max was in a coma for about a year and still somehow she graduated with the party. nancy and hopper literally killed soldiers and nothing really happened, hopper just went back to being a cop like it was normal.
will’s connection to vecna was used to boost his role, el got sidelined, and then the moment vecna died that whole link just vanished and nothing happened to will.
but a girl who’s been abused, isolated, and constantly risked her life for her friends not getting a happy ending somehow is supposed to be the “realistic” part? the writers and actors of this show are very two-faced.