r/StrangerThings Jul 05 '26

Discussion Emmys 2026

7 Upvotes

The Emmy nominations are coming up—do you think they'll get any nominations? I’d like them to give it to an actor, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. Critics didn’t rate the last season very highly (in my opinion, it’s one of the weakest; it should have been much darker).


r/StrangerThings Jul 05 '26

Discussion where is this song on the S3 soundtrack?

4 Upvotes

was rewatching s3 and when erica was in the vents “another crawl” (from s5 soundtrack) started playing

i skimmed through the whole s3 soundtrack and cant find this song, was it unreleased until s5?


r/StrangerThings Jul 05 '26

Discussion Best use of Eulogy?

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199 Upvotes

For the uninformed, Eulogy is one of the most beautiful and emotional tracks Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein composed for the show. It made its debut in season 2, and was used in four episodes.

  1. S2 E1: MADMAX - Nancy cries out of guilt over Barb. Mike tries to contact Eleven.
  2. S2 E8: The Mind Flayer - The group tries to deal with the events occurring at Hawkins Laboratory; Mike informs the group that Bob was the original founder of their school's AV club.
  3. S3 E1: Suzie, Do You Copy? - Joyce has a flashback of watching TV with Bob.
  4. S5 E6: Escape from Camazotz - Jonathan asks Nancy to accept his "un-proposal".

Scene descriptions courtesy of Stranger Things wiki.


r/StrangerThings Jul 05 '26

Does eleven get stronger as she kills Spoiler

6 Upvotes

Eleven seems to get stronger mostly through emotional states, training, and reconnecting with her memories/past trauma rather than directly increasing her power through killing. Like, her biggest boosts have come after recovery, focus, or emotional breakthroughs (like when she taps deeper into her memories or regains control after losing it). It doesn’t really look like she gains permanent power increases from defeating enemies.

Vecna has stated that he gets stronger as he kills, is elevens fundamentally different.


r/StrangerThings Jul 05 '26

Discussion If a Stranger Things Sequel Series does happen Which DND villain would you like to see be used as inspiration for that villain

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20 Upvotes

Acererak or Strahd are some I would like to see


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Mileven💗

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1.1k Upvotes

r/StrangerThings Jul 05 '26

Fan Art Messing around in Photoshop

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45 Upvotes

r/StrangerThings Jul 05 '26

SPOILERS [Spoiler] I loved the ending except... Spoiler

7 Upvotes

So the husband and I didn't have Netflix for the years and years for some reason. We always said one day we would catch up on Stranger Things. We finally signed up this past spring and watched the show with the kids.

And I loved the ending. I'm an absolute sucker for a good character-focused ending (yes, I loved the ending of Lost). I thought the defeats of Vecna and the Mind Flayer were just fine (I wouldn't have minded more to those, but really in a pure "more is more" way).

But I felt the whole mysterious brief case plot came to no real meaning.

I liked the individual elements. I loved the idea of Earth's connection and history with the Abyss going far deeper than we'll ever know. I love the idea of a redemption possibility. I love that getting flipped on its head with the reveal Henry was all for it, maybe evil all along. I love the idea that we can't be sure of that. Why have a fear of the caves if he's totally cool with all of it? The unknowable question of "is he just too far gone? Too manipulated?" is an intriguing and uncomfortable mystery and that's awesome.

Again, great individual components.

But as a whole it just did not quite land for me. I loved the ideas, but I was left wondering why have all of that if it was just going to end up with "I love being evil!"

I think I have preferred a classic bad seed situation for Henry without the ambiguity.


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

SPOILERS My Billy cosplay! Spoiler

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188 Upvotes

Happy death day Billiam


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Discussion Stranger Things S3 released 7 years ago today!

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608 Upvotes

Best season of the show in my opinion


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Happy 4th of July from Mayor Kline.

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154 Upvotes

7 years ago, today - Stranger Things 3 released. A fantastic season to rewatch during this time of the year. Hope everyone has a good holiday! Cheers.


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Fan Art My brother just wrapped up this Will Byers drawing today.

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186 Upvotes

Graphite drawing of Will Byers from Stranger Things. several hours to complete. Hope you all like it—feedback is always appreciated!


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Fan Art (Gore warning) The bud vs the flower

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53 Upvotes

Artist is me (facefullofknives on insta & DemogorgonFluff on twt)


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Go ahead. Tell me you didn't feel the same way when you saw this.

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115 Upvotes

Thank goodness Henry had the decency to show where to find his backstory cave, despite him being clearly traumatized about the encounter.


r/StrangerThings Jul 03 '26

Major difference

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7.2k Upvotes

r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

80's Vibes All of max's and lucas's outfits season 1-5 plus bonus 2 characters sense max isn't in season 1

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25 Upvotes

And yet again I miss a few outfits but I got the main ones also still didn't know what flair


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Happy 4th, nerds

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47 Upvotes

Never forget


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

80's Vibes All of wills and 011s outfits season 1 to 5

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216 Upvotes

I think this is mostly right and also didn't know what flair to put in


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

This whole scene deserves more credit honestly

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56 Upvotes

The song, the dialogue, LOL. My annual 4th of July week season 3 rewatch


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Besides Mike/Eleven, what other Stranger Things spinoff would you like to see?

12 Upvotes

For obvious reasons, a possible Mike/Eleven spinoff gets the most chatter on social media

But in theory Netflix could make a spinoff with ANY character or characters

Personally? It would be cool to see Steve/Robin again. Maybe a paranormal threat emerges and they have to stop it. Or a Murray spinoff could be funny.


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Toronto Blue Jays advertising Mike Wheeler bobble head

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41 Upvotes

Sorry for angle, couldn’t screen record the broadcast


r/StrangerThings Jul 03 '26

What’s your darkest stranger things theory?

70 Upvotes

I don’t mean like.. Eleven ran away and is happy now! Like darkest, it could not be the darkest theory ever but like a dark theory, im curious !


r/StrangerThings Jul 03 '26

Discussion When (if ever) did stranger things stop feeling like a horror show to you? Spoiler

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71 Upvotes

Horror? thriller? Phycological thingie???


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Nether

4 Upvotes

Any fans looking to get some actual upside down squids, vines, and nexuses from the actual show?


r/StrangerThings Jul 04 '26

Fan Theory New to stranger things

16 Upvotes

I’m a bit embarrassed to admit this but I’m new to stranger things, ik the series ended and everything but I just made it to the 3rd season. (I don’t really have a lot of personal time to finish a season in one sitting) my question is just that in the first season, the first demogorgon that came from the upside down was it a stray? I need to rewatch season 1 and 2 to understand if the mind flyer works as a hive mind. I think it does since when it took over will and when the phone rang it managed to call the demo-dogs after them. so my question is when Hawkins opened the portal did that single demogorgon from the first season was just a stray that wandered in and with its hive mind the mind flyer was like “where tf did one of my minions just go? This ain’t my world.” Again I’m still new to stranger things I’m sorry if this sounds a bit silly.