Of course, Nancy and Jonathan’s relationship has taken a few hits, from having to go long distance for season 4, not to mention their differing preferences for college that they seem to have an inability to communicate to each other. But does that mean we regress, and give Nancy and Steve an ending that could be far better for both characters if they moved forward with their lives, instead of backward?

The draw of the on-screen love triangle isn’t a unique or particularly new dynamic. This year alone, Celine Song’s Materialists saw Dakota Johnson’s character Lucy choose between an old (problematic) love in Chris Evans’ John and her wealthy “perfect match”, played by Pedro Pascal, Harry. Perhaps most significant, though, was the epic finale of The Summer I Turned Pretty, which saw Lola Tung’s Belly finally choose between two love interests, brothers Conrad and Jeremiah.

Fans are clearly mad for a “torn between two lovers” storyline packed with yearning and stolen looks. It’s a well-worn onscreen dynamic, the most successful of which includes Twilight‘s Team Edward and Team Jacob saga, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett’s clashing romantic antics in Pearl Harbour, Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries, the list goes on. We love to ship, we love to compare – but enough is enough. This isn’t how Stranger Things should end for these characters. The stakes are the highest they’ve ever been this season, with the very fate of the world at stake as Vecna attempts to rip it to shreds. Which renders the cataclysmic decision of who Nancy might choose to snog next rather anticlimactic, and maybe even redundant.

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By Charley Ross

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