we deserve a soft epilogue, my love. we are good people, and we have suffered enough.

Idk if anyone has done this yet but I had a thought

*Making dinner*

Steve: Hey, can you pass me a burrito blanket

Nancy: ..A what?

Steve: A burrito blanket. You know, the wrap thingy that holds the food

Robin: *facepalms* He means a tortilla

I think people exaggerate Steve harrington’s character growth. He wasn’t that much of a douche to begin with, so his growth isn’t as impressive as people make it out to be. Not to say he didn’t have any, he definitely did, but I see people exaggerate it. He’s not a bully turned sweetheart….he was a kinda crappy dude turned sweetheart.

In fact I’m sorta confused as to what the writers want us to feel about Steve destroying Jonathan’s camera. It’s acknowledged somewhat that what Jonathan did was wrong and weird (him taking photos of them) several times throughout, yet we’re supposed to see Steve destroying the camera as some big bully moment lmao. Sure I was just….NOT really feelin him during that scene (he just gave off Jason vibes during it), but shit I too would break someone’s camera if they secretly took pics of me. fuck them.

Jamie Campbell Bower & the wall in his apartment with the Stranger Things universe and how everyone and everything connects with Will in the middle:

context:

Stranger Things fandom after Season 4:

stranger things + tumblr text posts

you can decide what they are looking at

only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!

ok hear me out

ronance san junipero au

My family's reaction to the byler van scene:

Mom: "Wait, wait. Is Will gay?"

Bro: "Finally."

Dad: *Sleeps on the couch*

The fact that chrissy, who in her short ass screen time showed herself to be an interesting and very charismatic character, got killed off, but characters like fucking argyle are still alive, is what is convincing me to enter my joker era

Mike's Idolization of El

Talking ab the superman/lois lane metaphor from the van scene fyi, and if anyone ever wants to give me feedback on how to write better that'd be great just pls be constructive I can't handle bullying!

We never got to hear where he was going with "I mean, at least Lois Lane is an ace reporter for the Daily Planet. But--"; however, it can be interpreted as finishing with either two things: he was going to talk about himself or Superman. If he was going to finish it by saying "But I--", then the statement shows he's insecure about being just a nerd and not being good at anything else. He does enjoy being a nerd and, at some point between seasons, he accepted it as part of his personality, but what he feels insecure about is not having great accomplishments or talents like his friends. Will is an ace artist, Lucas is an ace basketball player, Dustin is an ace with technology, and El is an ace superhero. Mike's just some nerd who plays d&d. This gives insight into why Eddie is a role model for him and why Mike aspires to be like him-- Eddie is extremely confident in who he is despite only being a nerdy d&d lover (and metalhead that shreds the guitar but this mike's pov). If he finished it with "But Superman--" then it means, compared to El, he feels inadequate. Superman is a literal superhero who saves his city countless times, meanwhile, Lois Lane is just a normal person with a normal life. El is a literal superhero who's saved the world twice, meanwhile, he's just a normal guy who doesn't have any special abilities. Not to mention, compared to El using her superpowers to save the world, the ways he's proven to be a hero for his friends seem inadequate and that hurts his self-esteem. Either way with the interpretations, he's super fucking insecure ab himself and El heightens it.

Mike technically never referred to himself as Lois Lane, it's just assumed he does because he compares El to Superman. Everyone's immediate thought processing is "Superman's love interest is Lois and if he refers to El as Superman then by default he's Lois". Except that's not true. In his eyes, even though Lois is portrayed as Superman's love interest, she at least has a purpose outside of it. He talked ab Lois's job (her purpose in life) and that she's ace at it. Mike sees himself as "just some nerd" and El makes him feel like he can't be a hero/leader (something he's always tried to be). How he views Lois does not line up with how he views himself!! If he was going to bring up Superman again, then that would be like saying he views himself as having a fulfilling life and is good at something outside of d&d which we know he doesn't believe. So why would the writers lead us to believe he thinks he's Lois? Well... to be completely frank: he's supposed to be her. Mike knows he's supposed to be Lois-- to have a fulfilling life and happy relationship-- but he isn't. He compares himself to Lois, not because he thinks he's her but because he wants to be her. Also, the writers love making the meaning behind Mike's thoughts/ actions unclear, so why would they make this the exception?

Omg I just had a realization while editing this: So I've brought up multiple times how he's insecure about only being good at d&d. I even listed all the things his friends are good at compared to how he's just a nerd. But I just stopped and asked myself "Why is he so insecure of being a nerd and playing d&d?". But then it clicked-- his s3 thought processing HASN'T fully gone away. A major part of s3 Mike was how he doesn't want to grow up: the rain fight was him projecting his fear of growing up and getting past the age of board games, and s3 finale reveals how he just wants things to stay the same and to not grow up. Again, Eddie's influence over Mike definitely got the insecurity died down enough to allow himself to be a kid again since he is fully a part of Hellfire and could ask strangers to play with him. But now we're shown more depth into those fears. He's scared of growing up because the only thing he's good at is a childish activity that he can't do forever. He can't be a functioning adult with a stable life if all he does is play d&d. And yeah his yearbook from middle school said he wants to be a writer, but only because he was writing d&d campaigns as Dungeon Master! But he's in high school now and he needs to start venturing out into other interests and start thinking ab his future career-- something that we know he doesn't want to do. And now it makes sense why he was so adamant against Lucas playing basketball too (omg back-to-back realizations) -- Lucas was his last friend from the og party to gain an interest outside of d&d and be good at it. Everyone can build a life off of their interests... everyone except Mike, and as he gets older the less of a purpose he feels he has. jesus that's sad :(((

Ok back to our regular programming

This metaphor isn't to show if Mike's aware of his platonic feelings-- ik that's like a super surface-level point but it's true. The metaphor's purpose is to put a spotlight on his insecurities and idolization of El. Mike comes up with the superman metaphor because he's a major nerd and was the first thing to come to his mind when thinking about El, and the writers chose to use this metaphor because it makes Mike's idolization super obvious! Superman is considered an undefeatable superhero; his immediately thought of El is Superman shows his extreme idolization of her and how the idolization creates insecurities, not his love. Let's just for kicks and giggles say this metaphor was supposed to show his awareness for his platonic feelings and the state of their relationship. Referring back to the two interpretations, besides saying "Lois Lane is an ace reporter, but I--" obviously separates them into two different characters it means he and Lois are two separate people in his mind, and that he knows he's not in love with El and doesn't think they're a couple anymore since Lois is with Superman. But I'm going to assume most ppl chose the other interpretation of "But Superman--" since everyone thinks he is Lois. This version shows he MIGHT not know he's in love with El, but 100% isn't aware of their relationship's fragile state because Superman and Lois are a healthy couple. It's pretty obvious the writers didn't finish that sentence because they wanted to keep whether or not he knows a surprise for st5, but my god ONE WORD would've revealed everything.

Would like to point out that the Louis Lane/Clark Kent/Superman love triangle is parallel to Mike's feelings for El. Louis Lane (Mike) is in love with the same person, Clark Kent/Superman, but falls in love with Superman (El in superhero mode) while great friends with Clark (El despite her powers). After she realizes they are the same person, she falls in love with Clark. If the writers actually intended for this to be a parallel, then st5 is going to show Mike loving El despite her powers. Oh and I don't think the parallel is any evidence of Mike's thought processing behind the metaphor, it's definitely just the writers having fun with making smart references and parallels to outside sources.

eddie got killed…on the first day after pride month. i’m declaring this a hate crime and i will fight the duffer brothers

headcanon: argyle and eden get married in vegas with elvis marrying them (it's actually murray dressed up as elvis, he was honored to be asked to marry them although he still doesn't know who the hell argyle even is. i like to think he just randomly has a marriage license bc it's so like him to have one). they invite the older kids, the party, eden's family, argyle's coworkers, HIS family, and jopper. nancy, max, erica, and el are the bridesmaids. suzie is the maid of honor. jonathan is the best man. eddie, robin, steve, lucas, dustin, mike, and will are the groomsmen. eden's younger siblings are the ring bearers/flower people. the food for the wedding is pineapple pizza. and to end off the beautiful night, eddie performs a cheesy metal love song to commemorate the newly weds. they leave the venue in his surfer boy pizza van that says "just got hitched" on it with cans attached to it and hotbox their hotel room once they arrive :,))) ok i'm done now sorry