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The Duffer Brothers Confirm They Forgot Will’s birthday


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Some fans noticed that this season started the day before Will's birthday. 

 

However, the writers apparently forgot that they wrote Will's birthday on March 22nd. :ace:

 

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So fans have noticed that in Episode 2 of Season 4, a rolling camera has the date of March 22, which is supposed to be Will’s birthday. Did everyone forget Will’s birthday in universe or was this unintentional?

 

RD: How do you want to respond to this?

 

MD: The honest response is, clearly like the characters in the show, we also forgot about Will’s birthday. So the debate now is whether we adjust Will’s birthday or we just let it be really sad.

 

RD: Oh, my God, Jenny, I almost don’t want you to write this, because you’re going to get us in trouble with the fans for forgetting his birthday. It was six years ago that I wrote that date!

 

MD: You know how George R.R. Martin has somebody — I mean, his story is more vast — and Stephen King has someone who just keeps track of this stuff? We need that. We don’t have that. So Ross and I, and my memory’s not great, but we love Will, and I don’t want people to think we don’t love Will because we forgot — we do! But now we mentioned Dustin’s birthday this season, so we’re being very careful for people not to forget, in case the timelines…

 

RD: Here’s what I think. I think what we’re going to do is we’ll go and George Lucas it.

 

MD: We’re thinking his new birthday, Jenny, is going to be May 22nd, because “May” can fit in Winona’s mouth [in the Season 2 scene where Joyce says the date of Will’s birthday]. So that would be us George Lucas-ing the situation.

 

RD: Of course that would mean his mom forgot his birthday! It’s too mean. It was obviously a mistake, and we’re sorry. We apologize to the fans.

 

MD: And especially to Will! It’s unfair.

 

Source: VARIETY

 

 

Edited by LP54

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part of me was hoping this was intentional and we'd get answers in vol. 2, thats a pretty big mistake to make :rip:

but honestly i don't really care that much, they should probably fix it tho they just change the wording on the camera or whatever revealed what date it was, idk if i would want a whole storyline of them missing his bday.

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his villain origin story

 :gaycat6:

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they should kill the character anyway, his presence is disposable this season.

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Well, they didn't lie when they said it was their GOT season, then. 

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how could they choose March 22 out of all 365 days

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9 minutes ago, Flomik said:

how could they choose March 22 out of all 365 days

Since that lines up with a lot of school's spring break.

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They should just play along with it :chick1:

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"We apologize to the fans" :toofunny2: 

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How did fans even remember I would not have known it was his birthday :dies:

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1 hour ago, liam13 said:

they should kill the character anyway, his presence is disposable this season.

Jonathan’s more useless tbh, other than the Argyle connection who was good addition this season. 

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Who gives a f about this? lol 

favorite crime
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they are lying lol

 

wbk they are setting up will as the S5 villain

 

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1 hour ago, anklebiterrs said:

Jonathan’s more useless tbh, other than the Argyle connection who was good addition this season. 

Yep, I hope Jon will try to save Nancy and Will will try to save El from Vecna and then both of them can die being heroes. Joyce will marry Jim and have a nice family w him and El :gaycat6:

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His friends and family should have left Will in the Upside Down with how little they seem to care about him. :gaycat6:

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2 hours ago, Insanity said:

How did fans even remember I would not have known it was his birthday :dies:

They were probably just rewatching the past seasons to prepare for the new season. 

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Writers and directors should stop talking so much in interviews. Leave some things up to interpretation

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I don’t buy it 

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Doesn’t surprise me. They forgot many things, including Kali.

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1 hour ago, Buffy said:

Doesn’t surprise me. They forgot many things, including Kali.

They didn’t forget. She was panned by the GP :rip: and as much as it would be nice to have her come help El it’s not happening 

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25 minutes ago, Itz_Dani! said:

They didn’t forget. She was panned by the GP :rip: and as much as it would be nice to have her come help El it’s not happening 

That’s unfortunate because she could’ve teamed up with Papa to help this season. Kali knows how to connect with El emotionally. She taught her to harness her power. The writers suck for scrapping her when they can easily incorporate her in the new season. 

 

 

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