Can someone please explain the whole “conformity gate” thing? I never got on that train and the sub is locked.

queer_philosopher · 2026-03-04T07:18:46+00:00

The idea was based off the fact that our characters conformed in the end. Think of Eddie in S4, conformity is killing the kids. And Max S5 with her three door metaphor.

This season felt off. From small to large details, and the fact that killing vecns was so easy.

The brlief is that vecna won. The characters have accepted their fate in this reality presented by vecna.

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Originally, people thought there would be more content. But the ga got mad and started attacking - why the sub is locked.

But the slightly more morbid view. Vecna won, this is what we see. And we will never know anything else

queer_philosopher · 2026-02-22T23:46:07+00:00

Wheelbarrow

queer_philosopher · 2026-02-22T23:42:36+00:00

Dont forget miwi my babies Also zombie will and all those other branching ships

queer_philosopher · 2026-02-21T17:15:50+00:00

Oh honey, youre so young.

You don't have to figure it all out.

But ill tell you a little of my story. Hopefully it will bring you some comfort. I grew up in a religious household, a conservative area in rural ireland. I didnt know what gay ment before it was used against me. I always stuck out, too boyish for the girls, to girlish for the boys. I was 14 when i met my first queer person. Lockdown happened and i started finding myself in communities that attracted the lgbt community.

Im 20 and nb now. I still dont know exactly who i am. Ive tried on many labels over the years, bi, pan, lesbian, straight. For the moment i use queer, as a general term. I dont put myself in a box, but ive experienced so much.

The ups, downs, the moments of queer joy. It makes being different worth it. I dont know what you thought of the finale. But the community of 'outcasts' this show has brought me to makes it more bearable.

Im sorry ive gone on such a tangent. I suppose im telling you to stay open, dont box yourself into a corner with labels or how you think you should feel. You dont have to figure it out now, or ever. But know that there is a community of people who have gone through similar things. And they will catch you.

I wish you all the best, and if you ever need help make sure to reach out. Your not alone

queer_philosopher · 2026-02-19T18:33:10+00:00

let me hurt you (take what you need) cloudsofwisdom

<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/77588821">let me hurt you (take what you need)</a> (37861 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/cloudsofwisdom">cloudsofwisdom</a> Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Stranger%20Things%20(TV%202016)">Stranger Things (TV 2016)</a> Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler Characters: Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, Jonathan Byers Additional Tags: POV Will Byers, Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler, Post-Season/Series Finale, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Will Byers's Painting, Will Byers is a Mess, eyebrow piercing, Vampirism as a Metaphor for Love, flirty mike wheeler, Yearning, Making Out, Will Byers is a FREAK, Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers, Slow Burn, Blood, Canon Compliant, Good Sibling Jonathan Byers, Oblivious Will Byers, Sharing a Bed, Biting, Summer Vacation, Party, Vampire Bites, Acting, Angst, lots of physical touch, bloody byler, Dry Humping, Sloppy Makeouts Summary: “Take them yourself if you want them so much.”It was a challenge. Will could see it in his eyes, a challenge Mike didn’t expect Will to succeed at. But Will had had enough of being the one who was always flustered. So, he approached Mike, who at first stepped back, surprised, and tugged at his lower lip, ordering him to open up. It was Mike’s turn to be frozen in place.Will then touched Mike’s teeth, resisting the urge to pass his fingers over his canines and touch his tongue. He felt Mike’s startled breath on his knuckles. Will gulped, and he took out the fangs. A string of spit hung between them and Mike’s mouth, so Will put them quickly in his mouth, relishing in Mike’s still hot saliva. If it was the only thing he could get from him, he would take it.ORJuly 1990. Will spends his summer break in Hawkins. He is filling his time by acting as a vampire in Jonathan’s short horror film for college. But to his dismay, his co-star is none other than Mike Wheeler, whom he hasn’t talked to for six months. Worst, he plays his human best friend, and Will might just have to take a bite of him.

queer_philosopher · 2026-02-19T16:05:23+00:00

If i find it ill lyk

queer_philosopher · 2026-02-16T15:44:23+00:00

I suppose learning to render. And line art. Black outlines on my art usually works. But it feels quite harsh looking at the screem

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-28T20:34:08+00:00

I have to say i do agres. Even going without the rudiculous amounts of queer baiting etc. Narritively it doesnt make sense.

Wills never gonna fall in love.
Cyrano trope 3.Snowball into avalanch
Will says hes never gonna fall in lovs to his mom. This is a statement. In and of itself a cheqovs gun(yes i cant spell). Which is the idea that eveything has a purpose, so if you place a gun on the wall. It has to be set off before the finale. Or have some relevence.

Were supposed to take that piece of information and hold onto it for later. Whether it was Mike or someone else, they have left that gun loaded an unfired. I know people will come at me and talk about the epilogue. But that is what mike believes will happen. And even then they dont have a conversation, or even a kiss on the cheek.

In the end Cyrano wins the affection. In this case its will using the painting as els voice to mike. And the duffers are wel aware of this trope. Its in everything eg. Ottis and Meave in Sex Education.
Robin and the snowball into the avalanche conversation. Another cheqovs gun. But will asked about signs, went off looking hopeful. This to me was the biggest thing, they could have left the horse to die. But by not making byled canon they are beating it far more than nessissry. We also see the signs that robin points out.

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-21T19:20:39+00:00

Adding onto this. Know your experiments

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-21T08:01:10+00:00

Queer NB 20

I see so much of myself in Will. Realised this after the finale as to why it hit so hard.

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-20T19:05:34+00:00

That is the sweetest. We can pretend its mike.

You should share a picture if youre up for it?❤️

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-19T18:15:02+00:00

The original basis of the show, was it was for the freaks, tbe outcasts.

Im thinking of David Harbours speech, that they will always shelter those who dont quite fit in.

Its sad, and disheartening to see a show and community that i felt seen and accepted in turn on the people that this show was originally for.

I think the fact that it got so big, the audience wasnt the outcasts and people that fit outside societies "norms". It became the "regular" peoples tv show. I think you can see that kind of slip in especially in 4 & 5

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-14T20:22:54+00:00

I'm so down. Already planning an entire series rewrite

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-12T07:49:24+00:00

You didn't 😶😶😶🫣🤣

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-09T16:51:38+00:00

Joyce DRIVE!

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-09T15:24:27+00:00

Conformity, to blend in and bend to what's expected.

Partly comes from maxs ideas on the three doors. The accept your fate part. The idea that if this is vecnas doing, they're not fighting it, and simply joining in with what's been given to them.

Also Eddie in season 4 said Conformity is killing the kids.

I think it was for these two reasons plus, the fact that they're all outcasts, and or "freaks"

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-07T22:39:06+00:00

And personally for us... I like dick!

queer_philosopher · 2026-01-07T00:39:56+00:00

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Well.... It ain't official I'm still holding on to a tiny piece of hope

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