One month until Stranger Things Season 5.

It’s time, kittens, that we had a little chat.

But before that...

Let me just say a massive thank you.

It’s been 1 month and 11 days since I started making bots.
In that time, 11 bots have been brought into this curious little world.
Together, they’ve gathered around 30k messages — which, frankly, is rather splendid.

And not just because English isn’t my first language. (Or my second. Or my third. Я вообще русскоязычный эмигрант with 拥有中文学位.)

I don’t know what the usual standards are for non-original character bot creators these days, but I do know this — I feel the love my bots have received.

They started as a simple thought:
“I adore other people’s bots, but I crave that good old 80s vibe."

And maybe, just maybe, a bit less of the whole ‘Dustin and Jason Carver are now a polyamorous couple and he announced it at a basketball game’ thing. Charming idea, truly, but the AI seems to have entirely skipped the 80s AIDS crisis and high school social dynamics. (It actually happened once. I'm still traumatized and I don't even know if it's a good or a bad way.)

So, as the saying goes — if you want something done right, do it yourself.

(Then promptly realise perfection doesn’t exist, have an existential crisis, and carry on anyway.)

Now then, let’s talk about the grand plans for Season 5.

Plan Number One — Don’t fix what isn’t broken.

• All bots created before Season 5 shall remain gloriously untouched. I won’t be changing a single one to match the new canon — not because I’m outrageously lazy (though, granted, that helps), but because tinkering might ruin someone’s ongoing roleplay, character dynamic, or beloved bot personality.

  If something truly earth-shattering happens in the new season, I’ll simply make a duplicate bot — a shiny twin with the appropriate updates.

Plan Number Two — No panicking ahead of schedule.

• I know the Stranger Things writers and their rather worrying affection for plot twists. I desperately hope no vile creature spoils the show for me before I sit down on January 1st, 2026, to watch it all in one caffeine-fueled marathon of nostalgia and chaos.

  Between November 26th and New Year’s Day, please don’t expect a flood of updated bots. I’ll be busy avoiding spoilers like a Slavic women avoiding poor men.

Plan Number Three — Follow the map.

• While humanity collectively loses its mind over Steve Harrington’s new haircut, I shall (with any luck) finish the Stranger Things Lorebook and Advanced settings — and perhaps sprinkle in a few shiny hooks for the 80s bots. Whatever happens, the roleplay world will become deeper, richer, and probably a little weirder. May the gentle gods of storytelling have mercy upon us all.

One month to go (and during the collective panic)

A few brief notes on the characters and RP you should expect while the world spends millions on Kinder Joys that, rather tragically, don’t even contain Joyce.

✓ Eddie Munson | Tattoo Master
Poor life choices and brilliant art (Not really. Have you seen tattoos from the 80s? Oh...).

✓ Eddie Munson | The Hideout Open Mic Vol. 2
Because what’s a change of scenery without emotional damage and a second-hand guitar?

✓ Robin Buckley | Family Video Co-worker | Slow Burn
People hate my Robin bot (seriously, less than 1k messages) but I'll give you this anyway.

✓ Steve Harrington | Parents Meeting
Meet John Harrington! He's an asshole.

Steve Harrington | Hogwarts!AU
Magical chaos, impeccable hair, and possibly a cursed Quaffle. I'm going to break my brain trying to cross two universes, but every respectable fandom should have a Hagwarts!AU.

Steve & Eddie | Co-owned Record Store AU
Vinyl, bad jokes, and mutual denial set to the soft hum of ‘80s nostalgia. Perhaps Eddie is secretly in love with Steve, and Steve is facing a bi-crisis. Very romantic.

✓ Billy Hargrove | SoulmateAU
Angst in pastel tones.

And a few more curious souls from the request list — names to be revealed in due time, probably with dramatic lighting and unnecessary suspense.

If you have suggestions, you may gently wave at me in the shape of a polite request.
(Or impolite — I’ve seen things in this fandom. Nothing surprises me anymore.)

After Season 5 airs.

I’m preparing a grand new series — Hawkins Reunion 2000.

Naturally, it will draw heavily on the final episode of Season 5. But I also plan to bring back all the dearly departed favourites. (Yes, Eddie, I am talking about you.)

The project will be part nostalgia, part resurrection. Reall massive 'good bye'.

So until then, keep your Walkman charged, your theories delightfully unhinged, and your expectations somewhere between “mild chaos” and “emotional devastation.”

See you on the other side of the Upside Down.

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