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STRANGERTHEORIES S5 post index and intro

This index is very long so to avoid clutter on my blog, I've put it under the cut.

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SCROLL DOWN FOR INTRO <3 Here's my S4 index for theories and other random posts which are a bit out of date now. * means the post was written before the release of volume 2.

ST5 theories

Kas theories (Eddie and Max)

Can Vecna see through Max's eyes?

What will happen when Max wakes up?

Quantum Entanglement and ST5

The First Shadow theories

The First Shadow: what is the source of Henry's powers?

The First Shadow: why did Henry kidnap Will?

Two interesting follow up asks: 1, 2 + a small correction

X-Men and Dark Phoenix parallels

Is Henry related to Jane/El

How will S5 play out/end?

Could Mr Clarke return?

Could Kali/008 return?

Could Mike die?

What will Hawkins be like in S5?

Is Holly missing?

Will Byers

What gay Will Byers means to me*

All proof Will is gay (long post for a reason)

What Will Byers having powers might look like

Did Vecna target Will from the start?

Does Vecna want Will dead?

Vecna and Will parallels

Did Will manifest the Upside Down into Hawkins?

Will froze the Upside Down

The psychological bond between Will and Vecna

Does Will have a clone? (Bodygate)

Could Vecna out Will in S5?

Could Lonnie return in S5?

Byler

Gay Mike analysis (volume 2 is not covered)*

Shipping Byler shouldn't be stressful

Mischaracterisation of Will and Mike

Failures in Mike's writing in S3 & S4

Mike outside of romantic relationships

Byler colour coding

The Van Monologue

Why I went off mlvn

Unrequited Byler or no Byler?

Why I started shipping Byler*

Byler headcanons and even more Byler headcanons*

First date headcanons (also includes Steddie, Ronance and Jopper)

Argument for Byler endgame

Is Byler rushed?

Could Byler be Vecna'd in S5?

In defense of bi Mike

Why I like bi Mike

In defense of Byler doubters

Oh god that blew up, so here's my response

A follow up post to the follow up post

Robin Buckley

Highlights of Robin's comic

Platonic Stobin's impact on Robin (long post)

Robin centric headcanons (Ronance)

Robin headcanons pt 2*

Autistic Robin proof*

More autistic Robin content

Robin and camouflaging

No, Robin didn't drastically change personality*

Robin and ableism*

Steve is Robin's comfort person*

Ronance

First date headcanons (also includes Byler, Steddie and Jopper)

Ronance headcanons*

Ronance and overuse of boy drama (follow up post)*

Will Jancy resolve their issues? (goes on about every Nancy ship)

Why Stancy shouldn't be endgame

How would Ronance play out?

Single Nancy vs Ronance

Why I prefer Ronance to Rovickie (a discussion of fandom, canon and headcanon)

Ronance apparently doesn't center Steve enough (debunked)

Bra sharing

Fan art: post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4

General

Unpopular opinions

Eleven's character arc in S4 and hopes for S5

Long Max character analysis*

Which characters might die in ST5?

Panel with actors of Chrissy, Karen and Alexei

Homophobia and queer shipping*

Fandom bullying

Eddie's death is good actually

No, Steve isn't homophobic (to Robin)

Where Steve's character arc went wrong

Characters that I think are autistic and autistic headcanons

On neurodivergent headcanons

Autistic Eleven proof

Nancy and how audiences treat trauma

Eddie's character arc & death

The Duffers planned for more seasons after S1

Ranking of seasons, characters and ships*

Set photos plus short commentary: 1, 2, 3

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Hello fellow Stranger Things fans! This is the index post of my blog, strangertheories, where I make content about Stranger Things! I've been obsessed with Stranger Things for years so I've decided to spare everyone in my life from having to hear me ranting about it and create this blog to share my thoughts. You can also find me on TikTok as forever_ronance and on Letterboxd as crimsonxclover.

I post about Byler, Ronance and most of all, theories (kind of in the name). I try to only post about ST but if I want to post about something else, I'll tag it #not ST related. I regularly answer anons if you are interested in sending me an ask as well!

If my account appeals to you, I would appreciate if you check out my posts. If you're looking for a specific post, I've got you covered- just look at the list above or see what I've posted under the tags I've tagged this post with. My personal favourite section is the ST5 theories as they're my most thought out and analytical posts but hopefully there's something up here that you enjoy. I don't include all of my posts as this index is only my important posts so if you sent me an ask and it's not on the index, that's why. Enjoy reading and thanks for checking out my account!

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Do you think Vecna wants something from Will? Do you think he would kill Will if he had the chance, or do you think he would want him alive?

I think that if Vecna wanted Will to be dead, Will would've been dead in S1. As great at Will is at hiding, we saw those grown men in Russia get absolutely demolished by the demogorgon; Will was a little kid with a gun. He also wasn't eaten by the demogorgon but instead had his airway blocked with a tentacle, ie something he could be brought back from. Personally I am of the theory that somehow the tentacle is what have him true sight as Vecna can make you see things so maybe that linked him to Will so he could flash Will into the Upside Down so he could flay Will. Which raises the question of 'why Will?' which I'll get to in a second.

The previous explantation doesn't the answer the question of how Will got to the Upside Down into the first place. They did mention in S3 that the gate weakened Hawkins meaning that's why the Russians could only open gates in Hawkins, so maybe the gate being so fresh made the boundary between universes really thin for a period meaning that explains the portal in Joyce's wall and also in the tree. I also saw a theory (@willel) saying that Will was always linked to Henry/Vecna and his true sight/universe hopping led him to accidentally flash into an alternate dimension in order to hide now that the boundary was weaker.

My current theory goes as such: Henry saw himself in a young Will. After Eleven opened the gate, the boundary between universes was weakened so he was able to mind hop like we saw in S4 and after seeing the mind of this young child, an outcast for not conforming to societal norms, he decided he'd be the beginning of his uprising against Hawkins. The weakening of the barrier could also explain how it is trapped on the day Will went missing. Anyways, he took Will to the Upside Down and then when he heard that Joyce and Hopper were going to rescue him, he planted the tentacle, giving a psychic connection between him and Will and more importantly, bringing demogorgons to our world through the slug thing.

What Vecna does in his mindscape affects the real world, so using this psychic connection, Will began flashing to the Upside Down where Vecna flayed him so Will could be part of his mind and be the very first soldier in the mind flayer's army. He wanted the flayed to kill everyone but not Will. Will sensed before being flayed that it wanted everyone dead except for Will because Vecna wanted Will to join him, like young Eleven, except with no chance to turn his back on him. After being de-flayed, the reason Will can sense Vecna and the Upside Down is because of that aforementioned psychic connection which was in fact not only from the mind flayer but the tentacle earlier.

So what does this mean for S5? I think Vecna is going to try and go after Will again. Will has so much trauma for Vecna to manipulate him with so I think Vecna might utilize that. The heroes don't understand why he's targeting Will over Eleven, but Will is starting to work out why. And then he confronts Vecna about it and Vecna explains to him, expecting Will to understand his message about conformity.

Will would reject because he doesn't want to harm his loved ones. Vecna would view these loved ones as a weakness of Will and go after them, in particular Johnathan, Joyce and Mike. Especially Mike because that would impact Eleven as well. But even after that, Will would refuse because Will is good deep down and Vecna could never understand that. The parallels between Henry and Will aren't meant to indicate a Will villain arc; it is to show that Will is the foil of Vecna.

I don't know if this makes any sense, it gets a bit off the rails in my S5 theories. Thanks for the ask and sorry my response took so long!

[strangertheories]

so i'm feeling pretty vindicated today, how are you guys doing?

[defleptic]

"Mike... Mike, what did I do?"

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me: well OBVIOUSLY vecna doesn't want to destroy will - he's going to try and work alongside him.

stranger things trailer: yeah pretty much

me: WAIT WHAT?!?!?!?

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would also like to take this opportunity to say what i've been saying since may of 2022 - will byers is the reason the upside down is frozen and this is a huge part of why vecna is so fascinated with him. ALSO s4 intentionally paralleled henry creel to will byers. i will take no criticism on this, thank you very much.

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well over three years ago, i was waiting for the next season of stranger things to come out whilst being a nerd heavily projecting onto will byers (and deep in the closet myself).

and here i am now, very openly gay...waiting for the next season of stranger things to come out whilst being a nerd heavily projecting onto will byers.

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me: well OBVIOUSLY vecna doesn't want to destroy will - he's going to try and work alongside him.

stranger things trailer: yeah pretty much

me: WAIT WHAT?!?!?!?

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This is your reminder to Click for Palestine today!

And donate directly to UNRWA if you have the means!

[bylerworld]

MY CORE FOUR THE ORIGINAL PARTY MY BOYS!!!!

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the gays won

[strangertheories]

i knoww i should be team will catch a break, but i'd be a huge liar if i said i'm not excited for him to not be sidelined!! give my boy airtime!!

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coming back from my grave to say IM FREAKING THE FUCK OUT. ALSO RONANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[willbyersabyss]

OH MY GOD (LINK)

WILL DEFINITELY CREATED THE UD ARE YOU KIDDING MEEEE

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I'm not a TikTok person so I had no idea how well it was doing lol but I've been a fan of your edits for a while and high key ur my fav editor! Your edits are so good and I wish people posted about them often (sorry if this comes off weird btw I am not very articulate)

this does not come across weird at all, thank you so so much, you're really sweet 💓😭

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COMMUNITY 1.12: Comparative Religion

[inconspicuousdreamgirl]

New stranger 5 production photos!!

Filming is currently underway on downtown Hawkins set at the movie theatre!! And lots of Hawkins signs are posted up which kinda confirms that Hawkins goes back to normal

The film on the theatres signs was released in may 24th 1989 which is when they would graduate as well!!

Could we see a Lumax movie date or a big group hangout?

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person who fucks w st & mcr???? ur 2 cool

omg thank you 😭😭 can't lie, i don't really post here nowadays because even though stranger things is still my special interest, i have new hyperfixations that have taken over my life and the zionism of the cast/crew really killed my love of posing about st but im glad to have you here!

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