#sure i’ve been gaslit and manipulated to the point of absolute personal reinvention. that can be torture and prove your point but

[flowercrowngods]

this is something that's been in my head since dart was introduced and when i saw a clip of the demogorgon the russians had captured. there's definitely a possibility of a nature vs nurture situation.

like. think about it. they're all connected. it's a hivemind. one demogorgon dies in season 1 and they all know what happened. when it comes to humans, the only thing they know is pain and death, because that's what humans resort to when we encounter something we know nothing about. they're naturally distrustful of us and course they want to harm us before we can harm them. to them, we're at the top of the food chain.

but dustin raised dart from a baby. the only thing dart knows is care and affection. he killed mews because he had just grown again and was hungry. nougat alone wasn't cutting it anymore. i firmly believe that if dustin hadn't've backed him into a corner, dart would have been there to fight off the other demodogs at the junkyard.

the capability to be friendly and trusting is there but humans have tortured it out of them.