#and yet! im somehow vibing...

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

yk, its weird being Way Too Aware & In Control of yourself bc technically i believe im having a panic attack. but somehow i am Very Unbothered by this, bc i know whats happening and its illogical. my body's having an overreaction and i couldn't be fucked to join in

[chirpsythismorning]

Something we should definitely not overlook, because it feels relevant to birthdaygate, is the individual character posters for season 4.

There's actually even an interview with the Duffer Brothers, where they were asked about this theory:

Though, I should clarify, this interviewer got a few details wrong, as it appears Max was actually looking away from the camera, not directly at it. Not only that, but she also wasn’t the only one to do so. She was one out of four total...

Looking directly at the camera: El, Hopper, Murray, Will, Argyle, Steve, Dustin, Robin, (not shown above: Karen, Lucas, Erica, Nancy, Eddie)

Looking away from the camera, to their left: Joyce, Mike, Jonathon, Max

We could deduce that this visual choice was foreshadowing Max getting cursed by Vecna in season 4, and Matt did sort of elude to this in his response to the question, seeing as it was focused only on her. But what could this possibly mean for the other three then?

Initially, it didn’t seem like we got anything substantial enough in s4 that could have possibly paralleled Joyce, Mike and Jonathon to Max's situation, or even being cursed by Vecna like she did for that matter. Well, except—

I do find it interesting that the same episode we see Max slowly discover she has been cursed, in an episode literally titled 'Vecna's Curse', it's March 22nd, Will's birthday, and in real time we are seeing the three people who would definitely never forget Will's birthday, presumably forget.

Because undeniably, the first thing that crosses my mind when it comes to what could possibly connect these three characters with each other, is Will. He's what connects them all. But even more specifically, THIS scene below is what connects them all, a scene which, might I remind you, has a major emphasis on the word 'remember':

Joyce: Do you know what March 22nd is? It’s your birthday. YOUR birthday. When you turned 8, I gave you that huge box of crayons, do you remember that?

Jonathon: Do you remember the day dad left?

Mike: Do you remember the first day that we met?

Vecna:

Not only do I think this means that Vecna most likely took away these three's memory of Will’s birthday, I also think it means he took away this specific memory and all the memories mentioned within it.

If it's all coming full circle and everything leads back to Will, it would make sense that Vecna 'took notes' during this whole incident in 2x08. These memories and these specific people in Will's life played a role in thwarting Vecna's plans last time, so obviously, he's not going to give them the chance to do that again.

This also brings up some interesting questions:

Were those weird POV shots of the Cali gang, that looked oddly stalker-ish, meant to represent Vecna keeping a close eye on them, to make sure his plan was still in motion?

How long will this manipulation (curse) Vecna has on these three last? And to what extent? Will it all just come to a head right away in early season 5, at a moment when they're trying to save Will, but they inevitably fail because all of the relevant things that saved him last time, are now missing from their memories?

And last, but definitely not least, is it possible Mike wouldn’t have gone through with professing his love to El, the way that he did, even going as far as to say his life started the day he found her in the woods (the day Will went missing), if he had remembered already doing the exact same thing with Will…? If he had remembered the best thing he'd ever done was ask Will to be his friend? Because if this theory is correct y’all... MIKE DOESN'T REMEMBER!!!???

Well, that's all (for now)

Please be sure to check out this post if you haven't already, but even more importantly, scroll down to the bottom of that post, because there I have linked all the most incriminating evidence thus far.

And trust me, once you read all of it, it's pretty much undeniable.

I also hope this gives some validation to those of you out there who denied vehemently that Joyce, Mike or Jonathon could EVER possibly forget Will's birthday. Because you were right. Technically, they didn't. Technically it required an inter-dimensional monster for this to be possible at all. So props to ya'll and your faith in these characters! YOU WERE RIGHT!

[the-chattering-tower]

I keep acquiring dragons that look like they'd taste like sour candy and I don't know how to stop

[dennisboobs]

im gonna let you guys in on a little secret.

the more macden shippers shit on other pairings, the more multishippers like me will move towards their secondary and/or tertiary pairings. if i can't go into the charden tag without seeing a post intentionally tagged with multiple ships and trying to spark discourse between them by saying people who ship "rarepairs" are stupid and delusional, first of all, that's an instant fucking block, but like. I'm not going to feel like talking about macdennis when it feels like there's such an obnoxious pressure on you to fall into line and accept the widely preached and accepted fanon canon.

I love macden too. and I would post about and enjoy it a lot more if y'all didn't make it feel like we had to pick a side. just because you prefer the big popular ship, that doesn't make you smarter, or more correct than anyone who ships charden or charmac, it just means you have different preferences. i think macden has the biggest chance of being an actual couple on the show, and obviously mac and dennis are both gay and queer respectively, but if i want to ship charden, why can't i do that too? fandom is supposed to be fun, and it's supposed to be enjoyable, i don't want to have to fight to prove that this ship that i personally see working and enjoy the dynamics of is a "valid ship" when i am fully aware that they're not going to be canon that's kind of the point, and why i prefer it. and for the love of god... if you hc a pairing as platonic, that is perfectly fine. that's how i see charmac myself, but that is your view and your problem, not the shippers'. just block the tag so you don't have to see it if it bothers you that much.

and i don't like several of the other common rarepairs, but have any of you ever seen me talking shit on charmac or chardee shippers? no. stay in your lane and let people live. i'm sick of seeing people acting superior over a fucking it's always sunny in philadelphia ship.

[eric-the-bmo]

hi, when are we going to talk about the implication that Chris recognized something was up with Leo during the Time Gap but his own sister didn't

[guideaus]

the pluto anime ends its episodes on moments like these, but they still feel like theyre being delivered way too quickly somehow, and then also sometimes that thing where an anime changes the feeling of the manga's scene. i think also the colors in the anime make it feel different somehow.

[fslurusami]

my ranking of how good i think gk characters are at sex

[obihoe]

madara really just got the fucking shit beaten out of him immediately after he was reborn huh. welcome to nowadays ninja world, here's ur complimentary beating the fuck out of u

[immamapletreekid]

i am the most predictable person with the most predictably pathetic tastes in the history of predictable pathetic taste

[ephemeral-winter]

I am still so so grateful for the year I spent abroad getting my masters and yet the more I consider doing a PhD the more I get incredibly angry at all the ways my program and more specifically my advisors completely failed to provide the appropriate feedback and training that would enable me to have any clue about whether that’s a realistic option for me

[lepidopteragirl]

Talk about. Anonymous dentist. Who is always FUCKING asleep when you reblog the ask games

AD my best friend AD!!!! lame sleep schedule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[book-of-thieves]

there's a storm outside rn and the thunder is rumbling in the distance and all i could think about is "hmm I'm getting Gothic Romance Novel that Is Not Romance At All from this":/

[a-sleepy-ginger]

29/3/24

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Artms release!!

Grapes

Got a good start on my history assessment

Laughed with family

[lionofstone]

i LOVE hosting i don’t think u understand i spent my afternoon gathering supplies and now im Ready for a festive mocktail party with my friends !!! I have a cheeseboard, grapes, bread and oil. i have it set up so they’ll come in an immediately be handed a drink. once everyone is here i have a little present for each of them. after that we’ll go upstairs to the kitchen for the snacks & more drinks & conversation. i have candles burning, the fireplace is on, everything else is lit by christmas lights. music is playing. i am Ready

[mirqmarq428]

call her Xorg the way she fucks me in the ass

[hcbgoblin]

ik im a month late (what else is new) but watching suchwita with taeyang is an Experience; like i cant believe yoongi openly unabashedly gushing like this is real; that him saying, with all the letters, how much bts loves and looked up to bigbang is out in the world; that taeyangs response to this was 'ah but you're (bts) so much cooler...'; that Taeyang From Bigbang is out in the world saying he knows bts' whole discography. like, it feels like all of our multistan fever dreams came true somehow