Fangate is a sign of Hawkins Lab
ever since I noticed the fans in 5x08, they have been haunting me, feeding my theory that any fan we see indicates the Lab. My collection was a bit chaotic, and I wanted to find the majority of them to share, but today I found a detail in s2 (from my another theory) which collided with this one, lwk confirming each other (and basically being one more (two more?) confirmation of govtgate).
Tales continues the story after 5x08: I haven't noticed before, but now checking the screenshots I took after I discovered fangate, I found shots with fans in two specific situations: in scenes with Nikki (at school and in her garage) and in Hopper's house. Hopper's house is even too sus bc Idk any living human being who needs that many fans.
he has it in the bathroom, and in El's room, in his bedroom and in the living room.
his bedroom is specifically important as a shot with Will is constucted very suspiciously framing his head with that fan
now there’s at least one fan in my collection that has nothing to do with Hop’s cabin, and I have a lot to rewatch to check where else they could be found; so I’m not saying they are seen just in those two “situations”, athough these two seem important; however, that one introduces us to El and her powers right after she escaped from the Lab, so, maybe I wouldn't dismiss it too soon either.
In general, I’d say that fans is a very specific thing to draw (like crates found all over Tales). Someone made a decision that those fans are needed there for some reason… but even aside from the cartoon, I still wonder why they were chosen if not to symbolise something, bc, like, idk about you, but it would be probably one of the last things I’d remember to add on set as decoration.
Also will you be surprised if I say that The Boroughs has not disappointed me with this cg cue either?
and, as if it wasn't enough, today I found one more thing that's motivated me to share it sooner:
One more NO TRESPASSING sign. The sign, shown after a shot with Hopper with a fan behind his back. The sign we’ve seen only in two places so far, which most likely indicates that everything marked with it is a lab territory.
somehow two seemingly unrelated theories based on the very first and the very last episodes have matched to confirm govtgate one more time.
and don’t miss fans from The Boroughs in the next post!
