If Kali were a white boy with a visible jawline, you know the stranger things fandom would be fawning all over their angsty little antihero. Episode 7 would not be considered “boring filler,” and Kali and crew would have aesthetic moodboards, fan art, and headcanons out the wazoo.
But since she’s a dark skinned brown girl giving consequence to the remorseless white men who systematically abused her as a child she’s mean