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when I see something dated 2019 I think “oh that’s not too long ago” and then I remember that 2019 was not only five years ago but those five years have somehow contained several lifetimes

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Midnight snack

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

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Dustin was right in re the obvious things are that which people never observe or whatever the quote was because it literally took me recapping "unimportant" stuff happening in previous seasons to my casual fan friend to blow the case for my current prediction of what will happen plot wise in s5 wide open after they asked like the one question i never ever would have thought to ask. I don't have time for an essay right now but god if they go where i think they might go Sadie Sink will get to flex

#stranger things #stranger things theory #st theories #byler #< target audience #max mayfield #i wont sleep tonight because like i have thoughts to think #oooooh s5 has the potential to be like soooooo good #me: lore clarification. them: so what about more lore clarification? me: bestie u just blew my mind

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Q: at what point did you think there is something there about cas’s feelings for dean?

MISHA: says the writers and the cast were aware of the thinking from the audience for some time and they played into it. not unfair to characterise it as queerbait. thinks he unconsciously hoped they would go there but didn’t think they would be brave enough to do it. he was wary because he didn’t want to queerbait without follow through.. him and berens had to play the politics to make it happen..

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how?? just how?

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run boy run

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are u sure about that dean

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So turns out…..you guys are not gonna believe this…….but it turns out. Reading real books. Is good for you actually.

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Just checking.... We all pronounce Miette like My-TAY in our heads, right?

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So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

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in universe aftg memes are so funny it gets me every single fucking time just imagine liking a sport but it turns out the mafia is involved and riko moriyama is literally a psycho and his brother killed him and seth gordon fucking died and aaron minyard killed someone and neil josten's dad is the butcher and kevin day has never been skiing and jean moreau was kidnapped from the ravens and then there's jeremy knox

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hello tumblr i went digging and found some cleradin wips i will never finish <3 enjoy

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If "Escape from Camatoz" ends up being a real title we need to come back to this post y'all because it's basically proof that i was cooking with this

A My Little Pony Hypothesis

Wrinkle in Time posting reminding me I never actually posted my own My Little Pony hypothesis because I meant to post it as part of a larger analysis of dragons in ST and then never did. lol. Anyway, I think the thing they're referencing with WiT may be one of the kids in that book letting himself be caught by the hivemind to locate their father and then getting left behind during the rescue mission, forcing the protagonist to come back and save him with the power of love. And the MLP references in the show actually also suggest (and therefore support) this version of events.

So in the MLP episode "Escape from Midnight Castle" the ponies are attacked by the evil centaur Tirek who also kidnaps four ponies to turn them into dragons to pull his chariot so he can subjugate the whole world with his Rainbow of Darkness. His plans are stalled because one of the kidnapped ponies is too small and he can't turn it. Meanwhile the protagonist ponies go to find the Rainbow of Light and then go to Tirek's castle to free their friends. While infiltrating the castle Applejack is captured and turned into a dragon. The ponies manage to stop Tirek last minute by overtaking the Rainbow of Darkness with the Rainbow of Light, which also turns everyone back into what they were. And all the ponies lived happily ever after.

So what's that got to do with Stranger Things? Well, Dustin explicity mentions the episode in S3 when he’s arguing with Erica about her status as a nerd, because Erica is into MLP and since that has nerdy stuff like castles and dragons she is a nerd. Erica then embraces that identity, gets into DnD, and names her character after Applejack. Who then ends up defeating Vecna in the S4 game...which made me wonder whether the MLP reference is actually important foreshadowing -- and who then is represented by Applejack. Personally I think Will is most likely, because while “getting turned into a dragon” does fit Max in S4 I think Max is actually the too small pony from the initial four that get kidnapped: Vecna’s first attempt to kill her didn’t work and even the second one isn’t quite complete, he just separated her consciousness from her body by the looks of it.

This is also why I think it’ll be Will. At the end of S4 we see El trying to find Max to get her to wake up, but she can’t find her. That’s not gonna change by her trying harder in S5, so I think if they want to go find Max they need to go into Vecna/The Mindflayer’s head and find her there (and i think that may be one of the priorities in the first half of S5 because of the heavy Star Wars parallels we got elsewhere). And the only person who was part of it before is Will, so I think she’ll end up piggybacking in through his mind. Plus that would let Will’s promise of “fix it together” from 4.01 come true. It also resembles the way the ponies infiltrate the castle in MLP AND Charles Wallace letting IT control him so he can find his father. In both WiT and MLP this rescue mission doesn’t quite go the way it was intended. Applejack gets kidnapped and turned into a dragon and Charles Wallace is left behind as part of the hivemind while the other kids get out with their father. Both of them are later saved by their friends, Charles Wallace explicitly with love, and Applejack with a very thin metaphor for it. 

These themes are obviously also present in Stranger Things and people have already pointed out this similarity (and this potential plot) in relation to WiT, but I think it’s interesting to note that the DnD game which clearly foreshadows the events of S5 also references a piece of media that also has this type of plot. I also think the whole love vs. hate/anger thematic also points to Will because the topic of (romantic) love is important for his character arc in a way that it isn’t for others. El also wants love but her’s is familial and tbh with the return of Hopper I think her S5 arc will be taking the love she knows she has and turning it on Vecna. Will on the other hand is wanting, and I think vulnerable on that level -- but also a formidable foe once he realizes he can have everything he wants. Which is also a great way of involving their personal arcs and the love triangle in the supernatural plot. 

Tl, dR: I think the theory that the writers posting about WiT means Will is gonna help El find Max and then get stuck in the hivemind, needing to be rescued with (Mike’s) love are very likely because the show references an episode of MLP multiple times, including in the foreshadowing of the DnD game, in which that exact plot also happens. And I’m very excited about it because I have been turning this idea over in my head for weeks now and I love it.

#literally screaming. if holly goes missing and we have a repeat of s1? if will goes looking not just for max but her as well??? #with every hint i'm getting closer to predicting s5 i swear. i'll know the plot before it airs and i will be insufferable #i mean even if i just guess a bit i will be annoying about it but yeah!!! literally the references are in the title!!! wtf!!!

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wait i just fucking realized "escape from camaztoz" is LITERALLY a mash up of "Escape from Midnight Castle" aka thee MLP episode referenced in S3 and the name of the hivemind planet in Wrinkle in Time like...if this is a real title I've won. I was right. i love this fkn song hell yeah

#stranger things #byler #where is my mlp hypothesis post imma need to get it ready to post with an i told u so when s5 airs #ooooh this makes me happy this is good news this is fucking fantastic #paired with the presumed vanishing of holly wheeler? oooh we are feasting

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THE VANISHING OF WHO???? THE VANISHING OF WHO??????

#taking these with a grain of salt but that's interesting... #if the number of asteriks is important then i'm with the holly theory like that's fun! it's happening again and we have a reason to delve #into what happened to will. why did vecna/mf take holly? well why did they take will? what has all of this always been about? #idk i think that would be fun #as for the cazmatoz...too many people talking about eddie and dnd like they didn't just straight up post about wrinkle in time #no reading comprehension ass site. y'all need to learn about occam's razor #anyway omw to google turbow because wtf is that

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For the sake of the poll, imagine that the convention is being held at a location close to your home and you have enough money to go.

#i have sooo many questions at all the writers what do i care about actor men? pretty faces didnt make these damnnn choices #i wanna hear all about what carver wanted to do as showrunner but didnt get to. i wanna pick ben edlund's brain and so many more #andrew dabb why are u running. andrew dabb answer me!!

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dont forget to help preen ur angel boyfriend during molting season