Therefore, the highly-anticipated last season of Stranger Things has finally come and gone. Furthermore, if you think about it really deeply, it is also transferring the energy of Fortnite, which is quite wild. The excitement was palpable when the official announcement came out, and it was revealed that the…
Stranger Things characters coming back, or that was simply said? Wow! Such a combo was never envisaged by anyone before, but the excitement is now all around. ShiinaBR simplified it to one tweet, but the replies…oh man, the replies are just that way. They are the craziest gamers, by all means, but in a positive vibe. One user, Finn | Fortnite Leaks & News, was joking about how Netflix got to use Fortnite character skins in real life and how it was like they made a film about the new Blitz Map. To be frank, that is really funny. It looks like the game and the show are slowly merging more and more.
Moreover, the timing is simply spot-on. “’Stranger Things S5 will be available just when the iconic characters are being released in Fortnite,’” quoted Ghodakiya Ankur, thus making the timing both perfect and wild at the same time. This is giving rise to the gigantic crossover energy that is increasing the hype to a level that we have not seen for quite a while. The demand is, of course, so high that some people are even asking if Netflix’s rollout would manage to last without their app crashing, to which Discipline X replied that the app is already struggling. ‘App is struggling right now 😆’ – the scenario is relatable to all.
Let’s move on to the characters though, that would be the most entertaining part of the discussion. Players are sharing their favorites without a bit of hesitation. The demand for Steve Harrington is quite evident. Chatacatbat is patiently awaiting the arrival of Steve and others in the Item Shop in December with fingers crossed. And they are certainly not alone in this. StarCupcaky just plainly declared ‘We want Steve…’ along with a crying emoji as if to imply that the people are issuing their demands. However, TAYEDCN made a tough observation by stating ‘And no Steve’ in the first wave which really hurts the feelings of the Steve stans.
But it is not only a case of Steve. The chat happening in the replies is all about who to include and what. Toonloop99 referred to Steve, Nancy, Jonathan, and Robin as the ultimate team. Soon afterwards ReyFNC chimed in with ‘and these bad guys,’ which provided the wishlist with a new dimension. Then, supershy_onyx got into the spotlight by going all out about the Demogorgon, and immediately behind kcplayzcole, who was defending the Demogorgon’s honor by arguing that ‘Demogorgon can be a bad b you don’t know em like that.’ Such is the passion of the fans even for the monster from the Upside Down.
The logic for the speculations for future waves is already widespread. Cleve23land95 is advocating for ‘one more wave with a few more characters,’ which appears to be the general consensus. Roasty_boi_3104 is aspiring for a Wave 4 for the finale, even branding it as a long shot. But with so much demand, can you fault them? bcthunderbolt12 even went as far as to hypothesize that there might be multiple waves with Steve and Max being released later, possibly when Part 2 or the Finale is dropped. The players are not merely observing; they are already creating their future plans.
This whole scenario appears to be a cultural moment, you know? Blockxs spotted it very accurately: ‘Fortnite meets Hawkins, interesting crossover.’ It is more than interesting; it is a total amalgamation of two massive fan bases stewing in one pot. And it has even got people like heisenberger who had turned off the show, catching up and saying, ‘THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME IVE FORGOTTEN HOW GOOD THIS SHOW IS CUZ OF THE CRINGE FANBASE’. This is a sentiment that many can resonate with – the fanbase can be too much sometimes, but the content still keeps being interesting…
Amid the replies, there is even some random chaos with EllaSlurpsHusband narrating the story of a chocolate cake with melted green icing that has now, unfortunately, disappeared, and the others trying to figure out what cake they are talking about. This little craziness in spontaneity of the Twitter conversations allows everyone to have fun watching the announcements. And then Jlktiko is telling ShiinaBR to go back to leaking because they are a Fortnite leaker, not a Stranger Things leaker, which is just too funny.
It seems that the marketing itself has taken a rather disorganized approach, but in that classic way of everything-is PlayStation and Xbox Crocs.
