Spoilers Stranger Things - Season 5
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Yeah but if El died that makes one whooping plothole with the sonic weapons at the end and why multiple ones didn't effect here when its shown even 1 dan cripple her.
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Creators Matt and Ross Duffer address fan theories, "Byler," deleted scenes, and answer our biggest questions after Season 5.collider.com
Great interview with the Duffers and confirms what i've been saying - the alternate ending for El was put in place for people to have the option to decide for themselves which they prefer, nothing more and nothing less.
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It also doesn't explain Kali's final scene(s). She was clearly using her powers at the end. I think the Duffer's had originally planned the Iceland ending, and then thought like Mike's dialogue said, that it was too nice--then omitted it to include the choose your own ending scene.
EDIT: And the Duffer's play coyly in that interview. All they say is that Jane/El had to leave Hawkins at the end of the story for the rest of the group to live their lives and the story to end. They never say which ending was true. Furthermore, I think they imply that the way the show ended was done in the editing room after the filming was done and the actors themselves didn't really know how it was going to end up. (EDIT 2: I skimmed the article so if I'm missing some specific "smoking gun" quote then feel free to correct me.)
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I'm already making a 'genuine' post. Do I really need to add a comment? I don't think so.
I mean I get the idea of leaving it to the viewers to decide. But if you are going to do that you wont leave big evidence that supports one side of the argument. El simply shouldn't of been able to even stand upright in the wormholes mouth let alone use her powers to talk to mike. Impossible.
Does anyone on here by the way buy the El being dead?
I don't. The story just wasn't written or portrayed that way on screen. Mike pointed out all the evidence why the sisters are still alive, and it was shown that way in the episode. It wasn't some kind of alternative version to what we'd seen. I think the ending was an attempt to make the "real" ending ambiguous. In that article, it reads to me like the Duffers also agree with El still being alive.
I think 8 is dead. She was in the Wormhole and projecting El image though from a distance out of the range of the sonic weapons.
One thing I cant prove but suspect is that Hopper was in on it. Only reason El didn't tell mike the full truth is he would have been dumb enough to try and follow her ruining the plan as everyone of them would of been under surveillance from the US government. Hopper though would of known the stakes and could of been trusted.
i wonder if it will be based in the mid 90s or the 2000s
All Your 'Stranger Things' Series Finale Questions Answered By the Duffer Brothers [Exclusive]
Creators Matt and Ross Duffer address fan theories, "Byler," deleted scenes, and answer our biggest questions after Season 5.
Great interview with the Duffers and confirms what i've been saying - the alternate ending for El was put in place for people to have the option to decide for themselves which they prefer, nothing more and nothing less.
So they basically embraced the concept of Head Canon. El is live or dead, depending on what you want to believe.
