Omg I'm so excited for you!

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I'm going to have road Trip to Virginia for this but I got a VIP ticket to see DJO!!

Yes I totally agree on the AuDHD hygiene, I have that issue myself lmao. It was not a non-factor in my HC. 🤣

I'm considering!

I think Eddie is a bit stinky. He doesn't have access to good products. He's at least smelling like cheap hairspray, ciggies and weed and a hint of BO. Steve takes PAINS not to ever stink (dad trauma and persona) Once they get together though? I think Steve lets himself get a little grody sometimes.

Yesss I want to see how sheep fixed this for you!

I wanna know more about the sheep story.

I tried really hard and had 3 cities and 5 shows I could have made it to but I still couldn't get Djopala tickets :(

sidenote, it's also longer than Crime and Punishment. (211,591 words)

Got a chance to read today! I loved every minute! I noticed how hard you worked on this chapter, it must have been a beast to write. The unfolding drama has me kicking my feet. Did you know BRL is now significantly longer than the Fellowship of the Ring?

Thank you!

So I'm officially old now. I just turned 40. I've been thinking there's a lot of Stranger Things fics that use terms that didn't exist until at least the 90s and they pop out immediately to me. I'm happy to offer my services to anyone who'd like me to check for them!

It's noot just you. I haven't fucking slept yet. I get too fucked up about something and my hyper focus kicks into overdrive and WOW I feel *insane* while I turn it around and around and try and find a way to make it fit, imploring the internet to give me the missing piece. I'll sleep soon at least.

I swear I'm going through the stages of grief over this stupid fucking show. Those four seasons really were something special huh?

Duffers I hope Paramount makes you start over from interns I swear to fucking god.

Yeah I guess they probably just broke up off screen. Because everything important happens off screen this season.

Things never addressed again
Max's letters
The painting lie
Half of everyone's parents.
Dr Owens
Clearing Eddie's name
Max's mom
Dustin's inability to accept failure (instead he cheated his way to valedictorian)

I made a list of minor non plotline things that I needed the finale to address for me to be happy with the ending. Half of them I thought were stupid because of course that would be covered. Not a single one of them came up at all.

What the fuck was that? There were no fucking stakes. I cry at fucking commercials and I got slightly misty twice when Eddie got callbacks. That's fucking it. Duffers what the actual fuck? Very funny give us the real season 5 now.

Does anyone else think Stranger Things is suddenly ass because of Netflix's stupid fucking merger that they had to suck Trump off for? If there were certain "woke" things that Netflix insisted be removed it could explain why the Duffers no longer want to work with Netflix.

So. Cute!

Yay!

Oh no did I miss my chance? Of course I want one!

I wish!!

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Exactly! Like that isn't the original but someone clearly arranged it that way deliberately.

Mmmhmmmmmmm

My guess is the obit merch item is the wrong one since it's the most questionably canon. Someone saw this particular prop and assumed that was his parents. Merch is going to be the least vetted in comparison to a book and an on screen prop.

I can't take credit for it, I stole it off of Twitter lol. But yeah now that we can see the dates I think uncle and aunt. Raymond fits better with Alan and Wayne than Cheryl does as a name scheme. Though they could have had a sister.

I think they would be an older aunt and uncle with the dates, they'd be too young to be grandparents. Maybe Wayne and Al had an oldest brother or sister?

Huuuuuh. If so that would be big. The grave with new family members could be related maybe.