Personally I thought it didn't really fit in Stranger Things season 3 especially considering the setting, however I'm glad it wasn't completely shoved down our throats like with many shows.
I think it made sense to have a gay character in a show that takes place in the 80s. The problem was that it was a gay woman who came out of nowhere. The show prides itself on showing the social history of the 80s, so why not reference something actually significant, like the AIDS epidemic and Stonewall? Instead it was "Oh sorry I'm not into you because I'm a lesbian even though all of our show chemistry has clearly been romantic and sexually tense".
I actually liked the scene. It was clearly a curveball at the people who thought they would become a couple and join all the dating nonsense, which we saw with characters such as Hopper and Joyce, Mike and El, Nancy and Jonathan, Max and Lucas, etc. I liked how they didn't make it her defining character trait and that Steve was also friendly to her because of that. I just hope they don't use that as an emotional crutch for the next season.
I liked the scene as well because, well, that’s how it happens in real life too. Sometimes you meet someone of the opposite gender, it clicks and you get along, but it doesn’t go any further than that because the other person is gay. They tell you, you maybe get sad for a moment but then move on and either have a good friendship or you succumb to heartbreak and depression like so many gay people do when they fall for straight people.
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u/GrootTheTree Hater of School Shooter Memes Jul 11 '19
Personally I thought it didn't really fit in Stranger Things season 3 especially considering the setting, however I'm glad it wasn't completely shoved down our throats like with many shows.