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I’m sobbing
the byers are used to having to let go of the things and the ones they love.
joyce lost will, her son, her boy. he disappeared and nobody paid attention to her consistent desperation to get him back and if they did, they only did because they thought she was crazy. talking to the lights, putting a hole through her wall with an axe, not believing he's dead despite seeing "his body". everybody wanted her to let go of him already, accept that he's gone for good.
then she lost bob, her light after darkness. she saw him die, a brutal, horrifying death where she could do nothing but stand, watch and break. after finally witnessing and feeling what it's like to live in the sweet comfort of predictability and stability, she had to let him go.
and it doesn't stop there because then she lost hopper, the only person who truly understands her and has been there with and for her since the beginning. she didn't only have to let him go but she had to live with the guilt and the pain that she pulled the lever that killed him.
jonathan lost his childhood, nobody ever acknowledges it but he did. he was abused by his father, forced to kill animals and become somebody he's not. he had to work to help his family at 15, plan a funeral for his brother at 16 all while keeping everything held down for his mother, taking care of her, protecting her and while getting heavily bullied for being different.
joyce lost her son but jonathan also lost his brother and had to live with the guilt that if he didn't pick that extra shift, he could've saved will. he had to let go of one of the only two people he cared about and nobody bothered to ever ask him how he was doing.
and now jonathan is letting go of nancy because he loves her too much to get in the way of her future. he knows she has big dreams, knows she doesn't want to turn out like her parents, knows she doesn't want to get married and live a stereotypical life so he's letting her go because he knows she can't have the life she truly wants and deserves if she stays with him and he loves her too much to hold her back even at the cost of his own heart breaking.
will.. where does one even start with will?
will had to let go of everything. his childhood was half gone being kidnapped and possessed by a dark shadow from an alternate dimension and half gone being bullied for who he is by his classmates and his father.
he had to let go of his hobbies because his friends outgrew them. he was forced to grow up when he still wasn't ready yet. he had to run to get to where everyone else walked to.
then he had to let go of his love for his best friend, his best friend who is in love with his step sister. his best friend who said the day he went missing was the best day of his life. his best friend who he adored like no other. his best friend who he'd risk his life for but he had to let him go because at the end of the day, he's just like his brother. he's letting go of the one he loves because he doesn't think he's enough for him. never enough to be what he truly wants. so he has no other choice but to let him go the way he had to with everything else he's ever loved.
idk what this is and it's probably shitty but i've been thinking about it for the past few days and it's been breaking my heart & making me sad so i'm gonna force you to be sad with me. sorry and you're welcome.
+i didn't proofread any of what i wrote so if there's any mistakes.. be a good person and ignore them. thanks! :)