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  1. You Took My Sadness Out of Context by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    04 Aug 2026

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    “I think,” El tries again, after a long minute, “that it is strange— or that I am somehow wrong— because I spend all day, every day, with kids who need a family. And I want to be there for them, and I think that I am—”

    “You are,” Hopper interrupts.

    “Okay. So I am there for them. Every day,” El continues. “But at the end of the day I am not. I come home to my apartment, alone, and I spend time with myself when I could be with one of them.”

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    With everyone in her life now parents, El struggles with feelings of guilt over not wanting children herself. As her burnout reaches a breaking point, El is forced to untangle her passion from her past, leaving her wondering who she is— and what she wants— when she's not helping others.

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