unpacking the lore of the stranger things fandom

[@AmandaTodhunterOfficial]

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[@Tearearly]

Drew actually included a bit of one of your videos in his video! He was quite positive abt it, even though most of the video was a critique of long videos. He implied that your videos are long because you and some anther specific creators are really passionate about what you make, not because of a quota. I think it was a compliment 😊

[@AmandaTodhunterOfficial]

babe i don't think he did

[@rivert132]

I think you’re getting mixed up with Ashley Norton

[@AmandaTodhunterOfficial]

I saw that! She slays and the vid was a good watch regardless, highly recommend 🕺

[@rivert132]

⁠@@AmandaTodhunterOfficialshe does slay! Both of your commentary videos/video essays are my faves when I need to wind down :)

[@slrandomperson]

@@AmandaTodhunterOfficial Didn’t you say you didn’t even watch the video 😭 The commenter is right, he was talking about your videos in a positive light

[@superembarrassingusername]

omg I was hoping you’d do this actually!! fandom culture is SO convoluted 😭

[@Livinglikelarry36]

FRRR😭😭🧎‍♀️🎉

[@liazzn]

10/10 yap i fear

[@hermionegrangerswife]

“I’m not against lesbians… currently… would like to be…” What do you mean by that Amanda? 🤨💅

[@bellarose4719]

Babe wake up, Amanda x stranger things lore just dropped

[@Livinglikelarry36]

IM AWAKE AND IM READY

[@adelcipher5617]

Stranger things fandom is so wild but also unbelievably hilarious....I will never get over that one fangirl that got so obviously catfished by some rando posing as Dacre Montgomery and then went on news to complain

[@aubiek3208]

This didn't actually happen!? Oh my gods...

[@adelcipher5617]

@@aubiek3208 I wish I was making this up but no it's real, just search "Dacre Montgomery catfish" and you'll get more than enough videos about it

[@Kristianalexis1]

@@adelcipher5617I found an article that talked about it. It’s insane

[@adelcipher5617]

​@@aubiek3208 Wish I was making it up but no it's 100% real just search "Dacre Montgomery catfish"

[@lucythestrawberry]

12:30 it actually was confirmed by the duffer brothers (and noah and finn) that will is in love with mike, not rly surprising tho lol 😭😭😭😭

[@Kristianalexis1]

I did get that vibe so I’m glad it’s confirmed

[@AnCatalyst]

The Byler vs Mileven war will go on until S5, im proudly standing with Byler becoming canon

[@bellarose4719]

Byler honestly would be objectively a much more interesting arc for Mike's character too tho

[@umbrellaisaac]

@@bellarose4719yeah fr. eleven’s character dulls mike i think. he was wayyy more interesting in s1 and s2 imo because he wasnt with eleven

[@oreoluverr]

imo if byler doesnt happen, the way mikes character & the mileven arc are written dont make sense😭 also when it comes to the dialogue, set design, lighting, every component in film production is 100% purposeful so all the little clues are NOT just coincidence 😋

[@AnCatalyst]

@@oreoluverr if byler doesnt happen then its just bad writing and mike is an a*shole

[@sadtimesalways]

i am sorry, but imo, i don't think byler will happen. and i am speaking as someone who doesn't care about mileven either😭 the writing has become worse already since season 1, and since the duffer brothers have been resurrecting controversial old sparks in the form of stancy (something most of the fandom doesn't want), i don't think we can bet high money that byler will happen

[@neuvilovely]

can you PLEASEE do a gravity falls deepdive omg. like even if its a fandom centered vid or just the show i would love to see you make a vid abt it 😭😭

[@kalkxx]

yes omg im so hyperfixated on gravity falls rn i would do anything for amanda to do a vid on it😭🙏

[@whihoney]

RIGHTTT

[@mjg-98]

I was DEEP into the fandom from 2012-2016 on tumblr Ive seen it all, i need a recap so i can live through it again lol

[@A5HTR0_]

Woah havent heard of stranger things in a long while

[@purinluvrr]

another hour long banger

[@edsiecap898]

Regarding Toph; Just to clarify, I heard somewhere that they were trying to find blind Asian actresses but its a very small demographic of actresses that are in that category so they chose the next best thing

[@misguidedrocket2193]

Not to mention how difficult it would be to direct an actual blind person who can't fight. Can you imagine if Daredevil was played by an actual blind person. I think casting a blind person in a role of someone who can't see is fine, but toph and Daredevil can see. The logistics of that would make it very difficult on the production

[@dimitree887]

Fun fact gravity falls was actually supposed to be only 1 season long but people wanted him to make a second one

[@sleeveharveyoswald5473]

No because how did she know I was about to clean my apartment and needed a good video to motivate me

[@michii_lechii]

Now this is the kind of content we need

[@kennedyhill4194]

The story about Caleb not getting as many visitors at Comic Con BROKE MY HEART

[@mhabuhalfaia917]

CAN YOU PLEEEAASSSE DO THIS FOR THE PERCY JACKSON FAAANDOOM ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@faenene]

Lol I love old KZbin compilations. I watched those “stranger things on crack” videos religiously XD

[@akitotolilbro]

AMANDA AND STRANGER THINGS POST YEAHHHHH EVERYONE CHEERED

[@user-sc8xm7bt6g]

stop the way you switch from show to show in the middle of talking about stranger things is too funny like went from s.t to outer banks in like 2 seconds 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@wolf-gh2dz]

if you're asking if 5 seasons was in the cards from the VERY beginning - no. season one was supposed to be standalone, with the duffer brothers potentially interested in making more seasons as part of an anthology series (each season following new characters with a new story). however, after it was decided that they would be following the same characters, i think (?) the plan was either four or five seasons, meaning that season five being the final season is on track. though if you ask me i don't think they knew where they were going with those four or five seasons :-/. some elements to be sure but other things feel very "came up with in between seasons in response to fan reception". edit - i want to give my two cents on the ronance ship, as a lesbian: i don't like it :-(. not only do i simply not see it, personally, but also it feels very. uh. "this female character that 'gets in the way' of my gay ship is a lesbian", if you get me, as well as "pair the canonical lesbian with the first girl she interacts with regardless of chemistry".

[@unkofi445]

I’m kinda interested to see Noah Schnapp's acting career or lack of acting career after Stranger Things.

[@AJ-xc4qe]

I've never even watched the show and I've acknowledged how it's pretty much the SpongeBob or Teen Titans Go of Netflix. They're gonna milk this show for all its' worth, long after it's over and it IS almost over! And they have so many other shows they care less about than Stranger Things who have their storylines across multiple seasons planned out but they get cancelled anyway.

[@kalkxx]

stranger things was the very first fandom i joined so i appreciate this vid for reminding me of some things that i completely forgot happened🙏 thank you amanda we all say in unison!!!!

[@kirstenr7259]

Hey Amanda! I haven’t seen Stranger Things but I love your channel, and I can answer your question about Mormons haha. I’m not Mormon/LDS, but I grew up in Utah, so I’ve picked some stuff up. There are so many Mormons in Utah for causation reasons - basically, when the religion was founded in the 1800s, they faced a lot of religious persecution (mainly because of their practice of polygamy and because so many of them would move to a town that the locals were afraid of them essentially taking over the government). The founder, Joseph Smith, was actually killed in prison before they got to Utah. The rest of the Mormons decided to settle near the Great Salt Lake, which I believe wasn’t part of the United States at the time. They named their territory Deseret, but when it was purchased by the US and made a state, the government shrank the size of the territory significantly and renamed it Utah after the Ute Tribe. Now something like 60% or more of Utah is Mormon, and Mormon culture has a huge influence on the state. Polygamy was obviously outlawed, but the tradition of having lots of kids is still very much a thing here, and there’s a huge emphasis on traditional family culture. Most Mormons aren’t as crazy as the people in TSLoMW though hahaha

[@NevaehDoesDance]

we are so back with this one

[@mmtittle]

amanda, i love you and this video so far but i have to say: as somebody who used to have a ST special interest and consider myself a bit of an expert, i have no clue what you were talking about with the recap. peace and love

[@Rain-su1uq]

YES AMANDA ANOTHER GREAT POST!!

[@sadtimesalways]

yes! recaps are so boring. but tbh it depends on the creator and if they can add something valuable to it (jokes, the way they retell it etc). but most of the time, recaps are a doozy to get though, esp if you already know what happened ("character a goes to place b and sees character c" YAWN). you see your fave series being talked about in a video and the person is just recapping what happened in it in grueling detail and barely adding their personal opinions and feelings, fun facts...

[@LillyNOThere]

👇Under an hour gang

[@angelavillafrancovillsfran2946]

Stop I was the same when I saw John b in uglies I actually screamed😭

[@kalkxx]

literally nightmare fuel im sorry but WHY DID THEY MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE THAT

[@chelsealynne07]

I know every OUNCE of every possible piece of lore in this show. I genuinely have an unhealthy obsession with this show. i've read so much fanfiction of it to that I consider things that aren't in it canon 😭

[@oreoluverr]

dude why am i seeing sm stranger things content all of a sudden right when i started to think about the show🧐🧐🧐

[@kunpunko]

55:28 SINJIN DROWNING JOSH OVALLE DREW ENYA MENTION

[@wazzupyuwu]

wake up babe, a new amanda todhunter video just dropped!!

[@nkt.11]

This might be my favorite video on KZbin

[@mik3y_wheelZ]

i’ve watched stranger things like 1billion times but i still wanna watch this and act like i know nothing about the show bc why not

[@swingusinners6001]

I have NEVER watched this show nonetheless even ever wanted to and I have 0 clue who any of the actors are at all... BUT I absolutely adore Amanda so it's a win ❤

[@eliotsholmes]

last halloween i posted an eddie cosplay and most of the videos did okay but one fucking blew up and i still get comments calling me cringe which is insane 😭😂 banger video as always /gen

[@Angelinaisokay]

The video of Louis and Millie on live made me pee myself. Great video! Yas slay bbg✌️

[@Mimik2203-s9z]

I love that u don’t mention Finn is in IT when introducing him

[@kalkxx]

why?? also i dont think she mentioned that because it came out in 2017 and st came out in 2016, and she was talking about his career before he was casted as mike. i dont see how that would even be a bad thing if she did mention him being in it lol

[@rainyday_7654]

she mentions finn being in IT 43:26

[@pepperminttree]

i was playing this video in 1.5x which made the 6 minute compilation hilarious

[@akabshwosbwbd]

Not sure how i feel about you promoting a site like freecash to ur audience since youre allowing them to data mine you

[@soph5707]

crazy how i never watched the show until i listened to ‘roddy’ by djo back when he released it and found out it was the ice cream dude from stranger things things

[@hannahlouise5578]

stoppp this dropped just after i just got back into stranger things 😎

[@darianharvey2907]

Agree, season 3 has been the best! That one I can rewatch and never get tired of it

[@nkt.11]

I wish I could like this video 11 more times

[@dimitree887]

Yipeeee!

[@jttwenty3]

34:30 ...this is my type I fear

[@tbhfourthh6969]

well damnn in for a ride

[@amalia8398]

John B in uglies (idk the actors name im sorry yall) he was good but I feel like literally anyone could’ve played his role. Which is bad to me bc it means he didn’t leave any mark or do anything interesting with the character (imo!).

[@mtaylor7037]

i haven't really read a lot of steddie since fall of 2022 despite them being my hands down stanger things otp but when you said out of my gourd i had a physical reaction lol

[@gina6779]

the compilation of clips made me so nostalgic you don’t understand 🥹 Also this video is so good!

[@MrFrosty6487]

I remember the day before ST4 came out I was looking through twitter and I saw someone post a character poster of Eddie with the caption “you’re not ready for this character…”

[@KS-xk2so]

The best example of a show that focused entirely on creative efforts and refused to go longer is The Good Place. Was always pictured as a 4 season story, and it was done perfectly, then ended.

[@h3ll0k1ttygirlie]

am i delusional or did millie cook on the stranger things rap lol

[@Kristianalexis1]

I’m so excited for this! I’m writing this at around the five minute mark and want to say that no, five seasons wasn’t always the plan. I watched a bit of the video that Friendly Space Ninja made, stating that the show was basically a passion project that the Duffer Brothers didn’t expect to do well at all. Personally, I agree with general fans that say that the first season was the best.

[@not_iris.]

I GOT BACK INTO MY ST OBSESSION OVER THE SUMMER I WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN I SAW THIS VIDEO Very excited to watch

[@kalias9562]

as a long time member of the people, i LOVE the long videos

[@cherryice5485]

needed this frfr

[@getfrankied]

the demonization is EVIL evil how could they 😔

[@Ros3299]

28:06 WHY DID HE HIT THAT 😭

[@darianharvey2907]

“Not abbey lee millers dog” took me out 😂☠️ these videos are my fave!

[@offff3333]

You are FEEDINGGGG US QUEEEEN

[@elizabethjones323]

amanda todhunter you will always be famous

[@mva_1228]

make a part 2 of the dark side of miraculous

[@dippitydip4559]

STEDDIE SHIPPERS STAND UPPPPPPPPPP

[@Hooked_on_britney99]

Omggg township is the best

[@sw33t.h34rtz]

15 MINS TOO LATE AHHH

[@sw33t.h34rtz]

EARLYYY

[@mjg-98]

I looooove longer videos, i actually was lookin through my sub box for a video over an hour to put on 😁 So keep it up! The people love long form content ! (As long as its good, which your content is 👍)

[@alejandrocervantes3624]

11:20 Millie Bobby Brown recording herself pretending to put on her own skin care line & uploading that to promote it, makes her a certified camp queen to me ✨🤷‍♂️

[@jayshannon9706]

Did you hear about Charlie heaton and Natalia Dyer getting married next month

[@20000dino]

I am preeetty sure Nancy will actually end up with Steve. They absolutely ruined Jancy in Season 4 (as well as Jonathan's character as a whole, just like they did with Hopper's in Season 3) and heavily hinted towards Stancy on its second half - which personally makes me happy, as I've grown to like them together.

[@rachelmar_]

34:56 no cause i fear this is actually like one of my alarm sounds that I use...

[@mossy__snail]

i haven't watched this yet but if there isn't confused mike wheeler i will cry

[@kokomi5210]

I feel so sigma!

[@dylanssinging1695]

BYLER. IS. ENDGAME.

[@LibbyLooPortraits]

I’m a Mormon and I’m just going to let you know, secret lives of Mormon wives isn’t at all accurate. We’re also called “LDS” as in “the church of Jesus christ of Latter-day Saints” no hate, just wanted to let you know :]

[@angels4ev3r]

i know every fact abt stranger things but i still was so excited to watch this

[@luv4eva1111]

LETS GOOOOO💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪 just in time during my rewatch of stranger things AND the dress to impress update just came out... perfect timing to listen to a long video >:D