#i think it's just bc im so indifferent to actual time travel in a piece of media like stranger things | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

reikunrei · 2 years ago

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one of my favorite cryptid/monster creation theories is that something, even if it was entirely made up, becomes real purely because people believe it enough, and I keep thinking about that in relation to henry's powers/the way he wanted to change the world

like, rather than it being actual timeline splitting or time travel in order to change things (thinking specifically of that shot of him rewinding the grandfather clock, literally manipulating time), it's just like... he wills these things to happen because he believed hard enough in it? if that makes sense?

like he still has powers, that's all real, but rather than it being actual time manipulation, it's closer to like... faulty or changed memories that then retroactively become real. as a tiny example, like brenner's hair inexplicably changing style or graying too fast is just bc henry remembered it wrong, but that doesn't mean it's not real

i just feel like it's an interesting thought since henry leaned so heavily into making false memories or interactions with his victims (chrissy's mom in the bathroom, the cop saying he recognized fred, max seeing her mom after leaving the letters for her family) but they all stemmed from the truth, and perhaps could have become real if the victims believed it hard enough and gave in to their pain and fear

idk! like... i feel like it would be a cool twist to have it be a manipulation of memories that retroactively changes stuff, but the old version still leaks through, rather than it directly being like time travel and stuff

#stranger things #henry creel #i say things #i think it's just bc im so indifferent to actual time travel in a piece of media like stranger things #it just. sort of feels out of place to me?#obvs my opinion might change when we get the stage play and into s5 #and there's a lot of evidence that it Is straight up timeline splitting and whatnot #i think that maybe like. im sick of it bc of all the bullshit dumbfuck marvel multiverse shit #it's boring and i hate it !#like. i think if this was the plan the whole time for ST #or if it was even just like a little seed at the start that has since then taken further root #that's fine. bc i could put my trust into the duffers and crew to make it work and have it be satisfying #i just. feel like i want it to be more of a twist than that #and like. maybe there is one true 'timeline' for lack of a better word #but the characters keep remembering things differently bc their memories are being manipulated #i think it would be dumb to have it be like a 'and they were dreaming the whole time!' thing #like they'd have to take it easy if they wanted to retroactively be like 'that's not what really happened'#but. idk! i just am really intrigued by the idea of vecna fucking around with character's memories #and giving them fake experiences just to scare them #and i think it would be really cool to sow doubt like that into their minds #by being like 'here's what you thought you remembered... but here's what you remember now... which is right?'#and like. making certain paths become real bc they believe one more over the other #and so they have to try really hard to remember what's true and what isnt in order to save the day #I DONT KNOW now i can't stop talking im so sorry #this was meant to be smthn small and now im just like ooooooo fun idea that i would wanna see the duffers tackle #this sounds so dumb but it's literally like #henry isnt actually manipulating time but he believes that he is and so therefore he is #but he only is doing it because he believes he's doing it #but he's not Actually doing it

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