(corruptiongate: part 2, part 3, part 4)

And before you say that I’m out of my gd mind, check this 👇

1. The unicorn

So I’ve been examining El’s things looking for cg details, and one of the first thing I see is a horse? Even a unicorn, which is horsegate, right? (Next to it there’s El’s dictionary, which is fair, and also some cassettes that mb should be studied more.)

But what can it symbolise you might wanna ask! And I want to thank you for this question because this unicorn is literally the first and big detail that we see right away, having such a meaning:

(Which emphasises that in the 80s it would definitely make sense to have it in the shot as a symbol.) Okay, cool 🥲 Let’s move on.

2. Mike’s photo from Halloween

having no connection to El whatsoever, but guess to whom Halloween might have a connection (something something crazy together). Why would El have exactly this photo on her table? Is it the only photo Mike has which he could give her? But guess who would have it logically if they dated ever since? Hmm.

3. The silver cat! Not sure if it feeds but it’s definitely there. The silver cat that feeds when blue meets yellow in the west. If it is originally a byler scene, would it mean the blue met yellow, and having a silver cat then would make sense? And guess what else is there: 1) another horse? 2) a heart with a rainbow 3) DRAWINGS

(Also a small details is that two last names on the shot are Russian, and even Michael Park could be Russian. Not sure if it’s important, but take it anyway as a 3s Russian-plot detail)

4. Now the most intriguing part

Firstly I noticed a mask that El probably took from Kali, which is an interesting detail itself, however what is even more interesting is semi-transparent editing of THE DRAWING OF PALADIN. We never focus on that, it’s never actually in the shot, but it is. It is hanging on the wall but it was shot playing with our attention. (Check the left side of the shots.)

Now tell me pls. Why THE FUCK would Mike gift her a drawing of Paladin? Or do you want to tell me that El is a person who actually draws? And she drew Paladin and left it on her wall? That she knows who that is?

Guys, honestly, unfortunately, I don’t know shit about D&D world, and only the sword gave it to me in this shot. But do you actually want to tell me that there’s another explanation why this drawing even exists in that room?!

4. The picture from Mike’s basement.

Could be a nice detail for milkvans, like, oh, look, he gave it to her!

But… do you really think Mike’s parents would give away a giant picture to… where exactly? To the girl about whom they don’t even know? That Mike would take it out of his basement? The most weird gift for 14 year olds. If Mike really wanted to do something nice to or for El, he could do anything but this, to be honest. It just doesn’t make sense. And I’ll tell you in the end of the post what does…

5. THE CLOTHES COLOURS 💛💙

Mind you, it is the same season where Mike and Will are associated with blue and yellow strongly! And watching this scene today, I got puzzled again, like, why El is even in that blue t-shirt?

And pay attention to the green wall of the room:)

When I rewatched this scene now a couple of times, trying to see every detail and REALISED THAT PALADIN WAS FUCKING THERE I had such a revelation OMG.

It’s not El. Never was!!!

And the blue t-shirt is Will’s t-shirt!!

Now, drawings on the table are of course Will’s drawings. The silver cat, the yellow and blue t-shirts, the fucking GREEN wall — all of it symbolising byler! And that damn picture hanging, again, initially in the basement… All the drawings on the wall — what does it remind you of??? Maybe Will’s drawings in the basement?

Doesn’t it give Will and Mike kissing there, Mike having Will’s drawing of him as Paladin, and the heart with a rainbow, like the one being there since season 1, is still there and never was taken out like the big picture never did?

I mean, technically, it’s another heart pic, but the concept is the same, and why wouldn’t it be corrupted this way too?

now if you have a question how it is possible: my nowadays theory is that ST got corrupted between s2 and s3 (same place where Tales will take part), changed the vibe in s3 and ever since have been getting flayed more and more; s2 ends with the Snowball leading to Hawkins being turned upside down, and the only thing that it was associated before was that the UD is still there, which was not the news. However, for some reason they showed us that turning. For showing evil they didn’t need to turn anything in the end of s1. And, as a hint, in 3x01 we even have Will’s clothing matching s5 dial’s arrow.

So, I believe, all these details from 3x01 tell that it was a basement byler kiss in the basement. Looks like it indeed was a double date with lumax in the cinema. And probably even Snowball happened the other way.

That would also explain side-lining Will in season 3 because he was lwk performed by El that season…

So am I right about all this? Fuck knows. But how can it have all this and mean nothing??? You don’t know? Me neither. Now, if you would excuse me, I need to go out and scream my head off. Have a good byler, y’all! We deserve it like no one else

Sorry i wasn’t posting much, school got me💔💔 but hey! I made something, so that counts right?

these are not just screenshots from 1x01, these are direct flashbacks of Will in Castle Byers after the rain fight. this mf indeed WAS lurking around! it was not just a foreshadowing for s1 or even the final battle of the whole show. now it’s seen as an explanation for what really happened with Mike… are you telling me that I guessed right, the rain fight was corrupted, and I’m not making it up?? 😭

like, what??? hello??? I know I’ve come to that conclusion myself, and it makes sense, but holy shit wtf wdym it might be correct???

I don’t know, what other explanation can be there? It doesn’t foreshadow the meat flayer, and Vecna will be introduced only in s4. However, it’s shown right after Mike and Will’s fight. Why?

(It would make sense for me though, if, let’s still imagine, this scene was different in the original timeline, but Henry used his dark-Vecna-magic, changed that, and here we got a hint that what we’re watching is not exactly correct…)

what did you do there, motherfucker???

(add here a theory that Holly represents Mike, and recall the scene where Henry was watching her and her best friend…)

so what we have is: s5 is distorted, characters play other characters, Holly and Mary are exactly byler, whom Henry watched through the rain, and in s3 the rain fight changes its context through Will’s flashbacks… which could also actually mean that that exact HxM scene where they watch a movie together under the blankets, could be the original byler scene, changed into the rain fight. :|

because you know why it also makes sense? the rain fight happens after Will and Mike (and Lucas) spend time in the basement. remember where Holly and Mary watch their movie? Mhm. Exactly.

okay, nice, noted. it doesn’t drive me crazy, not a bit 🫠

(I know that the fight happens in summer, and HxM on the Halloween Eve, but you know how they say: time’s funny like that! who knows what’s even real after all)

This is a continuation of corruptiongate, born bc it doesn’t make sense for Jane to have this drawing whatsoever. Which can mean that some m11 scenes are corrupted byler scenes.

Here are two shots from 3x02 vs 3x03. Firstly, it seemed to me that this is another Paladin, but I guess, it’s the same but just not coloured yet.

In the next episode it’s shown finished.

But the thing is… we’ve seen a finished version in the👇 opening scene of m11 in 3x01 (on the left)

Mike thinks Will is dead here, the shots follow one another, sharing the Red Cross:

(also there’s a rose like on the Creels’ door)

After this shot of Joyce at Will’s funeral in 1x05, we get a flashback with Will drawing. In a way it doesn’t look suspicious: the narrative seems logical, showing us Joyce’s thoughts, but these flashbacks lead us out to Hopper, leaving Joyce and her memories behind. No resolution.

So I decided to pay more attention to what Joyce and Will discuss, to see why the flashback is important at all. They wouldn’t just put it there to depict Will as a cute kid, right? We got it already.

Will The Wise is back. (Back from where?) And right away: Will couldn’t find the red crayon, so he draws with a green one. You don’t say.

Sometimes bad guys can be smart too. Like, they can go back in time, take away your red crayons, true colours of your reality and you? Not to let you burn them to a crisp with right-coloured fireballs?

But mb you can do something about it, so that in the final battle the bad guys wouldn’t be allegedly defeated with cabbages discoloured fireballs?

Now, bonus points: these are almost identical at core, but at the same time two different drawings. I don’t know why, as the colours are still the same, but you can see clearly that the blue lines and the cabbages are different. Especially, the cabbages.

2x04, one scene, Will the Wise is behind (as old memories in the back of Will’s head?)

but at the same time in front of him above the table, concealing the forgotten birthday card

generally it’s behind in all other shots of the scene

2x05

2x01

also as far as I can tell, the drawing is the same, not like cabbages, for example

3x03