At the picketing line outside netflix HQ on Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, May 12 2023.

just saw this y’all wanna guess which episodes kate has written?

this one

and this one

and a personal favorite

LIKE OKAYYY KATE I SEE YOU

Murray Bauman when a 3rd Byers and a 2nd Wheeler come to him with relationship issues

Season 2 was truly the "Will Byers' show" (and I need this energy back for Season 5)

"The focus remains chiefly on the core child cast though, and they continue to impress. Of particular note is Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, now given room to actually act and play off his castmates instead of being lost in the Upside Down. He's a considerable young talent, and as Will is caught up in another nightmarish encounter with the alternate reality over the course of the season, Schnapp delivers a varied and nuanced performance, encompassing PTSD to body horror to a disturbing twist on The Exorcist."-WIRED.

"[...] and its child stars are given emotional storylines demanding greater depth, to which some step up – Noah Schnapp as the long-suffering Will is extraordinary – and some just about manage."-The Guardian.

"The new season’s biggest strength is how it deals with Will’s trauma. He’s a frail kid who’s survived a horrifying experience, and Noah Schnapp, in a bigger role, doesn’t let you forget it. His lingering feeling of being unsafe in his own body is the show’s most effective chiller."-The New York Times.

"Pivotal to Season 2’s darkness is Schnapp’s extraordinary performance as Will. Absent by default for most of the first season, Will is a key player in the new episodes, and Schnapp communicates exactly how isolated his exposure to the Upside Down has made him feel."-The Atlantic.

"Will spends Stranger Things 2 suffering from serious PTSD before being further traumatized as the mouthpiece for the Smoke Monster. That’s not easy, especially when you’re asking a 13-year-old actor to bring it all to the forefront. But Schnapp delivers over and over again as he emerges as an essential cog in the Stranger Things machine.

That scene where Joyce, Jonathan and Mike all recount intimate stories with Will to break through the Smoke Monster’s hold on him? Perfection."-Observer.

Caleb’s recent interview has got me worried about Lucas and Max for many reasons, but he’s also made my theory on how El and Lucas will deal with Max’s state differently even more possible.

I have a feeling that at some point, Lucas will accept to himself that Max is gone forever, and that conclusion will lead him to spend season 5 with the party rather than in the hospital with Max.

For Lucas, believing Max is gone is probably the best thing he can do for himself. He’s always been a skeptic, and after all he’s gone though, I don’t see him having an optimistic approach to Max’s state.

I believe El will be on the side of there is a way to get Max back, and will be the one who’s storyline revolves around that and trying to use Max’s state to gain useful information on how to fight Vecna.

I’m not sure if these opposing views will stir any conflict between Lucas and El though. The two seem to be in a place where even these completely different outlooks would not anger the other. They are the two people who understand each others pain the most and will most likely accept that the way they feel is the best way for them to handle it.

We see this exact thought process in season 1 with Lucas’s acceptance that Will is dead. He sees a body and he’s decided to focus of working though grief rather than what he thinks may be denial. The doctors tell him that she might not wake up, and I assume he believes it’s very possible and as time passes he will probably be more sure. He trusts facts and knows that grieving would be more helpful for him that putting all his energy into something he can’t do.

El on the other hand is the person that literally revived Max with the thought process “we make our own rules”. She does not trust doctors and will probably dismiss their predictions not based on delusions, but based on her own sense of fact. That being that she literally brought her friend back from the dead. A coma couldn’t be that hard could it?

I have a LOT more thoughts and predictions for Max’s arc in season 5 and how it could directly help the gang defeating vecna, as well as a really interesting was I’d love to see her be able to communicate with El while still being unable to interact as a fully conscious person. If you are interested to hear those thoughts let me know!

top ten funniest images of all time

the most unbelievable part of the rink o mania fight is that Will literally made clear that he was jealous of El but Mike was too busy trying to beat the gay allegations to even notice that

they are besties idc

ooooo the stranger writers want to make a byler coded tweet post on valentine's day oooooo they want to so badddd 🕯🕯🕯🕯

There’s a ton of y’all on the Byler tag now so just wanted to share we’ve got a master doc of some of the best Byler fics on AO3. If you’ve got any recommendations to add, message me please! The doc is always updating :)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BVCYq7SZbeahwpzWLLDvTyyb2I4P9rwt3SIAUrDIyh8/edit

*insert gif of Joyce screaming MAYBE I'M CRAZY*

I love AUs, I'm fine with pretty much any type of AU. My only condition is that they have to be childhood friends. It's the whole point of the ship to me. idk, that's just personal

Need the writers to be brave as hell and grow the absolute biggest pair of balls and just post a picture of Byler on Valentines Day. Like I need them to just say "fuck it" and do that for ME.

Gale saying to Katniss that she gives him attention only when he's suffering is so El and Mike coded with Mike only being able to express his feelings to her when she's suffering/about to die and he's in protective mode... because it's not true love.. Mike wants to be with her when he thinks she needs him but otherwise it doesn't feel right to him because his true love is Will, his heart is already with Will so he can't really give his love to her except when he believes that she thinks of him exactly like Will thinks of him... a lie... he can do it only when he believes a lie...