The key to Stranger Things 5's failure and how it SHOULD have ended

Stranger Things Season 5 wasn't merely "bungled"; its UNIFYING conservative messages caused it to fail. This video covers how the show betrayed its subversive, heroic potential, and I end with how I would have rewritten Stranger Things' last season. (And yes it has Byler!) 0:00 Intro 5:30 Eddie isn't vindicated 10:09 Drops the bullying storyline 13:21 Conformity and "growing up" 21:30 El's story 27:05 "You can't beat the government" 30:15 Suicide 34:13 Sexism 40:11 Will's story 44:22 Non-confrontation with homophobia... 49:24 ... and abuse 55:59 Unsympathetic, underdeveloped nonwhite characters 59:40 Why? 1:01:57 How I'd change Season 5 Other Ronald Off the Record videos: "Stranger Things' homophobic humiliation of Will Byers and the Byler fandom (queerbaiting + more)"    • Stranger Things' homophobic humiliation of...   "BYLERGATE: Evidence Byler was removed mid-production, why Stranger Things 5 fell off a cliff"    • BYLERGATE: Evidence Byler was removed mid-...   Peetapiper's TikTok on Will as the subject of "misery porn": https://www.tiktok.com/@peetapiper/vi... ================ SUPPORT MY PATREON to access my FULL reactions and edited reactions as soon as they're ready, ask me questions, and join my Discord!   / ronaldofftherecord   Playlist of all my Stranger Things videos:    • Ronald Off the Record - Stranger Things   My blog TEAMBYLER (currently focused on Stranger Things/Byler) on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/teambyler Subscribe! Also, subscribe to my larger channel ("The Rules Lawyer") about RPGs like Pathfinder and D&D! @TheRulesLawyerRPG My civil rights organization BAMN: https://www.bamn.com/