it’s crazy to me that the hawkins family photos insta account hasn’t been clocked by netflix or the duffers when that account has thousands of followers posting high def pics where you obviously have to be near or on the set to capture them, but when we wanted the official scripts from that guy that would post scripts for MULTIPLE SHOWS FOR YEARS, he was taken care of with a swiftness 😭😭

i’m not saying hawkins family photos needs to be taken down. i’m just saying that it’s interesting they didn’t want us to see those scripts from episodes we’ve already seen, but high def pics where like obviously ppl who work on set would potentially see the person taking pics of season 5 is just going about their day???? nahhh something was in those scripts that was legit. something was in there they didn’t want us to see i swear. they told us those scripts were fake but idk something’s fishy 🤨🧐

just a brief post about the script situation (all of this has been said multiple times but i feel it’s important for me to give my thoughts on this)

like i mentioned i was very sick during most of the scriptgate situation going down—i was also still on vacation when the script dropped and didn’t even do any analysis into it like i did with dear billy. you’ll notice my page was mostly inactive for the past two weeks lmao.

there is not much to say that hasn’t already been said :( none of us had any reason to believe the scripts were illegitimate especially when 1. 8flix scripts had been cited and vetted by university libraries, and 2. i was copyrighted for posting the script along with many other people. until the writers posted about it, me and everyone else had literally no reason to think otherwise, especially because 8flix has been around for such a long time and is considered a reliable source. as a uni student myself who uses resources directly from my school library collection/recommendations with utmost confidence, this genuinely took me by surprise and it looks like other people feel the same way. again, i haven’t seen every single post because of my inactivity, but this is just the general consensus i’m getting.

once the writers posted about it, that’s really it for me. it’s their show, and their work. whatever they say is what i trust the most. i do find the whole situation weird in that it wasn’t called out when dear billy was going around, or even in the past considering 8flix has been in possession of other stranger things scripts for a long time. i’d like to see if they comment further on the st3 scripts on the site. however, like i said, whatever the writers say about their show is what i accept. i love this show; it’s been a part of my life since i was 13 years old and i have trust in the creators. it’s shitty that the fandom had to go through something like this. however, like i said in my other post, the bright side to all of this is that we’ll be getting weekly content from the writers!! :)

all of the excitement surrounding the scripts for me mostly came from my love of screenwriting. that still stands. i’m excited to see what the writers share (which will hopefully take us through the drought until st5 bahahaha) and analyze with full confidence in the material.

anyways all of this has been said again and again but i thought it was still important!! :) i love this community and it’s such a safe space for me and i’m excited to keep hanging out here and posting all my theories :)

There is still no explanation why Will was able to recognize Brenner though (yes I am bringing up the scriptgate again because i don't think those scripts were fake)

I think the conclusion about the original scripts is that they were mostly drafts. I always thought it was weird that the ST writers and Netflix kept saying they were "leaked". To my knowledge, scripts of already released content aren't usually considered secret or guarded against the public eye. It makes no sense to call it a leak since people purchase scripts all the time. Especially scripts for tv shows, so that was weird. So the original scripts being one of the previous drafts before the final one makes sense. Who knows though, it doesn't really matter much to me if they're legit or not.

Of course there's no explanation for why Will would recognize Brenner yes, but there are already conclusions we can draw. IF the "leaked" scripts are indeed legitimate.

Will said at the end of the season that the Mind Flayer or the one who has been haunting him all this time being Henry is strange to think about, makes sense to him.

There's probably a lot of jumbled thoughts and information locked away in Will's head that he doesn't understand right now. A good example of that would be recognizing Brenner.

He himself probably doesn't know why the hell he knows that man or why he gets a bad vibe from him, but it's not farfetched to think it's because he and Henry were once one mind and body, so a lot of that information was left behind and imprinted on him too.