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But, on the other hand, he hyped it up so much that he seems as delusional as they all claim Bylers to have been.

Like, sir, the final two episodes are among the lowest rated of the entire series, fans ended up with so many questions that the Duffers were unable or unwilling to answer after the finale, and the show was largely snubbed by the Emmys.

He was one of many to use the "landing the plane" metaphor in regards to the supposed success of the final season. Sully putting the plane down in the Hudson was a more successful landing than this. At least he had the excuse of a flock of geese taking out his engines. He had to scramble and use all of his training and experience to mitigate a disaster (and he did).

Meanwhile, the Duffers had a lot of time and a lot of money, only to come away with...this.

Vs Mike thinking he lost Will

Fandom creators spend hours of their free time to create something to make fandom thrive...for free and for the love of the game.

And what do they get? A wholeass heap of fuck all. No reblogs, no comments, no nothing. And people are surprised that creators are dropping out left, right, and centre??

"Why is there no long fic anymore?" "Why did my favourite writer stop?" "Why is my favourite artist not posting anymore?"

So, yeah, being able to crawl to either the gate or the tunnels should have been completely out of the question, let alone getting far enough away to recover in the time allotted.

And don't even get me started on how Kali, having been shot in the stomach, would have been able to cast an illusion to begin with (assuming she was somehow still alive), let alone know when and where to do it.

The only thing dumber than the ending we saw was the ending Mike came up with, especially since all El wanted was for Mike to understand her decision and to help the others understand it. Instead, he convinces them that it didn't happen, that she's still out there somewhere.

The Duffers lost the plot to their own story.