feeling quite ill about the way there's absolutely no triumph in el's escape from the nina project. she gets nothing from it, it's just another step in her survival. it's different from her breaking out in season 1 and different still from the hunt kali takes her on in season 2.
she looks so drained, so damned, so hollow when she brings down that helicopter. there's nothing when she leaves brenner behind.
#idk how i feel about it in a narrative sense??#i think there's an argument to be made for this being compelling character development#but on the other hand it's p circular#and given the limited time frame and how many other aspects of el's character have been left unexplored#while this comes again and again#idk............ tell me how you feel about it if you have thoughts? i'm super curious!!#stranger things#el hopper#emspeak