Shit ass writing indeed way to many plot holes
Still holding onto #conformitygate its the only theory that can fix everything

hey, if conformitygate isn't real tomorrow I am letting everyone know this right now.
PUT. THIS. IN. YOUR. POCKET.
This idea is GENIUS, and I know how many ao3 authors are like mid-late teens-early adults, but this idea is genuinely amazing and could be a REAL thing in a piece of film/media that one of you guys make in the near future. Because now you know how to write a good series. Don't let anything stop you, we know how that went (cough cough volume 2)
This is your sign (whether conformitygate/9th episode is real or not) to take inspiration FROM conformitygate. Like I said, this idea Is genius. Like- I cant even explain how crazy it is. Think about it, gaslighting EVERYBODY the finale came out? it premiered in THEATRES. Then, BOOM. REAL FINALE, YOU'RE IN A FAKE REALITY. WAKE UP. Do you guys understand how smart that is? not just in an intellectual and compelling narrative way, but in a marketing way as well.
make it happen!! make a fake finale!!! make that slow-burn queer romance!! make everything YOU wish you saw in media when you needed it most!!
mike was just a self-insert. what the duffers meant by "a show for outcasts" they meant awkward white guys with nerdy interests who couldn't talk to women. it was no wonder that the only girl mike had a chance with was a girl who was so closed off from society that she didn't know what she wanted. there was no way they were going to give mike a gay romance with will because they're straight incel men. that's part of why mike had no real personality. they needed to project onto him.
the duffers may have taken a sniper rifle and assassinated almost every character in this show but my man lucas wept when max opened her eyes, held her like he would never let her go, and was the first of will's friends to speak up and stand by will after he came out. if no one got me i KNOW lucas sinclair got me