A NEVER ENDING STORY & THE RUSSIAN CODE
Ok so I highkey think i might of figured out the Russian Code from Season 3.
When blue meets yellow in the west.
(I will talk about a trip to China sounds nice, If you tread lightly in another post, I think itās referring to something else!)
Super quickly because this is the smallest analysis. Chrissy dies on the 21st, the gates are opened on the 27th.
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
7 days, the week is long, cool ok. The next parts are the important ones.
The Russian code has been translated to āthe silver cat feedsā. Well, I donāt think that this means what we think it does, I think that āfeedsā means feeds as in feeding something else.
AKA the āsilver catā is not feeding on something for itself, itās feeding Hawkins, feeding Hawkins with the particles. Hear me outttt.
Starting with this whole scene, it has some insane foreshadowing.
ā> āI call it a weeder, get it man? Like a feeder?ā Argyle says. And what do they smoke? Purple Palm Tree Delight!!! Weāve established atp that Purple and Palm Trees = being deceived or lying. (e.g. purple rain, purple prismatic spray, the palm tree directly behind Tina, the twin palm trees on Maxs purple outfit, Tammyās name meaning palm etc, you get it)
ā> Now if you go back and watch this scene, guess what EVERYBODY in the classroom is building? Houses, Jonathan is even building one above. Theyāre building a town, a town to feed Purple Palm Treey Delight to, the Particles.
ā> Additionally, a feeder is what you would use to feed farm animals, or cattle. Itās what you would use to feed SHEEP (Iāll talk about this later)
ā> This scene gets even fucking crazier, above, standing right next to Argyle and Jonathan is basically a Mike Wheeler knockoff istg, and the sign heās sitting RIGHT BENEATH goes like this ā¬ļø
āIf you donāt have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it OVERā
ā> itās not even just that, right next to this sign is literally a Trojan Horse, āwait for the horseā
ā> theres also a sign on the yellow cabinet with a big āCOMPLYā, Camazotz, the land of forced conformity. (The āglasses are required in this areaā is also interesting to me because of the significance glasses has in A Wrinkle in Time)
ā> I could actually go on about this scene for ages but Iām gonna move on for now I hope you get my point š
WHEN BLUE MEETS YELLOW IN THE WEST
Remember the very first thing drawn in season 4? Itās a sun, one Brenner draws after it shows him getting ready in the morning. (side note, the foreshadowing in that scene is INSANEEEE.)
When blue meets yellow in the west, the WEST. When blue (the sky) and yellow (the sun) meet in the WEST PEOPLEEE THE WESTā¼ļøā¼ļø What happens in the west?. The sun sets. THAT ISNT GOOD BRO? (extra note rq, im also thinking of @ode_to_icarusās Will Byers Sungod/Pelor theory!)
Letās go over some things referenced in Stranger Things real quick ā¬ļø
ā> Meg defeats IT, a giant, evil, disembodied brain forcing conformity on everybody with the power of love.
ā> Rainbow Brite (also even beneath the Wrinkle in Time book in this shot!) Rainbow Brite was the story of a āwispā who went to a dark and colourless planet under the control of the King of Shadows. Wisp wins by literally using the power of rainbows light and love.
ā> In a Neverending Story there is a darkness called 'The Nothing' that destroys everything it touches.
AND THEN OFC THERES THE SONG, the lyrics say that the answer to a ānever ending storyā is what follows ā¬ļø
1. āRhymes that keep their secrets, will unfold behind the clouds, and there upon a RAINBOWā rainbow pretty self explanatory š, but also ācloudsā I MISS THE CLOUDS I MISS YOU.
2. āHidden in the lines, written on the pagesā THATS LETTERGATE BRORROOR LETTER GATE
ā> Specifically when it was talked about in the scene with Erica and Dustin. They talk about a Rainbow of Darkness that the antagonist wanted to use to bring ETERNAL NIGHT, and how the ponies defeated this with a Rainbow of Light. @cara-ti-amo also pointed out how the thing they use for this is literally a heart, āyouāre the heartā
ā> and also, after they say this, the fan stops spinning!!! Tharizdun loses.
ā> Ok so, clearly theyāve been foreshadowing something to do with light and love being the end to Stranger Things, and like I said before the blue and yellow meeting in the west would mean that the sun is setting, that light is lost, that THEY LOSTā¼ļøā¼ļø
ā> Even take a look above at the last shots of Season 4, the smoke coming out and completely shielding the sun. Heck, they practically got the entire town of Hawkins together for the shot below of the PARTICLES raining over them, (they literally look like CATTLE) the same particles they talk about all the godamn time in S5.
ā> these shots above are literally showing it to us, the particles falling over a town where sunlight/light (aka-> hope, good, love etc) is being completely shielded by evil (darkness, shadows). The silver cat feeding them.
AND WHEN DOES THIS HAPPEN?
This is something I noticed, i didnāt think to much about it AT FIRST but I do now.
ā> when the clock hands āmeet in the westā the angle is 270°, this is where 9 oāclock would be.
ā> the episode where all this happens, the particles, Vecna telling El āyou and your friends have already lostā and where Vecna succeeds in putting the X on Hawkins, is episode 9 of S4. And the specific day that Vecna breaks into Hawkins is the 27th of March.
ā> and according to Jonathanās watch, itās 9pm
ā> Vecna breaks into Hawkins on the 27th at 9pm.
ā> basically, Vecna wins with his big X on Hawkins on the 27th, at 9pm. The Silver cat feeds when blue meets yellow in the west, 270°, 9 = 27th 9pm when the sun is gone, they can begin being fed the Particles, the Purple Palm Tree Delight, like with Argyles Weeder/Feeder.
FORESHADOWING, LOVERS LAKE & bylering out rq š¤«
ā> Another thing Iāve noticed is the only character we get a solid time of death is, is Patrick (I talk about how suspicious his death is here) Thanks to Eddieās watch, we know that he dies at EXACTLY 9:27pm.
ā> Which, if you remember, was the exact same same time, in the Creel House when Dustin, Robin, Steve, Lucas, Max and Nancy were standing in a circle holding their flashlights up, which they all exploded, they literally lost all light when Patrick died at LOVERS LAKE at 9:27PM.
(Iām about to byler out so hard rn be prepared)
ā> So, in the photo above where I showed Jonathanās watch proves that the X gates over Hawkins opens at 9pm on the 27th, but in that exact photo, where they show it the clearest, is when Mike is about to start his monologue to El.
What happens between Blue (Mike) and Yellow (Will) in the West (27th, 9pm) lets the Silver Cat feed, makes them lose.
Remember what I said before? About Patrickās death?
ā> At 9:27PM Patrick McKinney dies at LOVERS LAKE, the same time all the lights shatter and everything goes dark, they lose light.
ā> At 9pm on the 27th, Wills heart breaks, El knows Mike was lying to her, Mike knows he was lying, Mike and Will likely lost hope of ever being together, Will heard Mike say when he was missing was the ābest dayā of Mikes life, ITS SO MESSY š. So, at this time, there was a death of love ):, they lost light, they lost.
(extra note, Patrickās initials are PM, if you flip and switch these itās WB, Will Byers š)
BUT FEAR NOT OK BECAUSE THIS CAN BE FIXEDā¼ļøā¼ļø
Light = Love Darkness = Hate
The last time we see the Cali Crew before the lights exploding scene and Patrickās Death at Lovers Lake, at 9:27PM is the one where they pull out a map and start talking about finding Suzie at Salt Lake City.
ā> The thing Iām focusing on here is when Will sings āturn arounddddd look at what you seeeeeā from the Never Ending Story (Then Argyle says that that story scared him when he was younger, and that the Nothing is some proper existential shit, being queer would of been scary when you were younger, The Nothing (internalised homophobia) would DEFINETLY be some 'existential shit')
We know that turning around = 180°
ā> So now, theyāve lost, and if they lose when the sun sets in the West at 270°, and darkness wins over light, and thereās been SO MUCH foreshadowing of love being the only way they can winā¦
West = 270° = where the sun sets and light is lost = where darkness wins, AKA THE 27th X ON HAWKINS
ā> Then to win, Michael Wheeler has admit heās in love with Will, to turn around (180°) and look at what he sees and 180° from 270°, is East, where the SUN RISES! :)
He has to do it over, and pick the RIGHT RECORD this time, east. CAN LOVE DEFEAT FEAR??? YESSSSSS
(yayyy ok ty for reading, ill talk about who i actually think the 'silver cat' is in my next post!)