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weepywhalewatcher · 9 months

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In my first ever post, I said I wanted Season 5 Will Byers to have a sword. I've changed my mind.

I think Mike and Lucas should have swords instead, since their D&D characters use swords. If Will's painting could be foreshadowing for the enemy of season 5, I think it could foreshadow the weapons the party uses (or, it should, anyway). So here are my ideas.

Here is the party in Will's painting: as you can see, Mike and Lucas both have swords, Dustin has a double bladed battle-axe (or a labrys if you want to be fancy) and Will has both magic and a staff.

It would be cool if they could get these exact things, but there are some alternatives since it would probably be hard for the writers to fit in swords and a battle-axe into the plot (like.. where would they even come from).

Dustin: He could use a normal axe – that would be much easier for them to find in Indiana. He is a bard (they use magical songs as a weapon), though he has already had an entire song performance in S3. Perhaps something more subtle, involving the fact that music is used to break Vecna's victims out of their trance. So, given that he's also a very scientific person, I think it's likely he does more research on that.

Lucas: A kitchen knife or pocket knife could work instead of a sword. He's a ranger, so other weapons include bows and crossbows (and magic, but it's very unlikely Lucas will get magic). He's used projectiles before (slingshot, fireworks) so he could use them again. Maybe darts, slingshot, fireworks or Molotov cocktails (🙏🤞). Possibly even a gun or tranquilliser gun (I have more thoughts on the tranquilliser!! I will make a separate post/reblog this one with those thoughts).

Mike: A kitchen knife or pocket knife, like Lucas. Paladins actually have several other weapons they could use, like a maul/war hammer, spear, javelin, quarterstaff (essentially a big stick with a metal tip) and a morningstar (similar to a mace but way spikier, or sometimes it's like a flail). A nailed bat like the one Steve used could be a good substitute for a morningstar, for a spear/javelin/quarterstaff he could use a sharpened branch, and he could use a normal hammer in place of a maul/war hammer. I am personally in favour of the bat, and I think more people should draw his D&D character with a morningstar or war hammer (please it'd be so cool).

Will: Obviously there are many people that think Will might gain/discover powers in S5! There are plenty of posts with good evidence if you are interested. I DEFINITELY would prefer Will with powers, but in case that doesn't work there are a few other possibilities. In place of magic/powers I think fire would work! A long branch with a flame on the top would make a great staff, but Molotov cocktails or fireworks could imitate spells/fireballs. I think Will would look super badass with fire or with powers.

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This is by no means a prediction (my only evidence is the painting), but there have been way smaller forms of foreshadowing in the past so I don't think it's a longshot. I think it would be sick as hell for the party to represent their D&D characters. I might draw fanart soon.

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