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He estado pensando, y tengo un detalle que nadie se había fijado por lo que he visto que refuerza la teoría del Flickergate.
El codigo ruso.
El puto código ruso.
He aquí mi interpretación:
"La semana es larga, el gato plateado come cuando el azul se encuentra con el amarillo en el oeste, un viaje a China suena bien, si pisas ligeramente."
Iré por partes
"La semana es larga": Al principio de S4 escuchamos a Once escribir una carta a Mike, diciendo que Joyce dice que el tiempo parece más corto o más largo dependiendo de nuestras emociones, esto porque ella dice que esas semanas se le han pasado volando.
Los Byers y Once llevaban 6 meses en California, pero cuando Mike y Will hablan del tiempo que llevan separados dicen que ha pasado un año.
—"Ha pasado un año, Mike."
—"Llevabas un año sabiéndolo y no me dijiste nada!"
Sin embargo, siguen siendo solo 6 meses.
Esto podría ser por lo que dijo Joyce, al estar Will y Mike separados, sintieron que paso mucho más tiempo, por eso lo de "la semana es larga" porque las semanas siempre duran lo mismo, por las emociones se puede sentir más larga, en este caso, por su separación, ambos sienten que ha sido largo.
"El gato plateado come cuando el azul se encuentra con el amarillo en el Oeste"
El gato plateado es Vecna, que mata a Chrissy.
Se "alimenta" de su vida, sus recuerdos y en si, Chrissy misma.
¿Y cuando pasa esto?
Cuando Will se encuentra con Mike en California.
Will llevaba ropa azul y Mike ropa amarilla
Que casualidad, no?
"Un viaje a China suena bien, si pisas ligeramente"
China es un lugar muy lejano a Estados Unidos, así que podemos interpretarlo como un sitio que está lejos, como el Upside Down.
Pisar ligeramente es pisar sin hacer ruido, con sigilo, es decir, andar con cuidado.
Por lo que:
"El tiempo separados es largo, Vecna mata a Chrissy cuando Will se encuentra con Mike en California, un viaje al Upside Down suena bien, si caminas con cuidado"
Quizá esto no signifique nada y solo este sobrepensando, pero podría significar algo, y en ese caso, darnos una pista de que Mike y Will estarán en el Upside Down, haciendo posible la teoría Flickergate :D
Idk how to make gifs
I Figured It Out
So I saw a series of posts on TikTok this morning from @connect_dots7 regarding the connections between the Original Labyrinth and Stranger Things. It was fascinating. Their main thesis connected the Upside Down’s creation/Frozen Time to Mike. That maybe, potentially, Will was NOT the one who froze the Upside Down on November 6, 1983. Instead, they posited that MIKE was the one who subconsciously stopped time. Stay with me here. In Labyrinth, Sarah wishes for her baby brother, Toby, to be taken away by Goblins. She turns off the light in her brother’s room and he is then abducted by goblins. In order to get them back, she must reject her childhood and own up to the fact that she is indeed growing older. It’s sad and melancholy, but it fits her character. The theorist, however, suggested that Mike must do the opposite. We all know Mike wants nothing more than to play DND and Nintendo with Will for the rest of his life, but he does not see a reality in which this is possible. He must grow up, like Sarah, reject these childish dreams, and move on.
But, unlike Sarah, Mike’s resolution is to EMBRACE this part of himself. His nerdiness, his Queerness, and his love for Will, his childhood best friend. He CAN grow up and embrace his childhood at the same time, he only has to allow himself to do it. Mike froze time in the Upside Down as soon as Will pulled out of his garage by flicking off the lights. He didn’t know it, but HE set this entire plan in motion. He wants to be with Will so badly that he was willing to freeze time to make it happen. Now, he must turn the lights back on, this reigniting the flame of their relationship (Hide in the Light).
Notice how EVERY season begins with Mike running late for something? He wants more TIME. More time to be a child, more time to hold on to the things he holds dear, and more time to figure out who he is. When he accepts himself, his interest, and his love for Will, everything will be undone. Remember, Hopper said Mike was the key (with a literal green key behind him). It’s up to Mike to set things right and give himself permission to move on. One cannot truly heal until they work through their own trauma and Lord knows Mike has not done that yet. The moment he realizes that Will loves him exactly as he is and wants to spend the rest of his life with him will set him free. It’s Forced Conformity, that’s what’s KILLING THE KIDS!!!
The theorist also connected this idea to Mike jumping off the quarry in S1. He jumped not because he was trying to save Dustin (although that was certainly part of it), but because he was CONVINCED that Will had jumped and drowned. He had no idea that El was going to catch him and save him. He was ready to d!e for Will. Mike must confront that action (probably by jumping again 😖) and why he did it. When he realizes that he jumped for Will and not Dustin, he will be confronted with his true feelings. (Think Jesus and the Devil, not that I’m comparing Jesus and Mike) All Mike wants is to love and be loved it return. He just thinks that that world can never exist. There’s more on @connect_dot7 but I’ll allow them to explain because they’re more eloquent than me. 😛 But I’ll add this to the equation.
As I read these theories the song “Slipping Through My Fingers” from Mama Mia (don’t judge me) played in my head. It’s written as a Mother/Daughter story, but really centers on Growing Up, losing time, and wanting to FREEZE THE BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS FORVER. This is Mike’s story arc and what he must accept in order to move on and release the Upside Down. I rewrote the lyrics only slightly and when I tell you they fit PERFECTLY!! I actually made myself cry. I’ll post them below. Thanks for listening to my long-winded InfoDump. I appreciate it. (I also think this could EASILY play into the whole “Mike is in a Coma and Must Confornt His Feelings in order to Be Set Free”)
Slipping Through My Fingers (Rewritten for Mike Wheeler and Will Byers)
Schoolbag in hand, he leaves home in the early evening
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch him go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm losing him forever
And without really entering his world
I'm glad whenever I can share his laughter
That funny little boy
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in his mind?
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
We keep on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sleep in our eyes, him and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Then when he's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go?
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
And why? I just don't know
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in his mind?
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
We keep on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Schoolbag in hand, he leaves home in the early evening
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
Love this, and it’s one of the theories that I never fear we’re reading too much into at all. Just look at them in their final formation, with a heart shaped break in the clouds sending down a bolt of lightning right about Byler.
Then this official poster based off of Will’s painting, where the only two things in colour are Mike’s heart on his shield and the suspiciously bolt-like connection that’s coming from Will’s magic that is striking it.
ok but that moment where the electricity goes off and steve keeps turning the light switch on and off so robin tells him it isnt gonna work (all while a bunch of bananas hang on the wall right next to him which is a choice, im sorry, it just looks interesting).
which could mean nothing —
(For context, anon is talking about this post. Click it, and have your mind blown.)
Oh it definitely means something, anon. 🤣
In Robin’s presence, Steve attempts to “turn on” the lights- but is completely unsuccessful. There’s no electricity. Just like the “Clarke-Byers Electromagnetic Field”… it’s stable.
But when Mike (secretly) held Will’s hand. BAM! Powers back on.
(Notice how we can see thunder aka electricity in Will’s drawing… shown to us right after Mike holds Will’s hand. Incredible.)
Dear anon, can you imagine how much energy these two will create while they kiss… and more?
Maybe…
constantly thinking about flickergate
still images below the cut because the gifs turned out extra crispy on tumblr
