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Oil painting portrait of Steve Harrington from Stranger Things, capturing his reinvention from swaggering teen to soft-power caretaker; teal jacket, ’80s hair, protective gaze off-frame.
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Steve Harrington reinvention and growth: From Antagonist to Soft-Power Caretaker

There are few TV transformations as quietly satisfying as Steve Harrington's. Once the archetypal high-school antagonist — hair, swagger, brittle bravado — Steve becomes one of Stranger Things' most beloved…
Posted by Screen Psyche December 6, 2025

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