- Vecna was the one who originally kidnapped Will in season 1.
These abilities would manifest as a strange sensation on the back of his neck, whenever an Upside Down monster was close. In season 4, it's revealed that Will's connection is to Vecna, who created the Mind Flayer after being banished to the Upside Down by Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown).
So the connection between Will and Vec — Can I call Vecna/Henry/One just “Vec”? — is one of sheer chance. They are connected because Will was the first victim. That's it.
Those who spot a grandfather clock and hear its chime are thought to be cursed by Vecna, but if you rewind to season one, Will himself falls victim to the sound, which could explain why he was taken in the first place.
Though Will eventually escaped the Upside Down, his time there has profoundly affected his character and created a link between him and Vecna, the villain controlling of the parallel realm. It's heartbreaking to see how Will's stay in the Upside Down has taken its toll on him and affected him in the real world.
Eleven has a memory during this episode and realizes that 001/Henry Creel (Jamie Campbell Bower) wants her to join him on his evil journey, and she banished him to the Upside Down. 001 then transformed into Vecna, the horrifying Stranger Things villain.
And in season 4, it became apparent to many that Will was struggling with a secret. Now actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will, revealed to Variety that his character is indeed gay, and secretly has feelings for his best friend, Mike, who's in a relationship with Eleven.
At his empire's height, Vecna was betrayed and destroyed by his most trusted lieutenant, a vampire called Kas the Bloody-Handed, using a magical sword that Vecna himself had crafted for him, now known as the Sword of Kas.
Using past traumas to break down his victims, Vecna brought Nancy to the pool where Barb was killed by the Demogorgon and revealed her mangled corpse. Vecna then taunted Nancy with her own feelings of guilt - that she was responsible for Barb's death and had forgotten about her.
One of the theories could be that Will has some supernatural powers that caused the monster to be lured to him even though he wasn't injured. That could also be the reason he could communicate with his mother using the lights.
While intending to get his revenge on Eleven and Brenner, Vecna also goes after victims who have dealt with traumatizing experiences in the past (reminiscent of his childhood and his time at the Hawkins lab).
Yet somehow, new villain Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) is able to survive being both doused in fire and literally shot out of a window. The fire undoubtedly weakened and hurt him, but it did not have the devastating effect that it has on all the other creatures from the Upside Down.
Realizing he had tremendous psychic power, he haunted his family with visions before ultimately killing most of them. His father was framed for the murders and locked away in a mental hospital as a disturbed serial killer. Henry then found himself in the care of Brenner, who decided he wanted more kids like the boy.
She opened a portal to the Upside Down, which sucked Henry Creel in. There the dark mirror world ripped apart his skin as it began to remake him into something sinister and twisted. But it was a transformation Henry Creel welcomed.
Vecna was the one who originally kidnapped Will in season 1.
Vecna, who absorbs beings' consciousnesses and resultantly feeds off their power, knew he had stumbled upon exactly what he needed to exact his revenge on the world: I saw so many things, then one day I found the most extraordinary thing of all. Something that would change everything.
After taunting her with incessant chiming from a grandfather clock and appearing before her in hallucinations, Vecna eventually kills her in an incredibly gruesome way. First, she went into a trance with her eyes rolling into her head, then she began to levitate before her eyes were removed and bones were snapped.
Trivia. The Demogorgon Dungeons & Dragons figure, used by Eleven to symbolize the Monster. The Demogorgon received its nickname from Eleven using the Demogorgon game piece from a Dungeons & Dragons set to show that Will was hiding from the creature in her vision of The Upside Down.
Mike, on the other side tries to give strength to Eleven, who is at risk as she is captured by Vecna. Eleven gathers her strength and overpowers Vecna, who's just about to kill Max.
At the height of his empire Vecna was betrayed by Kas. Kas managed to destroy the Archlich before his own death, with the Sword of Kas, a lethal blade of the Undying King's own make, leaving only Vecna's left hand and left eye behind. Vecna eventually returned and by 581, had risen to godhood.
What Does Vecna Want? Vecna's goal is to open as many gates to the Upside Down as he can, in order to help the Mind Flayer.
Now that Stranger Things season 4 has confirmed not only Will's queerness, but also his unrequited love for Mike, it's certainly interesting to look at their relationship in retrospect. Surely, Will's feelings for his best friend didn't come out of nowhere.
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Susan: Will is the spy into the Shadow Monster's motives, but it appears like he's a double agent. As his hippocampus abnormalities grow, his own memories of people are being replaced by not only the “now memories” but he's a slave to the evil's bidding.