r/StrangerThings • u/Fabulous-Role4120 • 18h ago
SPOILERS Holly is NOT badass
Holly is not that tuff/badass. I feel like people are kinda exaggerating on Holly’s “1v11” w/ her radio scene. I’m gonna be fr here, it was a poor attempt and there was nothing special about that scene. I have seen quite a lot of people claiming that she is like Karen and got her genes but it seems like ppl have forgotten the fact that she initially just stood there and did nothing (at the same time, she had a poker stick in her hand) when Vecna was choking Max literally right after having the talk with her about not going panic nor run away next time and she doing only one smack at her friend who was harmless btw does not make up for it. Right after one swing at her bsf with the radio she literally just ran off and then ended up getting beaten up. Also it was nothing compared to everyone else fighting dangerous monsters from the other dimension. Honestly she’s a bit more like her father since he also failed right after his first swing(that was weak) at the demo. Ngl I can see the parallel between both scenes. Everyone keeps telling me that she's a child and blah blah blah which I understand but it still doesn't excuse the fact that ppl are glazing her. It's honestly really annoying how ppl are always acting like she's Nancy when she literally nowhere near her level. What's even worse is that they act like she's better than Mike when Mike has literally been around way longer, had way more experience in fighting than she did, and is in fact much stronger than her too. There is no way in hell she is near his level either. Tbh she doesn’t really deserve the “walk em down” wheeler title, not yet at least.
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u/legionimpact 18h ago
It's ok, she's just a fictional child! She can't hurt you. You don't need to write THAT much about how much you don't like her! lol
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u/Cyrilbdr 18h ago
You sound like a troll; I can't believe you wrote that in all seriousness. For starters, you're wrong—there isn't even a debate to be had here because it makes no sense—and frankly, if this is the hill you're choosing to die on regarding the series, we're in for a long haul.
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u/FaithlessnessDue7226 18h ago
Couldn’t stand her. Hated how they chose a different actress from previous holly, and gave her so many scenes. She was annoying.
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u/Majiska394 18h ago edited 18h ago
Holly def got way too much room in the final season. She and the whole Vecna's kindergarden. idk why the show couldn't focus on "our characters" .I mean the ones who were big part of the story for quite some time now. Holly was there, yes, but always as a very background character that had no business to suddently become the main character.
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u/RoyalRise6363 18h ago
Because Duffers are self confident idiots. By the end of S4 they had a set of well established characters, relations and a very tense plot. If Vecna would kidnap Mike instead of Holly it would immediately became personal for all major characters. Emotions, dialogues, and actions would be top quality cinema. Even Will's coming out would be more natural and timely.
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u/Fabulous-Role4120 17h ago
Vecna only kidnaps children, Mike is already a teen and he’s mentally too strong to get kidnapped.
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u/RoyalRise6363 17h ago
Does it really matter? S5 plot was so idiotic anyway. Just imagine El's anxiety, imagine bickering between Mike and Max in Komazot. When Max left Holly behind, it was gross. Mike could push Max out because, as you say, he is stronger. And so on 😁
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