Chapter 1: The Hellfire Club
&
Chapter 2: Vecna's Curse

hi im rewatching stranger things 4 cos its nice and i just wanna say i hate argyles hat
in fact i think argyle entirely did not need to exist
jonathan would have more to do if they gave him argyle's stuff. he's already a stoner, just make HIM be the one who drives the pizza van and bam hes already got more going on
now all he has is a scene where he goes "will i love you and your gay self" and thats it
also the stoner/druggie arc is also done with eddie and the eddie one is way more fleshed out and done better.
like idk if argyle being a stoner is supposed to show the difference between california and wherever the hell hawkins is but. idk. im just not sold on him
he's just there to go duuuuuuuuuuuude lmao!!!! at shit n thats it these hats are a crime upon humanity i want to make that clear
ok im done now
also jonathan and nancy should break up theyre a stupid couple
also love how theyre trying to introduce people to dnd by getting them to join in for the FINAL GAME of a campaign
how does that work
do u just hand them the paper of the person who couldnt make it and be like "ok so u did all this stuff n now youre here"
thats what fucked me up in the first two games i played. those characters were even pretty cool and I STILL couldnt get into it
epi one has fantastic direction and editing. I wonder how many episodes were directed by this person hi ponytail wearin people did u ever bother to curl it before you went out cos god damn
i respect the effort the stuff with the clock was so cool aaaaaa
i love audio based suspense ha.
god i hope thats over soon. this is getting difficult to manage
god the soundtrack is stellar as always I STILL WANT ALL OF YOUR RINGS man theres such a big focus on it being 86
idk if its like a jokey reference to what 86ing means or something happened that year im not aware of
Moe: (Just noting cheer and dance people frequently curl their ponytails if they’ve got a performance of some kind!)
Moe: (Some even have clip in hair pieces with curls to make it easier/faster, #tradesecrets)
oh thats cool! I actually wanted to ask about it but I didnt want to stereotype just based on what I've seen in films and series haha
Moe: Hehe always happy to be ur American culture liaison friend
youve legit taught me a lot of things about the US haha i rly appreciate it i cant see a trumpet and not think of this one friend i have who told me hes got really bad tinnitus cos he plays the trumpet like, at a near professional level (hes only not in an orchestra cos. idk? money??) and the person behind him basically destroyed his hearing because wooo brass instruments
i have mild tinnitus and i told him "i always have this mild buzzing in my ears" and he went "ah yeah does it get worse and like sorta pulse around every now and then?" and I was like "...no" and then he told me his was so bad cos of the orchestra thing. I suppose it makes sense
but also seems like a shitty deal if your whole job is music unrelated to robins crush talkin about muppets i find it interesting how people in band gotta hold out their instruments like that
its SRS BUSINESS
in high school i had a friend who played the clarinet and she actually is in the army rn and part of their band, now I kinda wish I'd asked her if she had to do stuff like this haha
but since she's army i figure she does
ha i never noticed on first watch but the anthem thats being played for the basketball game is replaced by a single electric guitar for the hellfire club kids
thats cool yknow when i was a kid i despised kids who were this proudly geeky but fuck it man you live your truth
i knew kids like eddie and they were my friends but i always thought if you just toned it down a bit people would leave you alone
but now i realise its better to just go for it. Cos living by "ooooh i better tone it down" fucks you up in the future >eddie just tried to own an 11 year old and his friends laughed about it
why are you trying to attack a kid
why are u laughing at ur friend attacking a kid
huh.
spoilers for series 4: eddies campaign starts with him explaining a character returns with a notable wound, the players freak out shouting that character should be dead and eddie says so it was thought my friends but vecna lives i stg eddie isnt dead i dont believe it
Moe: As a former band kid can also confirm yes, trumpets in marching band do really have to hold their instruments like this, even in marching shows where they’re running around.
Moe: And if you’re in a formation next to them during practice they might casually empty their spit valve right next to your feet and it’s gross brass instruments are gross.
Moe: Also! Lots of people who do music for a living wear ear plugs to avoid tinnitus. There are kinds that allow you to still hear sounds but dampen the intensity to protect your hearing. Good for concerts too!
ohh that makes so much sense
now im surprised my friend didnt do that??
since he played at like, a (near) professional level
but he just let his hearing get messed up
also spit valve sounds gross now i wanna ask him about it haha (I did and I learned far more about the relationship between spit and brass instruments than I ever wanted.)
robin: god damn i really need to empty my spit valve but i dont want my crush to hate me I lovingly want to punch people who quote star wars like this in the face. lovingly. with great affection.
but still very much a punch. eddies all like wooo u won!!!
but as a dm.
isnt it like,
kinda fun if they all die to whatever you set up
i mean i dont know but. you want to give ur people a challenge right
i feel like itd be hard to not have it feel like a loss if they beat your campaign
this is why i could never dm lol lucas won the hawkins basketball team their game during the same timeframe btw, so this is supposed to set up "hey lucas we love you now so please join us on our anti-eddie campaign cos he's satan"
that was a storyline they didnt execute too well imo
like its ok from the jock side but from eddies side and his guilt about running away it makes no sense
alt kid who likes dnd, who has fully embraced living on the outskirts of society but nahhh his arc is "oh no i ran away" dude if you hadn't the team woulda killed you
Nugget: Now that you've brought up the tinnitus I suddenly cannot unhear my own tinnitus lol
IM SORRY
Moe: Another orchestra nerd neglecting their ears…smh my head
now we're on the subject. mine is a constant ringing with occassional... idk, increase in the ringing?
whats urs
oooh orchestra? whatd u play
(i just ruined my hearing with loud music while trying to sleep. i cant play anything. im just stupid)
Nugget: I'm pretty sure my dad is the one who ruined my hearing (only half joking)
Nugget: I have "17 years" of violin experience lol
Nugget: And yeah I have constant background ringing that I usually don't notice but once I do I can't unhear it for a while. It pulsates
omg yes thats exactly what i have!!
you can live with it alright but when things are quiet you can't ignore it. its just there
specifically a lull in conversation or somethin like that love how this became a meme
it is cool to rewatch this and notice how early on theyre referencing nightmare
its like if someone went "what would nightmare look like for someone who cannot be reached by freddy" which is a cool take id put money down on one of eddies skills havin this name in dbd but then theres quentin
who already has one named wake up
Moe: It is a cool take!! (I’m lovin this recap btw) EDDIE IN DBD ID PAY FOR THAT
ID PAY SO MUCH OMG
(i wouldnt)
(but my god i want it so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad)
Moe: I know the killer leaked (won’t say specifics in case you wanted to avoid?) but I don’t think I’ve seen survivors yet love this ref to rod watching tina when she's floating. UGH season 4 is so good
i havent seen the survivors yet either, im just. tryna manifest eddie
robin and eddie for dbd. pls
Moe: Yesss the best pair to add for sure
omg how did i never notice the credit music is really reminiscent of 80s horror music aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
reminds me a lil more of childs play than anoes but still
also the cg still doesnt look good but i know they use it cos its cheaper. ugh. i hope cg artists can unionise soon hi pls dont be mad but im skippin the russia stuff. idk about anyone else but i just did. not. care.
Moe: Agreed I didn’t care much about Russia stuff, or Mike and el relationship stuff
Moe: Any of the relationship stuff really I didn’t care about Nancy and Jonathan either iirc they never get into max and eddie living in the same trailer park which i feel is a missed opportunity
i feel like mike's line of "youre a superhero" to El in a later episode is also kinda garbage, i know he ad libbed it but ugh great job to open this shit up for marvel bullshit or whatever
Moe: Yeah I didn’t dig that whole monologue
at least eddie's ad libbed lines were good. The actor ad libbed the getting shot bit when chrissie doesnt remember who he is (so her reaction is genuine) and he ad libbed "I love you" in one of the last episodes as well
i like reading tvtropes and imdb lol thats why i know
i feel like those added to the character the UR A SUPERHERO just feels kinda shit
like yeah she has superhuman abilities mike. we know.
she knows. whats the point
also agree i dont think theres a single relationship in this i care about. i think max and lucas are pretty cute in this season but thats about it
Moe: O yeah I like max and Lucas, and I want Robin to get resolution but don’t care too much about if it’s her band friend or not
o yeah same
i love her friendship with steve
but i also dont care about them like. dating or whatever
i guess the show is like "oh yeah robins all good now"
dating as in, them individually dating other people i mean haha not each other obvs
Moe: Yeh I care more about their friendship not who either of them end up with, if anyone hi mike i hate your hat almost as much as argyles but i still hate argyles more.
Moe: Poor Mike this season lol his fits…
Moe: (And ofc pouring one out for wills hair) mike was just like "oh are we gonna meet ur friends there el?" and will straight up went "el doesnt have any friends wtf?" and now shes upset lol
WILLS HAIR OMG
so i read the kid who plays him even begged the show creators to give will another hairstyle lol
i feel like they saddled him with this horrible haircut cos he's kinda conventionally attractive and they need to sell him as unpopular or something
Moe: Mike is so white in that screencap lmao my brother…
Moe: Yeah he’s a cute guy I bet that’s it
jesus yeah i feel like if i were to colourpick his chest there i'd get #ffffff hello hi i still love these two and the fact that both of them switched jobs to work at a video store >bonding over the fact they cant get a girlfriend
aw
id watch a whole season about these two
they were the highlight of season three robin is wearing a tie
steve is not
steve are you even trying
i mean sorry straight opinion here but god damn TIES its still called benny';s even though the namesake died in season 1, alright (somehow didnt notice its boarded up)
86. again. ok so like. it is cos of what 86 means isnt it
thank u gordon ramsay for teaching me that. idunno how common knowledge that is so uh, here
Nugget: Everyone should remain maidenless, it is the way
no maiden, no death
its a survival tactic. respect it
Nugget: no woman, no cry
omg bob marley knew all along i gotta tell u when i saw dustins mum got another cat my heart sank
interesting she got a purebred cos im pretty sure the original one was a. uh. regular cat
idk american shorthair no if he was he'd be throwing tantrums every five seconds anyone doesnt do what he wants max is trying to warn dustin eddie looks suspish cos, yknow, chrissy was found in his house
dustins all ride or die for eddie btw. u go dustin ah yes a scene i dont care about but the song is catchy ok so i screenshotted it with will outta frame but they make it clear will is upset with el for lying about her friends
cos mike deserves better in his opinion.
cos will is in love with mike.
woo sad and aloooooone
ur first crush isnt available
but u still want the best for hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim
oh will ur a good kid n everyone wants the best for u WHYRE YOU PLAYING AMADEUS WHILE SHOWING THE BULLY
WTF MAN
that song has rly good associations for me this is bothering me lol heres the plotline for the jock, reiterated four times just in case u didnt immediately get it. it fucks him up which is good characterisation for him
now u might expect a but. its too early for that ah yes nancys editor bein a dick
gee i wonder where thats gonna go.
hes doin his best. poor kid oop freds in a nightmare.
freds glasses boy btw.
ooooh more anoes inspired music. hell ye ugly teeth! freddy
ye
cos. vecna probably doesnt lol haha yeah cos u were invented solely to be jonathans stoner friend. ur just this fecker but 80s and without any of the. uh.
well
the fact he actually was like that
i really dislike argyle lol sorry but hes so poorly written he really shouldnt be there.
also sry but i feel like jay only works cos he is super similar to the actor who plays him, when u write him as a character its really hard to get him to fit in, esp. with better written characters
argyle doesnt work as a sidekick to a character who talks a lot. jonathan is established. argyle has nothing to do.
it doesnt work just cos u give him the plot relevant lines like silent bob has every other view askew movie.
it shoulda just have been jonathan on his own, supporting will and mike.
not LOL PIZZA WEIRD CLOTHES CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!dude anyway the entire basketball team thinks eddie sacrificed chrissy to the devil >lucas tryna defend his friends
good luck with that buddy >blames it on his sister
also this jock is only recognisable by his hat.
Lou: sometimes dungeons & dragons feels kinda culty
curly dude with a hat. wow!
well as long as u dont kill people its all good w/ me
but like not in the way this show means it
not that im a jock. but still
Lou: we do not kill ppl no
aw ye in that case go off do whatever u want
Lou: also does chrissy ever wake up.
n...no? she... she kinda doesnt
Lou: sorry ive never seen the show im only familiar with the tiktok sound
Lou: oh
Moe: Not only does Chrissy not wake up (spoilers for early s4) she floats into the air, all her limbs are broken and her mouth goes all spooky wide and dislocated then she dies
Lou: :(
Lou: rip chrissy
yeah :(
rip chrissy
YEAH
she was sweet. fuck u vecna for hurtin her chrissy's boyfriend is hyping up the basketball team to go on a manhunt for eddie
and god damn the music sounds like its straight outta rockstar's bully lol >burns hellfire poster
i mean. their name is hellfire.
they're prolly ok with fire hi robin is wearing a uniform but god damn if i dont need this entire fit sans tie
i know i said ties are hot and they 100% are but im tryna make a casual outfit outta it omg theyre trying to narrow down eddie's contact (whos name is rick) by checking out what movies he last rented
i wanna know how they narrow this down. what kinda movies do they think a drug dealer would rent oh.
i shouldve known they'd be this obvious.
bleh. HAHA HOLLAND ROAD GEDDIT COS AMSTERDAM IS IN HOLLAND AND AMSTERDAM IS WEED LMAO nancy what is this fit. this is a cool shot. i like that theyre not changing from it
oh this is eddies uncle btw. let me do this. its just a school paper but cmon mr. munson I won't bend the facts!!1 hey nancy im about to die just so u know. oh they give an alternative culprit for the crime eddie is accused of. thats good. i like that thank u show u didnt just go I DONT THINK MY BOY DID THIS HE WOULDNT
this kid looks like a baby version of a friend a mine and ngl it fucks me up a little bit
eddie's uncle says afaik the killer is in an asylum, and he should still be here unless he broke out.
which he followed up by saying:
breaking news Halloween is canon in the stranger things universe. oh.
fuck sake stranger things ur references are great, dont call them out
dont do them and then have someone go OMG ITS THE THING
stop ruining it.
the clock chiming is so goooood
prolly cos its their own thing so they cant ruin it. so its jut neat
im still a lil vague on what makes vecna target people so i hope tht w/ this second watch i can narrow it down
i thought it was survivors guilt but that doesnt make sense for chrissy. maybe its just guilt on its own also el hits angela in the face with a rollerskate.
so theres that els like this feels less bad when i use my powers and nobody knows i did it dont holy shit el me mike u shouldve known she would do this omg bitch u have a minor cut right above ur nose the skin on your face bleeds really badly even if its a small wound. calm the fuck down max is like "someone was here" based solely on crumpled papers liek what made u think those were recent
im just gonna be nice and say those are burger wrappers or whatever meanwhile steve is stabbing the shit outta a tarp oop he was right. bein accused of murdering a cheerleader has done a number on eddie dustins like im ur best friend and robins like hello im also maladjusted and im in band pls trust me and tell us more story stuff hi i like this shot that is all
also ominous music. never a good sign. freds havin a bad time
all we know about him is he got in a crash, and someone else died. he feels responsible for said persons death.
also i didnt mention it for chrissy but her mum kept calling her fat and she clearly had an eating disorder
both a them heard and saw clocks. itd chime, and then they would see it. ah yes the crash eddie's recalling what he saw. again screenshotted cos i like the shot
i thiiiiiink the director of photography is in charge of that? looks good
oh also vecna snaps the living shit out of its victims. wont screenshot it for obv reasons but uh yeah. not fun. lotta broken bones dustins all like we believe u but eddie says this and thats kinda nice. a lil reminder that 99.9% of hawkins has no idea about this upside down stuff oh fred :( ok yeah no thats never a good sign welp. A CURSE JUST LIKE THE EPISODE NAME
also blue light vs orange light. classic.
hello! the villain of this season is:



a guy


please enjoy.
also freds dead baby. freds dead
(i never saw the source of that line. but there u go) (just looked it up and its fucking pulp fiction so u see how far my classic big film knowledge goes) ok cmon that is not a name. what kinda cruel fuck names their child lampton. fuck you i dont buy that
Moe: