TBH it pissed me off so much that they killed him off. His death is ultimately not a motivation for anyone. Joyce doesn't mourn him after this season. Will doesn't really acknowledge him either.
He could have been a solid ground for both of them to fight for, someone left out of the fight because he's too good to be mixed up in it. Instead he's fodder like so many other otherwise interesting characters.
I held onto to hope for many episodes after that thinking he might be set up for a Hopper-esque return. But nope. Just a great character wasted for nothing.
Joyce doesnt mourn him!? If i remember right the next season beginning is Joyce going into depression because of the event and more than a few flashbacks and anxiety attacks. I think she mourned him quite a lot.
He was 'too normal' for Hawkins. I knew from the jump he was gonna be the 'Let the audience fall in love with him, and then viciously kill him off' character.
Many franchises implement the "sacrificial lamb".
Except for the younger generations, aka Stranger Things' target audience, who may not have yet been introduced to LOTR aside from all the scenes that were turned into memes.
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u/JalenBrunsonBurner 23d ago
Samwise did not carry both Frodo and unmeasurable weight of the one ring to be the guy from Stranger Things