New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Stranger Things fans love digging into the odd corners of the show's world, and Tammy Thompson keeps landing back in the conversation. She is the singer Dustin once roasted for sounding like a "Muppet," but she has also become a running reference point whenever the fandom tries to piece together character arcs or predict who will not make it through the next round of chaos. And with Season 5's fictional Volume 1 storyline blowing the doors open, the debates feel louder than ever.

The imagined mid-season break arrives on a cliffhanger big enough to spin the community into theory mode. "Sorcerer," the fourth episode in this fan-made arc, throws out major reveals, long-buried faces and a final beat built to spread acro...