Semi-official Season 5 summary hints at supernatural interaction with the past ("time travel")?
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Not official, but they didn't pull this out of their ass and they work with the show's team...
"Upside Down fully merges with the real world" "time itself unraveling" "a battle that spans dimensions and memories" VERY INTERESTING. We know that the last entry of Nancy's diary was the day Will disappeared. With the Upside Down "merging" with Hawkins, while we might not have time travel per se, we might interact directly with the past. I kind of did a "fanfic" a long time ago of Will deciding to sacrifice himself by killing a child version of himself in the Upside Down. I did another scenario where Will is forced to reenact his original kidnapping but gives it a different result. We know it's likely Will gets back lost memories this season. I've thought for a while that "time travel" in s5 isn't that likely as it's pretty "out there," but hey this is a show called Stranger Things! And it would be a GREAT supernatural metaphor for confronting one's childhood abusers and trauma. And this is a clue that the A plot might go places I think are VERY interesting!
"Eleven, Mike, Will, and the rest of the crew must confront Vecna..." It's no surprise El has to confront Vecna. And they've openly said Will will be central. But to include MIKE in the list as well? After a season of being "useless" in the eyes of many fans? Sure, it could be Mike resuming his old role of being leader of the party. But Mike and Will explicitly pledged in s4 to be A TEAM to take on Vecna and kill Vecna together. So this further hints that MIKE AND WILL will be the most important team next to El, to defeat Vecna. So... many scenes alone together, which Noah desperately tried not to say. =D
"the group must rely on their bonds..." Standard stuff in heroic "power of friendship stories". But we Bylers know of a particular GAY BOND that this can be talking about! Especially after just highlighting Mike and Will!
"As secrets are revealed... " Outside of the general mystery of the Upside Down, the only secrets we know the characters have kept from each other at the end of s4 was Jonathan's college plans and THE PAINTING LIE. Of COURSE that has to be revealed!
"as past traumas resurface..." We've already seen footage of Will's time in the Upside Down. We will get key flashbacks of Will's time there, just as we got flashbacks of El's time in the lab. And that can reveal "secrets..." Maybe a key to Will having powers?
Finally, "a battle that spans dimensions and MEMORIES..." Why do we have a Miwi flashback to 1979 in the episode titled "Sorcerer"? But further hinting that this memory they show thought was important to cast actors for is key to the A PLOT. I don't have any specific ideas, but there are exciting possibilities!
Adding to the speculation!
-teambyler









