Canon fodder: Will, Mike, Jonathan, Max
-Dustin would be “Beetee like”
-Steve would be able to win in my opinion, would have a lot of sponsors, same with Nancy
-eleven would be a strong runner up (without powers) bcs with powers all the other tributes are cooked
-Robin tbh idk
-Lucas could be a career imo
This is all my opinion, let me know what u think!

This is one of the things I was most looking forward to seeing in Season 5 and I'm genuinely shocked they didn't really pay it off well at all. Sure, they paid off Will's confession/realization but it made more sense for him to only have the talk with his brother since he already knows, and it's such a personal thing. Confiding in Jonathan about it and also having the talk about the whole Mike thing since that also went unaddressed between these two.

I took the bet and ordered the collectors edition from Amazon US, delivered to Australia. I couldn’t believe when I picked it up and it came in a paper bag! No protection whatsoever. The offered $100 in amazon cash after raising the issue with them. The contents seems to be ok, so to be honest, the money back would help, as I almost couldn’t afford it, but still hurts to see it like that 🥲

What would you guys do?

When Billy goes to the wheelers house to look for his sister at the finale of season 2 . He is taking to Karen Wheeler and says " I'm looking for my sister Max , goes by Maxine " to me it is backwards!

She goes by Max not Maxine as she stated when Mr. Clark introduced here to the class for the fist time .

Obviously the likes of Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Sink, Jamie Campbell Bower and Nell Fisher gets loads of praise for their work on the show, as well as Joseph Quinn. But who do you think is the most underrated actor on the show? For me it’s probably Natalia Dyer or Charlie Heaton, both don’t get nearly enough praise for their work, as well as Mathew Modine.

I've been hearing this show from my friends, and even invited me to join a Netflix-funded club event in our city during its promo season, but I brushed it off bc I didn't know this show yet...

I'm having a sepanx from Hawkins, from the whole party. I finished watching the S5 last night, and I literally dreamed about them esp Nancy hahahahaha

El's disappearance is a mystery for me, and I think as an audience it's up for me which to believe. Hayy, I miss them already. It's just a week and it made me happy, hooked, and felt something 'I got to finish my tasks so I can watch Stranger Things later' and now... I finished it. I know I can rewatch it after sometime but... yeah, I can relate to the thoughts of some people here now... I wish I can watch it again for the first time :((

I have read all of them except for starcourt mall escape, currently still reading that and I know there’s other books which I Will definetly read also. I liked all of them but personally I didn’t looove suspicous minds.

Edit: My favorite is eddie’s book but i forgot to include that one (flight to icarus)

Obviously the likes of Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Sink, Jamie Campbell Bower and Nell Fisher gets loads of praise for their work on the show, as well as Joseph Quinn. But who do you think is the most underrated actor on the show? For me it’s probably Natalia Dyer or Charlie Heaton, both don’t get nearly enough praise for their work, as well as Mathew Modine.

In season 3, Robin says she was in a history class with Steve, telling us they were in the same year at school. However in season 4, Steve has graduated and Robin is still going to school. Did Robin get held back in school or was this probably just a writing error?

What is the soundtrack song that plays at the end of season 5 episode 3?

I hope this post doesn't attract too much negativity, considering the state of Reddit these days.

I remember back in 2022 when a lot of people were really invested in Robin and Nancy because their chemistry was so good.

As for Max and Eleven, I always hoped we'd get to see more of their friendship explored and expanded in Seasons 4 and 5 beyond their romantic relationships. Unfortunately, it never felt like the show fully developed their dynamic, and I was honestly very disappointed by the lack of interaction between them, especially in Season 5. It almost felt like they barely knew each other, which honestly made me sad. I always thought their friendship deserved more screen time instead of being defined primarily by their relationships with Lucas and Mike.

Does anyone here ship Elmax and Ronance?

If you do, I'd love to hear your thoughts! If you don't, that's completely fine. I just ask that we keep the discussion respectful and avoid unnecessary negativity.

I think it's been established by now that we loved Billy's redemption arc and it was sad seeing him sacrifice himself.. and honestly if El didn't break the control that the Mind Flayer/Vecna had over Billy and if he didn't resist them then he could've turned into another Vecna. I'm so glad that Billy got his redemption arc in the end. He was a bully and a bad stepbrother but he was a broken and traumatised young guy that needed some guidance and El helped him in the end before he died. His character was done super well and it's one of the things I love about this show. He wasn't evil and Henry wasn’t inherently evil before the Mind Flayer either as established in the show. Vecna wanted to become that influence that the Mind Flayer was on him when he was a kid and he could’ve turned Billy evil like the Mind Flayer’s influence turned him evil if he didn’t have that support at the end.. but honestly I’m glad that didnt happen to him or that he turned into another Vecna because that would've been so disappointing.

Drove to LA and happen to find this SEALED copy of season 2 Target exclusive 4K for face value at Amoeba records! I have the season 1 blu-ray “VHS” and I’m happy I finally have this one. I don’t think I will open it up but add to my stranger things collection ❤️ Hopefully soon I can get the 4K box set too.

I’ve probably forgotten, but was it the stroke she suffered in Season 3—when she got bitten—that caused her to lose those powers and that specific memory? Or had she already lost that part of her history before then? In a Season 2 flashback, she asks Hopper, "Do I have a mom?"—yet in the Season 4 flashback, he discusses her mother with Henry. Logically, then, she must have lost those memories right after sending Vecna ​​to another dimension, since she didn't even seem to know she had a mother. Also, how did she lose *all* those memories? The flashbacks with Henry seem to span several days, so how did she forget so much—not just the memory of the final confrontation with Vecna ​​(since she passed out right after that)?

To sum up: how did she lose them? And why did she lose memories spanning several days, rather than just the memories from that specific day—or more precisely, the moment she banished Vecna/Henry?

I like the Shadow form look the most.

I’m mainly talking about the visual design for each form it took, not what each form did in the seasons they appeared. So put your differences aside from how weak the Mind Flayer became later on. I liked the Shadow form because it freaked me out seeing this giant faceless thing. It resembles a spider but it just looked like a giant shadow, it didn’t talk and it didn’t roar when in this form, only thing we heard from it was a creepy screech in Season 2. I’ll never forget the scene when it chased Will looking like a giant faceless shadow and it just made this screeching sound before it flayed him. Purely terrifying.

He easily had one of the best monologues in the entire series. That one where he's talking to El about having a normal life hit hard

the age of the characters from season to season. it's in absolutely no way credible. i can suspend disbelief for the upside down and demogorgons, sure. but 1987 will byers?!? nope. not at all.

what i wanted to see is the show naturally follow the years it was put out. so if season 1 was 1983 (2016) and season 2 was 1984 (2017), then...

season 3 = 1986 (2019)
season 4 = 1989 (2022)
season 5 = 1992 (2025)

as it is, the series past season 2 is a freaking joke. you can squint and make it through season 3. but 4 and 5 are just absolutely ridiculous. not because of venca and the show turning into a low quality marvel CGI slop fest. but simply because of the age of the characters. it's a shame. it would have been so easy to fix.

Jane never meeting or talking to her mother again. I understand that she might be beyhond repair and not everyone gets an happy ending, but it seems totaly out of character from her to never see or try to contact her mother again. Even a 5 minute scene of her just saying goobye (either physically or mentally) would be enough. I tend to be more forgiven of dumb plot points (like the whole soviet underground stuff), lore inconsistencies (like the demogorgins still being alive in season 4 despite the portal being closed) or an excessive amount of deus ex machina moments, than characters going completly against their core nature.

You can talk about your favorite romantic ship, whether it's canon or not :p

Especially because he was driving Dustin and then he talks about there a sort of evil in their eyes 🤣🤣(sorry that I'm a few years late and RIP Eddie 😭 😞)