@mazzyhope815 Having been a nerd in high-school, I don't think what you say is true for everyone. Mark the bold letters, I'm very aware that there are never two of a kind when it comes to people in general, and I agree that they used cliché types which isn't necessarily something I'd condone.
However, speaking of my own personal past, I most certainly wanted to belong with the cool kids. Very much so. And I did very stupid things trying to achieve that; things that are way to private for this comment. My point is that there are nerds out there who have felt that way, or perhaps still do. Speaking for myself, I was very well able to identify with Robin there.
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There's a scene in this season that really encapsulates how I feel about Stranger Things. The geeky girl and the popular boy are tied up by the bad guys and left alone. They have a deep conversation. The geeky girl confesses to the popular guy that she was obsessed with him in high school because "even though they won't admit it, every geek wishes they were a popular kid". This is not how geeks/nerds think, it's how popular kids think geeks/nerds think. The only reason the characters in Stranger Things are geeks/nerds is because those were the kinds of kids who were featured in the '80s movies The Duffer Brothers are ripping off. Like everything else in Stranger Things, it's lifted from those movies, not from life. This is a soulless show.