The writers did an awesome job of introducing Robin and showing her bond with Steve and some of the kids. Seeing Robin during the promotional content, I thought she was going to be Steve’s potential love interest. While Will’s queer sexuality is (more or less) implied, it’s a new character named Robin (Maya Hawke) who gets to come out in a very well-written manner in a show set in the 80s. He has a lot of emotions he has to deal with.
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To me, it looks like the writers are working toward an arc where Will comes out of the closet (at least to his friends and family) as the series continues. Will and Mike even had a heated confrontation where Mike yelled about how Will didn’t like girls. Trying to stay connected with his friends, Will kept on forcing the boys to play D&D (to no avail). Even pairing him up with some random girl during the school dance scene in the season two finale felt forced.Īnyway, going into the third season ( do read our review), Will ended up being the odd one out in his group. While the rest of the kids were hooking up or showed interest in the opposite gender, Will didn’t seem motivated to follow suit.
There was just something about how his character was written in the first two seasons.
I don’t know about you all, but as a viewer, I always thought Will Byers wasn’t straight. This article about Stranger Things 3 includes minor spoilers. The Duffer Brothers didn’t have to, but I’m glad they decided to introduce certain queer storylines. However, things changed for the better during the third season. Queer characters revealed in Stranger Things Season 3 (Image: Screengrab) Even though Stranger Things is one of the most popular shows on Netflix, it was lacking in the queer representation department.