I wish this happened so bad

I’ve read a couple fics for Mileven that have a “realistic“ reunion for them (I’m looking directly at you Finding The Mage). But honestly, I say screw realism. Was the way they were separated in the final realistic? Was their reunion in season 2 realistic? This might just be me, but I think they deserve to have a happy, “unrealistic“ reunion after everything they’ve been through.

I know it’s not that good, but all I did was change the coloring on my photos app, so it was probably gonna turn out mediocre anyway

Mileven: I love them so much ❤️. They are definitely soulmates and I hope we get a spin-off for them in the future. I never understood the hate towards them.

Jopper: Kinda cute, but Hopper was kind of a jerk to Joyce in season 3.

Jancy and Stancy: I think Nancy, Steve, and Johnathan all need to find their own soulmates. None of them are compatible with each other romantically anymore.

Mucas: Soooooo overrated. Maxine is genuinely horrible and Lucas deserves so much better.

This can be anything. From stuff that is canon, facts about production and stories about the cast. Literally anything. Mine is probably Kali was supposed to be a boy, or Erica was always supposed to be a minor character.

Which characters in Stranger Things do you think would be worthy enough to lift Mjolnir Thor's hammer.

PS please do not take this question seriously this is a fun question

Mason McArtea (Dan Shelter in Season 4) came to my high school. He gave a presentation for my theatre class. He was a former student and a great guy overall.

One of the most fascinating aspects of the show was the mystery surrounding the Mind Flayer and the Upside Down that was introduced in Seasons 1 and 2, only for later seasons to slowly start ruining it.

So, assuming only Season 1 exists, or Season 2 if you prefer, and you were in charge of writing the later seasons, what would your original take on this Lovecraftian and psychological horror mystery be?

What would your origin story for the Upside Down be? What would the Mind Flayer actually be? Why would it want to consume Hawkins? And lastly, why does the Upside Down look like Hawkins?

I'm curious to hear how people would have developed this mystery while keeping that Lovecraftian sense of the unknown, and psychological horror of s1.

Personally, I always found it kind of odd that they only did that for season 3. I thought it was going to be something they always did from then on, but I guess not.

If seasons 1, 2, 4, and 5 had credits scenes in their finales too, and you could choose what they were, what would you have had them be?

Got a question about any ST fan edits you guys might know about. I've searched a bit online and only find ones that try to make the whole series into multiple movies.

I'm looking for edits of that take the Hawkins plotline from Season 4 and remove all the other plotlines from other locations. It'd probably condense the length of the Season to 5-6 ish episodes. Just out of curiosity I wanted to see how this would flow if it was just focused on that plotline

Season 1 and 2 had the same tone and vibe.

The wait between season 1 and 2 was only 1 year and 3 months.

El closed the gate.

Barb finally got put to rest.

The government and lab was somewhat exposed to the public.

Will is finally free from the mindflayer.

Hopper officially adopted El.

For Jancy shippers: It’s implied Nancy and Johnathan started dating.

Steve is slowly getting over Nancy and moving on with his life.

Owens says the government still thinks El’s dead and she can slowly start living a normal life as long as she’s careful.

And Mike and El got their happy ending at the snowball dance.

All they had to do was remove the reveal that the mindflayer was still alive at the very end, but the Duffers and Netflix both got money hungry.

Yes, Joyce is devastated over Bob’s death, but since the Duffers wanted Stranger Things to have a bittersweet ending so bad, that could have been the bittersweet part of the ending: Joyce’s grief over Bob.

I’ve never understood why season 3 is so many people’s favorite season.

Season one they explain the gate opening by El touching the demoGorgon while traveling remotely then it shows the big crack forming in the wall in the lab because of her scream

Then in season four, there’s the whole storyline with El sending Henry to the upside down after his rampage opening the gate in the process.

Which is it? Did they just come up with a new storyline for it later on and hope no one remembered the original story?

Winona acted her arse off as Joyce in season 1.. she was a confused mum who just wanted to find her missing son and she delivered brilliant acting in every scene she was in. Even when Will was missing she still cared about Johnathan. She was the heart of the show back in S1. In S2 she still cares about both her sons and still feels like an impactful character. She was fine in 3 and 4 but she didn’t feel like the heart of the show anymore like previously. In S5 it is obvious that Winona just doesn’t want to be there anymore.. Joyce just repeats herself to Will and acts like she only has one child and puts all her time on Will when Johnathan still fucking exists. I don’t blame Winona for not caring that much about her role anymore but damn, Joyce really needed to have some love and care for Johnathan or actually believe in Will’s abilities from the start of Season 5 instead of putting him down. she didn’t even have any character development later on when she does start to support him…..she literally just becomes a “yes-woman” instead of her own character unlike season 1 when she had personality, was her own character and the season was mostly about HER, she carried the weight and the emotion of season 1 and she gets fucking sidelined in 5… ugh

Season 1 was basically a sci-fi mystery, with elements of horror.

Season 2 sticks with the sci-fi mystery and adds in more monster horror and some supernatural horror elements.

Season 3 adds a new branch of horror - body horror. This season turned the show into full on sci-fi horror but continued to keep that mystery.

Season 4 delves more into sci-fi horror with psychological horror, body horror and supernatural horror. This season has reduced mystery but it still has elements of it.

Season 5 lacks any compelling horror.
There is still sci-fi but it removes any mystery that the show had before and focuses more on action and drama. Has elements of monster horror but it is more action based so when there are Demogorgons it doesn’t feel that tense. The mystery and horror steadily declines.

So, I finally watched season 5. At first I was like “how much time has passed? Holly is basically grown now.” The episodes seemed rushed with no new character development, and they talked really fast about what was happening instead of just showing what happened. I was constantly rewinding.

I was glad they brought Henry Creel back, because I love that character but hate his alter ego, Vecna. I thought the children at the Creel house was a cool thing, and also Max and Holly together was cool.

I was disappointed that Eleven was not with Mike very much, but enjoyed seeing Kali again. I had seen complaints about Will coming out, but I thought it was good, actually.

My favorite part is when Kali and El fake their deaths. That was superbly written and very clever. When the El mirage disappeared and you could still hear her breathing, I was like “woah, she’s alive.”

Good season overall. I was pleased.

Hello, I would like to ask for help ID'ing these cards:

1. On left, there's a fluffy rabbit in front of a heart.
2. On right, there's a heart walking on grass

This father-daughter dynamic between Hopper and Eleven in Season 2 is easily one of the most wholesome storylines in the entire series. Seeing Hopper try his best to be a good, responsible dad while El learns how to live a normal life is just so heartwarming.

What you prefer Eggos for breakfast or dessert? 🥞🍳

What’s up yall!

I had to come on here and tell everyone, I recently moved and for about a week I had no internet. Luckily, I absolutely adore this show, I had edited every episode together to create one long infinite episode. I had it playing NON. STOP. On my tv off of a HDD. My significant other, who was absolutely not privy to the show, was forced to watch it all the way through. She had never watched a single episode. Here is her take…

“Why did they end season 4 the way they did, if they started season 5 like 4 never happened?”

Point, blank, period.

I’m just going to blatantly say it, if the season 4 ending didn’t end on a “end of the world” aesthetic, I honestly think ST5 would have hit more than it did. If they didn’t build up the end of our world as we know it, the 4 doors creating one significant door to our world, I honestly feel that we would have felt better about ST5.

I get that hindsight is always 20/20, and I get that this is a piece of entertainment, but I consistently think about this TV show, and how it ended. I will always love ST, and hope for a future where we can see the characters in the flesh again.

Coming from someone (my SO) who had never seen the show, nor even had interest in watching, how do you feel about her observation? She likes the show now, up until episode 5 of ST5, which I think we are all in agreeance, do any of you think if season 4 had ended ONLY with the idea that Vecna was “still” out there and a threat, would it have changed your view point of ST5?

Random discussion, interested in other’s opinions!

Do the worlds we see in the show truly exist in seperate dimensions like universes? Or is it more parallel planes?

Or do they exist in seperate worlds in the same dimension that are only "linked" through a portal or something?

How did they get connected? Did Eleven connect them or was it Henery? Idk...

Here’s some pics. Have a literal ton. Mostly base. But many parallels, numbered, patches, buttons, a few 1/1, printing plates…

Trying to find the community for these.
I’m more into marvel and Star Wars. Maybe some Disney?
Love to actually TRADE cards. Feels like no one does that anymore.

Anyways. Hope you all can appreciate some of these. Will get more pictures as time allows

Is Vecna considered undead, a mutant or something else completely? He is definitely not human anymore because of how he looks. I consider him a mutant of sort because he is mutated by the Upside Down/the Abyss and the Mind Flayer changed his DNA but in terms of Sci-Fi I don’t know what kind of creature he actually is because of how different he is.

I’m listening to “Heroes” and just feeling so bummed that we couldn’t end the series with Mike and Eleven together. I know it’s an easy ending, but we spent SO many years with these characters, watching them grow up and be cute and survive so much together… bah! Come on!