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Can we talk about how fucking funny it is that Season 4 finale is longer than the Season 5 finale actually
2 hours and 22 minutes versus 2 hours and 8 minutes
😭😭
Like why not just screen Season 4 finale in theatres too
Why is the documentary only 6 seconds shorter than the actual fucking finale that’s so fucking funny actually
Camp Know Where = Camp X
I know I’m not the only person who’s PISSED that we didn’t get a season of the kids at camp…
Like Season 3 could’ve been a summer camp season. SO on theme for the horror of it all, all of the summer slashers and NOTHING?
Unless 🫣 unless Dustin’s time in Camp Know Where is where he’s meeting his little Suzie Q (for communications!)
Let me introduce you to Camp X! Also known as Special Training School (STS 103)! Oh and Camp Know Where is introduced in Stranger Things 301! The information here is quite limited, as it was basically a spy school…
“Camp X, training school for covert agents and radio communications centre in Canada… operated close to Whitby, Ontario, during World War II.”
Does this not sound like something Dustin would’ve eaten up!?
And we do have some proof of them being at a camp, at least for promotional materials:
Camp Baker
“The radio communications centre, with its high-speed transmitter known as Hydra”
Yes, the high-speed transmitter was called HYDRA!? Let me introduce you to my theory that Dustin created Vecna
“Hydra continued to operate on the site as the crucial and secure radio communications link for high-grade intelligence material passed between BSC, Ottawa, London, and Washington”
“A news article also indicates that ‘HAM Operators at Camp X used transmitters to send and receive coded messages from Britain behind enemy lines’"
It basically trained people in secret warfare,
Quick side note: it is also heavily associated with a place called Station M, "Nobody knows where Station M was. You won't read where it was in any book."
M marks the spot, X marks the spot… perhaps Camp X Know(s) Where Station M is… 👀
You know what’s interesting about Station M is that it short for ~Magic~, it was made by someone named Edward for someone named Henry, it was where Ian Fleming is rumored to have gotten inspiration for his the Q-Lab/Q-Branch/Q-Division in his James Bond series… 007 (… Q from Hawkins Happenings anyone?)
Camp X and Station M are both in Canada, which is interesting because like why Canada? “in March 1946 that Canada first entered what is now known as the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence-sharing community of states (Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States), which came to maturity during the Cold War.”
And we do have references to (1) Australia since Season 1, when Mike tries to reach it (this is also called DXing in AV speak, it’s like ‘breaking into’ the airwaves of another country), (2) Britain, pretty positive this is where Kali goes missing from, (3) United States, Hawkins duh, (4) Canada (Alice Johnson actually moves away from Hawkins in Suspicious Minds, to live with her cousins in Canada… she writes a code for her cousins to deliver to her parents… Alice and Bob in all of the encryption analogies), (5) tbh need help but at least the Lord of the Rings being brought up in Season 1 immediately…
Alice & Bob are thought to be based on the characters from *and I kid you not* the movie named Bob & Carole & Ted & Alice 😭😭
@nuffit partycule proof I guess lol 🤣
I *know* that Karen cheating plot-line is going to come back at some point!
Alice & Ted HENDERSON (😅) are the more ~conservative~ couple in this show wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf
Also Eve (or E… El) is usually short for eavesdropping, also sometimes… Yves (Ives…?)
Anyways, the precursor to the HYDRA was called the …ROCKEX… 🥲 also known as Telekrypton 🥲🥲 and I don’t even have time to get into this but Rockex
Telekrypton El’s kryptonite for the love of God
Anyways Camp X’s Hydra and Rockex are all ONE-TIME TAPE Vernam CIPHERS!?
TAPE!? TAPE…
Sure sure okay anyways
Also Kali going missing in London, the lost SISter okay like Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) based in London on Number 4 Chester Road 🤨👀 CHESTER THE MOTHERFUCKING DOG!?
Someone’s playing a long game of chess against the lab to shut it down I swear to GOD
The Byers Kitchen (2/2): "Rescue Me!"
Warning: Spoilers for ST, Cheers, and SVBIGTH
Picking back up from where we left off in PART ONE, discussing this shot from S3Ep1 of Stranger Things:
Featuring several symbols that may end up being powerfully relevant to ST5 Side B.
But first -- rewinding and zooming out to the context of the scene.
Joyce coming home from work, finding herself alone...
...And serving a dinner for one.
Note the symbols of #conformitygate here -- Conformity Coke and orange juice in the fridge.
And the mushrooms -- that can be hallucinogens, and produce spores (like the spores from the UD)...
Rockin' Robin, what do you know??
But back to Joyce -- who cracks open a bottle of wine (alcohol -- another mind-altering substance and depressant) and turns on an episode of Cheers, which of course, reminds her of the person she loved, who loved watching with her -- Bob.
In this flashback, we see Bob also has a glass of wine.
Bob, who was trapped in his own conformity!ending, but dreamed of escaping, only to walk it back, saying --
And while we're still on the topic of wine, the Cheers episode Joyce watches makes a very interesting mention --
Huh. Let's back this train up a bit.
I feel like I saw someone else make this observation before in a different context, so lmk if you know who/which theory it was.
The episode of Cheers Joyce is watching is the last episode of S3 (funny, because it's featured in the *first* episode of ST S3) -- titled
"Rescue Me" 👀
Who is doing the rescuing, who needs the rescuing, and what are they being rescued from?
In the Cheers episode, Diane Chambers (Diane having name associations with Mother Goose, mind you) is in Italy -- at a restaurant -- with her current boyfriend, the very brainy, pedantic Frasier Crane (who ended up getting a spinoff where he has a radio show 👀).
In a very unfortunate set of circumstances, Frasier is the Chianti drinker who suddenly pops the question and proposes he and Diane marry on the morrow.
However, a panicked Diane dials her ex, Sam Malone, the owner of Cheers, a bartender with a drinking problem and a wandering eye, who is rough around the edges, much less refined than Frasier, but has passionate chemistry with Diane.
Hop, mind you, was once married to a Diane.
Looks like a clear love triangle right?
Joyce = Diane
Bob = Frasier
Hopper = Sam
Except it's Hopper, not Bob, who proposes to Joyce in an Italian restaurant over a bottle of Chianti -- so who flipped the script there?
Back to Cheers: Diane dials Sam, hoping he'll tell her to turn down Frasier. However in a classic case of the miscommunication trope, Sam believes that Frasier is who Diane really wants and encourages her to marry him, while Diane believes, based on this reply, that Sam doesn't love her.
She says yes to Frasier's proposal and they make plans to marry the next day.
However, before we the audience have even begun to suspect what Sam will do with the news that Diane is getting married, he crashes the wedding and sweeps her off her feet (literally).
It looks like the two are set to live happily ever after --
Except it was all a fantasy in Sam's mind.
If all of this so far hasn't been proof that our people have been trapped in an illusion since the end of S2, idk what is...
But the episode doesn't end there. After being encouraged and discouraged by his friends to go after Diane, Sam decides to board a flight to Italy (procured for him by Cliff, the letter carrier), stop the wedding, and get his girl.
Except Diane has no idea and calls Sam again, hoping he won't answer bc he's on a flight to Italy (which he is).
However, we see the miscommunication trope at play again when there's an "interference in signals" -- Diane gets Sam's answering machine and, hearing Sam's voice, believes it's really Sam who answered, having decided not to go after her.
With Diane unintentionally deceived due to this signal interference, she decides to go ahead with the wedding as Sam sits on his flight to Italy, with the vaguest feeling something is amiss...
Off this foreboding image, THE SEASON ENDS ON A MASSIVE CLIFFHANGER.
So, what are our characters being rescued from?
Marriage, it would seem --
For those who don't know SVBIGTH is about a young woman with a blood curse whose fate is determined by who she marries: Marry incorrectly and she dies --
Or -- like the Witness -- get cold feet and become essentially immortal, but doom her fiancé and *his* bloodline, and have to witness each ill-fated wedding thereafter.
The secret third thing, is be with the one you love without the vise and pressure of marriage (society's way of controlling love *and who gets to love*) to ruin things, and have a gay ending anyway.
But I digress -- how do things end for Sam and Diane?
Well, when we come back in S4, we quickly learn Sam DID NOT have a good time in Italy (he gets thrown in jail #mikewakeup), believing he was unable to stop the wedding and that Diane is now married to Frasier.
Only Frasier miserably tells him Diane left him at the altar for love of Sam, but feeling ashamed of her actions and believing he didn't return her feelings, got herself to a nunnery. #churchgatebabyyyy
Sam once again goes after her, but Diane is determined to stay, unless God sends her a sign of what she should do. #signalgate
The sign ends up being Sam coming back, asking where the men's room is in this convent. It's good enough for Diane -- she returns to work at Cheers.
But if you thought Ross and Rachel were wishy-washy, Sam and Diane were the blueprint for TV "will-they, won't they" ships -- and America couldn't get enough of it. In fact, people thought the show was better when Sam and Diane weren't together, since their zesty tension and witty banter was reliant on it.
But eventually, an endgame had to be decided: Sam and Diane -- married or not? Even with Diane written off the show, she was brought back for the season finale to resolve that hanging thread.
And you wanna know what the writers did?
Had them get back together after years apart, get engaged, then regret their decision and break up *again* and part ways -- presumably for good (or maybe not, given their track record).
Not quite the gay ending we have in mind for Byler.
The good news? Cheers is yet another symbol of conformity.
As great and iconic as it is, it's another lie -- written, directed, and shot in front of live studio audience. None of it is real.
Back to this shot
While the top of this post showed the symbols of #conformitygate, I think the symbols we explored in Part One are the symbols of #lovewinsgate:
The Rainbow Spaceship 🌈 🚀: Will, Henry, Captain Midnight
Representations of queer love and acceptance hijacking the signal of conformity and fear causing interference.
The Owl🦉 (or Goose): Mother Goose aka Tharizdun
The unmasking of the major player who's been waiting in the wings, and could be key to stopping (and healing) --
The Butterfly 🦋: Kali, Max, El (+Nancy)
The wounded daughter, forced to become a spider to survive, but perhaps needing a mother's love in order to transform into a butterfly.
And perhaps for our other characters, it's about accepting and reconciling our "good" and "bad" sides, our "light" and "dark" -- "the monster" and "the superhero."
The Strawberry 🍓: El
The sacred fruit -- beloved and coveted by all -- experimented on, trampled on, but still sweet despite it all. The key to finding forgiveness. A love supreme.
Maxwell House ☕️: Memory loss #birthdaygate
Perhaps a major sacrifice between two young lovers will be key to saving the world.
And finally,
Bob Newby, Superhero
Rectifying the wrongs of his past, flying rather than running, in order to rescue his lost love -- Henry Creel -- and redeem them both.
Stay tuned.
I usually avoid sharing political opinions because I've always wanted to keep this blog as apolitical as possible.
But I don't think staying silent is the right thing anymore.
As many of you know, I'm Indian.
I'm a student.
I'm a woman.
And lately, it feels like those are exactly the identities this country keeps failing.
What the fuck is happening right now?
This country is genuinely in shambles rn
Sonam Wangchuk, who has been protesting by going on a hunger strike for OVER 20 DAYS, was forced to a hospital and after this happened, The CJP announced a march to the parliament.
Currently, this has grown to become a powerful voice of the NATIONWIDE youth, but alas, we'll always be outvoiced by the government. They have been turning a deaf ear and a blind eye to everything that has been happening, and instead sent police to 'deal' with the 'rowdy bunch'
But the truth is, we have done nothing wrong, we want accountability, because of the NEET paper leak, students lost their lives, innocent lives with a dream of their own which could never be fulfilled, millions of hopes were crushed that day and yet, asking for accountability makes us the villain here.
This isn't about one person, one protest, or one incident anymore. It's about a generation that is tired of being told to wait. It's about students who want a fair chance. It's about citizens who believe that asking questions shouldn't make them enemies.
Whether or not those in power choose to listen, our voices matter.
All i want to say is that this isn't just a protest anymore- it is a REVOLUTION
and we are all क्रान्तिकारी
yes, the government should be held accountable. but shall the protests be so violent? if you read the law, it's not legal to protest without permission, which they didn't have. the police were bound to defend.
and if the neet paper leaked, there was a re-neet exam. people are being emotional for no reason, this was not a big issue at all.
let me respond to your bs as calmly as i can.
1. it's not illegal to gather together somewhere to peacefully protest against something. even if an NOC is not signed, the police have no right to use excess violence. any unlawful, disproportionate and unjustified violence on the protestors is ILLEGAL/not defined under the law. show me ONE clip where the protestors were being violent, not retaliating to the uncalled for violence they were subjected to.
2. 'the police were bound to defend' defend how, exactly? by fixing nails on their sticks to beat students? to tear apart women's clothes, shove their sticks up their private parts, grope them? (most of them were minors btw) to throw tear gasses at them? break their bones? all of which were captured in videos, so don't talk about proofs. moreover, defend WHAT, exactly? the protestors were calm through and through, even after getting beat. they used their voice, slogans but never used any sort of arms.
3. 'this was not a big issue at all' yeah? tell that to the parents of the children who committed suicide. i dare you, look them in the eye and tell them that they're being emotional. i'd like to see you prepare for neet- work your ass off the entire year with little to no social life. imagine grinding the entire year, just for the paper to get leaked and cancelled. some people don't have the privilege of attempting again. for some people, that was their last shot to prove themselves.
the government should've held accountability for the leak, should've held a press conference. they didn't even properly meet the parents of the victims. if they can be so heartless and irresponsible, then I don't see any other option left other than to revolt.
don't talk about laws to me, when this is how you express your opinion. be a human first, before a political party's defender. and come as you are next time, not under an anon's tag.
July 21, 2026 - Arrested student protesters in Mumbai are freed by a comrade after a brutal police crackdown on huge student demonstrations across India demanding the resignation of the minister of education and prime minister Modi. [video]
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲
𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬
El spun the LEFT swing forwards around and around in 203.
This was after she saw the girl on the swing with her mom and then we had the scene of El asking Hopper about her own mother.
I consider that this means El saw herself on the swing in that little girl's place.
In the miwi flashback, Mike is on the left swing.
El has done this back-and-forth rotation thing a lot.
In 306, she falls backwards into Billy's mind, and forwards to get back into hers. "You spin me right round baby right round like a record player".
Is she spinning Mike or herself? Or is she being spun? Considering that she spun the swing which Mike sits on, that makes me think that she did something to him involving time and/or place.
Robin used records as representations of people's minds in 506.
You spin ME like a record. The mind is a record that you rewind backwards and forwards.
Surveillance in 203:
Nina Project:
These kids can make the record spin with electricity. They can play, pause, and rewind the MIND.
They replay tapes in the Nina Project so that El can [re-]experience the memories.
Music is the Mind. Robin told us that. For example, Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush IS MAX. So by playing that song over and over, she is literally looping her own mind to shield from Vecna's mind. Max "never takes off her Walkman". It seems like an override or maybe someone is playing with chess pieces that don’t belong to them…
Mike uses a record to build a bomb, which goes off when the record stops. Is he blowing up someone's mind? He blew up Mike the Brave and El. I also have theories about El being Mike the Brave in a way.
Mike told us that he imagines Mike the Brave at his side and El is the superhero of the story who is always next to him. Also her nickname “El” is the end of his name “Michael”.
This all goes back into the mindscape theories and how the wormhole allows for time travel through memories. The role of music in this show has been analyzed heavily, and the existence of the WSQK radio furthers discussion of this theme.
They are meant to be
yuri saved his life and yaoi saved everyone else's
oh tumblr staff definitely noticed the transphobe allegations and put the entire lgbtq+ in it LMAO
The Stranger Things ARG: Plants on Tumblr
Let's do some gardening!
Thank you @nuffit for everything :)
I'm noticing some conversations about plants and trolls popping up again, like this one:
💬 38 🔁 11 ❤️ 77 · I was so relieved to have troll-free comment sections these past 48 hours. I genuinely thought they had finally found so
I think the main issue is that people give this strange online activity we are all observing across all social media platforms way too much of the benefit of the doubt. Since the start of the promotion for Stranger Things Season 5, but especially after the finale aired on Jan 1 (2026), there has been an influx of inexplicably odd, but also surprisingly cyclical behavior in fandom spaces. Check my pinned post on the promotional timeline for a more thorough deep-dive, but in short: between every big Stranger Things promo drop, the fandom goes through an anticipation -> disappointment cycle. This is by design.
While some of this can be attributed to group think, it's not all organic. This behavior is stimulated by plants inside fandom spaces. The reason: any engagement is good promotion for the the show!
The Netflix marketing team are aware how dedicated the fan base for Stranger Things is and they also know that ragebait keeps the conversation going. Please be patient and take my word for it for now, I am still working on a longer post that goes into their entire strategy.
That's why we have three types of plants:
A. Encouragers (reblog/retweet and befriend)
B. Theorists (more on this later)
C. Trolls and Haters. (Nikki Baxter content and hate comments)
Now, for everyone who still doubts the existence of (fan) plants I have this tweet, thanks to @thebestofmyrmidons for finding it:
This person didn't accept the job offer, but I am sure if Netflix did this 5 years ago, they have not only improved their recruitment process, but also their NDAs.
I had indeed postulated that this was happening in my first post on plants:
💬 9 🔁 18 ❤️ 75 · The Stranger Things ARG Plants on Tumblr · Friend or foe? Who are they and what are their goals? Since the Super Bowl is
These were the five hypotheses (elaborated upon in the post above):
1. These fans were most likely approached and asked to participate in the Stranger Things ARG. ✅
2. They were asked to remove their (nearly) correct theories between 2023- summer 2025.
3. They had to sign a minimal NDA to not leak the existence of the ARG. ✅
4. They got a script.
5. These fans were NOT told the ending.
While I don't think I will ever be able to prove point 2, 4 and 5 with complete certainty, I have made some observations and refined my thinking. I believe we have a mix of fan plants and Netflix marketing employees in our midst. Together, this team is at most a dozen people on Tumblr and the one related CG discord server. There is some overlap of fan plants with Tumblr and Twitter, but that platform has its own ecosystem of group chats and discord servers I have not fully researched. For example, @HawkinsHappenin is most likely a millennial girlie active on Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram pretending to be a teenage boy. I'm not going to provide proof, as I don't want them to receive harassment or get doxxed! At the end of the day, these plants are real people and have the right to privacy!!!
How to recognize plants 2.0 ☘️
7. Multiple alt accounts on Tumblr/Twitter/etc post about similar theories and topics in the span of a day or a week, steering the conversation in one direction and boosting/sharing/reblogging/retweeting these specific posts, while avoiding others.
Look, I don't want people to become completely paranoid after realizing this. Of course, our fun and interesting posts will gain traction with plants and fans alike. Unfortunately, on Tumblr, some of the posts under the #conformitygate and #watergatefiles tags seem to have been pre-written and scheduled. I only have circumstantial evidence for this and I doubt I will ever find concrete proof...
However, if you want to do your own investigation, this phenomenon has been especially noticeable in the recent month. The truth is, the hype has been fading, but the Netflix marketing team wants to keep engagement up artificially, so fans don't lose interest in the show. I have multiple posts on my blog with evidence that Netflix targets the super fans, as they so lovingly/cynically call us, because we create free promotion (and drive platform user retention). That's not the GA, that's us, in our niche tags :S No worries, I have even more tea on how Tumblr activity is part of Netflix's data collection and used for fandom behavior analysis, this post coming eventually hahaha we are so fucked guys
My little flow chart, mapping out how this theory/topic construction worked behind the scenes, I am a bit too lazy to type this out:
My speculation is that the step between the Stranger Things writing team and the ST social media team has already been done far in advance and that it was pre-determined what theories/topics needed to go viral based on their general promotional schedule and what goals they had promo wise for each week since Jan 1st, but possibly before that time too. The fan plants make their own contributions based on some guidelines, while some accounts are probably just moderated by one or a couple designated people. Automated distributors of theories and topics, if you will.
Now that you have read all of this, I leave the reader with a fun exercise! What topics and theories could have been planted by the Stranger Things social media team and why? Understanding that, will bring us closer to truly figuring out their motives with CG, besides the "making money" aspect of it that clearly plays the main role for Netflix. This, likely and hopefully, isn't the main goal for the creatives behind Stranger Things, so...?
I want to know how many of you guys within byler conformitygate fandom can relate to this
The Lord of the Rings, as originally intended, is comprised of SIX books, not five books. The fifth book ends with us being lead to believe that Pippin dies (but he's not dead!)
'This is my tale, and it is ended now. Goodbye!' And his thought fled far away and his eyes saw no more.
We are getting a sixth season
Book 6, Chapter 1: The Tower of Cirith Ungol
Sam roused himself painfully from the ground. For a moment he wondered where he was, and then all the misery and despair returned to him. He was in the deep dark outside the under-gate of the orcs' stronghold; its brazen doors were shut.
Mike is Stranger Things' Samwise the Brave. We will begin this next season from his point of view, just like we get with Sam as he works to rescue Frodo the Wise from the tower.
His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming, Mr. Frodo!'
PUZZLEGATE | NETFLIX PUZZLED THEORIES
**MASTERPOST**
Hey all! Finally assembled all the Puzzled posts I've made so far into one easy-to-access post ✌️ Newest ones will be at the bottom!
TRAIL OF CRUMBS: TRENDS AS OF 1/19 HERE
THREAD #1 HERE | THREAD #2 HERE | THREAD #3 HERE
CLUES 2.20.26 HERE
PART 🦢🪷 HERE | PART ➡️ HERE
PART ⚓️🦩 HERE | PART ⭕️⚠️✅ HERE
CLUES 3.16.26 HERE
i don't think we recognise enough that jonathan's known mike since he was five
that boy does not DESPISE mike wheeler
i promise
Creelby is the key to Byler Endgame... just not in the way you're thinking (what I'm calling #BobGate)
Part 🤫 : The Thunder Twins
This is a theory that's gonna upset the Henderhop shippers so bad, but bear with me --
These are from the official ST tarot deck (photo courtesy of the wonderful and incomparable @nuffit 💙💛 and I thank @maytheoddsbeinmyfavor every day since they introduced me to this tarot deck)
El as the Moon and Dustin as the Sun???
A traditional pairing, like PB and chocolate. I mean, it applies to Will and Mike as well, I think, as the Eyes of Ra and Horus respectively. But it also applies to the Greek gods of the sun and moon, Apollo & Artemis.
TWINS.
El, as some believe, is Henry's daughter by blood (and Bob Newby's if you believe in Bobgate lol 😁) [also Byler's love child, but spiritually].
What about Dustin, who famously has an absent father*???
*Walter appearing in TFS is not a valid counterpoint if you consider the multiple inconsistencies in the show re: timelines/characters. If Bob can be Patty, Patty be the MF, and Alan Munson be Scott Clarke, then who's to say Walter also isn't what he seems? I keep thinking back to Patty exposing Walter making out with his cousin, followed by the implied incest jokes about Patty and Bob. And the fact that Walter's family owns a liquor store (alcohol being a depressant and symbol of things being obfuscated on the show).
Credit where credit is due to @junostarzz and Twitter user @coldas_rwylm for connecting the meaning of Dustin's last name, which led me down this path to begin with 🙏
I also keep circling back to what Dustin's big hero moment is going to be in Vol. 4, given we've been predicting most everyone else's. Rn, I theorize finding Lucas, the lost sheep, and taking down Mr. Clarke will be part of that...
But maybe it'll be tied to a surprise twin reveal.
Not WillEl (which people have long suspected), but El and Dustin.
Canonically, we have Dustin's birthday as May 29th, 1971 and El's and June 7th, 1971. Though we may find out one of those birth dates is incorrect, these dates mean they're GEMINIS.
Not to mention Dustin has always felt like an "outsider" within his own friend group since he only became friends with them after moving to Hawkins in the fourth grade.
Not to mention -- what does Mike tell Dustin about his shoulder trick in the VERY FIRST EPISODE OF THE SHOW?!
"I think it's kinda cool. It's like you have superpowers or something."
The ST cast and crew kept saying they didn't want to pull a GOT, but what if they decided to pull a "Bran is King of the Seven Kingdoms"-style move, but with our brilliant and truly deserving King Dustin 🫶
It's funny because, like El, Dustin is also a lot like their dads, Henry and Bob.
From Twitter user @pantostado3333:
Not to mention that like Henry, Dustin has always embraced being an individual and rebelled against forced conformity.
Henry: "You see, humans are a unique type of pest. Multiplying and poisoning our world, all while enforcing a structure of their own. A deeply unnatural structure. Where others saw order, I saw a straitjacket. A cruel oppressive world dictated by made up rules. [...] Everyone is just waiting [...] Waiting for it all to be over. All while performing in a silly, terrible play, day after day. [...] I could not pretend. And I realized, I didn't have to." [S4, Ep 7: "The Massacre at Hawkins Lab"]
Dustin: "Do you even hear yourselves right now? Blend in? Follow the rules? That's not what we've ever done. We stay true to ourselves! We're supposed to stay true to our friends. We stand up for what's right, no matter the cost." [S5, Ep 1: "The Crawl"]
Though they obviously go about their rebellion in different ways, it should be pointed out that Dustin goes to a darker place in S5 after losing Eddie. He's getting into fights with the jocks, riling them up whether it's his Hellfire shirt or Jake the Snake (snake symbolism associated with Vecna btw!). He's snapping at his best friend and big brother figure, Steve. He even tells the boys, "I want to see Vecna's heart on a platter."
But in staying true to himself, Dustin's Conformity!Epilogue has a "happy ending" where he sticks it to the man, is valedictorian, and gets an invite from the girl who rejected him in middle school.
Whether that was a reward from the MF (who punishes liars) or from Henry himself, there's no denying he's Henry's sun --
[and yet another potential Green Lantern]
But he definitely has more shared interests with Bob--
Members of the AV Club
Big on science and nerdy stuff
Plus there's more links between El and Dustin and the actual Wonder Twins, the extraterrestrial Zan and Jayna --
Zan can transform into any form of water while Jayna can shapeshift into different animals.
Zan's powers line up more with El imo. She's the physical manifestation of Byler and Creelby's queer love, which as we know, is also represented by water #loverslakegate.
Not to mention the repeated connections to El and water nymphs (#El is Lady of the Lake)
Who, on the other hand, has always had an affinity for animals?
Like Jake the Snake (see above), Yurtle the Turtle...
Dart (who represents homosexuality)...
And Claudia's beloved cat Mews, who was gone too soon? #RIPMews
OFC, look who showed up with Mews in a YT digital special 👀 Bob Newby, once again, you ARE the father!
Lmao not both of them dying the same way 😭 Also did you hear that first thing Sean said? "It's time to face your fears. Confronting your past is the first step to healing." It's really been in our faces this whole time.
That's all I'm saying.... keeping an eye out in my rewatches for any Wonder Thunder Twins foreshadowing... 👀
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. Again, more on that later...) **I haven't come across a theory *exactly* like it (though I've tagged/given credit where it's due, but in case someone else also had the thought and I missed it -- lmk!
I found more proof guys Bilbo Baggins x Sam Wise, Sam Wise = Sean Astin= Bob Newby, Dustin Henderson is also Creelby child TWIN GOALS HENDERHOP
I think this post maybe related but I can't pin point exactly how .
I'm pretty sure Dustin, El, and Robin are Bob's kids. Samwise named one of his kids Bilbo after Bilbo Baggins ofc, and also named another one of his kids Robin, and also (El)anor. Here is my tolkiengate post with the list of his kids' names, and the master post I did that goes deeper into tolkiengate lore ☺️
I have correct a part which I mentioned I meant Frodo Baggins x Sam Wise I am sorry for mistake I have only watched LOTR once I kinda forgot the names
Creelby is the key to Byler Endgame... just not in the way you're thinking (what I'm calling #BobGate)
Part 🤫 : The Thunder Twins
This is a theory that's gonna upset the Henderhop shippers so bad, but bear with me --
These are from the official ST tarot deck (photo courtesy of the wonderful and incomparable @nuffit 💙💛 and I thank @maytheoddsbeinmyfavor every day since they introduced me to this tarot deck)
El as the Moon and Dustin as the Sun???
A traditional pairing, like PB and chocolate. I mean, it applies to Will and Mike as well, I think, as the Eyes of Ra and Horus respectively. But it also applies to the Greek gods of the sun and moon, Apollo & Artemis.
TWINS.
El, as some believe, is Henry's daughter by blood (and Bob Newby's if you believe in Bobgate lol 😁) [also Byler's love child, but spiritually].
What about Dustin, who famously has an absent father*???
*Walter appearing in TFS is not a valid counterpoint if you consider the multiple inconsistencies in the show re: timelines/characters. If Bob can be Patty, Patty be the MF, and Alan Munson be Scott Clarke, then who's to say Walter also isn't what he seems? I keep thinking back to Patty exposing Walter making out with his cousin, followed by the implied incest jokes about Patty and Bob. And the fact that Walter's family owns a liquor store (alcohol being a depressant and symbol of things being obfuscated on the show).
Credit where credit is due to @junostarzz and Twitter user @coldas_rwylm for connecting the meaning of Dustin's last name, which led me down this path to begin with 🙏
I also keep circling back to what Dustin's big hero moment is going to be in Vol. 4, given we've been predicting most everyone else's. Rn, I theorize finding Lucas, the lost sheep, and taking down Mr. Clarke will be part of that...
But maybe it'll be tied to a surprise twin reveal.
Not WillEl (which people have long suspected), but El and Dustin.
Canonically, we have Dustin's birthday as May 29th, 1971 and El's and June 7th, 1971. Though we may find out one of those birth dates is incorrect, these dates mean they're GEMINIS.
Not to mention Dustin has always felt like an "outsider" within his own friend group since he only became friends with them after moving to Hawkins in the fourth grade.
Not to mention -- what does Mike tell Dustin about his shoulder trick in the VERY FIRST EPISODE OF THE SHOW?!
"I think it's kinda cool. It's like you have superpowers or something."
The ST cast and crew kept saying they didn't want to pull a GOT, but what if they decided to pull a "Bran is King of the Seven Kingdoms"-style move, but with our brilliant and truly deserving King Dustin 🫶
It's funny because, like El, Dustin is also a lot like their dads, Henry and Bob.
From Twitter user @pantostado3333:
Not to mention that like Henry, Dustin has always embraced being an individual and rebelled against forced conformity.
Henry: "You see, humans are a unique type of pest. Multiplying and poisoning our world, all while enforcing a structure of their own. A deeply unnatural structure. Where others saw order, I saw a straitjacket. A cruel oppressive world dictated by made up rules. [...] Everyone is just waiting [...] Waiting for it all to be over. All while performing in a silly, terrible play, day after day. [...] I could not pretend. And I realized, I didn't have to." [S4, Ep 7: "The Massacre at Hawkins Lab"]
Dustin: "Do you even hear yourselves right now? Blend in? Follow the rules? That's not what we've ever done. We stay true to ourselves! We're supposed to stay true to our friends. We stand up for what's right, no matter the cost." [S5, Ep 1: "The Crawl"]
Though they obviously go about their rebellion in different ways, it should be pointed out that Dustin goes to a darker place in S5 after losing Eddie. He's getting into fights with the jocks, riling them up whether it's his Hellfire shirt or Jake the Snake (snake symbolism associated with Vecna btw!). He's snapping at his best friend and big brother figure, Steve. He even tells the boys, "I want to see Vecna's heart on a platter."
But in staying true to himself, Dustin's Conformity!Epilogue has a "happy ending" where he sticks it to the man, is valedictorian, and gets an invite from the girl who rejected him in middle school.
Whether that was a reward from the MF (who punishes liars) or from Henry himself, there's no denying he's Henry's sun --
[and yet another potential Green Lantern]
But he definitely has more shared interests with Bob--
Members of the AV Club
Big on science and nerdy stuff
Plus there's more links between El and Dustin and the actual Wonder Twins, the extraterrestrial Zan and Jayna --
Zan can transform into any form of water while Jayna can shapeshift into different animals.
Zan's powers line up more with El imo. She's the physical manifestation of Byler and Creelby's queer love, which as we know, is also represented by water #loverslakegate.
Not to mention the repeated connections to El and water nymphs (#El is Lady of the Lake)
Who, on the other hand, has always had an affinity for animals?
Like Jake the Snake (see above), Yurtle the Turtle...
Dart (who represents homosexuality)...
And Claudia's beloved cat Mews, who was gone too soon? #RIPMews
OFC, look who showed up with Mews in a YT digital special 👀 Bob Newby, once again, you ARE the father!
Lmao not both of them dying the same way 😭 Also did you hear that first thing Sean said? "It's time to face your fears. Confronting your past is the first step to healing." It's really been in our faces this whole time.
That's all I'm saying.... keeping an eye out in my rewatches for any Wonder Thunder Twins foreshadowing... 👀
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. Again, more on that later...) **I haven't come across a theory *exactly* like it (though I've tagged/given credit where it's due, but in case someone else also had the thought and I missed it -- lmk!
I found more proof guys Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins x Sam Wise, Sam Wise = Sean Astin= Bob Newby, Dustin Henderson is also Creelby child TWIN GOALS HENDERHOP
I think this post maybe related but I can't pin point exactly how .
