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Theres was something so peak about season 2 canon ships

(shhhhh Miwi is 100% canon)

And I have to break my silence... Bob x Joyce is better then Jopper for me ✊

#stranger things #byler #miwi #bob newby #jancy #lumax #joyce x bob #stranger things season two #they could never make me hate you stranger things s2 #peak ship #boyce

Found the funniest ST tiktok

#Great Byler Shift 2025 is real #briefly pointed out s3 byler/mlvn fight difference #elmike > mlvn #jancy #byler #boyce #lumax #jopper #rovickie #henderhop #duzie

this parallel is killing me omg 😭😭

#byler and boyce you were bigger than the whole sky #joycewill #joycewill parallels #boyce byler parallels #joyce byers #bob newby #will byers #mike wheeler #byler #boyce #stranger things #stranger things 2 #stranger things 5 #st2 #st5 #mlm #lgtbq

Will "I got it from my mama" Byers lmao

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

Part One: The Missing Puzzle Piece

*#ConformityGate Compliant*

**Heads up that if you notice changes, it's because I'm polishing/updating things as they come to me!**

OTHER THEORIES

**PUZZLEGATE: NETFLIX PUZZLED THEORIES MASTERPOST** **ASTROLOGY OF FEB. 17th HERE** [lol you can appreciate the storytelling but obv that theory didn't pan out] Happily Ever After Theory HERE The Thing Theory | The Original vs the Remake: Pt 1 | Pt 2

This is a BIG "hear me out" theory (then again, so was #conformitygate, and here we all are), but this is something so crazy it woke me up at the crack ass of dawn back on December 3rd.

Except as time has gone on, the evidence has been piling up in subtle ways I just need to get off my chest because I don't think these are just coincidences anymore.

People have grown to know and love Patty Newby in The First Shadow*, just as Henry Creel did. We've also seen undeniable Creelby/Byler parallels (check @miwiheroes' awesome analysis here).

*The prequel play was written by ST writer and Co-EP Kate Tefry; story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne, and Tefry.

While I largely agree, what if like so many fakeouts/distorted details we've been noticing this season, "Patty" was created as one more *red* herring to protect an even bigger twist that's been foreshadowed since Season Two, and has slowly been creeping its way back into the story in S5?

What if the truth is that Henry's true love is someone who would not only genuinely surprise the audience, but whose reveal would completely change the way we view the show?

This season there's been a huge focus on puzzles, both within the show and in Netflix's promotion of ST5.

We've been asked by the story (and the show's creators) to look for the missing piece.

While I definitely believe Byler, Mike's unacknowledged queerness, and #birthdaygate are part of the puzzle (more on that later), there is a piece that's been there the whole time that we've been missing.

And that puzzle piece is the show's established master of puzzles...

...Bob "The Brain" Newby.

Before S5 dropped, the Duffer Brothers recommended we rewatch episodes from S2 and S4. Season 2 specifically because, per Matt Duffer:

Who was introduced in S2? Bob.

Now, I loved Bob as a character, but his introduction as Joyce's BF always seemed... kind of off to me? He was sweet, smart, but... normal. Unassuming. Not to mention Joyce never really seemed all that into their relationship.

Later, he'd try to help Will rid himself of his demons (to disastrous results), would crack the mystery of the tunnels, support Joyce through Will's possession by the MF, and finally, nobly sacrifice himself for Joyce and the others.

Immortalized as Bob Newby: Superhero.

And it seemed like that was that for Bob.

Except now, in S5, there've been details creeping into the season that have made me fondly think of him...

In Vol. 1/"Sorcerer", we see Mike trying to guide the kids to safety by getting to Radio Shack... which is where Bob used to work.

In Vol. 2, Dustin and Steve searched for "treasure" in the "dungeons" of Hawkins Lab....

Only to end up in the Rainbow Room, where Dustin and Steve find not treasure, but toys...

Including a Rubik's Cube that quickly gets dismissed as a --

But if it's such a piece of shit, why is there this lingering shot on the Rubik's Cube? Why did the Duffers post Dustin's Rubik’s Cube line on Day 1 of filming S5?

Well -- who do we recall being particularly skilled at brain teasers like Rubik's cubes?

Who else in the fandom is fondly remembered, but easily dismissed?

And then there was this last Easter egg, in what I'm calling the #fakeepilogue, that left me shook:

What's that, Lucas?

How about one more?

Sleeping with BOB???

And another one --

When did we hear something similar???

Bob Newby, once again at the scene of the crime...

And I think it's safe to say that not only have we found the X, but Bob is the X. The key to unlocking this whole thing.

Given Patty's name is on the poster for Joyce’s play in "Sorcerer", she's definitely part of the show's canon.

But is Patty actually who we think she is? Or is she, in the way Vecna's changed details in Holly's (and likely Mike's) memories, just another distortion within Vecna's own memories?

What if the person Henry fell for (and lost) in The First Shadow wasn't actually Patty at all?

What if Henry's great love was... Bob Newby?

And if so, what does their possibly failed love say about the outcome for Mike and Will?

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 like it, but in case someone else also had the thought -- lmk!

I feel like the reason Jonathan didn't warm up to Bob that much is because he seemed "too sweet" and "perfect", he was a normal guy with a normal job and he made their mom happy but all his life Jonathan was forced to accept that good things never lasted. Even when Joyce and Lonnie were together, between their fights, Lonnie would pretend to be considerate and sweet so Joyce wouldn't stay mad but eventually he would turn back to his original self and Jonathan would see this cycle unfold over and over again, just like when Will had dissappeared and Lonnie came over acting as if he cared and wanted to help only for it to turn out to be that he's there for money. The reason he trusted Hopper much faster was probably because he was grumpy, stubborn and in a way honest which made Jonathan feel safe because that's who Hopper was, there was no pretense. The thing is Bob wasn't pretending either, he was just that sweet and perfect and caring and he was the best thing that happened in a while but it didn't last anyway because good things never lasted.