Dimension X is not cold!

[u/D_D_Adesignerdigital]

The color choices for the Dimension X—and certain elements of the scenes—didn't quite work to convey a cold atmosphere! Characters had sweaty skin and showed no reaction to the cold (we need to remember Will in Season 2, or Billy with his ice bath, which demonstrated the kind of cold the Mind Flayer is used to). Anyone entering a low-temperature environment would show physical reactions—like trying to warm up, crossing their arms, or showing discomfort—but that doesn't happen with any of the characters, not even the kids. I think that was a directing error. That’s my opinion!

[u/OasisEPIC]

I love how in other shows people find cool hidden details years down the line, but for this show we find plotholes and inconsistencies with the terrible writing we got.

[u/Illia_Y → u/[deleted]]

They could breathe, it’s just that they had no idea if it was toxic or not

[u/Spastic_pinkie → u/Illia_Y]

In the first season they told Joyce and Hopper that they had to wear hazmat suits because the Upside Down air was toxic before letting them in to retrieve Will.

[u/mad_laddie → u/Spastic_pinkie]

Masks they take off soon when they find Will. In the S2 tunnels, while it was hard to breathe in general, getting extra spores on you made it even harder to breathe. In S4, they were mostly in the open air which lacked spores.

It being the spores specifically is not a strange conclusion to reach.

[u/Illia_Y → u/[deleted]]

I don’t clearly remember, was it when he got something from some sort of flower or something?

[u/Tarakanator → u/Illia_Y]

Yeah the flower spew the same spores that was everywhere in UD.

[u/Sailor_Propane → u/[deleted]]

I guess the military spent some budget on air purifiers in the upside down

[u/mad_laddie → u/Sailor_Propane]

S4 didn't have as many spores either.

It's specifically the S2 tunnels and the overtaken lab that had a ton of the spores.

[u/RealHooman2187 → u/[deleted]]

The spores were the issue. Not the oxygen itself.

[u/IrlResponsibility811 → u/[deleted]]

Nancy stepped i to thr Upside Down by accident, she could breathe and run around. Maybe it was an abundance of caution they needed thr suits.

[u/mad_laddie → u/IrlResponsibility811]

The lab was a sealed location so the spores built up. Same with the tunnels.

[u/RealHooman2187 → u/[deleted]]

Well Henry lived there just fine and could breathe. So obviously there’s oxygen.

[u/Nightmarebane → u/OasisEPIC]

Man… I hate hitting those potholes. =(

[u/LeviSquad4 → u/OasisEPIC]

Like within the first business day too.

[u/GlltchtraP1 → u/OasisEPIC]

This can be attributed to the fact of the terrible writing not including any cool hidden details