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Stranger things favourite characters

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Chickencuddle · 20/02/2026 20:47

Ive just binged this since new year with my eldest daughter. We both loved it. The ending i really loved. She was a little dissapointed. What's everyone's thoughts?
Also who are your favourite characters?
Mine are:
Robin
El
Will
Dustin
Hopper

In that order.
Robin just love her character the awkwardness and she is funny and real.
El. Her power and quirkyness the way she talks etc
Will his character arc. Amazing and going ffrom shy and quiet and traumatised to powerful and becoming who he is etc
Dustin: just funny and clever
Hopper: his love for El. His pain. Just heart melt.
Just loved it. Amazing series.

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Balloonhearts · 20/02/2026 20:51

I like Steve. He's had probably the most character development out of them all and is just such a good character. I liked Max too. As a female main character, I actually prefer her to Eleven.

Chickencuddle · 20/02/2026 20:56

I loved Max too. I love all of them really. Hard to narrow it down. Erica too. I dont know what it is about Eleven I think the fact she is both vulnerable and powerful at the same time and her relationship with Mike. Escaping and everything she went through. Having to adjust to a world she didnt know etc.

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TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot · 20/02/2026 21:00

Steve. He's just so likeable. I love how he is with Dustin.

There was a scene in I think series 2 when Murray says, "we like Steve but we don't love Steve" and I was shouting at the TV, "no, no we do love Steve."

PolyVagalNerve · 20/02/2026 21:02

Steve
Robin
max
Eddie
Billy
Dustin
Hopper

is my list !

Chickencuddle · 20/02/2026 21:19

TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot · 20/02/2026 21:00

Steve. He's just so likeable. I love how he is with Dustin.

There was a scene in I think series 2 when Murray says, "we like Steve but we don't love Steve" and I was shouting at the TV, "no, no we do love Steve."

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I love steve and Dustins friendship. Hated when they fighting.

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mamaduckbone · 20/02/2026 21:54

I also love Steve, and his friendships with Dustin and Robin. He becomes a bit of a dick again in the last series, competing for Nancy’s attention with Jonathan, but redeems himself in the end.

I also like Max and Robin, and Erica is great. I prefer all the other girls to El, after season 1.
Although I know David Harbour is an arse, you can’t help but love Hopper. Murray is a good character too.

Chickencuddle · 20/02/2026 21:58

Murray is so funny. Why is David Harbour an arse? I must have missed something.

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AutumnAllTheWay · 20/02/2026 22:06

Billy
Max
Erica
Joyce
Murray

EveryDayisFriday · 20/02/2026 22:07

Robin
Murray
Bob

burblish · 21/02/2026 00:31

I think my favourite is probably Dustin, especially his friendships with Steve and Eddie. Steve and Will both have really interesting character arcs. Robin was very likeable, too. Oh, and Bob - sweet Bob! I wish we had seen more of Joyce in the last season - she was so underused.

SeashellHouse · 21/02/2026 01:21

Murray and Joyce. Any scene where they’re together trying to land a plane or blag their way into a high-security Russian prison is pure joy. I also love any scene where Murray dishes out romantic advice.

Also Nancy being badass with a gun in a series of utterly horrific mid-eighties outfits. Especially her candystriper one.

Also, Eddie Munson!

lavendarwillow · 21/02/2026 02:18

Steve and Dustin. Joyce too, I thought Winona Ryder played her part brilliantly.

I have to say I found Robin really annoying. Didn’t mind her in season 3 but she got far too much airtime in season 5, felt like they could have cut half her scenes. Far too much waffle and unnecessary filler. They could have found a way to save El in all the time Robin took up!

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