Since the broadcast of S2, many people have been saying that the existence of the Max brothers and sisters is superfluous. It neither contributed to the promotion of the plot nor added any combat power to the expedition team to defeat the villain. Billy came to find fault at the most critical moment, beat Steve to the point of bruising his nose and face, and almost broke things..
The entire S2 took one season to let Max successfully join the expedition team, from not believing the story Lucas told her to seeing the demogorgon with his own eyes.. So the audience will ask, what is the significance of the role of this eldest sister? Is it just to draw out Lucas and her emotional line?
The answer to this question is answered after watching S3
The biggest significance of the role of Max that I see is what she means to Xiao 11. From the moment he was born, Xiao 11 was locked in the laboratory because of his super power, used as a tool, and was used as a research object. In order to test Xiao 11's ability, 'papa' asked her to kill the cat with her mind; when she was forcibly dragged away from the confinement, she had to resist and killed two security guards. The world doesn't know anything, she doesn't even understand the meaning of the word "friend". No one was teaching her anything, taking it from her from the start.
Xiao 11 opened The Gate inadvertently, escaped from the laboratory in the chaos, met four members of the expedition team, and began a completely different life. Little 11 understands "friends don't lie", meets the sheriff, has a home, has an old father, etc.. But whether it is the expedition team or the sheriff, there is absolutely no female intervention in Little 11's world. influence. Her mom went crazy shortly after giving birth to her, and the contact with 8 was so short-lived.
Needless to say, men and women are different. There is a gulf between men and women in terms of logic, behavior, character traits, etc. So if Xiao 11 wants to adapt to the society, he must see himself clearly, and the influence from women is essential.
In S3, Max told Xiao 11 that "you are an independent individual" and that "you shouldn't have only boys in your world"; Max let Xiao 11 know Wonder Woman and the power of women; when Mike wanted to overprotect 11 , Max was the first to say "11 knows his strength better than anyone else"; Max also told 11 "friends don't lie, but boyfriends lie.. all the time!"... This is the first Second, let a girl of the same age as him, brave and enthusiastic, with an independent personality and worldview appear in Xiao 11's life, and let 11 re-examine himself and the world from the girl's pupils.
Just imagine, neither Mike nor Hopper can take Xiao 11's hand to accompany her to go shopping, share their thoughts, and laugh; they can't accompany Xiao 11 to take pictures belonging to a girl Meimei; they also won't exchange licked ice cream with each other; They will not encourage Xiao 11 to say something like "i dump your ass!".
Just as boys and boys can communicate with each other 100%, the friendship between girls is something that boys will never understand and cannot replace. And the existence of Max, in a sense, really lights up the world of Xiao 11. As the word said in the play: enlightenen!
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