#s5 script

[bookinit02]

in honor of my s5 announcement this week, here’s one of the scenes from the first episode! hope you all like it🫶🏻

#if all goes well this will be releasing the last week of august btw #anyway i have never written a script before so pls don’t judge too hard😭 #also i have a fic wip coming out this saturday (hopefully) #but it is a birthday present so i’m trying not to spoil anything #it was hard enough finding a script scene that wasn’t too spoilery😭 #even tho. i love them all #this script is my baby okay #alright these tags are getting long #miwip wednesday #:) #rewrite #oh also if u missed the announcement i am writing a full s5 script with all plotlines and all episodes #that was the announcement. #ok bye💗 #s5 script

[kittenkatbar]

ik we all want “the crawl” to be byler related but tbh i feel like it’ll be: el crawling through max’s mind, max crawling out of her own mind, vecna still being too weak to fight but crawling through their minds to use things against them, “the crawl” referring to how (if they go back to school and such) each day feels stupid and slow because the world is kinda ending so wtf are they doing sitting in class, OR what i think is most likely: “the crawl” referring to the slow spread of the UD into the normal/right side up? world

#byler #stranger things #will byers #mike wheeler #el hopper #max mayfield #vecna #crawl gate #st s5 #crawlgate #thecrawlgate #s5 script

[celestial-elmwish]

the duffers r just trying to make us go insane with that blurred whiteboard pic fr

#byler #s5 script

[2sw]

All these years. This whole damn time.

Supernatural S11E20 Don't Call Me Shurley Supernatural S5E16 Dark Side of the Moon

#i'll never recover from this #sam winchester #dean winchester #spn 11x20 #spn 5x16 #s11 #s5 #gifs #scripts #samulet #1k

[lunar-wandering]

[MK's phone rings] MK, answering: hello? Wukong: hey kid!! uh, you're not gonna like this, but I need you to come uh… pick me up? MK: oh, sure! i'm on break right now anyways, where are you? Wukong: …uh. MK, suddenly suspicious: …Monkey King. where are you. Wukong: so um. I'm kinda… in the underworld? MK: the W H A T. Wukong: now i know that sounds bad- MK: what are you doing in the underworld????!!!?? Wukong: …impromptu vacation? MK: Monkey King. Macaque, from offscreen: he was rescuing me MK: huh?? Macaque, now on the phone screen: this idiot- Wukong: hey! Macaque: saw me getting kidnapped, and went, "oh, wow, perfect chance for me to be a hero agai-" MK, unprompted: the hero and the war- Macaque, panicked: SHH SHHHH SHH SHHH. We don't talk about that. MK: …ah. Macaque: ahem. anyways, heh, I could've gotten free myself- Wukong: you were crying when i found you- Macaque: a- SHH!!! WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT EITHER!!! jeez, can i not say a single sentence around here??? Wukong: nope MK: absolutely not Macaque: Macaque: when the dragon kid and the pig guy find out i killed you both i'll make sure they know it was for perfectly good reaso- Wukong: OH SHIT THE GUARDS- [Phone hangs up] MK: MK, calling Pigsy: hey, Dadsy? yeah, i'm gonna need a week long break again-

#Monkie Kid #lego monkie kid #lmk sun wukong #lmk macaque #lmk qi xiaotian #this is. essentially. almost a mini fic in script form. #i copy pasted this directly outta my notes so idk if the formatting on it is off or not #anyways. this better be how s5 starts istg

[netflixnormalthings]

how was i supposed to just move on from this

#THIS IS AN OFFICIAL SCRIPT LIKE #anyways. ROBIN saying this to NANCY in s5 when #ronance #in which i talk abt things

[x-files-scripts]

The X-Files - “Detour”

Written by Frank Spotnitz

September 11, 1997 (WHITE)

This early draft featured a lot of alternate dialogue...

Who’s stronger, Mulder or Scully...?

In this draft, Scully sings a different song...

Mulder is keen to see Scully in uniform...

#the x files #x files #scripts #txf #season 5 #txf s5 #txf bts #detour #script #frank spotnitz #david duchovny #gillian anderson #mulder #scully #deleted scenes #screenwriting #tvwriting

[donkey-art]

mike wheelah 🎤🛞

drawn by me (d0nkey_art on instagram:)

#byler #byler endgame #fanart #stranger things #mike wheeler #stranger things fanart #byler is endgame i am the s5 script

[l0veisntbrains]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 5x14 | 7x14 | 7x20

#btvsedit #spuffyedit #spikeedit #slayerdaily #buffysource #dailybuffysummers #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #spike #buffy #spuffy #s5 #s7 #5x14 #7x14 #7x20 #parallels #btvs script #*

[chirpsythismorning]

Fun fact: the shot of Mike stepping off the cliff in s1 was likely a visual parallel to Sarah jumping off the stairs in this shot from Labyrinth (1986).

For those that haven't read this theory, please do because I didn’t make these observations myself and the original post goes a lot deeper into the details from Labyrinth, which in some ways align a little too conveniently with the narrative we’re seeing unravel on the show with Mike over the seasons.

For some basic context, in s4, we even get a reference to M.C. Escher’s Relativity hanging on the wall in Mike’s room, which is also on the wall of Sarah’s bedroom, along with that work being what inspired the scene in Labyrinth. 

This next part has actually been talked about before quite a bit in the fandom, even outside of tumblr, so it’s not exactly some breakthrough as a concept on its own.

Every season, in the first scene (re)introducing the main characters, Mike is running late in some capacity. In 1x01 it’s around 3 minutes, in 2x01 it’s around 6 minutes, in 3x01 it’s around 8 minutes, and in 4x01 it’s around 13 minutes. 

So technically not the literal season opener, as that’s usually reserved to a flashback at some different location, but obviously still within those first 15 minutes, following directly after the opener…

And since we already have an idea of what the opening of s5 is going to be, what do we think the scene directly after it is going to be? You know, in the scene that Mike has been consistently running late in, for four seasons now?

Speaking of 15 minutes, I think that if they were to keep this trend going for the final season (the full circle-ness of it all is honestly too epic to pass up), it’s likely that this final time it will happen around the 15 minute mark of 5x01, as that would make the build up for it each season pretty consistent.

And not only that, but it would also literally be a callback to what Karen says to Mike that first time he’s late in s1: 

And here’s my other favorite line from one of these scenes, in the context of this theory, because it literally acknowledges this concept directly and with this air of foreshadowing I cannot stress enough:

Interestingly, another detail that ties all these ‘Mike being late’ scenes together, is stairs.

In s1 he’s running up the stairs to convince his mom to let them keep playing.

In s2 he’s rushing down the stairs trying to avoid Nancy’s wrath.

In s3 he’s awkwardly bumping into strangers going down the escalator in Starcourt Mall.

And in s4 he’s hurrying down the stairs on his way to school.

The whole point of Labyrinth is that it’s an allegory for growing up, with Sarah going from dressing up as a princess to reenact one of her favorite fairytales after being chastised by her step-mom for not going on more dates like girls her age, to Sarah rejecting her childhood and it leading to an unfortunate series of events, forcing her to face reality and take responsibility of her own life.

Does this sound like anyone we know?

Mike, who starts the show in s1 playing DND animatedly with his friends before being interrupted by his mom to end the campaign despite protests, to his mom in s2 punishing his bad behavior by having him get rid of some of his favorite toys, to him in s3 insisting that they’re 'not kids anymore' and that it was inevitable for them to stop playing games and grow up and get girlfriends, to him now in s4 reverting back to this earlier version of himself, sporting the Hellfire shirt proudly, to then reverting back to pretending when showing up at the airport with Argyle calling his outfit a shitty knock off (aka calling Mike a shitty knock-off), and without the story ever acknowledging why those shifts happened in the first place, and with one season left?

Hint? Forced conformity. That’s what’s killing the kids. That’s the real monster.

They literally told us already that out of all the monster we've seen in the show, this is what is worse than all of that. Meaning that what is about to go down, most likely topping everything we've seen up to this point, is likely going to involve forced conformity.

I also think it’s interesting that the scene in Labyrinth happened during the climax of the film, because arguably if you were to watch Stranger Things in its entirety, from s1-5, the beginning of s5 is going to feel very much like the climax to the overall story. 

Things are going to be happening fast. The stakes are insane because they need to top everything that they’ve done up to this point. Something’s gotta give. And Mike is just not looking safe out here guys.

I could go on and on about all the hints that Mike is danger, but I’ll just share my favorites. 

How am I gonna survive a whole week without you guys? Mike says, at the tail end of his opening scene in s4, and with s5 set to start at the end of said week.

Mike sitting in front of an antique funeral home fan in the s4 promotional pictures of the party in the Creel attic.

Nancy saying she saw Mike die in the vision Vecna showed her, with the early stages of said vision coming true as season 4 nears its end.

Mike getting hit in the head with an arrow front and center by Suzie’s brother, in a sequence that was loaded with foreshadowing for the end of s4 (and beginning of s5?).

Watch out dominos. Your dominos are gonna fall. Argyle says, with Mike equally in the frame behind him.

Without heart, we’d all fall apart. Will says, after telling Mike he’s the heart.

A Karen lookalike standing in front of the missing person's board at the end of s4.

Mike’s very first line in the show (also the literal first line in the show) being A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you into the darkness. It is almost here…

So maybe, theoretically speaking, what we could get by that 15 minute mark going into s5, is Mike running late one last time, and it potentially being a callback to that cliff scene ie. Labyrinth.

Another scene that I think might've been foreshadowing what is currently going down, is Max and Mike both getting knocked out by Billy at the end of s3. Max goes down first and Mike follows right after, though Max is the first to come to and help them both up.

We know Max is unlikely to be separated from the rest of the characters the whole season, that’s just not feasible. She'll at least be on-screen despite maybe not being back with the others right away, even if it’s just a cryptic cliffhanger at the end of 5x01, followed by her returning more consistently on screen after that leading up to her rescue. With the way things ended in s4 though, we need to know where she’s at and get to finding her. Which is why I think at most it will be a 1-2 episode arc.

So maybe, this moment from s3 was a hint about Max and Mike’s impending doom at the hands of Vecna, as a result of not only their emotional states, but also their bonds with El, and them then being isolated for a short time (presumed dead), only to find their way back?

It’s also worth noting Mike was the only person to witness any of Max’s symptoms from the curse prior to her finding out about it, with the camera focusing on him beside her and looking at her worriedly as her nose bled. We don’t know who Vecna’s fourth victim was going to be, because Max threw herself in as bait, but could it have originally been Mike?

I know a lot of people don't like the Mike getting Vecna'd theories or Mike is depressed takes and so if you find yourself in that position, feel free to subtweet away or whatever you need to cope with my nonsense.

I'm not a big Mike is suicidal truther or anything even, nor do I think it makes sense for him to get Vecna'd in the traditional sense like how it happened with the others in s4 because the gates are open. But Vecna still hasn’t carried out his entire plan, a plan that includes Mike dying. And the imagery surrounding it all leading up to this is compelling regardless.

If one shot at the end of s3, with Max sitting in Billy's room while Hopper was in the background saying and yeah sometimes it's painful and sometimes it's sad was enough to hint at her whole depression arc in s4, then Mike being focused on for multiple shots while Hopper was in the background saying But, lately, I guess I've been feeling... distant from you. Like you're pulling away from me or something.-- And I guess, if I'm being really honest, that's what scares me. I don't want things to change, with Mike looking longingly at the Byers house, cutting to Will looking out the car window crying, then cutting back to Mike walking into his mom's arms with a dead stare on his face, has gotta be enough to justify dude going through some shit, which coincidentally matches up with everything talked about here.

Turns out getting to Mike, now that was the key…

Maybe the first episode of s5 is about Mike ending up wherever Max is, somewhere caught in between, and them ‘crawling’ back ie. The Crawl.

Definitely might add some context to that funkopop shot-listing video Ross posted, followed by one other photo a few days later with the caption being that they finished shot-listing for 5x01-5x02. Meaning the initial video posted was likely from 5x01...

#stranger things #mike wheeler #are they cool enough to pull this off? #remains to be seen #but why break a four season streak? #something something fifteen after #something something you’re late. again! we’re gonna miss the opening! #something something running up that hill and smalltown boy having almost the exact same fucking beat #also blankly staring at sadie and finn sitting close to each other in the s5 filming announcement pic #with finn being the only one out of all of them holding a script for the crawl 😀

[raayllum]

Finnegrin LOOMS over Rayla, drinking in her agony.

#rayllum #rayllumedit #callumedit #my edits #graphics #s5 #5x08 #arc 2 #goofiest guy who will Cut a bitch #love u 5x08 script. love u so much

[bookinit02]

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next expected update: script episode 9, sunday 5/5!

#pinned post #the end is here #s5 script #rewrite

[aheavenlyrush]

Stranger Things season 4, episode 8: Papa + the script that's apparently fake (?)

#strangerthingsedit #dailystrangerthings #stranger things #byler #will byers #mike wheeler #dr brenner #mine* #ok it's been over a year since i last giffed anything i'm a little rusty and the quality of this rip isn't the best but #i'm obsessed with this line why does will recognise brenner??? what does he knowww #and if i go insane while waiting for s5 what then. what then #edit: i still don't know wth happened with these scripts but i guess we'll see in s5 if this was all just someone's idea of a shitty joke

[morganee]

no but just imagine Mike going to Nancy after El breaks up with him because he's just so confused and he asks her what it's like to be in love with someone and Nancy tells him that being in love with someone is feeling your true self around that person and just needing them and wanting them to be happy and just basically lists all the things Mike feels when he's with Will and then Nancy asks if that's how he felt with El and he just answers "no" a bit too quickly and she asks "do you feel like this with someone else?" and Mike tells her yes but he doesn't specify because he's just so confused, he's always felt like this with Will and never thought it was anything more than friendship but now it feels like love and he's scared and he just blurts out what this person makes him feel, how right he feels whenever they are around, how beautiful they are, how he thinks he might love them, and when he's done Nancy just goes: "Mike. I think you should tell him all of this"

and that's it, that's Mike coming out scene and he cries and Nancy cries and I'm crying

#byler #stranger things #mike wheeler #nancy wheeler #I should be studying but here I am - thinking about stranger things s5 possible plots #and scenes #and how I would love to edit this scene #this was a bit of a rambling #or was it #the script preview really made me feel lots of things

[2sw]

Dean + his heaven

#happy birthday dean #dean winchester #sam winchester #spn 5x16 #spn 6x01 #spn 15x20 #s5 #s6 #s15 #gifs #scripts

[mlchaelwheeler]

Ok i just had a thought™️

So we know the Duffers filmed a scene of Mike biking back from the quarry, sobbing, after they found Will's "body," right? Now imagine if every season they filmed Mike at specific moments like this where it's clear he's in love with Will (even if he doesn't know it yet).

Examples could include:

Mike refusing to leave Will's side in the hospital after S1 until he's allowed to come home

Mike watching over Will while he's sleeping during the S2 sleepover

Mike biking in the rain to apologize to Will after their fight in the garage

The devastation on Mike's face when he sees what Will did to Castle Byers because of him

Whatever happened between Mike and Will during the three months before the Byers moved

Mike sadly staring at his dnd board in his basement in the days after Will leaves

Mike writing a letter to Will signed "Love, Mike," only to sigh and put it in his desk drawer with a stack of unsent letters

It's actually not that much of a stretch to think the Duffers could have done this, if they had Will being in love with Mike planned since S1. If they ended up filming these all to save for the most breathtaking montage of Mike's "oh, it's always been Will" moment, bravo. Imagine the impact that would have. Cinema at its finest *mwah*

#IM SPIRALING #waiting for the script is unlocking new areas of my brain i think #braincells working overtime #IMAGINE THIS THO #byler #mike wheeler #s5 theory #sarah.txt