#phonegate

Mike between 85’ and 86’

apocalyptic Hawkins. There's fog everywhere, the upside down is leaking, there's demogorgons crossing the streets, everyone's struggling to get food, water is dirty (IS SINK WATER SAFE TO DRINK IN THE US? PLEASE TELL ME), lights are always flickering, maybe it's not even safe to breathe and the town is basically abandoned.

The military will be completely scrapped, they did nothing apart from making Jane commit.

the abyss doesn't exist. The upside down was just fine on it's own, there was no need for another plot line.

I might still have rovickie being together from the beginning, but there'll be some flashbacks of them getting together. If not, they'll get together in episode 1 or 2.

They'll also have more scenes together! And yes, I Think We're Alone Now WILL play over a montage of them (and maybe one or two shots of byler having tension while the song is fading out).

Jonathan and Joyce will NOT be sidelined.

Holly will still be taking, but we don't see anything from her pov, we can only imagine what happened to her. Also she gets taken to the upside down, not the abyss.

Ted's not surviving the massacre. Sorry, not sorry.

Max will wake up in episode 3 or 4, and the music (and happy memories with ALL the party members, not just Lucas) does bring her back because that's actually a cool concept.

Mike is targeted by Vecna for his internalised homophobia and just trauma. Sorry Nancy but you're gonna go through a lot.

Speaking of that, apart from Will, Lucas is the one who's constantly with Mike and really worried for him. He's not losing another loved one to Vecna and he derserves to be more than Max' boyfriend.

Robin will still mentor Will, but instead of having Tammy haunting the narrative, she'll just say she used to have a crush on someone, and she'll also freaking mention that Vickie used to have a boyfriend😭

Lucas is mentoring Mike. Mike also has a conversation with Vickie at some point.

Mike and Nancy will be more than just a prize to win in a love triangle.

my man Steve will also be more than a love interest.

no, and I mean no, new characters. The town's abandoned anyways, so there's literally no one else.

The og party is together the entire season. I can't believe they were seperated again.

Jane and Mike are either broken up from the start or break up in episode 1. But they're still really close for the rest of the season and I will honestly keep most of their moments except for the void scene obv and Mike telling her to "recharge her battery and try again"... (the "what painting" also happens during the cabin talk)

We also have WAY more bonding moments between the Byers and Hopper and Jane.

There'll be jonmike and nancewill bonding moments. ImagineasceneofWillandNancyshootingtogetherandthenMikecomesandWillteacheshimhowtouseagunanditsreallytenderandromanticandNancyprobablyclocksthemandgivesJonathanaknowinglook.

Jane and Will will be a team, and they'll have a conversation about Wills powers.

LOTS of elmax moments. They'll have THE most emotional reunion to the point where the ga notice how important Jane is to Max.

byler will have a s4-lumax-s2-byler-dynamic.

byler WILL kiss in the rain after a painting fight and Heroes WILL play in the background. They'll also have 2-3 kisses in total, personally I imagine they have their first kiss, one before the final battle, and one in the epilogue.

now we're talking byler: paintinggate, lettergate, phonegate and flickergate WILL be adressed.

Will comes out to Joyce and Jonathan with Mike eavesdropping. I imagine it being in episode 5 or 6.

plot holes WILL be resolved, we'll find out why the upside down is frozen in time, who unlocked the door, why Will was taken etc.

the final battle consists of Will and Jane in Vecnas mind and the rest are fighting monsters.

the final battle will also be LONG, and no it's not boring if you do it right (shoutout to lotr).

characters WILL get wounded, and I'm talking permanent scars and maybe even losing body parts. Sorry Max, but you're gonna be in a wheelchair and be blind.

Someone is dying and no, it's not gonna be ambigious whether they did or not. I'm not sure who, but someone WILL die.

Jane is surviving and she gets to be a normal girls and spend time with her family and friends, and henderhop might happen...

speaking of that, Janes arc WILL be about her independence and breaking free from the men in her life.

the epilogue is not gonna be 40 minutes, a well written season doesn't need nostalgiabait. It be 15-20 minutes and will probably just be the party playing d&d and some glimpses of the established couples, families and elmax:)

also the epilogue will probably take place a few months after not 18 months, everything won't be perfect, they'll just slowly be recovering, maybe talking about leaving Hawkins?

the Duffers better go into hiding istg