In Which I Have an Idea That Makes Me Very Sad

I was thinking about why Jonathan has so little in the way of concrete development (in universe, not just him being mishandled), and something crossed my mind.

We experience the world of Stranger Things primarily through the lense of the Party. We call the season one monster The Demogorgon because they do, for example. And because of that, we might not have the complete picture of what happens in Hawkins.

In other words, the reason why we might not know just how bad Jonathan had it with Lonnie because he didn’t have the heart to tell Will.

Lonnie’s return in season 4, though, might change that.