Max Mayfield went blind in Stranger Things Season 4 because the villainous Vecna attacked her, breaking her bones and damaging her eyes as part of his ritual to open gates to the Upside Down; while Eleven revived her, she remained in a coma, blind, and with broken limbs, her fate left ambiguous as Vecna took her consciousness.
However, Vecna overpowered Eleven, and began killing Max. Due to the actions of Eleven, Nancy, Steve, and Robin, Max initially survived the attack, though she was blinded and her limbs were broken, but she eventually succumbed to her injures.
Yes, according to the show's creators, Mike did realize that Will's "crush" in his coming-out speech referred to him, even though it wasn't explicitly stated in dialogue; his reaction shots and subsequent apology scene were designed to show he understood the depth of Will's feelings, though the payoff for their storyline was minimal in the finale.
Once Vecna and the Upside Down are finally destroyed, Max will remain blind, but she'll be able to live a normal life again. After a year and a half in a coma, her injuries will have healed significantly, though she'll still need time to regain strength and mobility.
There's no single "saddest" death, as it's subjective, but Eddie Munson, Bob Newby, and Alexei (Smirnoff) are consistently cited as the most heartbreaking due to their heroism, innocence, or tragic circumstances, with fans often debating Eddie's heroic sacrifice vs. Bob's pure-hearted loss or Alexei's joyful demise. Other significant sad deaths include Barb Holland, the first major character loss, and Billy Hargrove's complex redemption.
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.
Dr. Martin Brenner and the Hawkins National Laboratory faked Will Byers' death in Stranger Things Season 1 to cover up their involvement in his disappearance and the existence of the Upside Down, creating a dummy body (rubber with stuffing) and having state police plant it in the quarry to mislead the town, according to. Chief Hopper discovered the cover-up when he found the body was a fake, realizing the lab was involved.
She leaves one last message: "I will always be with you. I love you." After one last kiss in the psychic-verse, the gang looks on as Eleven sacrifices herself to the bomb that closes the Upside Down.
Max eventually regains her sight in Stranger Things 5, Volume 2, so she is not blind in the series, but she remains in a wheelchair for the rest of Stranger Things 5 after she wakes up alive.
In Life Is Strange 2 (2018), Max is mentioned by David while talking to the game's protagonist Sean Diaz. If Arcadia Bay was sacrificed in the first game, Max is seen in a photograph kept in David's trailer, which shows both her and Chloe sometime after 2013.
Eventually, she finally told him after the guilt was building up inside of her. Mike then storms out of the apartment and heads to Logan's condo to beat him up. Logan then tells him that she didn't just like the kiss, she loved it. Mike then ended things with Rachel, but they eventually reconciled.
Eleven's primary love interest in Stranger Things is Mike Wheeler, with their relationship evolving from a deep friendship to a romantic bond, often called "Mileven" by fans, marked by mutual support, shared trauma, and declarations of love, though their dynamic faces challenges like distance and insecurities about losing each other.
Neil's abuse towards Billy turned him into a childhood bully, and he would beat up other kids and began to extend to the abuse of Max. In 1984, Billy and his new family moved from California to Hawkins, Indiana, and he began attending Hawkins High School.
Following Billy's death, Neil left Susan and abandoned her and Max, though Max admitted to her school counselor, Ms. Kelley, that life had been slightly better since he had left, revealing she did not miss her stepfather at all.
Some say it was the butterfly but Max had a vision before she came across the butterfly. Others think it was Rachel (if you think Rachel is the doe)(but thats a whole different debate) The theory is that Rachel had powers of her own and passed them on to Max.
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Yes, Max is alive in Stranger Things Season 5, but she spends much of it in a coma, with her consciousness trapped in Vecna's mindscape where she's trying to fight her way back, eventually waking up in the finale to reunite with Lucas, though clearly affected by her ordeal.
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[Stranger Things] Eleven is officer Hopper's daughter. Hawkins lab was trying to achieve children with psychic abilities to fight the monsters of the upside down. Hopper's daughter is still alive. Her cancer episode you see in season 1 wasn't cancer, she WAS seeing monsters from the Upside-Down.
But Will will be so much more powerful because this happened in The Upside Down where he has the powers of Vecna, not from Henry in The Right Side Up (Earth). So, Will is essentially 019 and has greater powers than Eight and Eleven.
Yes, the Demogorgon did essentially "impregnate" Will in Stranger Things Season 1 by implanting a slug-like larva into him, using his body as a host to grow and produce more creatures for the hive mind, a process that was later revealed to be part of Vecna's larger plan. Will coughed up this larva, which then hatched into a polywog (stage two of the Demogorgon life cycle), demonstrating how the Upside Down creatures reproduce and spread, as seen with Barb Holland as well.
Despite her limited appearance, Jennifer was shown to be kind, silently crying at Will's funeral, showing she cared for her peer or had an unrequited crush on him as suggested by Dustin.
When Nancy is talking with Mrs. Holland on the phone, she tells her a lie about Barb being at the library. Ironically, this would turn out to be true, as her corpse was found in the Upside Down version of the library.