#stranger things updates

[itswhatyougive]

I don't know if anyone in the fandom has posted about this yet, but the complete scripts of Stranger Things are going to be published and available for pre-order before S5 drops, one book per season.

Let's hope they're the UNEDITED ones this time!! 🙊 #scriptgate

[mayabruhbruh]

What do you think of the possibility of Will and Chance happening? I feel like it would be really poor writing tbh but I feel like they will give Will a different love interest because they’ll try to make all of the audience „happy“ But that would just truly not align with the writing so far I feel like.

Love your analyses btw<3

THANK YOUU! That's so kind :) And great ask! This is definitely a topic that the ST fandom needs to discuss.

The default question when people have little to no hope in Byler is, well, who the hell is Will going to end up with? Because it’s become increasingly evident that they’re trying to set him up for a romance. The “im not gonna fall in love”, the “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls”, even the gif shown above. It all can be interpreted to mean that Will is going to find his person soon.

So... to be completely honest, I had no idea who Chance was until this ask popped up and I had to look him up💀. It’s been a while since I’ve been on here, so I’m a little rusty on the deep lore lmao. So, in the off chance that others might also be confused, here’s a (rare) gif of him I found.

I think that’s him with the Hawkins cap on the right. Correct me if I’m wrong.

I’m not sure where the rumors that this guy was going to become a bigger part of the show came from, but that seems highly unlikely to me. I feel like they would have either hinted at it in the fourth season (like how they’re giving Patrick here quite a sizeable role so that he’ll be memorable to us later when he gets vecnafied) or they would have announced him as a more prominent character already like how they did for s5 with Holly, that one new kid character, and also how they did Amybeth for s4. Idk, maybe it’s unreasonable to think they would have to do that, but it feels quite too out-of-the-blue. Especially for a character that would take on the role of becoming our central character’s love interest, which is a BIG DEAL. Especially if it’s queer lol.

Secondly, I firmly believe that it would be a disservice to Will’s own desires to meet someone new.

Will said this explicitly in the van scene, and as of now, we’re still under the impression that Mike is his person. Forget about Mike’s issues and feelings for a second, and think about what Will is saying here. He feels like a mistake for being different, but Mike makes him feel like he’s not a mistake at all, that he’s better for being different. Mike gives him courage to fight on. Fuck. Tbh, it makes me wonder how long he’d felt this way. As a byler, you might be inclined to think his feelings have been on for forever, but narratively, he could have easily just realized his own feelings very recently, most likely sometime between season 3 and 4. It doesn’t mean the feelings weren’t there before, but realistically neither Will nor the general audience were aware of it before now.

Moving on.

Has anyone heard of the rule of Chekhov’s gun? It’s an incredibly clever and widely-used tool in screenwriting and storytelling in general that helps to clue the watchers in for what’s to come next.

Think of Lucas’ wrist rocket in season 1. When they introduced it as a flimsy-looking, no-good weapon that he’d put too much pride in at first, it gives us a good laugh and we move on. But really, it very meticulously set us up to subconsciously anticipate to see it again later. That’s what Chekhov’s gun is all about. Set-ups, foreshadowing, hidden treasures.

Another great example would be the painting reveal of s4. Obviously, after finding out that Will was painting something, bylers immediately figured it was for Mike and BEGGED and HOPED and PLEADED that we’d be able to finally see it, but to the general audience it was just another something that they’d have to pick apart and realize was actually of importance as the season progressed. (It’s also a good way of showing that the writers are fully capable of engrossing the entire fan base and general audience in his and Mike’s story. Just knowing Will had painted something and that it was for Mike created this sense of PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IT IS AND WJATS GOING ON and whatnot that watchers are simply so susceptible to it’s insane.)

Okay, back to the van scene. Will’s confession.

Now, I’m not saying that the writers intentionally used this foreshadowing tool for us to find and understand immediately. There are plenty, plenty of instances where writers use Chekhov’s gun principle and it flies over peoples heads purposefully. What I’m trying to say is that, thematically and narratively, they would never have introduced Wills feelings for Mike if not for it to have importance to the story, or for nothing to happen with it at all. It’s a set up. And a maddeningly good one, at that. Because queer stories already do tend to fly over people’s heads, and also because there’s the added drama between Mike and Eleven that makes it seem quite impossible for any of these feelings to be addressed in the midst of such emotional chaos. But whatever. I think I’m rambling.

Basically, whether they end up together or not, whether Mike reciprocates these feelings, Will is forever established to be in love with Mike. The confession was simply too grand and emotional and earnest for him to just switch up abruptly next season when he meets someone new that he might have a better chance with. Even if there were to be a whole new arc for him where he learns to let go of Mike or something crappy like that, it would be terrible writing on their end and poor use of a well-set-up Chekhov’s gun reference. It would be like introducing the gun in the display case in scene one, then two scenes later just tucking it away into a storage closet for the remainder of the story. Like… what?

And plus, it’s HIGHLY unlikely that Will would end up with that sort of storyline next season when he’s literally WITH Mike for presumably a majority of the time (based on the set pics so far).

So that’s my debunking of the Chance rumors :) and I didn’t even get to mention how incompatible they’d be just naturally as characters. Chance, a Jason-following jock that hates Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy and nerdy things, and willingly assisted in beating up the Hellfire Club when they were trying to find Eddie. What about that at all screams Will’s type? And if you’re thinking “unconventional couple enemies to lovers”, just don’t. This isn’t a rom-com, especially for a queer plot line lol. I think it’s safe to say there’s no “chance”😉 that they will ever happen. And either way, it’d be a bummer if they did. Cus it would just be Will defeatedly settling for someone that isn’t Mike.

UGH! It makes me sad that the one thing that is firmly being teased by the writers (Will’s love playing a major role in the plot to come) is constantly being questioned and framed as different questions. “Will Mike reciprocate?” “Does this mean Mike and Eleven break up?” “Who will end up with who?” SHHH Frankly, to me this is already a win. It’s become obvious that Will having feelings for him will come up again soon, and the rest of the evidence that accounts for Mike’s end already speaks for itself, so I prefer to just sit back and watch it all unfold.

Again, thanks so much for the ask!! This was so fun to dissect and feel free to keep sending questions into my inbox. It might take me a second to post my response but I’m determined to get through all of them. Love you guys!! <3

[strawberrybyers]

for anyone who would like know where to get updates about stranger things 5 from– here’s some accounts i recommend!!

1. the official stranger things instagram account // they have a broadcast channel you can join where they post bts pics and videos. they’ll also post questions and say little comments. they don’t do it often, but when they do it’s usually on a friday lol. to join the broadcast channel: click the instagram profile, click message, then it should say join or view channel and now you’ll get updates when they post to the channel!!

2. @struniverse on instagram posts lots of different updates

3. @sthingsspoilers on instagram posts updates as well

4. @atlanta_filming on instagram posts about a lot of different shows and movies filming in atlanta. currently the person who runs the account is taking pictures and videos of sets in ohio, but when they’re in atlanta they do go to the stranger things sets

5. @hawkinsfamilyphoto on instagram posts pics and videos from the set but sometimes the media is vague like it will be something like a stop sign from the road the cast filmed on and the captions are like riddles. still recommend following them because they do get high quality shots of the sets every now and then

6. @tate.brookins on instagram is the king of content right now. he goes into the sets and takes tons of pics and videos. he also has a youtube channel (tate100T) where he posts vids of him exploring season 5 sets

7. @rossduffer on instagram will very rarely post bts stuff

8. you can obviously go search for the casts instagrams or any other social media they have to follow them. i’ve never seen any of them post bts stuff or about filming the show, but i don’t check their socials often so maybe they have, but hey you never know maybe one day they will post something lol

[cloudycleric]

erm what the flip

[friendsdontlieokay]

Update: Don't know if it's authentic or not but I heard season 5 is gonna start filming around December 15th

[starlet-girls]

you know from the way you guys talk about Robin I thought she would be the sweetest most innocent babygirl but she’s really such a sarcastic bitch and I love it

[captainshazamerica]

Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, and Caleb McLaughlin on Kelly and Ryan Live on June 11th, 2019.

Sorry for the crappy quality, but I got to meet the boys from Stranger Things! I even got to stand next to them back stage for like 10 mins of the Kelly and Ryan show because I got picked to be in the dance off so they pulled us backstage for a while and the boys came like right up next to us. I didn’t have my phone so I couldn’t sneak a pic with them :( (these pics were from later in the show when I was back in my seat, unfortunately they did their main interview while I was backstage) BUT I BLEW IT AND JUST SMILED AND WAVED AND SAID HI ONCE LIKE AN IDIOT INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY TALKING TO THEM!🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Gaten actually asked how I was doing and I said “great and you?” and he said “fantastic” , yeah so that was cool but otherwise I stupidly didn’t say much. It was cool to hear their everyday teenage boy convos tho and them catching up! They were freaking out over the SAT’s and Caleb assurred them it wasn’t so hard and Finn talked about how they score it different in Canada, it was all too cute.

But yeah, check out the July fourth episode of Kelly and Ryan for them (and me doing the splits on national tv 🤣)

Also Gaten ate the jello that they all put their hands on during a game right out of the bowl with his hands after 🤣

[80smikewheeler]

SEASON 3 EPISODE TITLES !!!!!!!!

*Da da da da da da da da, da da da da da da da da, da da da da da da da da, da da da da da da da da, duuuun dun dun dun dun...*

1. Suzie Do You Copy?

2. The Mall Rats

3. The Case of The Missing Lifeguard

4. The Sauna Test

5. The Source

6. The Birthday

7. The Bite

8. The Battle of Starcourt

In the summer of 1985, the adventure continues...

Coming 2019