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Actual apocalyptic season 5, it’s centric to the Byers family again. Demogorgons terrorizing the town, Hawkins all but abandoned and considered a lost cause.

Instead of Holly being taken, it’s Jonathan

Will gets frustrated that his mom isn’t trying as hard as she did to get him back, playing it safe, waiting, so he takes it upon himself to sneak off, and go into the upside down himself to get his brother back.

Mike, being Mike, follows him because he can’t lose him again.

And then i started to experiment with some textures n shit bc ofc

Nevermind that they had El be all "I'm not Sarah" to Hopper, as if he didn't actually come to see her as his daughter, not just a "replacement." Doing that, but still having El be emotionally dependent on Mike, shows a lack of narrative cohesion and inability to actually develop their characters under a consistent framework.

will: kind of weird autistic gay art student. probably into some freaky shit you would never know about, borders the line of steven universe gay and greg araki gay. art hoe/plant mom phase in 2020. has multiple nonbinary bitches in his inner circle that he doesn’t play about

lucas: sweet guy that’s just nerdy enough that he’s not popular but everyone still kind of wants to fuck him. college packing list included a costco family-size pack of redbull. posts game results on instagram stories with these emojis💯🥶🔥. corny tiktok reposts

dustin: has been on corners on the internet no normal person has ever ventured onto but he has pronouns in bio so you know he’s not like redpilled incel 4chan freak. double monitor in bedroom. jorts. deepfried memes. probably does schoolwork off 4 bong rips and still has a 4.0.

mike: most nasty disgusting bedroom you’ve ever seen that his mom still attempts to clean for him. she found and confiscated his jumbo miami mint geekbar because of this. adderall shortage hit him hard. listens to cake. appears performatively bisexual at first glance.

max: smokes and drives. got called down to the principles office in middle school for looking up how does lesbian sex work on a school-issued chromebook. doesn’t play about neon genesis evangelion. edgelord phase. baggiest jeans known to man

el: absolutely ransacks her local goodwill every weekend. indie music. bad driver. cuts her own bangs at 11:30pm with craft scissors and screams bloody murder when she fucks them up. hate-watches euphoria. took karate lessons as a kid