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I'm not kidding. We all remember Mike jumping down that cliff at the quarry in S1, but at the beginning of S5 we saw Will literally doing the same thing. Climbing that tree to escape the Demo and then jumping off as he's been followed. The dates are confirmed in the show, very obviously. Can't believe we've been sleeping on that.

If you play it side by side they do everything in sync. The jump, suddenly stopping mid fall, moving again... only that Will actually fell and Mike started defying gravity.

We know Will actually died that day (yeah he came back to life ofc), but what about Mike? Max taught us you have to follow your memories back to your death to escape the maze of memories. Something that worked for Will already, since S5 started with his death... Mhh.

I fear there's no proving Byler without investigating Mike's 'death' first. And everything leads me back to this day.

But hey, just watch it yourself:

Don't ask what wrong with Troy's voice, it abstracted every single try saving the file.

If you only wanna watch the actual sequence jump to ~ 01:30, but then you'll miss Mike and Troy answering to Will's singing and El paralleling Vecna :3 Oh and El heard a ticking noise.

Niisato: less than a month after, he's already one of the three main forces helping guide the protagonist not only through the physical trials the series puts on their paths, but also the emotional hurdles, essentially guiding him through life. He becomes one of his two SECOND IN COMMANDs, becoming basically the first person Sakura feels comfortable delegating to (protecting Nirei, planning their strategy, etc).

Niisato, standing up on a table: HE IS CLASS 1-1'S BRAIN AND HEART!!! HE IS INTEGRAL TO THE ORGANISM THAT IS THIS CLASS !!!

NiiSato, foaming at the mouth: SAKURA, NIREI AND THE REST ARE SUFFERING WITHOUT HIM HERE. THEY AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP. SUO LEFT AND TOOK THE BRAINCELL WITH HIM. THEY NEED HIM

NiiSato: I'VE CRAFTED HIS BACKSTORY SO PERFECTLY, FROM THE VERY BEGINING, HE MIGHT BE THE CHARACTER IVE WORKED THE HARDEST ON AFTER SAKURA HIMSELF!!!

We, the fandom: omg I'm so scared, what if Suo never returns? What if he abandons Sakura and everyone else, never to return to the story. Never ever. Gone forever. All his development and relationships lost forever???!!!?? Ohh the fear!!!

(breathes deeply)

when Blue Meets Yellow In The West

A Trip To China Sounds Nice If You Tread Lightly

What, quiet like a mouse? And blue meets yellow at sunset, yeah?

The Chinese Theatre? Which the real one is in the West, specifically Hollywood?

The Inspo Board that the writers of Stranger Things worked on is our "great movie ride"? Our "visitor's pass to famous film sets and movie scenes"? the hosts of the Great Movie Ride attraction would interact with the scenes from classic movies, acting as though they are a part of them. Could the characters from ST pull a similar trick? That seems pretty crazy...

two words that sounded so out of character for jonathan that it proved at least nancy and jonathan are awake, and speaking to each other in code

people have done plenty of theorizing about this scene, what they are trying to say in code here

all I'm doing is proving that that is, in fact, what they're doing.

and it started with me realizing Jonathan would NOT say "hell, man" 😭

my first thought: the mayo company, and it's collab with jake connelly. and the company colours being very obviously blue and yellow, paired with the almost rainbow of Derek's shirt (gay ending, gay supression in camazotz etc etc)

anyone remember mayogate? hello @mixu 💚

then I dug a little deeper (not deep at all) and found this gem:

read more on this here

alright so basically they're hiding their true message from both vecna and the audience

the name drop of hellman insures that the message gets across to the right people: each other (and on a meta level, the theorists)

maybe this is jonathan's litmus test for the others?

another thing: the original protocol used the names alice and bob, two characters that are established in the show (alice creel, bob newby)

so, maybe it is just nancy (alice) and jonathan (bob) who are awake?

if anyone remembers that "script leak" for the finale, I wanted to grab it as proof of what he said, but the two words are missing:

honestly, this is more proof for me, since "hell, man" isn't in the subtitles either

jonathan put it there himself, to flag the others. breaking out of the script.

considering the way nancy is smiling, she is at least acknowledging his code. I can't quite place if robin or steve clock it though...

side note why is steve so much more vulgar in this script??? here's what he says in the show

and here's what he says in the "script"

I'm sure the person writing that thought they were hilarious... (they are). steve also says "thank you?" instead of "what is wrong with you?? I'm clean"

which, the "what is wrong with you" and "little nuggets" are references to other scenes!! deja vu = a glitch in the matrix, something has been changed

anyways lol

tldr, the older teens (or at least nancy and jonathan) are very likely awake in camazotz and communicating solely in code, likely planning their escape/trying to break out!!!

I love this specific moment because while everyone else was trying to encourage and motivate Sakura, which is always nice don't get me wrong, Suo was the one person to point out Sakura's blindspot. He wasn't trying to put him down or discourage him, but he noticed something that would bring Sakura trouble in the upcoming fight of unaddressed, and didn't hesitate to let him know.

And despite how Kiryu, Tsuge and Nirei all protested, Sakura himself wasn't mad. He didn't scream or threaten to fight Suo like he would have done in the beginning of the manga. Instead, he trusted Suo enough to know he wasn't saying that to be mean or pick a fight; he trusted his vice captain's assessment and knew that if Suo said something, it was because there was something there to be worked on, to be improved on.

And you can see in Suo's smile that he's glad Sakura didn't take it badly and was instead willing to listen to his advice. And Sakura DID listen, and during the clash on the bridge, that helped him!!!

Just, Suo paying Sakura enough attention to notice all this things about him, how his way of fighting has its benefits and it's disadvantages, and isn't scared to point it out to his captain to help him along. And Sakura, who knows Suo enough to understand he isn't just teasing him but trying to give him honest advice, and taking it to heart.

Imagine the boys™ hopping on the first train to Bankoku-gai as well, to follow Sakura, because "HEY SO ENDO SAID THIS WAS MORE DANGEROUS THAN FURIN. AND FURIN BEAT NOROSHI, ALL BASICALLY LEGALLY CRIMINALS. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WENT ALONE??!"

And then it cuts to Sakura trying to get directions in the streets but he can't find anyone who speaks japanese, until he stumbles upon a member of the red Chanpuru that does. After a quick chat and a description of who he's looking for, they point him in the general direction where 'Sun Fei' is. But after Sakura leaves the RC member goes 'hmm. Maybe I should informe mr sun Fei that there's an angry cat headed his way'.

Parallel to this, Nirei and Co also get into the city, and ask around until someone who saw Sakura walk past and speaks English (kiryu or someone else translating for the win) points them in the right direction.

And then suo is informed of this group of outsiders that just came to the city and decides to go confront them himself.

So Sakura is looking for suo, to kick his ass until he speaks. Nirei and the others are following Sakura, to back him up and prevent him from getting in trouble with the rc. Suo Is looking for the big group (nirei and Co) to kick them out of his city

IT IS DONE!!

this took. ages omfg. I hope some people see this because the lore drop is kind of INSANE and more people should know about it!!!

the audio is from the Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins podcast, specifically from episode 2 💥

as you can probably tell I did not feel like drawing Mr. Hauser 💚 but hes still beautiful in my eyes

TW: suicide and depression mention

I’ve had Sylvia Plath on my mind for a while now, especially thinking about the Wheelers. But it peaked my suspicions when I saw Holly in the kitchen like this (Holly performs a conventional role until the truth slowly unravels her idyllic dream scenario):