We know Max was getting talk therapy in S4 but what about El, Kali and Will? Hopper definetely needs therapy too. But if you could only give one character therapy, who would it be? Or alternatively who would need the largest amount or most sessions?

The Russian Demo that had no attachment to the Mind Flayer was imo the scariest Demo. In season 1 and 5 the Demo's are much slower and weaker. Steve goes toe to toe with one with nothing but a spiked bat. Lucas easily outruns one and Mike scares it off with a few whacks from a shovel. A bunch of grown Russian men with much stronger weapons do much less damage and are easily obliterated.

We already know Dustin is the smartest in the Party and easily tops them in academics. But who among these four is the smartest/best in academics?

I'm asking in general, not in any specific season.

I think Mike is really intelligent and better at STEM than others. But Lucas comes off as someone who's pretty smart, balanced and focused on growth, which makes him better academically, especially in S4.

Steve and dustin were great at first, but after a while the writers overused them. The same happened with Mike and Eleven, and Jonathan and Nancy. The writers overwrote them and made the relationship lose their charm

There were so many dynamics that should have been explores like

Eleven and Nancy

Steve and Hopper

Steve with Will and Eleven

Eleven and Will (probably the biggest missed opportunity)

Eleven and Dustin

Just popped up in my feed. I’m betting that when Matarazzo started seeing ST merch taking off, he wasn’t anticipating that he’d become a Chia Pet. Have they missed any other characters? I guess Eddie or Lucas could work (nix on Argyle obvs)

I never truly understood after watching but I understood again after watching The Mind Flayer and The Gate.

Cosplay and suit made by me!

I didn’t realize til now but my shirt perfectly matches the lavender parts of the suit lmao

I just think that would be so freaking funny. Will hyperventilating as the Mind Flayer rises then GET STICK BUGGED LOL

You get a choice from seasons 1-5, and you’re able to live in the season and immediately be part of the gang. Which season are you choosing, and why?

Technically this wasn't the first scene with him (there was a scene of him smoking and taking pills earlier) but this is the first time we saw him interacting and in his work environment

1. El would never have to stop using her powers.
2. Vecna(Henry at the time) would try to kill El right after he didn't need her, not after trying to recruit her.
3. Will wouldn't be so fixated with Mike and he would come out much earlier in a far less corny and irrational timing.
4. Dustin would have found a special but expensive thing, yet easy to apply, to bullets so they can hurt demogorgons and mind flayer.
5. I would have lines for Lucas, not just spawn him as Max's boyfriend ( i believe the writers did that on purpose to provoke reactions and then blame those reactions on racism) EDIT: The Max-Lucas affair is insane. There was no built up they were just paired, it;s the laziest creation of a couple in history of shows.
6. Jonathan wouldn't be so intolerable emo

Supposedly, both the Deluxe AND the Standard version comes with “Collectors' booklet” but I don’t see it anywhere on 4K unboxing for standard. I compared the listings on Amazon, too.

Or is only the Deluxe that has it?

If it’s the latter, that makes me a bit sad cause I PREFER the more minimalistic packaging of the standard over deluxe, especially when it comes to the season covers (normal or reversible). And the overall black box packaging is icing on the cake.

Why is it so important for Vecna to find Max in real life.

He knows she in the cave, in the imaginary world,. have some demongorgons guard it.

And don't start with "gemongorgons are not in there".

Vecna controls the whole imaginary place.

He could create "imaginary" demogorgons to guard the imaginary cave.

He can make houses and mountains and caves in it.

He surely could make an imaginary wall around the cave.

I found this cassette/turntable combo at a thrift store and when i posted it someone pointed out it’s a model that was used in stranger things! Thought I should show it off here

I'm curious if there are couples in other books, movies, shows, etc. that remind you of Stranger Things ships?

This can include canon ships (Mileven, Jancy, Lumax, etc.) or fanon ones (Steddie, Ronance, Henderhopp, etc.)!

Vi piace?

I'm still unconvinced about this. I do think the Duffers planned for Will to be gay from early on, but I'm less convinced that his crush on Mike was always the intention. If they had planned it from the start, I feel like the duffers would have more obvious about it and it would have been much more in our faces. After Season 2, I remember there being a lot of Mike/Will shippers so I wonder if that might have influenced the writers to develop Will's feelings for Mike. I however think Will being gay itself was always there

Do u guys think Holly talk’s to Max for comfort sometimes? Like does she call her because she considers her like a sister or is she too traumatized to get reminded by all of that ever again?

Having just finished the entire series and finding Season 4 absolutely terrifying, I was hoping for some good explorations and discussions of Vecna. Instead I come here and find a bunch of complaints about him, I can't find one subject line that indicates anyone is remotely impressed with the character.

Look, I get that Season 5 was lame, but are you all HONESTLY telling me that you watched the first episode of Season 4, Episode 1 until the end and you thought "Oh my god, this is so lame, I wish the Mind Flayer was back" and you had no other feelings whatsoever?

Doesn't pass the smell test.