there is absolutely NO WAY friendslook at each other like that. the duffers knew what they were doing when they told them to look at each other like that. it’s not even subtle or something we’d have to rewatch a few times to see if it actually happened like it’s SO obvious that it’s painful when people say we’re reaching like they were throwing it in our faces with that and you can’t convince me otherwise. they most likely did a few takes and if they weren’t meant to look at each other’s lips that many times during the scene surely they would’ve chosen a different take instead of the one where they’re constantly looking at one another’s lips. but they didn’t. that was meant to happen and they made it so that we would absolutely pick up on it. it’s too obvious that if it wasn’t meant to be there they would’ve asked the boys to do a different take or chosen another one as to not give us the wrong impression. i say it was 100% intentional.
nah that shit is definitely intentional like all this subtle stuff going on between these two characters does not end up in the show accidentally lmfao. like a couple things I’d be willing to pass off as a coincidence but there are too many things going on to just ignore it they definitely wanted us to take note of these two and they definitely told Finn and Noah to do this because they do it repeatedly, not just here and I highly doubt that either of these actors would do this unless they felt it should be there
SHOW THE PAINTING!! SHOW THE PAINTING! SHOW THE PAINTING LEMME SEE IT SHOW THE PAINTING WILLIAM WHAT IS IT?? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BRING CROSS COUNTRY?? SHOW IT SHOW IT SHOW IT SHOW IT!! IS IT MIKES?? WILLIAM IS IT MIKES??
hopper fighting a demogorgon: needs 5 other dudes and flaming weapons and shit and still almost dies
steve harrington fighting a demogorgon: just vibes and his baseball bat
hopper getting tortured by russians: literally makes him spiral and regret everything he’s ever done in life and come to the conclusion that he’s a curse on everyone he knows
steve harrington getting tortured by russians: makes cute little jokes & accepts his lesbian bestie 10 minutes later
hopper going into an upside down tunnel: needs to be sprayed down with a hose and still pukes
steve harrington going into the upside down: no shirt no shoes literally eaten alive by demobats and choked with vines and inhaling mass amounts of upside down pollen but still is just vibing
Will is going to set one foot across the town line into Hawkins and Vecna’s lair is going to light up like a fucking Christmas pageant.
The guy exploits peoples’ past trauma, their secrets, and their insecurities.
And then in comes a closeted gay teenager, with an abusive father, in love with his sister’s boyfriend who has suffered homophobic bullying his whole life, including a slur from the boy he loves, and was abducted into a hell dimension for a week and later possessed by a Lovecraftian monster that used him to help it murder people and try to destroy the world.
Vecna’s gonna have a field day with that minefield of a tortured subconscious.
