Current status: mad about barb

@vahnj Barb is my fav. I was very much Barb in HS.

@Sparrow I want to be Barb's friend

I hope they do something more interesting with her than simply "she's in flashbacks" cuz holy heck she deserves to come back with a vengeance

@vahnj She's great!

Hmm yeah, that would be nice. She seemed pretty dead though. I mean we don't really know the rules of this universe, so who honestly knows, but I don't see her coming back- at least not to the "normie plane".

@vahnj I'm also honestly curious about how Will is faring/what he's turned into. And on a more mundane level, really hoping he'll *actually* be a queer character (and that isn't just his dad being an ass). I wouldn't normally vote for a middle schooler to exhibit known sexual preference, but they decided to make Mike/Eleven have attraction for each other, so I figure it's fair game.

@Sparrow that sure would be nice but that's a hard realm to do with kids involved

@vahnj Oh, absolutely. But I think there are chaste and age-appropriate ways to include it. Again, see Mike/Eleven.

@Sparrow right lemme clarify -

It's hard to do it with a kid that's not gonna be in a way that causes people to freak out and go full queerphobic on the show and fans

I also don't trust the creators given that the queerphobic elements in the show aren't defended against at all - winona Ryder's character never says anything directly on what she thinks about it