However, after he revealed his true nature as a misanthropic, nihilistic, and genocidal psychopath, Eleven overpowered Henry and sent him to the Upside Down, where he was gradually disfigured by its abnormal lightning and toxic atmosphere, transforming him into the being known as Vecna.
The gate Eleven opened in 1979 to push Vecna into the Upside Down is a separate event from the gate tearing open in 1983. Eleven's use of psychokinesis pushed Vecna into the Upside Down, but it didn't necessarily create a fully open, persistent portal between the worlds.
The Upside Down is a dark mirror of Hawkins. It formed when Eleven made interdimensional contact with the Demogorgon in her mind space, the void in Season One. That moment created the Mother Gate, which is why it's stuck in 1983, not 1979, when she banished Henry.
With the Upside Down's psychic link reestablished, Vecna (Henry Creel) reanimated the dormant fragment of the Mind Flayer and used it to kidnap and possess multiple humans and rats, feeding them chemicals and melting their bodies into puddles of biomass.
In Episode 5, Dustin discovers from Dr. Brenner's (Matthew Modine) journals that the Upside Down is not another world like he thought. “It's a wormhole,” he tells Steve — a “bridge between two points in time and space” connecting Hawkins to yet another world.
Before they embark into the Upside Down, Will comes out as gay to his family and close friends, explaining that Vecna showed him visions of his failed and distant relationships with his loved ones after they learnt the truth.
Dart is from the same species as the original Demogorgon, albeit in an adolescent form, referred to as a "Demodog" by Dustin.
However, after he revealed his true nature as a misanthropic, nihilistic, and genocidal psychopath, Eleven overpowered Henry and sent him to the Upside Down, where he was gradually disfigured by its abnormal lightning and toxic atmosphere, transforming him into the being known as Vecna.
While Nancy Wheeler loses her virginity to Steve Harrington, Barb Holland awakens in a waterless, dark version of Steve's pool, every surface covered in fleshy black vines.
In late 1983, Barb mysteriously vanishes, which leads Nancy and Jonathan Byers to investigate her disappearance. Eventually, it was revealed that she had been killed by the Demogorgon.
It's a sound, and it does something to eleven, weakens her enough to not use her powers. She sees through soldier's mind that behind the door, the sound is too much, meaning the military is keeping someone powerful there with this kryptonite.
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"Once Will is talking about Tammy and all that and his experience, yeah, it's Mike — and his friends — all realizing and understanding now for the first time, even if Mike has been somewhat oblivious over these years, what his friend is saying," Ross says.
A month after returning home, Will coughed up a larva and washed it down his bathroom sink drain. The tendril seemed to essentially 'impregnate' Will, using his body as a means to grow slugs.
In Stranger Things, Vecna is actually Henry Creel, also referred to as One (001). He is the son of Victor and Virginia Creel and acquired psychic abilities after a journey to Dimension X.
An insider told People that the Florence by Mills founder missed out on the event due to a recent injury. They claim that MBB is “still home” with a dislocated shoulder, which she had previously announced when she had skipped an appearance on Good Morning America alongside her co-star and bestie, Noah Schnapp.
She lost it to Matt, it was mentioned in the show. Caroline said that they were each other's firsts, but first loves or first you-know's or both is the question.
Post-time jump, Mike and the gang are 16, Nancy and Jonathan are 20, and Steve is about 21. Only four years have passed in the “Stranger Things” universe, but nine years have passed in the real world. That means some of the actors are playing characters that are significantly younger than them.
A few weeks after Gretchen gets her period, Nancy is on vacation. She sends a postcard saying ''I got it!'' Margaret is with Nancy's family several weeks later when Nancy actually gets her period for the first time, and she learns that Nancy lied.
The Upside Down is a snapshot of Hawkins, frozen at the moment it was created. The sky above it is not a replicated version of Dimension X; it's a wormhole connecting to Dimension X.
Eventually, he came under the possession of the Mind Flayer, who used him as a vessel and as a tool to gather the civilians of Hawkins, to create a larger physical vessel to host the Mind Flayer: the Spider Monster.
Max had kept running away because she wasn't happy about the marriage. Which is why Billy gets so upset when she says it's "his" fault that they moved into Hawkins. Although even though it's supposed to be before the events of season 2 and leading into that.
Noah Schnapp hails Will Byers as "one of the best queer characters," as Jamie Campbell Bower and the Duffer brothers reflect on the importance of his coming out scene in the penultimate 'Stranger Things' episode.
Mews was killed and partially eaten by D'Artagnan who ate her body in order to grow larger. Her body was discovered by Dustin. Dustin hid Mews's death from his mother and sent her to search for the cat in another neighborhood, giving her hope that she was still alive.
If true, this would suggest the Demogorgon was instead extracted via the gate opened at the secret Soviet base located under Starcourt Mall in Hawkins, Indiana, which existed between June 28 and July 4, 1985. A large cage was present within the secret base, tall and wide enough to hold an adult Demogorgon.