âbe kind, please rewindâ
Iâve seen a few interesting posts about these mysterious 11 tapes here and here, and itâs got me thinking & diggingâŠ
Did you know it looks exactly like the Limited Edition Season 2 tape?
(same yellow sticker and everything!)
This was Season 1 for comparison:
Like itâs been mentioned, the Snowball â84 being crossed out is literally Season 2 being overwritten.
And the definition of red tape might as well be the definition of what conformitygate feels like đ
There was also this interesting 80s RCA/Columbia Home Video anti-piracy campaign:
Weâve all theorised that the colour red is like an alarm. A symbol of the corrupted truth, screaming to be looked at closer.
Letâs apply this âif it isnât red, it isnât realâ rule:
Most of Season 5 clips uploaded to YouTube has this red border around it. (could be just a style choiceâŠor maaaybe not)
And to me itâs asking us to question, âam I real?Am I as real as Iâm claiming to be?â
If it isnât red, it isnât real:
If it isnât red, it isnât real:
If it isnât red, it isnât real:
The yellow âbe kind, rewindâ sticker on the tape also has implications of its own.
Surveillance but also corruption (see link in this post):
And also connects to the Watchmen:
This S4 teaser included a nod to The Watchmen âDoomsday Clockâ, which symbolised the looming apocalypse with the time stuck on 5 mins to Midnight:
(A user on Reddit clarified the exact time on the clock:)
Once it reaches Midnight, Game Over. And thatâs exactly what happened in S4 - they lost.
So S5 continues to not make sense:
Most of us think the signs are pointing to âre-windingâ the proverbial tape to S2 and The Snowball, where everything literally went Upside Down:
Itâs interesting because The Snowball is also the same episode when they âclosedâ the Mothergate:
(Erica said it!! We have to go backâŠ)
El closing âthe Mothergateâ:
Does this possibly imply that something went wrong when the Mothergate was closed? Willâs connection was severed but still dormant. In S5, Will even mentioned himself that closing the gate didnât work for him. Does this mean they need to go back to the Snowball, and also rewrite events of closing the gate??
And speaking of S5 maybe all being in Mikeâs head, Mr. Whatsit seems to be a manifestation of himself at the Snowball đ
Something about that night continues to haunt him:
There are also some Matrix connections:
(if it isnât red, it isnât real)
Itâs been pointed out by Kelly on TikTok that a lot more CG edits are leaning into The Matrix hints:
People who accepted the ending took âthe blue pillâ (comfort and happiness)
People who thought S5 felt off took âthe red pillâ (conformitygate)
And if you saw the âblack catâ twice in The Matrix, it means thereâs a glitch in the simulation:
Their realities seem to be looping over and over again. And by the time we got to S5, no one in Hawkins seemed to have noticed.
Thatâs why the inconsistencies like shifting colours and false memories (Willâs speech) suddenly became more obvious. Itâs begging us and the characters to notice the truth of their realities.
If itâs not red, itâs not real:
I think the painting is part of taking âthe red pillâ and waking up to the truth.
Canât help but notice their red & blue ties here đ
Iâd say itâs time to âbe kind and rewindâ
And if their memories are corruptedâŠin order to go back and remember the truth, they possibly have to âunplugâ from the Matrix and Go Dark.
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