{"id":8131,"date":"2017-11-01T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T16:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=8131"},"modified":"2022-03-21T12:40:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:40:31","slug":"stranger-things-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/11\/01\/stranger-things-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things: Where are they now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our favourite retro sci-fi hit is back! Stranger Things series 2 has finally dropped, picking the action back up in the dazzling heydays of \u201d\u02dc84. And while the show\u2019s 33-years-ago setting is possibly our favourite thing about it, it did get us thinking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>An era on from the synth-soaked neon of the eighties, how might Mike, Dustin, Lucas and co be getting on today, in 2017? At the ripe old age of 46, where would they be and what might they be doing? By analysing their personalities, we matched future careers and hobbies to the show\u2019s six standout stars.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s where we think the Stranger Things crew would be today.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lucas Sinclair<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/06-lucas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8134\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/06-lucas.jpg\" alt=\"Lucas Stranger Things\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/06-lucas.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/06-lucas-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/06-lucas-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age: 46<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Profession: Accountant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies: Building computers and DIY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sensible and sceptical Lucas was often around to keep the group grounded. Practical and pragmatic, he always got on with the job at hand, particularly when it came to finding his friend Will.<\/p>\n<p>The cynicism and stubbornness we saw in his attitude towards Eleven grew with age, but serves him well in his rather dry career as an accountant.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas\u2019s tendency to tantrum when things didn\u2019t go his way carried on too; coming to a head when Dustin beat him to become Class President in Junior year.<\/p>\n<p>When he can be bothered to attend the group\u2019s dinner parties, he never brings wine and always leaves the earliest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Eleven<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/04-eleven.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8135\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/04-eleven.jpg\" alt=\"Eleven Stranger Things\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/04-eleven.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/04-eleven-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/04-eleven-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age: 46<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Profession: Fundraiser<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies: Vegan baking and Tarot card reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the horrors of her isolated, captive childhood, Eleven was able to overcome her demons.<\/p>\n<p>After some <em>very <\/em>temperamental teenage years (and a short-lived punk phase), she opened up emotionally and blossomed, putting a stop to the unpredictable and occasionally dangerous unleashing of her abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Today, she reserves her telekinetic powers for de-seeding avocados and rescuing the town\u2019s animals, for whom she is the designated patron.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Dustin Henderson<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/01dustin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8136\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/01dustin.jpg\" alt=\"Dustin Stranger Things\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/01dustin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/01dustin-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/01dustin-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age: 46<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Profession: Teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies: Hosting dinner parties &amp; mentoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All-round good guy Dustin remains one of Hawkins\u2019 most popular residents.<\/p>\n<p>After several spells as class president, he tried his hand on the stand-up comedy circuit before returning to the town and settling as a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>As eccentric and goofy as ever, he spends way too much of his time trying to pull the group together \u201d\u201c listening to Lucas moan about work, pretending to like Will\u2019s garage band and positively reviewing Mike\u2019s distinctly average plays.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Mike Wheeler<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/05-mike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8137\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/05-mike.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Wheeler\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/05-mike.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/05-mike-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/05-mike-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age: 46<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Profession: Event planner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies: Amatuer theatre, Sudoku<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imaginative and sensitive Mike was always the optimist of the group.<\/p>\n<p>His knack for leadership and outside-the-box thinking has seen him rise to prominence as Indiana\u2019s best event planner.<\/p>\n<p>In his spare time, Mike is the only member of the group to (secretly) maintain an interest in Dungeons and Dragons, via a web forum he runs.<\/p>\n<p>More publicly, he expresses his still-active imagination through leading Hawkins\u2019 amateur theatre group, whose recent productions include the all-singing, all-dancing \u201d\u02dcA Day in the Upside-Down\u2019.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Will Byers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/03-will.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8138\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/03-will.jpg\" alt=\"Will Stranger Things\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/03-will.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/03-will-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/03-will-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age: 46<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Profession: Project Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies: Band practise, political campaigner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Resilient Will\u2019s terrifying ordeal in the upside-down pushed him to the very limits of survival.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perhaps why he thrives in his role as a Project Manager, which he says is <em>\u201d\u02dcpretty much a breeze actually, in comparison\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He threw himself into the grunge scene in the early 90\u2019s and never did put the guitar down, still championing his garage rock band \u201d\u02dcDemogorgon\u2019 to this day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Barbara Holland<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/02barb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8139\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/02barb.jpg\" alt=\"Barb Stranger Things\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/02barb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/02barb-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/02barb-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age: 51<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Profession: Investigative journalist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies: Shopping with friends &amp; book club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve decided Barb somehow survived her ordeal in the upside-down, because we can\u2019t bring ourselves to accept the alternative.<\/p>\n<p>With her penchant for justice, Barb\u2019s expos\u00c3\u00a9 on the disturbing activities taking place at Hawkins Laboratory elevated her to national prominence.<\/p>\n<p>From there, her investigative reporting has taken her cross-country and spanned seven novels; but she always calls by her hometown if she\u2019s in the area.<\/p>\n<p>And though the 80\u2019s are but a distant memory, go-getter Barb refuses to retire her oversized, bottle-top glasses.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning to make room for\u00a0<em>Stranger Things\u00a0<\/em>season 2 in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/dvd\">DVDs<\/a> collection, or you just want to make some extra cash, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">sell DVDs<\/a> and TV boxsets with musicMagpie. You can also trade in your phone &#8211; head over to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/sell-mobile-phones\/\">sell your mobile<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/sell-mobile-phones\/sell-my-iphone\/\">sell my iPhone<\/a> pages to find out more!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry if <em>Stranger Things <\/em>isn&#8217;t your thing, though, because we have plenty more boxsets for you to sink your teeth into. Browse our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/dvd\">second hand DVDs<\/a> now, and make sure to check out our refurbished iPhone range if you&#8217;re thinking of upgrading soon too!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our favourite retro sci-fi hit is back! Stranger Things series 2 has finally dropped, picking the action back up in the dazzling heydays of \u201d\u02dc84. And while the show\u2019s 33-years-ago setting is possibly our favourite thing about it, it did get us thinking&#8230; An era on from the synth-soaked neon &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[1811,1619],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13608,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8131\/revisions\/13608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}