various social media already, please be sure to follow the official accounts advocating for the strike via Instagram (@writersguildwest/@wgaeast), via Twitter (@WGAWest/@WGAEast). Engage with posts from folks that are out there daily, many with whom you can find by following tags like #WGAStrong, #WGAStrike and #WritersStrike. Although most fans are not able to join in picketing themselves, we can at least recognize all of those out there's individual efforts and do our best to show that we're paying attention and listening!

Spread the word! Show support any way you can by sharing posts and articles about the strike, or even fun memes to inform others in a more engaging way. This is the official site for the WGA strike if you want to learn more about what’s going on before diving in! And make sure to stay up-to-date here as things continue to unfold!

Donate! The Entertainment Community Fund is endorsed by the WGA for anyone that wants to support those affected by the strike financially. And this thread on Twitter is an incredible resourse, as it provides an ‘easy, one-click, stress-free, accessible-to-all-budgets’ ways you can support folks on the front lines.

Also! Consider donating through this link for the Entertainment Community Fund, where the money donated still goes directly to that fund, this is just an organizing page for Stranger Things fans specifically! By allowing fans to see how much of an impact we make as a collective, in real time, this could encourage even more ST fans to want to contribute. In a best case scenario, if this GoFundMe were to reach impressive proportions of donations from fans, that could lead to news outlets reporting on it, which could allow an opportunity for even more eyes on the strike, while also even more importantly being able to provide financial support to those that need it.

Trend! On social media, use #StrangerFansforWGA to trend or even just to reach other fans also looking to come together to support the strike!

While I know this post probably wont reach anywhere outside of Tumblr, I want to make a point to encourage those of you that are on other platforms to inform fans in those spaces about the strike and what they can do to help!

We might not all agree on everything, but I think we can agree on at least one thing... @Netflix & all major streamers and networks out there, who are still refusing to make a fair deal: PAY YOUR WRITERS!

In the mean time, if you're interested in working on different ideas for initiates we can carry out as a fandom, please reach out to me! I might only one person and I might not have all the answers and solutions, but I do know that with more of us working together, our odds of making an impact are much greater!

Over and out!

[vpgoldenrod]

There are a lot of theories surrounding Good Omens but my favorite take is that the Bentley played their song at the end of Season 2 because it’s a shady, insensitive cunt.

[goodomens-girlie]

pay your actors and writers so we don’t get shows like The Idol and get season 3 of good omens please and thank you

[laniakea314]

“We make a miracle to make sure nobody knows it’s him, now nobody knows it’s him. Nice one, us.”

“When Aziraphale comes back I think we need a little us time”

“We need to get away from them, just be an us.”

“We could’ve been us.”

[dreamsandconstellations]

Don’t know if the meme has migrated yet but I would pay so much money for this

[imagopersonal]

Posting Hannibal related memes until they save Hannibal, day 766.

[mimisempai]

As this gif says...

[youidiotwecouldbeenus]

WE NEED A THIRD SEASON

[the-technicolor-yawn]

fun fact I ACTUALLY DO NOT CARE THAT THERE WONT BE NEW MOVIES AND TELEVISION UNTIL THE STRIKE ENDS

[scottishmushroom]

I just have a hard time believing Michael Sheen is actually capable of keeping mum about GO2 during this strike. That man is lurking in here with a username like @mr-fell-under-crowley and reblogging everyone’s filth.