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If we really do get a Weyler dance scene at the ball in Part 2, I’d love for Wednesday and Tyler to pull off a tango. Something that echoes Morticia and Gomez’s iconic dance from Addams Family Values, but less campy and way more romantic.

I can just see Tyler leaning in and saying, “Let’s put on a show,” before they take the floor. The tension, the sharp movements, the chemistry it would be electric. Honestly, it could easily top the Rave’N dance from Season 1.

(Edit: I found two songs that I could really see fitting this scene. One is a tango though realistically, Tyler probably wouldn’t know how to dance one on the spot but Wednesday definitely would. If it were a tango, this is the song I’d love playing. If not, then this other song works perfectly too.)

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Okay, so I’ve been sitting on this theory for a few hours now and the more I piece it together, the more I feel like I might have cracked what’s going to happen in Part 2. 👀

First things first in this interview with Jenna, she mentions an axe and a scene involving Tyler in Episode 8 (which is the finale). I originally saw the clip in a subreddit post, and a lot of people in the comments were jumping to the conclusion that this means Tyler is going to die. But I really don’t think that’s the case. Hunter Doohan is already confirmed for Season 3, so it wouldn’t make much sense to kill him off now.

Instead, here’s what I think is really going on:

We already know Slurp is shaping up to be the overarching villain of this season. His whole backstory as a mad scientist the one behind his clockwork heart and other inventions is basically begging to lead into some kind of big, catastrophic machine reveal. My assumption is that Slurp is planning to build some kind of device that could either destroy the entire town or wipe out all outcasts as revenge. It just makes too much sense narratively.

Now, if you look closely at this still from the Part 2 trailer, you can see Wednesday at what looks like Iago Tower. My guess is that’s where Slurp’s machine is being housed. So here’s my theory: the big finale showdown is going to take place there.

Tyler will most likely end up fighting Slurp but in human form, not as a Hyde. And I think this is deliberate. As a Hyde, Tyler could probably overpower Slurp too easily, but for plot purposes it makes sense to keep him in human form to raise the stakes. And remember, Wednesday injected him with something. We don’t know exactly what, but it could be designed to suppress his ability to transform temporarily. If that’s the case, it sets up a scenario where he’s forced to fight Slurp as just… Tyler.

So here’s how I imagine it going down: Tyler takes on Slurp in a physical fight, serving as a distraction. Meanwhile, Wednesday goes after the machine directly. This is where the axe comes into play. Wednesday will be the one to literally destroy the machine by hacking it apart. And the scene would ultimately climax with the machine exploding.

Now here’s the interesting part I think this will mirror Slurp’s original “death.” Just like before, the machine will explode, and Slurp will be thrown from the tower, landing at the Skull Tree once again. But this time it’s through Tyler’s intervention and Wednesday’s destruction of the machine combined. I could see a scenario where Tyler pushes Slurp closer to the machine during the fight, and when Wednesday brings it down with the axe, the resulting explosion sends Slurp flying.

There’s another shot that ties into this theory as well: the one where Tyler is seen pulling something out of his trunk. At first glance, it looks like he’s simply grabbing something from his car possibly a weapon. But after rewatching the trailer, I noticed something interesting. There’s also a moment where Slurp appears to be opening something in the woods, and the background in Tyler’s scene looks strikingly similar.

So this shot could go one of two ways. Either Tyler really is just searching for something in his trunk, maybe a weapon to use against Slurp, or this scene is connected to whatever Slurp has uncovered in the forest. If that’s the case, Tyler might not just be grabbing gear he could be chasing after Slurp, or retrieving something important that’s hidden there, something crucial to defeating him.

All of this makes me think that Part 2 is going to end with Wednesday and Tyler temporarily reconciling. Not in a romantic way necessarily (not yet at least), but in a way where they both realize they have to work together to defeat the actual villain which isn’t Tyler this season, but Slurp.

So yeah, long story short: I don’t think Tyler dies. I think we’re going to see him and Wednesday join forces in the finale, with Tyler fighting Slurp one-on-one while Wednesday destroys the machine with the axe. Slurp goes out with another machine-explosion death, and it sets up Tyler for an even bigger redemption arc going into Season 3.

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I can’t stop thinking about how different Gilmore Girls could have been if Jess had actually stayed on the show as a proper supporting character instead of only popping up for brief cameos. Don’t get me wrong, those cameo moments were powerful but they also feel like glimpses into the story we could have had if he’d been allowed to stay in her orbit.

For example, I always imagine how it might have gone down if Jess had been around when Rory dropped out of Yale in a different way. Imagine Jess being present in Stars Hollow, hearing about it, and immediately knowing something was wrong. The Jess we see later in the series the one who’s grown, who’s finding direction, who’s building a better version of himself wouldn’t just shrug it off. He’d go straight to Lorelai, because he’d know that Rory’s decision wasn’t just about Yale. It was about her, her relationship with her mom, and this huge identity crisis she was spiraling through.

And I love to picture that moment Jess and Lorelai having an actual conversation, not their usual snark or defensiveness, but a real, honest talk about Rory. Jess asking, What happened? How did it get this bad? Lorelai maybe being caught off guard that Jess, of all people, is the one seeking answers, but slowly realizing he isn’t just being nosy he’s genuinely worried. And from there, Jess deciding he needs to confront Rory, not out of judgment, but out of love and concern. He’d call her out, yes, because that’s Jess. He’d tell her point blank that what she’s doing isn’t just hurting the people around her, it’s hurting herself, because he knows that Yale, ambition, drive that’s Rory. That’s who she is. And he’d refuse to let her pretend otherwise.

The best part is imagining what comes after. Rory, shaken by his words, eventually finding the courage to go back, to repair things with her mom, to own up to her mistakes. And somewhere down the line, Lorelai realizing that the turning point wasn’t Logan, wasn’t even her, but Jess. That it was Jess who pushed Rory back onto her path, not by controlling her or fixing her life for her, but by reminding her of who she really is and what she’s capable of.

And I think that moment would have been the quiet revelation for Lorelai. The moment she sees, maybe for the first time, just how much Jess truly loves Rory. Not in some reckless, destructive way, but in a way that builds her up, holds her accountable, and believes in her when she’s lost sight of herself. That’s when Lorelai would understand that Jess isn’t just some rebellious kid who blew into their lives to cause chaos he’s someone who, in his own way, has always pushed Rory toward becoming the best version of herself. And if that had actually been part of the show? We could have seen a whole different dynamic unfold, not just between Jess and Rory, but between Jess and Lorelai too.

Because at the end of the day, Jess’s impact on Rory was always positive when it really counted. The tragedy is that the show only gave us fragments of that instead of letting us fully see what it could have meant if he’d truly stayed.

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I mean these three definitely weren’t paired up in this interview for no reason… who knows there’s probably a bigger reason behind it and something interesting is definitely in store for Tyler, Wednesday, and Slurp 👀

The idea of Wednesday being stuck in a love triangle between Tyler and Slurp just cracks me up because it feels so perfectly Wednesday. Like of course she’d somehow end up caught between a zombie and a Hyde. This isn’t me saying there’s going to be a love triangle, but I came across a post on the Weyler subreddit where someone had this theory about Slurp falling for Wednesday in Part 2. It was actually super interesting, and now all I can think is if they ever got together I’d be the ultimate multishipper. I don’t care if people think I’m weird for it go watch Lisa Frankenstein and you’ll see the vision I have in mind.

What makes it even funnier is that, as someone who usually hates love triangles, this already sounds way more entertaining than the nothingburger we got with Xavier, Tyler, and Wednesday. Slurp is more interesting than Xavier ever was. (Xavier you are NOTHING) But the image of Tyler beefing with a zombie over Wednesday? That’s just comedy gold LMAO.

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The idea of Wednesday being stuck in a love triangle between Tyler and Slurp just cracks me up because it feels so perfectly Wednesday. Like of course she’d somehow end up caught between a zombie and a Hyde. This isn’t me saying there’s going to be a love triangle, but I came across a post on the Weyler subreddit where someone had this theory about Slurp falling for Wednesday in Part 2. It was actually super interesting, and now all I can think is if they ever got together I’d be the ultimate multishipper. I don’t care if people think I’m weird for it go watch Lisa Frankenstein and you’ll see the vision I have in mind.

What makes it even funnier is that, as someone who usually hates love triangles, this already sounds way more entertaining than the nothingburger we got with Xavier, Tyler, and Wednesday. Slurp is more interesting than Xavier ever was. (Xavier you are NOTHING) But the image of Tyler beefing with a zombie over Wednesday? That’s just comedy gold LMAO.

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Weyler Edward Scissorhands AU

(for my fellow Weyler fanfic writers take this idea and run wild)

Premise:

In this AU, none of the events from the Wednesday series happen. Wednesday Addams is sent to Nevermore Academy for the first time, after being expelled from yet another school for reasons her family only describes as “unimaginative mortal overreactions.” She arrives with her brother Pugsley, both prepared to endure whatever bizarre, suffocating social rituals Nevermore has in store.

But everything changes the day Pugsley hears a story. Somewhere beyond town, hidden in a decaying mansion atop a windswept hill, lives a boy unlike anyone else pale as bone, sharp-eyed, and cursed with blades for hands. Nobody knows if he’s real. Most students dismiss it as another ridiculous local myth. Pugsley doesn’t.

One night, armed with nothing but a flashlight and his usual lack of self-preservation, he sneaks away to investigate. And he finds him.

The boy is quiet, withdrawn, almost wary of being looked at too long. His clothes are a mismatched collection of repairs and odd fabrics, his hands a strange and unsettling sight long, glinting steel in place of fingers. When asked his name, he says simply, “Tyler” the name given to him by his now dead creator.

Pugsley, grinning like he’s just found a new favorite toy, gives him a surname on the spot Tyler Scissorhands.

Arrival at Nevermore

When Pugsley tries to bring Tyler to Nevermore, Principal Weems is immediately against the idea. The boy isn’t a student, doesn’t belong to any known outcast category, and his presence would likely cause more trouble than it’s worth. She’s not wrong Nevermore thrives on order (its own strange version of it), and Tyler is an anomaly.

But then the whispers start. Students catch glimpses of him outside the gates. Rumors fly about his hands, his scars, his quiet, watchful eyes. By the time Pugsley “accidentally” parades him through the courtyard, the school is buzzing. Tyler becomes a fascination, an obsession everyone wants to know him, use him, claim him for their own purposes.

Weems eventually caves. Better to keep him within sight than let him roam freely and cause more speculation. She grants him a place at Nevermore unofficial at first, then formal, once she realizes removing him would cause more uproar than allowing him to stay.

Tyler and Wednesday

Tyler notices Wednesday immediately. Not because she stares at him she doesn’t. In fact, she’s the only one who doesn’t. Everyone else looks at him like he’s a spectacle. She looks past him entirely, like he’s nothing worth her time.

For someone who’s spent his whole life being hidden away, then suddenly gawked at like a curiosity, that indifference is intoxicating. It’s not that she ignores him cruelly she simply doesn’t feed the performance everyone else demands of him. She treats him like she would anyone else blunt, unsentimental, and wholly unimpressed.

Tyler starts finding excuses to be near her. At first, it’s small things standing a little too close when Pugsley drags him into her space, volunteering for group projects he doesn’t care about just to share the same table, lingering after conversations long after they’ve ended.

Wednesday, however, is entirely immune. She’s not charmed by his awkwardness, nor softened by his vulnerability. If anything, she finds his sudden attachment inconvenient, another unwanted thread tying her to Nevermore. Her sole focus is finding a way to leave the school entirely, and a boy with scissor blades for hands is not part of her escape plan.

Still, Tyler persists. Not in the loud, overbearing way others might. His fascination is quiet, persistent the way he listens when she speaks, the way his gaze follows her like she’s the only real thing in the room. He doesn’t ask for much from her, except the chance to stay in her orbit.

The Exploitation

As Tyler becomes part of Nevermore’s daily life, the fascination turns into exploitation. Students ask him to carve intricate sculptures, fix broken objects, or perform parlor tricks with his blades all under the guise of friendship. Staff find ways to use him, too decorating for events, handling delicate work others can’t.

Everyone takes something from him. Everyone except Wednesday.

That makes her different. Dangerous, even because in Tyler’s mind, she’s the only one who isn’t trying to take a piece of him. She’s the only one who makes him feel like a person instead of a novelty.

Thornhill’s Interest

Marilyn Thornhill sees opportunity. Unlike the others, her fascination isn’t born from curiosity or wonder it’s strategic. Tyler is rare, unique, and vulnerable. If manipulated correctly, he could be the perfect tool to discredit Nevermore, to ruin its carefully maintained image from the inside.

She plays her part well. At first, she offers kindness, encouragement, and guidance. But underneath, she plants doubts. She points out how the students use him. She suggests that the faculty sees him as a liability. She whispers that Wednesday, the one person he trusts, could turn on him too.

The Fall

It happens slowly, then all at once. A mistake during one of his “favors” causes an injury. Rumors spread like wildfire. The fascination curdles into fear. Students who once praised him now avoid him. Staff quietly question whether Weems made a mistake letting him stay.

Thornhill fans the flames, all while ensuring her own role stays hidden. Tyler’s name begins to rot and as his reputation collapses, so does Nevermore’s. Accusations pile up, press attention grows, and the school’s fragile image starts to unravel.

By the time Wednesday realizes the depth of Thornhill’s manipulation, the damage is nearly irreversible. The boy she once dismissed now stands at the center of a storm that could destroy them both.

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I keep seeing people say Tyler reminded them of Anakin… and now I’m absolutely desperate for a fanartist to draw him as the fallen angel.

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I have a lot of thoughts about how Cobra Kai ended, and honestly, the more I sit with it, the more it frustrates me.

Because this show started off with so much heart. Season 1 was a character-driven continuation that asked what happens when people refuse to grow? what does healing look like when it’s too late? And for a while, it answered those questions in messy, beautiful, grounded ways. We weren’t watching a “karate show.” We were watching a show about people broken people trying to unlearn everything they’d been taught, slowly stumbling toward redemption.

But somewhere along the way especially by Season 4 and 5 the writing shifted. They chose spectacle over substance. They chose karate gang wars, surprise alliances, cartoon villains, and giant tournament stakes instead of doing the deeper, harder work of letting these characters breathe.

The clearest example of this is Johnny, Miguel, and Robby.

There’s this narrative I keep seeing that Johnny’s bond with Miguel somehow took away from his relationship with Robby. That loving Miguel was a betrayal. That Miguel “got in the way.” And honestly? That interpretation is not only unfair it completely ignores what the show actually set up.

Miguel and Carmen didn’t take Johnny away from Robby. They gave him a reason to try again.

Johnny was at his absolute lowest when the show began. Angry. Directionless. Guilt-ridden. And then he met Miguel this earnest, kind kid who just needed someone to believe in him. Helping Miguel wasn’t about being a karate sensei. It was about finally seeing himself through someone else’s eyes and deciding to be better. Carmen held him accountable. Miguel gave him hope. They weren’t a replacement for Robby. They were the catalyst for Johnny to even start confronting how badly he’d failed as a father.

Johnny even says it. When he apologizes to Carmen in Season 2, he admits that Miguel never gave up on him and through that, he saw he had a second chance. A second chance not just to be a better man, but to be a better father. Miguel inspired him to try and make things right with Robby. That’s not a betrayal. That’s growth.

But here’s the problem the writing didn’t follow through.

The Johnny/Robby reconciliation arc could have been incredible. It should have been slow, emotional, layered. But instead, it was rushed. A sweet road trip, a short bonding scene, and then suddenly they’re back on track. No real unpacking of the years of resentment, abandonment, jealousy, pain. And it’s not that the actors didn’t sell it they did the best they could. The problem is that the writers didn’t give it space to land.

Same goes for the Miguel/Robby rivalry. These two had so much built-up tension. Complicated, mirrored lives. A shared sense of hurt. And how does their emotional resolution happen? after Johnny’s sudden baby announcement. That’s not emotional closure. That’s a shortcut. It wasn’t earned. It wasn’t believable. And it reduced something deep and painful to a footnote in a baby subplot.

And speaking of rushed arcs let’s talk about Miguel’s trip to Mexico.

That storyline had so much potential. For once, Miguel was on his own journey separate from Johnny, separate from Cobra Kai, separate from the fight. It was a moment for him to figure out who he was outside of being the peacekeeper, the “good kid,” or the person always caught in everyone else’s drama. And it was so refreshing. We saw his vulnerability, his curiosity, his strength all on his terms.

But what did the writers do? They gave him two episodes. They dropped the arc. He didn’t get any emotional closure with his father. No deeper cultural exploration. No personal fallout. They just threw him back into the dojo drama like it never happened. A massive opportunity for growth, completely wasted.

It’s honestly part of a larger pattern. The writers kept planting emotional landmines and then stepping right over them.

And the most frustrating thing is that they clearly know how to write good character arcs. Look at Hawk. Look at Tory. Even Kreese got a more consistent emotional throughline than some of the leads. But as the show went on, they stopped trusting their own character work and started chasing escalation instead.

And yeah it’s ironic. Because this show pulled so much from the Rocky movies, right? But the Rocky films were never just about the fight. They were about the fighter. They were about character. The struggle wasn’t just in the ring it was in the heart. The training montages were metaphors for internal change. The final fights weren’t about victory they were about identity.

Cobra Kai started that way. But by the end? It felt like they were just building up to a “karate infinity war” where plot armor and cool moves mattered more than the people throwing the punches.

So no, I don’t blame Johnny for loving Miguel. I don’t blame Miguel for needing love. I don’t blame Robby for feeling hurt and angry. They were all doing their best in an emotionally rushed, narratively overcrowded story that refused to give them the depth they deserved.

I blame the writers. For choosing spectacle over substance. For prioritizing karate gang wars over meaningful emotional resolution. For sidelining arcs that could have made this show unforgettable.

Because the truth is the fights were never what made this show special.

The characters were.

And the more the show forgot that the more it lost what made it matter in the first place.

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I just need to get this off my chest.

Sometimes it really feels like people are trying to take Eleven’s “nachos,” reheat them, and hand them to Will as if he can or should be the exact same kind of supernatural centerpiece she is. And honestly? It’s getting exhausting.

There’s this growing trend I keep seeing, where people downplay El’s significance, calling her “boring” or “one-note,” saying things like “they should do more with her powers” which, okay, I can get behind that critique if it’s genuine. But then in the same breath, these same people will turn around and hype up Will having powers like hers, or say he should be the new superpowered focus of the show, as if Eleven being the only one like her isn’t kind of the entire point of her character?

Like, I came across someone criticizing the shot of Eleven levitating in the teaser, calling it “a Marvel moment” in a condescending way as if Stranger Things hasn’t always had moments like that. But what’s even funnier is that in the same teaser, Will is literally jumping through trees like he’s Spider-Man, and somehow that doesn’t get called a Marvel moment? The bias is so real it’s honestly wild.

Now, don’t get me wrong I love Will. I think he has a deep, meaningful connection to the Mind Flayer and Vecna. That part of his story is fascinating and should be explored further. But I don’t think he should have powers like Eleven. And you know what? I hope he never does. Because once you start handing out superpowers like candy to the rest of the main cast, that’s when Stranger Things does start to feel like a Marvel clone.

Eleven being the only one with powers isn’t just some throwaway trait it’s core to who she is. She’s different. She was created, shaped, and manipulated to be something inhuman. That’s her burden, her trauma, and her strength. It’s literally what sets her apart from the rest of the group. Giving Will the same type of abilities doesn’t elevate him it just waters down what makes Eleven unique and shifts the narrative away from what has made her arc so important since day one.

What really frustrates me is when people act like Eleven’s supernatural arc is “over” and now it’s Will’s turn like this is some sort of power-handoff. No. El’s arc isn’t over, and she doesn’t need to step aside so someone else can wear the crown. Will has his own story. His trauma is different. His connection to the Upside Down is different. That should be honored and explored in a way that’s authentic to him, not just copied from El.

Honestly, people say El’s powers are repetitive that all she ever does is scream and throw her hand out. But the second the show tries to evolve that, to show her flying or pushing herself in new ways, it’s suddenly too much or too flashy or “Marvel.” Like… what do y’all want??

At the end of the day, both Will and Eleven are incredibly important to the supernatural heart of the show in different ways. They represent two sides of this otherworldly conflict. Will is the victim, the tether, the haunted. El is the weapon, the counterbalance, the key. Their roles are not interchangeable, and trying to mold Will into El’s shoes does a disservice to both characters.

I love Will. I love Eleven. But I’m not gonna sit here and pretend I don’t see the way people twist the narrative to elevate one by diminishing the other. Will’s strength is in his sensitivity, his connection to the dark, his resilience. Let that be enough. Let him shine in his own lane.

Stop trying to take El’s story and give it to someone else just because it’s not going the way you imagined.

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I can’t even laugh at Steve telling Nancy about the chicken nuggets thing anymore, knowing she might have to step into the role of being a parental figure to Mike and Holly, since their parents are definitely goners.

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So glad I came across this thread because I’ve talked about this before, but seeing others feel the same way gives me hope that maybe more people are starting to notice how drastically Stranger Things shifted after Season 2 and not for the better.

One of the biggest missed opportunities, in my opinion, was how they handled the base under the mall in Season 3. Thematically and narratively, it would have made way more sense for it to be a U.S. government operation rather than a secret Russian base. Yes, I know people bring up that the Russians were “teased” back in Season 1, but honestly? That felt more like a way to reflect the Cold War paranoia of the 1980s than to set up an actual Russian antagonist. It was meant to critique how the U.S. government used anti-Russian hysteria as a tool to excuse horrific acts done to their own people, including literal children. The experiments on Eleven and the others were state-sanctioned, and carried out on U.S. soil by U.S. scientists, all cloaked in the language of “national security.”

The first two seasons made it very clear that the true horror wasn’t just the monsters it was the people in power. The government was conducting unethical experiments, silencing whistleblowers, abducting citizens, manipulating the media. All of this created a haunting, grounded atmosphere that felt disturbingly real. The Upside Down was terrifying, but so was the realization that no one was protecting these kids. That the institutions that were supposed to keep people safe were the very ones violating their rights.

Then Season 3 comes along and suddenly surprise! it’s not the U.S. government anymore, but a literal secret Russian military base under a shopping mall. And the entire thematic thread that was so carefully woven throughout Seasons 1 and 2 gets dropped like a hot potato. Like… the Russians being the bad guys? On the 4th of July? While American kids fight to protect their town from an outside enemy? It’s giving Cold War propaganda realness.

And okay, yes Season 3 is still fun. It’s colorful, campy, and has some really enjoyable moments. But it trades psychological horror for spectacle, and moral ambiguity for patriotic fantasy. It completely abandons the terrifying implications of capitalism and government overreach that the earlier seasons were building toward. The Starcourt Mall could have been a perfect metaphor a shining symbol of consumerism built over the ruins of local businesses, all while secretly housing a government operation that’s quite literally tearing open the fabric of reality. That’s a story. That’s a statement. And it would’ve been far more chilling if the people behind it weren’t foreign invaders, but the very government that had already proven its capacity for evil.

There’s a deep irony in how Season 3 could have highlighted the dangers of unchecked American power and late-stage capitalism, and instead turned it into a cartoonish “America vs. Russia” narrative straight out of an 80s action flick. And I get it they were going for nostalgia. But it ends up glorifying the very systems the show used to critique.

And like you said this shift isn’t just thematic. The entire vibe of the show changes. The lighting is brighter, the colors more saturated, the tension less atmospheric and more reliant on big action scenes. The horror gets drowned out by humor, the slow-burn mystery replaced by split narratives and genre confusion. Seasons 1 and 2 were eerie, intimate, and emotionally resonant. Season 3 feels like a blockbuster sequel that forgot why people loved the original in the first place.

it's been years and it's still genuinely crazy to me that the first two seasons of stranger things had this throughline where all the bad things that were happening in hawkins were directly caused by the us government and that they were excusing the awful things they were doing to their own citizens (children!) through cold war/red scare reactionism. and then in season three there was a secret russian base under the town mall.

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Just poured my soul into this edit the concept is Mike getting possessed by Vecna in Season 5 and reliving memories of Will. That’s when he realizes he’s in love with him. I used Under Pressure as the background song, since I love the idea of Will introducing him to Bowie and Queen. It becomes Mike’s favorite song his version of Running Up That Hill because he feels like he can relate to it. The pressure, the fear, the unspoken feelings and the meaning behind the song mirrors everything he’s been bottling up.