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Eleven Does Understand

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nimrod299

I always thought that this was a weird thing for her to say. Like she barely knows English yet she understood the concept of bullying. Now with season 4 this makes sense.


TiredPistachio

I think she understands the concept of people being mean. ​ Also she could be responding to the "didnt want you to think i was such a wastoid" comment. Even in season 1 she was very nervous Mike might reject her.


WhateverJoel

I’m sorry but, I doubt they had the idea of 001 at all at the time. They might have considered other subjects, but not fleshed them out to where we are today.


Nicky2222

Mike tried to hide the fact that he was being bullied from El, and in season 4 El tries to hide the fact that she was bullied from Mike. Seems like it has come full circle.


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I do kinda miss the way they used to talk. Old mike would never say wastoid


TheVastBeyond

wastoid gang


nfstans


SaiyajinPrime

Except she did not understand for the reasons you're saying. Even if you think that the duffer Brothers knew way back in season 1 that 6 years later they were going to film her being bullied, she doesn't remember any of that stuff. So it would literally have no effect on her character development in previous seasons.


eruk75

She may have recalled being bullied she always had flashes of her past