Ispent a lot of time after Stranger Things 5: Volume 1 thinking about Dustin. Was he acting like an indefensible, selfish jerk? Or was his grief over Eddie not only understandable but reasonable? My Editor-in-Chief Rotem Rusak made a moving and compelling case why we should all show Dustin a lot more compassion , but I ended up focusing on totally different question: was Dustin’s irresponsible behavior “authentic?” Would someone in his situation intentionally risk the fate of the world and his friends’ lives to troll some jerks? Would he really be lose focus while fighting Vecna? I thought about that a lot until I realized something: it’s a stupid question.

I don’t read or watch stories focused on how a person should act in them. I love them—enough to dedicate my life to writing abo

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