#it’s to unspecialized

[kaladinsspear]

New bucket list dream:

Have the time, spoons, and money to train enough to go play at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica California.

[ishkabibblethings]

had a dream that Mike Ross did not in fact have a super memory, he was just a really clever con and spent all his time pouring over legal texts. Harvey found out he'd been played and cut him out like Trevor.

[toseesoclearly]

ST5 teaser/promo PSA

I don't think it's actually possible to get this fandom to calm down about anything, but I thought I would post anyways for general information sharing and the hope of convincing at least myself to try to just log off on the "WHERE IS THE ST5 PROMO" question until spring at the earliest. :)

Netflix typical promo timelines

Netflix usually announces release dates 3-5 months ahead of time. The earlier New Year's announcement of ST3 dropping July 4th was an outlier. There are other outlier examples among other Netflix shows so it's not out of the question we could get a release date sooner, just less likely. In the past, release date announcements have come with poster reveals and teasers.

Promo usually begins in earnest two-ish months out from release, with first look stills and/or a full-length trailer. After this point, regular content will be released by Netflix (character posters, more BTS content, the final trailer), the cast and crew will do interviews that may come with additional clips, and there will be a couple to a few bigger press features with new info/images.

Anything they release before the above points will be variable. You can make arguments for some patterns based on past ST season promo cycles, but ST5 has already been a fairly big departure (the usual "teaser" we get during filming being a BTS featurette, lots more BTS content posted to socials, no character descriptions or even names with new cast announcements, etc). Unfortunately for us, whatever was motivating the more extensive "pre-release date announcement period" teaser content we got for ST4 does not seem to be informing what they're up to this time around. So it's probably better to temper your expectations and expect that we'll be getting less instead of more.

The "end of January Netflix event"

The "Netflix event at the end of January that will feature Stranger Things" is probably Netflix's big 2025 promo event for their entire slate of movie and TV releases. Last year, it was called "Next on Netflix" and took place on February 1st. Sandman fan twitter accounts are saying that this year's version will take place on January 29. I don't know where that claim is coming from but it's in line with last year's timing so it makes sense. The "Next on Netflix" branding also seems to be carrying over.

you can see the compilation "sizzle trailer" from last year plus the other images & info released at Netflix's website here. basically: I don't recommend getting particularly excited for this, I think it's most likely that ST5 will occupy the "Squid Game" position at the end (probably shared with Wednesday S2 and Squid Game S3) with a 5-15 second clip that will feature a shot or two and a couple lines of dialogue.

At best, we'll get that plus another still or two and the season "logline" but I wouldn't hold my breath (peep The Umbrella Academy and Arcane's 2024 loglines which are basically "this show has existed and been a hit! now the next season is coming out and people are excited" and, even worse, "details coming soon" lmao)

A Super Bowl teaser?

The other big claim people have been throwing around is that we'll get a teaser during the Super Bowl (which this year is Sunday Feb 9). That happened exactly once, for ST2, so I don't know why there is so much confidence that it is inevitable this time around. Netflix doesn't have a super consistent history wrt running Super Bowl ads if you look at the past few years.

If anything, a bigger Netflix ad like the one they did with Will Ferrell & GM in 2023 seems like the most likely scenario for me if they're trying to make efficient use of expensive ad time. Based on the Christmas/New Year's "Netflix 2025" teaser we got, I wouldn't be surprised if, in the early part of the year, Netflix keeps emphasizing that Squid Game, Wednesday, AND ST5 are coming in 2025. I don't know if that messaging comes with new footage or not.

All that to say, the show is huge, the ST5 teaser will get a zillion views and a ton of attention regardless, so it seems most likely they'll just release it online as opposed to shell out millions of dollar to advertise something probably months and months out from release. obviously I would love to be wrong. :)

A few other FYIs

Unless it is part of a larger event (Netflix stuff like Tudum, Geeked Week, etc, or other big advertising opportunities like the Super Bowl or the Olympics), Netflix rarely releases promo stuff on the weekends.

When Netflix does drop something, it will probably be posted between 9am-12:30pm Eastern. that is true for like 90% of the promo content posted to the ST socials according to my nonscientific survey.

It doesn't happen 100% of the time, but for trailers and sometimes teasers, Netflix socials will post a little "the teaser/trailer is coming!" announcement the day before. (ST example 1, example 2, Squid Game example from last year)

TL;DR no one outside of the Netflix corporate offices actually knows anything and and no one can really even guess when we'll get anything promo-wise until we know the release date (which probably won't happen until the spring or summer, depending on if ST5 ends up being a summer or fall release).

[wastinawaaay]

CEO tim drake I despise you in ways unknown to mankind

[thekimspoblog]

I spend an outsized amount of time thinking about "YOU" Season 3. And it's not at the top of my "what these characters should have done differently" list, but I'd like to throw out a thought: Joe doesn't give a shit about cooking or baking. I'm not sure there would have been such a rift where Joe and Love started lying to each other if they didn't spend six hours a day doing separate hobbies. I'm not saying Love should have worked harder than she already did to keep this shithead interested in her, but for all her talk of how well she knows Joe, a lot of her attempts to make him happy seem to completely misunderstand what Joe wants. Just saying... what if instead of opening a bakery, Love had started writing a novel?

[akumanoken]

sometimes I think about how Alli @soraeia has a penchant to steal, I mean, adopt babies... and wonder how this one

would've been like if he met the twins when he looked like this

[j2zara]

J3j4 as. Is it free will or are they doomed to be jaceporter? Are they doomed to death—to be trapped in the underworld? Like. “He has the kind of love for her that you and I once had” / “The girl means nothing to me” / “but she means everything to him” / “so?” / “Let her go”

[dontlookforme00]

do you believe i’m special. would you agree i’m special. do you donnie

HOW COULD I BEEE SO SPECIAL DO I BELIEEEV IM SPEECIIIAAL

[skyward-floored]

Oooh watching encanto was a mistake, waiting on a miracle is making me think of IAU Four

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

periodically watching video essays about doctor who to remind myself of how skewed my perspective is

[aspecies-positivity]

You are not broken. Not everyone vibes with the idea of being a part of a species. You're just as much a part of the otherkin community (if you want to be) as any other non-human♡

[newlyy]

@johannestevans i cant read your reply because you blocked me immediately (like IMMEDIATELY; within 30 seconds of me reblogging your stupid ass "pregnant people" post), but men cant get pregnant. if you get pregnant you arent a man. and while were at it, if you're female you will never ever ever be a gay man. youre just a woman doping hormones and growing facial hair.

[themetalvirus]

i got a little sketchbook from a local craftsperson (not you fruma im talking about a little leather one) and god. im so sorry, local craftsperson. you were very awkward and cute. this paper sucks so hard

it's absorbent, so ink of all kinds feathers and bleeds. it's textured enough that fibers get caught on pens of all kinds, but smooth enough that drawing with pencil on it is a nightmare. i doubt you'd be able to do anything water-based on this because it's thin enough to complain about one layer of copics. WHO IS THIS PAPER EVEN FOR. WHAT IS THIS FOR

[wurmwizzard]

work today WAS ASSS!!!!!!!! but thats ok bc I just took a shower and tickled my snake so I'm better now. If youre at a coffee shop dont ask your barista why your drink is taking 15 minutes when you can see with your fucking eyeballs that the store is stupid busy. I just got off the phone with god and she told me if you do that you go straight to hell no take backsies!!!!!!!!!!

[hairtusk]

i should be able to kill myself and not die once a week as a treat for being a big brave girl

[bornforastorm]

Happy birthday friend! Hope it's been a good one

🥹 thank you pal!!!