#s5 wishlist

[raayllum]

me knowing that rayla is set up to have massive arc(s) next season with her family and self-loathing and callum (now that he’s finally down to talk) and it’s 99% going to be called Ocean

[howtobecomeadragon]

friendly reminder to manifest Will in a hallucinatory state while being held by Vecna for s5, so that when the party comes to rescue him, we see glimpses of them all as their d&d characters

[dylanconrique]

TIM PICKING UP AND SPINNING LUCY AROUND WHEN SHE PASSES HER DETECTIVE’S EXAM PLEASE IMAGINE!!!!! 😭😭😭💗💗

[shortstak87]

Gif by Owlsie-hoot

[henderhop-is-endgame]

henderhop shippers watching s5 when something bad happens to dustin, but then he safely reunites with the group, and when el sees him her breath catches in relief and she says "i thought i lost you" before embracing him

[p0megranamanat]

my wishlist for s5:

some s1 and s2 vibes

CANON BYLER

will is central to the plot and does NOT die

no one dies actually

lumax moments

el/lucas moments

we finally see what's going on in mike's head

swingset flashback

karen finds out what's happening and has an iconic moment

robin and vicky get together

el and nancy being independent and slaying

argyle plays an important role

to be continued

[asingleturtleduck]

If Mike and Will get stuck in the upside down together next season I will absolutely lose it

[bbasmos]

i need mike to fight an actual dragon in S5, or some sort of foreshadow from the painting battle 

[kennahjune]

Hear Me Out

They should let Steve give s5 Will a makeover.

Just saying.

[rainwalker-dragonblade29]

So here's a thought.

Is Kim'dael somehow connected to Aaravos?

I have a theory that she may be. I mean think about it. Kim'dael drinks blood from people (elves) to live longer. (Probably origin to the human belief of moonshadow elves drinking blood when Rayla offers the boys moonberry juice... but I digress.)

Isn't that dark magic?

Viren used the ashes of the assassins to create shadow elves who would kill. If there is magic energy in their ashes... who's to say it's not in their blood too? Elven blood will indeed be imbued with magic of their primal too!

Or rather, imbued with energy...

Though she was going to harvest the blood from Suroh's family who are skywings? But it still would have worked, because if it didn't... she'd just let the family go knowing she won't find the magic she needs in their blood.

Which leads me to think she only has to drink blood of elves because the spark of the primal starts to fade in her as age progesses... leaving her weaker. So she needs magical energy to keep replenishing her life.

Magic is not the only way elves and Xadian creatures stay alive... but if that Magic is taken... they do die, like it happens in dark magic once the energy of a creature is used. It's "kill to save". "A life for a life" if you will.

With Kim'dael, it's not that moon energy can only be replenished by moon energy. It is life energy for life energy.

So if she starts to lose her own magical energy... she needs to snatch another to stay alive. So she does with her ritual on the night of the blood moon and drinks the blood.

But consuming energy of magical creatures is dark magic! Elves are race revolted by the practice. That's why they would hate humans. And they won't ever use this practice themselves because of their revolution. Aaravos being an exception.

Yes the other moonshadow elves are revolted by Kim'dael, in the sense that those would know her fear her and those who don't believe she exists would think its stupid if someone mentions her. But assassins won't. Because they know she's real. It's in the assassin histories as Ruthari say...

After all of that— fear, hatred, and conviction to stop her and nobody mentions that she uses dark magic!

I think there's a reason for that. One reason is that perhaps because elves don't think that other elves could use dark magic because it is a practice for the magicless. They don't view themselves at that rank... and they don't see themselves as magicless. They have primal energy in them that leads them to think that elves can't do dark magic. And they can't do dark magic for moral reasons.

But it's not a matter of can't. It's a matter of don't. That leads me to the second reason... that elves don't understand the very concept of it. They don't even talk about the forbidden practice because it stirs hatred in them, for all they have seen off it is the part where humans kill other creatures to use their magic. They don't understand why it works. They only see the horrible act and hear the twisted spells and then see it bring about unspeakable horrors. And they don't make the effort to learn about it because why would someone see anything like potential or look for understanding in something that is viewed with anger and hatred? They don't understand its intimate connection to magical energy transfer because to them this seems about killing.

So elves don't say other elves can do dark magic. Because they belive other elves can't or won't do dark magic. But they haven't seen Aaravos do dark magic. But many know is story as the "deciever". Runaan knew. He feared the mirror. But none say he invented dark magic. Even Zubeia only portrayed him as the "deciever" that he was plotting history itself as a dangerous mastermind. But she doesn't mention his connection to dark magic.

But what is more important is the parallel between them here. Aaravos is a being who has lived for thousands of years. Well, we don't know Kimdael's actually age, but she has lived centuries on a minimum that there are ever lasting legends and myths on her. She even says she will outlive Runaan even when he's gone. Saying that she trusts the longevity of her magical practice.

But she couldn't have been as ancient as Aaravos. He is one of the first great ones! So... Did Aaravos give her the knowledge of dark magic? Or a part of that puzzle? Without saying that it is dark magic.... I think he did.

But... then why is she still around? Why would he give her something if he saw nothing in her? And even if he hadn't given her the knowledge... he could most certainly take her down if she ever proved as a challenger in his purpose. None of that has happened means... she is not a challenger. She is a part of his cosmic chess game. He needs her for something. Could she help him escape? Will she join the sparklepuff squad?

She might be coming back in the coming seasons... so I'm exited for an Aaravos-Kim'dael parallels or cooperation.

[pinkeoni]

Mike gets to step back into his childhood room in the Upside Down and absolutely geeks out over all his old toys that he was forced to give away.

Mike gets so giddy over seeing his dinosaur Rory and his Yoda figurine and for a moment he gets embarrassed, but Will is with him and tells him that he thinks it's awesome and gets geeked out over toys right there with him

[raayllum]

Book Three: Sun / Book Five: Ocean

[dylanconrique]

making myself tear up thinking about "i'll have ruined the most important relationship in my life" and how angsty it would be if tim and lucy's first fight triggered lucy's fears of her single handedly ruining the best relationship she's ever had like she thought she would, and then voicing those fears to tim later that night when he comes over to apologize and smooth things over with her like, "maybe... maybe this isn't worth the risk after all." — cue tim immediately shushing her and cupping her face in his hands, desperately reassuring her that she's wrong. that they're worth the risk. "you're worth everything to me".

[ohfallingdisco]

Will and Dustin making constant back-and-forth comics references all throughout s5

Lucas pulling Mike in for a shaky, strangling hug after they realize he isn’t doing so good, and not letting go for the rest of the scene

Dustin slinging an arm around Will every five seconds, as a joke after Byler reveals they’re dating

Mike, Dustin, Lucas, and Will making a pact to re-form the Hellfire Club once they’re safe, during a bleak spot, stuck somewhere

Will describing to the other three in-depth how he draws their D&D characters, and the little details he really likes to include

Dustin picking a fight with Mike over Eddie’s death, and both of them ending up crying and saying sorry for the Quarry and s3

Lucas and Will going on a supply run to the store together, laughing and snatching plenty of candy to eat during movies later

Dustin falling asleep with his head on Lucas’s shoulder in someone’s car, and he has no choice but accept it and take a nap, too

[henderhop-is-endgame]

their dynamic in season 5