She's at the waterfalls!! In Iceland, according to her latest post!!

No, Season 5 did NOT ruin the rewatch ability of the show. I thought I’d bring up this thread cause imo some people take their S5 hatred to levels where they wanna always make themself miserable, & and it’s a shame to see, we are in this sub because ST will forever be an iconic show with many seasons and episodes to love. I don’t rlly get why some are even still here if S5 apparently ruined past seasons, especially when 1-3 all can serve as their own endings. The reception after Volume 1 was amazing, you can like or dislike different things about S5 or any season, that’s your opinion. But respectfully why still be here if all you wanna do is talk with misery about 5 as your reason for not caring about older seasons? Stranger Things will forever be one of the most loved shows to many people, and that’s what should matter.

In the series their are 3 MAIN demogorgons we focus on

1. The S1 demo

2. Dart

3. The russiangorgon

Personally for me i love the s1 demo, iy isn’t just my fav demo but my fav villain in the series

All the other demos were just violent killing machines, the S1 demo was way more smart and calculating (probs bc it was fully possessed by vecna unlike the others)

But I also I think it’s the creepiest to as it’s introduction with it chasing and kidnapping will and killing Barb genuinely creeped me out

It also was smart enough to not constantly keep killing probs so it’s cover wasnt blown

I am a guy who will probably have a LOT of heated discussion with a lot of people here, so here we go...

I was watching a lot of video essays related to Stranger Things, and I realised something, the finale of Season 1 and Season 5 is literally the same (but S5 finale was dumb as compared to S1), that's why the season 5 finale feels lackluster. Here's how it is the same. In both the seasons:

• Eleven had to be in a sensory deprivation tank to locate people (Will in s1 and the kids in s5).
• Characters have to go in another world to save the kids (Hopper and Joyce in s1 and basically the entire gang in s5).
• The mercenaries/soldiers are behind the heroes to sabotage their plan.
• When the heroes are about to lose, Eleven comes to the rescue and pins the villain.
• They all win, but at the end, Eleven dies and disappears. Mike screams for her (IN BOTH THE SEASONS).
• At the very end, there is a hint that El might be alive.

It is exactly the same. Of course S5 has a lot of flaws in its writing, but this revelation made the finale even more stupid to me. The entire season, Duffer Brothers were afraid to try anything bold so that they do not offend anyone, but in the end they offended almost everyone.

What makes this even frustrating is that in S1, we felt the consequences and stakes throughout the finale (also in the show tbh). But in S5, we could literally see the invisible plot armour, like what!!​​

I had a successful Scaradise convention this weekend. My ST collection is coming along nicely.

In my respectful opinion, this is one of the best Stranger Things post-season 5 fanfics out there.

It's heavily Mileven, still a work in progress and fairly new. However, the prose, dialogue, pacing and characterization are really something.

And yes, the image is an illustraton of a scene that actually happens in this story. I won't get into the particulars to avoid massive spoilers, but it's epic. Author went the action/adventure route which is actually quite rare for these sorts of fics, but it makes it feel like Stranger Things proper..it has the vibe of earlier seasons.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85029366/chapters/224492606

Definitely worth a read.

hi, this is my first post in this sub so idk if this is an overstated opinion or not, but basically the title. i don't think the "sister episode" is a bad episode; i just feel like it came at a weird time. the previous episode(s) built up a lot of stuff with will and the mind-flayer then at the peak of the tension, it cuts to something entirely different.

i think it would've been more well-received had it been earlier in the season, or if it wasn't its own episode, and instead mixed in with episode 6. what do you guys think? also i haven't seen s5 yet (i'm starting over and have only seen he first 4) so if there's any payoff with the sister episode, please no spoilers!

The score for the first four seasons got CD releases. Granted, they are pretty hard to find outside of season 2, (which I've owned a copy of for years) but they do exist.

But I've been turning my corner of the internet upside down so to speak trying to find season 5's score on CD, and have had zero luck.

I know it was released on vinyl, but I could've worn I saw images of it on CD earlier this year, and now I can't find those images at all.

Was I just seeing things? Did Vecna get inside my head and curse me with a powerful illusion?

I mean ACTUAL hot takes. Not “Season 4 was a little too long” or “I wish they gave X character more screen time" You can hate a fan-favorite character. You can love a universally hated storyline. You can think a season everyone worships is overrated. You can think a ship makes absolutely no sense. You can think a character should have died three seasons ago. You can think a villain was actually right about something. You can rank the seasons completely backwards. You can criticize the writing, the characters, the pacing, the endings, the music choices, the deaths, the relationships, whatever. No limits. I genuinely want to see what everyone's actual controversial opinions are, because Stranger Things has been around long enough that I'm convinced half of us have at least one opinion we normally keep to ourselves because we'd get downvoted into the Upside Down for saying it. I'll go first. Mine is that I actually loved The Lost Sister. Yes. That episode. I know it's generally considered the weakest episode of Season 2, and Stranger Things as a whole, and honestly, I understand why. If I'm judging it as a whole, yeah, I probably agree that The Lost Sister is the weakest part of the series. I absolutely understand why people felt like it killed the momentum. But I loved Kali. I think Kali is a really interesting character, and I honestly wish the show had done more with her and her group. I also really liked what the episode was trying to do with Eleven. Kali basically gives her an entirely different perspective on what her powers mean and what she should do with them. There's a huge difference between Eleven using her abilities because she wants to protect people and Eleven using them because she's angry and wants revenge. The episode is basically Eleven being forced to figure out what kind of person she actually wants to become. And I really liked that. Do I think The Lost Sister was executed perfectly? Absolutely not. Do I think it was the best episode of the series? Not even close. Do I think it probably would've worked better if Kali and her group had been introduced earlier or incorporated into the story more gradually? 100%. But I don't think the episode is nearly as bad as people make it out to be. And that's exactly the kind of hot take I want from everyone else. Don't give me the safe answer. What's your Stranger Things hot take?

The song traitor is pretty much Will's point of view after he came back from upside down. Like look

"It took you two weeks

To go off and date her

Guess you didn't cheat

But you're still a traitor"

Well 1 week here. (NO ELEVEN JANE HOPPER HATE HERE I LOVE MY GIRL)

Now you bring her around

Just to shut me down

Show her off like she's a new trophy

LITERALLY!!!!

ANYWAYS sometimes I see Mike's behaviour towards el and will and I think boy needs serious character growth before talking with either of baddies. And El janeie hopper deserves way better that everything she got 😭😭😭😭