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second part of stranger things‘Final Season It’s a hit on Netflix – and many fans have expressed the same complaint about its biggest character.
Unsurprisingly, a major driver of the plot this season has been Holly Wheeler, played by 14-year-old British-born actor Nell Fisher. Holly, the younger sister of Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Nancy (Natalia Dyer), was kidnapped by the demon Vecna in the Upside Down, and managed to escape with the help of Sadie Sink’s Max and Jake Connelly’s Derek in the latest batch of episodes.
But some fans have complained that the increase in Holly’s screentime has affected their affection for the show, especially as it means many long-time cast members have reduced appearances.
“I think there are a lot of issues stranger things 5 could be solved by abandoning the Holly/Derek storyline and actually coming up with something else,”
Another person wrote: “Listen, I love you #StrangerThings, but I don’t care so much about Holly Wheeler – especially when some of the original main cast is getting little to no screen time… I mean what are they doing here?”
Another fan asked: “Look, no offense to Holly but why is she getting more screentime than the main kids…”
On Reddit, lots of stranger things Fans are asking the same question.
“Why is Holi given so much screen time?”. one user asked. “Eleven was sidelined and got nothing. Not just L, but Hopper, Joyce, and others too. I’d go so far as to say it’s a plot point that doesn’t reflect your old [main characters] At the center of the story.”
Others have also theorized that the sudden importance of Holi to the show may have laid the groundwork for stranger things Spin-off series that revolves entirely around his character.
“For four seasons, Holi was [in the] Background by design,” one Reddit post reads. ”Now, in the final season, she’s suddenly been given actual narrative weight and noticeable screen time, with almost no buildup… Main characters who had carried the show for years are having their arcs sharpened or narrowed, while Holly is getting a focus that feels completely out of proportion to her history in the series… It doesn’t feel like a show like it did to begin with. It seems like Netflix is hedging its bets and inserting pieces of the future while the current story is still unresolved.
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However, the show’s crew has stated that Holly’s increased presence in the series was entirely story-based, and not due to external factors.
Director Shawn Levy told Netflix’s in-house site, “Centering Holly not only gives us a new character to explore and her roots, but it’s also very thematic because, in many ways, this show has always been about childhood, about the fragility of innocence, but also about the superpower of innocence.” tumdu“We have all watched these kids grow up and have a very deep connection with them stranger things,
The first two volumes of stranger thingsThe final season of is streaming on Netflix, with a super-sized finale on December 31.
In His review of the season’s first batch of episodesCritic Nick Hilton wrote that the series remains “fun and entertaining”, but expressed concern that it would fail to reach its conclusion.