mike wheeler apologist

another interesting thing:

there were multiple stranger things clips but this was not exclusively stranger things. sadie was in it twice. once as max once as her fear street character, though it felt like a st scene. i’m pretty sure the new horror rpg with sadie is also in it. and maya hawke was in it but not as robin.

this is from the season 5 novel description btw, but i think it’s the same for the actual show? i’m not 100% sure because i didn’t feel like checking lol but it seemed familiar.

also the novel for s5 is set to release october 13th for those curious. not sure if that ties into cokegate or anything.

but in the opening dnd scene there is an army of troglodytes. the party is relieved at first because they think that’s all there is. once they think they’re relatively safe, the demogorgan arrives.

i’m pretty sure i’ve seen people discuss this scene in general in relation to conformitygate, but here is something interesting that i haven’t seen before:

troglodytes, the creatures the party feels comfortable defeating without difficulty, live in caves. like henry’s cave. they also stink, like all the references to foul smells we’ve seen throughout the st universe.

i haven’t been on here in ages, so pls forgive me if someone else has already mentioned this.

i’ve been looking through the tudum files and they got max’s age wrong.

the last paragraph felt very cg coded to me. the bit about a committee of “specialists in different fields” reminds me of tiktok cgers’ (shoutout kelly) videos on how each person in the cg community has some specific skill to contribute. then the part about explaining “complicated sightings” reminds me of murray’s whole “water it down” spiel.

other things that stood out that could mean something but idk what:

Letter is from “New Zealand UFO Studies Centre” but printed on HNL letterhead (rereading the first paragraph it looks like maybe it was forwarded from one HNL department to another? but still, why new zealand?)

Dial/clock stamp reminds me of the Captain Midnight ciphers they talk about in the first shadow

June 12, 1979 (date in the stamp)

June 5, 19..? (date of the letter, blocked off)

Wellington

Dr. Maccabee

Big illuminati/dollar bill looking eye in triangle symbol

“The magazine ‘Nature’” i know it’s in quotes because it’s a title but there’s something about nature being real and things in quotes being fake

Aviation and Air Traffic Control (landing the plane?)

Extraterrestrial = ET = El