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WARNING: This article contains spoilers for season 3 ofStranger Things.
Fans have always loved Jim Hopper onStranger Things— butEvan Rachel Woodis calling out the character’s behavior in season 3.
She later added, “Yes I am aware it’s ‘just a show’ and it’s set ‘in the 80s’ even though this stuff was unacceptable then too, but that’s exactly my point. It’s just a show and this is a gentle reminder not to fall for this crap in real life. Red flags galore.”
“She rescheduled the date he yelled and got in her face about while policing every guy she spoke to. No thanks,” Wood wrote,adding, “She is allowed to stand him up without being screamed at. Especially when she is worried about her children. Priority number 1. He also insisted it wasn’t a date and clearly he lied. She shouldn’t have rescheduled. He should have gone to therapy.”
She laterclarified, “She rescheduled the date. That’s where the message was lost and they made the behavior acceptable. That’s my complaint.”
Wood also replied to a user who defended Hopper’s actions because he’d endured the death of his daughter, a divorce and various addictions.
“Exactly. If this were real life I would suggest he go to therapy and not project his pain on other people in the form of abuse. That’s how the cycle starts,” Wood wrote.
The star said she went public with her complaints because she was “severely abused” and wanted to alert others to the warning signs.
“Cue all the abusive people attacking me on twitter for posting a warning not to fall for abusive behavior like a popular tv character exhibited on a popular show because it reminds them of themselves and they feel personally attacked? Bring it on guys,” she wrote.
She continued, “I didn’t even say he was a bad guy or to stop watching the show, I just said ‘don’t date people like that.’ But alas, abusers hear an attack and want a fight. Proving my point with their own retaliation.”
Netflix did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
