Noah: "Stranger Things never addressing if Will is gay is the beauty of it"

[Rebel 5,221]

 

[Chlorine 47,976]

We need to see what that painting is 

Spoiler

 

[Oriane 20,675]

No spoilers please, I haven't watched the 4th season yet.

But whatever his sexual orientation is, I find it cool that one of the main characters doesn't have a love interest, it's okay not to have one, whether you're not interested or haven't found anyone.

[thierryrreiht 20,956]

Ok but y'all go look at the replies under this tweet..

 

[gypsy101 5,453]

eh seems kinda like a cop out to me

gays being unacknowledged is not a beautiful thing imo

[Rebel 5,221]

3 minutes ago, Oriane said:

No spoilers please, I haven't watched the 4th season yet.

But whatever his sexual orientation is, I find it cool that one of the main characters doesn't have a love interest, it's okay not to have one, whether you're not interested or haven't found anyone.

No spoilers, but one of the characters said we might see who he's really interested in soon, so he might get an actual love interest... or he might not

[Eido 3,670]

Will barely has any lines in season 4  so I'm ok with that 

[DelusionalGaga 29,573]

What's beautiful about not giving someone representation? 

[Pablo 7,713]

I've not seen all the new episodes yet and I never got the impression that they were trying to say he was gay. Maybe just late bloomer and he wanted to stay a kid. 

[andy232000 11,105]

I get the representation issues, but at the same time the show is set in the 80’s and a teenager coming out publicly would probably not make a lot of sense “In Universe”. If they chose to do it I wouldn’t expect Will to be all up in our faces showing his pride  

[Dr Fudge 8,625]

I’m only a couple of episodes into the new season and I think part of good story writing is the unknown. It’s not a cop out when they explicitly allowed Robin to come out last season. Everyone is different and from what they show in the first episode, it sort of implies that Will has a discomfort that he is, perhaps, trying to figure out himself. The show is set in 1986- we can’t pretend like a teenager of the 80s would be as comfortable to come out then as they would now in 2022. 

[Kimmo 80,400]

Also ask them why Eleven is homophobic 

[nATAH 47,444]

i mean... i'm on the second to last episode of S4 and will is just existing... he has NO storyline, he's just there to make up the numbers  a gay storyline would actually give him purpose to be around

[Hyperobject 66,771]

Just now, Kimmo said:

Also ask them why Eleven is homophobic 

i swear i will never stop laughing at this gif. 

[DelusionalGaga 29,573]

7 minutes ago, andy232000 said:

I get the representation issues, but at the same time the show is set in the 80’s and a teenager coming out publicly would probably not make a lot of sense “In Universe”. If they chose to do it I wouldn’t expect Will to be all up in our faces showing his pride  

You are completely right, however a queer character doesn't have to come out publicly "in universe", coming out to the audience is enough. Them saying the show won't even acknowledge it suggests that they won't be even doing that.