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Reasons why this will always be Badass as Fuck:

Within seconds Riza has figured out this isn’t Roy. This is Envy. She and Mustang know each other that well, to the point she’s confident enough pointing a gun to an imposter within SECONDS. 

Like, they exchange less than ten sentences talking to each other, and she knows enough to point a fucking gun at him.

And she’s smirking about the fact she knows how to prove it’s an imposter.

She’s immediately ready to take Envy down with this trickery.

She already knows how to do it.

How to be badass and prove this ain’t Roy and take down this damn imposter.

It only takes one statement for Riza to fool Envy into revealing himself. ONE STATEMENT “The colonel calls me Riza” and Hawkeye has entirely outmanipulated our shapeshifting manipulator.

bait taken JUST like that, so easy

The reason her lie is believable is because of how close Mustang and Hawkeye are

how close everyone knows Mustang and Hawkeye are

to the point even enemies like Envy would think “oh they’re together that makes sense” 

to the point that when Riza tells Envy this lie, Envy doesn’t try to continue the facade and be like, “Well, how do I know you’re not Riza!Envy and lying to me??” Envy just goes “SHIT I FUKKED UP BAD” and flips

Riza knows that this will be believable and gets Envy to reveal himself, like, dayyyuumn woman

Envy’s immediate reaction is enough to prove beyond-all-shadow-of-doubt to Riza this is definitely-not-Roy. I mean, Riza already knew. But she just proved it. And so she shoots before Envy can evenreally transform out of the Roy appearance (in the manga, anyway)

That fast reaction

BANG

And then this calm “I lied”

like holy fuck that’s awesome

and then this fucking “Thanks for falling for it”

like fuck what she did was calmly tell Envy he fell for it and that she totally meant him to fall for it and that it was so easy for him to fall for it 

like that’s power

that’s POWER, Riza

all so calm and steady and in POWER Riza

and then this fucking “Now do me a favor and die”

NOW

DO

ME

A

FAVOR

AND

DIE

bambambambambambambambambamba BANG BANG BOOMMMM RIZA GUNNING ENVY DOWN LIKE A BADASSSSSSSSSS

WAY TO GO HAWKEYE!!!

WOOOHOOO

YYYYEEEAAAAAAHHHH

BOOM

BABY

FUCK YEAH [insert Al gif here]

GNGE:OGIWENG:OIN YES

ICONIC RIZA MOMENT IS FUCKING BADASS AND ICONIC YO

HGNGHGNGGNg;oeinrgoin [drowning noises]

[gargling noises continue

ghbnb

sng

bnwa

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arg;onh

fgngfffffffffffffffffffffllllllllleagnaero ginaerdddddddddddklegnlgn

I love this so much

I love Riza so much

I love how something

so simple as this

   His specialty is a military funded class called Battle Alchemy, which he starts off by inviting any of his students to beat him in hand to hand for a conditionless passing grade (by the end of the first class, most students walk away sore and horrified).

    It takes half  the semester before they realize that Ed continues to beat them even when they use alchemy and he does not. They ask to see him use alchemy in battle. The next day, a man who looks almost the same as their professor shows up to class- he’s softspoken and polite, and the students expect a substitute lecture. Ed sits in the stands and laughs as Al proceeds to fight the entire class at once, and beat all of them. The students never ask again.

  (And sometimes, in the middle of practicals, students swear they can see the Fuhrer watching from the edge of the field.)  

   I can also see him causing a hell of a problem when it comes to conventional textbooks- 

  “This is definitely wrong.” 

  “Sir, this is the most recently updated textbook for theoretical alchemy-” 

Long time no see!

the incorrect quotes where ed swears for no good reason are always my favorites

I guess, I’ve been putting this off for a long time, because I was afraid of the backlash- since so many toxic-milevens send me hate despite the fact I never cross tag. But honestly, I’m so used to it now, it’s honestly become humorous. But, I think the main reason I didn’t want to discuss this was because so many people happily head-cannon Mike as bi/pan. Which is rare in a fandom, since even when a character is confirmed/heavily implied to be bi, people erase their sexuality and pretend they’re gay/lesbian. Which I find incredibly problematic, given how common bi-erasure is in real-life. And how it makes it seem like other gay people refuse to see themselves in a bi character- so they erase their sexuality instead. But, honestly, as someone who has head cannoned Mike as bi since s1ep2, it’s hard for me to see him as anything but gay now! This is because the evidence in s3, re-contextualized everything in the first two seasons.  And him being gay (rather than bi) explains all of his out of character behavior. So, lets begin. Warning this is going to be long! XD

In the Montauk pitch (later named Stranger things) they describe the Mike and El dynamic by saying “ If Mike is the Eliot of our show,Eleven is our Et.” (AKA they’re from different planets)

And In s2 , Erica  is forcing He-man and barbie to make out. Lucas angrily separates the two. And then this discussion happens.

Erica: “Hey , They’re in love!”

Lucas (livid- and standing right next to a rainbow): “No, actually,  they’re not. They don’t even exist on the same planet.”

Mike (like Elliot) loves El (ET) and is deeply sad when she disappears but contrary to Mike’s confusion on the matter it was never romantic. We see El compared to Et on multiple occasions (the bike scene, reese’s pieces vs eggos, the makeover, etc). 

Similarly Dustin (like Lucas) is used as a narrative-device to foreshadow Mileven’s fate and give us insight about how the writers are actually portraying mileven. 

While climbing up the hill, Dustin talks about Romeo & Juliet (while mileven is out of frame). R&J is all about the dangers of not knowing the difference between love and infatuation. R&J were teenagers who claimed that they were in love with each other after knowing each for a few days and deciding to get married…sabotaging the closest relationships they had with their friends/family (all in the name of ‘true love’) . Similarly Mileven thought they were in love after only a week of knowing each other, and the second they are reunited they start dating and spend all their time with each other, becoming apathetic to the people they care about. Also,  after Romeo (El ) is banished , Juliet (Mike) just complains about how in love/sad she is, but never pursues looking for him (sound familiar)? So the fact that after this R&J reference, Dustin describes mileven, saying “IT’S BULLSHIT!” Should raise a few alarm bells, because when was the last time someone used that line to describe a romantic relationship?!

 (x)

Well, it was what Nancy (Mike’s sister) said about her first real relationship.Insert Murray’s conversation (with Nancy): “ Afraid that if you’d accept yourself for who you really are (cough queer-subtext), and retreated back to… name, name? Steve. Steve! we like Steve (El) but we don’t love Steve (El).”

And to put the nail in the coffin, a few months before s3 of stranger things came out the ST account posted this.

Yes there is a important narrative reason for this. It’s to juxtapose the later scene of how the 3 boys react to the naked guys in the steam room. But before I analyze that scene… some background

The lingerie scene

The st twitter account posted this

singling Mike out (despite all 3 boys having a similar reaction to the lingerie scene).

So besides the obvious parallel- aka to Mike, being with a women is as gross and terrifying as the monster he sees.  I mean, c’mon… that’s 100% what they were going for- because Mike also opened a sauna filled with hairy fat naked men, but they didn’t even use that parallel? Hmm… I wonder why? And , although I can’t find the original source, the Duffers allegedly said the monster the mindflayer created represents puberty. So this parallel, also represent his fear of El looking/turning more and more into a women- and what this fear may represent for his future. Aka being a gay man living in the peak of the aids crisis.

Plus, (in this post) the comments from “stranger things”( the official twitter of the show) and “stranger writers” (the official twitter of the St writing staff ) are pretty much implying Mike is struggling with his sexuality and is gay.

I mean he will always “stay shook” of lingerie (aka not being attracted to women) and because of this  “it’s tough out here (in the 80s) for a young Mike wheeler”. And this fear of being with a girl is “so much to process” for Mike (just like the joke itself).

Then the ‘Stranger things twitter’ and the ‘Stranger writers’ get into a huge text-chain , starting the conversation by saying about Mike-  “give him a break there’s a lot going on.” (Him questioning his sexuality.)

And then the chain just continues with anti-mileven tweets (based on Mike quotes from s3) . But they end the text chain with…

“Can we just play D&D now”. And then in another Mike post…

Most people seem to misinterpret these as jokes. But this is the same account that cryptically gave us Robin’s last name by having 7 random tweets - where the 1st letter of each tweet represented a letter of her surname. So… why not read into this? XD

Essentially, Mike has “a lot going on”-struggling with his sexuality, and faking being in love with El , so he can be in a relationship with her (treating her “like garbage” in the process), so he can use her to try and deny his feelings for Will/ his sexuality.And his love for Will, and trying to deny it is driving him crazy. And again , using a Will quote at the end of all those anti-mileven quotes …makes it pretty obvious Mike has feelings for Will (not El). Especially since D&D has always been a romantic symbol for the byler dynamic.

Mike pretends he wants to grow up,  but he’s secretly terrified to cause that might mean he ‘becomes’ a gay man- which was considered evil, deviant, and generally associated with mental illness, aids, and a painful death/short life. So this is why Mike equates ‘growing up’ with having girlfriends and his feelings for Will as something ‘childish’ he has to grow out of.

- confessing to El : “A feeling … yeah, like, something… like OLD PEOPLE say it sometimes”.

- “And Will too. I was thinking we could all have new presents to play with and *scoffs* Sorry, that made me sound like a 7 year old... (apologizing to El)

- Hopper’s monologue (with Mike being shot alone in frame): “I’ve been feeling distant from you. Like you’re pulling away from me or something” (Will does this both figuratively/literally). I miss playing board games every night (d &d)” But I know you’re getting older, growing, changing. And I guess, if I’m being really honest, that’s what scares me. I don’t want things to change.” 

- And when Mike gets in a fight with Will (after d&d and before the sauna scene),he says: “I’m not trying to be a jerk. Ok? But We’re not kids anymore.” Explaining, this is just the way things are-boys fall in love with girls, get girlfriends, and this is just a part of growing up (heteronormativity).  He tells Will “I mean, what did you think, really? That we were never gonna get girlfriends? We were just gonna sit in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?

So the Sauna scene once again illustrates Mike’s worst fears of ‘turning into’ and growing up into a gay man.

Lucas who is straight is the one who first enters the women’s lingerie store (as Will & Mike follow him in) because this is his future not theirs- as a straight man he’s a bit intimidated but not disgusted.

But Mike is a different story. First Mike has an idea and proclaims “boys only.”

And then he’s the first to open the men’s locker room as the camera zooms in and focuses on the word “MEN”.

So the sauna scene of the naked men represents Mike’s fear of becoming one- since such things would be in his future. As he (similar to Lucas) opens the door. Lucas’s first instinct before even hearing them say to close the door is to turn his head and close his eyes. But Mike and Will are horrified and can’t look away (they never close their eyes). 2 men have to yell at Mike to close the door- since he’s just frozen in place . And they even call him “kid” to hammer down this theme of childhood-to teenage puberty- to adulthood.

Mike face does’t even look disgusted he just seems genuinely scared/conflicted with himself . While Will is comedically scared (sorry, but all 3 of the faces Will makes are hilarious) XD

Also love how Mike is in the ‘I might hate myself whenever I think about dudes- but I’m not gay’-phase. And Will is in the ‘god I’m so gay- I hope no one can tell’-phase.

Then when Mike closes the door, the very first thing Lucas says is 

“I just threw up in my mouth”

He’s was intimidated by the lingerie but he’s disgusted by the sight of the undressed men. The distance from Lucas , and pairing of Will and Mike shows they’re on opposite sides of Lucas on this issue. I don’t think they were attracted to those guys but they aren’t disgusted by simply seeing dudes- they have very distinct emotions other than attraction- that seeing the men brought out ( such as fear, anxiety, self-loathing, and paranoia relating to the present/future) .

And neither Mike nor Will address the comment. In fact, Mike who usually tries to emulate Lucas’s teachings completely ignores it . In fact he just ignores the whole experience and jumps right back into where he was interrupted mid-sentence (because of opening the sauna doors). His very next sentence after Lucas’s comment is-

Lol, not going to get too Freudian with the ‘perfect’ line. But how Mike just completely brushes off what happened and Lucas’s comments- could be representative of how he’s tries to brush off and ignore his same-sex attractions/feelings for Will.

I definitely think Dustin has been used to foreshadow byler/mileven story-beats over the past few seasons. (Even if he as a character doesn’t actually know).

In S1

I always found the discussion between Dustin and Mike (in s1 ep 6) about Lucas… to be strange, almost hand-fisted. Like it didn’t quite fit the story they were telling at the time. I mean… listen to some of the lines from that s1 scene (after seeing s3) and tell me whether it sounds more like the s3 byler fight or the s1 Lucas/Mike fight? 

Dustin: “He’s just jealous.”

Mike: “What?”

Dustin: “Sometimes your total obliviousness just blows my mind?” 

Dustin: “He’s your best-friend right?”

Mike: “Yeah…I mean, I don’t know.  

Dustin: “ What matters is, he’s your best friend. And then this girl shows up… and all you ever want to do is spend time with her!”

Mike: (defensive) “THAT’S NOT TRUE!”

Dustin: “Yes it is! And you know it. And he knows it. But no one ever says anything until you’re both start… yelling at each other. And now it’s weird”

Mike: “He’s not my best friend! … I mean he is. But so are you.”

(If the discussion was about Will, it shows Mike is confused, about whether Will is his best-friend. He claims all 3 are his best friends. Which is interesting given how people try to “no homo” s2 with the excuse that Mike simply treats Will differently because unlike Lucas/Dustin, Will is his ‘best friend’.  Even in the Montauk (later renamed Stranger Things) character descriptions …this ambiguity was alluded to.  In Mike’s bio it describes all 3 as “his best friends”. But then that statement is contradicted in Lucas bio by describing Lucas (and only Lucas) as , “Mike’s best friend”.  Dustin’s character bio doesn’t even mention Mike . And Will’s bio mentions Mike (but does not refer to him as his best friend) instead it says “ sexual identity issues… LIKE MIKE , Will ESCAPES through fantasy gaming where he can be himself, uninhibited.” 

If Lucas is Mike’s real best friend . Mike in s1 proclaiming “I’m the only one who cares about Will!” Seems like something a kid with a crush might say ( because obviously his other friends care about Will). But he thinks he cares the most. He was even the first to worry about Will not showing up to school, the first to suggest looking for him while speaking to Hopper, and when Hopper and his parents say ‘no’ he sneaks out anyway (and is the first to suggest forming a search party). The first to believe Will was alive after seeing his dead body.The only boy to have a scene dedicated solely to him mourning Will.  And was the only boy to stay awake at the hospital, so he could be the first boy to see and hug Will. The only one to have a private one on one talk before Will goes missing. The only one who was literally given 100s of Will’s drawings- where he put them all in a binder. And yet Dustin think Lucas’ is Mike’s best friend?! So what does that make Mike and Will? A part of me thinks Mike and Will are subconsciously less close when in public/in front of others (like Dustin & Lucas)- because almost every byler scene is in private or away from his other friends… talked about it here.

Then in s3

While climbing up the hill, Dustin talks about Romeo & Juliet (while mileven is out of frame). R&J is all about the dangers of not knowing the difference between love and infatuation. R&J were teenagers who claimed that they were in love with each other after knowing each for a few days and deciding to get married…sabotaging the closest relationships they had with their friends/family (all in the name of ‘true love’) . Similarly Mileven thought they were in love after only a week of knowing each other, and the second they are reunited they start dating and spend all their time with each other, becoming apathetic to the people they care about. Also,  after Romeo (El ) is banished , Juliet (Mike) just complains about how in love/sad she is, but never pursues looking for him (sound familiar)? 

So the fact that after this R&J reference, Dustin describes mileven, saying “IT’S BULLSHIT!” I mean, do you guys not remember the last time someone used that line to describe a romantic relationship?!

 You know like what Nancy (Mike’s sister) said about her first real relationship.Don’t get me wrong,  it could all be a coincidence, but if not …

Insert Murray’s conversation (with Nancy): “ Afraid that if you’d accept yourself for who you really are (cough queer-subtext),  and retreated back to… name, name? Steve (El). Steve! we like Steve but we don’t love Steve.”

Something that bothered me between season 1 and 2 is that Dustin specifically refers to Lucas as Mike’s best friend in season 1. He doesn’t mention Will in the slightest and this can be waved away in two ways: Will is missing and therefore not important to mention (but that gets disproven when Mike, consoling Dustin about having multiple best friends, says Will is also his best friend) or The Duffer Brothers just didn’t think much of Will in season 1 and only added the fact that Will is actually the person Mike met first in kindergarten when more thought was put in on it. The latter is probably true, but I’ll be taking all of this at face value to explain an in-universe reasoning for this inconsistency. 

In season 2, Mike and Will’s relationship is much stronger and holds more meaning than it did in season 1. Although Mike is shown to be the most distraught at Will’s death in season 1, Lucas is still called Mike’s best friend by Dustin, someone I consider to be fairly observant, especially since he came in later and therefore has the most unbias understanding of the dynamics he came into. He specifically pinpoints Lucas as Mike’s best friend and not Will despite all we now know in season 2 and I think I know why. 

It could be possible that Dustin got a different vibe from Mike’s relationship with Lucas vs. his relationship with Will. Lucas and Mike come off as very close friend’s from the perspective of Dustin, while Will and Mike come off as something different to him and that’s why he doesn’t mention Will when accessing Mike’s obliviousness about his best friend. He could have easily called Lucas a friend, but he went that extra mile to call him a best friend. Considering he didn’t believe anyone could have more than one best friend, it stands to reason he pegged Will as different than Lucas when in regards to Mike. The only way I can see that making sense with how close Mike and Will really are is if that difference is even closer (i.e. romantic). I’m not saying Dustin believed it to be the case, I’m just explaining why it would be different in Dustin’s eyes. If something is more with those two and it doesn’t line up with how Dustin sees best friends he would have simply dismissed Will and called Lucas Mike’s best friend instead.

Lucas is seen as Mike’s best friend. He lives closest to Mike, so they would have the most opportunity to hang out. For kids, sometimes that’s all it takes. Mike doesn’t see Dustin as secondary though. They are a party, after all. With Will, though, the difference is in the details. We may never actually get to see how Mike would react if it were Lucas or Dustin in mortal peril, so we can’t make a direct comparison. We do have other material to work with though.

Even in Season 1, Mike and Will are depicted as being closer to each other than the others. They share that goodbye scene in Mike’s driveway after the others were gone. Mike is the most adamant that something is wrong before much time had passed. Mike is the most distraught when the fake body is pulled from the quarry. Mike had an entire binder of Will’s art. Mike is the only one awake in the hospital waiting room. These are small moments, but they are unique to their relationship.

Now, we know what Season 2 gives us in terms of their relationship. It’s clearly very special, and we see nothing like it with the other party members. Taking the two seasons together, I see two possibilites.

1) The events of Season 1 were a wakeup call, perhaps for both of them. You don’t know what you got until it’s gone. This is Mike’s character arc through and through. It’s possible that Mike didn’t truly realize what Will meant to him until he went missing, and even moreso when he thought Will was dead. These were 12 year old kids. They would only just be starting to encounter feelings beyond friendship at this point, and they wouldn’t necessarily understand said feelings very well. This makes Season 1 the start of an emotional journey for Mike. A journey that we’re still witnessing.

2) Mike and Will’s closeness has been something private for the two of them. In Season 1, the other party members seem a bit caught off guard by the intensity of Mike’s reactions to Will’s plight. They’re concerned, but he’s on another level entirely. They’re upset at what they think is confirmation of Will’s death, but Mike loses it completely. In Season 2, Mike and Will’s intimate scenes are always away from the others. They are either alone, or, in the case of the shed, with Will’s family. Dustin simply may not know just how close the two of them are. He only witnesses their interactions within a larger group setting. 

We, as viewers, get to witness their relationship in a way the other characters cannot. No matter which season you look at, Mike’s relationship with Will is shown as being on a different level than his relationship with Dustin or Lucas. That doesn’t mean Mike doesn’t consider those two his best friends, though. Mike values all of his friends equally, with the possible exception of Max.

Season 3 does a decent job of showing this, now that I think about it. Maybe the Duffers do know what they’re doing. That, or they stumbled into it by accident. Mike spends his post-breakup time doing typical best friend stuff with Lucas. They hang out, chat about girls, etc. We see him have a bit of a moment with Dustin in the mall, and he likely had a role in planning Dustin’s surprise at the beginning considering El’s involvement.

He still treated Will special though. The moment at the movie, where he and Will even sit just barely apart from Max and Lucas. Checking to see if Will was ok even though Will didn’t really do anything too out of the ordinary. Double checking, just in case. The fight itself is depicted as special Mike treatment too. When has Mike ever immediately felt bad and tried to apologize to anyone? He stubbornly fought with Lucas in Season 1. He was all kinds of snarky in Season 2. He coldly rejected Max, and apparently never really apologized for it. Will gets special treatment. Mike gets mad at him for approximately two seconds, and he immediately deflates when he sees he hurt Will.

Please like or comment on youtube as well (if you have an account/the time)- my queer ass, is going to have to hear a lot of homophobic comments about how all the proof is “just a coincidence.” And “not everything is gay”. And just overt homophobia as well. Plus (some- not all) milevens are wrathful and aggressive… and terrify me XD

 Posting this to save people time looking through my posts.

Byler meta/theories - personal favs

-  Why Mileven won’t be endgame (show analysis) (vid) 

- Reasons to ship byler (compilation vid)

-Mike will ‘come out’ to his mother (prediction/theory)

- Dustin knows what’s up…

- Lingerie-store vs sauna ( internalized homophobia analysis)

- The duffers choices in music prove byler is endgame

-  the mileven kisses were supposed to make you uncomfortable (physical intimacy vs being in love- show analysis)

-Yeah… Mike is in denial and lying about being “in love with” El

-  Will/El comparisons relating to Mike

-Mike interprets ‘growing up’ with liking girls (internalized homophobia)

-What Mike meant by “Not my fault you don’t like girls”

- All of Mike’s queer coding

- Byler hints in the background of s1-3

-  BYLER MASTERPOST Why I no longer think Mike is bi, but gay (deep-dive analysis). Masterposts are always the longest.

-BYLER MASTERPOST - ( mileven vs Byler parallels, why mileven isn’t endgame, Mike’s queer coding, will and El comparisons, the byler-centric ending interpretation, book/comic ref , extra stuff).  Also a Masterpost- so long AF, you were warned!

other Byler meta/ theories

- Mike the paladin & Will the cleric (symbolic importance) 

-s1-2 movie refs that hinted  Mike was gay

- it’s cannon that Mike/Will go on movie double-dates all the time

- mileven vs byler breakup parallels/castle-byers being destroyed interpretation

- Mike was the catalyst for Lonnie leaving

- s3 ending interpretation

-  in the comic- Will’s last thought before his ‘death’ was Mike (reblog) 

- Will byers being jealous 

-Mike complaining on the couch (after the mileven breakup) vs Mike apologizing to Will?

- Stranger things twitter hinting at byler (X) (X)

- blank makes you crazy vs crazy together

- Mike’s ‘love confession’ was a lie

- Mike doesn’t smile in photos, unless he’s looking at Will

- Mike is the ‘pinning one’- he’s whipped (pre s3 post)

- Will and Mike act differently in public than they do alone (reblog)

- The song “the first lie” and “the first I love you” -prove mileven aren’t in love

Short byler posts

- Will has a stuffed frog to remind him of his ‘frog-face’

- Bob & Mike parallels (reblog)

- Stancy parallels mileven , while lumax and jancy parallel byler  (X) (X) (X) 

- ‘we can be heroes’ Easter egg/interpretation

- shortest byler posts or byler reblogs I commented on (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)  (X) (X) 

Stranger Things has the darkest allegory in television history . 

Essentially, to keep a very long story short.  El opened the “door” to Will’s mind and unleashed the repressed memories of his father. And since he’s psychic they manifested into s*xually predatory monsters that act like his father. And they specifically choose victims with similar experiences to Will or people similar to Lonnie. The show is about the negative repercussions on those who experience such abuse- but also those who overcome it.

*I’ve discussed this in previous posts- but sometimes just seeing the visual evidence is better proof (hence, the video). 

Me to the toxic-milevens who called me “delusional” or made fun of my autism to discount my meta about byler being endgame. And all the pessimistic-bylers who discounted all my metas/evidence ( aka 100s of hints) as “coincidences”  since the Duffers were apparently “too dumb/straight” or just doing the most elaborate ‘queer-bait’ of all time … and constantly telling me I was giving them too much credit .

all byler meta/Theories

Will created the upside-down/monsters (theory)

The mindflayer represents Lonnie Byers (vid compilation)

Will has powers (vid compilation)

Also, don’t worry, I’m still going to write my s4 theory post based on all the Stephen King novels the Duffers cited as inspiration(prob next week or the week after that- just super busy with school (we have at least a year or more for s4 anyways, so I’m not rushing it XD).