----------------------------------------------- The entire series is a book written by mike, I didnt make this theory, I'm just here to spread it around in real life (Mike's perspective out of the book) will was found D3@D on November 6, 1983 when max is in vecnas mind (season 4, the scene when she floats) we can see a gr@v3 that says "BYERS" on it. real mike, to cope with his loss, is writing a book, where will was found. events taking place in the series-book- reflection of reality (but with @l!v3 will) 5 seasons symbolize 5 stages of grief 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. D3pr3ss!on 5. Acceptance that's why 5 is the final season remember that moment when Mike wanted to j^mp to protect Dustin? (when troy had a k>!f3 and was threatening to take his teeth out), the lake where they were, was the lake will was found in. what if the real mike (who is writing the book) wanted to commit $^!c!d3 because of his broken heart and "return" to his l0ve in season 4, we didn't understand why NO ONE remembered wills birthday cause "we forgot" was a CLUE from the duffer brothers this is ABOUT MIKE FROM REALITY Mike in reality forgot about his birthday because real will d!3d Holly is so important in season 5 because she grew up at the age will disappeared holly- a quiet, shy child, unlike the others; living in her own world she began to remind mike of will because she is the same age as will when he di3d mike couldn't confess his feelings to eleven, because he couldn't confess them to will before he d!3d mike accepts his pain from losing not just a friend, but his l0ve the last episode in Season 5 is called "the rightside up" which means the real world, not a book (serial) the last episode, mike sits next to hopper over the t0mb hopper accepted the loss of Sarah, and now helps mike accept the loss of will in general, the series is surrounded by the theme of d3@th and loss; not once in the entire series they celebrate anybodies birthday that theory explains why mike is the main character, not will or El if this theory is indeed true, it wouldn't devalue the story, on the contrary. it would be a story about how people escape into imagined worlds, @dd!ct!0ns, and use any means to avoid reality in order to numb the p@in, in this case, the p@in of loss. it would be the best and worst ending at the same time.
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