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[sterlingarcher23]

It's an old copper's trick

(Scene from The Thin Blue Line, 1995-96 - British comedy show with Rowan Atkinson)

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Reaction to this post by @noreasontobeupset (because I already reposted it ; its a lot of math but also points to science/chemistry of ST. Go on and read it. It's worth it. Promise.) - I just became aware of something as I looked at it again and noticed the term copper translated to numbers.

Here I may digress a little but I think it's interesting nonetheless especially the links further down below. If you shorten COPPER to COP you end up getting the numbers.

C=3

O=15

P=16

The way the shortened version looks like felt familiar. But this could definitely be a coincidence:

In this post it's pointed out that the recorder has a two way coaxial speaker system.

Now, why should I shorten it even it's just looking similar and that this could easily be a coincidence? Which it could be. However my dumb brain made a connection, an association when I read the term copper....cop.

Why copper? Why cop? Why did this term for a metal and the slang term "cop" rang a bell? Because of Hopper. Hopper is a police officer, slang: cop. And his badge. I looked it up and fell of my chair.

Etymology: Cop is derived from copper which is British slang term for a police officer. As a matter of fact, the term copper doesn't have anything to do with the metal, in itself it means "someone who captures". There's a myth that it does refer to the metal because the buttons on the uniform were made of copper. (In a way these nouns are connected nonetheless?)- It's basically a homonym for both a police officer and the metal. But it still made me look up Hopper's badge. And who knows if the Duffers didn't make an association anyway since they are known for making "mistakes"...on purpose.

Hopper's badge: Number 380.

And his badge tells a story:

We do know that the Duffers equate letters to numbers through Max's own locker and them highlighting the A (= 1).

"Max" in numbers: 13 1 24

Max -> 1+3+1+2+4=11 (digit sum)

Max -> 13+1+24=38 (total sum) 3+8=11 in the answer to my original post

If you want to check for yourself, there's an online tool that translates letters to numbers and gives you the total sum directly.

And it appears on an old copper's badge:

380 -> 38 -> 3+8 = 11

And theres Hopper's seat is 38, the number is half torn (half of 38/Max is "missing"):

The link between Hopper, El and Max is subtle, it's a pumpkin conspiracy, it's in the quarry but it's there because you have, in a manner of speaking, Max's name on a copper's badge - badges are also called shields:

Hmm. A blue and yellow shield?

Max as a number in it's total sum 38 on Hopper's badge, basically reflecting patient room number 110, isn't only mirroring the year in which Will disappeared, '83 (so there's another connection between the two), it tells me....Max was always in Hawkins. She wasn't just added as a character out of nothing and because the Duffers like to create new characters. She always was part of the plot.

Someone allegedly drowned in the quarry in 1976, 7 years before '83? I wonder who fell into the quarry and what it has to do with Hopper.

He's a curse and this kid is cursed.

Actually, I don't really wonder. I think it's very likely that Max Mayfield was born as Sara(h) Hopper... I just don't have the full picture. And we may never get a full explanation but revelations and cues/hints, the latter to theorize for decades to come.

The connections are subtle like "Sam [is] good", an upcoming post that talks about the Sam Owens connection. But they exist.

I only hope that they put as much dedication and care into the final season and what they are building up to.

[o11yradio]

The Replacement

+ CALEB MCLAUGHLIN ON SNL TONIGHT?!

Who is recording over Finn's SNL promo?

Lucas. Correction: Caleb McLaughlin.

In the last post, we proved that Lucas is jumping timelines. I am so dumb, I should have clarified that Lucas is jumping CABLE timelines. Between movies and video games and tv shows. Duh.

He is a conductor on a train bridging gaps between realities. Remember how Max is racing the beam (the scanline on an arcade game) to defeat Mike? And how El is associated with sweets? And Mike with Trick or Treat? And Lucas' crown on his IOU logo?

Notice Will (thanks @anotherjlynn) and Robin discretely communicate that they are conductors too! (This is a reference to the tonal language aliens use in Close Encounters).

Anyways, Lucas is jumping through cables... like King Candy.

AKA TURBO. (And remember, Lucas is okay playing the bad guy for the greater goodd!)

When I noticed this, I remembered that all the media references I have found for Lucas had something to do with a scorned child star being forgotten and seeking revenge. Almost like their story had been overwritten.

King Candy gets both games unplugged. We know the prophecy says Lucas has to unplug Mike, and we know that the moral of War Games is not to play.

We see this theme all over the Lucas references:

There is a villain like this in The Green Lantern.

In Static Shock.

In The Last Dragon.

The Karate Kid was recast as Jaden Smith.

And...

Lucas was recast by a Michael! Just like Earl!!

Meaning Lucas' real story is still untold. It's been rewritten by Mike. We deserve the GEORGE LUCAS CUT!

Elfman composed soundtracks for Beetlejuice (Winona), Hellboy (of David Harbour fame), Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Men in Black (memory erasure with Will Smith), Good Will Hunting, A Simple Plan, Instinct, Spiderman (Sadie), Meet the Robinsons (time travel), Charlotte's Web (Gaten), Terminator Salvation (Linda Hamilton), Alice in Wonderland, Real Steel, Oz The Great and Powerful, Doctor Strange (the sorcerer supreme!) in the Multiverse of Madness, WEIRD SCIENCE, and a BUNCH MORE!!! We would be here all day if I explained every connection.

I used to be an asap rocky fan cause clams casino idk why i don't listen as much anymore

The Rightful Winner

The rewrite was totally political...

Why so many medals, Caleb? (There's a lot of focus on medals and awards in the background of ST)

Because you win today, January 17th? On the anniversary of:

The birth of Eartha Kitt, Singer, actress and civil rights activist known for her distinctive voice on "Santa Baby" and her role as Catwoman in "Batman."

The birth of James Earl Jones, Actor known for his work in "Star Wars" and "The Lion King (of Caleb fame)" and as the voice of the tagline for TV news network CNN.

The largest bank robbery of its time? So large it got a movie... SCORED BY ELFMAN??????????? The Brink's Job.

[o11yradio]

THE LEGEND OF LUCAS

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

How does Lucas fit into #conformitygate?

Lucas Sinclair's preferred mode of transportation: Jumping.

Oh so that is how Max and El make themselves Okay.

AHHHH. So One Way Mike is the Anti-Lucas

Little girl steals a bear creature yadda yadda. Mike is a hero in a legend's story. Maybe Mike gets remembered, but Lucas never dies.

Lucas is going to take the fall. He'll play the bad guy. Dark Knight. Painted Villain.

By traversing the multiverse as the Jumper.

The bank thing is important since we know in ST that means memories. We also have seen the falling into the ice thing before. While Jack Frost does it for his sister, David does it for his crush.

So, if the Duffers play their cards right, which they've proven they can, we should see Caleb cast as Miles Morales!!!

Either way, Lucas is traversing the multiverse stealing memories (back). We know he comes from another universe at some point in S5 because he remembers that now famous switch as a different color.

Lucas's epilogue logos:

Stop Mike & Stop the Violence … Stop Mike’s D-Brane

(Green Lantern vs 4th wall breaker, Black Hand, implying lucas needs to break the FOURTH Wall to defeat Mike and Will)

Awful screenshot on the right, sorry. It is from the LuMax movie date. It's a crest that says IOU. LEGENDARY. It is from a brand that was hip in the 80s-90s and had a "Already a legend" line.

Both brands have the 4 rooms motif. Read more on that here. I am of the suspect that there are four major timelines Mike messed with, and we need to break through the fourth to defeat him. Fourth wall.

The four rooms in the emblems change colors, changing blue to black and yellow to red. An apprentice who goes from Blue to Red. Colors swap. (Interestingly, just like the jungian alchemical cycle!)

The IOU emblem Lucas wears has a crown. Caleb kept calling his outfits royal and Lucas a prince during promo. You'll see why later.

His shirt and his jumper were made from different brands but the same distributer - Merry Go Round.

Read more on glass and gold.

So Lucas is deadass the Dark Knight damn! But also IOU lol. Borrowing is not the same as stealing. He is so Jumper lmao. Is Lucas owed something or does he owe someone else? I think him and Mike are both "borrowers" since they both play the Atari together in S3, and that is the gift wrapped in theft lol.

Okay.

Sooooo I can't find the post but I saw something really cool saying Eddie Munson was alive in York Pennsylvania. It seemed legit I am so mad I lost it.

First of all, Gates is Mikeing up the place. Second of all:

Recall ,we say Mike's way is the One Way, we also say we must surprise Mike to win (which Erica can do) and I have a post coming up on 777. We need to Con Mike lol.

Trick and Treat. Bait and Switch. Mike and the audience, hopefully!

So, Lucas takes up the Vecna mantle when someone flops at it? Abuses it? LMAO.

Also, I think I found Lucas. Read the whole wikipedia page lol it is perfect. Lucas defeats Mike and takes up the mantle. Like the elder wand.

Well yes. As the prophecy foretold. I just never said who the message was addressed to.

So actually it says:

Lucas,

Breaker Gap Stop Mike.

-Eleven

Also.

"A small goat named Will gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball -- a high-intensity, full-contact sport that's dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world. Ridiculed by his teammates, Will becomes determined to revolutionize the sport and prove that "small can ball!""

And conjecture:

I think that ElMax and Byler endings will be quite bittersweet. I kind of think the ST universe is not real. If you haven't, go listen to Finn Wolfhard's wrap speech. It sort of implies he made up all of ST because he was lonely. Maybe Mike and Lucas are alternate universe equivalents of each other, and happened to cross paths, leading to all this nonsense. And, this explains why Max, Will, El, One are the same person. Lucas and Mike's imaginary worlds merged and shit got weird. They got to be best friends with themself, fall in love, but ultimately let go of a fantasy world? Idk this idea is fuzzy for me rn.

@anotherjlynn

[o11yradio]

THE PLAN IS SIMPLE

Mike is trying to kill El. Why?

Recent ask reminded me of the clown connection. Mike is the Joker. BUT. He is also The Dark Knight. He is El and he is One.

Relevant background:

The Upside Down is Mike's Childish Understanding (MEMORY) of the World, brought into reality by Will. Will is communicating through code. The Lost Sister & The Cycle of War

I ended up having to make a video for this one since the scene had too much good stuff lol. I will copy paste the essay portion below for easier reading.

And, if you want to see when / how all the coding stuff goes down, @anotherjlynn has that on their acc.

Essay:

The biggest threat to Joker is the Dark Knight, Batman, who is willing to look like the villain in order to protect Gotham's innocent understanding of good and evil. AKA the greatest threat to clowns (fear) is understanding, acceptance, and then action.

In Season 5, we see the themes from The Lost Sister (9/11, Vietnam) re-emerge as innocent Holly strikes her best friend across the face just like Henry struck the scientist. This cycle of violence and retribution (where even the good guys are bad) is a theme in The Dark Knight.

Holly's arc reveals how forced conformity is a war of its own. Children confronted with harsh truths transition from innocence to violence INSTEAD of to understanding. Because... how could they understand why the world is so cruel?

Holly's story is essentially a prequel to S1, showing us why Mike started manifesting the UD into Hawkins. Mike internalizes a violent reality, one implied in S1 to have been a truth / secret told to him by Will.

Through the demogorgons, Mike uniwittingly forces ignorant Hawkins to confront the truth about themselves. He recants a story told to him - filtered though his dnd-pilled, black/white view of the world.

Stranger Things asks the question - if children could reveal the truth about our world... what would they show us?

Mike's Clown Ego (the manifestor) wants to kill the Batman (the accepting ego who understands he can only control his own actions and, as he enters adulthood, choose to be a protector for others even if he can't save everyone).

If Kali (who represents Mike's belief that fate is written and nothing can change) convinces El (choice, Superman, The Dark Knight) to kill herself, then the Joker (Mike's latent desire to force the world to confront it's true colors) WINS.

Fun fact, Mike is also associated with the moon. He is The Man on the Moon who entrusts to Will the power to save him from himself. He does this because he believes Will can do it. Read about that here, here, and here.

This is coding for the mindflayer, too ^

Did you know... Henry calls his house a Sanctuary. Like the spaceship Sanctuary II (lol Eleven), once belonging to Thor - which Thanos stole (I think).

[sterlingarcher23]

Wi·nteko·wa - Owl

This might interesting to you @o11yradio

And everyone should read this:

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There's are images of owls when Hopper and Joyce visit the Ives' - one near Joyce, one near Hopper.

For Hopper it's extremely important to understand the Pumpkin Conspiracy and the Old Copper's trick.

In Season 4 there are three owls near Max, a big one and two little ones.

What is the owl?

The Wendigo

You all probably know the Wendigo from games like Until Dawn or books/films like Pet Cemetery, Ravenous or the Hannibal series that depicts Hannibal as a Wendigo . Usually malevolent (but not necessarily), but definitely cannibalistic in nature.

The "stag man" from Hannibal, a reference towards the Wendigo.

Quote: The Stag Man is a creature that appears to be Will Graham's imaginary manifestation of the Copycat Killer, later revealed to be Hannibal Lecter. (Source)

The word Wendigo is an old native American word, Wi-nteko-wa, which means owl.

Quote: The word has been reconstructed in Proto-Algonquian as *wi·nteko·wa, with the potential meaning 'owl'. (Source)

I already talked about the fact that both Will and Max gave something in their heads.

Same way both are indicated to be the Thing (There's something very wrong with this thing between you and El) The Thing is essentially the idea of absorption, assimilation and consumption. Just like the Wendigo is as a horror figure but also as a concept.

Additionally one should not forget Vecna who is represented as an owl on the chessboard. The chess pieces are the same as used in Blade Runner - called the Immortal Chess game. (now references and metaphors change depending on the context, that's why Max in this scenario is associated with a hawk, so don't be confused - this is actually very normal in ST even within scenes)

The Wendigo was a central aspect of the 1999 film Ravenous (which is on the inspo board). Here, Colonel Ives describes it:

Well, and Max definitely watched "the attitude" as Billy, sorry William told her.

Nomen est omen - Billy's name is William. Will's name is William.

Btw Ravenous is a super gay film.

The Blade Runner owl

The owl probably a reference towards the Blade Runner owl, an artificial owl, a replicant - an artifical bio-engineered robotic being. Identifiable by the gleam in the eye - btw also a popular, yet incorrect, theory how you identify the Thing in the film of the same name. The eye gleam.

Like the unicorn in El's room, the origami unicorn is used as an indicator that Deckard in Blade Runner is actually a replicant bc he dreams of it.

Now, I don't think that Max is a "replicant" herself, I would argue that she's more an original that has been replicated as implied in this little scene (and in the post above in the Masters of the Universe section) but that this is pointing to El's body being artificial/cloned or something - maybe that's why Hopper is covering up his owl? - A strong argument is the bottle clip and revival description "She places a hand on Max's chest. On her heart" basically saying that Max's physical heart is Els own physical heart. - I think there may actually be just two originals, maybe even only one and that one may not even be Henry.

As said before, the BR-owl is showing and eye gleam or "blind eye" too, so this is probably a cross-reference to the Wendigo as Will, Vecna and Max show a "blind" eye or better Max's mirror image.

The BR-owl is both: a cue for the Wendigo and/or a replicant (which is clearly derived from the word replica imo)/replica element and the unicorn for a replicant that isn't an owl (El who doesn't absorb, while the "Things" do).

So, clones, copies, "replicants", imitations with implanted minds or "false" memories ... El about her existence as Jane Ives:

(And I guess Will too)

Additional links:

Papa, Mama, Home

"Papa" looks like El

Silver cat

Complete overview/Masterpost

These characters mirror one another (depending on the context).

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AH thanks for tagging this was CRAZY. When I got to MewTwo in the noreasontobeupset interlude and then the Henry Will parallel at the end I was so gagged lmfao.

I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY

HEDWIG = 8 + 5 + 4 + 23 + 9 + 7 = 56 = 5 + 6 = 11 (I'll get back to her eventually I promise)

HEAD and WIG (that's not a bowl! // it's a bomb!)

No wonder they're so dedicated to Will's bowlcut. Refresher:

Will & Max = BOWL = VESSEL = CRUCIBLE (alchemy connection)

TFS: "Orphans are heroes, Wonder Woman was made out of clay"

Below is a crucible. And the volcanoes in S5 promo and S1 photo.

Dante's Peak = Jaws-like movie about a volcano ft. Linda Hamilton

The Crucible (1995) film:

"It's not on a ship we'll meet again, Abigail, but in Hell."

"Leave me my name!"

"The "yellow bird" is a symbol of the girls' lies and the power of their collective hysteria."

So.

Based on what you noticed about Henry / Will parallels: We have two spirits made from clay (I am reading 'made' as their soul is brought to our dimension) and two crucibles to hold them.

If Will brought One here, and One brought El, that makes Will El's grandfather. (Vecna's grandfather clock is a William Humphrey's clock. + More on Forever Clocks and WillMax) If El saved Will's life, Will is living in a grandfather paradox, which is bridging his and Max's timeline's via El.

So El has WillMax DNA (once removed from Will). She is a CHIMERA.

CHIMERA = 3 + 8 + 9 + 13 + 5 + 18 + 1 = 57= 5 + 7 = 12 = 1 + 2 = 3

WillElMax = 23 + 9 + 12 + 12 + 5 + 12 + 13 + 1 + 24 = 111 = 3

WillEl = 23 + 9 + 12 + 12 + 5 + 12 = 73 = 7 + 3 = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1

ElMax = 5 + 12 + 13 + 1 + 24 = 55 = 5 + 5 = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1

Notice how the reunion frames aren't 1:1? They rhyme but they don't twin. I think WillEl are NOT drift-compatible (possibly because they are different 'species' (per Mike), boy vs girl, OR different timelines (new coke vs original coke).

Btw, Max Mayfield vs Mike Wheeler (XX vs XY) is haunting me, so if anyone can figure that out, kudos, cause I can not. My guess is in their normal New Coke timeline, ElMax is the WillMike equivalent. Also, A1Z26 byler = 62 = Samarium = Sam (ElMaxByler tether).

Anyways, speaking of drift compatible, Max and El definitely are:

Bridge ↑ El goes into Max's mind, and from there into Henry's. A mind within a mind.

On Jaegers: Don't forget that above we described El and One as bombs that Max and Will (our Jaegers) are harboring. Well...

56 = ElMax = Angels = Wings = Ketchup & Mustard, + blue = Elumax

Deers and Tigers usually represent Will but the greenorange colorway usually represents Chance.

"Jäger" (or Jager) means "hunter".

"Meister" means "master" or "teacher".

This next part is conjecture:

In Pacific Rim you can sometimes pilot a Jaeger robot with one person if the circumstances are dire (breaking Two Man rule) but it is dangerous. I think there is a chance when Will passes out in S5, One or MF will try to single-pilot his body and it will be unstable and Will will be a total possessed crashout worse than S2. El may single-pilot Max but why would she need to tbh. I think MF can pilot anyone but has no body of their own to return to, so they just do a bunch of townsfolk (including Mike). MF has to find people with trauma and issues because they need a reason to let the MF in (consent, neural handshake, making a deal with God).

Furthermore, if someone's Jaeger is empty (like Will's and Max's may be in S5), El may be able to bring a passenger with her into their minds. UGH there is a BTS photo of Lucas (Caleb) wearing one of these void-traveling wetsuits like El but I can't find it.

Back to Hedwig

"Eleanor Gillespie was a resident of Hawkins. Hopper remarked that the "worst thing which happened" in his four years as Hawkins Chief of Police "was when an owl attacked Eleanor Gillespie's head because it thought that her hair was a nest"."

Eleanor: 5 + 12 + 5 + 1 + 14 + 15 + 18 = 70

Gillespie: 7 + 9 + 12 + 12 + 5 + 19 + 16 + 9 + 5 = 94

70 + 94 = 164 = 1 + 6 + 4 = 11

Hedwig was an 11th birthday gift: Harry Potter's first ever birthday gift (birthdaygate).

She is a female owl played by male owls in the movies, and in the movies is mistaken referred to as a male owl in conversation (like both El and Max).

She is Harry's pet, obviously ("she's not your pet!").

Hedwig is a messenger (post on Hermes and cadaceus). BTW, someone made a post on Will's powers always activating when he is holding a rod but I lost it 😬.

Hedwig was tasked with sending a letter to Charles Weasley in Romania asking if he could take Norberta the Norwegian Ridgeback, Hagrid's temporary pet dragon, to Romania.

Hedwig was killed on 27 July 1997 during the Battle of the Seven Potters (YOOOOOOOOOOO!).

Saint Hedwig is the patron saint of orphans. TFS: "All the best heroes are orphans."

In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hedwig delivers the Nimbus 2000 broomstick, purchased by Minerva McGonagall, to Harry. In the book, however, six screech owls delivered it, not Hedwig. (Book vs. Movie = Alternate Universes)

Most importantly....

""Hedwig's Theme" is the musical leitmotif associated with Hedwig. Composed by John Williams, it's perceived by many to be the Main Theme of the Harry Potter films and is featured in some form or another in many other tracks throughout the franchise."

[o11yradio]

The Theory of Everything

The Science of Stranger Things maybe some of it..

Part 4 of Sentinel Gate Next part is the DnD connection.

Let's go.

The Theory of Everything is the quite-famous term for a hypothetical physics framework which would "unify all fundamental forces and particles in the universe into one coherent system". Basically, the theory explaining everything. This theory is also deterministic - meaning, it thinks that if we measured every particle on earth, we would be able to predict everything until the end of time. This would mean that humans don't have free will, and that chance or luck does not exist either.

(The Theory of Everything partly came about due to the Planck Scale, which is mentioned in the show by Dustin, and occurs during the Big Bang, and connects to the whole Inorganic vs Organic reactions thing, and also popcorn, but if I go on that tangent this will never get posted lol. Basically, popcorn represents love because love can not be controlled by the laws of physics. I did a post on popcorn = love before.)

The Duffer Brothers don't like this idea - I write about that here. A theme in Stranger Things is that trying to define ourselves, others, or the world, is reductive and harmful.

Yet, as we mentioned, One Way Mike does not agree with the DBs.

And Mike is surrounded by closures.

Like Brenner, Mike believes that if he leaves his circle, he loses. We covered that in this post, where we noticed that Mike thinks there is only One Way. Obviously, this is a metaphor for conformity, and the circle is like Mike's prison. But it is also so much more. It's science.

So, Mike is trapped in a closure. And, based on DnD lore, we know that the Mindflayer consumes worlds and makes them become one.

I wanted to find a closure for Mike to be trapped in that would represent that transition from multiple worlds to one.

Found it.

Once I found this, everything else clicked. Mike is in a crystal.

White light is a combination of all the colors, but when a beam of light hits a crystal, it slows, reflects, and disperses at all different rates. The electromagnetic wave frequency unique to each color becomes separate and distinguishable to the human eye.

This phenomena is called refraction, and actually happens a lot in nature, creating some wacky optical illusions.

This is probably what the scientists who were trying to make the Eldridge invisible were playing with.

We have many references in the show to the concept of crystals, like rainbow reflections following Mike around and this school poster. (Noah you're in the shot!).

Other references to crystals, like cubes, follow us throughout the show, too.

I picked this screenshot specifically because it has Mike Die (foreshadowing), Mike controlling fate (the roll of the dice being manipulated to spell his name), and a tape roll with a cutter (Mike ending everything). LIKE LMFAO.

If I went looking for Mike / grid imagery we would be here all day, but here is more cube closure from S5 promo. Notice how Mike is always at the scene of the crime.

A consideration within the Theory of Everything is Relativism, and inside that is Block Theory, basically that timelines can be contained in blocks. Pocket dimensions.

Consuming parallel pocket (fruit pocket) dimensions... very MF of you, Mike.

In A Wrinkle in Time, time is stored in a tesseract. Another crystal.

So Mike is trapped (or is he trapping us?) inside a backwards crystal, where everything is being forced to conform instead of to express, going from rainbow to bright white.

But... Will can see out of this crystal with True Sight. I think this is also a reference to Will's drowning, as this is what you see when you drown. Will's death/resurrection gave him a new perspective, a cone shaped perspective. His cone hat lol. Also, Snell's first name is Will!

This idea actually fits really well with our metaphorical interpretation so far, where One Way Mike is deterministic and Artist Will can see the truth, that reality is not so easily defined.

Now I'm gonna switch gears and get more into The Everything Theory. Either Noah was having a hard time keeping his hands still, or they really wanted us to notice Will's relationship with this prop.

Reminds me of the String Theory branch of the Everything Theory.

I promise I am not crazy I am just noticing patterns and sharing them as a hobby. Also, let the record show I am an econ major. I did have a Stephen Hawkings phase in elementary school tho 💀

Closures strike again...

Hm.

Right.

Braneworld theory proposes that parallel dimensions don't exist far away, they exist right next to us. Like the Void.

What Wheeler is saying in nerdspeak is that everything is code, 0 or 1, yes or no. CHOICES.

I present to you the science of Stranger Things, from Wheeler himself

You get to make yourself, your own life, and in fact, the whole entire world. You get to write your ending.

No deal with the mindflayer needed. Just CHOOSE TO DO IT.

I mentioned that Sentinel was a potential name for Stranger Things. Here is our Crystal and our Brane.

We aren't done yet guys, though that would have been a cute ending.

Wheeler's theories explain how time and space fold in on itself in a kind of curved spacetime. There is an explanation of it, and also an example of scientists using this theory for 'magic':

There may be more examples of this pattern in ST.

Okay, for the next post just remember that braneworlds aren't branes, branes just generalize your point of location, they are a reference point. So if you wanted to travel somewhere in time, you could try to identify a location at a specific time.

Also the concept of black holes 'having no hair' and El being bald..

[sterlingarcher23]

Season 5 is Upside-down

Okay, dear Scullys, Mulder speaking: Simply put everything is reversed, upside down, wrong. The entire Season 5 is just Vecna winning from the start. Why?

I realized that there are patterns for both ElMax and Lumax. And I predicted that these patterns should repeat themselves or better finalize themselves at specific episodes. ElMax in Episode 1 and Lumax in Episode 4. You can calculate that both these patterns would result in a 20.

ElMax: 8, 2, 9, 1=20

Lumax: 6, 4, 6, 4=20

Why 20? Because a natural 20 won.

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In the promo Mike rolls a 20 but it's actually a mirrored 1 as the numbers surrounding it are adjacent to a 1 not a 20. - The 20 there is a lie.

In the D&D game they rolled a natural 20 surrounded by the correct numbers.

I hear you say "But you are wrong it didn't happen." Well, not like I thought. Not right side up but upside down or better backwards.

Max is using the telescope, a "monocular" not a binocular, in Episode 5..

...and then there's this in Episode 8.

But they left clues for what's actually true:

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Think backwards, upside down, mirrored. Episode 5 is the 4th episode counting backwards. Episode 8 the 1st. - It's backwards. Upside-down.

My original prediction was that the final verses would be at 4 for Lumax and 1 for ElMax. - They just mirrored it making it 5 and 8. The prediction is correct in the correct timeline with the correct ending.

Henry's boy scout number is 110(6) - the 6 is hidden or out of focus, like Henry shown from front, you can only read '110', his full number is hidden. (this happened before with a graffiti number, a 29 disguising itself as 20) - so they point to the 110 as well as 11/6, the day on which Will disappeared.

Mirroring El's 011.

Two 11s

Both of these are connected, so point to each other as soon as they appear. Both is true. Both are entwined both are like Yin-Yang.

Rightside up / Upside-down

Light and darkness (which us why Henry claiming light is a complete reversal and mockery of the true light)

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Vecna is 1. Bd001 - Bad One. / The mindflayer is 1.

El is 1. One of the good Ones. / Max is 1.

Both are 110 and 011 as both are... One. - It's interconnected.

So, Season 5 is a twisted, reversed, upside down version of what should have been because they mirror the final verses of ElMax and Lumax.

But, since the original patterns are not in the correct order, there should be a version that is correct/true because Season 4 predicted a win with a correct die. In other words an actual rightside up Season 5.

Season 5 is a lie, a mockery! - And I demand the real shit, Duffers.

"The only way to get a straight answer out of Ranger One was to look at every reply in a mirror while hanging upside down from the ceiling.", Marcus about Sinclair, Babylon 5

[greenfiend]

Mike's leaked thoughts during Will's coming out scene...

"The one" being a romantic term. Mike became worried he's not "the one" for Will. This seems to be alluding to the fact that it's delaying Mike's path to bravery.

To further prove this point this literally occurred a few scenes prior and it began with...

Gate as in... closet door.

Murray is ready to "fly Santa's sleigh" after "Snookums" opened the gate but got delayed. His sleigh couldn't fly at the right time. Remember, flying is a metaphor used for queer joy and acceptance.

But don't worry, Santa's sleigh (Mike) eventually will be ready to fly.

[greenfiend]

We need more height!

They're using rainbow balloons to track down a signal. The symbolism is clear. Rainbows = queer symbolism, flying = symbolic for queer joy/acceptance.

In this balloon experiment, there are 3 participants.

Alpha = Scott Clarke, Beta = Erica, and Gamma = Murray.

Remember guys, we need to learn Greek...

In order to understand this scene, we need to go meta here.

Alpha = first, Beta = second, Gamma = third. The season is divided in 3 parts. This scene occurs in the last episode of vol 2 (ep 7).

Alpha asks Beta if there's any signal yet. Signal being associated with Mike/Will romantic moments... the show itself made that connection for us back in episode 3. Vol 1 of ST5 is asking vol 2 if there have been any moments thus far.

Vol 2 says negative, which is correct. Nothing. Vol 2 asks vol 3. Again, nothing.

Now Murray is frustrated as they've been trying to seek signals for six hours- which at this point, it had been roughly six hours into ST5 (this scene occurs near the beginning of ep 7).

They need to pinpoint the location, the "x".

Trilaterate is defined by: A method of surveying in which a whole area is divided into triangles.

Triangles is a nod to queer symbolism.

Murray says, they cannot trilaterate if they can't get a signal, "so let's just cut our losses now."

Scott agrees- this is the solution! Cut our losses. This is where we admit defeat, no signals, no Byler (for now).

More height is needed.

Take [something] to new heights: "To improve or advance something to a significantly better level."

The balloons (Stranger Things itself) needs to be set free and fly.

This is why they used the whole "stick the landing"/“landing the plane” sayings for the finale, this.is.a.bad.thing. Stranger Things needs to fly!

The balloons fly and...

Voila! The signal is found!

[greenfiend]

Caleb referred to the ending as “zenith” which is a synonym of “height”… the opposite of “sticking the landing” aka being grounded.

[erikiara80]

In TFS, Joyce is the one who tricks the audience by directing a secret play (where a baby is taken away from her mother. Behind the scenes though, they give the baby to Joyce and Bob tells her "She has your eyes"). And in S5 she is the Dungeon Master. Interesting.

Then we have this

In the parallel between the scene in 1x01 and El unlocking Carroll's door, it's interesting tha the kid says that he had a nightmare and dreamt that his doctor was giving him his shot.

In another parallel to Will's vanishing, El opens the door of Heather's house, and the same night Heather's parents are drugged and kidnapped (and put in a car's trunk!)

This parallels the scene where Terry tells her sister that "He took her" (her baby)

This is one of the articles (written by Frank Williams) that El finds in Terry's house: a nurse kidnapped a baby in a hospital, and later was found in her house, dead from a gunshot wound.

I think there are many hints throughout the show that there is much more behind Will's vanishing.

[squiddysides]

There's another article on the wall in season 1 or 2 where it claims that Joyce said that Hawkins was experimenting on Will during the week he went missing, right? She actually accused them of that in the press?

[erikiara80]

Yes, that's one of my favorite clues. And the most interesting thing is that they even use the same words of the article that Hopper reads in 1x03.

[walkablepurse50]

to state a little bit of the obvious, but i've not seen anyone say it plainly yet, literally every plotline in s4 sets up conformitygate. it's literally:

1. hawkins - setting up vecna as an antagonist and how he uses his powers. he wins, ultimately.

2. california/nevada - setting up the mike and will romance and the mike and el breakup before a sudden pivot.

3. nina - about being imprisoned in memories.

4. russia - a prison escape that is literally the only plotline where they actually WIN win.

and alllllll the symbols in s4 are so clear compared to previous seasons. the colour coding is 10x more obvious. the subtext is 10x more blatant. like. c'mon.

[erikiara80]

Nina, where everything looks staged, inside and outside the water tank, and a "curtain" falls, twice.

The lab/Emerald City, where a fake wizard hides behind a curtain

No Yellow Brick roads though

Because it's not about space, it's about memories (maybe even a time loop. But the cycle won't end until they find and face the source of the pain and the trauma, the wound that is festering, and accept the good and the bad, to finally heal and become whole)

Interesting that Max wakes up in the very place where everything was staged, a memory, and then we see her, El and Kali on an actual stage, in a labyrinth of memories.

But also

[nightnut]

DUFFERS WHEN I CATCH YOU DUFFERS

[shadowedvales-bye]

i’m reading suspicious minds, the stranger things novel revolving around terry ives and martin brenner and their mkultra involvement. i’m going to start sharing some moments which i specifically incorporate into my portrayal, including the ives family, brenner, kali, mkultra and the lab! just because it’s good for me to have on the blog, and i thought some of yall might be interested! it’s genuinely such a good book, and i follow its canon much more than the show. 🖤

Eight continued to sleep as he got out and walked around to her door. He slowly opened it, pressing her back so she wouldn't tumble out into the parking lot. He'd sedated her for safety while traveling. She was too important an asset to leave to other people. Thus far the other subjects' abilities had proven uncontrollable. Or worse, disappointing.

“There is every reason to believe that a combination of chemical psychedelics and the right inducements can unlock the secrets we need. Think of the intelligence advantages alone if we can persuade our enemies to talk, if we can make them suggestible and exert control.. But we can't get the results we want without the right people, period. It is nothing to manipulate a weak mind. We need those with potential.”

“Uh-oh,” Andrew said. “The Girl Most Likely to Change the World is reporting for duty.” / “I'm just curious," Terry said and made a face at him. “And that's not what this is.” She'd never live down that yearbook caption... or the way she always had a million questions to ask about every-thing. Her dad had taught her to always pay attention-she didn't want to miss a chance to do something that mattered. It was frustrating enough to live so far from San Francisco or Berkeley, where the seismic shifts in culture were taking place... where challenging the government's policies on the war was a daily part of life, not something half the people around still looked at you weird for even if they privately agreed. So what if none of her questions had ever panned out into anything? Maybe this time would be different. And she'd get an extra fifteen dollars. With that kind of payoff, Becky wouldn't make a peep of protest.

Terry and Becky's dad had served in World War II, and he had seen some terrible things there. He never talked about them in front of the girls, but Terry had heard him wake up with a shout one night and snuck out to see what was wrong. She'd ended up crouched by her parents' bedroom door in her night-gown, eavesdropping. Her dad had told her mom about a camp they'd helped bring people out of, at the end. “Their own people, crammed together like sardines, thin as skeletons... and those were the ones who lived.” He had dreams, he said, dreams where he worked at the camp and didn't do anything to stop it. “You'd never do anything like that,” her mom had reassured him. “It’s not in you.” / “I’d like to think not,” he said, “but I know a lot of the men who worked there must have felt the same way before the war. Alot of their wives, too. It could happen here. That's what wakes me up.” / “No, it couldn't,” her mom had said. “I like that you think that, honey.” / “I don't know if I could stand life if I didn't. I can't even understand how hard that must be, Bill.” Terry had felt such love for them both in that moment. Her dad, who'd had to witness such horrors that he questioned even himself. Her mom believing in him, when he wasn't sure. Her dad always watched the news, every single night, and told them how important it was to stay involved. What a gift the right to vote was. How they should always be on alert, that you never knew if it would be your turn to make sure freedom was preserved. Terry had taken those lessons seriously; Becky and her mom had always thought too seriously. But her dad had been proud of her.

“Are you strong-willed?” Terry considered. “I'm here, aren't I?” / “I suspect you do meet the basic criteria. But ...” Doctor Brenner paused, studying her. He didn't seem sold, not yet. She searched her memory for what Alice had said about that advertisement in the paper. She didn't think he'd be interested in the qualities she might list in her outstanding abilities column: able to serve six to eight tables without forgetting anyone's order (harder than it sounded), never mixing up caf and decaf, doing homework at the last minute and still getting decent grades, making Andrew laugh when he didn't want to, occasionally cheering up Becky... “And I am remarkable,” she said. “Fine,” he said, as if a scale had tipped. Or maybe he was humoring her. “I suppose you are. Now sit down.” Terry hated being told what to do, but again, she sat.

She'd have to keep this quiet around Becky. Her sister didn't soak up the same lessons from their dad. When Terry would write letters about the war and send them off to their congressmen, Becky said it was better to know now that people like them had to work hard to survive, rather than be pumped full of hot air thinking they could change the world for the cost of a stamp. Maybe Becky would never have to know what Terry was doing at all.

[cara-ti-amo]

Creelby is the key to Byler Endgame... just not in the way you're thinking (what I'm calling #BobGate)

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Like the title implies, some of you may be SHOCKED by this photo, and others may have long been on the "Mr. Clarke is the traitor/connected to Tharizdun" train....

Well, guess who just hopped on?

Between the rumblings on social media and the Puzzled clues (which I'll be going over in a minute), it was this part of the Tristan and Isolde story (Part Seventeen) that really crystallized it for me:

[...] Day breaks, and [Tristan and Isolde] are caught by King Mark, who got the heads up from Tristan's own best friend, Melot (I have my theories on who this is in ST, but I'll keep them to myself). A fight ensues between Tristan and Melot, which ends with Tristan allowing Melot to stab him.

You can say I'm not keeping my theories to myself anymore.

Melot is Tristan's best friend in Wagner's opera, but in Arthurian legend, Melot was the dwarf knight who accused Lancelot and Guinevere of adultery due to his own jealousy (toward Lancelot or Guinevere, I wonder?). He then fought Lancelot in a trial by combat, with the assistance of King Arthur's nephews Agravain and Mordred.

Similarly, you have Tonio in Pagliacci (Part Ten), a fellow actor whose lust for Nedda drives him to betray her (leading to her death), as well as the character Marvin Hudgens from Dark of the Moon (the play within the play in TFS).

Throughout the play, Marvin lusts after Barbara Allen (despite her devotion to John) and it's through his embrace that Barbara succumbs to the church's religious fervor and breaks her vow to John, turning him back into a witch.

So, going back to Tristan und Isolde's Melot: If Bob = Tristan, Henry = Isolde, and King Marke = the MF/Tharizdun (aka Mother Goose)...

Then I suspected there had to be a Melot too* -- a traitor (disguised as a friend) who sold out Bob/Henry during the timeline of The First Shadow, and prompted Bob to deny his feelings for Henry and/or betray him by other means.

*My assumption is based on the fact that the Thessalhydra campaign from the end of S1 was clearly inspired by the Tristan and Isolde legend (on top of the fact that the ST writers are confirmed to use operas as inspiration).

Why do I think "Melot" is Mr. Clarke?

Per Mike, not only did Mr. Clarke mention Bob's founding of the Hawkins Middle AV Club to him, but --

This 'photo' of Bob and Scott is from The Tomb of Ybwen comics.

This gives room to interpret that Bob Newby and Scott Clarke not only went to school together, but that they were close friends...

And yet, he's completely absent from TFS -- even though his appearance would've been a fun addition for fans.

@aemiron-main, as always, is way ahead of the curve in noticing shit others don't. I'm just now learning about Creelarke and damn, Bobgate and Creelarke are not so different. We followed a lot of the same breadcrumbs, but clearly came to different conclusions.

However, @aemiron-main found that, in the TFS audition tapes, Bob was speaking to someone who could've been Scott Clarke. However, those lines (and presumably that character) were erased entirely in the current version of the play. Likely because they didn't want the implications of Scott's presence out there.

Not only that, but OP also found it suspicious that Alan Munson/Allen Munson, who plays the Conjur Man (the "King Triton" of Dark of the Moon), had his name spelling glitch out on the TFS website in 2023 (though that's not the case anymore).

Per the play, Alan's known to be a hardcore method actor. So much so, Hopper thinks he may be the one behind the animal deaths...

Excerpt from TFS transcript:

Hopper: "All right, Conjur Man. I read the play. I know who you are. The Conjur Man is the king of witches. He kills with his death magic. You got so lost in the role that you actually believed that you were the devil. That's why you killed all those animals. Because you never break character!"

We the audience know that Hopper has come to the wrong conclusion... but did he?

In his son Eddie's spinoff novel Flight of Icarus, Alan is depicted as a hardened criminal. But, realistically, does that sound like the life path of a thespian to you?

What if "Alan" was so method that not only was he playing a convincing Conjur Man, he was playing a convincing Alan Munson?

What if, like Patty is an illusion to distract Henry/the audience from Creelby, "Alan" was an illusion to keep the audience from discovering who the real "Conjur Man" was --

CLARKE -- a name that appropriately means 'scholar', but also means --

CLERIC.

Per the Forgotten Realms Wiki:

This affirms not all clerics are necessarily *good.*

In Part Twelve, I posited that the "god" Henry served (against his will), was the MF.

Who is Scott Clarke's?

Mother Goose herself -- Tharizdun.

Netflix Puzzled has not only been teasing Tharizdun (spirals, Mother Goose references), but they've also been teasing a weasel, a snake in the Party's midst. But the latest one caught my eye:

UMPS was a cheeky answer for "authority on diamonds" -- referring to baseball umpires ("the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling disciplinary actions"). Sounds a lot like a Dungeon Master in DND. Now is this referring to our usual DM Mike, or another ump who's taken over the game (Mother Goose)?

I ran with this, having recently realized that part of Mike's Hunt for the Thessalhydra campaign was directly taken from "Sing a Song of Sixpence" by Mother Goose. Implying that the campaign was just as much her design as it was Mike's.

But is it possible she was able to act, to officiate her campaign and enforce its rules through her devoted servant, Mr. Clarke?

From Tomb of Ybwen:

"She likes it cold."

Not to mention Mr. Clarke is literally the one who gives Will the map that starts him on that quest. Speaking of --

Who was there right from the beginning to help the Party?

Finding the scrap of fabric that led Hopper to Hawkins Lab

Explaining how the Upside Down worked via "the Flea and the Acrobat" metaphor (tightrope was another Puzzled clue from 1/22!)

Showing the Party how to make the sensory deprivation tank, allowing them to find Will and bring him back to Hawkins (filled with demodog larvae -- creatures that would later build the tunnels)

Getting Joyce to realize there was an AC transformer messing with the magnets, leading her to the Russians

Teaching Erica about wormholes, which would get the Party to 'realize' that the UD was one

Tracking Dustin's telemetry tag in the UD using balloons (bdaygate AND clowngate imagery)

And finally, actually getting to join the Party on "one last" quest to the UD/Abyss (although he seems to disappear at points without explanation)

Like the best of DMs, Mr. Clarke explained the rules of the world to the Party, gently steering them along their way without interfering too much, but always making sure they ended up in the right place every time.

Or at least making them think they were.

Again, if Mike was Vecna'd and the events of Ep 8 were all an illusion, it's very possible Mr. Clarke's planting of the wormhole theory was all part of Mother Goose's plan.

What that plan is? Still in the air (but I have a feeling E.T. may have something to do with it...)

Why did Mr. Clarke turn to Mother Goose?

The 'how' is still a mystery to me (though I assume it must be similar to how Henry got tethered to the MF), but if Tonio, Marvin Hudgens, and Melot are any indication --

Scott Clarke's motive was jealousy.

@aemiron-main's page has many proofs showing Scott Clarke's queer-coding. And, despite being depicted as somewhat of a ladies' man, in the Conformity!Ending we saw that maybe in Scott Clarke's perfect ending, he'd be with a dude:

Peep that rainbow tie that seems to fade in and out of grey *in the scene*.

There's also a lot of similarities between Scott and Mike (more so now with the DM stuff). So much so, people think Mr. Clarke could be Mike from the future:

Now, I'm not here to shut down that theory, but let's say I don't think that's the exact direction they're going in.

Again, Mike is the Bob/Tristan/Silvio/Barbara of the "love triangle" -- he's no Melot.

Scott, we can assume, had a close friendship with Bob and/or romantic intentions of his own, when in swooped the new kid, Henry Creel, and started taking up Bob's time and attention.

It could also be the other way around, with Scott wanting Henry, but my guess is Bob's Tonio was Scott/Mother Goose, while Henry's was Patty/MF.

Of course, this being the American Midwest in the 1950s, none of these boys could openly act on their feelings. Open queerness/queer relationships between schoolchildren was (and continues to be) a huge taboo.

But what if Scott Clarke could use that to his advantage by outing Bob and Henry? Or snitching on them in such a way that Principal Newby, the Creels, and/or Dr. Brenner got involved?

What if, by putting his friend Bob in such a tight spot, Scott forced Bob to betray Henry by either denying his queerness and/or throwing all the blame on poor Henry?

A betrayal that would truly turn Henry Creel into a monster.

This scene from Luca comes to mind (starring Jack Dylan Glazer aka the Eddie to Finn Wolfhard's Richie. Oh God, will the layers never cease?)

Perhaps Scott hoped that with Henry out of the way, he'd have Bob for himself again and they could become finally something.

But, with Bob's memories wiped and/or shoved deep in the closet with the rest of him --

Perhaps this fruitless endeavor turned Scott Clarke into something of a monster too (under MG's influence).

What if Scott "leveled up" from being a mere cleric?

After all, who is Mike the Brave said to fight on dungeon crawls?

If Henry is the monster (along with the rest of Mr. Baldo aka the Thessalahydra), and Will (theoretically) is the sorcerer...

...Then who is the evil wizard?

I rest my case.

However, this new parallel of Melot/Scott Clarke raises another question...

If the "sad song" was about Sir Tristan and Isolde/Silvio and Nedda/Barbara and John/Bob and Henry being betrayed by their "friend" Melot/Tonio/Marvin/Scott --

Then who is the "Melot" in Mike and Will's song?

Who has (intentionally or unintentionally) been keeping Mike and Will apart?

I think @anotherjlynn may know who. || I'm linking it rather than elaborating because it's their theory that I just stumbled on by chance, but it makes so much sense in the context of Byler/Creelby and the parallels established (also check out Part Eight again). I'm still reeling from it and I think it's best you sit down when you read this one.

Again, @aemiron-main found an interesting TFS parallel* between Patty and Scott:

"So, I was rewatching the TFS scene where Patty makes Henry say he loves her, and there’s a line that Patty says right before the “I love you,” line:

And I sat here like. Gee. That’s an eerily familiar line- WAIT A MINUTE:

Scott says the EXACT SAME THING."

We already know Patty isn't quite what she seems... and it seems, neither is Scott Clarke (and another "best friend").

Hey, if Bob Newby and Henry Creel could fall in love, then --

"ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE."

One final thing to mention re: Mr. Clarke:

There's been talk of clowns lately in relation, not only to El, but to Hopper's daughter Sara (@persistentmimicgrail + @columbinairlgirl).

Notice that Sara isn't only wearing clowns on her hospital gown. She's holding a Conformity Orange Tiger too. Not to mention what is said to have killed her was Hopper's exposure to AGENT ORANGE in 'Nam (which was referenced again in S5, Ep 8).

Of course, you know I have a strong opinion on what clowns mean in the world of ST (if you don't, check Parts Four and Ten). And, in Part Seventeen, I tacked on another head to the thessalhydra that I dubbed Mr. Baldo -- Mother Goose.

Who was the first person who mentioned Sara* on ST? Again, Mr. Clarke is at the scene of the crime.

*Also, how weird that Mr. Clarke, who lives in a small town and supposedly went to school with Hopper (since he was also in school with Bob) knew nothing about Sara... Nor did Hopper seem to know Scott.

Now, I can do more digging, but I'm interested in seeing what other people have thought on the subject.

If more mind-wiping/illusion-making nonsense was involved re: Sara, it makes you wonder what details were changed, who could've been replaced in those memories... and who did the replacing.

Much to think about... the puzzle has many more pieces that haven't quite slotted in yet, but I have a feeling they'll keep revealing themselves as we get closer to the Lunar New Year...

Until then --

Stay tuned.

Disclaimer: I'm going to break my evidence for this theory into different posts under #BobGate (also #PuzzleGate), but if possible, let's keep this contained to Tumblr because I think there are folks who might care about being spoiled for what I think is going to be an amazing twist (if #conformitygate is in fact real) **I haven't come across a theory exactly like it [though actually, @aemiron-main's Creelarke theory comes pretty damn close! Not to mention "Mr. Clarke is the traitor" re: Tharizdungate exists], but in case someone else also had the thought -- lmk!

[forever-hyperfixating]

Who could have possibly unplugged the WSQK tower? Wait… Mr Clarke?!

I guess it would need to be someone who knows about this kind of thing…

Great Scott! A red light? The Flux Capacitor is down again!

Is the WSQK tower involved with time travel? Or memory bending (Max time travelled through the 50s through memories)? The Flux Capacitor is the machine used to time travel in Back to the Future. WSQK = Flux Capacitor?

Joyce: Is that bad?

Robin, lying: I mean, it could be!

Robin (to Will), 30 seconds later: Obviously I was lying.

Could that mean that it’s a good thing that someone messed with the tower?

It’s fixable, but it’s a two-man job

You mean the signal that many now believe is the Mind Flayer (Mindy) enforcing compliance by broadcasting through the particles that spilled into Hawkins at the end of s4? Those signals were interrupted?

Vecna = Remote Radio Head? Perhaps he was using the WSQK signals so that he doesn’t need to be strung up all the time.

Maybe the MF was using the tower to convert particles into radio waves. The Remote Radio Head reduces the need for cables (vines) and carries the signal better through tunnels and rural areas. It improves the quality of her signal.

In conclusion:

- The Tower Losing Connection scene = the “Great Scott!” scene symbolically. This implies that they’re connected subtextually

- WSQK radio waves = bad. We already knew this because Robin said in-show that Will is a receiver of the hivemind’s signals. Mindy Flair is in control of the WSQK broadcast. Robin uses the broadcast to encourage compliance before someone disconnects it

- The Remote Radio Head is more efficient than coaxial cables. Cables = the vines that Vecna uses to cast his illusions from the top of his radio tower (the Creel house attic). I have a feeling that the tunnels are connected in some way as the RRH’s signals are more efficient in tunnels than cables would be

- I have a feeling that some form of time travel is involved

- Mr Clarke being the one to unplug the radio tower ended up being the weakest point in this theory. (This started as a semi-crack-theory before I noticed the parallels). It’s still possible that it was him, but…

Looking at the (limited) evidence, I think there’s cause to believe it was actually a future Dustin or Steve who unplugged it, assuming time travel was involved. Remember that poster from the Documentary featuring Steve and Dustin, the Back to the Future one? Dustin knows his way around cables and Steve watched Jonathan reconnect it so he could have, as well.

[dearest-loveliest-elizabeth]

Stranger Things borrowed some things from Beetlejuice, actually…

I mean, 80s movie, and a cult classic with Winona Ryder. Like, obviously they did.

Barbara and Adam Maitland are a happy married couple who died because they fell into the river (while inside their yellow car) and drowned. (If you drown, it’s because you have no air left, because you suffocate.)

Everything going on with cars… Credits to @erikiara80 for realizing Max literally mentioned dying in a car, and her post with many many other references (like Fred and his car crash related trauma, and Billy almost dying in his car)

We meet Adam before he died, working on his model of the town. We meet Mr Clarke in s3 doing the same thing

And, talking about Mr Clarke’s Hawkins model (or model of an imaginary town), there’s a tiny Easter egg of Beetlejuice’s tomb! (I did NOT find this, credits to this YouTube video)

The Maitlands died on this covered bridge that kinda looks like the s5 farm (this is a stretch yeah I know)

The Deetz family move into their house after they died, and they have a daughter (played by Winona Ryder)

Lydia is 15, an outcast, and from New York (where st originally took place) but moved to another state. So El or Will, but mainly, Jonathan.

She's proudly strange and unusual and doesn’t seem to have many friends (Jonathan is that you)

She also loves her camera and taking photos.

(Like mother like son)

Barbara and Adam dressed up as ghosts using a sheet to scare the Deetzs (since they can’t see them, seeing a flying bedsheet probably would scare them) vs El dressed up as a ghost for Halloween using a sheet, looking very similar to them (holes in her eyes, etc)

Lydia also took a picture of Barbara and Adam, which proved they’re ghosts (cause they have no feet), and Jonathan took a picture of the demogorgon, which proved Joyce wasn’t crazy and Will (and Barb) could be alive.

No one can see/hear Barbara and Adam, but they can see/hear other people. You can listen to things from the outside world while in the ud, so Will would have been able to listen to Joyce but Joyce wouldn’t have been able to.

Barbara and Adam saying that “We haven’t left the house since the funeral” vs Will communicating with Joyce through the lights (which are inside his house) and seemingly always being in the same place (either his house or castle byers) vs Barbara and Adam wanting the deetzs to move out because 1) it’s their house and they’re completely remodeling it, and 2) they’re stuck there for 125 years vs Lonnie going to the byers’ house and acting like they can be a family again even tho it’s not his house and has no place there AND also fixing the hole in the wall that Joyce made (lowkey remodeling) + all the construction stuff surrounding Lonnie…

Image credits to @greenfiend

Lydia’s special, the only one able to see Barbara and Adam, and Beetlejuice wants her help. El being the only one with powers, and Henry wanting her on his side once, and Will being the one to get kidnapped, and possessed, and possibly having powers, and Vecna having some weird obsession with him (“he wants to kill” “Kill you?” “No, not me. Everyone else”) and probably wanting him on his side in s5…

Also Lydia being the only one able to see the ghosts (until the exorcism when everyone saw them) vs Will being the only one able to sense Vecna. Could even go as far as saying: Will being the only one to see and feel the mf until the exorcism when it came out and Joyce, Jonathan and Nancy saw the black particles leaving his body.

(Adam and Barbara possess the deetzs and their guests (except Lydia) at their dinner party, in hopes that this scares them and they’ll leave their house. The deetzs then try to contact Adam and Barbara, but instead accidentally do an exorcism)

Lydia sees Barbara and Adam (who are dead) and thinks it must be a dream (it’s not). Joyce sees Will (after they found “his” body, so supposedly dead) while she’s sleeping, lonnie tells her it’s in her head (it’s not).

Also the context behind these shots is very different, but to me the shots are similar.

Character seeing something supernatural and getting scared, while an unnatural light shines against their face. (Lydia’s green, Will’s yellow).

Lydia also writes a suicide note:

I am alone. I am utterly alone. By the time you read this, I will be gone, having jumped plummeted off the Winter River Bridge.

Wow okay. She crossed out “jumped” and changed it to “plummeted”. Meaning she isn’t planning on jumping, but just letting herself fall. Into the water. If she’s plummeting from a bridge in a river, she’ll fall in the water. Mmmm

Troy tells Mike to jump, Mike doesn’t jump, just lets himself fall.

However she ends up not committing, just like Mike ends up being saved by El.

Also, fun to mention, if Lydia planned on killing herself by jumping plummeting into the winter river bridge, that means she would have died in the same place Barbara and Adam did, since it’s the same river where their car fell. Mike jumping plummeting into the quarry, where “Will’s” body was found…

Barbara and Adam are staying in the attic, Henry is always spending time in the attic. Bettlejuice is also always in the attic. In the attic, Adam had his town model he loved, and in the attic, Henry had his spiders. First scene of the movie is Adam finding a spider on his town model.

Now to Beetlejuice, finally.

He can possess people. He does possess people. All ghosts are able to possess people, Barbara and Adam possess people aswell.

First thing Beetlejuice did upon appearing, is unconsensually kissing Barbara. All the SA imagery surrounding Vecna and the mf possession and “try and stay very still, it’ll all be over soon”…

Also, Beetlejuice forces Lydia to marry him if she wants to save Barbara and Adam during the exorcism, to which she initially agrees to out of desperation, but then says no, but bettlejuice talks for her, basically giving away her choice (all the nonconsensual stuff going around with Will + Henry, or just Will in general…). Beetlejuice wanting to marry her cause if he marries a mortal then he can cause trouble in the world of the living vs “We’re going to do such beautiful things together, Will… Such... beautiful things.”

In the second draft of the script that I found on the internet, there are some INCREDIBLY CREEPY scenes involving Beetlejuice.

BETELGEUSE: So a daughter? She got good legs? God, I love a young leg.

Air blows up Barbara's dress, exposing her legs. He leers.

BARBARA: She's only fourteen.

[…]

BETELGEUSE (rubbing hands): How does she feel about short old men with dirty ears?

[…]

BETELGEUSE: So you, the dead, want me, the undead, to throw the live guys Mommie, Daddy and Lolita, who might not mind a tumble with an older guy, out into the cold?

(In another scene, talking to Lydia)

BETELGEUSE: How'd you like to have the biggest boobs in the world?

He’s also described as a pervert by Barbara. Uh yeah.

In the musical (which, since it came out in 2019, I don’t think was a st inspiration) there’s the song Say My Name, which I’ve always thought was very Henry towards Will.

Also cool to mention how “dead” and “gone” are shown as different through the movie.

BETELGEUSE: They are dead.

LYDIA: Of course they're dead. They're ghosts.

BETELGEUSE: No, I mean they're gone.

Just like El makes this distinction too.