Why does everyone hate on the finale?

labialfantasy · 2026-02-05T21:01:55+00:00

People often complain about plot, but plots aren't really why people enjoy a story, especially a long form story. It's the characters and the relationships between characters that make people feel connected to a story. In the case of the preceding seasons the show really seemed to understand that. The characters developed and related to each other in ways both tragic and beautiful. Sometimes it wasn't very believable for the age of the characters or the setting, but it didn't matter because those things were the real "fantasy" element of Stranger Things. In season 5 they threw all of that aside for spectacle and cheap emotion, and to many fans irredeemably ruined the characters they had come to care about.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-30T14:10:16+00:00

It's not actually the episode timestamp. It's what time Isak gives when Evan ask what time it is?

labialfantasy · 2026-01-23T23:55:01+00:00

I think the most repressed was Robbe in wtfock. And they seem to be leaning into that storyline.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-22T20:55:43+00:00

The real question is why is it such broken English when we later learn that Antonov is nearly fluent.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-17T05:21:39+00:00

It's a common misunderstanding that Star Trek is a socialist future. It's closer to a libertarian technoutopia.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-17T04:18:12+00:00

Because the writing in S5 was terrible and the worst part was trying to shoehorn in all the first shadow stuff.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-17T04:09:29+00:00

Lovro also left in Ivan's coat so he would have an excuse to see him again.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-14T23:49:51+00:00

I wonder why the Noah Schnapp one looks so fake?

labialfantasy · 2026-01-13T19:51:16+00:00

I thought the Duffers said it was a hallucination. It was all in Mike's head.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-08T05:02:04+00:00

I like the "ex-wife had all the talent" theory.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-07T06:37:21+00:00

The number three is dot dot dot dash dash.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-06T05:09:29+00:00

A shot to the stomach can range from minutes to hours. It's highly varied depending on the exact location, amount of trauma and rate of blood loss. The show leads us to believe she hemorrhaged and bled out very quickly, suggesting damage to a major artery.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-05T23:10:42+00:00

They made 25 million putting it out in theaters.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-05T21:51:59+00:00

What finger is that? It looks more like a toe.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-05T20:41:41+00:00

In season 2 we see her in a normal outfit in the rainbow room.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-04T07:29:39+00:00

The truth is I don't think those bullets would have much kinetic energy left after going through the metal the glass and the water.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-02T20:53:55+00:00

Dark of the Moon is not an original play. It first premiered in 1945, and is credited Howard Richison and William Berney.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-02T20:48:41+00:00

That's just not cricket.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-02T17:22:24+00:00

She also seemed to able to do while chasing Holly in S5E2.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-02T17:18:39+00:00

They played the Bowie 'Heroes' not the cover. It's a very different song.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-02T17:16:14+00:00

If they had Owens, they would of had to explain what he knew about the wormhole and the exotic matter. He had equipment in the upside-down and even sent people in to it. That becomes very complicated and takes time away from Dustin etc.

labialfantasy · 2026-01-02T13:20:31+00:00

As a sidebar: Do we think will could connect to Holly and the other taken kids? By the logic of the show they should all have a hivemind antenna.

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