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Stranger Things 3 - StarCourt Mall = The Star Chamber (1983)?
I'm thinking that StarCourt Mall is a reference to the 1983 film The Star Chamber:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Chamber
" Judge Steven Hardin (Michael Douglas) is discouraged by the failures of the legal system after seeing hardened criminals go free on technicalities. Acknowledging Hardin's perspective, his peer, Benjamin Caulfield (Hal Holbrook), introduces him to the Star Chamber, a secret organization that condones vigilante action in cases where justice has not been served. However, when the cabal sentences two criminals to death, and Hardin finds them falsely accused, he clashes with the powerful group."
This may be the influence for Hopper and Kline's role in this season?
In the Starcourt Mall, Dr. Brenner is running the Papa Gino's as a front operation but in the back with the pizza stones and manager's office he's got surveillance equipment.
He hired a Demogorgon as a delivery driver and he's not very good at it, those pizzas never arrive 30 minutes or less. He also tends to eat the customers and drag them to the Upside Down.
Brenner only pays the Demogorgon around $3.35/hr and the Demogorgon retaliates in the further eating of customers.
In Scoops Ahoy, Steve Harrington becomes suspicious of the fact that a large Demogorgon wearing a paper hat keeps strolling in and out of Papa Gino's. One day the Demogorgon approaches Steve and devours a soft serve ice cream cone, cotton candy flavored.
Guys... what if the stupid rats are just trained rats that have mic wires attached to them and the Lynx Corp are purposely infesting the mall with them?
Everywhere Eleven goes so will Hawkins Power & Light.
They never stopped watching.
Papa Brenner's Pizza 🍕
Should be a front operation for spying in Starcourt Mall.
⚘ Brother!Mike Wheeler x f!sister reader
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— content warnings: Season 3 spoilers, mentions of blood, semi-gore, fluff
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Ever since the battle at Starcourt, sleep has seemed like a distant memory.
I turned to my other side on the bed, an uncomfortable groan left my body. I closed my eyes once more to try and at least get a peaceful hour of sleep, but whenever I tried all I could see were the events that happened at the mall.
I threw the blankets off of my body and laid on my back. A heavy sigh left my mouth, as I closed my eyes once more.
Sleep finally started to take over my mind and body, but before I fell fully unconscious my left hand moved to hold my right arm, the scar from the night at the mall still remained.
The next thing I knew, I was asleep.
JULY 4TH 1985 ─ STARCOURT MALL
My chest heaved up and down from all of the running I've been doing, fear and adrenaline rushed through my body as I finally found a spot to hide in. I shut my eyes tightly, hoping that this was all a dream, that I was going to take up any minute now safe in my bed.
But it was real, it was so real.
A loud crash sounded right next to me, I quickly placed my hand over my mouth, making sure no sound would escape and alert the mind flayer of my whereabouts.
Tears escaped my eyes as a thousand thoughts flooded my head. Is Mike okay? where are the others? when is this going to be over? will we all make it out of this?
I kept my eyes shut until the desk I had been hiding behind had suddenly been flipped on top of me. A scream ripped through my throat as I felt the bone in my arm snap. The pain burned in my arm as I realized that not only had the bone been broken, but had also pierced through my skin.
Hot tears fell from my eyes, much like the blood that now seeped from my my arm. My breath was sporadic, is this how I die?
A loud thud sounded to my left, my eyes shot open and I looked to my side to see who or what it was.
The fear in my body doubled as I saw that it was Billy, he was moving the desk off of my body, he was trying to get to me.
I panicked, I tried as hard as I could to get away from him, the pain in my arm doubled with every movement. But I couldn't stop, if I did I wouldn't only have to worry about my arm, but also what Billy would do to me if he got the chance.
I used my left arm to shove my body out from under the ruble, but it was no luck I was stuck with no way out.
The weight on my body suddenly lifted as Billy shoved the largest piece of the desk off my body, I got up as quickly as I could to get away, but a hand grabbed my injured arm, and pain shot through it.
"SHIT." I screamed as I leaned my body into Billy hoping to release the pain he was causing to my arm. But it only made matters worse.
Now he had my entire body in his grasp, I once again tried to maneuver my way of out, but he had a tight grip on me, and he wasn't going to let go.
"Y/N!" I heard someone shout my name, I quickly looked to where the voice came from, Mike.
A loud screech sounded before I was able to respond. The mind flayer.
I had completely forgotten about it, too busy dealing with Billy. It had looked in my direction then Mike's, and it ran towards him.
No, no, no, no, no. "MIKE! RUN!" I shouted as loud as I could, but before I could say anything else Billy covered my mouth with his hand.
I kicked my legs In fear, and now anger. I watched as Mike ran to a new hiding spot.
Before I could make another move, I felt something hot run down my chest, looking down my heart stopped.
The mind flayer had pierced my chest with one of its tentacles, everything started to go dark. Billy finally released my body, I slowly slid down against his body.
Then it all went dark.
NOVEMBER 5TH 1985 ─ WHEELER RESIDENCE
"Shit!" My eyes shot open, and I quickly sat up. Tears started to form in the corners of my eyes.
I looked at my arm, the scar seemed to burn like it did that night. I covered it with my other hand as I brought my legs up to my chest as cried.
I looked up when I heard the gentle creak of my door, My heart sped up as I saw the shadow of someone.
It walked towards me, and as it did I saw that it was someone familiar, Mike.
I closed my eyes and tried to calm my breathing, I didn't want him to see me like this, I didn't want him to see me falling apart.
I was so busy trying to calm myself down that I didn't notice he had sat next to me on my bed until I felt his arms wrap around me.
"It's okay, you're okay." His voice was soft as he held me in his arms, calming me down.
"They won't go away." I cried into his shoulder, he seemed to know what I was talking about because he held me tighter
"I know, I get them too." I continued to cry in to his shoulder as he spoke once more.
"They're never going to go away, but we can work through them." He rested his head atop mine, "We can together, I promise."
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⚘ Billy Hargrove x f!reader
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— content warnings: Season 3 spoilers, blood, major character death, ANGST,
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Inspired by: Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens
Billy.
He was the only thought running though my head as I ran down the broken escalator as fast as I could. My legs burned, but the pain was nothing compared to the burning I felt in my chest at the sight of his limp body on he mall floor.
There was a dark puddle surrounding him, I prayed that it was from whatever beast lay dead next to him, but I knew I couldn't lie to myself forever.
Max' cries got louder as I came closer to Billy's body, she was shaking his shoulder to get him to wake up. But it wasn't working, nothing was working.
Once I reached his body I pulled his head in to my lap, he was so cold, and he only seemed like an empty shell of who he used to be.
I started wailing so hard, my whole body hurt. I felt like I was going to throw up. I wanted to get away from everybody, out of this mall, pretend that this wasn't real, that me and Billy would lay on the hood of his car and look at the stars like we always do.
But I knew I had to stay with him, even if this was going to be goodbye forever, he deserved to have someone at his side if the time came.
When I looked at Billy, he was so pale that I could see his veins. His eyes were open slightly, and I kept staring at them, as if at any minute they might open all the way and everything would be okay.
I held his hand and said, "I love you."
But I wanted to say so much more. I could write a novel about everything he meant to me: the small compliments he gave me every single day, the way he always noticed when I changed my hair, the way he looked at me in a crowd like we were sharing a secret. How was I supposed to get through this, I wondered, when Billy was the person who helped me through everything?
"I-I'm sorry." He barely managed to sputter out, this only made Max sob even louder, her face buries in my neck.
It felt like someone had stabbed me in the chest and they were now twisting the knife to make it hurt even more.
"It's okay," I mustered up a smile, I had to look brave for him, something he had always done for me, I owed it to him now. "We're okay." Hot tears trickled down my face as I looked at him.
His blue eyes were locked with mine. Those beautiful blue eyes that I always loved seeing, but now this may be the last time I ever see them.
He coughed once more, some of the blood getting on to my shirt, seeping through to my skin. Every drop felt like it burned against my skin, creating burns that would scar, leaving me with a reminder of this night forever.
He heaved out a heavy breath, his eyes still on mine, until they weren't.
His chest didn't rise again for another breath, and his eyes were closed. He looked like he was asleep, and that at any moment he would wake up.
But he wasn't.
He was dead.
The boy who was everything to me, was now gone, dead in my arms as I cried, hoping he would open his eyes, tell me this was some sick joke.
But he wouldn't, he would never hold me again.
Tonight on July 4th, 1985, a part of me died with the boy in my arms, the boy who I loved with all my heart.
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Happy 4th of July!!
(But also the 5th anniversary of Stranger Things Season 3)
tbh i loved all the mall scenes
(ik it’s kinda hard to tell but this is pixel art of the mall logo)