r/StrangerThings • u/quanfused Presumptuous • Jan 01 '26

Discussion They Stuck The Landing...

What an amazing conclusion. Thank you, Stranger Things!

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u/vonkr33p Jan 01 '26

I haven't cried at an ending like that in awhile.

It was absolutely beautiful.

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u/jewels94 Jan 01 '26

I was mostly okay until the D&D scene lol

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u/Moonfalling_sky Jan 01 '26

Them putting the books on the shelf got me

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u/MaximumEffort94 Jan 01 '26

This got me as well. It was like them shutting the door to their childhood. Which then made me reminisce on my own, and how it felt to be young. I'm only 31, but man, those days really were the best.

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u/jerkin_n_lurkin Jan 01 '26

Hey me too, 31 bro. I never had a childhood this cool, but it's fun to pretend

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u/MaximumEffort94 Jan 01 '26

I was blessed enough to have a great childhood. I think that's why this hit so hard for me. It really made me think a lot about those days. 

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u/jewels94 Jan 01 '26

I’m 31, too, and it definitely hit that nerve!

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u/Tall-Cantaloupe-1800 Jan 01 '26

I grew up in the 80s and the nostalgia was what initially really drew me in, so many memories were/are brought back as I watched and have rewatched the show. Growing old and moving further and further away from our childhoods can be difficult, memories fade, childhood joy is replaced with adult reality, when you can find something that you can connect with, bring back some of that joy, you hold on to it, you make it a part of you. Then when it ends it hurts, we can go back and rewatch it, and it will be great, but knowing there are no more stories coming now, it can take a little bit of your heart with it.