hey, so i was listening to the rebelrobin:survivinghawkinspodcast last night and i found three things that could foreshadow robin’s relationships and plot points in season 4.
warning: this contains very mild spoilers for the rebel robin podcast. nothing major, just some details.
the first thing i found was in the first episode, around the timestamp 15:40. robin is talking to her english teacher, and she says,“better to ask for forgiveness than permission.” that has to be a parallel to nancy, who says something extremely similar in s3e3: “we ask for forgiveness, not permission.” this obviously shows some similarity in robin and nancy’s personalities, mindsets, etc. maybe the two of them are more similar than they think, and perhaps they’ll even bond over their shared morals and develop a strong bond.
the second thing i found was in episode two, around the timestamp 17:21. robin is telling her english teacher that she feels like she has no friends and that everyone at hawkins high is exactly the kind of person they seem to be. her teacher tells her that there are some people at hawkins that could surprise her. right as he tells her to come up with at least three people to consider befriending, nancy walks into the classroom. is it really a coincidence that nancy happened to stop by at that exact moment? it was obviously supposed to mean something. hopefully, when robin and nancy interact more in season 4, they’ll surprise each other. robin already has some preconceived notions about nancy that are not very positive, but maybe she’ll take more of a liking to nancy than she expected to, just like how it was with her and steve.
the very last thing was not about robin and nancy - it was actually about eddie. this is most likely a reach, but there is a part in episode 4, around the timestamp 13:08. robin is asking her english teacher if he’s into any unexpected hobbies - “baking, knitting, street racing… satanism.” she literally mentions satanism. that along with the “welcome to hawkins hell” sign in s3e8 and other mentions of the satanic panic of that era could mean something more. dungeons and dragons is often associated with satanism, and there is a popular theory that, when strange things occur in hawkins, people will point their fingers at the hellfire club - the one that eddie’s in. the show’s subtle nods to satanism could be foreshadowing a huge plot point for eddie and the dnd club.
that’s all! let me know your thoughts. i can’t wait to see robin and nancy interact in season 4, i think that they have so much potential.
