echostep

Occasional writer and part-time Stranger Things conspiracy theorist

[echostep-ao3]

I just found out my coworker's daughter is a Byler and believes in Conformity Gate lmao I've always felt a bit like I'm on delulu island talking to irls about it so omg!!!

[gritstartar]

Hear me out the AI allegations of Season 5 are so fucking funny because like in my opinion that’s the point of the season. But like…

The fact that the AI would know that Mike is wanting to get in Will’s pants SO BAD 😭 that they’re being hunted by the government actively in the barracks and he just is like omg take off your belt

The concept of an artificial intelligence/ large language model having such a grasp on how GAY MIKE WHEELER IS 😭

The concept of it writing you’re like a sorcerer your power is innate

The AI knowing he couldn’t ever at any point say I love you to El’s face even when she’s about to die

The AI making him say ‘time to join your friends, Sorcerer’

AHAHAHA

And the fact that if we agree that it’s “made by AI”, and that AI made Mike Wheeler’s big monster look like a vagina…

If the AI knows that Mike Wheeler is gay, but the GENERAL AUDIENCE (homophobic GA) doesn’t. Like, HAHAHAHA holy shit 🫣 imagine

[worldofsouthernwind]

Hah... poor Joyce. She was just being the "cardboard cutout irritating Mom," while Karen Wheeler stole her badass mom category. And I guess we stole her investigation nachos as well... Sorry, Joyce. ( I mean we are doing her thing, that's why she doesn't get to do the CG investigation)

But the Byers family is being forgotten everywhere, isn't it? We loved them from the very beginning. There was a time when we saw Jonathan's POV. This was their story. Will is almost forgotten (illusion/memory/imagination/vanished/another timeline/died/or in a lab), Jonathan is barely recognised, not even in the merch, and now even Joyce pushed aside. It's sad... Why are the Byers being targeted? 🎯

[honeymandarin]

people saying RIP conformitygate in the tag

meanwhile us:

Like there’s never been a better time to start believing in conformitygate again honestly, there’s like 10 exiting discoveries every day

[miwiheroes]

"if ur so sad over byler queerbait why dont u just not ship byler anymore"

[chromatictapestryperditions]

Why exactly are Mike and Hopper hugging for a FULL 10 SECONDS WITHOUT MOVING AN INCH??

It looks so weird and is so out of character. It's like they're frozen! Am I going crazy wtf

[lavenderlatte222]

Demogorgon Difference

S1E8 (timestamp 15:48)

Regular version vs. VHS special edition:

Regular version: The demogorgon puts its arm on whatever's on the ground there and opens its mouth.

VHS version: The demogorgon just stands up and stands there.

The audio seems to be the same in both versions.

Another difference.

Regular version vs. VHS special edition:

Regular version: It looks like there's UD membrane, and the ceiling is cracking.

VHS version: It looks like the ceiling itself is more membrane-like.

There's also a white line on the screen right before this all happens.

[thebyleritgotme]

The fact that in the VHS edition the goddamn effects including the demogorgons is different to the point you cannot even discard it as a "coincidence" or "just random glitches" tells me all I need to know. This does not happen accidentally. I cannot even say we are so back because we never left !!

[candaceswonderland]

Did someone else notice that we can see the supernatural creatures more in the VHS version? Like holy fk, the scene of Will in season 1 episode 1 when he is in the little cabin, we can barely see the Demogorgon in the original version, but in the VHS version it almost clear as day. I don't if you guys understand how big that is, THE VHS VERSIONS ALLOWS US TO SEE MORE THAN WE DID BEFORE

[lavenderlatte222]

Demogorgon Difference

S1E8 (timestamp 15:48)

Regular version vs. VHS special edition:

Regular version: The demogorgon puts its arm on whatever's on the ground there and opens its mouth.

VHS version: The demogorgon just stands up and stands there.

The audio seems to be the same in both versions.

Another difference.

Regular version vs. VHS special edition:

Regular version: It looks like there's UD membrane, and the ceiling is cracking.

VHS version: It looks like the ceiling itself is more membrane-like.

There's also a white line on the screen right before this all happens.

[acecreamsandwich]

I see people's believe starting to dwindle after July 15th and I kind of get it but I also don't because after the tapes thing with S1 it feels more likely than ever that we are getting something at some point, maybe after tales of 85 😭

Like, I don't think some people understand. Matthew Modine's behavior is very suspicious, not just "troll-like" because this:

is clearly a "professional" marketing tweet, meaning it was most likely prewritten and sent to him to just copy and publish onto his page to promote it. Meaning he is still apart of promoting, possibly out of contractual obligation, which is weird since he is nowhere to be seen in S5.

But also, his personal Insta, I get that he does technically troll in the comments sometimes, but I feel like he does it on purpose. Because if he truly didn't like Stranger Things and didn't/wasn't associated with it anymore? Then he probably wouldn't engage with it at all (unless contractually obligated to like i mentioned, but if he was, then saying "nope" when asked if he liked S5, seems a bit of a risk to take). He is also very vocal about his political beliefs on his insta so he really doesn't seem like the type to waste his time on something he doesn't support/like, but that is just how I see it based on his behavior on there.

[haymaypm]

The dopamine rush i get from piecing together my own ConformityGate theories has NOTHING on the dopamine rush of my friends concern when I talk about it with them.

[nanas-basement]

Ok, I think I need to watch S1 and S1 VHS….

BUT IM WORKING 15h A DAY GODDAMN.

THAT, was clearly changed.

We really only were supposed to notice now….

Oh

[lavenderlatte222]

when you're being surveilled and trying to convince the homophobic villain you're just friends

[demolitionsawer]

how in the hell was will shoving mike in sorcerer a “failed flirting attempt” that helped him “get over” mike….. mike was BLUSHING and SMILING. mind you, later in this same episode, will saved mike’s (and everyone else’s) lives by thinking about how much he loved him.

[bookishbon]

#mikeshouldhavegottenvecnad

[cloudyprint]

I believe a lot of insistence for m*leven stems from strong opposition of the alternative (byler) rather than a genuine investment in the pairing.

If you remove Will from the narrative…what remains?

Their disagreements are repetitive; development stagnant. The show frequently highlights their incompatibility.

If they were telling an epic love story why do both characters flourish independently yet wither together?

Some people would rather root for something superficial than entertain something queer…even at the cost of an excellent story.