This is not true. Robyn was always intended to be lesbian, Maya Hawke has said herself that she was misquoted in the interview where it was claimed that the idea of Robyn's sexuality was hers.
Spoilers Stranger Things - Season 5
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I don't know if Stranger Things will since it seemed to hold it's popularity and people's interest, but think Lost and Heroes would be two shows that do fall into that category.
I really wasn't that bothered by this, their relationship was something new that was just introduced this season, and the second half of the finale was really focused on the tying off stuff that had been a bigger part of the show.
I'll admit I did read a couple synopsizes of The First Shadow, but there's really nothing that important in it that we really needed to understand what we learned about Henry this season. All it really did was just add in a few extra details, the important things that we really need to know we did see in the episodes.
And I never read any of the any of the ancillary material for Mass Effect, and I had no problems whatsoever following Mass Effect 3. I honestly have no idea what I missed by not reading any of the Mass Effect books, because all necessary information was in the game.
The Duffer brothers are not doing themselves any favors with the post-show interviews. It isn't looking good for them.
The Duffers did write the ending with a specific fate in mind for Eleven, and the only other person they told was Millie Bobby Brown, who has been sworn to secrecy.
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-on...the-duffer-brothers-have-sworn-her-to-secrecy
I'm wondering if they did this because they are planning to do something more with the character and want Millie to be aware of her fate so she's ready for whatever is planned.
They've also offered a couple explanations for why there were no demos involved in the big final fight with Vecna and The Mind Flayer.
https://www.ign.com/articles/where-...-duffer-brothers-have-an-explanation-for-that
Vecna was caught unaware, and he also assumed him and The Mind Flayer would be enough. And from a real world perspective, they were afraid of "demo fatigue" after the big fight with them earlier in the season, and they wanted to just focus on Vecna and The Mind Flayer.
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-on...the-duffer-brothers-have-sworn-her-to-secrecy
I'm wondering if they did this because they are planning to do something more with the character and want Millie to be aware of her fate so she's ready for whatever is planned.
They've also offered a couple explanations for why there were no demos involved in the big final fight with Vecna and The Mind Flayer.
https://www.ign.com/articles/where-...-duffer-brothers-have-an-explanation-for-that
Vecna was caught unaware, and he also assumed him and The Mind Flayer would be enough. And from a real world perspective, they were afraid of "demo fatigue" after the big fight with them earlier in the season, and they wanted to just focus on Vecna and The Mind Flayer.
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Apparently their is a secret episode coming. I know it likely isn't true but seeing one of those adventures Dustin and Steve go on, now that the show is over would make for a fun episode with just the two of them and whatever guest stars are needed. Maybe they meet a vampire or something and find out other supernatural things are real.
Dear gods, the haters are out in droves right now, aren't they? 
imagine if stranger things gets a reboot in 20 to 25 years
Where was that statement made? She's said multiple times that the idea came up during the filming of season 3 because Robyn was originally written as developing feelings for Steve.
'Stranger Things' Star Maya Hawke Is Having the Best Summer Ever
The 21-year-old actress starred in the Netflix smash and a Tarantino blockbuster, and now she has a song to sing.
This is my shocked face.
'Stranger Things' Star Maya Hawke Is Having the Best Summer Ever
The 21-year-old actress starred in the Netflix smash and a Tarantino blockbuster, and now she has a song to sing.www.gq.com
That's a reworking of things she did actually say multiple times in interviews. I first heard her talk about Robin on CBC radio in an interview where she discussed the creation of the idea of Robin being lesbian in detail when she said that the decision was made mid-season. The Duffers must have corrected her some time during the past year.
EDIT: That article is from 2019 so I'm wrong about the past year. That said she must have been corrected at some point because she did say this in an old radio interview--not that she created the idea necessarily, but that Robin was not gay when filming started.
I mean... ok, I guess, possibly maybe, but Barb wasn't really collateral or peripheral. (Eddie & Bob were) She was intentionally taken into the upside-down, just like Will, while she was putzing about a swimming pool, because of a main character, where she inexplicably ended up dead, & the audience (plus that main character) were really consumed with that. It was a considerable plot point of the 1st & arguably best season. It really amped the stakes, & viewers were hash tagging "Remember Barb" or " Justice For Barb" or some such thing for like a year or 2 after, & because it was SO long ago, everyone did in fact stop remembering her
Barb served the same purpose as the deer the Demogorgon dragged into the upside down. A snack.
And then none of them ate again for 4 seasons? lol Don't they mostly just maul people for evil's sake?
Besides, El saw her corpse with her hot tub telepathy, later on. So, it didn't even finish her as a meal
Another behind-the-scenes featurette, this time focused on the epic battle against the Mindflayer and Vecna, right up to that fantastic moment with Winona and her ax:
And then none of them ate again for 4 seasons? lol Don't they mostly just maul people for evil's sake?
Besides, El saw her corpse with her hot tub telepathy, later on. So, it didn't even finish her as a meal
Feeding the demodogs was a huge plot point in season 2. We also clearly saw them eating Bob that season. And they were eating russians in season 4.
It's consistently part of their concept that they act like predators except when Vecna is using them to achieve some specific goal.
Some things are just different in season 1 because the wider concept wasn't there yet. It happens with non adaptation sci-fi and it's not ideal but it's just best get over it.
I'll be honest, in some ways watching the fifth season (and the fourth) almost felt like a chore due to the release model, the excessive length of the episodes and my desire not to be spoiled.
Having said that, despite going into S5 with a "Well I suppose I'd better watch it" attitude I really enjoyed it. Not sure the episodes needed to be as long as they were, especially the last episode, though I did enjoy the goodbyes to all the characters.
Am I likely to ever revisit the show? Not sure, I suspect not, did I enjoy it overall, yes I did.
Having said that, despite going into S5 with a "Well I suppose I'd better watch it" attitude I really enjoyed it. Not sure the episodes needed to be as long as they were, especially the last episode, though I did enjoy the goodbyes to all the characters.
Am I likely to ever revisit the show? Not sure, I suspect not, did I enjoy it overall, yes I did.
