Basement Whatever

Back in 2023, as the Duffer Brothers were writing Stranger Things 5 (well before principal photography began in 2024), I wrote my own version of Stranger Things 5. I wrote it as a safeguard, in case they screwed up the final season, so I would have a conclusion to the saga that at least satisfied me. I also wrote it as a fun fan-fiction experiment, to see how different our stories would be, and where our visions might intersect
— Read on rossonl.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/an-alternate-version-of-stranger-things-5/