For that reason, one theory suggests the painting reveal will confirm Will’s sexuality - perhaps, for instance, by indicating he has a crush on Mike. Mike saying in season three that Will doesn’t “like girls” fueled this theory, which was strengthened in season four when Will discussed fears of opening up to people in case they “don’t like the truth.” Plus, Will was seen carrying around a school project about Alan Turing, who was gay.
Some think this will connect to another popular fan theory: that Will is gay. It’s referenced several times, and when Mike asks about it, Will becomes noticeably awkward, though it’s never revealed what he painted. One somewhat subtle set-up that’s sure to be paid off is the painting Will has been working on.
So did One help her escape? Despite “The Lost Sister” being a somewhat controversial episode, will Kali come back before the series finale - and will we learn why she seemingly has completely different powers than everyone else at the lab? Is Will gay? And what’s the deal with his painting? But when the lab massacre occurs in season four, Kali isn’t there.
In the season two episode “The Lost Sister,” Eleven met a girl named Kali, who was patient Eight at the Hawkins lab. Does that mean Eleven actually created this alternate dimension in the process of battling Henry?įor now, the show seems to be suggesting the Upside Down was a pre-existing place that Eleven sent him to, and Dustin theorizes it could have been around for millions of years. Some fans have also suggested Eleven may be responsible not for creating the Upside Down but just for turning it into a dark version of Hawkins, which could be tied to the fact that it’s 1983 in there, the year Eleven opened a gate in the first season. 1, we learn Eleven sent One into the Upside Down, turning him into Vecna.
But what exactly prompted Vecna to set the plan into motion now, as opposed to in season one? Did Eleven create the Upside Down?Īt the end of Vol. From there, though, does Vecna intend to kill the “weak” to bring “balance and order” to the world (as he suggests while talking about spiders), wipe out all of humanity, or something else? One theory suggests Vecna’s plan is to merge the Upside Down with the real world. 1 revealed his plan involves killing teenagers to open up gates from the Upside Down. On a similar note, what, exactly, is Vecna plotting? If so, after Eleven sent Vecna into the Upside Down, how did he come to do the Mind Flayer’s bidding? Alternatively, could Vecna and the Mind Flayer be one and the same, or could the Mind Flayer be the one doing Vecna’s bidding? Is it just a coincidence that the Mind Flayer resembles a spider and it was established that Vecna has an interest in spiders - or could that suggest Vecna made the monster? What’s Vecna’s endgame? Dustin’s theory is that Vecna is working for the Mind Flayer, sort of like the creature’s “five-star general.” Is that accurate, though? Brenner’s first patient - and he’s also Henry Creel, the son of Victor Creel, and the orderly at the lab who was seemingly helping Eleven.īut one detail not completely explained is the relationship between Vecna at the Mind Flayer, the Upside Down monster that was the villain in prior seasons. 1 finale delivered a massive twist: Vecna is actually One, Dr. Here are the biggest burning questions fans have after the first batch of episodes: What’s the relationship between Vecna and the Mind Flayer? The first volume of Stranger Things season four is here, and the wait for Vol.