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phillippadgettwrites · 1 year ago

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Could you write a pre x-files hook up please? 🙈

December 31, 1984

Rated X / 3599 words / Posted on AO3 / Tagging @today-in-fic

December 31, 1984

College Park, MD

10:38 pm

The air is so thick with cigarette smoke and Drakkar Noir that it’s starting to give Mulder a headache. Or perhaps his headache is from the blare of highly synthesized music pounding against his eardrums, though at least the music serves to drown out his miserable thoughts. He swallows the last of his beer, wincing at how warm and sour it’s become as he nursed it over the course of at least ninety minutes.

“You wanna another?” Adam slurs from beside him.

Mulder turns to look at his friend, who is red-faced and glassy-eyed. He’s never understood how people can drink so heavily night after night and still manage to function, though he supposes that Adam might have lower standards of living than he does.

“Nah, I’m good,” he says, leaning back and slinging his arm across the top of the cushioned bench on which he and Adam are seated.

He surveys the room, which is packed shoulder-to-shoulder with sweaty twentysomethings in various stages of carnal pursuit. In a corner near the bathrooms, he spots a woman with her skirt hiked up around her hips and a man in a cheap flashy suit unmistakably working his dick through his open zipper in preparation to fuck her. Mulder looks away instinctively, but within seconds his eyes wander back over to them. They can’t reasonably be expecting privacy, can they? The man steps up close and bends his knees a little, and Mulder watches the woman’s face raptly as her mouth falls open before her eyes roll back in her head. He shifts uncomfortably in his seat as his cock stirs, threatening an unwelcome erection.

“Betcha don’t see that at Oxford,” Adam says loudly, jabbing Mulder in the ribs with his elbow.

Mulder follows his line of sight to the very same couple he’d been watching. The woman now has her legs wrapped around the man’s hips and her arms around his neck, and he’s slamming into her sharply over and over.

“No, can’t say that I do,” Mulder says dryly.

Truthfully, he’d rather be back at Oxford than here in this smoky club with a childhood friend he now wonders what he ever had in common with. The invitation to spend Christmas break on Adam’s couch instead of on the Vineyard making awkward conversation with his mother sounded too good to be true, and so far it’s been exactly that. He feels lonely and homesick, and wildly out of place.

“Fuck, I need to get some of that,” Adam says, openly gawking at the live pornography occurring in the corner of the room.

“Well, the night is young,” Mulder says encouragingly, clapping his friend on the shoulder. “But I think you’re going to have to actually talk to someone if you want to be getting laid by midnight.”

Adam heaves a blustering sigh.

“You’re right. I’m gonna go find my girl,” he says with a cheesy but hopeful smile.

Adam disappears into the sea of bodies and Mulder heads for the bar. It’s so crowded he has to elbow his way to the rail, then squeeze in sideways behind a man in a Thriller-esque red leather jacket.

“What’ll it be?” the bartender asks brusquely, barely looking at him.

“Just water, please.”

The bartender makes a disapproving face before pouring a half-full glass of tepid water, no ice, and pushing it unceremoniously across the counter at him.

“Thanks a lot,” Mulder says under his breath, but the bartender has already moved on.

He sips at his water and tunes into the conversations occurring around him. Women laugh at decidedly unfunny jokes while men talk up their expensive degrees and trust funds, and Mulder shakes his head at how performative it all is.

“My DeLorean is right outside, you know,” Red Leather Jacket is saying. “We could get outta here.”

“No thank you,” says a female voice from beside him.

“Awe, come on! I bet you’ve never seen gull-wing doors on a car before, have you?” Red Leather says insistently.

“I don’t think my boyfriend would approve,” the woman says. “In fact, I bet he’s looking for me.”

“Now you’re making up a boyfriend?” Red Leather scoffs.

Mulder leans back and peeks around Red Leather Jacket’s shoulder to see the woman he’s addressing. She’s petite and looks quite young, though her sequined blue minidress and heavy makeup are a clear attempt to appear older. Her cinnamon hair is piled up on top of her head, and she’s nervously chewing on the straw in her glass as Red Leather Jacket berates her. Mulder gets the impression that this has been going on since long before he showed up.

“I’m not making anything up,” she insists, but it’s as clear to Mulder as it is to Red Leather Jacket that she’s lying.

“Listen, I get it,” Red Leather says to her, leaning in. “You don’t want me to think you’re easy. I’m willing to work for it, sweetheart.” He reaches out and lays his massive hand on her tiny shoulder, and the woman visibly recoils.

Mulder takes two steps into the crowd and then turns back, forcing his way into the space beside the woman. When he reaches her, he slides his arm across the tops of her shoulders, knocking Red Leather’s hand away. The woman looks up at him sharply, and is opening her mouth to speak when he interrupts her.

“Hey honey, I’ve been looking all over for you,” he says warmly, leaning down to drop a kiss to her cheek. She’s short as shit and she smells amazing, and when a confused smile blooms on her pouty mouth his heart skips two beats.

“I thought you might be,” she says, catching on and threading her arm around his waist.

Red Leather Jacket gapes at them for a beat, then turns on his heel and bulldozes his way through the crowd angrily. Mulder watches him go, his arm still around the woman’s shoulders and hers still around his waist.

“Thank you,” the woman says, withdrawing her arm.

Mulder follows suit reluctantly, stepping away from her and into the space vacated by Red Leather Jacket.

“Happy to help,” he says lightly. “Didn’t seem like he was going to take ‘no’ for an answer.”

“No, it didn’t,” the woman says sadly, her eyes on the bartop.

“I’m Fox, by the way,” he says, offering his hand.

She lifts her eyes, which are incredibly blue, and looks him over dubiously before slipping her slender hand into his. Her palm is smooth and cold from her glass, and a little shiver runs up his spine.

“Dana,” she says.

“Dana,” he repeats, testing out the weight of it on his tongue. Under the flashing lights he can see freckles on the bridge of her nose, and there’s something both incredibly youthful and incredibly sage about her. “I hope you don’t take offense to this, but are you…allowed to be in here?” he asks with a little cringe.

She blinks at him, her expression unreadable.

“I’m in here, aren’t I?” she finally says, quite haughtily, and he’s immediately smitten.

“That you are,” he agrees. “Can I buy you a drink?”

Dana pivots her body away from the bar and towards him, which his behaviorist’s mind picks up on as a good sign. She tilts her face up and considers him openly, not at all disguising her skepticism.

“That depends,” she says. “Does the drink come with strings attached? Explicit or otherwise?”

Mulder feels his cheeks warm.

“No, not at all,” he says emphatically. “I mean, I was hoping for a conversation, but it’s not requisite. You can take the drink to go if you want.”

A tiny sliver of a smile teases one corner of her mouth, and she looks away.

“Okay then,” she says. “Gin and tonic.”

“I have something to confess,” she shouts loudly in his ear to be heard over the music. Her tongue is thick in her mouth, adding emphasis to her already sibilant S’s.

“I won’t tell anybody,” Mulder shouts back, equally inebriated.

They’ve migrated to a table and she’s sitting so close to him she’s practically in his lap, which he keeps telling himself it’s just because the music is so loud and not because she’s interested in him. He also keeps reminding himself that she lives over 3,000 miles away and he’ll likely never see her again. Dana. Navy brat. Pre-med. Five feet and three inches of sass and intellect. He’s known her for a little over an hour and it feels like a year. He even met her sister, for Christ’s sake.

“I’m not actually allowed to be in here,” she tells him, her lips grazing the shell of his ear and her hot breath sending shockwaves straight to his groin.

His stomach drops out a little. Not that he’s done anything untoward beyond buying her alcohol, but he’s certainly had a series of indecent thoughts about her that he wouldn’t have indulged in had he known she was underage.

She leans away and, seeing the look on his face, grabs his forearm and smiles a megawatt, dazzling smile.

“My twenty-first birthday is in less than two months,” she explains, and he blows out a stream of air through pursed lips.

“You scared me for a second there,” he says, noting that her hand is still on his arm.

“Why, were you hoping to take me home?” she asks.

He slowly lifts his eyes to hers. She’s smiling, though not in a way that makes him think the question was meant to be taken as a joke. Perhaps she was testing the waters to see how he’d react.

“No,” he says, and a flash of embarrassment crosses her face. “But only because I’m crashing on my buddy’s couch, so I don’t really have a home to take you to.”

She laughs loudly, and his heart clutches.

TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX!

They both startle and look around as the entire room begins to shout in unison.

FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

They’ve been so engrossed in conversation he hadn’t even realized it was almost midnight.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Her mouth is a hot, wet surprise. Her tongue, her teeth, the evergreen bite of gin on her breath, her hands possessively cupping his jaw. He’s startled, and then delighted, and then enamored because she kisses like it’s the main event. They keep kissing long after the rest of the room has moved on, long enough that his hands are drifting up her pantyhose-covered thighs and under the hem of her dress, and he’s no longer trying to hide the erection tenting the front of his slacks.

Dana pulls away from him abruptly and his mouth hangs open, stupefied. Her lipstick is smeared all around her mouth and her pupils are wide and dark.

“My apartment is a five minute walk from here and my roommate went home for break,” she says breathlessly, and Mulder nods.

The walk is actually only three minutes if you’re drunk, horny, and highly motivated. By the fifth minute he’s already inside her living room, scraping his arms to shit on her sequined dress as he wrestles it off her. Pantyhose, bra, some seriously sexy little black panties that he might take more time to appreciate were his balls not about to explode. All are tossed to the floor en route to her bedroom, and his cock is in her mouth shortly thereafter.

Thank god he’s drunk. Thank god, because her mouth is like a siphon and she keeps looking up at him, those brilliant blue eyes so full of lust he wishes he could come twice. She doesn’t seem inclined to stop, so he finally begs for mercy and asks if he can return the favor. She’s reluctant, bashful all of a sudden, and he doesn’t push. Instead he slips his hand between her thighs and audibly groans at how wet she is.

“Is this okay?” he asks, teasing the pad of his middle finger around her opening. He feels her flutter against him and she lets out a ragged sigh.

“Okay,” she says breathily, momentarily confusing him. “You can if you want. But you don’t have to.”

Approximately three minutes later she’s coming in his mouth, her fingers twisted up so tightly in his hair it actually hurts.

“Oh god, oh god,” she keeps saying over and over, and he’s so pleased with himself he smiles right against her cunt.

He isn’t expecting to get laid. This is partly because he doesn’t get the sense that she has a lot of casual sex, and partly because of the way her eyes widened when she pulled his cock out of his slacks—not impressed, but intimidated. He can’t blame her; she’s probably ninety-five pounds soaking wet and he’s aware that he’s well above average. If she’s courteous enough to finish him off with a handjob, he’ll consider himself one lucky S.O.B.

His chin is still wet from her slippery cunt when she pushes his shoulder back and climbs on top of him. She’s surprisingly strong, as small as she is, and there’s a condom in her hand that he doesn’t remember her retrieving. She sits proudly in his lap, his cock standing at attention in front of the patch of ginger curls between her legs, and casts him a drunkenly nervous glance.

“I’ve never—” she starts, and he feels a flash of adrenaline.

“We don’t have to,” he interjects, and she quirks her head at him.

“I’m not a virgin,” she corrects him, clearly mildly offended, and he breathes a sigh of relief. “But I’ve never…I’m honestly not sure it’s gonna fit,” she finally says, deadpan, and he laughs.

“Valid concern,” he says. He reaches up to push her hair behind her ear and she briefly closes her eyes. “Whatever you wanna do, I’m game. You’re the boss.”

She nods, considering him for a moment, and then unwraps the condom.

Even through his drunken haze, he’s touched by how much she seems to trust him. He lies perfectly still, feasting with his eyes as she lifts her hips and reaches between her legs to line him up. Slowly, slowly, slowly she sinks down on him, inch by delicious inch, pausing now and then to kiss him while her body adjusts. Finally, he feels the slight weight of her settle fully against his pelvis, and she sighs contentedly.

“Ta da,” she says in a singsong voice, and he looks up at her sweetly smiling face.

“Congratulations,” he says tightly.

She laughs and her cunt laughs too, quivering around him and making him moan. She leans forward and her entire demeanor shifts, her girlish smile giving way to a decidedly naughty smirk as she draws her hips up a little and then sinks back down.

“Jesus Christ,” Mulder hisses, his hands on her hips and his fingers digging desperately into the flesh there.

“I don’t think he’d approve of this,” Dana says, her voice high and syrupy.

They don’t speak any more after that. The slow rise and fall of her hips steadily increases in pace until she’s slipping haphazardly forward and back, eyes closed, mouth open, eyebrows drawn together in an expression of pure bliss. Mulder tries to think about absolutely anything but the strangling grip she has on him, how wet she is, how tight, how beautiful. He’s not sure if she can come again, not sure if she even wants to, he just knows he doesn’t want this to end.

“Oh, I’m coming,” she says suddenly, seeming surprised, and he is gone before he has a split second to consider otherwise. His shoulders lurch up off the mattress, every muscle in his body contracts, and feeling her coming around him while he is also coming is one of the most intense sexual experiences of his life to date.

She collapses against him, their hammering hearts pounding at each other through their respective rib cages, and he rubs one hand over her back as he fights to stay awake in his drunken, post-orgasmic state.

“That was incredible,” he remembers hearing her mumble, and then nothing.

He wakes up disoriented and with a pounding headache. It’s not that he doesn’t remember it—thankfully, he remembers everything—but that it feels like a dream.

He’s naked, which is to be expected, and the mattress beside him is empty and cold. When he throws back the covers to begin the search for his underwear, he finds that the condom is still snugly wrapped around his flaccid cock, the tip of it heavy with congealing semen. This he finds borderline disgusting, and immediately he wonders if Dana woke to the image of him splayed out naked on her bed with a spent condom hanging off his dick, which makes his cheeks warm with embarrassment. He finds a tissue and removes the offending item, then slowly gets dressed as nausea begins to creep in.

When he opens the bedroom door he finds the apartment quiet, though if he strains his ears he can hear the ruffle of a newspaper. He darts into the bathroom to splash water on his face and use some of her toothpaste as makeshift mouthwash before he finds her in the kitchen.

She’s seated on a stool at the counter, her posture ramrod straight and a pair of gold rimmed glasses perched on her nose. She looks up when she hears his footsteps and he’s struck by how different she looks. There isn’t a stitch of makeup on her face, which is much more freckled than he realized last night at the bar, and her mouth devoid of lipstick is still tantalizingly pink and plump. She has a decidedly “girl next door” quality about her, and a wide grin breaks out over his face.

“Hi,” he says, and she folds up the newspaper and removes her glasses before she replies.

“Good morning,” she says, meeting his eye in short bursts. “There’s coffee, if you’d like some. Mugs are in the cabinet above the pot.”

“Thanks,” he says with a bob of his head, but makes no move to take her up on the offer.

There’s an awkward silence wherein he tries to make eye contact and she diligently avoids it. Eventually she clears her throat and forces herself to look at him.

“I…” she starts, then pauses and runs her tongue across her bottom lip. “I know this sounds cliche, but I feel like I should tell you that I really don’t do…that. Or at least I never have before.”

He understands what she means, but can’t resist the urge to try and get a laugh out of her.

“So you were a virgin, then?” he asks, and she snaps her head up to look at him, her expression of alarm fading into one of feigned irritation when she sees the smile on his face. She rolls her eyes and it feels like a victory.

“I’ve never slept with someone I just met,” she clarifies.

Mulder shrugs.

“Neither have I,” he says.

She narrows her eyes at him skeptically.

“Why do I find that hard to believe?” she asks.

Mulder crosses the rest of the room and perches on the stool beside her.

“I don’t know, why do you?” he asks.

She gives him a long look with her blonde eyelashes and the bluest irises he’s ever seen up close.

“I guess…” she begins, then looks at her lap. “I guess I figured if it was that easy for you to get me into bed, it must be something you do often,” she admits.

For a fraction of a second he worries that he pressured her into something she didn’t want, but his memory is sharp enough to quickly correct him.

“I know I was pretty hammered last night, but I could have sworn it was you who got me into bed,” he chides her gently, being careful to keep any judgment out of his voice.

She peeks up at him from beneath those blonde lashes, and he honestly can’t tell whether she’s proud or ashamed. Maybe both.

“I can only imagine what you must think of me,” she says, her tone unreadable.

She’s so fascinating to him, though he can’t quite pin down why. He wants to know her, but suspects that knowing her isn’t easy to do.

“I think you’re smart, and beautiful, and I wish I didn’t live on the other side of the Atlantic,” he says, quite plainly, and while she does not look at him he can see that she’s smiling.

“Thank you,” she says quietly.

He doesn’t stay long, not wanting to put her in the position of having to ask him to go. Before he leaves, he writes his mother’s address on the back cover of a Glamour magazine and tells her he’ll likely be moving back to The States after he graduates this spring. He doesn’t ask her to contact him, and she doesn’t make any empty promises that she will.

She walks him to the door and she’s even shorter than she’d been the night before without her heels on. He lingers at the threshold, not feeling quite ready to say goodbye.

“Would it be okay if I kissed you?” he asks, and her mouth quirks with an almost-smile.

She nods, and they share a chaste but lingering kiss before he walks back to the club where his car is parked, a shit-eating grin plastered to his face every step of the way.

#x files fanfic #the x files #xf fic #xf fanfic

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osakanone · 28 days ago

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I don't care what you say, the Catfish Camaro is 4th gen Armored Core and I am a 4th gen scumbag player and I love it

I know 4th gen gets a lot of shit for being "simple" (sadly the mission design is a bit simple) and "brainless" (untrue, especially if you play online but yes sadly many of the missions are cakewalks)

However...

I don't care. I can't explain it well enough, but I found a car-review that explains it perfectly.

Whether you like 4th gen or not, please watch the whole thing.

It might seem purile sometimes, but that's the point.

We were all teenagers and dipshits once, and it was beautiful in a way.

youtube

"This is a muscle-car saying I'm not done yet"

"But the catfish camaro was futuristic and hopeful, and aerodynamic [...] It combined this shape (Zone of the Enders) with an oldschool musclecar design (AC).. And it worked."

"It still looks like its from the future"

"Are you seeing this dichotomy? We've been here before. Lamborghini (Daemon X Machina)? Looks awesome? Crap to drive. Ferrari 308 (Gundam, VS)? It is beautiful. Its crap to drive. A Delorean (Another Century's Episode)? Awesome I remember this game... sucks (to play)"

"Do you not see what we're talking about here? How important this car is? The last days of artistic integrity before people started looking to the past for 20 years"

"I'm meeting the future with two middle fingers and a hard dick"

If that's not gen-4 I don't know what is

This car review is Armored Core: For Answer.

6th gen players, you were robbed. I'm sorry.

As someone who went from Nexus to For Answer, who had to go back and play 4, this is exactly how For Answer felt when I S-ranked Arteria Carpals:

#Armored Core #Armored Core for answer #Youtube

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tenpintsofsundrop · 2 years ago

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Things about Titans Gar That Are Actually Canon

aka

Things I have noticed from the insane amount of times I have watched the Gar Home Alone episode(s)

(I may update this later with screenshots idk)

Gar has Tiger Striped Pillow cases

He has a model of the Delorean from Back To The Future on his nightstand

Gar wears Heelys - in one of the shots, he very clearly 'skates' up to the coffee machine, and it's a motion that is soooo Heelys-eqsue, and in the wide shots, the sneakers he wears are very clearly the Heelys style of sneakers

He had some of the pinball machines in his room that he had in the basement at Caulder House - so that means at some point, he made Dick go back with him with a truck and get them. And Dick helped him moved these obnoxiously large pinball machines into his new room because he knew it was important to Gar.

Gar owns a skateboard (and was most likely riding it in the house just because no one else was there). In the background clutter of the shot where Conner wakes up, there is a skateboard propped against the kitchen island.

This leaves me with a mental image of the other Titans coming home (especially Dick) and being like "why is there tire marks all over the floor!?!?" because Gar was using Heelys and skateboarding in the house.

Gar is most likely vegan. (There is also evidence for this in S1, but it really gets me in these episodes.) When Conner wakes up and he's pouring Conner a bowl of cereal, he sniffs the milk to check if it's still good, and I'm pretty sure he only does that because it's cow milk and he wasn't drinking it while the other's were gone. So he's probably vegan if he has no use for cow milk.

(There is probably more because I love rewatching this part of the show over and over again just to indulge my Gar obsession.)

#sundrop speaks #gar logan #garfield logan #titans #dc titans #dc #my green tiger boy

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full-tiltboogiearc · 1 year ago

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went a lil' crazy with my half-realized mood boards today and came up with two OCs (technically three but idk if harley quinn!chaeyoung will be a thing bc writing in fandoms is intimidating but)

on your left you'll see a josh hutcherson oc with drive 2011 and hotline miami and nobody 2021 vibes. a mercenary of sorts with a code name who travels across the country doing different jobs, never staying in one place in his crappy delorean-esque car. this gig has run in his family for two generations, starting with his grandpa, then his dad, both retired veterans in a special, confidential department of the us military. they all share the same name, and it’s known in that contract-work life that they’re all related, but they’re untraceable. and the big difference with his generation is he’s not as good at keeping cool, actually he’s quite the hothead and is notorious for killing people when he doesn’t have to (his dad and grandpa mainly relied on stealth and disarming, not killing). maybe he’s pissed off the wrong guy and has people coming after him, idk! i’m thinking for fun this’ll be set in the 80s!

tw: mental abuse mention // on your right you’ll see my feral reject cerberus-esque demon dog girl. she was once hades’ right hand girl, kinda like joker and harley quinn, except the thing is instead of the three headed cerberus dog she was one of three other girls who were basically vying for the asshole’s attention. she is the runt of the litter basically. she decided one day she was fed up being a guard dog for somebody who didn’t appreciate her, so she left the depths of hell and embarked (ha get it, bark) on a journey to earth in search of a new “owner.” long story short she’s a stray attack dog. and she doesn’t hide it much either. you might see her rummaging through garbage in the alley or gnawing on the severed arm of somebody she saw being a dick to someone else (she kinda has PTSD from hades and just wants all people to be free of their abusers, tbh) and decided to maul, kill, and eat.

they’re both unhinged. who wants them

#out of cheetos #chaos!#i don’t even have names picked out

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ginger-snap-talkin-nonsense · 11 months ago

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American Dad eps for review. This isn’t all my faves, but I didn’t wanna give you too much 😅

Delorean Storyan

Merlot Down Dirty Shame

Cops and Roger

The One Who Got Away

Fart-break Hotel

Joint Custody

Stanny Tendergrass

Independent Movie

Alright, I’m finally sitting down with this list!

I think you’ve got some fantastic picks for favorites here, Fart-Break Hotel and Stanny Tendergrass are personal favorites of mine as well.

-Delorean Story-An is an episode I tend to get mixed up with Toy Whore-y because it’s got such a similar set up but it’s a great pick if you’re looking for a Stan and Steve character piece of which there are relatively fewer than other characters. I specifically love the twist at the end that Steve had been laboring under the idea that at least they shared a love of Back to The Future to make him and Stan bonded only for Stan to reveal that he’s never even seen the movie and has his own reasons for wanting the Delorean so badly. It’s a good joke but it’s also a great way of reminding the audience that these two both want similar things, they just have so much of a personality gap that it’s hard for them to see it in each other, which is the running theme.

Also Roger and Francine dogging on Hayley for being boring and Hayley pranking them with one of two Chris Angel appearances in the show will never not be funny.

-Merlot Down Dirty Shame is a great Roger centric episode. I think it’s interesting the depth of character Seth brings to this cast despite the shallow demeanor of the series itself. Roger is self centered, horny, and impulsive but his genuine love for the family and his fear of losing their love is a topic that they keep consistent and this is one of the strongest contenders for an episode of that ilk. The lengths Roger will go to just to keep Stan from getting angry at him over such a small thing are hilarious and deeply in character. Plus this episode has some killer dialogue.

“I’m just gonna give you some time to cool off”

“IM GONNA RIP YOUR FUCKING HEAD OFF”

“Okay so you need more time.”

-Cops and Roger is the funniest Roger alone episode Roger going off the rails as his persona of a guy who failed to become a cop and now takes it out on his family entirely because of Steven and his friends stupid prank is gets progressively more absurd to the point that you just find yourself invested in this family that you’ll never see again and have never seen before. Kelly Clarkson’s “What Doesn’t Kill You” playing as he now widowed wife walks out of the restaurant with her kids is one of those great testaments to how well the team uses licensed music.

-The One That Got Away is one of those easy great American Dad episodes. A deep dive into Rogers personas being so much more than costumes to him, and how becoming all of these people can lead to some crazy consequences. I would say while something like “Roger Needs Dick” explores the emotional side of the personas all being facets of Roger, this one handles the mental presence of it phenomenally. I feel like I’m watching a thriller. There’s some obvious Fight Club inspiration going on and doing a Fight Club story but flipping the premise of Tyler Durden on his head was a stroke of genius on the staffs part. This is one that’s kinda hard to discuss because…like…it’s just a phenomenal episode You’d be hard pressed to find a fan that doesn’t agree.

-Fart-Break Hotel explores Francine as a character and I’ll be honest I’m very soft on Francine centric episodes. I think she’s an absolute riot any time she appears being a perfect balance of being a out of pocket as Roger while also feeling the most normal. She’s the duality of womanhood and an episode exploring how that balance has been thrown off by her lot in life is bound to be great.

-Joint Custody is one of the few early episodes I actually really enjoy. There’s some genuinely funny stoner jokes (the entire gas station scene is in my top 10 funniest scenes for this show) and it’s one of the first episodes that seems to get Jeff really nailed down in a lot of important ways. Considering Jeff is my favorite character, that’s pretty important to me.

Also, another episode with some killer fucking one liner deliveries

“He hasn’t spoken to his dad in years and his mom ran away before he was born.”

“How…how could she do that?”

-Stanny Tendergrass sees Stan get his ass kicked by Hulk Hogan this episode is perfect

-Independent Movie is a rare really good Snot episode! I think Snot episodes tend to lack because they so often have to focus on Steve and him getting into it over something which is obviously the case here. But here there’s so much going on between Snot very genuinely dealing with his father’s death to the manic pixie dream girl to the rare form earnest ending. Fun fact, this one is Curtis Armstrong personal favorite of the series and you can really tell why. It feels like Snot gets treated like more than Steve’s friend in this episode and Steve’s selfishness doesn’t feel overblown by the plot like it often does in similar episodes.

All in all some great picks, I can tell you’re a fan of the character deep dive episodes which I have the upmost respect for!

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darkmaga-returns · 2 months ago

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I’m joined by interpid reporter and private dick JZ Delorean to talk about hicklibs in Michigan. Check out his incredible piece on Flint here.

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the-firebird69 · 1 year ago

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This is how it goes these people are always late they're always slovenly lazy mouthing off at customers they're very rude people they don't do a good job and they never do the job they're asked to do and they're still there as a stable for all of these retards and the max you're having them do it and we're sick of it and we're going to start infiltrating get rid of these pieces of s*** and foreigners are doing the job and have to fight them all the time and we're fighting them but boy we're not doing a ton we need to do it right now we're always behind on it we need to hire people for jobs and we're going to do it I'm going to start Manning up and start doing these projects He says it's time now what are we doing we just sitting there wondering if we should do it and we're trying to approve stuff we've already approved if we don't man up with doomed if we do man up we're going to have hard times but at least we're going to be able to save some people and get more people in I'm going to say it like that cuz that's what we're doing

Thor Freya

We're doing it along we're doing it a little now we have to get it up again and do it again and he says a lot of the cars and things like that that he wants to get going and the DeLorean website is a fake and we're going to put them in court and he says to start making them and use their website and have the car show up a little bit different and screw them that's how we're going to do it too I'm tired today I want to see it started today I want people hired who are involved with DeLorean and all their relatives hired who are not involved yet and right now I want someone to send it out as an order you say I'm the leader we have to do things and we're going to be behind on this huge projects and not only be screened at and get my huge giants out there and do all the freaking work

Well he's saying that to me and I agree so I'm going to get the project going and several others and he did the kris frame with the Harley-Davidson and the guys are just sitting around wondering what to do I mean it's horrifically stupid they're going to sit there and do nothing and it's a proof of there and have a report ready and it's good anyways but he's saying to embellish it a little and I'll tell you what we're going to do the Chris frame stuff for self because we have to these idiots are copious and we'll try and get above us they will copy and we're going to start it now in garages

Frank Castle hardcastle

We're going ahead now I'm going to do it I do know what he's saying we don't have any room to maneuver anymore and they're just sitting here razzing us and I've had that I've had enough of this crap I don't want to put up with these dick heads these people are such rude assholes and they're spewing at us and they finally got to us we're following his recommendations we're going to anyways but this place needs to be cleared and what he says is now we're going to sit back and ride and we can't do it and I agree that this is wrong when we're doing it here too whatever we're doing it it's not the right thing to do cuz they just sit there doing stuff and I get way too much work and I'm busting at the seams I need more troops and he says to hire him and hired them to control the planet and suppress everything but we're going to be huge he's as hopefully the day will come when others are doing as much and we can get to work on the projects more so and I do understand that so I'm going to try and grow as big as I can

Duke nukem Blockbuster

Would you thank you for your service and we're getting other people on the line now they have to match your Force at least

Thor Freya

Olympus it's not fair that one of us should pull the weight and our son and daughter their group is doing tons of work and we're wrong we have to start pulling hours more our group is small and we're doing everything we can it's another group that's taking too much weight but we can't help it we're constantly calling for help and people are not listening you have to listen to us Freya Thor and Olympus

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blunderdome · 2 years ago

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Sci-Fi January again

What Did I Watch? A few things actually...

Alien 3 (1992) assembly cut

Alien 3 had the burden of being a third movie where the first set a high bar, and the second successfully expanded the story, raised the stakes, and made it personal. I’ve seen the theatrical cut plenty of times before, and personally I feel like it is only okay. The assembly cut has some important distinctions, namely the source of the titular alien, but also a few other things, like the fact that Ripley is essentially just another person in the situation of dealing with the alien and not The One Who Will Save Us All. She is different from the others for many reasons, but ultimately, she is just another person to the rest of the inhabitants. I’d say only the ending was rough, and I think that is mostly due to relentless studio meddling that resulted in the theatrical cut. Alien 3 theatrical, I would give a 6/10. This version I give an 8/10. Its a great idea with a stylistic vision, and I felt it did a great job of recapturing the drama and tension from the first two, but ultimately it wasnt finished, and was interrupted by studio suits.

Ad Astra (2019)

I finally got my media server to stop having tantrums. Dont ask me what happened, but it decided to play nice.

In the near-ish future Brad Pitt has daddy issues and space angst because there is evil space rays fucking shit up on earth and waddayaknow its probably from his dad. So Brad goes on a mission travelling to Mars to send a cool laser message to his dad’s previously-though-lost-space-station in orbit of neptune. He eventually goes all the way to neptune because reasons, and learns to let his uncaring father go in the most hamfisted metaphors. Beautiful visuals and well thought out space vehicles and such. 7/10

Back to the Future (1985)

Classic. A tight introduction lets you know everything you need before the plot kicks off with the iconic DeLorean sending Marty McFly to 1955. I love this movie because the 50s are such a weird time to me. Post-War-Early-Cold-War vibes with existentialism, determinism, and time travel sequentialism is explored in a light way, with some great action shots. I consider this to be one of the most accessible science fiction movies to exist, and its because you get everything you need, and all the exposition for the climax is wrapped neatly in their own scenes of action, gags, or drama. 10/10

Mars Attacks (1996)

This one is science fiction, but much more built to be a comedy/action movie instead of a philosophical exploration. Martians decide to go to Earth, be dicks, and humanity wins by accident. I feel like this movie is probably most likely how first contact is actually going to go. As a kid I was afraid of this movie because I saw independence day too young, and this came out weeks later. I forgot how many good actors are in it. Jack Nicholson is two separate characters, even. This is a fun popcorn flick. 7/10

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roninkairi · 11 months ago

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Now, here's the thing: while the Delorean may have a sleek design and practicality for nookie, it's a NIGHTMARE to maintain. You need constant upgrades to keep it in tip top shape and unless you get that flight module installed you need a lot of road to get any real use out of it.

And don't get me started on the phone booth. You fuck the antenna up and you could get yourself stranded in 1600s era Japan. You do NOT wanna be there.

Trust me, the TARDIS is your best bet. Anywhere in time and space, plus it has something that the Delorean can't provide; a swimming pool. Why do you think Amy and Rory chose to conceive a child inside of this time machine? Plus, the tech built in can help you understand ANY language of any place you visit. Need to refuel? Park it near a sun, fill er up*

Trust me, you can't go wrong with good old Time Lord Tech!!**

*be advised: doing it for too long may actually destroy the sun you are using to refuel a TARDIS.

**Time Lord tech is also, admittedly, very dangerous to use if you have no idea how it functions. Lets just say if you are piloting a machine that is powered by a link to a black hole, you may want to read the owners manual very carefully. Also, Time Lords are kind of dicks. And by kind of, I mean they are dicks.

Well, here is one way...

@airebeam @hesjayrich

#twitter #he man motu #doctor who #the 80s #nintendo entertainment system #cheetos #mountain dew #coca cola #back to the future

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fanotastic · 5 years ago

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I'm gonna use a word I really don't like but that Eaglemoss BBTF Delorean model kit is a scam gets a fuckin YIKES from me.

#just sell the whole fucking thing dont dick around with these stupid fucking issues that arrive weekly and cost 10 fucking dollars #bbtf #delorean #back to the future #eaglemoss

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forgotn1 · 3 years ago

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Been designing a funky little playlist based around surf rock mixed with other genres. Thematically built around the idea of dropping acid and vibing at the beach from sunup to sundown. The order isn't 100% set yet, but it's getting close and I'm really digging it right now.

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pilvimarja · 3 years ago

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Prompt used: I'm sure you can figure it out

(Post-season 3, new relationship, shameless PWP, coming dry, s3x toy, some dirty talk, Daniel is insatiable but they're old men)

Johnny's woken up by two things. One: someone's sitting on his lap. And two: there's a hand on his dick.

"Daniel?"

"Come on, Johnny, I-I need it again."

Johnny blinks the grit of sleep from his eyes, half convinced that he's dreaming, because yeah, Daniel definitely has one hand on Johnny’s dick and one in his own ass, the wet squelch of lube loud in the stunned silence between them.

"Jesus, LaRusso…" Johnny glances at the alarm clock, does a little math in his head and lets out a stunned snort of laughter. "It's 2 am. I fucked you less than three hours ago."

Daniel blows out a frustrated whine as he works his hand on Johnny's cock. "I know but—"

"You need it again," Johnny smirks, wiggling his brows. "Yeah, I heard you."

Daniel is barely half-hard, but he looks desperate, fucking his fingers in and out of himself, and he makes a valiant effort to get Johnny's dick interested, pulling all the tricks, but Johnny’s still recovering from their previous workout. They did some sparring after Daniel finished his paperwork at the dealership, one thing led to another, which in turn led them to the bedroom (after a stop at the kitchen counter) and Johnny definitely feels it in his obliques. And his dick.

"Sorry, man. I don't think it's getting up for a few more hours."

Daniel purses his lips and let's go of Johnny's cock, but judging by the stubborn groove between his brows, he's not ready to give up. He reaches for the nightstand, and Johnny lets out an annoyed oof at the sudden elbow in his stomach as Daniel begins to rummage through the drawer.

"What the hell are you doing?"

Daniel bites his lip, his smile sly in the blue shadows. "I'm not doing anything, you are," he pulls out a giant dildo and slaps Johnny in the chest with it, "with this."

Johnny blinks at the fake dick. "Uh. I am?" He's been fucking Daniel long enough to know the guy loves to be stuffed full of cock, but apparently not long enough to know that any cock will do.

Daniel presses a kiss to the stunned O of Johnny's mouth. "Don't look so scandalized. You should know what I like by now."

"Oh trust me, LaRusso, I know," Johnny huffs, reaching behind Daniel's back to rub at his hole. His fingers sink in like a hot knife through butter. “You're insatiable." He fucks Daniel with three thick fingers until his mouth falls open around a satisfied groan. “So fucking loose. And wet. You should let me fuck you raw more often."

Daniel throws his head back and clenches around Johnny's fingers. "Come on, Johnny, you sure you can’t go again?"

Johnny glares at his traitorous cock, limp against the crook of his thigh. "Afraid not. Unless you have a DeLorean."

"A what?" Daniel snorts, his slender fingers gliding over slick silicone as he lubes his toy. "Oh, I get it. You wanna go back in time and give it to me all over again?"

"Nah, man, I'd go straight to '85 and fuck you without any stupid dick charging breaks."

Daniel rolls his eyes, the arch of his brows skeptical. "You really think we could have made this work right after high school?” He points at himself and pokes at Johnny’s chest. “Seriously? Us?"

Johnny shrugs, feeling optimistic. "I don't know, you were pretty cute back then. Too bad you were also an obnoxious little punk who liked to steal other guys' girlfriends."

Daniel puffs his chest and opens his mouth to argue, but Johnny pulls him down by his hair, stopping the oncoming tirade with a sleep-stale kiss.

"Relax, LaRusso, you know we’re past all that shit." He gives Daniel another kiss and pinches his ass. "Though you're still an obnoxious little punk." Daniel gives him another smack with the dildo, leaving a wet lube stain on Johnny's left pec. "Hey! You want that thing in your ass or not?"

Daniel sticks his bottom lip out in a pout that should look ridiculous on a middle-aged man, but somehow it works as well as it did thirty years ago.

“I do.”

He settles over Johnny's thighs and gifts him with a view of his ass, round and marked with Johnny’s own hand prints from earlier, and how the hell can his dick sleep through a sight like this, Johnny will never understand.

He grabs the dildo and lets it flop from side to side, doing his best not to laugh. “So, uh, how’s this supposed to work?”

Daniel grins at Johnny over his shoulder, gives a little shrug. “I’m sure you can figure it out, big guy.”

Yeah, sure. Johnny can figure it out. He knows how to screw Daniel's brains out, doesn’t matter if the dick isn’t attached to him. He parts Daniel’s cheeks with his thumbs and takes a moment to appreciate the view, rubbing at the loose gape of his rim.

Some of the babes he dated before Shannon were pretty wild in the sack, but no one’s wanted him like Daniel who's kind of making Johnny forget that he's a washed up, fifty-tree-year-old, somewhat functioning alcoholic.

He’d half-expected things to simmer down after the first couple of months, but the fire’s still burning hot and he’s starting to think he and LaRusso might be in a… committed relationship or something a lot like it, because the last time someone cooked for him, touched his dick without forcing him to grovel for it, and curled up against his side at night (and drooled on his shoulder, because the secret behind Daniel LaRusso's charming car salesman smile is a goofy retainer), well, it's been a while.

“Come on, Johnny, don’t make me wait,” Daniel whines, tilting his hips like he’s presenting himself.

Johnny crooks his fingers and finds Daniel’s prostate, circling it until Daniel shivers in his lap. “Say please.”

“You’re—ah—the worst.” Daniel glares at him over his shoulder, eyes full of fire. He twists his mouth into a sour line, but he must be real desperate, because there's a quiet please in the breath that leaves his lips.

“There you go. That wasn't so hard," Johnny grins. He sets the toy over Daniel’s hole and watches it stretch around the blunt head as Daniel sinks down on it, the wings of his shoulder blades shifting under his tan skin.

“Fuck. I’d forgotten how big it is,” Daniel pants, but he takes it like a champ, grinding down on it until Johnny's knuckles are pressed into his ass, “but not as big as you.”

Johnny lets out a quiet laugh at the blatant flattery, but his ego’s not threatened by a silicone toy. He knows how much Daniel enjoys the real thing, but he does have some questions.

“How long have you had this thing?

“A while…” Daniel says, clearing his throat.

“Oh yeah?” There are some things they don’t talk about, the big D word that wasn't finalized until recently being one of them, but Johnny has a feeling that Daniel was taking it up the ass long before he and Amanda called it quits. “You use it when I’m not here?”

“Sometimes. You want me to give you a show, Johnny?” Daniel asks, voice raspy like he’s seventeen again, and yeah, Johnny totally would have fucked his tiny Italian ass if he hadn’t been such a mess throughout their senior year.

He tightens his grip on the dildo and gives Daniel’s bruised ass cheek a slap. “Yeah, show me how well you take a cock, LaRusso.”

Daniel breathes in, slow and deep like he does when they do kata, and starts to fuck himself on the toy. And what a show it is. Johnny feels a hot punch of arousal in his gut, watching Daniel’s pink rim stretch taut around the shaft as he sinks down on it over and over again.

And he’s definitely used it before, angling his hips and rides the toy, and there’s a weird disconnect between Johnny's senses. He smells Daniel’s sweat, strong and musky because Johnny didn't let him shower earlier, hears the throaty grunts rolling past his lips, but there’s no slick heat around his cock, and maybe it’s the power of will or sheer jealousy, but he finally begins to chub up against his thigh.

“Well, I'll be damned." He gives himself a couple of strokes and pulls the toy out of Daniel's ass.

"Hey! Why'd you—"

"You ready for the real thing?”

Daniel looks over his shoulder, his eyes fuck-hazy and half-lidded. “Huh?”

Johnny gives him a lopsided smirk and rubs his cock against Daniel's lube-slick hole.

“Oh, John,” Daniel throws his head back and lets Johnny feed his cock into him, clenching around the shaft. “You got it up for me.”

“‘Course I did,” Johnny pants, curling his fingers around Daniel’s hips as he thrusts up, grinning at the surprised cry of pleasure that punches out of Daniel's lungs. “I know how much you wanted it.” He gets his hand on Daniel’s cock and gives it a good, firm tug. “Needy slut.”

"Mmmh."

Johnny’s got no idea why Daniel blows a fuse whenever he calls him names during class or sparring sessions, tame stuff like princess or sugar tits, but when they’re in the bedroom, the filth that comes out of Johnny’s mouth drives him fucking wild.

He fucks into Daniel as hard as he can with a back that’s sore from training and fifty plus years of mileage. Daniel's doing most of the work, though, riding Johnny like it's their first time all over again. Johnny lets his hands wander over his wiry muscles and parts that are soft with age, cups Daniel's little tits to feel them jiggle against his palms.

"Johnny... Johnny."

Johnny pinches Daniel's nipples and gives him a couple of hard, rapid thrusts until Daniel lets out a high-pitched wail, his legs trembling against Johnny’s thighs as he spurts out a few watery drops of come.

Johnny’s own orgasm hits him like a freight train and he grits his molars together, arching up from the bed as he teeters on the edge of pleasure and pain, and Christ, is he even jizzing?

Daniel has worn him out before, but Johnny sinks into the mattress like his limbs are made out of lead, dick so raw that he whimpers when Daniel slides off it.

“You okay?” Daniel asks, hovering over Johnny, stroking his fingers through his sweat-matted hair.

Johnny blinks up at him, his vision swimming with bright shapes. “Y-yeah.”

“That was pretty intense, huh?” Daniel laughs, curling against Johnny’s flank, sweat-slick and hot like a furnace. He rolls his neck until he hears a satisfying crack and rests his head on Johnny’s shoulder. “Maybe we should drop the balance wheel from tomorrow’s lesson?”

Johnny lets out a slightly horrified wheeze of laughter. “You really think we’re even getting out of this bed after that workout?”

“We could take a personal day?” Daniel says, grinning up at Johnny. He trails his fingers through the sparse hairs between Johnny's pecks and drags them down over the swell of his abs.

Johnny wraps his arm around Daniel’s flank and pins his hands against his chest to keep them from wandering anywhere near his nether regions. "Why do I get the feeling that the balance wheel is gonna be less hazardous to my health than a whole day in bed with you, LaRusso."

#Lawrusso #Lawrusso drabbles and ficlets #t:my fic #happy birthday to me!#this is a gift everyone can enjoy

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0aurelion-sol0 · 3 years ago

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"There's no place like gnome."

Stranger Things 3: The Game.

Gnomes 1-10. 🧙‍♂️

IT'S FINALLY HERE!

It's no secret that the Duffers take a lot of inspirations from Pop Culture. From the most well known movies to the more obscure comics, they are always able to sneak a reference somewhere everytime. And they are also able to make it connected to the story.

I've bragged about how the Stranger Things expanded universe in media is one of the best out there compared to many others. I think that the Duffers, the writers or people in the highest places of the marketing are really paying attention to what comes out of the ST franchise because there is no way to have such content with so many details without someone looking into them.

And ST3: The Game is a very good example of that.

So let's start! The first 10 Gnomes out of 50 that you have to find in the game.

BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SPOILERS BELOW!

"There's elements that could please those who makes metas/analyzes or theories. Especially things related to possible future plot points, easter eggs, references in previous seasons mainly season 3 like unsolved mysteries or unanswered questions and for future seasons such as season 4 like foreshadowing or teasers, trailers or as of lately the sneak peek."

If you have anything you'd like to add, might think I have missed or think it might be referencing something else don't hesitate to share it by commenting or reblogging.

(Say thanks to @hawkinsschoolcounselor for having helped me with some of them. )

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Gnome #1: Johnny

"He's here... with an axe."

Overall plot:

"The film's central character is Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering over with Jack are his wife, Wendy Torrance, and young son, Danny Torrance. Danny is gifted with "the shining", psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific past. The hotel cook, Dick Hallorann, also has this ability and is able to communicate with Danny telepathically. The hotel had a previous winter caretaker who went insane and killed his family and himself. After a winter storm leaves the Torrances snowbound, Jack's sanity deteriorates due to the influence of the supernatural forces that inhabit the hotel, placing his wife and son in danger."

So I assume a lot of you know The Shining by Stanley Kubrick. A movie which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Stephen King in 1977.

There's a lot of things that could have served as an inspiration for ST.

A boy/child who has psychic abilities = Eleven has psychic abilities such as telekinesis. Will has his True Sight which consist in seeing what the MF was seeing and feeling.

Now there's also the theme of family and parenthood that is also a big theme in Stranger Things. Especially abusive parenthood such as Brenner, Lonnie and even Hopper to a smaller degree.

In Shining, Jack tries to kill his family with an axe due to supernatural forces that are in the hotel but there's a difference between King and Kubrick. While King specifically said that Jack was heavily influenced by the Hotel, Kubrick shows that Jack always had that sinister violence in him even before they arrived at the hotel.

It's interesting to draw a parallel to Billy and Will, both characters called William who tried to kill their families and other people while being possessed. But Billy compared to Will was shown to have been abusive even before that. Dacre Montgomery also said that he was inspired by Jack Nicholson's performance in the Shining for his character Billy.

Joyce and Jonathan were shown to get ready to fight the monsters by taking an axe.

It's also interesting to note that Jack dies in the snow while a blizzard is happening outside the hotel. Much like the storm of the Mindflayer who is in the Upside Down, the same Mindflayer who "likes it cold". While in the book, the Overlook explodes and burn.

(Cold vs Fire much like everything Upside Down related not liking Fire.)

Also "Johnny" = "Jonathan", it's kind of similar and Jonathan did wield an axe before. Maybe this is teasing parts of Jonathan storyline next seasons ?

The gnome was also found in Mike's basement, Mike who wants to be a writer when he's older just like Jack.

Let's just hope that Jonathan and Mike don't get the same fate as Jack.

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Gnome #2: Christine

"Two bright, beaming lights for eyes."

Overall plot:

"Written by Bill Phillips and based on Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same title, the movie follows the changes in the lives of Arnie Cunningham, an awkward and unpopular teenager, his friends, his family, and his teenage enemies in Rockbridge, California after Arnie buys a classic red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury named Christine, licence number CQB 241, a car that seems to have a jealous, possessive personality – and a mind of its own, which has a bad influence on Arnie. After working on a car in a junkyard owned by Will Darnell, Arnie drops his glasses, starts dressing like a 1950's greaser and develops an arrogant and paranoid personality. He than decides to invite and date the most beautiful girl in highschool, Leigh, who will soon become the next victim of Christine."

I was actually quite surprised by how this story parallels Stranger Things a lot.

First off, Christine is very much like The Mindflayer, a dangerous supernatural being set out to destroy anyone who is in her way, the people who tries to take the things that she thinks belongs to her or threatens her. This is very much relevant to The Mindflayer who after being hurt by the Fire created by the Hawkins Lab was upset and attacked everyone he could. Or as Will putted "Not me, everyone else."

This is very much like Christine who tried to kill Leigh because she was taking her place in the life of Arnie. Christine also tried to kill the bullies of Arnie who after a conflit with him, tried to destroy the car which angered Christine heavily.

The Mindflayer has been described someone who views himself as superior to other species and wants to conquer them, even if it's not his real "goal", the description fits anyone who is possessive and paranoid.

Both the MF and Christine are associated with the color red. Red storm = red color of the car.

Arnie ressembles Will and Billy alot. Will is an awkward and unpopular teenager who after being possessed by the Mindflayer became very different and more violent. Billy was shown to be paranoid, jealous, violent and his look even ressembles the one Arnie takes after repairing Christine.

Both of these boys have the same name as Will Darnell, the owner of a junkyard. Just like the boys in Season 1 who takes shelter in a junkyard, or in season 2 where they fight the Demodogs.

Billy dies, killed by the Mindflayer just like Arnie who was completely possessed by Christine who tried to kill Leigh and Dennis, his best friend after they tried to destroy the car when they realised the supernatural nature of it.

Billy's car ressembles a lot Christine with those lights on. Especially with shots like in the Void or at Starcourt during the night.

Chrissy, a new character that will be in season 4, the most popular girl in Hawkins High like Leigh, has a name that is the diminutive of Christine. It is said that under the perfect surface lies a dark secret. Much like the car Christine, while a beauty is actually a dangerous supernatural being. We'll see if the both of them actually connects in the show.

Also it is set in California where Billy and Max come from and has been rumored by many people due to set leaks (The Surfer Boy Pizza Van.) that it is where the Byers went. I won't get into it in this post but this could be a tease or hint of that IF the set leaks ARE true and not fake to mess with people and the fandom.

Arnie also dies in a car crash having been completely possessed by the evil powers of Christine which is something we see in the sneak peek of ST4. It also reminds of Carrie who has a bully named Chris who she kills in a car crash with her boyfriend Billy aka William.

So will someone die from that car crash ? Who is it ? Chrissy, Joyce, Lonnie ? We can only speculate.

The gnome is also found outside the Wheeler's house where Karen lives near the community pool where Billy works and where the car of Billy is located during the first few chapters of the game. Again, a "bad boy" hitting on the beautiful girl in town. (with a lot of creepy subtext all over it.)

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Gnome #3: Doc

"Always mumbling something about being late."

Overall plot:

"Set in 1985, in the town of Hill Valley, California, the story follows Marty McFly, a teenager accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean automobile built by his eccentric scientist friend Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown. Trapped in the past, Marty inadvertently prevents his future parents' meeting—threatening his very existence—and is forced to reconcile the pair and somehow get back to the future."

So I don't think I need to explain why this is here given how much it has been shown and mentioned in season 3. But few things are interesting here, the fact that California is mentioned is a big deal for me again. I know you are aware of the set leaks just as I am aware, if we can trust them than this could be a hint of that location.

Next, we have the theme of Time. Now ever since ST4 was announced, clocks and times have been a key feature in the promotion. Who know what this might mean but again, we're not going to develop that in the post.

There is also the whole funny scenes of Robin realising that indeed Marty's mother had tried to "bang" her own son. Now given the nature of the shown, certain images in the show during certain events and certain stories, you know to what it connects and to which theories it connects. Won't develop further on it but it can be used as an element that can go into those theories.

The gnome is also found outside of Starcourt Mall where Robin and Steve talk about "Back to the Future". It is also where Billy has his "Back to te Future" moment with his car going extremely fast just like the DeLorean.

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Gnome #4: Indiana

"Master of Adventure."

Overall plot:

"After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by desperate villagers to find a mystical stone and rescue their children from a Thuggee cult practicing child slavery, black magic, and ritualistic human sacrifice in honor of the goddess, Kali."

Fun fact, on Twitter for ST3 promo, a parody poster of this same movie has been posted here of the official ST account.

Jim is obviously Indiana Jones, the look speaks for itself and when he is in the Tunnels in season 2, there's a lot of Indiana Jones imagery.

And of course Kali as 008, a Hindu goddess but as we will see here, it parallels more the Mindflayer.

In 1935, Indiana Jones survives a murder attempt by Lao Che, a crime boss in Shanghai who has hired him to retrieve the remains of Emperor Nurhaci. With his young orphaned Chinese sidekick, Short Round, and the nightclub singer, Willie Scott, in tow, Indy flees Shanghai on a cargo aircraft. While the three of them are asleep, the pilots (employed by Lao Che) dump the fuel and escape via parachute, leaving the plane to crash over the Himalayas. The three narrowly manage to survive by jumping out of the plane on an inflatable raft.

(I wonder if this could be something we see in season 4 with Hopper where he tries to escape on a plane and ends up crashing somewhere or is betrayed by someone who he asked the help of. Now it's a trio and in season 3, Jim, Joyce, Alexei and Murray are the main group that fits this trio. Jim for all the fighting and crazy shit, Joyce and Alexei are kind of like Short Round, they are the sidekicks of Hopper. Murray the role of Willie Scott since she speaks Chinese and him Russian and that Jim just like Indy finds annoying sometimes. Alexei is also kind of like Willie since he kinda goes along with them.

But if we also look at season 2, El is alot like Short Round since she is kind of an orphan too and has a father figure later on. It could also be Will since Hopper is with him a lot of times through season 2. Also Willie did felt out of her element like Alexei because of course he is Russian. Willie in itself doesn't have a lot in common with Joyce but still it's another connection to Will since she has a name close to the one of her sons. Something that does fit a bit more is Jim and Hopper both escaping death, of course Hopper at the end of season 3 but also during season 3 at the farm where he's being shot at by Gregori and than the car doesn't work and explodes and they have to make their way through the forest.

Willie Scott could also be referenced when El disguise herself as this pretty blonde girl in season 1.

Now however, Scoop Troops does fit certain parts of these trio. All the fighting with Steve like Indiana Jones but Robin got his brain because she cracked the code. Dustin and Erica are kinda like short round (especially Dustin who has kind of the same hat as short round.) and are referenced with all the others as children by Robin. Steve doesn't feel in his element like Willie with the three of them who are nerds just like Erica who also doesn't want to accept it. And Robin just like Willie speaks some languages.)

They ride down the mountain slopes and fall into a raging river, eventually arriving at the village of Mayapore in northern India. The villagers plead for their aid in retrieving the sacred stone (shivalinga) stolen from their shrine, along with their missing children, by evil forces in the nearby Pankot Palace. Indy agrees to do so, hypothesizing that the stone is one of the five Sankara stones given by the gods to help humanity fight evil. (It's kinda like Alexei who turns his back on the Russians, for his life of course and agrees to help Hopper close the gate to save Hawkins and their kids before monsters start to appear or may attack one of their kids. Now the stone could be something similar to the promethium or the two keys who opens the gate and is a highly valuable ressource. It also may be the Flayed who are needed to create the monster for the Mindflayer.)

The trio receive a warm welcome at Pankot Palace and are allowed to stay for the night as guests, attending a lavish, but revolting, banquet hosted by the young Maharajah. The officials rebuff Indy's theory that the Thuggee cult is responsible for their troubles. Later that night, Indy is attacked by an assassin. After Indy kills him, he discovers a series of tunnels hidden behind a statue and sets out to explore them, overcoming a number of booby-traps.

(This could be like when Hopper, Joyce and Murray disguised themselves as Russian soldiers but was than discovered by Grigori who attacks them.

The tunnels could be both groups discovering that there is a secret russian base underground and a gate which explains why there are monsters again in Hawkins but it also be the Source, Brimborn Steel Works, where the Mindflayer is lurking underground where he has cult-like followers who makes sacrifices for him to grow bigger and bigger.

It's also like the Tunnels in season 2 who explains why the soil of Hawkins seemed to literally rot. )

The trio reach an underground temple where the Thuggees worship Kali with human sacrifice. They discover that the Thuggees now possess three of the Sankara stones and have enslaved the children to search for the last two, hidden in the palace catacombs. As Indy tries to retrieve the stones, he, Willie, and Shorty are captured. Thuggee high priest Mola Ram forces Indy to drink a potion that puts him into a trance-like state in which he mindlessly serves the cult. (It's very much like Robin and Steve who after discovering the gate are catched by the Russians and than drugged to answer their questions. But also like the Flayed who drinks the chemicals and serves the Mindflayer like a mindless cult.)

Willie is prepared for sacrifice, while Shorty is put to work in the mines with the other children. Shorty escapes and returns to the temple, where he first frees Indy and, later, the Maharajah from the effects of the potion. Indy saves Willie and retrieves the stones. After freeing the children, Indy fights a hulking overseer and leaves him to be killed by a rock crusher. (Basically Dustin saves Steve and Robin. Willie being prepared for sacrifice is kind of like El prepared for sacrifice by Billy in 3x08 but also frees Billy from the effects of the Mindflayer by making him remember his mother, a pretty blonde woman like Willie and sacrifices himself. And Hopper fights Gregori, a "hulking overseer" and kills him.)

The trio escape from the temple, pursued by Thuggees, and barely escape Mola Ram's attempt to flood them out. They are again ambushed by Mola Ram and his henchmen on a rope bridge above a crocodile-infested river. Indy cuts the bridge, causing several of the henchmen to fall to the crocodiles and leaving the survivors to hang on for their lives. As Mola Ram and Indy struggle, Indy invokes the name of Shiva, causing the stones to glow red-hot and burn through Indy's satchel. Two of them fall out; Mola Ram tries to catch the third, but burns his hand and falls from the bridge and into the river, where he, too, is eaten by the crocodiles. (This can be connected to all the kids fighting in Hawkins with the Spider Monster. But the bridge could also fit for the key in the secret base where Hopper and Gregori fights. The gruesome death of Mola Ram is similar to the gruesome death that Gregori has.)

Indy catches the stone safely and climbs up just as a company of British Indian Army riflemen, sent by the Maharajah, arrive and open fire against the Thuggees to drive them away; the surviving Thuggees are soon cornered and arrested by more soldiers. Indy, Willie, and Shorty return safely to Mayapore with the stone and the missing children. (While it may end well in the movie, we know Billy and multiple people die, the Thuggees unlike the Russians have been captured while the Russians where all able to flee before the US Army arrives and Hopper is presumed dead. Only the children in both stories are alive but are probably traumatized for life.)

All in all we can see that this movie might have had a big influence on the plot of season 3 through many characters and more. It may have some hints about possible events for Hopper in season 4 or even beyond but that's about it for. It's a nice package of comparaisons and references though.

The gnome is found in the Hawkins Community Pool where Billy is. The same Billy who obeys mindlessly the Mindflayer and sacrifices people to it. Just like the Thuggees with Kali.

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Gnome #5: Chunk

"Posed in some odd dance maneuver."

Overall plot:

"In the film, a band of kids who live in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, attempt to save their homes from foreclosure and, in doing so, they discover an old treasure map that takes them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willy, a legendary 17th-century pirate. During the adventure, they are chased by a family of criminals who want the treasure for themselves."

So first, let's get this out of the way, Sean Astin who play Bob Newby, our beloved who plays a character named Mikey.

The Goonies is a 1985 American adventure comedy film co-produced and directed by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus, based on a story by executive producer Steven Spielberg. In the film, kids who live in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, attempt to save their homes from foreclosure and, in doing so, they discover an old treasure map that takes them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willy, a legendary 17th-century pirate. During the adventure, they are chased by a family of criminals who want the treasure for themselves.

I wonder if this might hint at some Season 4 plot right here. The Hawkins gang faces the threat of Hawkins becoming a literal ghost down and might need to find something to save it. Also Willy like William, again Will is still there.

The Goonies include optimist lead Goonie Mikey Walsh, his older brother Brandon, the inventive Data, the talkative Mouth, and the overweight klutz Chunk.

Rummaging through the Walshes' attic, they come across a 1632 doubloon and an old treasure map purporting to lead to the treasure of legendary pirate "One-Eyed Willy", believed to be located somewhere nearby. Mikey considers One-Eyed Willy to be the original Goonie. (It kinda reminds me of Mike who got mad at Max in season 2 and told her they didn't need another party member. And he mentionned Will first right after him.)

The kids overpower and bind Brandon and make their way to an abandoned restaurant on the coast that coincides with the map; Brandon soon follows alongside Andy, a cheerleader with a crush on him ( there has been cheerleaders that have been reported in season 4 such as Chrissy.); and Stef, Andy's friend. The group quickly discovers the derelict restaurant is a hideout of the Fratelli crime family: Francis, Jake, and their mother. (Maybe it is both a reference to the Russians in season 3 who have a hideout under the mall who have many restaurants. Or the Lab who OBVIOUSLY does a lot of illegal activities. )

The Goonies find a tunnel in the basement and follow it (like the tunnels made by the Mindflayer in season 2), but when Chunk flags down a motorist to go to the sheriff’s station, he gets abducted by the assailants and imprisoned with their hulking, deformed, younger brother Sloth. (This is obviously like Dustin who befriends Dart in season 2, a literal Demogorgon in the making.)

The Fratellis interrogate Chunk until he reveals where the Goonies have gone, and begin pursuit. Chunk is left behind with Sloth, but befriends him. After Sloth frees both of them, Chunk calls the sheriff, and both follow the trail of the Fratellis. (This is very reminiscent of Hopper in season 1 who gets interrogated by Lab agents or Steve and Robin by the Russians.)

The Goonies evade several deadly booby traps along the tunnels, while staying ahead of the Fratellis. Finally, they reach the grotto where Willy's pirate ship, the Inferno, is anchored. (Will also has a ship, the rainbow ship he drew for Joyce, also Inferno literally means Hell just like what Hawkins has been called.)

The group discovers the ship is filled with treasure, and they start filling their pockets, but Mikey warns them not to take any on a set of scales in front of Willy, considering that to be their tribute to him. As they leave the ship, the assailants appear and strip them of their loot. They start to bind the Goonies and make them walk the plank, until Chunk arrives with Sloth and distracts the assailants long enough for the Goonies to jump overboard and swim to safety. (It's the opposite of the season 2 finale, where Dustin has to distract Dart so that the other could pass through the tunnels.)

The Fratellis proceed to grab all the treasure they can, including those on Willy's scales; this triggers another booby trap that causes the grotto to cave in. With Sloth's help, the Goonies and Fratellis barely escape.

The two groups emerge on Astoria's beach, where they reunite with the Goonies' families and the police. The Fratellis are arrested, but Chunk prevents Sloth from also being taken; he invites Sloth to live with him, which Sloth accepts. ("Unfortunately", Dart compared to Sloth probably died.)

As the kids describe their adventure to their parents, the Walshes' housekeeper, Rosalita, discovers that Mikey's marble bag is filled with gems he took from the ship and had not been seized by the Fratellis. Mikey's father triumphantly rips up the foreclosure papers, declaring they have enough money to negate the foreclosure. As the Goonies celebrate, they see the Inferno, having broken free of the grotto, sailing off on its own in the distance. (Could it be hinting at a possible happy ending for Stranger Things ?)

So Fratellis, is similar to fratello which means "brother, fellow, neighbor" which perhaps could be a reference to the Mindflayer who is kind of our neighbor since he is basically in the same places but in the Upside Down. The Mindflayer also has been paralleled to Billy and other abusive father figures. Billy who is the brother of Max. He has also been paralleled to Kali through his anger and him attacking people who hurted him or might hurt him. Could in itself The Mindflayer should be taken or seen as some sort of family figure ? Maybe him being always associated with Will The Wise especially in 2x04 or someone who has the name Will like Billy is a connection. The same Billy who also parallels Russians who just like the Fratellis have secret hideouts.

Though the Fratellis are more motivated by greed which fits Brenner, Lonnie (who tried to use his son's death to gain money.) or Russians most.

Now Willy, Willy is a captain. Maybe it could be hinting at the fact that Will has more importance to the story than we think. There's also Inferno, "Hell" which is Hawkins but also the name of the ship. And Will has a rainbow ship... Could Hawkins be the ship of Will where his adventures are taking place ?

As for the dance... well as you've seen upper in the post: it's the "Truffle Shuffle Dance". It's something that Chunk has to do before entering Mikey's house. It's similar to what Dustin do at the beginning of season 1 to the bullies when he makes his bones crack due to his medical condition, cleidocranial dysplasia.

As for where this gnome is located, it's in Weathertop where Cerebro is located which is fitting since Dustin has a lot of Goonies as inspiration for his character.

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Gnome #6: Elvis

"He's not dead!"

"Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy." - Wikipedia.

It is a lot known that people in the 80's thought that Elvis Presley was still alive due to his status and the aura he had as a celebrity. However, no matter how appealing this myth may be, he died of an excessive usage of prescription drugs which reminds me of Nancy who said she thought Tom was on drugs when he fired her and Jonathan while he an the Flayed were drinking chemicals. He also died in 1977, the same year "Heroes" by David Bowie came out which is a song that was used two times when we thought a character died when he was actually alive which are Will and Hopper. Will and Hopper both have a lot of rock in their Spotify playlist.

Also, I personally think that Steve has kind of an Elvis Presley aura to him especially in season 1. After all, Steve has a nickname "King Steve" and Elvis Presley is often nicknamed "The King" and both were popular with girls.

Fun fact: Dacre Montgomery who plays Billy who literally becomes the new "King" of Hawkins will play in the biographical music drama "Elvis" about Elvis Presley where he will play a character called "Steve Binder".

Also actor David Harbour also got married with singer Lily Allen by Elvis in Las Vegas.

It's also found hidden behind bushes near the Public Library. Maybe indicating that Elvis is still out there in the world and hiding.

Which also may be a reference to Brenner who has a similar haircut but also about the novel "Suspicious Minds", a prequel of ST taking place in the Lab when Brenner was doing his sinister experiments which is the same title as one of the songs of Elvis. Like Elvis, Brenner is still out there, hiding in Hawkins.

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Gnome #7: Jack

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull gnome."

Again another reference to Shining. So what you are seeing here is a proverb, it means: "It means that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring."

In Shining, it represents Jack's slow descent into madness. But it could be a reference to Joyce, Jonathan and Nancy who all work their asses off and don't take a lot of time for themselves and so don't have the time to explore anything else than work which also cause for them not to be there when Will got kidnapped. It may also represent Jonathan's words to Nancy in season 1 where he "called out" the boring life she will have and that she will live like her parents so in this case the proverb becomes about societal norms.

Mike just like Jack is an aspiring writer, Mike just like other members of his family falls into these societal norms that are expected like work and overworking in this instance which makes them boring in the eyes of people like Jonathan. "No play" may also reference D&D which Mike started to ignore in season 3 and worried more pointless and superficial things.

Again, hope it doesn't foreshadow anything for these two characters.

This gnome is found in the Library which is fitting considering Jack wants to be a writer.

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Gnome #8: Flynn (Flynn Rider from "Tangled" (2010))

"Looks like he rides well."

Overall plot of Tangled (2010):

"The film tells the story of Rapunzel, a lost, young princess with magical long blonde hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. Against her abusive foster mother's wishes who kidnappee her when she was young, she accepts the aid of an intruder to take her out into the world which she has never seen."

This story is literally what the boys was arguing about at the end of season 1.

1)The lost knight...

Flynn Rider is actually the son of a king and queen that were from a kingdom that got destroyed by a powerful opal. He was evacuated and placed in an orphanage. He made his reputation as thief.

So Mike and El both parallels this guy, well Mike is a palladin in D&D and he is the son of a wealthy family so he is basically a night. El however also lost her parents like him and has more attributes of a knight in season 1 than Mike.

Flynn is arrogant, which Mike can be a bit sometimes but the both of them can be extremely courageous and care a lot about the people they care about though they are not very strong, nor athletic. Maybe Flynn a bit more.

Also fun coincidence Flynn = Finn, the name of the actor who plays Mike. (almost the same name).

Both him and El run into each other in the woods. Just like Flynn who discover Rapunzel while trying to enter Rapunzel's tower but is knocked out by her who is none other than the...

2)The proud princess...

Well first Rapunzel = Eleven. Both of these girls have magical powers and are used by an abusive and evil parental figure who needs them for their own interest, Mother Gothel used the powers of Rapunzel to stay young forever (like an addiction, a drug) and Martin Brenner aka "Papa". They are both locked away somewhere. El in the lab and Rapunzel in the tower which they both seeked to escape out of. Both believed that these parental figures loved them while it was not true. El also has long blond hair in season 1 like Rapunzel. And both quickly form a relationship with a boy they just met. Both don't know who their real parents are and wants to find them. While Rapunzel has long blonde hair, El had a shaved head.

Also in season 2, El is locked in a cabin in the woods because of Hopper because he believe it is not safe out there which is exactly what Mother Gothel tells Rapunzel. Just like her El disobeys and seeks to discover who her true parents are.

Rapunzel seeks to know what are those floating lights that always appear on her birthday, it is actually her parents who are the king and queen of a kingdom not so far away that do that every year hoping one day she will come back to her. She is a "lost princess". It is very similar to Terry Ives who was communicating through the lights to El.

Rapunzel's power comes out of something that is also connected to something famous in ST.

3) Weird flowers in the cave...

Rapunzel's power come from a flower called "Sundrop flower". = Sunflower which is said by Terry Ives.

This flower can pretty much heal anything including mortal wounds. The Queen got pregnant with Rapunzel but was also terribly sick so she took this flower to heal herself and while doing so, Rapunzel got this ability.

This is very reminiscent of Terry Ives who was pregnant with El and took part in the MKUltra experiences that gave her these powers including certain drugs. She is also "ill" in a way as she is now stuck in a loop. At least from what we saw.

But Rapunzel also parallels another character.

Will Byers. Will could communicate through lights to his mother, just like the parents of Rapunzel and Terry Ives.

The weird flowers could be referencing the sort of vines that entered inside of him in the Upside Down which gave him his "now-memories".

Both had abusive parental figure that would lock them somewhere for whatever reason. (Lonnie with Will in his trunk.)

(Also Hopper may have tried to separate Mike and El but he wasn't like what a Lonnie or Brenner would have been. This is why yes, the situation in season 2 parallels but Hopper truly wished good for El while Brenner and Mother Gothel didn't care for any of these two.)

Same is for Lonnie, he doesn't care about Will.

Since Will is a cleric, both him and Rapunzel have the same time of power. Powers that El doesn't have:

To heal the sick and injured

To revive the dead

To work as a shield

Given this story, it may hint at the fact that Brenner and Lonnie may try to take El and Will for their own greed and purposes.

Since Rapunzel parallels both Will and El, you know what that means for Flynn who parallels Mike.

Flynn in the movie is stabbed by Mother Gothel and dies before cutting the hair of Rapunzel killing Mother Gothel in the process. Rapunzel mourns him and one of his tears heal him.

If Flynn parallels Mike, than something bad could happen to him. If Will does have powers and has feelings for Mike, a supposed death may reveal his powers.

And if he has the same powers as his cleric role, than he could heal those who get hurt or even bring the dead back to life.

If Lonnie sees Mike around Will, given he is homophobic. He may try to hurt him so that he doesn't go near Will again which could lead to him being in grave danger.

Of course all of that is just speculation.

This gnome was found on the parking lot of Starcourt where El decided to break up with Mike and we saw Will smiling in the background.

Also I don't know but... "Looks like he rides well", I mean there's certain undertones to that which are... I don't know how to process that but from what you've just read, Mike apparently rides well. I mean I have nothing against gay sex jokes but still...

Even if it's unintentional, it's how it'll sound on the internet.

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Gnome #9: David

"At 399, he's the oldest gnome around."

So this gnome was already in the first ST official mobile game. And this reminds me a lot of The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit but also and of course; Dungeons & Dragons.

The World of David the Gnome, originally titled David, el Gnomo (also known as David, the Gnome), is a Spanish animated television series based on the children's book The Secret Book of Gnomes, by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and illustrator Rien Poortvliet. The series was originally created in Spain by BRB Internacional (who were also responsible for the Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds franchise (Like Dart in season 2 and Mike, Lucas and Dustin where very much like the Three Musketeers in season 1.) and other cartoons such as Bobobobs and Around the World with Willy Fog)

The series presents the gnomes as a kind species, of 15 centimetres (6 inches) of height, and between 250 and 300 grams (8 and 10 ounces) of weight depending on gnome body mass. According to their habitat, different types of gnomes are distinguished: the ones of the forest, the ones of the garden, the ones of the farm, the ones of the house, the ones of the dunes, those of Siberia (David = David Harbour = Hopper = Hopper is in Russia), and nomadic "gypsy" gnomes (commonly looked down upon by other gnomes). A gnome's lifespan is usually 400 years, though there is one example of a couple in the Balkans living 550 years.

Gnomes such as the main characters live in pairs in comfortable caves or holes under trees [kinda like Hobbits] (in their case in the company of a pair of mice and a cricket). Their diet is mostly vegetarian. They are helped by the animals of the forest (kinda like Radagast who is the password to Castle Byers who is located in the woods) when travelling long distances or when they need to arrive quickly at a specific location. Gnomes work in various ways to repair the damage inevitably caused by humans. They also have the power of telepathy and mind control. (kinda like El or the Mindflayer, or even Galadriel in The Lord Of The Rings.)

Their main enemies are the trolls, malevolent and clumsy creatures who always make trouble for the other inhabitants of the forest, as well as gnome poachers. They have supernatural powers that are really strong but they have a weakness, if the sunlight gets on them, they turn to stone.(could be referencing all the Upside Down creatures who don't like sunlight and everything hot.) [Also very much like the Hobbit.] Also one of the trolls was voiced by someone who had the name Henderson, like Dustin Henderson. I also think it references a comic where some bullies attack Will and Mike calls them trolls.

Here are the most important characters:

David is a gnome of the forest. David is 399 years old, making him the oldest gnome around (since gnomes live no more than 400 years exactly, except Franklin, the gnome from the west, who lived 550 years), although he possesses exceptional constitution. David is a doctor, and he uses his knowledge of many fields, such as hypnosis and acupuncture, to heal his patients, usually animals, such as his faithful friend Swift the fox, or other gnomes. David also befriends a bird that, when he whistles, immediately arrives to quickly transport him to wherever necessary. For longer trips, he sometimes travels in a basket attached to the neck of the bird. (It may be a reference to clerics who are known to heal their allies and travelling with birds reminds me of Gandald who sometimes has the help of Eagles in some stories.)

Paul is David's twin brother. Not only does Paul have a normal moustache in contrast to David's handlebar moustache but his jumper is a darker shade of blue, he has a bigger nose, his gnome hat is dark blue whereas David's is red, and his trousers and boots are an inverse of David's: David's trousers are brown and his boots are beige, while Paul wears beige trousers and dark boots. (Of course this is a reference to Will and El who have been compared a lot of times throughout the show and who a lot of people in the fandom consider them siblings and twins, Will has a lot of Red in his wardrobe while El has a lot of blue.)

This gnome was found in a secret Russian base underground in Weathertop where Dustin discovers the Russian transmission coming from their main base located under the mall like a cave (like where gnome lives.). There are also gnomes in Siberia and having the name David, the name of Hopper's actor creates a connection since right now Hopper is in Russia. It may also be a nod to the group of kids who are all little gnomes running around the forest with their magical powers.

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Gnome #10: Baskin

"Robin's favorite gnome."

Now this is a funny one.

This is a reference to the famous Baskin-Robbins which is a chain of ice cream restaurants that did special ice creams for Season 3 because of Scoops Ahoy. It is Robin's favorite gnome because they literally share the same name.

Baskin could also be a reference to the film of the same name where Five police officers, Remzi, Arda, Yavuz, Apo, and Seyfi, are dining at a restaurant, during which they have a discussion. Their meal is interrupted when they receive a distress call from Inceagac, a town known for being the focus of strange rumors. During the trip Seyfi has a terrifying vision of a bloody figure and accidentally drives their van into the water. Stranded, the officers eventually make their way to Inceagac, where they find themselves in an abandoned building (back in the Ottoman days, this used to be a police station), captured by cult members and are subjected to a number of increasingly bizarre and surreal scenarios. In the end, they realize they have all inadvertently wandered into Hell.

It has alot of similiraties with stories like Silent Hills or Hellraiser, two stories that inspired Stranger Things especially Hellraiser for Stranger Things 4. And it fully embraces the satanic imagery and themes which is something we are going to see with the satanic panic and also has the theme of time, dreams and visions.

We'll see how much season 4 decides to use those sort of elements in the show.

Well this gnome is easy to find. It's in the Scoops Ahoy parlor next to Robin. USS Butterscotch seems to be very popular there

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Gnomes 11 - 20 coming soon.

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