#Coccone Youth

[itsallmadonnasfault]

@madonna So happy to have the night off and enjoy my son Rocco’s paintings called “Pack A Punch” inspired by Muay Thai fighters. @miamidesigndistrict

[frogsmulder]

For all the aging and personal growth Scully has been forced to do, when she is lying on the motel bed cocooned by Mulder, she looks younger than she has looked throughout most of the series. As though finally being freed from the constraints of the conspiracy has allowed her-- not to revert-- but to relax into her core self; the person she was before she had a need for guards. With Mulder cocconing her, she is content, having won what she was fighting for: not the truth, but her and Mulder. She feels safe in his arms. She can relax.

One of the reasons for her seemingly youthful appearance is how her longer hair resembles that of the Pilot, harking back to an era when Scully was more open, invoking that feeling of her core nature in The Truth, where all pretences about their relationship and their quest have been dropped. Hence, despite being controlled by their situation, they have a new-found freedom, particularly with one another.

The Truth

[kaypeace21]

 Since s2 referenced ‘terminator’ at the downtown movie theater- and it was a huge inspiration for s3. And ‘the thing’ was referenced in s1 and was inspiration for s3. I’m definitely going to check these movies out too, since they were shown in s3. Even if they weren’t listed on the stranger writers’ twitter list of movie inspirations (for s4). Some of the descriptions- sound very interesting. But what I’ve learned is- reading descriptions really doesn’t help , compared to actually watching them... since the duffers are usually inspired by particular scenes in the films.

Daryl- “boy with amnesia (with special abilities- super strength/intelligence), who unbeknownst to himself and his friends/family is a weapon for the u.s gov. But the government wants to terminate him- believing he’s a failed experiment.” 

(cough -Will.  The mom’s name is literally Joyce. And Daryl’s best friend is called froggy (Lol Mike the frog face’ returns) One of the s4 movies even has a boy with special abilities & amnesia).

Return of Oz- ”Dorothy Gale, thought to have psychological problems because of her tales of Oz, is sent to an institution and is about to receive shock treatment when a lightning storm enables her to escape down a raging river. She awakens the next day in Oz. But her happiness in returning to Oz soon dissolves into horror as she finds the magical land in ruins, and the Emerald City a wasteland. “ (In s3, Suzie has a wizard of oz poster in her room- when telling Dustin about Jed - a character from the book she’s reading. 

The book is called ‘wizard of Earthsea’. The boy in the book accidentally summons a shadow monster in the story- so Dorothy/Jed are both Will in this scenario. Especially because Will has lightning abilities. Plus, the description also mentions a psych hospital -which 4 of the movies said to be inspiration for s4 have ...so def will check this one out for more clues.

coccon- “supernatural fountain of youth, which has healing properties”. (Hmm...Well they referenced neverending story in s3- which has a “water of life” that contains healing properties to regain memories. So... foreshadowing? symbolism... maybe?)

fletch- “Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum of money to off  a cancerous millionaire. But he risks his job to uncover clues of the man’s past, when it's clear the cancerous millionaire is healthy.” ( I just have to watch  and see what it might inspire in s4 or already inspired in s3)

last 2 movies seem more for s3- though.

lifeforce- “shapeshifting creatures who suck the life force out of humans and make the city filled with roaming half-dead people. 2 characters have a psychic connection-bond.” 

(sounds like s3 , but I have to actually watch and see if it relates to the other movies they gave us for s4. And 2 characters sharing a psychic-connection bond sounds very interesting)

The Stuff- “a living, parasitic, and possibly sentient organism that gradually takes over the brain; and then mutates anyone who eats it into a bizarre zombie-like creature, before consuming them from the inside and leaving them literal empty shells of their former selves.” (Again sounds just like s3- but I’ll prob check it out, to see if it somehow relates to the s4 movies)

* Honestly, I think the first 2 are probably the most promising for s4 hints. Watching Daryl , right now.